The day after the bath turmoil, I was alarmed early in the morning by a heart-rending cry coming from outside the door.

I muttered as I dressed, could it be that the girls had a conflict with the male soldiers over the bath? It shouldn't be, the male soldiers were taught a lesson like that by me yesterday, so they have to be honest for ten days and half a month. It couldn't be that soldier who touched some fellow's room in the middle of the night and circled someone else's eldest girl, right?

Thinking of this, I was taken aback, in the Soviet army, a soldier who committed such a thing, even if he was denounced by the victim, was only reprimanded by his superiors afterwards, and the most serious thing was to strip off his pants in public and whip a few times.

I got dressed, opened the door and walked out.

When I went out, I saw a woman in ragged clothes with a filthy face, sitting on the ground crying and shouting. Sgt. Nina was crouching next to her, wiping her tears and trying to persuade her. There were a lot of people watching around, in addition to a few female hygienists, there were also many soldiers of the Seventh Company, all whispering to each other.

"What's going on? What the hell is going on here? I asked loudly at the crowd.

No one answered me.

I looked around and shouted: "Master Yemelyanov, where are you?" ”

"Comrade Major, here I am." Hearing my shout, the old sergeant trotted all the way to me with a submachine gun on his back.

I pointed to the crying woman on the ground and asked, "What's going on?" ”

The old sergeant shook his head like a rattle, and said in a loud voice: "I don't know the way, Comrade Major, I don't know the way." I also saw a group of people gathered outside your house from a distance, so I hurried over. ”

There was no way, no one answered me, I had to ask the person concerned. I walked over, crouched down and asked the woman, "Comrade woman, what happened, can you tell me?" ”

The woman just looked at me and didn't say anything, just continued to cry.

I was so annoyed by her crying that I pointed to the female sergeant who was squatting on the other side with my hand and said loudly, "Sergeant Nina, tell me, what the hell is going on?" ”

Because the woman was crying so much, Nina could only raise her voice to answer me, and she said: "Comrade Major, this woman comrade escaped from Kovov, wandered on the road for most of the year, and only came to this village last night. ……”

"Kovov, what kind of city is this, I've never heard of it." I couldn't help but muttered to myself.

"Comrade Major, Kovov is a city in western Ukraine, near the Polish border." Sergeant Yemelyanov leaned into my ear and whispered.

Looking at the crying woman in front of me, smelling the rushing smell coming from her body, I felt extremely indignant, the taste of the warrior who insulted her was too heavy, even the woman who had been wandering for more than half a year, and it was estimated that she had not even taken a bath. Later, I will find out which bastard did it, and I will not spare it, so I will drag it out and shoot it directly.

I looked at Nina and motioned for her to continue.

Nina continued: "When she got to the entrance of the village, she fell to the ground because she was tired and hungry, but luckily our hygienists saw her, and several people carried her into the health team. After feeding her water and eating something, she recovered. This morning, a soldier from the Seventh Company came to the health team to get medicine because of a stomach upset, and happened to meet her. As soon as she saw the warrior, she threw herself on him, hugged him tightly, and cried loudly. ……”

It turned out that it wasn't this woman who was insulted, so why did she cry while holding the warrior?

“…… Seeing the two of them hugging and crying, we were very curious, and when we went up to inquire, we learned that this soldier was actually her husband, and they dispersed shortly after the outbreak of the war. She thought that even if her husband hadn't sacrificed, there would be no chance of reunion. Unexpectedly, she actually met her husband who was a soldier in a small village. ”

It's a good thing for husband and wife to reunite! But even if you want to cry, it should be the two of you hugging and crying, she ran to my door alone to cry, what's the matter, is it a fight in the middle of the night?

“…… The cries of the two alarmed the platoon commander of the soldier's platoon, and his platoon commander ran over and said that the soldier's behavior violated the regulations of the unit, and after forcibly separating the two, the soldier was confined. Seeing that the women comrades were cornered, I gave her an idea to come to you and say that you can call the shots for her. ”

I glared at Nina fiercely, and said in my heart: You are really going to make the decision for me, treat me as an aunt in the neighborhood committee, and specialize in dealing with the trivial matters of these parents. But since it's already at the door, I can't care about it. So I coughed, stopped the woman from crying, and asked her, "Don't cry, I'll help you decide this." Tell me first, what's your name? What's your husband's name? ”

The woman stopped crying and sobbed from time to time and said, "My name is Martha, and my husband's name is Eva." ”

I stood up and shouted at the group of commanders and fighters not far away, "Ivan's platoon commander is not there?" Come to me. ”

A young lieutenant came out of the crowd, stood in front of me and saluted, and reported: "Comrade Major, Second Platoon Commander Second Lieutenant Saprekin reports to you and is at your orders!" ”

I frowned and stared at the baby-faced ensign in front of me, and asked unhappily, "Comrade Ensign, why did you separate their husband and wife and put Ivan in confinement?" ”

"Comrade Major, Ivan has violated the regulations of the army, and I have the right to keep him in confinement."

"What ordinance?" I'm not knowingly asking about this, I really don't know much about the regulations of the Soviet army.

The second lieutenant replied respectfully: "According to the regulations, it is strictly forbidden for soldiers to meet guests while they are fighting. ”

"Is this called a visitor? They are husband and wife reunited. I pointed to Martha, who was still sitting on the ground wiping her tears, and said to the second lieutenant: "This wife has traveled thousands of miles from her hometown of Lviv to find her husband. Before she could laugh out loud for the reunion of the rest of her life, you forcibly broke up their husband and wife, is it appropriate for you to do this? ”

"Not suitable!"

"It's too much!"

The surrounding soldiers and hygienists shouted in unison against the second lieutenant.

The second lieutenant buried his head low and took the initiative to admit his mistake to me: "Comrade Major, I was wrong!" ”

I raised a hand and pressed it down, signaling for everyone to be quiet. After the scene was calm, I said to the second lieutenant in a serious voice: "Comrade Saprekin, the regulations are dead, but people are alive. Especially in times of war, as long as you don't violate the general principles, there are some things that you turn a blind eye to, and others will be grateful to you for a lifetime in the future. ”

The second lieutenant saluted me and said, "All understood, Comrade Major." I'm going to release Ivan and reunite them as husband and wife. ”

I nodded at him and said, "I'll give Ivan three days off, and you can find an empty house so that they can get together together." Go ahead! ”

Martha stood up, came up to me, bowed deeply to me, and then left behind the second lieutenant, supported by Nina and another hygienist.

As soon as I turned around, I saw Captain Diaomi and another officer dressed as a political worker approaching, and the two of them came up to me and stood in front of me and saluted. When saluting, the political workers took the initiative to identify themselves: "Hello, Comrade Major! I am the new instructor of the Seventh Company, Sorin, and I am at your command. ”

"Welcome, Comrade Sorin!" I bowed and held out my hand to him.

Captain Diomi looked at the crowd in the distance and said with emotion: "Comrade Major, such a tricky matter, I didn't expect you to handle it lightly. ”

Solin added: "I very much agree with the approach of Comrade Major. In today's extraordinary times, the results of such a treatment are not only happy for everyone, but also help to improve the morale of our army. ”