This so-called district people's commissar really didn't take me seriously, and the contemptuous expression on his eyebrows in the corners of his eyes was probably deeply felt by the commanders sitting next to him.

Almost instantly, my brain became a little congested, and I wanted to raise my hand and slam it into the smug and flat face in front of me. But then I calmed down, and losing my temper was naturally useless, but easy to make mistakes. You must know that I came here to command the troops to fight the German devils, not to fight with such an ignorant people's commissar.

Bukov did not answer Kaszewsky's words, but looked at me with worried eyes, waiting for my statement. The captain didn't speak, and the commanders under him didn't dare to speak casually. The arrogant People's Commissar wanted to say something, but when he saw this strange scene in the tent, he opened his mouth and said nothing, so he obediently closed his mouth.

After a moment of silence, I felt that I had completely calmed down, and then turned my gaze to Bukov and said: "Comrade Captain, since you have agreed with me, then let's discuss the details of the attack!" After speaking, he moved his gaze to the annoying people's commissar, gritted his back molars, and said lightly: "Comrade people's commissar, we are about to study military operations, because it involves military secrets, and it is not suitable for non-military personnel like you to stay here, so please leave immediately." "I know that he looks down on me from the bottom of his heart, so it is not polite to speak to him, anyway, sooner or later he will offend him, so it is best to simply offend him to the end, and it is best to be angry and walk away, so that when formulating a combat plan, there can be one less person to hinder.

"What?" His reaction was as I expected, and after listening to my words, he immediately jumped up from his seat and asked loudly, "What did you say?" Let me leave right away? He was so angry that he was short of breath, "How dare you say such a thing! ”

I looked at him contemptuously and said coldly: "I repeat, we are about to start discussing the next military operation, if you have nothing to say, please leave immediately!" ”

"You don't have the right to chase me!" He waved his fist in front of me and shouted loudly: "I am the People's Commissar of the District Soviet, you have no right to prevent me from attending the meeting!" ”

I snorted and replied without humility or arrogance: "Here, I am the commander of the highest rank, and I have the final say in military matters. If you're okay, you'd better get out of here. ”

"......" After listening to me, Kaszewski's face changed but he couldn't speak, but his face became darker and darker. He looked around at the militia commanders seated around him, hoping for everyone's support. Perhaps everyone heard the anger in my heart from my words, and it was obvious that I was quite dissatisfied with this people's commissar, so they all collectively chose to remain silent, and as soon as they saw his gaze on themselves, they immediately turned their heads away or lowered their heads.

Seeing that he couldn't get anyone's support, he couldn't get off the stage, so he could only look at me angrily and say, "I want to accuse you to the higher authorities!" I will immediately write a report to the district soviets and the city leaders, so that they can punish you! ”

I simply ignored his anger and just smiled faintly and said, "Whatever you want!" In addition to the two divisions you mentioned, you can also write a report to the commander of the Western Front, General Zhukov, that the commander of the 8th Guards Division, Major General Oshanina, violated the orders of the district Soviet and led his troops into battle without asking for instructions to attack the German units occupying Khimki. ”

"What? Are you a major general? He couldn't help but be startled when he heard my military rank, and after carefully examining my collar badge, he asked in an uncertain tone: "But you are wearing the rank of lieutenant colonel!" ”

I snorted again, and if Yushchenko had been around, he would have answered the question, but at this time he was still standing in the jeep far from the tent, so I had to answer the question myself: "I received the rank of major general only a few hours ago, in recognition of my exploits in the defense of Moscow, and was awarded by Comrade Stalin himself. ”

When Stalin personally promoted him to the rank of major general, the militia commanders reacted very indifferently because they had just heard Yushchenko say it, but when Kashevsky heard this, his eyes almost fell to the ground, and he asked in surprise: "Comrade Stalin personally promoted you to the rank of major general?!" "Stimulation alone is not enough for someone like Kaszewski, and in order to bring him to his knees, he must be completely overpowered. This blow on the head worked very well, and the people's commissar could not help but shudder, and looked at me with a blank stunt, his pupils dilated.

"Please leave, we have a military meeting soon." I said coldly to him again.

"Okay, I'll leave right away." Hearing this, he hurriedly raised his leg as if he had been pardoned. But as he left the tent, I heard him still seem to mutter, "I'm going to write a report right away......"

I looked at his departing back, snorted softly, and then said to Bukov: "Comrade Captain, let's study the details of the attack later." ”

Before Bukov sat down again, he asked with some concern: "Comrade division commander, there will be no problem for you to drive the People's Commissar out of the army like this, right?" ”

"What could he have done wrong?" I replied disappreciatively: "Comrade Captain, leave him alone, what we are going to discuss now is how to take Khimki back from the hands of the fascist bandits." I'm risking my head now, and if I can't get it back, even if we haven't died yet, our fate awaits us a court-martial. When I said this, I didn't take the departed People's Commissar to heart at all, but what I didn't expect was that a report submitted by this little person I looked down on in my heart actually caused me a lot of trouble, and even almost caused me to be killed.

Because I have just negotiated with Lieutenant Colonel Buniachenko, chief of staff of the 389th Tank Division, that when his troops arrive, they will return to Khimki's flank in two tanks and divisional units, while the remaining four tanks will be responsible for providing effective fire support for the militia's frontal feints. So when I assigned the task to Bukov, I explained it to him in detail, emphasizing that this attack was a surprise attack led by tanks, followed by infantry. Although the frontal attack was intended to disrupt the enemy's deployment of feints, once the situation was favorable to our troops, the feint turned into a real offensive.

At the end, I added: "The strength of the battalion is not entirely for the attack, and it is necessary to leave a company of troops here for defense." Which of you would like to take the initiative to take on this task? ”

As soon as my words came out, the atmosphere in the tent became a little tense again, and it was clear that everyone could see that this attack was in fact very risky, and it was unknown whether it would succeed. The eyes of several company commanders all looked at Bukov in unison, as if they were waiting for him to get the charter.

Bukov coughed loudly and said: "Comrades, behind us is Moscow, this is the last battle, we must not give up, we must know that the enemy will lose." At this point, he frowned and thought for a moment, then issued an order: "Each company will leave a platoon and form a mixed company to be responsible for the defense of this place." As for the commander of this company. He looked around, then smiled at me and said, "It's better that Comrade Division Commander will take command immediately!" ”

I knew that he was afraid that something would happen if I followed the soldiers into battle, so he proposed that I stay in command of this improvised garrison. I nodded slightly and agreed, "Great! ”

After receiving my affirmative reply, he instructed the rest of the commanders: "Now that the mission has been clarified, let's go back to our respective companies and transfer men." ”

The commanders stood up, saluted us both, and turned to leave.

When there were only two people left in the tent, Bukov and I, I walked to the door of the tent and lifted the curtain to look around, and saw that there were no idlers waiting around, so I returned to the middle of the tent and sat down, and whispered the question that had been hidden in my heart just now: "Comrade Captain, the subway station where we last met is quite far from here, and it stands to reason that it should not be your defense area, how could you suddenly appear here and command a militia that is poorly trained and equipped?" As far as I can see, there is still a big gap between them and the fighters you commanded before. ”

Bukov listened to my question, smiled bitterly and asked rhetorically: "Comrade division commander, do you remember that mysterious subway train?" ”

"Remember!" How can I forget such a thing when I can see people who have traveled through time like myself in this era. I sighed and said with some regret, "It's a pity that these hundreds of people from the future are dead." In addition to the dozens of people killed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the platform, those who got on the trucks also died in German air raids. ”

"Killed in an air strike?" Bukov was a little surprised and said: "Comrade division commander, who did you listen to?" As far as I know, only two trucks carrying passengers were blown up in the airstrike, and the rest were safe and unharmed because of the timely evacuation. ”

"What?" I was stunned by the news, how could what he said be so far from what Colonel Bezikov said, who was lying. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but ask curiously, "So where are those passengers now?" ”

"The first selected people with professional expertise and knowledge of riveting and welding skills of the pliers were sent to the Izhevsk machine-building plant to participate in military production; The rest of the women, children, and the elderly were escorted east by the troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but I don't know exactly where they were. ”

The heavyweight news revealed by Bukov shook me all at once, I sat down on a stool, my mind went blank, and at that moment, I almost stopped thinking. It wasn't until Bukov next to me called me a few times that I regained my ability to think, why did this happen, when most of the people were safe and sound, why would Colonel Bezikov lie to me that all the people were killed in the air raid? What is his purpose in doing so?

I looked at Bukov, who was sitting opposite, and asked tentatively, "So, is it related to this fact that you were transferred here to command the militia battalion?" ”

"Yes!" He gave me an affirmative answer: "The soldiers who saw the mysterious subway train that day, except for those personnel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the rest have been sent to the Tula front, and I," Speaking of this, he shrugged his shoulders and said a little helplessly: "Because of the problem of position, I was not sent to the front like ordinary soldiers, but was transferred out of the original defense area and came here to command a temporary patchwork militia battalion." ”

When I heard him say this, I seemed to understand a little, the matter of the subway train was indeed too unbelievable, and in order to prevent the soldiers from leaking secrets and causing panic, the relevant departments would send everyone to the dangerous front line. As for Bukov, the situation is not much better, at least judging from today's situation, he is also a death.

Just as we were silent, the roar of a tank motor was faintly heard outside, and then the voice of Captain Yushchenko was heard outside the tent: "Comrade division commander, our tank is coming!" ”