Due to the arrival of war correspondents, I was going to have people go to the bell tower to invite Mr. Lin and Vlasov down. Unexpectedly, they came down first.

Vlasov heard his voice before he saw him, and before he entered the headquarters, the voice had already come in first: "Leda, are the reserves attacking?" ”

I did not answer immediately, but when I saw him walk into the command headquarters, I replied loudly: "Comrade commander, the order to attack has been given, and the reserves should have already begun to move by this time." Then he pointed to the reporter who was sitting at the table drinking tea and introduced to Vlasov: "This is a journalist from Moscow......"

Before I could finish speaking, the reporter who was originally sitting had already stood up and excitedly shouted: "Comrade Vlasov, is that you?" Then he stepped forward quickly.

Vlasov was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and when he saw the person clearly, he greeted him with a big smile. As the two hugged each other, I heard Vlasov shouting: "It's you, Comrade Ehrenburg." Welcome to our group army. ”

Seeing Vlasov's enthusiasm for this journalist made me intrigued by this journalist who had never heard of a name. I quietly asked a staff officer next to me, "Is this journalist famous?" ”

Hearing my question, the staff officer looked at me with the eyes of an alien before he replied in a panic: "Comrade Chief of Staff, don't you know him?" He is a well-known journalist, writer and international peace fighter. ”

I can understand both of these identities as a well-known journalist or writer, but where does the title of international peace warrior come from? I wanted to ask a few more questions, but I didn't want to show my ignorance in front of my subordinates, so I pretended to be suddenly enlightened and said, "Oh, it's him." I've heard his name for a long time, but unfortunately I've never had the chance to meet the real person, and this time it's finally a wish. Okay, there's nothing for you here, you go about your work. ”

Mr. Lin didn't know when Lu Dao came to my side, and when no one was paying attention, he quietly asked me, "Who is this?" Why was Comrade Commander so enthusiastic about him? ”

I shrugged my shoulders and replied in Chinese in a low voice, "I don't know who I am." However, he is said to be a well-known journalist and writer. "As for the identity of the international peace fighter, I didn't even figure out what was going on, so I didn't tell Mr. Lin.

At this time, the two had separated, and Vlasov took Ehrenburg's hand and walked over to us, and said excitedly: "Deputy Commander Lin, Lida, let me explain to you. This is Comrade Ehrenburg, a well-known journalist in our country, who served as a special correspondent for the newspaper Izvestia on the Spanish front during the Spanish Civil War in 1936. While conducting interviews in war-torn places, he also showed the Spanish people the Soviet revolutionary films "Xia Boyang" and "We Come from Kronstadt" to boost their morale. At that time, he successively published several collections of newsletters, such as "My Rations", "My Paris", and "Spain", which promptly exposed the rampant reactionary forces in various European countries and the truth of the Spanish incident, and played a certain role in mobilizing the people of the whole world to rise up and support the just cause of the Spanish people. During this period, he often dealt with the Spanish anarchists and made efforts to unite the forces in anti-fascist Spain. The timely exposure of the crimes of fascist Germany and Italy played a certain role in mobilizing the people of the whole world to support the just cause of the Spanish people. ……”

I really didn't expect that the old reporter standing in front of me would have such an extraordinary experience, and I was immediately impressed with him, and a friendly smile appeared on my face.

Vlasov goes on to introduce us to Ehrenburg's biography: "In 1935 and 1937, he represented Soviet writers and journalists at two international congresses for the defense of culture. Together with Picasso, Barbisse and many other cultural celebrities in the world, he angrily denounced fascism and its war plots, and called for the defense of Europe and human progressive culture. He was an anti-fascist fighter who was arrested in Paris in Paris on suspicion of having links with the German Hitler authorities. Soon after the outbreak of the Second World War, on the eve of the occupation of France by fascist bandits, he was released and returned to Moscow after the representation of representatives of our government. At the beginning of the Great Anti-Fascist Great Patriotic War, he always fought with the Red Army at the forefront, risking his life to cover and write news day and night in battles and sheltered bomb craters. Soviet newspapers and radio stations, such as Pravda, Izvestia, and the Red Star, published articles and newsletters written by Ehrenburg with a fighting spirit almost every day. ”

Mr. Lin stepped forward to shake hands with him first, and Ehrenburg just smiled politely and greeted him lightly at the greetings of the Chinese comrades.

Vlasov ceremoniously introduced me to him: "This is the Chief of Staff, Comrade Oshanina, and the first female general of our army. The famous Hero of the Soviet Union Instructor Krochkov was in her division. ”

Ehrenburg's eyes lit up, and he stepped forward and shook my hand with both hands, shook it vigorously a few times, and said, "It's you, Comrade Oshanina. I'm sorry I didn't recognize you just now. When I interviewed the 316th Infantry Division, now the 8th Guards Division, I heard many times from the commanders and fighters that you were a great heroine. ”

I smiled politely and said, "You've won the prize." I should thank you for the fact that, through your pen, you have made known to everyone about the heroic deeds of Instructor Krochkov and the famous phrase "Russia is big, but we have no way back, because behind it is Moscow". I am sure that if Instructor Krochkov and the thirty fallen warriors Izumishita had knowledge, they would have been grateful to you. ”

Ehrenburg suddenly let go of my hand, removed the smile from his face, and said to me in a serious tone: "Comrade Oshanina, it is necessary for me to remind you: not thirty fighters, but twenty-eight. ”

The reason why I say thirty, and not twenty-eight, as written in the book, is because I have learned from the commanders and fighters who were behind Krochkov's line of defense, and I know that there are thirty-one people on the road position, including the instructors. So I reminded him: "Comrade journalist, as far as I learned afterwards, there were thirty-one people on the position, including Instructor Krochkov at that time. ”

"Don't you know the truth?" Ehrenburg actually showed an angry expression on his face: "Out of thirty fighters, two shameful traitors came out, who actually laid down their arms and surrendered to the fascist bandits. ”

His words calmed me down at once, because I knew that the people on the Dao position had been sacrificed, so when I asked the commanders and fighters about the situation, I only asked how many people were in Crochkov's position, and did not ask anything else, I did not expect that there would be traitors in this heroic team, and I was immediately speechless.

"Come, stop standing and talking, let's all sit down and drink tea." Vlasov noticed my embarrassment, and hurriedly beckoned everyone to sit down, resolving the embarrassing crisis in the house.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Vlasov was the first to speak: "Comrade Ehrenburg, I wonder if there is any news in the newspaper recently?" ”

Ehrenburg couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he heard this, and asked rhetorically: "Can't you see the newspaper here?" ”

Vlasov shook his head and said: "We are busy fighting every day, the troops are moving at any time, and even if there are newspapers, they cannot be delivered to us in time." ”

Ehrenburg took a folded newspaper from his coat pocket, spread it out on the table, pushed it towards Vlasov, and said: "I have only this December 13 newspaper on me, you can take a look at it first." ”

I looked over and saw that it was Pravda. The Soviet press bureau declared that the German attempt to encircle Moscow had completely failed, and on the front page published photographs of the Red Army generals who had performed outstanding feats in the Battle of Moscow, including Vlasov. He was honorably listed alongside the photographs of Zhukov, Lelyushchenko, Kuznetsov, Rokossovsky, Govorov, Balkin, Golikov, Belov, and other outstanding generals of the Soviet Army, and became a hero in the defense of Moscow in people's minds.