In the middle of his sentence, he suddenly stopped, hung his head to his chest, sobbed silently, and his shoulders kept shaking.

I raised my hand, patted him gently on the shoulder, and comforted him: "Vasily, don't worry, no one has the right to make you blind with me here." But tomorrow's surgery will have to be carried out as usual, and Dr. Sergey will remove the pus from your eyeball, otherwise you will really go blind from it. ”

Vasily raised his head, as if he did not hear me, and said to himself: "For a sniper, the most precious thing is his eyes. If you make him blind, then he will be worse than dead. ”

"Don't worry, Vasily." I continued: "I assure you, you will never be blind. ”

Vasily tilted his head, as if trying to hear what I was saying. Then he asked bluntly: "Are you comforting me, Comrade Commander?" ”

Hearing him ask this, I quickly replied in the affirmative: "Yes, Vasily, I am comforting you." Now I comfort you because I want you to have the courage to continue living. ”

My words not only did not relax Vasily, but made him suddenly vigilant: "Are you really sure that I will not go blind? ”

Hearing him say this, I was suddenly driven by an uncontrollable emotion, turned my head to look at Osiminin and Sergei who were standing in the room, and without deliberately choosing the words, I naturally asked: "Dean, Dr. Sergey, can you assure me that after tomorrow's operation, Vasily's eyes will not be blind?" ”

My question made Osimmenen a little flustered. He replied, somewhat alarmed: "Comrade General, the operation is carried out in our existing conditions. To be 100% successful. It's not realistic. What I can say. It's just that we'll do our best. ”

To Osiminen's ambiguous answer, I frowned slightly, turned my head to look at Sergei, and asked him bluntly: "Doctor Sergei, what do you mean?" ”

Sergei seemed to be thinking about something, and when he heard my question, he hesitated for a moment, and then. He stared at me and said, "Comrade General, although the risk is relatively large, I am still willing to try." ”

I looked him in the eye and replied, "Dr. Sergey, I trust your medical skills and I am sure that you will succeed." ”

He nodded silently, and then said nothing.

"Do you hear that, Vasily?" I turned around and comforted Vasily, who had stabilized his mood, "said Dr. Sergey, although there are certain risks associated with the operation. But it's guaranteed that you won't go blind. "To boost his confidence, I added." By the way, I almost forgot to tell you that he did my eye surgery. ”

After my words, Vasily reacted again. He raised his head, turned to where Sergey was, and said sincerely: "Thank you, thank you, Comrade Doctor. Then he turned to me and said, "Comrade Commander, thank you, don't worry, I will cooperate with Dr. Sergei in the operation tomorrow." ”

I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when I heard that Vasily had finally untied his knot. Then Osiminen came up to me, touched his elbow with him, and after drawing my attention, he nodded at the pistol that lay on the bed, and then made a look at me, motioning for me to put it away, lest Vasily do any more stupid things.

I shook my head, stretched out my left hand and grabbed Vasily's right hand, gently pulled it to the angle of the palm facing the sky, and then picked up the heavy pistol on the bed and carefully placed it in the palm of his hand.

Vasily held the pistol in his hand and asked me with a smile: "Comrade Commander, don't you worry that I will do something stupid again?" ”

"Yes, don't worry about it." I said in a stiff tone: "But I remind you that our guns should only be pointed at the enemy, not at ourselves or our comrades, understand?" ”

"Understood, Comrade Commander." Vasily agreed, and slipped the pistol back under his pillow.

"It's getting late, and it's time for me to go back. Rest well! With that, I stood up, shook my head at Osiminin and Sergei, who were standing next to me, and said, "Dean, doctor, you come with me." ”

When I got to the door, I saw that the hallway was still crowded with patients, but they didn't crowd because my guards stopped me. I winked at Yushchenko and motioned for him to disperse the crowd. Yushchenko immediately understood my hints, quickly took a step forward, walked in front of the patient, and said loudly: "Comrades, what are you all standing here for?" Don't forget that you are all still sick people, and if you don't take care of yourself, you will stay in the hospital indefinitely. Let's all disperse, let's all go back to their respective wards to rest. ”

After the patients had dispersed, I followed Osiminan to his dean's office. When he closed the door, I couldn't help but get angry after enduring it for a long time. I asked angrily, "Comrade Dean, could you please explain to me what is going on?" Who told him about the removal of Vasily's eyeballs? ”

When Osimmenen saw that I was angry without warning, he was so frightened that he said, "Will...... General ...... Comrade, I ...... I...... No...... Ignorance...... Know. ”

Sergei saw that Osiminin was frightened enough, and hurriedly came out to play a round for him: "Comrade General, I estimate that this matter has nothing to do with Comrade Dean, it is possible that the nurse who went to the ward to change the dressing inadvertently leaked her mouth." ”

"Well, even if the nurse accidentally said something, but what did you, the director of the hospital, do after the incident?" Thinking that a group of people had just pointed their guns at Vasily, I was angry, "You didn't deal with it in time, and you actually let the military representatives of the hospital with a group of heavily armed fighters point their guns at our heroes." ”

Seeing that Osiminin was so frightened that he wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, I still said in dismay: "Do you know who Vasily is?" He was an excellent sniper with great military achievements, and the newspapers that published his heroic deeds were placed in front of Comrade Stalin on more than one occasion. If only I had gone one step too late. Something unexpected. If the superiors traced it down again. Even if you and that military representative are shot ten times, it will be difficult to dispel the anger of the superiors. ”

My last words became the last straw that broke Osiminen's back, and he fell to the ground with a thud and muttered in his mouth: "Don't, don't shoot me, I'm loyal to Comrade Stalin......"

Originally, for the sake of Vasily, I also wanted to teach Osiminin a hard lesson. But seeing him sitting on the ground in an embarrassed manner, I couldn't help but feel a little soft-hearted. I turned my head and ordered Yushchenko: "Comrade Captain, help the dean up." ”

Yushchenko agreed, took a few steps forward to Osiminen's side, and bent down to help him up. Unexpectedly, Osiminin did not look fat, but Yushchenko failed to pull him up. Fortunately, Sergei next to him did not stand idly by, he also stepped forward to help, and together with Yushchenko, carried Osiminin, who was like a puddle of mud, to a bench and sat down.

I walked up to the distraught Osimmenen and coughed. Slowed down and said to Osiminen: "Comrade Dean, tomorrow's operation." It will be done by Dr. Sergey, and you, just go and be his assistant. ”

Osiminen, who had been in despair, heard me say this, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, and he did not know where the strength came from, he suddenly stood up, threw himself in front of me, grabbed my arm, patted his chest and assured me: "Comrade General, don't worry, I will definitely be a good assistant to Dr. Sergei in tomorrow's operation." ”

"It's for the best." After I said this to him coldly, I shook my head at Yushchenko next to me: "Comrade Captain, let's go back." ”

On the car back to the station, Yushchenko asked me curiously: "Comrade General, there are two things I don't understand very well, can you ask if you are willing?" ”

As soon as he spoke, I knew what he wanted to ask, so I politely said, "You ask." As long as I can answer you, I will definitely tell you the answer. ”

"First, since it is clear that Dean Osiminen has let go of his big mistake, why don't you ask the health department to remove him?" After getting my permission, Yushchenko couldn't wait to ask the question in his heart: "As for the second point, why didn't you dispose of the military representative at that time, but just drove him away?" You must know that with your rank, even if you remove him from office, it is completely possible. ”

After listening to Yushchenko's question, I sighed and said: "Comrade Captain, do you think that I do not have such thoughts? But no, I don't know anyone in the health department, and even if I say anything, no one buys it. As for the military representative you mentioned, the reason why I did not punish him is because the regular army is responsible for the security of the hospital. Their strength, compared to ordinary militia units, is not half a star. If they were transferred, who knew what the new troops would be like, so I turned a blind eye to the mistakes made by this military representative. ”

As soon as we returned to our lodgings, one of the two soldiers who had remained behind met me and reported to me: "Comrade General, there is a major waiting for you inside. ”

"Is it Colonel Bezikov's men?" I asked strangely as I walked inside.

The guard desperately bit his head and replied: "No, Comrade General, this major who came, whom I didn't know at all, was a fresh face,"

"A fresh face?" After repeating the words of the warrior, I said with some surprise: "Since there is something to look for me, why did Marshal Zhukov not send Colonel Zikov, but a major whom he did not know?" ”

The guard didn't know how to answer me, so he shook his head with a smile, and then said, "I'm sorry, Comrade General, I really don't know what's going on. ”

As we entered the parlor where we were entertaining, I saw another guard sitting at the table with a major, drinking tea and gossiping, and the two of them laughed from time to time.

The sound of our footsteps startled the two of them, and they stopped talking and looked towards the door in unison. Seeing my appearance, the two of them quickly got up from their seats and straightened up.

I walked up to the major and asked with a smile, "Major, are you looking for me?" ”

"Yes, Comrade General." The major replied loudly: "I have been ordered to come to you to deliver a message. ”

I went over to an empty chair and sat down, and then said to him: "Comrade Major, may I ask Marshal Zhukov what mission he has sent you to us at this time?" ”

"Marshal Zhukov?!" The major, having repeated Zhukov's name, shook his head and said in an affirmative tone: "I'm sorry, Comrade General, I think you may have made a mistake. I don't know Comrade Marshal at all, how could he give me any orders? ”

"You are not Marshal Zhukov's subordinates?!" The Major's answer intrigued me, so I smiled and asked, "Major, if you may allow me, can you tell me whose subordinate you are?" ”

"Report to Comrade General." The major did not heed my mocking tone, and respectfully reported: "I have come to see you on the orders of General Rokossovsky. ”

"General Rokossovsky?" The major's words came as a great surprise to me, and I didn't know what was going on with Rokossovsky sending someone to me, so I asked confusedly: "What did he ask you to come to me?" ”

"Comrade General," the major said to me with a straight face, "Commander Rokossovsky asked me to inform you that in three days' time, on March 29, you would like to go with him to the front to inspect the troops. When the time comes, I will pick you up and join you with Comrade Commander. ”

"Rokossovsky asked me to go with him to the front to inspect the troops?" This unexpected news made me a little dazed, and I nervously asked, "Major, do you know something?" ”

A sunny smile appeared on the major's face: "Comrade General, as far as I know, the commander made such a decision at the behest of the Supreme Commander himself. After speaking, he didn't wait for me to come back to my senses, and asked first: "Are you allowed me to leave, Comrade General?" ”

Hearing his words, I instinctively nodded, waved my hand at him, and said, "You go, Comrade Major." ”

Long after the Major left, I did not wake up from the shock of this unexpected news. At this moment, I heard Yushchenko say in an envious tone: "Comrade General, if I am not mistaken, you are going to be lucky!" ”

"Luck, what's the luck?" I didn't understand Yushchenko's headless words, so I asked with some dissatisfaction: "Comrade Captain, don't play dumb riddles with me anymore, can you explain things more clearly, so that I can figure out what is going on, okay?" (To be continued......)

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