"Little Master, you go back to the office first, I'll stay and talk to Comrade Oshanina, and in three hours, you will come and pick me up." After listening to the interpreter's briefing on the situation, Master Lin directly ordered him to be evicted.

Hearing what he said, I couldn't help but be stunned. What's going on, why did he send the translator away? How could he communicate with me if he wasn't there for an interpreter?

"Comrade Division Commander," not only me, but even Shi Zhe was stunned, and he said hesitantly: "You don't know Russian, if I leave, who will be your translator?" ”

"You don't have to worry about this, just obey orders."

"Yes!" Shi Zhe had no choice but to salute him, look at me again, and then turn around and leave and close the door.

I helped Division Commander Lin hang the military coat he took off on the coat rack by the door, and then I saw clearly that in addition to the Soviet military coat, he was still wearing a gray Eighth Route Army uniform. He sat down at the table, and when he saw me standing a little restrained, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the chair, and said, "Sit down, Comrade Oshanina, this is your room, don't be too restrained, sit down and we'll have a good talk." I hesitated, but sat down in the chair across from him.

"Can we talk openly and honestly?" He said to me in a sincere tone.

I was a little torn between how to answer him, he didn't understand Russian, he didn't understand; Speaking Chinese, I was afraid of scaring him. So just stared at him quietly and didn't speak.

He seemed to see my embarrassment, smiled and said, "Comrade Oshanina, there are just two of us here, you don't have to hide it, I know that you know Chinese, and you speak it very well!" ”

I was a little surprised: "General Lin? I still said this in Russian.

He said in a calm tone: "When we met in the office yesterday, the few special Chinese words you said were absolutely impossible to learn temporarily. Moreover, throughout the course of the conversation, I have carefully observed you, and sometimes Comrade Shi Zhe has not fully translated my words, and you have already begun to answer my questions. ”

I smiled at him, noncommittal, and leaned back as comfortably as I could. Although I am very calm on the surface, but in my heart there is a fierce ideological struggle, can I admit that I can speak Chinese?

He continued: "Don't worry, I will keep my knowledge of Chinese secret, don't you see that I can't even translate?" Only you and I know about this matter, and I will never let a third person know about it. ”

Since his words have come to this point, it doesn't mean much for me to pretend that I don't understand Chinese, and I also believe that he is a man of promises, and he will never break his word when he says it. So I nodded and replied in standard Mandarin, "General Lin, you guessed right, I do understand Chinese." ”

Hearing that I spoke Chinese so fluently, he said with emotion: "You speak Chinese really fluently, did you learn from you?" Or is one of your parents Chinese? ”

I said in my heart that my parents were Chinese, and I was just borrowing someone else's shell. But he could only say: "General Lin, my parents are both Soviets. As for what you can say Chinese when it comes to Weilu. Speaking of this, I thought about it for a while, and I didn't use the reason that the previous Chinese school worker taught me, but said vaguely: "I was injured once a few months ago, and the injury was so serious that I almost died, but fortunately I was rescued by the doctor." After my injuries healed, I suddenly spoke Chinese, and I didn't know what was going on. ”

He smiled and repeated my words with interest: "I have been injured once, and I will be able to speak Chinese after the injury." Then he joked: "I was also wounded, and I almost lost my life, but I still don't speak Russian." It seems that God still takes care of you. ”

I smiled and didn't speak, not because I didn't want to say it, but because I didn't know what to say.

"Then do you think Moscow can hold on?" He finally asked the most crucial question.

"Of course," I replied in a serious tone, "don't look at the ferocity of the German offensive now, they are already at the end of their power, and even if they can gain an advantage in the short term and achieve some small victories, they will still end up in a bloody battle under the city of Moscow." The Soviets are massing in large numbers under the city of Moscow, and when the forces and technical equipment of both sides are roughly equal, it will be the best time to counterattack. ”

"But!" He hesitated for a moment, but still said his words: "I just got the news that the Supreme Command has issued an order for the Western Front to use eleven divisions of the 5th, 16th, and 30th armies to carry out a comprehensive counterattack on the German army within a week. ”

"What?!" I slammed up from my chair, "Prepare for a counterattack against the Germans!" Did I hear me right? ”

Seeing that he nodded affirmatively, I still asked with a fluke mentality: "General Lin, where did you hear your news, maybe it's a false rumor." ”

He shook his head and said: "No, this is what Comrade Stalin said personally when he met me. ”

I sat down in my chair weakly, thinking: It's over, these eleven divisions are all finished. As far as I can remember, the Soviets launched a full-scale counteroffensive against the Germans only at the beginning of December, and throughout November the Germans had the upper hand and were approaching Moscow step by step, and I had never heard of an effective counterattack by the Soviets during this period.

There was a deathly silence in the room, and Master Lin and I sat face to face, and no one spoke.

After a long while, he asked, "Do you also think that this counterattack was carried out too hastily?" ”

"Not bad." Without hesitation, I replied, "Not only was it too hasty, but it was a completely wrong military operation." The failure of the counterattack will deplete all the current reserves of our army, and the consequence is that the Germans will seize the initiative in the war for a period of time, and we will not be forced to continue to retreat in the direction of Moscow. ”

"In this case, do you still adhere to the view that Moscow will not fall?"

"Yes, the Germans will never take Moscow." I replied in the affirmative: "In order to defend their capital, the Soviets will fight to the last man." ”

"You must know that judging from today's meeting, even your Supreme Commander is not completely sure whether he will be able to hold Moscow. But you, almost without thinking, say that the Germans will never take Moscow. As if you had foreseen the outcome of the war, did you have the ability to predict the future while learning Chinese without a teacher? ”

"What do you think?" I put the puzzle on him.

"By the way, there's something I've always wanted to ask you." Instead of answering my question, he cleverly changed the subject: "I have seen your speech in the Kremlin, in which the summary of the reasons for the early defeat of the Soviet army is roughly the same as the summary of the chairman of our party at the Zunyi Conference in 1935. It stands to reason that the minutes of this meeting, although also copied from the Soviet government, are available to only a handful of people who have seen the document, and you seem to know the contents of this meeting very well, and quoted it in many places in your speech. What the hell is going on, is it the same thing that the hero sees? ”

Hearing him ask like this, I secretly complained in my heart, Mr. Lin, Mr. Lin, where is this the same as the hero's vision, I simply copied the chairman's speech. Although there were only a handful of people who could see the chairman's speech in this day and age, in my time, it was easy to find it in history books.

"I don't know about this," I said perfunctorily, "since I learned Chinese without a teacher, I have a lot of inexplicable things in my head." Everything that was said from the Kremlin rostrum came out of my head out of thin air. ”

"It's funny, it's funny!" He sighed twice and asked me: "What do you think I should do after I join the 20th Group Army, and do you have any suggestions?" ”

"There is a lot of work to be done," I suggested to him: "For example, you can teach your commanders about your guerrilla tactics, so that they can also learn what 'the enemy advances and we retreat, the enemy is stationed and we disturb, the enemy is tired and we fight, and the enemy retreats and we pursue,' and do not let them be foolish and fight hard with the enemy." ”

"Oh, you seem to be familiar with our tactics." He couldn't help but be amazed when he heard me skillfully articulate the 16-character principle of guerrilla warfare.

"Of course, in addition to guerrilla tactics, I also know that there are quite a few commanders for you." Receiving his compliment, I couldn't help but feel a little fluttery.

"Really? Listen to it, you know all those people. ”

"Division Commander Liu and Political Commissar Deng of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, Brigade Commander Chen of the 386th Brigade, and Chen Su in the New Fourth Army."

"That's all, no?" He was visibly disappointed to hear that I had only said so many names.

"I'm talking about people who are very capable of fighting." I hastened to explain to him.

"But Commander He of the 120th Division and Commander Ye of the New Fourth Army are also particularly capable of fighting, why didn't I hear you mention their names."

"Commander He's reputation is not small, but he seems to be lacking a little bit in commanding the war, and with his ability, he is more suitable for managing logistics supplies. As for Commander Ye, I admit that he is quite capable of fighting, but he has been hollowed out and cannot command the troops at all. ”

After listening to this, he thought thoughtfully, and then nodded in agreement with my opinion: "You have a point. After a pause, he asked me again: "Can you tell us about your overall view of the Soviet army?" ”

"Yes." I first refilled the cup in front of him, and then expressed my opinion: "In the early battle, the reason why the Soviet army was eaten by the Germans who were inferior in manpower and firepower in field conditions. The main reason is that there is hesitation in the offensive and recklessness in the retreat, which is closely related to the overall lack of training and the lack of the level of officers. On the contrary, the Soviet army behaved better as soon as the troops were in a well-fortified area and there was already training and preparation for independent operations. This also verifies from another side that from the beginning of the war, the Soviet Union's intention for the war was to keep the enemy out of the country as much as possible and to fight a defensive war under the condition of strong fortifications in the fortified areas. ”

He pulled out his notebook and tap pen and carefully jotted down every word I said. In order to make him remember more completely, I deliberately slowed down my speech, repeating it twice in a few places, until I saw that he had recorded my views in full.

Originally, I always said that he remembered, but when it came to specific examples, the views and opinions in the forums I quoted were refuted by him. At first, I had to argue with him for a few words, but I soon stopped talking, and some of the people who went to the forum in later generations have personally led troops and fought for many years, so many of the arguments that seem logical in our time are actually completely unrealistic. So when he retorted, I immediately shut my mouth and humbly asked him for advice. The small talk between us, unconsciously, became a military seminar.

I don't know how long it took to talk, but suddenly there was a knock on the door. Before I could get up, the door was pushed open, and Aksara's voice came from the door: "Lida Cheka! ”

The moment I heard Aksala's voice, my language program immediately switched from Chinese to the Russian system, turned her head and asked, "Aksala, what's the matter?" ”

"There's a Chinese soldier out there looking for you!"

"Oh, it's getting late." Master Lin behind him raised his hand to look at his watch, then screwed the cap of the pen, put it in his pocket along with the notebook, and said, "It's been so long before I know it, I guess the little master came to pick me up and go home." ”