When the wine was half drunk, Leonid took the initiative to propose: "Comrades, let's dance." After saying that, without waiting for anyone to express their opinions, he picked up Vera, who was sitting next to him, and walked around in the open space in the living room.
They started dancing in a circle. Victor first got up and changed the record on the gramophone, and then started dancing with his arms around another young girl.
Sokov had not danced for many years, so when he saw Leonid and the others dancing, he did not want to participate. But when Yakov also got up and hugged a girl and started dancing, the remaining one named Galka
The girl stood up and walked to Sokov, stretched out her hand and said proactively: "Comrade Major, can I ask you to dance?"
Seeing that the girl took the initiative to invite him, Sokov replied in a panic: "Of course, of course, I'm very happy." After saying that, he stood up and reached out to grab Galka's hand and danced with her.
As soon as he started, Sokov, who was already unfamiliar with the dance steps, accidentally stepped on Galka. Sokov quickly apologized to Galka and tried to let go of him. Unexpectedly, Galka caught Sokov
He held her tightly and said with a smile on his face: "Comrade Major, it seems that you haven't danced for a long time?"
"Yes, yes," Sokov, who was holding Galka in his arms, explained with an awkward expression: "I haven't danced for almost ten years, so the dance steps are a bit unfamiliar, please forgive me."
Hearing what Sokov said, Galka couldn't help but chuckle, and then said: "Major, I see you are only in your early twenties, how could it be that you haven't danced for more than ten years? Could it be that you haven't danced since you learned to walk?"
After dancing?" After she said this, she saw an embarrassed expression on Sokov's face, and hurriedly added, "If you don't mind, you can call me 'you', don't always
'You', 'you', sounds particularly awkward."
This is a familiar girl. After Sokov made a conclusion for her in his mind, he then asked: "Galka, where do you work?"
"I'm at the cinema." Galka said enthusiastically: "Comrade Major, do you like watching movies? Recently the cinema has shown several movies starring Valentina Serova. If you are not in a hurry to leave Nizhny Novosibirsk
As for Gorod, we can go and have a look."
Valentina Serova?! When he heard this familiar name, Sokov couldn't help but trembled. He thought that this person was the movie star with whom Rokossovsky had an affair. Now Rokossovsky
Ji has been in the hospital for a long time, but I don't know if the two of them have known each other. When I return to Moscow this time, I can go and find out.
"Major Sokov," Galka saw Sokov in a daze and quickly patted him on the shoulder twice to help him recover from his absent-minded state: "Are you okay?"
"It's okay, it's okay." Sokov shook his head and apologized to Galka, "I just thought of something else, so I was a little distracted. I heard that Serova is a very famous actress.
The movies she starred in must also be very exciting. When I have free time another day, I will go to the cinema. I hope you can enjoy it and watch a movie together."
Galka said with joy on his face: "Comrade Major, this is great. There happen to be two movies tomorrow afternoon. If you have time, let's do it tomorrow afternoon."
"Comrades," Leonid, who was walking a little unsteadily, danced a few laps, let go of his partner, pulled out a pistol from his waist, and said to Yakov, Sokov and the others: "The dance has begun.
It’s over, next, we should go to target practice.”
When they heard Leonid's proposal to go shooting, Yakov and Victor's reactions were normal, but Sokov was frightened into a cold sweat. He remembered that Leonid was in the battle to defend Stalingrad.
During this period, he was sent to a military court because he accidentally shot and killed his colleague during target shooting while drunk. He also drank a lot today. If something unexpected happened during target shooting, he and Yakov would be full.
I walked away in a circle.
Thinking of this, he quickly let go of Galka and said to Leonid: "Leonid, you are drunk, you should go to bed early." After saying these two words, he turned to look at him again.
Yakov said, "Yakov, look how drunk Leonid is. What if something unexpected happens during target shooting?"
"Misha, what's wrong with you?" Leonid came over and put his arm around Sokov's shoulders, dangled the pistol in front of him and said, "Don't you believe in my marksmanship?"
Seeing Leonid's gun dangling in front of him, all the hairs on Sokov's body stood up. He was deeply afraid that the other party would accidentally fire, and his life depended on it.
He hurriedly pushed Leonid's hand away and said seriously: "Leonid, I think this is not your first day using weapons. You should know very well that the muzzle of the gun cannot be pointed at people..."
Hearing what Sokov said, Leonid let go of his arm on his shoulders, took a step back, and said with a smile: "Misha, you are too courageous. Let me tell you, the gun in this gun
There are no bullets at all. If you are unlucky, I will try to show it to you." After saying that, he put the muzzle of the gun to his temple, as if he was ready to pull the trigger at any time.
"No!" The moment he pulled the trigger, Sokov suddenly lifted Leonid's wrist upwards. Hearing a "pop" sound, a bullet flew out of the barrel of the gun, knocking the hanging
A small hole was made in the tapestry on the wall.
The gunshot shocked everyone. There was no sound in the room except the music from the gramophone. Leonid was also awakened by the gunshot from his drunken state. He stared at his pistol in a daze for a while.
Afterwards, he asked Victor angrily: "Victor, what on earth is going on? Why is my gun loaded?"
"I, I don't know." The bullet almost grazed Victor's ear and hit the wall, so after hearing Leonid's question, Victor replied in a panic: "Maybe
Your gun was loaded."
Seeing Victor standing there in a daze, Yakov quickly walked to the gramophone and removed the needle from the record. After the room returned to calm, he said to Leonid: "Leonid, please take care of yourself."
Think about it, is your gun loaded?"
Leonid put the pistol on the table and said with a wry smile: "Yakov, I just drank a little too much. As for whether it was loaded or not, I don't remember at all."
When Yakov and Leonid were discussing whether the pistol was loaded, Sokov was sweating coldly on the sidelines. He thought to himself: It's so suspenseful. Fortunately, Leonid didn't pull the trigger when he pointed the gun at himself.
Trigger, otherwise I would have gone to see Marx at this moment.
Yakov picked up the pistol on the table, handed it to Leonid, and said to him: "Put the gun away, be careful not to misfire." After saying that, he raised his wrist and looked at his watch with a serious expression.
Said, "It's getting late, Misha and I are leaving."
If it were normal times, maybe Leonid would try his best to save him, but just now he almost blew his head off with a gun and couldn't say anything to save him. He stretched out his hand to Sokov and said in a grateful tone: "Misha
, thank you for saving my life, I will always remember your kindness."
When Sokov heard what Leonid said, he just looked at it lightly, then stretched out his hand to shake his hand and said: "You're welcome, it's just a small effort."
After Yakov and Sokov came out of the building, they walked silently towards the place they had agreed with the driver. After walking for a while, Yakov suddenly said: "Misha, thank you so much just now. If not
If you tell me, Leonid’s life is probably in danger.”
"It doesn't matter, it's just a simple effort. We are all friends, so there is no need to say such polite words." Sokov thought that the house he just went to was quite large, so he asked curiously: "Yakov, where are we drinking?"
, is it Leonid’s own house?”
"No, his house is in Kuibyshev." Yakov shook his head and said, "The house just now should belong to the wingman pilot Lieutenant Victor. The two of them just arrived here from Kuibyshev for business.
So it’s not surprising to invite friends to dinner there.”
The two arrived at the agreed place. Since the appointed time had not yet arrived, there was no trace of the driver. While there was no one nearby, Yakov took out the cigarette case, took out a cigarette from it and held it in his mouth.
He signaled to Sokov again, and when the other party waved his hand to refuse, he stuffed the cigarette case into his pocket again.
Yakov lit the cigarette, took a puff, and said: "Misha, if something really happens to Leonid today, I'm afraid it will be a huge blow to Uncle Khrushchev..."
Sokov wholeheartedly agreed with Yakov's statement. In the posts he read in later generations, he repeatedly mentioned that Leonid, who defected to the German army, was sent by the Soviet army
After the secret team captured him, Khrushchev went to Stalin himself to plead for mercy in order to save his son from death, but he still failed to save his son's life. Later, when he came to power, everyone who participated in the trial of his son
All the people suffered misfortune.
Yakov threw the cigarette butt on the ground, crushed it with his toes, looked at Sokov and said: "Misha, when the time is right, I will tell Uncle Khrushchev personally about this matter, and I believe he will definitely respond to it."
You look at me differently."
After Sokov waited for Yakov to finish speaking, he said: "Yakov, although I saved Leonid's life today, no one can guarantee that similar situations will not happen again in the future. I can save him once."
, but couldn’t save him a second time.”
Hearing what Sokov said, Yakov hesitated and said: "Misha, you are worrying too much. I think after what happened today, I can definitely teach Leonid a lesson. I believe he will not do things again in the future."
So reckless."
Sokov wanted to say something in his heart: It is easy to change a country's nature, but it is hard to change its nature. But as soon as the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back. He could only echo Yakov and said: "I hope so."
"Misha, what are your next plans?" Yakov didn't want to keep the topic around Leonid, so he took the initiative to change the topic and asked: "Are you planning to stay in Moscow or go back to the front line?
?”
"I think the front line is more suitable for me." Sokov said: "After this mission is completed, I will apply to return to the front line immediately." Thinking that there is a nurse named Anne waiting at home in Moscow.
To himself, he added, "When can we return to Moscow?"
"We need to wait for notification from our superiors." Yakov said to Sokov: "The purpose of our superiors sending us to Nizhny Novgorod this time is, firstly, to improve the propulsion system of new rockets; secondly, to develop
A new rifle suitable for use in the army. Although the new rifle has taken shape and will be available for use in the army in the near future, before that, we still have a lot of testing to do to improve those deficiencies."
As the two were talking, no one noticed that the jeep from the engine factory had appeared at the intersection and was heading towards where the two were standing. The driver had nothing to do, so he drove out an hour early for a walk, but who knew
When he was still a few hundred meters away from the agreed place, he saw two officers standing there chatting. He took a closer look and saw that the two officers were the people he wanted to pick up, so he accelerated his car and rushed over.
After the driver parked the car, he got out of the car and walked to the right side of the car. He opened the rear door and said respectfully to the two of them: "Comrade commanders, please get in the car."
After both of them got into the car, the driver turned around and asked politely: "Comrade commanders, where should we go next?"
According to Yakov's original idea, he also wanted to take Sokov around the city and let him see the beautiful night view of Nizhny Novgorod. But after Leonid's incident, he immediately stopped
Having gained interest, when he heard the driver's question, he said angrily: "There is no place to go, you'd better take us back to the guest house."
Returning to the guest house and passing by the duty room, Sokov suddenly stopped. He bent down and asked the waiter sitting inside: "Comrade waiter, can the phone here be connected to Moscow?"
"No, Comrade Major." The waiter shook his head and said, "The phone here can only make calls within the city. If you want to make long-distance calls, you can only go to the post office."
When he heard the waiter talking about the Post and Telecommunications Office, Sokov couldn't help but shake his head secretly, because he knew very well that the phone signal in the Post and Telecommunications Office was so poor that sometimes the same words had to be repeated several times before the other party could barely hear him. He asked about the future generations who are accustomed to using mobile phones.
For Cove, he would rather not make this call than suffer that foreign crime.
The waiter saw Sokov shaking his head slightly, but still asked politely: "Comrade Major, is there anything else you need my help with?"
"No, Comrade Waiter, I just wanted to ask, thank you!" After Sokov said, he followed Yakov up the stairs.
This chapter has been completed!