Before leaving the division headquarters, Chernesov said behind Sokov: "Comrade Commander plans to return to Moscow in the near future to attend the Women's Day celebration. He asks you to inform you and go to Moscow with him. The morning after tomorrow, you remember to report to the Army Command as soon as possible."
"I understand, Comrade Commander. I will arrive at the Army Command early the morning after tomorrow." Sokov raised his hand to salute Chernesov again, then turned around and walked out of the command center with Belkin.
Because Chernesov handed over the defense of the town of Marklaki to Sokov's troops. As soon as he left the division headquarters, Sokov and Belkin took the guards to the town. On the way, Belkin said in an envious tone: "Comrade Battalion Commander, I really didn't expect that Comrade Commander would call you and let him go back to Moscow with him. If you are lucky, maybe you can see Comrade Stalin."
Sokov grinned, but didn't say anything, thinking in his heart: "Why did Rokosovsky ask him to go back to Moscow with him? Even if the recent war was good, he, a small major, probably is not qualified to attend such a grand celebration ceremony? Maybe there is something more important about this trip to Moscow, and the so-called accompanying him to Moscow is just a cover-up."
Back at the temporary command post set up in the church, Sokov said to Selyosha who followed behind him: "Shelyosha, go downstairs and call out all the female soldiers from the health team."
The battalion health team and the wounded were in the basement. Not long after Selyosha went down, Asia, Maria and two other female soldiers from the health team came out of the basement and came straight to Sokov's table. Asia asked on behalf of everyone: "Comrade Battalion Commander, do you call us here, is there anything important?"
"That's right, female soldiers." In front of everyone, Sokov naturally could not have been intimate with Asia, so he stood up and said in a formal manner: "In two days, it will be Women's Day. On behalf of the commanders and soldiers of the battalion, I would like to say to you: Happy holidays!" After that, he raised his hand to raise his hands to salute the four female soldiers.
"Also," Sokov put his hand down from his forehead, opened the paper bag on the table, and said to the female soldiers with a smile: "This is a little gift from the commander, I hope you like it."
When the paper bag was opened, the female soldiers immediately cheered when they saw the exquisitely packaged chocolate. Without waiting for Sokov to give them, they reached out to grab a piece of their favorite chocolate.
"Misa," Asia held the chocolate in her hand, looked at another unopened paper bag, and asked curiously: "What's there?"
"Asia," Sokov said to her in an encouraging tone: "You open the paper bag and show the girls."
When Asia carefully opened the paper bag, the other three female soldiers couldn't help but exclaimed: "O my God, it's actually soap!"
For Sokov, if someone in later generations gave him such yellowish and unpacked soap, he would definitely throw it into the trash can after releasing it. Who knew that this kind of rough-working soap would have any adverse reactions after using it. But for the female soldiers on the battlefield in front of him, these two pieces of soap that exudes a fragrant smell are simply priceless treasures that I have always dreamed of.
Seeing the four female soldiers staring at the soap intently, Sokov said to Asia generously: "Asia, if these two soaps are distributed, you will have the final say."
"I think I'm cutting it with a knife." When Maria heard Sokov hand over the soap distribution rights to Asia, she immediately said impatiently: "There are four of us here, just one and half a piece."
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Asia shook her head and said to Maria: "It's a pity to cut such a good soap. I think it's better to use the same piece together. What do you two mean?" Her last words were to ask the other two female soldiers standing aside.
"I agree!" The two female soldiers nodded at the same time, expressing their agreement with Asia's proposal.
Asia picked up a piece of soap, handed it to one of the female soldiers, and said to her: "You two can use this piece of soap together."
The female soldier took the soap and kissed Asia on the cheek excitedly to express her gratitude to her: "Thank you, dear Asia!"
After handing over another piece of soap to Maria, Asia said to the three of them: "Okay, since everyone has received their gifts, let's go back to their posts. There are still many wounded people who need us to take care of."
After the other three female soldiers left, Asia walked to Sokov, stared at the remaining piece of chocolate on the table, and asked in a low voice: "Misha, there is still a piece of chocolate. Are you going to leave it for the female lieutenant?"
"Female lieutenant, what female lieutenant?" Sokov was stunned when he heard Asia's question, and then he thought of the German lieutenant, who was being taken care of by two soldiers in another corner of the church hall. He whispered to the location of the female lieutenant and asked carefully: "Asia, are you talking about the German lieutenant who is locked up there?"
"Yes." Asia pointed to the chocolate on the table and asked back, "I see you brought back five pieces of chocolate, but there are only four of us. Didn't we prepare it for her?"
Sokov's heart was collapsed at this moment. He thought to himself: Your imagination is too rich. The commander gave me this gift. I didn't notice that there were a few pieces of chocolate in it. He explained it with his heart, but when he saw that Asia didn't seem to be angry, he changed his mind temporarily: "Asia, you are still smart, you guessed it at once. This is the matter. This female lieutenant named Elizabeth played a very important role in persuading the German army. Isn't this about to celebrate Women's Day? The commander was just about to distribute the gift, so I asked him for an extra piece of chocolate to give it to the female lieutenant, and thank her!"
Hearing Sokov's "reasonable" explanation, Asia nodded, reached out to pick up the chocolate on the table, and said to Sokov: "Then I'll send it to her now."
Elizabeth, who was being taken care of by two soldiers, saw a female health worker running to her and handing her a piece of exquisitely packaged chocolate to herself. She couldn't help but ask curiously: "What does this mean?"
"In two days, it's Women's Day. Every woman deserves her own gift." Asia stuffed the chocolate into Elizabeth's hands and continued: "This is a holiday gift from our battalion commander Major Sokov."
Chapter completed!