Sokov came to the hospital gate with Annie with a large bag. When Annie saw Sokov handing most of the things to him, she said a little embarrassedly: "Misha, there are too many, you have given so much. I can't ask for it."
"Anne, aren't we friends?" Sokov asked Anne with a smile. After seeing her nodding and expressing affirmation, he continued: "Since you are friends, why do you reject the gifts given to you by a friend?" After that, he stuffed these extremely precious things during the war into Anne's arms.
"Misha, thank you!" Facing Sokov's kindness, Anne said embarrassedly: "If I have anything to help you, come to me."
Annie's words reminded Sokov that he had contacted Tonia because the hospital often had to go to Dimilyazev Agricultural College to pull wounded people. He wanted to ride a car to visit Rokosovsky. Now that Dongnia has gone to the front line, it is still an unknown time to come back, so he can only pin his hopes on Annie.
Thinking of this, he grinned at Annie and said, "Annie, I'm just asking for help."
"What's up?"
Sokov said carefully: "If your hospital sends people to Dimiriazev Agricultural College to pick up the wounded, can I arrange for me to go with you?"
Sokov's request aroused Anne's vigilance, and she asked with a serious expression: "Misha, what are you doing at Dimiriazev Agricultural College?"
"That's right," Sokov saw Anne suspicious of herself, and quickly explained to her: "My superior, a general, was injured some time ago. It was the Dimiryazef Agricultural College I escorted him to by plane. You also know that the transportation from here is very inconvenient, so I can only ask for your help."
After figuring out what happened, Annie's expression softened. She lowered her head and thought for a while, then said to Sokov: "Misha, if you really want to visit your superiors, I can arrange it for you. But," she said in a little embarrassedly, "I don't know when the ambulance will leave and where to notify you?"
"Anne, I live on the third floor of the house." Sokov pointed to the residence across the road and said to Anne: "If there is any news, you can send someone to inform me there."
After the two separated at the hospital door, Sokov waited for Anne, who was holding a bunch of things, to disappear from his sight before turning around and crossing the road and returning to his home.
After eating a little, he lay in bed and recalled the military meeting he attended today. He clearly remembered that among the three fronts participating in the Kharkov battle, except for the Bryansk Front, the other two fronts suffered heavy losses. If his troops were assigned to the command of the Southwest Front, then what awaited him was to be killed or captured on the battlefield. If he wanted to get rid of these two unfortunate fates, he could only talk to Rokosovsky. According to his memory, shortly after he was discharged from the hospital due to injury, he served as the commander of the Bryansk Front, and his troops would have a glimmer of vitality under his command.
Because he woke up too early in the morning, he fell asleep shortly after lying in bed. He slept until someone knocked on the door hard outside before waking up. He turned over and got out of the bed, walked to the door in a sleepy way, and opened the door.
Anne stood outside the door. She saw Sokov like this and asked a little question: "Misha, are you sleeping?"
"Yes, I'm sleeping." Sokov, who was listless, asked weakly: "Is there anything?"
"Misha, aren't you going to Dimiriazev Agricultural College?" Anne said hurriedly: "The ambulance is downstairs and will set off in a few minutes."
"What, the ambulance is downstairs?" Sokov couldn't help but feel shocked when he heard Annie say this, and he immediately became awake. In order to confirm that he was right, he asked specifically: "I heard it right?"
"Yes, Misha, you heard it right. There are two ambulances waiting downstairs." Anne urged Sokov after giving affirmative answers, "Hurry up, don't let the driver wait in a hurry."
"Thank you, thank you, Anne!" Sokov gave Anne a hug, kissed her on the forehead, then put on the military coat and boots as fast as possible, finally buckled the military cap on his head, and said to Anne: "I'm ready, let's go."
Annie didn't expect Sokov to kiss her suddenly, and her whole body was immediately down. When she heard Sokov's words, she nodded with a blushing face and replied in a low voice: "Okay, Misha. Let's go!"
The two of them came out of the building. Sokov saw a military green ambulance parked on the roadside. The huge red cross mark on it was obvious that it had just been brushed. A driver poked his head out of the window and shouted at the two of them: "Hey, I say, you two are moving quickly, and the other car has been walking for a long time."
On the way to Dimiriyazef Agricultural College, Anne asked Sokov: "Misha, will I need me to wait for you later?"
"No need." Sokov thought that after seeing Rokosovsky, he didn't know how long it would take to chat. If Anne stayed and waited for her, it would affect her work, he politely refused: "I don't know when I will leave."
Annie asked with some concern: "Without a car, how can you go home then?"
"Don't worry, Anne." Sokov couldn't help feeling warm when he saw Anne cares so much. He replied with a smile: "There are so many cars coming in and out in the hospital every day, and I can just take one of them home."
Sokov asked Tonya for help to come to Dimiryazef Agricultural College, and wanted to pretend to be a medical staff and sneak into Rokosovsky's ward. But later he found that this idea was too wishful thinking. Since there were so many people in the hospital protecting Rokosovsky's safety, how could he easily sneak into the ward? Fortunately, now that he has a special pass, I believe that the sentries in the corridor and outside the ward will not block his way.
The ambulance arrived at Dimiryazev Agricultural College. After Sokov said goodbye to Anne, he came directly to the floor where Rokosovsky lived. When the sentry in the corridor saw Sokov's appearance, he immediately stepped forward to block his way and said politely: "I'm sorry, comrade Major, you can't enter here casually."
"Comrade Soldier," Sokov said to the sentry with a smile on his face, "I am a subordinate of General Rokosovsky. I want to visit him, okay?"
"No." The sentry said with a straight face: "Comrade General needs a rest, you can't disturb him."
Sokov took out a special pass from his pocket, handed it to the sentry, and asked, "Now I can go visit me, right?"
The sentry took the special pass from Sokov and looked carefully, and a embarrassed expression appeared on his face. At this moment, a voice came from the other side of the corridor: "What's wrong, Sait!"
Hearing this voice, the sentry quickly turned to face that direction and replied, "Comrade Lieutenant, a commander wants to visit General Rokosovsky."
"It's been almost time, so I'm still here to visit." A lieutenant with a medium figure, no military cap and a little gray hair walked along the corridor and said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, the visiting time has passed, so you'd better go back."
"Comrade Lieutenant," Sokov finally came here, how could he give up easily? He said to the lieutenant politely: "I am from the 16th Army. After visiting the commander, I will return to the front line. Do you see if I can make it easier?" In order to increase the bargaining chips, he took his pass from the sentry and handed it to the lieutenant, adding, "Look, this is my special pass."
The lieutenant took the pass in Sokov's hand, looked it over and over again, and said helplessly: "Okay, Comrade Major, I will make an exception because you came back from the front line and have a special pass. But don't stay for too long, the general's body is still weak and cannot talk to others for a long time." After that, he handed the pass back to Sokov.
After Sokov thanked the lieutenant, he came to the ward where someone was standing guard at the door. When the two soldiers standing at the door were about to reach out to stop him, the lieutenant said, "Let him go in."
Hearing the order of the lieutenant, the two soldiers quickly put down the one blocking Sokov. One soldier even took the initiative to push open the door of the ward and said to Sokov with a smile: "Comrade Major, please come in!"
Sokov walked into Rokosovsky's ward and found that the space inside was quite large, with desks, dining tables, chairs, etc. Even next to the bed, there were two single sofas, which should be for the visitor to sit on.
Rokosovsky opened his eyes when he heard someone coming from outside. After seeing clearly that it was Sokov, his eyes lit up, and then he smiled and said, "Misha, it's you. I thought you had already returned to the front line."
"Comrade Commander," Sokov hurried to the bed, held Rokosovsky's hand, and asked with concern: "How do you feel?"
"I can't die." Rokosovsky said self-deprecatingly and asked Sokov to sit down: "Misha, stop standing, sit down quickly and chat with me. I have lived here for so long, and I have never seen anyone except the doctor and nurse. Moreover, after every examination, the doctor and nurse did not even say a word, so I left, leaving me alone in the bed, dazed. Tell me, why are you still in the city?"
After sitting down on the single sofa beside the hospital bed, Sokov organized a vocabulary in his mind and replied: "Comrade Commander, I designed a new type of rocket launcher, which is very suitable for small troops to fight or use in street combat. Therefore, the superiors ordered me to stay in Moscow for the time being and wait until the new type of rocket launcher is officially developed before I can return to the army."
"So that's how it is." Rokosovsky, who had a pale face, said breathlessly: "What's the situation in the suburbs? Is our army's counterattack still continuing?"
"Comrade Commander, strictly speaking, our winter battle ended in early March." Sokov did not expect that Rokosovsky was staying here and lived a life of isolation. Even the situation outside was not reported to him, so he took the initiative to say: "But the Supreme Command is deploying a new battle."
"New Battle?" Rokosovsky smiled faintly when he heard Sokov say this, and then said: "If my guess is correct, the Supreme Command probably wants to launch an active offensive in the southern part of Moscow, trying to drive the enemy across the Dnieper River in order to liberate more cities and areas from the enemy."
Seeing that Rokosovsky could so accurately judge the next action of the Supreme Command without leaving home, Sokov couldn't help but secretly amazed in his heart. However, he knew that the content of today's meeting was still top secret, so he just smiled unanimously about Rokosovsky's speculation.
Rokosovsky felt a little embarrassed when he saw the smile on Sokov's face. He immediately guessed that the other party must know something important, but he did not ask so as not to make Sokov embarrassed. Instead, he took the initiative to change the topic: "Misha, where have you lived during this period?"
"The Supreme Commander himself rewarded me with a house, right on Lenin Street." Sokov felt that some things were known sooner or later, and there was no need to hide them from him, so he answered truthfully, "It was Yakov who took me there. When he told me that the house was rewarded for me, I was also shocked."
"This is what you deserve, Misha." Rokosovsky heard Sokov get a house, but there was no look of surprise on his face. Instead, he felt that this was a natural thing: "After all, you brought people to rescue Yakov and allowed the Supreme Commander to be rescued from humiliation. This is an amazing contribution. Not to mention a house, even if you reward three or four houses, I think it is normal."
The two of them talked for a while, and Sokov remembered that his troops would soon be incorporated into the Southwest Front, so he asked Rokosovsky: "Comrade Commander, from the various intelligence analysis I have, it will take no time for Istria to be transferred to other fronts. I hope you can help me and not let my troops leave the Western Front."
"This matter may not be easy to deal with." Rokosovsky said with some embarrassment about Sokov's request: "Once the Supreme Command makes a decision, no one can change it. Not to mention me, even General Zhukov is helpless."
Chapter completed!