As soon as Sokov and Anne returned to their residence, the aunt on duty at the door called Sokov and said to him: "Comrade Commander, someone has just come to you. Seeing that you are not here, I left you a note."
“Where is the note?”
"Here, here." The aunt handed Sokov a square note.
Sokov took the note, unfolded the faint lights in the corridor, and carefully checked the content above: "Come to my office at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning." The signature behind it is "Yakov".
"Misa, is there anything?" Anne asked curiously.
"My friend asked me to find him tomorrow." Sokov didn't say much to Anne. He crumpled the notes into a ball and stuffed them into his pocket: "Let's go, let's go back first."
"You are back." When the two entered the door, they found that Tonia had already returned home and was cooking in the kitchen. Hearing the sound of opening the door, Tonia ran out of the kitchen and asked curiously: "Where are you going today?"
"We went to the Lenin Library," Sokov replied first: "After reading the book, we went to Albat Street again, and went to the restaurant with a former subordinate to eat something."
"You guys sit down first, I'll prepare the meal soon."
Seeing Tonya busy in the kitchen, Anne whispered to Sokov: "Misha, will you leave suddenly?" She asked this because Sokov left too suddenly last time. Originally, Sokov had been out for a day with her and was quite happy, but her good mood was destroyed by the message in the duty room. She was very afraid that Sokov would leave without saying goodbye like last time.
"Anne," Sokov said with some embarrassment: "I went back to Moscow this time, and in addition to burying my mother, there are other tasks. But I can't tell you and Tonya what the specific tasks are, do you understand?"
"I understand." Anne nodded and said, "I have learned the confidentiality regulations and know that there are some things that cannot be asked casually."
"How long I can stay in Moscow depends entirely on the arrangements of my superiors," Sokov said in an uncertain tone: "Maybe I can stay for a week or two, or even longer; maybe I will go directly to Stalingrad tomorrow."
"You are the division commander, and you're leaving the army for a week or two, is it really okay?" Anne asked curiously.
"Now the war in the city is in a stalemate, and we are temporarily unable to attack the German army and rushed to meet with friendly forces." Sokov explained: "If I were to defend myself, the situation would be the same as I am or not."
"It's time to eat!" Before Sokov could say more, Tonia had already poked her head out of the kitchen and said to Sokov and Anne standing in the corridor: "You guys wash your hands quickly, and come over to have a meal."
During the meal, Tonya noticed Annie's strangeness, stared at Sokov and asked, "Misha, have you made Annie angry?"
"No." Sokov replied blankly, "Isn't Anne okay?"
"No, you see, she's almost crying." After saying this, Tonya did not pay attention to Sokov, but asked Annie with concern: "Annie, tell me, what happened?"
"Nothing, it's really nothing." Anne tried to squeeze out a smile on her face, shook her head vigorously and said, "I'm just thinking about one thing, I'm too immersed in my mind. Okay, don't talk, eat quickly, the food is going to be cold."
After Annie finished her meal, she put the fork in her hand, turned back to the bedroom, and lay directly on the bed without even washing her face. Seeing that Annie had gone to bed, Sokov took the initiative to take the responsibility for washing dishes.
Donia walked out of the kitchen, looked into the bedroom, and returned to the kitchen, and looked at Sokov with a stern face: "Misha, tell me truthfully, what happened, how could Anne be so abnormal?"
"It's okay, it's really okay." Although Sokov didn't think Anne's disobedience was related to the note she saw in the corridor, he still told Tonia truthfully, and finally emphasized: "I think the reason why Anne lost her disobedience was probably because of that note. She was worried that I would leave without saying goodbye just like last time."
After figuring out what happened, Tonya sighed and said, "Misha, I want to tell you that Annie and I like you. But I think you seem to like Annie more, otherwise you wouldn't have let her move into this house. When we lived here, she treated herself as the hostess. Even when the aunt in the duty room downstairs asked if you were her husband, she did not deny it. Now she would definitely feel very sad when she learned that you might leave suddenly."
"I don't have the final say on how long I can stay in Moscow." Sokov replied with a wry smile: "Sometimes I can't help myself."
Donya and Sokov chatted for a while, feeling a little sleepy, so they left the kitchen and went back to the bedroom to rest. Sokov turned off the kitchen lights and lay on the bed made of chairs, thinking in his mind: Just a note made Anne lose her composure. If he told them that he was married, he would not know what negative impact it would have on them. Forget it, he would not tell them the news of his marriage for the time being.
No words all night.
When Sokov woke up in the morning, he found that the room was quiet. He got up and ran to the next bedroom and found that Tonya and Anne were not there. He didn't know when they had already gone to work. Sokov raised his hand and looked at his watch. He found that it was already past seven o'clock. If he didn't hold on, he would probably not be able to arrive at Yakov's office before eight o'clock.
After a simple washing up, Sokov left the house. He knew that it was very difficult to take a taxi now than later generations, and he could only choose to take a bus.
After turning the train twice in a row, Sokov finally arrived at his destination. However, when he entered the door, he was stopped by the guards at the door. After looking at the commander wearing the old military rank, the other party said politely: "I'm sorry, comrade Commander, you are not from us, you cannot enter casually."
"I'm going to see Lieutenant Colonel Yakov," Sokov stopped, and did not get angry, but said to the guards with a kind look: "Please call Lieutenant Colonel Yakov."
"Comrade Colonel, please wait a moment." The guard said politely: "I will contact my superiors immediately. As long as they agree to let the pass, I will let you in."
After the guards finished the phone call, they said to Sokov with a smile: "Comrade Colonel, please wait here for a while. Lieutenant Colonel Yakov will come out to greet you soon."
Sokov waited for a while and saw Yakov running over panting. After saying hello to the other party, he teased and said, "Yasha, you are still not considering it well. If you prepare a special pass for me, you don't have to go this trip."
Seeing that Yakov came out to greet him in person, the guards pulled up the crossbar and let Sokov enter.
As Sokov and Yakov walked towards the building not far away, Yakov suddenly asked, "Misha, can you tell me what happened to the two women living in your house?"
"Ah, you know everything?"
"Yes," Yakov nodded and replied in a affirmative tone: "I went to find you yesterday. I heard from the aunt in the duty room downstairs. She said that you lived in two medical staff from the opposite hospital in your house. I lived there since the beginning of the year until now, and one of them claimed to be your wife."
For a moment, Sokov didn't know how to answer Yakov's question, but just grinned.
"You still have the face to smile," Yakov blamed Sokov for smiling face, saying, "Have you ever thought about how you would explain to Asia if she knew that there were two strange women living in your house?"
"Yasha, the situation is not what you think." To avoid causing Yakov's misunderstanding, Sokov felt that some things should be explained to him: "I originally planned to lend Anne the house, but on the first day of her stay, I received an emergency order and returned to the front line and didn't come back until yesterday."
Hearing Sokov's explanation, Yakov felt that he might have misunderstood Sokov, so he coughed gently to hide his embarrassment: "Okay, that's all about this. Now you follow me back to the office, I have important things to tell you."
After the two arrived at the office, Sokov couldn't wait to ask: "Yasa, what exactly is there when you say there is something important?"
"Look at this." Yakov picked up a folder and placed it in front of Sokov, saying to him: "This is the information about some recently produced self-propelled artillery."
Sokov opened the folder and looked through the information inside. He found that the style of the self-propelled cannon was basically the same as the drawings he gave to Peter. He asked curiously: "Yasa, where did you get the drawings?"
"Where else can you come from? Of course, it's Director Peter." Yakov said unexpectedly: "Don't you even know the self-propelled artillery you designed yourself?"
"Yes, it was indeed designed by me." Sokov asked back: "Are you planning to carry out large-scale production based on this drawing?"
"Yes, I called you here today to ask for your advice," said Yakov. "How do you think these self-propelled artillery should be marshalled after they are produced?"
Sokov stared at the markings on the drawings and planned to produce five caliber self-propelled cannons: 76mm, 85mm, 100mm, 122mm and 152mm caliber self-propelled cannons.
After watching for a while, Sokov raised his head and said to Yakov: "I think to form a self-propelled artillery force, it should be divided by the caliber of the artillery, so as to facilitate logistics supply. The logistics will not give the 76mm caliber shells to the 85mm caliber self-propelled artillery."
"What you said makes sense." Yakov said while recording in his notebook with a pen: "If the caliber of the shells is different from that of the artillery, then these self-propelled artillery will be decorations. I will report your opinion and let our self-propelled artillery be organized according to the caliber."
"Yasa, I want to ask when will the development of hovercraft start?" Sokov thought that after the victory of the Battle of Stalingrad, the Soviet army launched an attack on Manstein's troops. Although both troops and technical equipment had a numerical advantage, the logistics supply line was too long and the road was muddy and difficult to move, which led to the poor supply of the Soviet army, which resulted in the defeat of the troops by Manstein. Once a hovercraft was available, the supply situation could be greatly alleviated.
"Hoaker?" Yakov said disapprovingly when he heard this question: "Misha, please be honest, this kind of hovercraft is of no use to our army. If you want to force it to get on the horse, you can only spend a lot of manpower and material resources. Instead of spending so much energy to make something that is not suitable, it is better to concentrate and make something more practical."
"Yasa, you are wrong." Sokov saw that Yakov did not pay any attention to the hovercraft he proposed, so he said seriously: "I believe you know nothing worse than me in the road situation in Russia. Once we encounter the gathering of snow in spring, or the rainy season in July and August, our roads will become muddy. At that time, the mobilization of troops and the transportation of materials will become a headache for us. But if we develop hovercraft, we can alleviate the logistics supply pressure of our army."
Sokov's words made Yakov ponder for a long time. Finally, he finally nodded and said, "Misha, you are right. It is indeed necessary for us to develop hovercraft to relieve the logistics pressure of our army."
"Horcruxes can be used in summer, even in winter, can also speed on the snow." Sokov said to Yakov: "For example, if we are fighting in the Stalingrad region now, if we have such hovercraft, the speed of our army gathering troops and supplies will be greatly improved."
After Sokov finished speaking, he picked up the high-frequency phone on the table, dialed a number, and said respectfully: "I am Yakov. Please help me find Comrade Ustinov. I have important things and I must report to him immediately."
Not long after, Yakov connected with Ustinov: "Comrade of the People's Committee, I have talked with Colonel Sokov. He firmly believed that it is completely necessary to develop hovercraft. The new hovercraft will complete the transportation of troops and materials at the fastest speed in complex roads."
Perhaps it was Yakov's last words that touched Ustinov. He pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "I understand. I will report this matter to the Supreme Commander himself immediately to obtain his authorization. In this way, we can concentrate on the development of the hovercraft."
After putting down the phone, Yakov said to Sokov proudly: "Misha, have you heard it? The People's Committee Member also agreed to my proposal and prepared to arrange the development of the hovercraft."
Chapter completed!