It was on the third day after the operation that Sokov regained consciousness. He opened his hazy eyes and found that everything around him was white, the white ceiling, the white walls, and even the quilt on his body was white.
He closed his eyes and thought for a while, remembering that on his way to the front with the guard platoon, he met an engineering team at a crossing. The leader of the team told him that there were landmines laid by the German army on the road ahead, and enthusiastically
Please go to the Taoist class room next to you to rest.
However, he found a suspicious suitcase in the room, and there was a ticking sound from the clock. When he realized that it might be a bomb, he jumped out of the window. Unexpectedly, the bomb exploded just as he took off.
...What happened later, he no longer has any memory.
What Sokov didn't know was that the blast of the explosion threw him onto a nearby railway. Even when the staff came to rescue him, he instinctively wanted to pull out his pistol and shoot at the opponent.
He fell into a coma and was quickly taken back to Kremenchug by his staff, where he received emergency rescue. Shortly after the operation, Zhukov personally accompanied him by plane back to Moscow, and was personally checked by Stalin.
, admitted to a military hospital with good medical conditions near Lubyanka.
This is an underground military hospital, located on the square opposite the famous Ministry of Internal Affairs building. From the outside, it looks like a container inserted diagonally into the ground. Enter through the guard post at the door and walk fifty meters along the corridor.
, the field of vision will suddenly open up, and you will see the spacious outpatient hall. The ward where Sokov is hospitalized is located on the second negative floor below the outpatient hall. Even though it is more than ten meters underground, due to the complete ventilation system, it is a little
You don’t have to worry about being short of breath.
Despite the fact that the German army now has no ability to bomb Moscow, Zhukov still found Stalin out of his relationship with Sokov and asked him to arrange for Sokov to be admitted to the safest military hospital, where he would conduct follow-up treatment.
treat.
Sokov opened his eyes again and tried to sit up to see where this place was. Unexpectedly, the moment he moved, he caused huge pain in the wound. The pain made him groan. His voice alarmed the man sitting next to him.
A nurse came over to take a look and found that Sokov had opened his eyes. She couldn't help but exclaimed: "Comrade General, you are awake."
Before Sokov could say anything, she turned around and ran out of the ward.
A few minutes later, seven or eight medical staff came into the ward. They had a clear division of labor. They took blood pressure and measured body temperature. They were busy for a while. An elderly doctor bent down and asked Soko politely.
The husband said: "Comrade General, how do you feel now?"
Sokov felt the severe pain coming from the wound, and replied in a weak voice: "I feel pain all over my body."
"This is normal, Comrade General." The doctor replied: "You were sent to our hospital only after you were seriously injured. Although you have woken up now, the condition of your injury is still not optimistic, and the pain is very severe.
normal."
Sokov analyzed the environment here and the neatly dressed doctors and felt that it was not the front line, so he asked tentatively: "Where am I?"
"Comrade General, you are now at the military hospital in Lubyanka." The doctor replied with a smile: "You will receive good treatment here."
When he heard the word Lubyanka, Sokov instinctively thought of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and couldn't help but shiver. The doctor noticed his strange behavior and asked with concern: "Comrade General, where is your wound hurting?"
?"
"It's not the wound that hurts." Sokov shook his head slightly and asked a very stupid question: "Lubyanka? Is it the Lubyanka in Moscow?"
"This is natural, Comrade General." When the doctor heard Sokov's question, he couldn't help but replied with a smile: "Where else can there be a Lubyanka besides Moscow."
Sokov tried not to think about the intimidating place name Lubyanka, but asked cautiously: "Since this is Moscow, can you notify my family members to come visit?"
"Your family members are in Moscow?"
"Yes, working as a military doctor in the weapons and equipment department."
"Oh, your family member is a military doctor?!" The doctor's face showed an unexpected expression: "I really didn't expect that he was traveling with us. Comrade General, don't worry, I will report this matter to the dean and political commissar immediately.
, after getting their permission, you can notify your family members to visit you."
After examining Sokov, the medical staff left one after another, leaving only the nurse whom Sokov saw when he opened his eyes. The nurse came to Sokov's bedside, bent down and said with a smile: "General
Comrade, I am the nurse Vera who is responsible for taking care of you. If you need anything from me, please give me your instructions."
"Are my injuries serious?" Sokov asked as he tried to sit up. However, his weak body made this simple movement make him feel dizzy. There were many black dots floating in front of his eyes, and the head he just raised was weak and weak.
Fell on the pillow.
"Lie down, lie down, Comrade General." Seeing Sokov's reckless behavior, Vera hurriedly stretched out her hand to hold his head, and said in a panic: "Your body is too weak and you still need to rest.
Don't move casually, lest you open the wound."
Sokov lay quietly on the hospital bed, looked at Vera who had just sat down by the bed, and asked feebly: "How many days have I been in a coma?"
"Three days!"
Sokov thought that on the day he was injured, the troops of the 254th and 300th Divisions had broken through the defense line of the German 1st Army and were advancing southward. If nothing unexpected happened, they should be attacking Alexandria at this moment.
Ya.
Thinking of this, he asked again: "How is the situation on the front line?"
"What's the situation on the front line?" Vera was stunned when he heard Sokov's question, and then asked: "Comrade General, which front do you want to know about?"
"Has the Dnieper River defense line been broken through by our army?"
"Of course we have broken through, Comrade General." Vera said happily: "The first to break through the enemy's defense line was the grassland front army, which was least favored by everyone before the war."
"Why don't you think highly of the Grassland Front Army?"
"Needless to say, the Steppe Front Army is just a reserve front army, and its combat effectiveness is definitely not comparable to that of the regular front army." Vera said: "But I didn't expect that from the beginning of the Battle of Kursk to now, they have achieved remarkable results.
The record of the battle. Especially the 27th Army under the front has a brilliant record. Not only did it liberate Belgorod, but it was also the first to rush into Kharkov, which is really amazing."
When the Soviet Intelligence Agency publishes battle reports, for the sake of confidentiality, it often only publishes the numbers of units with meritorious service, or generally speaking, the units of a certain general. Therefore, even Vera, who often learns about the war ahead through newspapers and radio, does not
She knew that the general lying in front of her was the commander of the 27th Army she mentioned.
"Haha," Sokov laughed dryly and asked Vera: "Then our army captured Alexandria and Kirovgrad?"
Vera stared at Sokov blankly for a while, then shook his head and said: "Probably not. I didn't see anything about the liberation of Alexandria and Kirov in the battle report released by the Soviet Intelligence Agency.
Gullah content.”
Sokov guessed that Vera might have stayed in the hospital for a long time and had little contact with the outside world, so he was unable to understand the war situation outside in a timely manner, so he tentatively asked: "Vera, could it be that the Soviet Intelligence Agency released the battle report, and
Didn’t you happen to see this?"
"No, this absolutely won't happen." Vera shook her head and denied desperately: "Comrade General, I am Ukrainian. I listen to the radio every day and read the battle reports released by the Soviet Intelligence Agency. If cities in Ukraine
Being liberated, I will definitely notice."
Sokov stared at Vera and thought secretly: "Since Vera is Ukrainian, she will definitely notice that our army has liberated big cities in Ukraine. If by now Alexandria and
The fact that Kirovgrad was not captured shows that something went wrong somewhere.”
I wanted to ask Vera about it, but then I thought about it, she is just an ordinary nurse, and all she knows about the front line is from the Soviet Intelligence Agency. As for why the troops have not captured Alexandria and Kirovgrad until now
, she definitely doesn’t know the specific reason, and still needs to find a way to find someone who knows the inside story.
After thinking about it for a while, Sokov found that there was no one else who could provide him with accurate information except Yakov. In order to understand the situation on the front line as soon as possible, he carefully asked Vera: "Vera, you
Can you make a phone call for me?"
"Call?" Vera asked curiously: "Who are you calling, your wife?"
"No." Sokov shook his head and said, "It was a call to a friend of mine. His name is Yakov. He is a colonel and works in the weapons and equipment department."
"Comrade General," Vera waited for Sokov to finish and then replied cautiously: "You can tell me your friend's name and phone number, and I will report to the dean. As long as he allows me, I can give it to your friend.
Call up."
Sokov didn't expect that making a phone call would be so cumbersome. He wanted to give up at first, but then he thought about it. If he didn't ask Yakov to come over, he might not be able to understand the situation on the battlefield in time. After thinking about this, he
I could only say to Vera with a wry smile: "Then I'll trouble you."
"No trouble, this is what we should do." Vera asked carelessly: "Comrade General, I want to ask you, if the dean allows me to call, what are you going to say to Colonel Yakov?
"
"Just tell him that I am recuperating at the military hospital in Lubyanka and ask him to come over when he has time."
"Okay, Comrade General." Vera replied: "I will apply to the dean as soon as possible..."
Before she finished speaking, there was a knock on the door.
Vera stood up and walked to the door, opened the door, and asked the person standing outside the door: "Comrade Colonel, what can I do for you?"
A voice that Sokov was all too familiar with came from outside the door: "Comrade nurse, does Major General Sokov live here?"
"Yes, he does live here." Vera asked warily: "Who are you, and do you have anything to do with him?"
"I am a friend of his. I heard that he was injured and hospitalized here, so I came here specifically to visit him."
Lying on the hospital bed, Sokov took a few deep breaths and tried to raise his voice and said to Vera: "Vera, let him come in."
Vera turned to look at Sokov and said with some embarrassment: "But I don't know his identity yet."
"Vera, I just asked you to call him." Sokov said breathlessly: "He is Yakov, my best friend."
When she heard that the colonel at the door was the person Sokov asked her to call, Vera had a smile on her face. She opened the door wider so that the other party could walk in smoothly. At the same time, she said: "I'm sorry.
, Colonel Yakov, I didn’t know you were the person Comrade General was waiting for. Please come in, please come in quickly.”
After Yakov thanked Vera, he walked in the door carelessly, came to Sokov's bed and sat down. When he looked at Sokov's right leg hanging in the air, wrapped in bandages, and as thick as a tree trunk, his face changed.
A look of astonishment appeared on his face: "Say, Misha, your leg won't be useless, right?"
In fact, as early as when the medical staff came in for a physical examination, Sokov found that his leg was in a plaster, wrapped in a thick bandage, and hung in the air. He couldn't help but worry that he would become disabled. At this moment, Tingya
When Kokov said this, he couldn't help feeling panic, but he still pretended to be calm and said: "Yasha, don't worry, it's just a small injury. I'll be able to get out of bed soon, and you can see me then."
He became lively and energetic again.”
"Comrade General, the injury on your leg is not serious." As soon as Sokov finished speaking, Vera interrupted: "The doctor said that your right leg has a comminuted fracture and you will have to stay in bed for at least three months.
Only then can I get out of bed and try to walk. Even so, I'm afraid I will be disabled."
The expression on Sokov's face stiffened and his smile gradually disappeared. After a while, he looked at Vera and said: "Vera, Colonel Yakov and I have something important to discuss. Can you step aside for a moment?"
?”
Seeing that Sokov had given him an order to be kicked out, Vera nodded knowingly and whispered: "Comrade General, there is a call bell next to your pillow. If anything happens, just pull the rope and I will call you immediately."
Came here."
"I got it, Vera." Sokov was eager to know the latest things, so he said impatiently: "I will call you if something happens, you go out first."
Yakov is a smart man. When he saw Sokov couldn't wait to drive away the nurse, he guessed that the other party had something important to ask him, so he took the initiative and asked: "Misha, do you have something important to ask me?"
"
"Yes, Yasha." Seeing that Yakov had guessed his intention, Sokov did not hide it and answered truthfully: "I do have something important to ask you."
"Misha, as a friend, I want to say sorry to you here." Yakov guessed that if Sokov had something to ask himself, he must want to ask why the supply of new rockets to the 27th Group Army was stopped, so he took the initiative to explain.
Said: "It is Comrade Ustinov's decision to stop supplying new rockets to your army group. I am just a small colonel, and there is no way to change his decision."
"Yasha, do you think I am anxious to see you because I want to ask you about the new rockets?" Sokov shook his head and said, "Wrong, wrong, I have other things to ask you about."
"Other things?" Sokov's words confused Yakov: "What is it?"
