Before leaving the archives building, Sokov called all the soldiers of the guard platoon into the hall and said to them: "Comrades, have you seen the four children next to me? Their families were killed by the Germans.
, now I want to take them back to Mamayev Heights. Before setting off, I would like to ask everyone to ensure their safety no matter what dangers we encounter on the road. Can you do it?"
After Sokov finished speaking, the soldiers in the hall immediately responded loudly: "We can do it!"
After listening to the soldiers' answers, Sokov nodded with satisfaction. After bending down to pick up Lilia, he loudly gave the order: "Let's go!" Samoilov and two other soldiers stepped forward and picked up the three
The boy, followed closely behind Sokov.
When Sokov walked into the headquarters, Sidorin and Ivanov, who were sitting at the table chatting, stood up in a hurry and came to greet them: "Comrade division commander, you are back!"
"Back!" Sokov nodded and asked casually: "How was the fighting at Mamayev Ridge during the day?"
"The enemy did not attack all day long," Sidorin replied.
"What, the enemy did not attack?" Sidorin's words surprised Sokov. He asked in surprise: "Chief of Staff, are you saying that the enemy did not attack Mamayev Heights throughout the whole day?"
"That's right, Comrade Division Commander." Sidorin replied affirmatively: "Even the fighting in Workers' New Village was not fierce. The attacking Romanian army collapsed at the first touch and had no intention of fighting at all."
After Sidorin finished his report, he accidentally saw the four children behind Sokov, with a surprised expression on his face: "Comrade Commander, where did these children come from?"
"It was Lieutenant Samoylov who found it in the sewer of the Archives Building." Sokov took Lilia's hand, gently pulled her to him, and faced Sidorin and Ivano standing in front of him.
The husband said: "Their parents were killed by the Germans."
"These damn Germans!" Ivanov slapped the table hard and said angrily: "No matter how much blood debt they owe us, sooner or later we will repay the blood debt from them."
"Yes, Comrade Deputy Division Commander. The day when we demand repayment of our blood debt from the Germans will come sooner or later." After Sokov said these two sentences to Ivanov, he directly ordered Sidorin: "Chief of Staff,
Call the health team and ask Asiya to come here immediately."
Sidorin agreed, quickly picked up the phone and asked the operator to connect to the health team. When he heard someone speaking, he said into the phone: "I am Sidorin. Please tell Asiya that the division commander is coming from outside."
When she comes back, ask her to come immediately."
After putting down the phone, Sidorin saw Sokov asking the children to sit down on the bench against the wall and asking someone to pour them tea. Ivanov took out a piece of chocolate from his pocket, broke it and distributed it to them.
Seeing this, Sidorin quickly called a staff officer and asked: "Go to the logistics and ask if there are any chocolates in stock at the division headquarters?"
"Okay, Comrade Chief of Staff." The staff officer nodded: "I'll be there right away."
The logistics department was not far from the division headquarters. In less than five minutes, the staff officer ran back panting, holding a few pieces of dark chocolate in his hand, and said to Sidorin: "Chief of Staff, the logistics comrade said that because the superiors have not reported to him recently,
We have provided new supplies, and these are the only pieces of chocolate we have in stock."
Sidorin pointed at the children sitting by the wall and told the staff: "Hurry and take it to the children."
As soon as the staff officer walked away, a man broke in from outside and kept shouting: "Misha, Misha!"
Sidorin took a closer look and saw that it was Asiya. He smiled at her and said, "Asiya, you are here!"
Unexpectedly, Asiya rushed over, grabbed Sidorin's arm, and asked in a panic: "Chief of Staff, where is Misha? Is he injured again?"
Before Sidorin could figure out what was going on, Sokov's puzzled voice came from the corner: "Who said I was injured?"
"Misha!" Asya, who was looking frightened, heard Sokov's confident voice, and her heart hanging in her throat returned to her stomach. She quickly rushed to Sokov's face and put her
After looking up and down, he asked in surprise: "Since you are not injured, why did you ask me to rush to the headquarters?"
Sidorin, who was standing aside, heard what Asiya said and realized that he had not spoken clearly on the phone just now, which resulted in Asiya's misunderstanding. He only heard Sokov say to Asiya: "Asiya."
Ya, I called you here because of another important matter."
Sokov said and stepped aside, letting the children sitting on the bench appear in front of Asya, "These children were just rescued by us. You happen to have a medical kit, so give it to them."
Check to see if there are any injuries on your body."
Seeing several children suddenly appearing in front of her, Asiya was shocked: "Misha, where did these children come from?"
Sokov hurriedly told Asiya in detail the origins of these children and everything they had experienced recently. After hearing what these children had experienced, Asiya's tears flowed down, and she
He opened his arms, held all four children in his arms, and said excitedly: "Children, you have suffered!"
When Asiya hugged the children, Sokov did not interrupt her. When Asiya began to check the children's bodies, he said: "Asiya, after you finish checking the children,
Just take them back to the health corps. You will take care of them until I find a way to get them out of Stalingrad."
"Don't worry, Misha." Asiya turned back to Sokov and said, "I will take care of them as my own children and will never let them be wronged."
Seeing that Asiya agreed to his request, Sokov knelt down in front of the children and said to them: "Children, you will follow Asiya to the health team later and she will take care of you. Do you understand?
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"Got it!" the four children replied neatly.
After arranging the children's affairs, Sokov suddenly realized that he had been back for so long and had not seen the political commissar Anisimov, so he asked Ivanov: "Deputy division commander, where did the political commissar go? Why haven't I been there?
See him?"
"Comrade Division Commander, at noon, we received a call from the Army Group Headquarters, saying that there were war reporters from Moscow who were coming to Mamayev Hill for interviews, and asked Comrade Political Commissar to pick them up."
The Battle of Stalingrad has been going on for several months, and many war reporters have come here to interview, but no one has ever been to Mamayev Heights. Sokov scratched the back of his head and asked curiously: "Let's come
It seems that this is the first time that a reporter has come to interview us in Stalingrad for so long. By the way, how many people have the political commissar brought with him? Can they ensure the safety of comrades journalists?"
"Comrade division commander, you can rest assured about this." Sidorin comforted Sokov and said: "I asked the guard battalion commander Major Tenev to lead a hundred soldiers to act with the political commissar. Even if we encounter the enemy on the road, we can
