Chapter 35

Zhukov and I lived in a suite with a bathroom arranged by the staff of the headquarters.

Zhukov pointed to the room inside and said to me, "Rita, you can live in that room. I live outside in this one. " Without waiting for me to say anything, he turned to the staff who accompanied us and said, "bring me a map, and then lead the telephone line to my room."

Is it appropriate to live under the same roof as Zhukov? I stood in the room, hesitated for a moment, and finally entered my own room. The furnishings in my room are very simple. There is no furniture except a table and a bed. I put the submachine gun on the table, took off my military coat, hung it on the wall, sat by the bed and took off my boots.

Today, I ran outside for a day. Although I spent most of my time in the car, I still felt tired after such a thrilling experience. I just wanted to lie down and have a rest, but I fell asleep.

I woke up hungry in the middle of the night and wanted to find something to eat. When he was about to pull the door to go out, he suddenly remembered that Zhukov lived outside, so that going out would not disturb his rest, right? I want to wait until dawn to go out, but I'm really hungry. I haven't eaten anything all day.

I gently opened the door, and unexpectedly found that the lights were bright outside. Zhukov was sitting at the table looking at the map. It seemed that he was so busy that he still had no rest. Hearing me open the door, he said without looking up, "Rita, you wake up. Go and get me a cup of tea."

"Yes." I quickly agreed and ran outside to find someone.

There were soldiers on duty outside the door. When they saw me coming out, they immediately stood at attention and saluted me. I went up to him and asked him, "can you help me find something to eat and pour me a cup of tea?"

"Yes, comrade major!" He promised and ran away. Looking at his back, I feel strange. How does he know I'm a major? Looking down, it turned out that I didn't wear the soldier's military coat, so the rank of major in summer clothes was very clear.

After a short time, the soldier came over with a tray on which I put what I needed. He handed me the tray and helped me open the door. I gave him a thank you and went into the room with the tray. Put tea cups, teapots, plates with fine sugar, plates with military black bread and sliced cooked pork on the table.

Zhukov looked up at me and said with satisfaction, "thank you, Rita. Let's sit down and eat. "

I'm so hungry that I won't be polite to him. I just sat down on the chair next to him, picked up a piece of dry bread and began to chew it.

"Lida," Zhukov said, "I just received a call from Comrade Stalin. I have already transferred three anti-aircraft artillery regiments from Moscow overnight to our borojino line."

"Is it to strengthen air defense?" I asked with dry bread in my mouth.

"No, not for air defense. These anti-aircraft guns are used to strengthen our anti tank forces." He continued with an appreciative tone: "in the case of our army's serious shortage of anti tank weapons, it is very effective on the battlefield to use the anti-aircraft artillery method you invented to hit tanks."

I laughed and didn't speak. To tell you the truth, it seems that I saw so many World War II movies and novels before, which are very useful. At least Rommel's tactics against the British army can be used against the German army.

Zhukov added: "our army suffered great losses in the war, and the morale was inevitably affected. Do you have any good ways to boost your morale? "

"Parade." I answered him almost without thinking.

"Parade?" "What parade?" he asked, frowning and puzzled

"The traditional military parade on October Revolution Day!" When I think of the exciting parade that later generations witnessed in red square, I am also a little excited. "Although the enemy is coming down, our leaders still calmly hold a grand parade ceremony in red square, which is a great inspiration to the morale of the people."

"Red Square parade?" Zhukov listened to me and began to think. I don't think he's talking. I'll hurry to eat so that I won't be able to eat again.

"Where did the parade come from? What about the evacuation of these troops after the parade? " He seemed to talk to himself and to ask me“ In addition, the German air attack on Moscow almost never stopped, so many troops gathered in a small area, once they were found by the enemy's air force and attacked, they would suffer heavy losses. At that time, it was not only unable to achieve the purpose of boosting morale, but also counterproductive. "

"The troops can be transferred from several aspects: the first is the reserve troops transferred from the rear, the second is the troops directly under the Moscow military region, and the third is to transfer some combat backbones from the troops on the front line to form a temporary reading unit." As a pacer of later generations, I know very well the role and far-reaching influence of the parade, so I want to try my best to promote the parade on October Revolution Day“ Air defense is not a big problem. Let the air force increase the patrol density over Moscow and shorten the time of the parade. Even if the German air force gets the information, the parade will be over by the time they arrive. As for the evacuation of troops... "Speaking of this, I deliberately stopped for a moment, took a sip of the tea cup on the table, and then slowly said," we first prepared a large number of trucks on the Moscow river. After the troops arrived at the river through Red Square, they directly got on the bus and drove to the front line. "

Zhukov listened to me, stood up without a word, and walked back and forth in the room with his hands on his back. I know that my proposal is very attractive to him, and he will never object to it. What he considers is how to put forward this proposal to the supreme commander in proper terms and try to put it into practice. Zhukov stopped in the room, picked up the phone on the desk, dialed a set of numbers, and said, "I'm Zhukov. Please connect me with marshal shaposnikov." After a while, I heard him say: "marshal, I have a proposal. Please pass it on to Comrade Stalin after dawn..." when he called, I went back to my room with interest. One is that my level is too low. I have to pretend that I don't know many things I shouldn't know, even if I am the initiator. Second, I have been out all day. My clothes and boots are dirty and covered with mud. It's time to wash them. In the next few days, Zhukov didn't give me any specific work. That said, I'm sorry to be idle, so I can only play a temporary role as a signalman and waiter. Help him send the orders to all departments of the headquarters every day, and then bring back all kinds of reports from all departments. When it's time to eat, go to the restaurant to help him bring food back and eat with him. The situation lasted until October 12. When we had finished breakfast, Zhukov suddenly said, "Rita, are you bored to stay in these days? If you go on like this, you'll get fat. For the sake of your figure, we should go out for a walk today! " So I immediately cleaned up the tableware on the table and handed it to the soldiers on duty outside. Then I went back to my room, put on my military coat and submachine gun, and left the headquarters behind him in the image of Zhukov's female bodyguard. We were in the same car the other day. The broken windows had been replaced with brand new ones. The trunk lid had been repaired and repainted. When we got on the bus, the driver didn't speak and started the car directly. It seems that he already knows where our destination is. I looked at the back, but we were the only car with no other guards. After what happened last time, I was a little bit scared. I couldn't help worrying and asked, "Comrade General, don't we take guards?"“ Rita, aren't you the best guard? " Zhukov joked at me, and then said, "this section of the road is behind our defense line. You won't encounter German tanks again. You don't have to worry." After all, Zhukov is not only a famous general, but also a lucky general. He has never been injured in the war. There should be no problem with his safety. The car stopped in front of a tent in the forest. The soldiers standing guard at the door watched us walk down from the car, quickly stood at attention, saluted and said to Zhukov, "senior general, the commanders of the 16th army are all in the tent." Zhukov nodded and went straight in, and I followed. The space in the tent is very high. You can stand up straight after entering. As soon as we went in, several people who had been sitting inside immediately stood up. Lieutenant general rokosovsky, whom I am familiar with, immediately went over to salute Zhukov and said, "Comrade General, the commanders of the 16th army are having a meeting. Please give us your instructions."“ I'll see how you're getting ready, "Zhukov said, looking at the others in the tent." who are the others? " A general in a black cape called out, "I'm the commander of the third guard cavalry." Then mustache, wearing a khaki fur coat, reported, "I am major general Panfilo, division commander of the 316th infantry division from central and Western Asia." Finally, a handsome officer in a blue cotton coat reported: "I am the commander of the 32nd far east red flag infantry division, Colonel polosucci. The whole division is fully equipped and ready to fight at any time."