Chapter 148

I had a night's rest in the division headquarters.

Early the next morning, I bid farewell to political commissar yegorov and general leviakin, and took Ramis to Moscow in a jeep driven by grissa.

As they drove to the rear, the two people in the front row seemed relaxed and even joked. Ramis asked grissa, "Hey, comrade soldier, can you drive downtown? Don't break down on the way. My teacher and I still have to walk into the city. "

"Don't worry, comrade Lieutenant!" Grissa took the cigarette end off his mouth and flicked it out of the window. "It's OK to drive to Vladimir, not to mention Moscow. After I came back yesterday, I went to the patrol maintenance station to change the window glass, and I also prepared two barrels full of gasoline. It's no problem how far I can drive. "

When I heard about Vladimir mentioned by grissa, I knew it was a small city 200 kilometers east of Moscow. I couldn't help living in the back row and asked curiously, "grissa, are you from Vladimir?"

"Almost." Grissa looked back at me, then turned her head and drove intently.

"Yes, it is. No, it is not. What do you mean it's almost yes?" Ramis, who was sitting in the co pilot's seat, was not idle. He raised the bar with him.

"My home is not far from Vladimir. I was born in a nearby town called gusiherstaline, where my parents work in a glass factory."

"Crystal goose?" "The name of the town is very interesting," said Ramis curiously. Comrade soldier, do you know how this name comes from? "

I know that the literal translation of "gusiherstaline" is "crystal goose". Such an interesting name must have many stories, so it aroused my interest. I sat up straight, patted grissa on the shoulder and said, "grissa, there's nothing wrong on the road anyway. Please tell us the origin of the name of the town."

Grissa agreed, carefully driving around one crater after another on the road, and began to tell us the origin of "crystal goose"“ It's a long story. Our town is named after the river. As early as the Czar's time, probably in the 1850s and 1860s, there was a crystal merchant named Akim malizov. He was the largest crystal merchant in Russia at that time. With the permission of the royal family, he carved the "m · B" trademark on his crystal products. The "m · B" was taken from the two letters of malizov's surname, It is the symbol of quality and reputation of crystal glass products.

His crystal factory was originally located in mozaisk, a suburb of Moscow. Its business is booming and its products are well-known in Russia. But it didn't last long, because St. Petersburg college warned the Czar government that the forests in Moscow were being seriously damaged due to excessive deforestation. In order to protect the ecological environment, the Czar government ordered that no iron and glass factories should be built within 200 kilometers of Moscow. In this case, malizov's crystal glass factory also received a deadline to move out of Moscow.

In order to find a new plant site, malizov came to a place called "meixiaola" more than 200 kilometers to the east of Moscow, where there are dense forests and few people. Malizov didn't know where he was. He saw a clear river winding through the dense forest. Several beautiful white geese were playing on the river. Malizov asked an old woman in the laundry by the river, where is this place? The old lady replied, "it's the Guxi River, that is, the goose river.".

Malizov, who has come to inspect the environment, thinks that it is an ideal place for firing glass with rich wood resources, pure river sand and beautiful scenery. So he moved his crystal glass factory here, and with the factory came a large number of serfs. In this way, the place where we used to be inaccessible has become a famous crystal town. "

"Hum!" Ramis snorted a little unconvinced and said, "if you say it's famous, it's famous. I've never heard of it! Don't say I don't know. I don't think even my teachers and comrades know. " Then he turned to me and asked, "Comrade teacher, am I right? Have you heard of this place before? "

"Yes, I have." I nodded and replied that this is not nonsense. I have been famous for this place for a long time. I know that there are famous crystal products there, but I have never had the chance to go there. I explained, "I've heard friends say before that the crystal products such as wine sets and vases produced there are good, but I've never been there." Then I asked grissa, "is the glass factory still making crystals?"

"No Grissa's head shakes like a rattle. "Since the outbreak of the war, the glass factory has not produced any crystals. It has collectively changed production and started to produce the burning bottles urgently needed at the front line."

When he said that, Ramis didn't argue with him any more. Instead, he said with regret, "it's a waste to blow up German tanks with crystal bottled gasoline."

Before he finished sighing, the car was shocked, and then stopped in the harsh sound of braking. I had no mental preparation. I rushed forward and almost hit the seat in front of me. Ramis was not as lucky as I was. He banged his head against the windshield. He sat up straight, rubbing his forehead, and asked grissa, "Comrade soldier, what are you doing? Why do you brake suddenly?"

"Checkpoint!" Grissa replied faintly, "they signaled us to stop."

I looked through the windshield and saw an officer in a cornice hat and two soldiers in steel helmets with bayonet rifles coming towards us from the simple checkpoint.

The officer came to our car, bent slightly over the glass and said to Ramis, "Comrade lieutenant, please show me your identification!" Glancing at me, he said, "and you, comrade commander."

As I was about to pick out my papers, Ramis took the lead and said to the officer at the checkpoint, "we are from the eighth division of the guards. We need to go back to Moscow immediately. Please don't delay us."

The officer was not moved. He put his hand into the window and said coldly, "your identification!" The two soldiers behind him also took down the long gun they were carrying on their back. Their hands were flat and the muzzle of the gun was aimed at us.

When I saw that Ramis still wanted to argue with the officer, I stopped him in a hurry and said, "Ramis, this officer comrade has done right. It's his duty. You should take out the certificate quickly." With these words, I took out my certificate and handed it to the officer.

The officer just looked through the document, closed it immediately, stepped back and saluted us at attention. After waving to the two soldiers to put down their guns, they went to the car window with their certificates in both hands and handed them back to me respectfully. With a smile on their face, they said, "commander oshanina, I'm sorry. I didn't know it was you."

"Do you want to check my ID?" Rumis, sitting in the co pilot's seat, asked angrily.

"No, No. We have just received an order that as long as we see the car taken by lieutenant colonel o'shanina, we should let it go immediately and not stop it intentionally. " With that, he stood up, waved in the direction of the checkpoint and yelled, "open the fence." After shouting, he made a gesture of please to us.

With the shouts of the officers, the wooden fence at the intersection was quickly removed. As our car passed through the checkpoint, the soldiers on duty saluted us one after another.

On the next road, he ran into several checkpoints. When Ramis had some experience and someone wanted to check his ID, he pointed to me in the back row and said to them, "we are from the eighth division of the guards. This is our division commander, Lieutenant Colonel oshanina." I really didn't expect that this would be unimpeded. Without any inspection, I passed more than 20 checkpoints, large and small, and smoothly entered the urban area.

Another checkpoint appeared ahead. The checkpoints just now are all temporary in nature. They usually consist of two simple sandbags, a wooden sentry box and one or two military tents for soldiers to rest. These are all the facilities of these temporary checkpoints. The checkpoint is much more formal at first sight. Concrete blockhouses are built on both sides of the road. Besides trucks carrying soldiers, armored vehicles can even be seen in the checkpoint. Not far behind the checkpoint is the moat around the city, and you can see the helmets shaking.

Grissa slowly parked his car ten meters away from the fence, waiting for the people from the checkpoint to come up and check. As soon as the car stopped, a young officer trotted up from the station, ran to the window, bent down, and asked me, "is it lieutenant commander o'shanina?"

"Yes." I looked at the strange officer in front of me. Although I didn't know him, I gave a positive answer.

The officer raised his hand to the sideburns, saluted me, introduced himself and said, "I'm Lieutenant Xie liaosha of the central guard regiment. I've been ordered to meet you."

"On whose orders? Where are you going to take me? "

"On the order of Colonel bzikov, I will send you to the designated hospital for recovery."

"Bezikov?" Hearing this familiar name, I couldn't help but brighten my eyes and asked excitedly, "he has returned to work in the Kremlin now?"

"Yes." "The lieutenant replied positively," the colonel was restored to his rank last week and transferred back to the Kremlin to continue his old post. "

I looked outside. I didn't see the familiar black em, so I asked curiously, "Comrade lieutenant, don't you have a car?"

The lieutenant said awkwardly, "yes, comrade commander. I broke down on the way here. I'm repairing it at the inspection station. Otherwise, you can wait until the car is repaired. "

I poked my head out to observe the surrounding environment. I saw that there were bare open areas all around. If there was an enemy air attack, I didn't even have a place to hide. I looked at the sky again. It's gray and there's no snow. It's a good weather for flying. I thought about it for a while, and then said to the lieutenant, "since your car hasn't been repaired, you don't have to wait. Just take my car and go."

Seeing that the lieutenant was still hesitating, I urged: "don't think about it. Get on the bus, comrade lieutenant." Then he told Ramis, "Ramis, give up your seat to Comrade lieutenant. You come to the back row."

Seeing that Ramis had been in the back row, Lieutenant sherius was embarrassed to stand outside the car again. Directly opened the door, stood in and sat in the co driver's seat.

After entering the city, there are more and more inspections, including checkpoints and patrols. In every case, Lieutenant Xie liaosha just pokes his head out, stares at his eyes, takes out his red pass, and says, "I'm from the central security corps. I'm on a mission." The inspectors immediately stepped aside, made way for us, and stood at attention.

Because I don't know how long the car will take, I feel sleepy. I lean back and start to doze. Vaguely, I vaguely heard that Ramis and Xie liaosha seemed to be chatting. Half asleep and half awake, I seem to hear someone saying "gangchamonisgaya". Hearing this place name, I suddenly woke up, sat up straight and asked the front shaeliosha, "Comrade lieutenant, just now I seem to hear you and Ramis talking about gangchamonisgaya. Do you live there?" "No, I'm not from Moscow. I'm from St. Petersburg," he said Ramis snickered. I looked at him discontentedly and asked him, "what are you laughing at?" He stopped smiling and explained to me, "you heard me wrong. I was just asking if Lieutenant Xie liaosha was a party member. He replied that he was a league member, not a party member. " I only know that "gangchamonisgaya", which I have been to before, means "the Communist Youth League". After listening to what Ramis said, I realized that "the Communist Youth League" and "League members" are the same word. No wonder I made a mistake“ Woo~~~ Woo! ~ ~ " The sharp air raid alarm suddenly sounded, "Damn it! Here comes the Krauts' plane! Comrade lieutenant, where can we hide? " Grissa looked ahead and asked Xie liaosha in a loud voice“ Drive straight ahead and see the first crossing. Turn right. Drive 200 meters ahead and you'll see a new shelter. " Almost without thinking about it, she turned her head and yelled at grissa. As soon as grissa stepped on the gas, the car sped forward. Turning right at the corner of the street, he saw a barricade in front of him. Xie liaosha pointed to the position and said in a loud voice, "it's there. Drive the car quickly." When the car stopped in front of the barricade, Xie liaosha first jumped out of the car and cried anxiously below, "come on! Get out of the car After we all got down, we immediately led the way ahead and led us around the fortifications made of sandbags, wood and stones. When I came to the back of the barricade, I saw a downward passage. Without waiting for me to speak, Xie liaosha had led the way down the steps. The three of us followed him closely. Along a huge arched passage, you enter a hall supported by columns and square columns. In my experience, this is a subway station. Habitually, he looked at the place where the place name was marked on the wall. To find out what place it was, he saw a wooden sign hanging on the snow-white marble wall, which was written in red“ краснопреснерская”。