Chapter 350

As we walked into the room of the division headquarters, we saw a large map nailed to the front wall. A bald Colonel stood with his back to the door. Beside the wall, a gray haired lieutenant commander pointed at the map with a wooden stick. Captain boroda stepped forward and said in a loud voice, "Comrade division commander, Captain boroda reports to you and is at your command." Hearing boroda's voice, the commander stopped explaining and turned his eyes on us. The bald captain turned around, looked us up and down, and asked in an official voice, "I'm Mr. dorofeyev. Comrade captain, what part of you are?" There was a trace of disdain in the tone. Boroda straightened himself up and replied, "report, comrade division commander, I'm the adjutant of general meletskov, commander of the front army, and I've been ordered to carry out special tasks." It's said that he was the adjutant of the commander of the front army. With a special mission, dorofeyev's tone softened. He turned his eyes to me and asked boroda tentatively, "Comrade captain, who is this female soldier? You know, this is the division headquarters. No one can come in. " Without waiting for boroda to speak, I quickly stepped forward, saluted dorofeyev, and said, "Comrade Colonel, Captain boroda was speechless when he heard that. He had to shrug his shoulders at me, spread his hands, and indicated to me that he was helpless. I laughed at the captain and did not speak. Instead, I took out the cloth bag from my pocket and opened it gently in front of several people, revealing four dazzling medals inside. As soon as my medal was displayed, all the people in front of me were stunned. The general military medal is nothing. As long as you have participated in several battles, you may get it. However, the red flag medal was awarded to the citizens of the Russian Federation who directly participated in the battle and showed extraordinary bravery and bravery. It was very difficult to get one, let alone three. The atmosphere in the room was a little embarrassed. The white haired lieutenant commander came over and offered his hand to me: "Hello! Major oshanina. My name is samoylov. I'm boloda. When the lieutenant commander said this, he said with a smile, "Comrade chief of staff, I can't believe you know my past quite well." The commander then said, "I haven't finished. My comrades in arms also said that you were transferred to the 7th group army and were wounded in the battle near Petrozavodsk. After you recovered, you became the company commander of the guard company of the Military Commission of the group army. Later, after you got to know commander meletskov, you were transferred to the combat division of the headquarters of the front army as assistant director. am I correct? Comrade captain. "“ Exactly, comrade commander. " Colonel dorofeyev came back from the phone call and gave the latest order to the chief of staff: "Comrade chief of staff, according to the order of the commander of the front army, immediately transfer the troops to the command of captain boroda, and go to piatnica village as soon as possible to rescue general Vlasov who is trapped there."“ Yes, sir. I will mobilize the troops immediately. " With that, the chief of staff got up and called in the corner. Less than five minutes later, the chief of staff came back and said, "Comrade division commander, our troops have been transferred. Among them, eight infantry companies and one tank regiment are under the command of captain boroda." Captain boroda raised his hand to look at the time and said, "it's three o'clock in the afternoon, chief of staff. Can you tell me how long it will take for the troops to assemble?" The chief of staff also raised his hand to look at his watch and replied, "it will take about three and a half hours, that is to say, at six o'clock, the troops can complete the assembly." At this point, he added as if apologizing: "it takes time to know that the whole division's forces are scattered in a wide operational area and to gather."“ Three hours is too long, chief of staff. " Boroda said with some dissatisfaction, "it's about 25 kilometers from here to piatnica village, and the troops are almost infantry. Even if we rush, it will take at least seven or eight hours. By the time we get there, it's already midnight."“ Comrade captain, "I interrupted boroda," Comrade chief of staff has done his best. After all, it's not easy to gather up the scattered troops. It's better to wait patiently. "“ Yes, major oshanina is right Dorofeyev echoed me and said, "it's our limit to assemble the troops in three hours." When all of us said that, Captain boroda had no choice but to say, "I see, comrade major. At present, it seems that we have to wait patiently. "