Chapter 385

As soon as kolovnikov entered the division headquarters, boroda, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately asked the soldiers to bring hot water to the general and his accompanying staff, saying that they had been working hard and that they would wash their faces first. After washing and gargling, he asked the kitchen to serve them a rich breakfast.

Looking at a variety of breakfasts and hot tea on the table, I gave a friendly smile to boroda. Actually, people who have been adjutants to the commander of the front army are better than me in dealing with people and things, and they are more considerate than me. I said to kolovnikov with a smile, "Comrade General, you and your comrades in the headquarters went out early. You probably haven't had breakfast yet. These are all made by the chef in the division. I don't know if they are to your taste. Please have a taste

Kolovnikov took a piece of barbecue with his fork, took a bite, and opened his mouth and said, "the barbecue is delicious, not bad!"

I said with a smile: "Comrade General, if it's delicious, eat more. You've been driving for such a long time. It's estimated that the comrades will be hungry for a long time. "

Kolovnikov grabbed a slice of thinly cut cheese with his hand and, before putting it into his mouth, called to the staff at the table: "eat, comrades! Don't mention it. You haven't had time to eat before you set out in the morning. Maybe you're all hungry. " Then someone raised his head and said to me and boroda, "Hey, I said Comrade oshanina and boroda, what are you still doing? Sit down and eat! You know, this is your territory. We're here to rub our bread. "

In the friendly laughter, boroda and I sat down and began to eat breakfast.

When I was eating, I inadvertently raised my head and saw the commander sitting opposite me, frowning at the food on the table. Seeing his expression, I can't say it in my heart. Maybe he will make use of it.

Sure enough, the commander stood up with a slap on the table and said, "Mr. o'shanina, I want to ask you something! The soldiers on the front line can't even have three meals a day, but you and your chief of staff stay in the headquarters of the division every day

"Comrade deputy chief of staff," before the lieutenant commander spoke, general kolovnikov stood up and interrupted him. He said in a tone of teaching: "the deputy chief of staff didn't speak either. He got up to salute and went outside. I quickly touched boroda with my arm and said in a low voice, "Comrade chief of staff, please help the deputy chief of staff." Boroda nodded, got up and went out.

General kolovnikov looked at his watch and said in a loud voice, "comrades, eat quickly. We have something important to do later."

After breakfast, Colonel Donskoy, Colonel sholov, Lieutenant Colonel petrel, major atzenuk and their political commissars arrived one after another, so we had a meeting at the division headquarters.

These league level cadres are all deputy chief of staff. They quickly stood up and said, "Comrade report commander," since everything is ready, let's go to the meeting place. " With that, general kolovnikov stood up.

The venue of the celebration conference is just outside the division headquarters, and the platform at the church gate is the rostrum for us to preside over the conference. After going out, I specially looked up at the top of the gate without any banners. It seems that the old man doesn't like to engage in this wasteful display.

The open space in front of the church was already full of commanders and fighters who had come to the meeting. Under the leadership of commanders at all levels, they formed a neat square array. Because I said hello yesterday, they all changed into new uniforms.

In front of each square array stood their respective commanders, and even the political commissars who had just come out of the headquarters also stood in the front of their respective troops.

I turned my eyes to the square of the nearest guard company. Next to captain Gusev, there stood Capt. Burda and Capt. chumark. Behind them were a group of lieutenant officers. I guess it was the deputy company commander and platoon leader of each company, because I saw the wounded vaskov standing upright with the help of others.

I said to kolovnikov in a low voice, "Comrade commander, time is almost up. The celebration meeting can begin."

Kolovnikov nodded, took two steps forward, came to the edge of the platform, scanned the team with his eyes, and then said aloud, "comrades!"

With his voice, the soldiers in the line came to attention, and then all the officers and men, facing him, closed their eyes slightly, raised their chin high, waiting for him to go on.

Seeing the reaction of the soldiers, kolovnikov nodded his head with satisfaction and said frankly, "today I'm here to present military medals and certificates for those heroes who showed brave and fearless fighting spirit in yesterday's battle. Here, I want to say to you: good, great! Good boys, you are all good boys

After kolovnikov's brief opening remarks, there was silence. But it was only a short moment, and then a thunderous cheering broke out in the square: "Wula! Wula!! Wula The earth shaking cry made people feel excited. Even I, who was on the platform, couldn't help shouting with rhythm.

Then, boroda stepped forward, raised his hands and pressed them down. After the shouts of the commanders and fighters subsided, he yelled: "I declare that the conference of asking for meritorious service will begin now. I ask the acting division commander, major oshanina, to announce the groups and individuals who have rendered meritorious service." I stepped forward, first raised my hand to salute the commanders and fighters in the open field, then took the folder from boroda's hand, opened it and read aloud: "in recognition of the bravery and fearlessness shown by the commanders and fighters in the front line of the Great Patriotic War and the many achievements they have achieved, we hereby award the title of heroic company of guard company 1 and company 2, And won the collective first class merit. I would like to invite Capt. Burda, the first company commander, and Capt. chumark, the second company commander, to come on stage to receive military medals and certificates. " Bulda and chumak agreed, walked up the steps to the platform, saluted us, and took the certificate and the military medal in the box from boroda's hand. After shaking hands with boroda, they stepped back, saluted again, turned and walked down the steps. As they left, I continued to read: "award the hero camp of the Caucasus camp of the sholov regiment the glorious title, and honor the collective first-class merit, and invite the commander of the camp, Gao Jiasuo Fu, to take the stage to receive the award." " To confer the honor of the heroic battalion of Boris battalion of sholov regiment, and to honor the first class collective merit, and to invite the battalion commander Boris to come on stage to receive the military medal and certificate. "" The fifth and sixth tank companies of Donskoy regiment will be awarded the title of glorious tank company and won the first class collective merit. Please ask the head of Donskoy regiment, Colonel Donskoy, to take the stage to receive the military medal and certificate of merit. " After awarding military medals and certificates for collective service, individual military medals and certificates were issued. This time we started with the third class, followed by the second class and finally the first class. There are many commanders who have made first-class contributions, such as major Antonov, the chief of staff, because this battle was under his own command and he has made great contributions to the battle. This first-class contribution really comes down to him. Captain aftuhov of the independent telephone company, because he ensured the smooth communication during the fighting, I helped him to argue for it, and then boroda agreed to grant him the right. As for lieutenant vaskov, there was no objection from the assessors, and he was granted first-class merit by unanimous vote Lieutenant vaskov went deep behind enemy lines and rescued hundreds of captured officers and men. However, after our army's action was discovered by the Germans, Lieutenant vaskov took the initiative to lead the enemy away, so that our army could successfully escape. In order to commend him for his meritorious service, the division headquarters decided to award him a first-class military medal. Now, let's invite lieutenant vaskov to come on stage to receive the prize. " As soon as I spoke, there was a thunderous applause on the floor. With the help of two second lieutenants, vaskov came slowly. When he stepped onto the platform, I handed the folder in my hand to boroda, took the certificate and the military medal in the box from his hand, and went to meet vaskov. Seeing vaskov salute me, I return the salute with a smile, and then hand over the certificate and military medal in both hands. He gently broke free from the arm of the commander who supported him, reached out his hands and took what I had in my hand. He specially made one hand to shake hands with me. After shaking his hand, he stepped back and raised his hand to give me a standard military salute. When the two second lieutenants helped him again, he turned to the officers and men in the open space, took the military medal out of the box, raised it high above his head, and cried out: "glory belongs to us, glory belongs to the motherland!" His cry immediately aroused the resonance of the commanders and fighters, and almost all of them echoed him and followed him with a loud cry: "glory belongs to us, glory belongs to the motherland! Wura! Wula!! Wula The atmosphere of the celebration meeting was pushed to a climax in the loud shouts of the commanders and fighters.