Chapter 1025

The next journey, chernyahovsky and I did not speak, are quietly thinking about their own thoughts. It occurred to me that the guard who had been cut down by the Hungarian cavalry would have been killed by the cavalry's saber, chernyahovsky, me and the adjutant, if he had not picked up the gun he had dropped in front of me.

Fortunately, the road was not far away, and soon we entered the area where we could see pedestrians and vehicles. The officers and men who came along the road, seeing our three cars, all gave way to one side of the road and raised their hands to salute us.

Yushchenko, under the guidance of the adjutant, parked the car outside a large wooden house. Seeing several jeeps and covered trucks neatly parked outside, I knew that in addition to Zhukov and the commanders of the tank brigade, maybe rokosovsky was also there.

At the door stood more than a dozen soldiers. Judging from their costumes, they were from both the Moscow garrison headquarters and the field forces. When we saw chernyahovsky and I walking side by side, the captain standing outside raised his hand to salute us. Without going in to report, he pushed open the closed wooden door and politely said, "please come in, comrades general."

Chernyahovsky and I went into the cabin and found that there were a lot of people here. Zhukov and rokosovsky sat side by side behind a wooden table facing the door. Behind them stood major general jerekin. Another five or six school level officers stood respectfully at the table with their backs to us. One of them was reporting to Zhukov.

When we came in, the Colonel's report was just drawing to a close. I know he said: "Comrade marshal, this is the current situation of our brigade. My report is over. " After that, he did not immediately return to his colleagues. Instead, after a pause, he said, "marshal, my political commissar has a special situation to report to you. Is that ok?"

"Special circumstances?" Zhukov, who was always expressionless, frowned. A moment later, he asked in a smooth voice, "I don't know who is the commissar of the tank brigade?"

On hearing Zhukov's question, a lieutenant colonel on the right side of the Colonel's rear stepped forward and answered aloud, "Comrade marshal, I am the political commissar of the tank brigade."

Zhukov looked up at him and asked faintly, "Comrade political commissar, your brigade commander said that you have special circumstances to report to me. If you have anything, please report it to me now. "

"Well, comrade marshal." "Sergeant Maria otskaya was seriously injured in last week's battle," the commissar said quickly. Although it was timely sent to the group army's field hospital for treatment. But from the current situation, her injury not only did not improve, but there are signs of aggravation. On behalf of the brigade Party committee, I implore you to send her to the military hospital in Moscow for treatment. "

After hearing what the political commissar said, Zhukov said impatiently, "Comrade political commissar, isn't she a sergeant? Just send someone to take her to the military hospital in the city. Is it necessary to report such a small matter to me? "

"Comrade marshal." The commissar recognized the dissatisfaction in Zhukov's tone and quickly explained: "you don't know, Sergeant Maria otskaya is not an ordinary person. She's an infantry soldier. "Comrade marshal, may I go on?" Seeing Zhukov and rokosovsky chatting, the tourism commissar did not dare to disturb them. It was not easy for him to wait for the end of their conversation before he said carefully, "I haven't finished my words yet."

"Come on, comrade brigade political commissar." This time, rokosovsky made a gesture, indicating that he would continue to say: "report everything you know to the marshal."

With the permission of rokosovsky, the political commissar of the brigade went on to say: "after the German army lost the settlement, because it was unwilling to lose, it quickly mobilized the reserve team to fight back against the settlement. The headquarters ordered the tank troops to stop attacking, build new fortifications in place, and defend the newly occupied area in any case.

Maria's "female comrades in arms" stopped at the roadside and became a fixed fire point. When the German forces charged our position, they used all their firepower to attack the enemy's attack line. Even when the bandits threw away their weapons and fled towards the starting point, the "female comrades in arms" did not let them go and chased them with dense bullets.

The enemy's counterattack was smashed, and not a meter of the land we occupied was given to the enemy. In today's battle, the "female comrade in arms" has eliminated at least two platoons of the bandits.

Some time ago, when we launched another attack on the enemy, the "female comrade in arms" took the lead in rushing to the occupied residential areas. However, when approaching the enemy's first trench, unfortunately, he was hit by the German artillery, and the track was broken again, so the tank stopped on the open ground.

When the other crew members of the tank group were fighting with the enemy like an infantry with weapons, Maria got out of the tank again, risking the enemy's bullets, nervously repairing the broken track. Just as she was about to repair the track, a shell fell on her side and exploded. When the smoke dispersed, the crew of the tank group found Maria had fallen into a pool of blood. "

"Where is she now?" When Zhukov heard this, he could not help but stand up and asked with concern, "how is the injury?"

After hearing this, the brigade political commissar shook his head and said sadly, "marshal, she has been lying in the field hospital for ten days. She has been unconscious since yesterday and still has a high fever. According to military doctors, due to the limitation of conditions, she still has more than a dozen shrapnel left on her body. If she is not sent to the military hospital in Moscow as soon as possible, her life will be in danger. "“ In that case, why don't you send her to Moscow immediately? " When Zhukov heard what the brigade political commissar said, his tone became severe again unconsciously: "are you going to watch our heroine die like this?"“ It's not like that, comrade marshal. " Recognizing Zhukov's dissatisfaction, the brigade commander helped his political commissar to explain: "as you know, our army and hospital are not the same system. Usually, after the wounded are sent to the hospital, we can't decide whether to stay in the field hospital or send them to the military hospital in Moscow. "“ Comrade rokosovsky. " As soon as Zhukov and his brigade commander finished speaking, he immediately turned around and told rokosovsky, "I'll leave you in charge of the transfer of Comrade Maria to hospital for treatment. Before dark today, I want to hear that she has arrived at the Moscow military hospital. "“ No problem, comrade marshal. " "I'll arrange it immediately," rokosovsky replied“ At this time, chernyahovsky, who had been standing by the door with me, couldn't help it any more. He took a few steps forward, stood in front of Zhukov and rokosovsky, and said to them, "this is my negligence. I immediately called the field hospital and asked them to send a car to take Maria to Moscow." Then he went to the phone by the wall, picked up the earphone and dialed a number. After a short wait, he asked aloud, "is it a field hospital? I'm chernyahovsky, commander of the group army. Let your Dean answer the phone. " We all looked at him, because the safety of Maria, the female tank hand, depended on the call he made. After a while, he said to the microphone, "Hello, comrade president, this is general chernyahovsky. I heard that in your hospital, there is a wounded female tank driver named Maria. Yes, yes, that's her. She's the pilot of the woman in arms. How's she doing? What, bad? What's the matter with you? Have you taken any rescue measures? Ah, I see. I'll call you later. " Then he put down the phone and said to Zhukov, "marshal, I just asked about the field hospital. At present, they are operating on Sergeant Maria and are unable to send her to Moscow for the time being. " After hearing this, Zhukov turned to rokosovsky and said to him slowly, "Comrade rokosovsky, although Comrade Maria is undergoing an operation at the moment, we should be ready to send her to Moscow at any time. Well, you immediately send an ambulance from the field hospital of the front army to wait outside the field hospital of the 60th army. As soon as Sergeant Maria's operation was over, she was sent to the military hospital in Moscow with the permission of the hospital. You have to deal with this matter in person. You must not be careless. Do you understand? "“ I see, comrade marshal. " When Zhukov finished speaking, rokosovsky immediately assured him, "I will personally inquire about this matter and guarantee that Comrade Maria will be sent to the military hospital in Moscow as soon as possible." Zhukov nodded with satisfaction, looked back at chernyahovsky and me, and asked strangely, "what's the matter with chernyahovsky and you, Rita? Why is there so much mud on your clothes? Is there any trouble on the way? "