Burning Moscow

Section 5 Return to the front

My wound has recovered very quickly, and I can get out of bed and walk around on the third day after the operation. At first, Vera walked slowly around the house with the help of Vera. Two days later, I stopped relying on Vera and was able to walk independently. It was just that I walked relatively slowly. Sometimes I didn’t control the speed of my journey. If I walked faster, it still caused pain in the wound.

Apart from chatting with Vera every day, my only pastime is pacing back and forth in the long corridors of the hospital. Sometimes I don’t want to walk around, and when Vera is not free, I will go to the hospital canteen to listen to the radio.

The radio station often broadcasts the speeches of some famous people. They call on everyone through speeches, poems and stories. The main meaning is: “Persevere! The main thing is to persevere!”

Sometimes, music replaces speech, but for some unknown reason, less music is broadcast every day.

The Soviet Intelligence Service announced that intense battles were going on in all directions, but it was difficult to determine where the battles were actually taking place. The briefing is mainly to report individual battle plots. Most of them are about the heroic deeds of infantry, pilots and sailors. As well as the activities of the guerrillas behind enemy lines, neither the location of the establishment of the exploit nor the name of the unit commander was mentioned.

Sometimes, broadcasters broadcast confessions from some German prisoners of war. From this it is obvious that the anti-war sentiments of German soldiers, including many officers, are very disgusting of war, and they have lost any hope of victory. Hitler seemed to be “finished”. For me, a traveler, what I said on the radio is nothing more than wishful thinking. Thinking of the real situation that the German army has approached Moscow and stationed in the suburbs of Leningrad, I feel very disturbed.

When I returned from the canteen after listening to the radio, I just caught up with the doctor who treated me for rounds, so I couldn’t help asking, “When can I be discharged from the hospital?”

The doctor replied that if everything goes as smoothly as before, it can be submitted to the committee for approval in ten days’ time. After they confirm that my body is healthy, I can be discharged from the hospital.

As soon as the doctor left, I tried to move my body. It hardly hurts to bend over, but I tried to straighten my body abruptly, and the wound tingled like an electric shock…

······I lay on my back on the bed and thought with pain that I had another day of inaction today, absent-mindedly looking towards the concealed door, secretly hoping that Vera would come over soon and have a good chat with me.

At this moment, the door was pushed open, Vera walked in, and a dozen people followed her. Under the dim light, I could see that they were all high-ranking officers. The officer following Vera had two five-stars on the red diamond collar, ah! Actually a major general! I was taken aback, I quickly sat up, stretched my legs out of the bed, fumbled and put on the torn slippers worn in the hospital, and then stood by the bed, looking at the group of officers blankly.

“Lida.” Vera said, “Comrade Marshal came to see you.”

“Marshal?!” I couldn’t believe my ears. Will the dignified Soviet marshal come to the hospital to see me as an unknown man? Feeling a little at a loss, I asked incoherently, “Which Marshal?”

“Of course it is Marshal Voroshilov!” Vera’s tone was slightly dissatisfied, as if to blame me for not even knowing Marshal Voroshilov, the current commander of the Leningrad Front.

“Hello, Comrade Lida!” Voroshilov flashed out from behind the major general and said in a loud tenor, “I heard from Colonel Korolev, the head of the combat division of the headquarters, you behaved in battle. It was very good…”

“Serve the Soviet Union!” I suppressed the panic in my heart and said it in one breath. Only then did I see that Voroshilov stretched out his hand to him. I forgot to pay the military salute, and hurriedly took a step forward, tripped over the broken slippers on my feet, and grasped the marshal’s hand.

“Declare it, Major General Cholokhov.” The marshal turned his head and said to the major general commander beside him.

Major Qolokhov took out a document from his pocket and began to read it aloud: “In recognition of Corporal Musdakova Oshanina for his brilliant achievements in the air defense station, and the deterrence For their bravery performance in the German battle, a Red Flag Medal and a Bravery Medal were awarded. Leningrad Front Command. September 3, 1941.”

Marshal 　　 took the two glittering medals handed over by the officer next to him, and hung them on my hospital gown. Then stretched out his hand again to shake my hand and congratulate me. Then he asked me: “If you have any requirements, you can ask them now, and I will personally arrange someone to help you handle them.”

“I want to go back to the front line.” I really can’t think of any request worth mentioning. I simply mention this most common and most acceptable request.

Voroshilov was silent for a while, and asked Vera next to him: “Comrade nurse, can Lida be discharged from the hospital?”

“Not yet.” Vera was not nervous at all in front of the marshal, and said directly: “At least one more week of rest is needed.”

“I understand.” He nodded, patted my shoulder lightly and said: “Comrade Lida, you see the nurse also said that it is not possible now, then you can rest in the hospital for another ten days with peace of mind. Ten days later, I personally Send someone to take you back to the front line.”

“Goodbye now.” The marshal shook my hand again, turned and walked out of the door, and the group of officers also left after him.

Ten days later, a young lieutenant came to the hospital to see me, saying that he was ordered by the Front Army Command to send me to the Air Defense Command to report. I also brought me new military uniforms, military certificates, and transfer orders.

After putting on the new uniform, I discovered that the collar was wearing the sergeant’s triangle collar, and I quickly asked the ensign: “Comrade Lieutenant, do you think this uniform is wrong? I am a corporal, but this is the sergeant’s collar. ”

The second lieutenant looked at it and said without hesitation: “Yes, I saw your military certificate and transfer order when I came. It says the rank of sergeant. You have been promoted to sergeant. Congratulations!” Talking, stretched out his hand and shook my hand to congratulate me.

After the car arrived at the air defense headquarters on the Neva River, the ensign took me into the duty room. UU reading www.uukanshu.com and a warrant officer on duty made a handover, and then left.

Warrant officer officer 　　 took me to an office on the second floor and saw the chief of personnel here, an elderly bald major. I quickly took out my ID and transfer order from the pocket of the military uniform and handed it over. He took it, frowned and turned to take a look, then read the order again. Then he said: “At present, the German air strikes are very fierce. Our air defense forces are short of manpower. Each jurisdiction requires a lot of manpower. Where do you want to go?”

“Can I return to the 171 place?” I made my request cautiously.

“1717 will let you go? It does not belong to our jurisdiction.” Although he has no objection, I also know that I can’t go back there.

“Then where can I go?”

“Go to Pulkovo Heights. There is a barrier to defend Leningrad. Every day it is attacked by German air forces. The air defense force is very weak.”

“Okay.” As long as there is a place to go, I decisively agreed: “I obey the organization’s arrangements.”

“Well, in twenty minutes, there is an ammunition truck going to Pulkovo Heights. You can take that one. You can go to the duty room to find the warrant officer just now, and he will arrange it for you.”

“Yes.” I saluted the major, turned and walked out of the room.

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