Red Moscow

Chapter 2479

According to Sokov's experience, when Asiya heard that five female soldiers had died, her reaction would be as sad as Agni and others. It's just that Agni and the others are men, and they can still control their emotions to some extent and will not cry in public; Asiya will definitely burst into tears, and he should prepare a towel for her in advance to wipe her tears.

But Sokov forgot that although Asiya was a woman, she was after all a military doctor who had been on the battlefield, and her psychological quality was far stronger than Agni and others. But after hearing the story of the sacrifice of the five female soldiers one after another, Sokov was particularly surprised because his eyes were red and there were no tears as he imagined.

 After Sokov recited the entire text, Asiya said in a hoarse voice: "Misha, I want to ask you something."

 “Tell me, what’s the matter?”

“If you were Vaskov and took five female soldiers to stop the enemy, would they all survive?”

Hearing Asiya's question, Sokov couldn't help but feel a little ashamed, thinking that Asiya thought too highly of him. Unless they are special forces from later generations, it would be a fantasy for all five female soldiers to survive in that environment.

Seeing that Sokov had not answered his question, Asiya repeated her question again, and finally emphasized: "I can't imagine what kind of results others will have. But based on what I know about you , if you were in Vaskov’s position, the chance of letting five female soldiers survive is very high.”

Sokov began to seriously consider what Asiya said. He remembered that he had read a time-travel novel before, and the protagonist was Lida, one of the five female soldiers. The author chose Lida as the protagonist of the book entirely because the time, place and scene where the other four female soldiers died cannot be changed at all. In the book, Leda shot herself. The author chose to start from here, writing that the bullet missed and Leda fainted due to her injuries. The grief-stricken Vaskov mistakenly sacrificed for her. In a hurry to seek revenge from the Germans, he did not check to see if she had no signs of breathing.

"Asiya, no matter how capable I am, I can't keep all five female soldiers alive." Sokov organized the vocabulary in his mind, and then said to Asiya: "First of all, Risa's sacrifice, It was because she took the wrong path when crossing the swamp and was swallowed up by the mire. There was no way to save her. Secondly, the person who could not be saved was Galka. She was already frightened and panicked at the time, and the searching German soldiers did not find her at all. She rushed out of her hiding place regardless, and died under random gunfire from the Germans."

"What about the other three female soldiers?" Asiya waited for Sokov to finish speaking, then asked eagerly: "For example, the beautiful female translator Sonia, I like her very much, and I will give it to my comrades when there is nothing wrong. Have a poetry recitation. If she hadn’t gone to help Vaskov find the lost tobacco pouch, she might not have died.”

Sokov smiled: "Asia, don't forget, I basically don't smoke. In other words, when I lead the female soldiers to chase the enemy, there will be no chance of losing my cigarette bag. And Soni Naturally, Ya will not sacrifice herself just to help me find the cigarette pouch."

"What about Zhenya?" Asiya had already put herself into the author's perspective at this moment and began to conceive of a new plot: "The girl you described has very good marksmanship and can definitely serve as a qualified shooter in this battle. As a sniper, let her hide in the dense woods and shoot at the advancing enemies. As long as she fires two shots and changes her position, the enemies will not be able to find her traces at all. If you cooperate with her at this time, you might be able to Destroy this enemy force with zero casualties."

"What about Lida?" Sokov felt that Asiya's statement was very reasonable, so he asked curiously: "What role are you going to let her play in the battle?"

"Lida is the squad leader of the anti-aircraft machine gun platoon. Although her marksmanship is not as good as Zhenia's, if you let her follow you, she can also pose a great threat to the enemy." Asiya pointed her fingers and started Analysis to Sokov: "Get rid of Risa and Galka who cannot escape the fate of death, leaving you and three female soldiers. Zhenya and Sonia can be teamed up to use sniper attacks at the other end of the forest. To destroy the enemy. You and Lida will attract their attention on the other side of the enemy so that they cannot concentrate on dealing with Zhenia."

Hearing Asiya’s thorough analysis, Sokov couldn’t help but laugh. He thought to himself that it was not impossible for the novel to follow the plot Asiya said, but in this case, the artistic appeal of the book would be greatly reduced. You know, only books with tragic endings can leave a deep impression on readers. If this book really has a happy ending, Vaskov and his friends deal with the enemy and eliminate all the enemies, and the female soldiers are lucky enough to survive. To the readers, this is just the story in the newspaper. Novels adapted from battlefield stories naturally have a different appeal to them.

"Asiya," after Asiya finished speaking, Sokov explained his true thoughts to him, and finally said: "The reason why I am very satisfied with the fact that after the book is published, it will be liked by many readers. Confidence is due to the sacrifice of the five female soldiers in the book, which strengthens the tragedy and appeal of the novel. Women’s mission is to give birth and extend life, not war or death. I want to express my love for life through this novel. Love and reverence for women, yearning for peace and hatred for war, etc.”

“You said you will continue to write books in the near future, will they still be about this kind of subject?”

Sokov understood what Asya meant and quickly said to her: "The new book still reflects the theme of the Great Patriotic War, but the background of the story is set in Leningrad..."

 “Well, I knew you were going to write a book about Leningrad.”

Hearing what Asiya said, Sokov couldn't help but be stunned and asked: "I'm telling you what I will write in the new book. How did you know that I would write a book about Leningrad? Do you know how to predict it?" Sokov knew very well in his heart that Asiya would definitely not predict anything. It must be a hint from where he was that made her make such a guess. He was eager to figure this out.

 “You mentioned it in your own book, have you forgotten?”

“Is it mentioned in my book?” Sokov asked confusedly: “When was it mentioned?”

"That's what the major said to Major Rostov when Warrant Officer Vaskov came to the military transport headquarters to find him at the beginning of the chapter." Asia may have been worried that Sokov would not be able to remember the plot for a while, so she took the initiative to recite it. : "At that time, Major Rostov said: '...to the west of us, we are fighting a positional war like a see-saw; in the east, the Germans are bombing the canal and Murmansk 24 hours a day without interruption; in the north , fighting for the sea route, bayonets are being fought every day; behind us Leningrad stands stubbornly.…'"

After reciting this plot, Asiya said proudly: "Misha, did I remember correctly? If you didn't want to write a new book about Leningrad, why did you mention Leningrad in this book? What? This is probably the writer’s favorite foreshadowing.” After hearing this, Sokov suddenly broke into sweat and said to himself that this was just a coincidence. When I copied "The Dawns Here Are Quiet", I never thought about writing another one. Books, after all, I have only read a few novels about the Patriotic War, so the content I can write is very limited.

But in front of Asiya, he couldn't show his timidity. So he gave Asiya a thumbs up and said in a complimentary tone: "Asiya, you are awesome. You actually heard the foreshadowing I had laid in advance from my book." After that, he raised his head. He looked at the time with his hand and saw that it was already six o'clock in the morning. Then he said to Asiya: "Asiya, it's almost dawn, go and rest for a while. I'll call the leader of your unit later and ask for a leave for you. !”

"No, I've already asked for leave." Seeing Sokov staring at her in surprise, Asiya chuckled and then explained: "I guess you will accompany me to visit my parents today, so I informed the unit leader in advance I asked for leave, so I have the whole day to spend with you today.”

When the two of them lay down to rest, Asiya suddenly raised her body with her elbows, looked at Sokov and asked: "Misha, when I just asked you whether all five female soldiers could survive, I saw you fell into I was deep in thought. From what I know about you, you probably already had a new story in your mind at that time, a story related to these female soldiers. Right?"

Since Asiya asked, Sokov naturally would not hide it: "Well, a new story did come to mind at that time."

Asiya suddenly became interested and urged: "Then tell me quickly."

“I was thinking that if according to the setting in the book where five female soldiers died, the only one who could survive would be Lida..."

“Leda, why Leda?” Asya asked in confusion: “Didn’t she shoot herself in order not to drag Warrant Officer Vaskov down?”

"Asiya, that's what I think." Since Asiya was eager to know the story that changed Leda's fate, Sokov decided to tell her the time-travel novel he had read with a slight modification: "It can be assumed that When Dinglida shot herself in the head, because she was too seriously injured, her hand shook violently when she pulled the trigger. As a result, the bullet missed and hit her eyebrow bone. And Vaskov, who heard the gunshot When he came over to check, he only saw Leda with blood on her face and the pistol that fell on the ground. Shrouded in great sadness, he didn't even carefully check whether Leda had any vital signs, so he picked up the pistol on the ground and asked the Germans People have gone for revenge.”

"Wait a minute, Misha." When Asia heard this, she interrupted Sokov's words and raised her own question: "Even if Lida's shot missed, she was seriously injured after all. Even if I wake up, I'm afraid I won't be able to move, and I might eventually die from excessive blood loss. No, no, the plot you made up is unreasonable."

"Asiya, I haven't finished speaking yet." Sokov didn't expect that Asiya would be so picky about his plot. He could only bite the bullet and said: "The book I imagined has some... Some magical colors..." The reason why he said it was magical and not time-traveling was because there was no concept of time-traveling at that time. "A new person, to be precise, a new soul, took Leda's body and became the new Leda."

“My God, you have such a rich imagination.” Asiya was shocked when she heard this: “What is the soul going to do after being resurrected with the help of Leda’s body?”

“What else can be done, of course, is to help Vaskov eliminate the remaining Germans.” Sokov said: “Anyway, the person who replaced Lida is a soul, and she will not die easily.”

“But how does this new Leda know where Vaskov went to destroy the enemy?”

Sokov choked on his saliva and coughed repeatedly. Asiya quickly sat up and patted his back gently with her hand to relieve his coughing symptoms.

Finally, the coughing stopped, and Sokov reorganized his words. He continued: "Asia, I think about it this way. The soul that traveled through time is from the later generations. He happened to have read this book and knew that it was The fate of every female soldier. After he became Lida, he naturally knew where Vaskov would go to look for enemies, so he dragged his injured body to the monastery to help Vaskov capture the remaining enemies. "

"What? Did you use 'he'?" "He" and "she" in Russian are two completely different words. After Asiya heard the problem, she was surprised and said: "You actually let you It's ridiculous for a man's soul to be resurrected with the help of Lida's body. A man is resurrected, only to find that he has become a woman. I wonder how he will feel. Okay, stop talking. , your story sounds so ridiculous, I don’t want to hear it anymore.”

Hearing what Asya said, Sokov naturally wanted it in his heart. As long as the other party didn't pester him with stories, he could have a good sleep. After all, he had a full talk with Karina the night before returning to Moscow. Late life. Tonight, I told Asiya the story again. If I don’t take the time to sleep, I might die suddenly.

"Okay, Asya, since you don't want to hear it, I won't say anything anymore." Sokov yawned and continued: "Let's take the time to rest. We will go to Khimki Town later. Where are your parents."

After Asiya lay down again, she said reluctantly: "Misha, I don't like the story you just told. It's really ridiculous. You'd better think about it and how to make up a story that sounds more reasonable. Well. For example, when Vaskov was looking for the Germans with a pistol, a passing ranger saw Lida with blood on her face. After checking, he found that she was still breathing, so he carried her back. The ranger's hut. There are various herbs in the hut, one of which can treat Leda's injuries, and Leda is lucky enough to survive. Misha, what do you think of my story? "

 But Asiya did not hear Sokov's answer, only heard a snore.

 (End of this chapter)