Red Moscow

  Chapter 319 Extreme Joy Begets Sadness

  Regarding the news of Griza's marriage, although Sokov and Belkin kept silent, the matter quickly spread within the infantry brigade. Whether they were officers or soldiers in the infantry brigade, they were originally all single dogs. Knowing that Griza had a lot of sex, he picked up a beautiful wife while walking on the street, which made everyone envious.

  In the next two days, the number of leave applications for officers above the platoon increased sharply, but Belkin mercilessly rejected them all. He said with a trace of anger: "Comrade Brigadier, believe it or not, if I agree to their request for leave, when they come back, they will proudly report to me that they are married."

"Comrade Commissar, you are doing the right thing." Sokov agreed with Belkin's approach: "If we let it go, the officers' personal problems would have been solved, but in the ensuing battle, they Do you still have the mind to command troops to fight?"

   As soon as Sokov finished his statement, Belkin suddenly said unexpectedly: "Comrade Brigadier, I think you should choose a suitable time and go to the city with Asya to find a marriage registration office to register for marriage."

"How can this work?" Sokov waved his hands at Belkin's proposal and said, "Our side just refused all the commanders' vacations to prevent them from going to the city to find a young girl to marry. But one In a blink of an eye, as their brigade commander, I brought my beloved woman to get married, how can I convince the public by doing this?"

   "It doesn't matter, Comrade Brigadier Commander. Your situation is different." Belkin said with a smile on his face: "You are the commander of the infantry brigade. If you want to get married, the superiors may be happy to see it."

   "Why?" Sokov asked inexplicably when he heard Belkin say this.

But Belkin avoided talking about Sokov's question, but kept urging: "Okay, Comrade Brigadier Commander, hurry up and pack it up, I've already prepared the car for you, wait As soon as Assia arrives, you set off immediately, and go to the city to register your marriage."

   Seeing that Belkin had arranged everything, Sokov couldn't help muttering in his heart: Belkin and his partner have been partners for a long time, but he has never done this kind of self-assessment before. Is it the intention of the superior to marry himself and Asiya?

Thinking of this, Sokov stopped arguing with Belkin, but nodded and said, "Okay, Comrade Political Commissar, then I will do as you wish, and register for marriage with Asiya later. "

  After receiving the notification from Belkin, Asiya thought that either Sokov or Belkin was injured, so she hurried over. When she saw that both of them were intact, she couldn't help asking curiously: "Brigade Commander, Political Commissar, I wonder if you asked me to come here, what's the matter?"

  Belkin didn't speak, but beckoned to the distance, and soon a car drove up to the tent door. Belkin stepped forward to open the car door, and said to Assia: "Assia, please get in the car. The brigade headquarters has an important task today, and you need to cooperate with the brigade commander to complete it."

   "Important task?" Hearing what Belkin said, Assia raised her eyebrows and asked curiously: "Comrade Commissar, may I ask what is the task?"

"Assia, get in the car first. Comrade Brigadier Commander will tell you the specific tasks on the way." Belkin waited for Assia to get in the car, and then urged Sokov: "Comrade Brigadier Commander, the time is not up." It's early, please get in the car too. I hope you can finish the task early and return smoothly."

  After the car started, Assia asked Sokov curiously: "Misha, what is the mission? The political commissar refuses to say, so you have to tell me?"

  Although Sokov is now the brigade commander, it is still a bit embarrassing for him to explain this mission to Assia. He hesitated for a long time, and finally said with some embarrassment: "Marry."

   "Married?!" Assia asked curiously, "Misha, who is going to get married?"

  Sokov turned around and looked at Asiya, pointed at her, then at himself, and said, "Who else? Of course it's you and me."

   "What, we two got married?" Upon hearing the news, Assia's face blushed instantly: "Misha, stop joking. Tell me, what is the urgent task?"

   "It's really us getting married." Seeing that Assia didn't believe him, Sokov said helplessly, "Think about it, when the two of us got in the car, didn't the political commissar be too attentive?"

  Assia carefully recalled what Belkin had done, and felt that what Sokov said made some sense, but when it came to marriage, it seemed a bit too far-fetched. After a soft "um", she hugged the medicine box in her arms without saying a word.

Seeing that Assia was silent, Sokov also felt bored, so he turned his head and looked out the window, thinking to himself: "When I get to the marriage registration office later, if Assia is determined to refuse to get married, how will I end up then? Woolen cloth?"

The car stopped at the door of the marriage registration office. After seeing the sign on the wall clearly, Assia's heart beat suddenly accelerated. He thought to himself: Oh my God, it turns out that Misha really wants to marry me. Thought he was joking.

  Seeing Asiya staring at the buildings outside the car in a daze, Sokov didn't dare to disturb her, and quietly waited for her to make a final decision. Sokov didn't speak, so the driver naturally didn't dare to speak, so he could only sit in his seat and look at Sokov and Asiya from the corner of his eye from time to time.

   After an unknown period of time, Sokov saw that Assia was still silent, and knew that if he waited like this, there might be no results. He coughed lightly, and then asked tentatively, "Asiya, we've been sitting in the car for long enough, let's get out of the car first."

  Asiya nodded shyly, opened the door and got out of the car first. Sokov opened the door on the other side and got out of the car, walked around to Asiya's side from the rear of the car, took her hand, and walked towards the marriage registration office without hesitation.

  When the two entered the door, the staff had just completed the formalities for another young couple. Seeing Sokov and Asiya walking in, he smiled and asked tentatively, "Is this Lieutenant Colonel Sokov and Sergeant Asiya?"

   "Yes, I am Lieutenant Colonel Sokov." Hearing this question from the staff, Sokov quickly identified himself. But when he looked sideways at Asiya, he thought to himself: When did Asiya become a sergeant, why didn't I know?

  As soon as Sokov finished speaking, Assia also said in a slightly trembling voice: "I am Assia."

"Hello!" The staff member said politely, "I received a call from the superior, saying that you are going to come here to register for marriage today, and let me be in charge of the reception!" After greeting the two to sit down, he continued, "Although I They have to receive a lot of soldiers, but both sides are soldiers, and this is the first time I have encountered it.”

  He took out the prepared blank marriage certificate and put it on the table, looked at the two and said, "Please show your certificates."

  After Sokov handed over their military IDs, the staff took a look and asked in surprise, "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, why is the rank of major on your ID?"

  Hearing this question, Sokov gave the other party a faint smile, and then said: "Actually, I have just obtained the rank of lieutenant colonel not long ago."

  Because I have received instructions from my superiors in advance, because the staff don't care about these details. After quickly filling out the marriage certificate, he stood up and pushed the certificate in front of the two of them, and said with a smile: "Please sign your name in the signature space below, and this marriage certificate will be officially valid. "

A few minutes later, Assia walked out of the marriage registration office side by side with Sokov, holding two marriage certificates. Before she woke up from the shock, she murmured: "Misha, this is all Is it true? Are we really married?"

"That's right, Assia." Sokov nodded vigorously, and said to Assia: "The marriage certificates of both of us are in your hands, if you still don't believe it, you can read it again. "

   Just as the two were walking towards the jeep parked not far away, talking and laughing, three policemen suddenly blocked their way. Sokov glanced quickly over their collar badges, and found that they were a lieutenant in his thirties, an elderly police chief, and a young policeman with a childish face. He stopped in his tracks and asked coldly, "Comrade policeman, what's the matter?"

  The three policemen surrounded Sokov in a fan shape, and the lieutenant who led the team said in a very unfriendly tone: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, please hand over your gun."

  Sokov frowned and asked, "Why?"

   "We are carrying out a mission. I hope you will cooperate." The police lieutenant drew out his pistol, pointed at Sokov and said, "If you don't cooperate, you will be responsible for all the consequences."

  If the police hadn’t drawn their guns, Sokov might have cooperated with them to clarify the problem. Now seeing the other party’s guns pointed at him, Sokov was immediately furious. He took a step forward with his left foot, and suddenly separated the opponent's gunner with his right hand. He pressed down on the opponent's elbow with his left hand, and at the same time, his right hand changed into a push. The lieutenant of the police did not expect that Sokov would actually use his hand to grab him, and was immediately pressed to one knee, and the gun in his hand was also handed over by Sokov.

  Seeing Sokov deal with the police lieutenant with the gun in a lightning-fast manner. The other two policemen couldn't help but turn pale with fright. They tried to draw their guns to stop Sokov, but before the little policeman could pull out their guns, Assia kept hitting him on the forehead with the medicine box in her hand, hitting him It made him stagger back a few steps.

  The old sheriff, although he draws his gun very quickly. But he was fast, and Sokov was even faster. Before he raised the gun, the pistol in Sokov's hand was already pointed at his forehead.

  The driver sitting in the car, seeing Sokov being attacked, quickly jumped out of the car and rushed over with a submachine gun. When he arrived, Sokov had subdued three policemen. "Who are you?" Sokov asked coldly.

  The civilian police lieutenant kneeling on one knee replied: "We are from the 17th Precinct."

   "You are the policemen of the 17th branch, why don't you go on patrol?" Sokov asked, "But you want to disarm me?"

  The police lieutenant struggled to get up from the ground, and said to Sokov: "I'm sorry, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, we are also following orders. Please come with us with this female soldier."

  Sokov threw the pistol back to the police lieutenant, and said to the driver holding the submachine gun: "Comrade driver, we are going to the 51st branch for investigation. You should go back first."

   "Comrade Brigadier," the driver asked nervously after hearing what Sokov said, "You won't be in any danger if you follow them to the police station?"

"Don't worry, there will be no danger." Sokov said, pushing heavily on the driver's shoulder, urging: "Hurry up, don't keep the political commissar waiting." Taking advantage of the time when the three policemen were not paying attention, he gave the driver a quick wink.

  After the driver drove away, Sokov said to the police lieutenant: "Where is the sub-bureau, hurry up and take us there."

Three policemen brought Sokov and Asiya to the police station, took them to the door of a detention room, nodded and bowed and said: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, please wait here for a moment, I will immediately Go and report to Comrade Director.”

   Sokov and Asiya sat in the detention room with walls on three sides and only one iron gate, quietly waiting for the director to arrive. Perhaps it was Sokov's dismounting just now that shocked the police lieutenant. Although he locked the two into the detention room, the door was only ajar and was not locked at all. If Sokov and Assia wanted to, they could leave freely even without saying hello to them.

   "Misha," although the policeman didn't embarrass herself, but Asiya was in this detention room, she felt trembling in her heart: "Tell me, why did they arrest us here?"

"Maybe it's a misunderstanding." Sokov didn't know what the police's purpose was, but in order not to worry Asiya, he comforted her and said, "We will be released after the misunderstanding is cleared up." .”

  The two waited for a long time, but they didn't see the police lieutenant or the chief of the branch bureau coming, but they waited for the little policeman whose nose was bruised and swollen by Assia. He came in front of the two of them and said blankly, "Please hand over your documents to me."

  Sokov wanted to see what kind of medicine was sold in their gourd, so he handed over their military IDs to the policeman. After the little policeman took the documents, he just said dryly: "Wait here." Afterwards, he left with their military IDs.

  Watching the little policeman leave, Asiya's heart became more and more uneasy. She asked nervously, "Misha, what do you think they are using our military ID for?"

  Sokov was full of doubts at the moment. Why did these police officers arrest him and Asiya? Could there really be some misunderstanding? To Asiya's question, he casually replied, "Maybe it's to verify our identities."

  (end of this chapter)