Red Moscow

  Chapter 757 War correspondent? (superior)

Before leaving the archives building, Sokov called all the fighters of the guard platoon into the hall and said to them: "Comrades, have you seen the four children next to me? Their families were killed by the Germans." , and now I want to take them back to Mamayev Post together. Before leaving, I would like to ask everyone to ensure their safety no matter what dangers we encounter on the road. Can you do it?"

  After Sokov finished speaking, the soldiers in the hall immediately replied loudly: "We can do it!"

After listening to the soldiers' replies, Sokov nodded in satisfaction. After bending over to pick up Lilia, he gave an order loudly: "Let's go!" Samoilov and two other soldiers stepped forward to pick up the three soldiers. The boy followed closely behind Sokov.

  When Sokov walked into the headquarters, Sidolin and Ivanov, who were chatting at the table, both stood up in a hurry to greet him: "Comrade commander, you are back!"

   "I'm back!" Sokov nodded, and asked casually, "How is the daytime battle on Mamayev Hill?"

   "The enemy did not attack for a whole day," replied Sidolin.

   "What, the enemy didn't attack?" Sidolin's words surprised Sokov, and he asked in amazement: "Chief of Staff, you mean that the enemy has not launched an attack on Mamayev Post all day today?"

   "That's right, Comrade Commander." Sidolin replied affirmatively: "Even the fighting in the Workers' New Village was not fierce. The attacking Romanian army would be defeated at the first touch, and they had no intention of fighting at all."

  After Sidolin finished his report, he accidentally saw the four children behind Sokov, with a surprised expression on his face: "Mr. Comrade, where did these children come from?"

"Second Lieutenant Samoilov found it in the sewer of the archives building." Sokov took Lilia's hand and gently pulled her to him, facing Sidolin and Ivano standing in front of him. "Their parents were killed by the Germans," said the husband.

   "These damned Germans!" Ivanov slapped the table forcefully, and said angrily, "It's not that we owe us blood debts. Sooner or later we will demand blood debts from them."

"Yes, Comrade Deputy Division Commander. The day when we demand blood debt from the Germans will come sooner or later." After finishing these two sentences to Ivanov, Sokov directly instructed Sidolin: "Chief of Staff, Call the health team and ask Assia to come here immediately."

Sidolin promised, picked up the phone quickly, and asked the operator to connect to the health team. When he heard someone talking, he said into the microphone: "I am Sidolin, please tell Assia that the teacher is from outside Come back, let her come immediately."

   Putting down the phone, Sidolin saw Sokov beckon the children to sit on the bench against the wall, and asked someone to pour tea for them. And Ivanov took out a piece of chocolate from his pocket, broke it and gave it to the children. Seeing this, Sidolin quickly called a staff officer and asked, "Go to the logistics and ask, is there any chocolate in stock in the division?"

   "Okay, Comrade Chief of Staff." The staff officer nodded: "I'll go right away."

The logistics was not far from the division headquarters. In less than five minutes, the staff officer ran back panting, holding a few pieces of dark chocolate in his hand, and said to Sidolin: "Chief of staff, the comrades in the logistics have said that because the superiors have not reported to you recently. We provide new supplies, and these are the only chocolates left in stock."

  Sidorin pointed at the children sitting by the wall, and told the staff: "Hurry up and give it to the children."

  As soon as the staff officer walked away, someone broke in from the outside, shouting incessantly: "Misha, Misha!"

  Sidorin fixed his eyes and saw that it was Assia, so he smiled at her and said, "Assia, you are here!"

  Unexpectedly, Assia rushed over, grabbed Sidolin's arm, and asked in a panic, "Chief of Staff, where is Misha? Is he injured again?"

   Before Sidolin figured out what was going on, Sokov's puzzled voice came from the corner: "Who said I was injured?"

   "Misha!" Assia, who was looking panic-stricken, heard Sokov's voice full of confidence, and the heart hanging in her throat was put back into her stomach. She rushed in front of Sokov quickly, looked him up and down, and asked in surprise, "Since you are not injured, why do you want me to rush to the headquarters?"

  Sidorin, who was standing aside, heard what Assia said, and realized that he didn't speak clearly on the phone just now, which caused Assia to misunderstand. I only heard Sokov say to Asiya: "Asiya, I called you here because of another important matter."

As Sokov said, he stepped aside and let the children sitting on the bench appear in front of Asiya, "These children were just rescued by us. You just brought a medicine kit with you, so give it to them." Check to see if there is any injury on the body."

  Seeing the children suddenly appearing in front of her, Assia couldn't help being surprised: "Misha, where did these children come from?"

  Sokov hurriedly explained the origins of these children and everything they experienced recently to Asiya in detail. After hearing what happened to these children, Asiya's tears flowed down her cheeks. She opened her arms, embraced all four children in her arms, and said excitedly, "Children, you have suffered!"

When Assia hugged the children, Sokov did not interrupt her. When Assia began to examine the children, he said: "Assia, after you finish the children's physical examination, Just take them back to the Sanitary Corps. It's up to you to take care of them until I find a way to get them out of Stalingrad."

   "Don't worry, Misha." Asiya turned her head and said to Sokov, "I will take care of them as my own children, and I will never let them be wronged."

Seeing that Assia agreed to his request, Sokov knelt down in front of the children and said to them: "Children, you will follow Assia to the health team later, and she will take care of you. Do you understand?" ?”

   "Understood!" The four children replied neatly.

After arranging the children's affairs, Sukov suddenly realized that he had been back for so long and hadn't seen Political Commissar Anisimov, so he asked Ivanov, "Deputy Commander, where did the Political Commissar go? Why haven't I been here?" See him?"

   "Comrade Commander, at noon, we received a call from the Army Group Command, saying that there were war reporters from Moscow who were coming to Mamayev Post for interviews, and we asked Comrade Political Commissar to pick them up."

  The Battle of Stalingrad has been going on for several months, and there are quite a few war reporters who have come here to interview, but no one has ever been to Mamayev Post. Sokov scratched the back of his head and asked curiously: "We have been in Stalingrad for so long, and it seems that this is the first time a reporter has come to interview us. By the way, how many people did the political commissar bring, and can they ensure the safety of the journalists?"

"Comrade Commander, don't worry about this." Sidolin comforted Sokov and said, "I asked Major Tenev, the commander of the guard battalion, to take a hundred soldiers with the political commissar. Keep journalists safe."

  (end of this chapter)