Red Moscow

  Chapter 794 Visiting the Wounded

   Seeing that there was no fighting at night, Sokov went straight to the camp bed placed at the foot of the wall, ready to lie down and rest for a while. He was just sitting on the bed, pulling his boots, when he heard Sidolin say: "Comrade Commander, I almost forgot to tell you something. Lieutenant Griza is awake!"

"What, Grisa is awake?!" Sidolin's words caused Sokov to jump up from the camp bed. After Grisa finished the operation, he was in a coma and showed no sign of waking up. Sokov sometimes even thinks pessimistically, it seems that his injuries are too serious, and the chance of surviving is not high. Hearing that Griza was awake at this moment, he looked extremely nervous: "Chief of Staff, is this true?"

  Sidorin nodded slightly: "Yes, he has already woken up. Assia knew that you were concerned about Griza's safety, so she called the division headquarters immediately."

   "Asiya called the division headquarters." As soon as Sidolin mentioned Asiya, Sokov seemed a little guilty: "Didn't she ask me where I went?"

   "Don't worry, Comrade Commander." Sidolin grinned and comforted Sokov: "I told her that you are inspecting the troops and may not be able to visit Lieutenant Grisa in a short time."

Seeing Sidolin cover up for himself, Sokov was full of gratitude to him. He walked out of the house and said: "Comrade Chief of Staff, I will leave it to you. I will go to the health team to see Lieutenant Griza."

   "Go, go," Sidolin said reasonably, "By the way, report your whereabouts to Assia, and don't let it slip, otherwise she will worry about your safety again."

  Sokov bit the bullet and came to the health team. After meeting a health worker, he immediately grabbed him and asked, "Where is Lieutenant Griza's ward, take me there quickly."

Therefore, the health worker, who was exhausted from working for a long time, was suddenly stopped by someone and said impatiently: "Who are you looking for? Please go to the military doctor's office and ask. I..." She had just finished speaking, Then she realized that the person talking to her was the teacher, and she quickly changed her words, "I'm sorry, comrade teacher, I didn't know it was you, so I'll take you to Lieutenant Griza's ward."

   "Comrade hygienist," Sokov asked with some embarrassment on the way to Grisa's ward, "Do you know where Assia is?"

  Everyone in the health team knew about the relationship between Sokov and Asiya. When the health worker heard Sokov's question, he hurriedly replied: "Comrade commander, a lot of wounded were sent from outside during the day, and Assia had been working in the operating room, and she was exhausted. , she went back to her dormitory to rest." After reporting on Asiya's situation, the hygienist asked tentatively, "Do you need me to call her?"

"No need." Hearing that Asiya was resting, Sokov didn't want to disturb her in this situation, so he rejected the hygienist's kindness: "Since she is exhausted, let her take a good rest." The purpose of his trip was to visit Griza who had woken up. As for Asiya, it would be best if he could see her.

  Led by the hygienist, Sokov came to the door of a separate ward. Coincidentally, this ward is next to the ward where he was convalescent. Walking into the ward, Sokov saw Griza lying on the makeshift hospital bed with her eyes closed. There was a wooden shelf next to the bed with a glass bottle hanging on it. Flow into Griza's body.

Seeing Sokov staring at the infusion bottle in a daze, the hygienist quickly explained: "Comrade commander, although Lieutenant Griza has regained consciousness today, his injuries are serious and the wound may still be infected, so it is necessary to continue anti-inflammation. "

  Sokov knew in his heart that although he had mastered the extraction technology of penicillin, it would take at least a year before this good anti-inflammatory drug could be widely used. The anti-inflammatory drug given to Griza by the health team should be disulfiramide, which is obviously much less effective, but the side effects are also particularly serious.

   "Comrade hygienist," Sokov turned his head and said politely to the hygienist, "I want to stay alone with Lieutenant Grisa for a while, you can go on with your work."

  As soon as the health worker was dismissed, Sokov heard a weak voice: "Comrade commander, is that you?"

  Sokov heard someone talking behind him, and quickly turned his head to look, only to see that Griza, who was lying on the hospital bed, had opened his eyes and was staring at him intently. He quickly squatted down beside the hospital bed, and asked with concern: "Lieutenant Grisa, how are you feeling now?"

  Griza said intermittently: "It hurts, my whole body hurts. Also, I feel that I have no strength at all, and I can't even lift my fingers."

   "Don't worry, Lieutenant Grisa." Sokov quickly comforted the other party and said: "Your injury has begun to improve, and you will recover your strength in at most two days."

   "If that's the case, it would be great." Griza tried hard to squeeze a smile on his face, and said with some guilt: "Mr. Comrade, I'm sorry, I let you down."

"It's okay, Lieutenant Grisa." This time Grisa was injured and couldn't go to the enemy's rear to perform missions. Sokov also felt very regretful in his heart, but he still pretended to be generous and said: "You just worry about recuperating. When you recover from your injury, I have more and more important tasks that I have to entrust to you to complete."

   "Comrade Commander," Griza felt particularly guilty for not being able to perform the task. As for who succeeded him and went to the enemy's rear to carry out the mission, he was eager to know: "I want to ask, who did you send to the enemy's rear to carry out the mission?"

"Lieutenant Guchakov, commander of the Ninth Company, and Second Lieutenant Samoilov, commander of the third platoon of guards." Seeing that Grisa was so concerned about who would succeed him, Sokov didn't hide anything, but answered truthfully. Said: "Two days ago they used rockets to attack the Gumrak Station occupied by the Germans, destroying a large amount of military supplies, and thus they were the enemy who attacked the Barricade Factory and the Dzerzhinsky Factory. The attack has not slowed down."

   "They did a great job." Griza said approvingly, and the whole person suddenly fell silent. After a long time, he opened his mouth and murmured: "Mr. Comrade, I have a question for you."

   "Say it, Lieutenant Griza." Hearing Grisa said that he wanted to ask himself a question, Sokov said reasonably, "As long as I can answer, I will satisfy your curiosity."

   "I would like to ask, why did you send Second Lieutenant Samoilov in this operation?" Grisa asked cautiously, "Are you going to let him monitor Lieutenant Guchakov?"

  Griza's words made Sokov stunned, because more than one person had asked him that. He hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Lieutenant Grisa, why do you have such an idea? Do you think I will send someone I don't trust to carry out such an important mission?"

Grisa waited for Sokov to finish speaking, shook his head slightly, and said with difficulty: "Comrade commander, I don't think you will distrust your subordinates, but if you arrange for Second Lieutenant Samoilov to participate in the mission, you will It will give everyone an illusion, after all, the second lieutenant used to be from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but the lieutenant Guchakov has been captured twice, which will inevitably arouse everyone's suspicion."

"It seems that I haven't considered this matter properly." Sokov said to himself in his heart: "It's hard to get off now, Samoilov has already been dispatched, so I can't withdraw him at this time? If I really Doing so may cause the other party to have some bad associations."

   "Comrade Commander," Griza changed the topic in time to avoid embarrassing Sokov: "This time I went to the archives building with the political commissar, I have a feeling..."

  Sokov knew that the political commissar Grisa was talking about was Belgin, the head of the current downsizing regiment, and he quickly asked, "How do you feel, why don't you tell me!"

"The same position, we may need a company to hold it, and we can also minimize the casualties. As for the friendly army," Griza said here, paused for a moment, and continued: "Even if there is one Battalion, or even more troops, but it is difficult to stop the enemy's attack.

   "I want to ask, what is going on here. Is our combat effectiveness too strong, or is the friendly army's combat effectiveness too weak?"

"Lieutenant Grisa, you should first make it clear that most of the commanders and fighters in the downsizing regiment have rich combat experience, and they know how to preserve themselves on the battlefield. As for the friendly forces, many of them are newly formed troops, some recruits Even without systematic military training, they were directly dragged into the battlefield." Sokov said: "One side is a force dominated by veterans, and the other is a new force consisting entirely of recruits. Metaphor."

  Just as Sokov was about to continue explaining some of his views, he suddenly heard someone calling himself behind him: "Misha!"

  Hearing the familiar voice, he turned his head instinctively, and saw his wife, Asia, standing at the door with a tired face. He quickly stood up, walked in front of Asiya, reached out and grabbed her arm, and asked softly: "Asiya, you've been busy all day, why don't you sleep more?"

"I also want to sleep a little longer, but in ten minutes, it will be my turn to be on duty." After opening her mouth and yawning, Assia continued, "I just heard that you came here to visit Lieutenant Griza. , I’m coming.” Before Sokov could speak, she added, “Lieutenant Griza has just woken up, and his body is still very weak, so he can’t say much. You should visit him another day.”

  Sokov didn't expect that Assia would give him an order to evict him as soon as he appeared, and the other party's reason was very good, even if he wanted to refute it, he couldn't help it. He had no choice but to turn his head and look at Griza who was lying on the hospital bed, and said with some embarrassment: "Lieutenant Griza, take care of your wounds, and I will come to see you another day."

Asiya waited for Sokov to finish speaking, grabbed his arm, dragged him to the empty ward next door, and asked displeasedly: "Misha, let me ask you, where did you go during the day, why did I When I called you, you were not at the division headquarters?"

  Recalling what Sidolin had just reminded himself, Sokov replied brazenly: "Assia, didn't the chief of staff tell you that I went to inspect the troops!"

   "I want to know, where did you go to inspect the troops?" Assia asked closely, "Did you go to the Red October factory, or the old town in the south of the city?"

   Seeing Asiya, he guessed where he might be going. Sokov could only say cheekily, "They are all in our division's defense area. Isn't it the same where you go to inspect?"

"You are the division commander, and the command position is at the division headquarters, but you are at the front line where you may lose your life at any time." Assia saw her guess confirmed, her eyes turned red, "Do you really have the heart to let me be a widow?" ?”

Asiya's words shocked Sokov. For the first time, he realized that in this era, he was no longer alone, and there was a relative who cared and cared for him. He really couldn't be as self-willed as before. Like a small company commander, running around all day.

   "Assia," Sokov held Assia in his arms with open arms, and said to her apologetically, "I assure you, I won't run out casually in the future, lest you worry about my safety."

"How many times have you promised me," Assia said in a low voice with her head lowered, "but every time you turned around, you quietly led a few people to the most dangerous place. "

"Don't worry, Assia." In order to reassure Assia, Sokov felt that the necessary sweet words were still necessary: ​​"I'm serious this time, and I assure you, if the superior ordered me to leave, I would never leave." It will take half a step away from Mamayev's post. How about it, are you relieved now?"

Assia gently pushed Sokov away, took a step back, and said, "Okay, Misha, you don't have to make such meaningless promises to me anymore. I know your character very well. If the situation is critical, you will definitely run over desperately, and you have long since forgotten your promise to me."

  Seeing that Assia saw through his true intentions, Sokov raised his hand and scratched the back of his head, and said a little embarrassedly: "Assia, you are right, sometimes I really can't help myself..."

"Okay, don't talk about it. I understand your difficulties." Asiya interrupted Sukov's words: "Your words and deeds, the whole teacher is watching thousands of eyes. If the soldiers find their own The division commander hides in the command post all day, and there will be a gap between you. You can still go wherever you want as before. But you have to promise me, you must pay more attention to your own safety. "

"Don't worry, Assia." Seeing that Assia was no longer angry with him, Sokov breathed a sigh of relief, and said to her, "I will take care of my safety, I assure you, I will definitely Live till the day you win."

  (end of this chapter)