red moscow

Chapter 2851

"Oh, it seems that he is quite lucky. He was able to carry out such a dangerous mission behind enemy lines without any injury." Zhukov said: "I heard that you are going to award him a medal. Is that true?"

"That's right. After research, we feel that Lieutenant Regarin deserves a medal for his performance." Rokossovsky said this while glancing at Lobachev, who was sitting next to him. "My military commissar, Comrade Lobachev, will be in charge of awarding the medal."

"When do you plan to honor him?"

"After a little preparation, we can set off."

Zhukov thought for a moment, then said, "Koschka, after your military commissar goes to the infantry brigade to award medals, remember to bring back Lieutenant Regarin and arrange for someone to send him to me."

"Ah, he was sent to you?" Rokossovsky asked in astonishment. "Why?"

Zhukov was silent for a moment after hearing Rokossovsky's question, and then he said, "Koschka, I think you should know that there has been unrest in Moscow recently, right?"

Rokossovsky misunderstood Zhukov's meaning and thought he was talking about the recent evacuation of Moscow, which was why the situation seemed a bit chaotic. He agreed, "Yes, no one expected that the enemy would really approach Moscow, so the city had to be hastily evacuated at this time. I'm afraid that after a while, order will be restored in the city."

Zhukov was stunned after hearing this and asked, "Koschka, what are you talking about? Why don't I understand?"

Rokossovsky was also stunned, and defended himself: "Didn't you just say that there has been unrest in Moscow recently? Isn't all this caused by the enemy approaching the city and we were forced to organize an emergency evacuation?"

"Of course not." Zhukov said, "It is inevitable that there will be some confusion during an emergency evacuation. But that's not what I'm talking about?"

"What's that?"

"As far as I know, the Germans sent a task force to sneak into Moscow and attack and kill a group of military experts outside the Kremlin walls."

"What, what did you say?" Rokossovsky's eyes widened in surprise after hearing Zhukov's words: "Are you telling the truth?"

"Of course it's true." As the commander of the front, Zhukov naturally knew that the director of the General Police Department, Romanchenko, had transferred capable personnel from the police detachment assigned to the 16th Army back to Moscow to assist relevant personnel in solving the case. He said to Rokossovsky, "Do you still remember that Romanchenko transferred personnel from the police detachment assigned to you back to Moscow?"

"Yes, that's true." Rokossovsky was also a smart man. He guessed the truth from Zhukov's words: "No wonder Romanchenko said he wanted to transfer some capable personnel back to Moscow. It turned out that they were going to solve this case."

"If Lieutenant Zhegarin is as powerful as Major Sokov said, it is very necessary to let him go to Moscow to participate in the operation against German agents." Zhukov was afraid that Rokossovsky would not agree with his proposal, and he emphasized: "I admit that if he stays at the front line, he can make more contributions. But compared with the safety of the Kremlin, he should return to Moscow."

Rokossovsky knew the importance of the Kremlin. As soon as Zhukov finished speaking, he immediately said, "Don't worry, I will definitely ask the Military Commissar to bring him back. When he arrives at the army headquarters, I will immediately send someone to send him to you."

"Wait a minute, Koschka." But Zhukov rejected Rokossovsky's proposal: "The front headquarters is preparing for the transfer. When you bring the people back to the army headquarters, I don't even know where they have been transferred to."

"Then what should I do?" Rokossovsky asked Zhukov: "Send them directly to Moscow?"

Zhukov held the microphone and thought for a moment, then continued, "No. If you send him directly to Moscow, it may cause unnecessary misunderstandings. Let's do this. Ask Comrade Lobachev to quickly bring Lieutenant Regarin back, and I will arrange for someone to pick him up from your place."

"Okay, it's settled."

Rokossovsky put down the microphone in his hand and said to Lobachev with a serious expression: "Comrade Military Commissar, we originally planned to go to the Infantry Brigade tomorrow to award medals to those heroes who went deep behind enemy lines, but now the situation has changed. You need to go to the Infantry Brigade immediately."

Before Lobachev could finish, Malinin came over and asked with concern: "Comrade Commander, what happened?"

"Something happened in Moscow." Rokossovsky gathered Malinin and Lobachev together and whispered to them, "Not long ago, a German task force attacked a convoy carrying military experts outside the Kremlin wall at night, killing all the military experts and the guards escorting them. Now Moscow is organizing elite troops to solve this case in the shortest possible time and eliminate the enemies who have infiltrated the city."

Upon hearing this, Malinin immediately made a clever connection with the fact that Romanchenko had withdrawn personnel from the police detachment and returned to Moscow: "Comrade Commander, if I am not mistaken, General Romanchenko withdrew personnel from the police detachment that had just arrived here and returned to Moscow in order to quickly eliminate these enemies, right?"

"Yes, that's right." Rokossovsky nodded his approval and turned to Lobachev and said, "According to Zhukov's order, he asked you to go to the Infantry Brigade as soon as possible to receive the medal and bring back Lieutenant Regarin. He will send someone to pick up Lieutenant Regarin."

"Comrade Commander, if I bring him back, I can personally send him to the front headquarters. There's no need for Zhukov to send someone to pick him up." Lobachev reminded Rokossovsky: "Call him now and tell him not to send anyone."

"Comrade Military Commissar, you may not know this yet, but the Germans have broken through the Fifth Army's defenses and are approaching Mozhaisk, where the front headquarters is located." Rokossovsky explained to Lobachev and others, "Zhukov's headquarters was preparing to move. By the time you brought the men back from the infantry brigade, the front headquarters had already moved to who knows where. How could you have sent the men to Zhukov?"

"Then what should I do?" Lobachev asked Rokossovsky.

"Take him back to the army headquarters first. Zhukov will send someone here to pick him up."

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An hour later, Lobachev, accompanied by several staff officers and guards, appeared at Sokov's headquarters.

The awarding ceremony was simple and was over in just a few minutes.

After the awarding of medals was completed, Lobachev said to Sokov: "Major Sokov, let your men go out for a while. I have something important to tell you."

After hearing what Lobachev said, everyone, including Belkin and Karsokov, left the tent on their own accord. When only Lobachev and Sokov were left in the tent, Lobachev said, "Major Sokov, according to the order of the superiors, after I complete the medal awarding, Lieutenant Jegarin will return to the army headquarters with me."

To Sokov, Regarin was a rare talent. When he heard Lobachev say he wanted to transfer him away, he was naturally dissatisfied: "Why?"

Before Lobachev came here, he had a private discussion with Rokossovsky about whether he should explain to Sokov what happened in Moscow.

After some discussion, Rokossovsky felt that he should tell the truth to Sokov to avoid misunderstandings and resistance in the subsequent work.

It was precisely because he had reached an agreement with Rokossovsky that Lobachev said boldly: "Major Sokov, a German task force has sneaked into Moscow and, under the cover of night, launched an attack outside the Kremlin walls, killing many military experts and the guards who were protecting them. The superiors considered Lieutenant Zhegarin's outstanding ability, so they planned to transfer him back to Moscow to assist the relevant departments in eliminating the German task force."

After saying this in one breath, Lobachev looked at Sokov's face to see his reaction.

Sokov was naturally upset when he learned that Regarin was going to be transferred, but considering that his superiors had transferred Regarin back to Moscow for an important mission, he could not change anything and could only obey the order unconditionally. However, he asked unwillingly: "Comrade Military Commissar, I want to ask, after Lieutenant Regarin completes his mission, can he return to my unit?"

"It's hard to say." Lobachev said thoughtfully: "If he can successfully complete this mission, I think Comrade Beria might assign him to the internal security forces. In this case, the chances of him returning to the front line will be very low."

"I see." Sokov nodded and continued, "When are you leaving?"

Lobachev looked at his watch and said, "We will set out in five minutes. Go and give a few words to Lieutenant Regarin first."

Sokov nodded, turned and walked out of the tent.

Belkin, Karsokov and others stood about ten or twenty meters away from the tent, so that they could not hear the conversation in the tent. If anything happened, they could rush over in time as long as Sokov shouted.

Seeing Sokov coming out of the tent, Belkin and Karsokov hurriedly went up to him and asked with concern: "Comrade Commander, have you finished your talk?"

"We're done." Sokov nodded, and looked around. When he saw Regarin, he immediately waved to him, "Lieutenant Regarin, come here."

Regarin, who was talking to Zaryakin a few meters away, heard Sokov calling him, and hurried over and asked respectfully: "Comrade Brigade Commander, what instructions do you have?"

Sokov pointed to Lobachev who had just come out of the tent and said to Regarin, "Lieutenant Regarin, follow Comrade Military Commissar to the Army Headquarters. Your superiors have a more important task for you to complete."

Regarin looked at Sokov with a puzzled look, and moved his lips, as if he wanted to ask why he was suddenly transferred to the army headquarters, but when the words came to his lips, they turned into other words: "Yes, Comrade Brigade Commander! I will resolutely obey your orders!"

Seeing that Sokov had finished his explanation, Lobachev walked up to Regarin and said to him, "Comrade Lieutenant, it's getting late. Come with me."

After Lobachev's motorcade went away, those standing at the door of the tent gradually dispersed.

As soon as Belkin and Karsokov returned to the tent, they could not wait to ask Sokov: "Comrade Brigade Commander, what is going on? Why was Lieutenant Zhegarin transferred?"

When Lobachev told Sokov the truth, he didn't tell Sokov not to tell anyone. But Sokov was not new to this era, so he naturally understood the principle of confidentiality. Since Lobachev asked everyone to leave the tent before talking to him, it meant that this matter was top secret and could not be told to anyone.

Therefore, facing the questions from Belkin and Karsokov, he said with a bitter face: "Deputy Brigade Commander, Chief of Staff, Comrade Military Commissar only said that Lieutenant Regarin was transferred to the Army Group Headquarters to carry out a secret mission. What is the specific content? Because it involves confidentiality regulations, I am sorry that I cannot tell you."

After hearing what Sokov said, Belkin and Karsokov didn't dare to continue asking questions. After all, there were some secrets that were not known by people of their level.

Karsokov said with a puzzled look on his face: "We finally found such a capable person, but in the end he was transferred away by his superiors. It's such a pity."

"Comrade Chief of Staff, don't lose heart." Sokov comforted Karsokov and said, "There are more than 4,000 people in the brigade. If we search carefully, we may find some capable people. Even if their abilities cannot be compared with Lieutenant Regarin, they are definitely stronger than ordinary soldiers."

"Then how do we select these capable people?" Belkin interrupted.

Sokov didn't have a good idea for the moment about how to select capable officers and soldiers from the army. He scratched his head and then said, "I think when I'm free tomorrow, I'll call all commanders above the company level to hold a meeting and let everyone express their opinions to see if there's a way to select outstanding talents from the army."

Hearing Sokov's words, Belkin's eyes lit up immediately: "Comrade Brigade Commander, you are right. There are thousands of people in the brigade. It is probably not an easy task for us to pick out capable people from them. But if we let the company commanders do it, it will be much easier."

After chatting for a few more words, Sokov turned and walked out of the tent.

Seeing Sokov was about to leave, Belkin couldn't help but ask from behind: "Comrade Brigade Commander, where are you going?"

"I'm going to the field hospital to check on the wounded."

After Sokov walked away, Karsokov lowered his voice and said to Belkin: "Comrade Deputy Brigade Commander, do you think the Brigade Commander will fall in love with the female military doctor from Moscow?"

"No way, Comrade Chief of Staff," Belkin said, "At most, the female military doctor from Moscow has been at our brigade's base for less than 24 hours. How can you think that the brigade commander likes her?"

"Yes, the medical team from Moscow has been here for less than 24 hours, but I found that the brigade commander and the female military doctor named Tonya seem to get along very well." Karsokov said, "Maybe one day, they will become a couple."

(End of this chapter)