Red Moscow.

Chapter 2667

After Sokov was sent to the hospital on Graben Street, Shekhovtsov immediately called the army headquarters and wanted to know if the army chief of staff was back. He wanted to tell the other party the bad news.

Unexpectedly, the person who answered the phone was a staff officer in the duty room. After he recognized the voice of Shekhovtsov, he quickly said: "Sorry, Comrade Major, the chief of staff went outside for inspection and has not come back yet. If you If anything happens, the same goes for me. I will report it to the chief of staff as soon as he comes back."

"Something happened, something big happened." Shekhovtsov said anxiously: "I just accompanied the new commander to the 20th Guards Army. Unexpectedly, I was attacked on the way back. Now the commander Comrade was seriously injured and was just sent to the operating room."

The staff officer on duty was immediately startled after hearing this, and asked quickly: "Comrade Major, is everything you said true?"

"Do you think I dare to joke about this kind of thing?" Shekhovtsov knew in his heart that the only way to inform the chief of staff of the 21st Guards Corps, who was inspecting the troops, about Sokov's accident was through the duty room. The communication line, he said with a straight face: "You should immediately find a way to contact the chief of staff and tell him the news that the comrade commander is injured."

"Okay, Comrade Major." The staff officer on duty realized the seriousness of the problem and quickly asked cautiously: "I wonder which hospital the commander is in now?"

"The hospital on Graben Street."

After the staff officer on duty ended his call with Serkhovtsov, he immediately contacted the headquarters of the 21st Guards Corps through the military line.

After the call was connected, the staff officer on duty said straight to the point: "I am the staff officer in the duty room of the group army. I have important matters and I need to report them to Comrade Chief of Staff immediately."

"I'm sorry, Comrade Staff." The person who answered the phone said politely: "After the Chief of Staff finished his inspection here, he went to the 20th Guards Army. If you have something urgent to see him, please contact the 20th Army."

The staff officer on duty frowned. He knew in his heart that if such an important matter was not reported in time, he might not be able to afford it. So he found a colleague and asked him to get in touch with the duty room of the 20th Guards Corps, while he contacted the duty room of the Austrian Group.

After the call was connected, a deep voice came from the receiver: "This is the cluster headquarters. What can I do for you?"

"Hello!" The staff officer on duty did not know the rank of the other party, but he still explained the reason for his call straightforwardly: "I am the staff officer on duty in the duty room of the Guards Group Army. A major thing happened here. We need to Report to General Malinen immediately."

"What, you want to report to General Malining?" But the other party said disdainfully: "You, a small staff officer on duty, have what qualifications do you have to talk to General Malining?"

Seeing that the other party was unwilling to let him contact Ma Lining, the staff officer on duty became anxious: "Let me tell you the truth, our new group army commander was attacked on his way back from an inspection of the 20th Guards Corps. Unfortunately, he was seriously injured. If If you don't report this to General Malining in time, if something happens, can you bear the consequences? "

The person who answered the phone was shocked after hearing this. As a member of the cluster, he naturally knew about the attack that occurred on the border yesterday, as well as Sokov's appointment today at the 4th Guards Army. If something really happened to Sokov and he did not report it to Malinin in time, he might be sent to a military court if he was held responsible in the future. But when reporting the matter to Malinin, he still asked cautiously: "Is everything you said true? Is General Sokov really injured?"

At this time, the staff officer on duty still didn’t know who the new commander of the group army was. Hearing the other party’s question, he quickly replied: “When the new commander arrived, because the chief of staff went to inspect the troops below, I temporarily I don’t know the name of the new commander yet. I only know that the new commander who just took office today is lying in the operating room of the hospital on Graben Street for first aid due to injuries.”

After the person who answered the phone understood the general situation, he quickly said: "I will report to General Malinen immediately."

After receiving the report, Malinin's face was full of shock: "What, Sokov was injured in the attack, when did this happen? Also, where is my adjutant, Lieutenant Colonel Onischenko, where is he now? Why don't you report it to me?"

But no one could answer Malinen's questions.

After a brief silence, a staff officer in the office suggested to Malinin: "Comrade General, since the report below says that General Sokov is now being treated in the hospital on Graben Street, we might as well go there directly so that we can find out what happened. What's going on?"

"Your suggestion is good. Let's go to the hospital immediately."

Half an hour later, Malinen came to the hospital on Graben Street with several guards.

Downstairs, he met the guard company commander of the 20th Guards Corps and quickly asked: "Captain, which unit are you in?"

"Report to Comrade General," although the guard company commander did not know who Ma Lining was, but when he saw the general star on the opponent's epaulette, he knew that the opponent was of extraordinary origin. He quickly stood at attention, raised his hand and saluted and replied: "I am the 20th Guards Corps. Captain of the Guard Company."

"Since you are the guard company commander of the 20th Guards Corps, what are you doing here?"

"Comrade General, our company was ordered by the commander to **** the new commander of the group army back to the headquarters, but was attacked on the way." The guard company commander reported: "Unfortunately, the commander was injured and was sent here."

Malinin learned that the captain in front of him was the person who escorted Sokov here, and immediately asked him several questions.

But unfortunately, when Sokov and others were injured, the guard company commander was leading people to search in the forest and did not see the process of their injuries at all. Therefore, when faced with the question raised by Malinen, he did not know how to speak.

Seeing that he couldn't get the answer he wanted from the captain, Ma Lining felt very dissatisfied. After snorting heavily, he led the people upstairs and went directly to the operating room.

Seven or eight people stood at the door of the operating room, including Serkhovtsov and Serelkov.

Malinin did not know Serelkov, but he recognized Serkhovtsov as the logistics section chief of the 4th Guards Army. He walked directly in front of him and asked straight to the point: "Major, tell me, what happened?" "Why is General Sokov injured?"

When Sokov and others were attacked, Shekhovtsov was also far away, and he couldn't figure out the specific situation. But after he heard Malinin's question, he glanced at Serelkov beside him, and then said to Malinin: "Comrade Commander, when the attack occurred, I was a little far away, so I didn't see the specific situation clearly. But the captain was there at that time. Being nearby, maybe he can give you some more accurate information."

Malinin glanced at Serelkov and felt that he looked familiar. Although he could not name him, he vaguely remembered that it was him who followed Sokov to see him yesterday. He nodded at him and then said: "Comrade Captain, we are here again." We met. Can you tell me what happened today?

Serelkov took a step forward and began to report to Malinin the situation during the attack. After hearing this, Malinin couldn't help but frowned: "So, it was not only Misha who was injured at that time, but also my adjutant, Lieutenant Colonel Onischenko, and Major Vaselgov next to him."

"Yes." Serelkov nodded and replied: "At that time, the artillery shells fired by the enemy kept falling and exploding next to the jeep where the commander was riding. The two commanders were worried about the commander's safety, so they helped him escape to a nearby In the woods. Unexpectedly, as soon as they entered the woods, they were shot by the enemy with submachine guns, and all three of them were shot and fell to the ground."

A staff officer who came to the hospital with Ma Lining had already called the dean: "Comrade Commander, I called the dean."

"Dean," Ma Lining looked at the dean and asked, "How are the injuries of the three people inside?"

"One of them was seriously injured. He was hit by two bullets in the chest and abdomen, one of which was only 3 millimeters away from the heart." The dean replied: "The other two were relatively lightly injured. They were both shot in the arms and abdomen. There were no injuries. His life is in danger. Once the warhead is removed, he can be sent directly to the ward."

As he was talking, the door of the operating room opened and a flat cart was pushed out.

Malinin stepped forward and saw that it was his adjutant, Lieutenant Colonel Onischenko. He quickly grabbed the other person's hand and asked with concern: "Lieutenant Colonel, how do you feel?"

Onischenko was deeply moved when he saw Malinin caring about him so much. His eyes turned red and tears flowed uncontrollably: "Comrade Commander, I'm so sorry. I didn't complete your mission well. You asked me to protect Soo General Cove, I ended up getting him injured."

"Okay, okay, this is not your responsibility." Malinin had just learned from Serelkov's story about the measures Onishchenko took after encountering the emergency. Even if I was there at the time, I probably couldn't have done better than him. It's just that he was a little unlucky and met a hidden enemy head-on, otherwise the three of them would not have been injured: "You have performed your duties well, now go back to the ward and have a good rest, and strive to recover and be discharged as soon as possible. "

Then, the door of the operating room opened again, and another flat car was rolled out.

Malinin took a look and saw that it was Major Vasergov who was responsible for protecting Sokov's safety. He was very familiar with the other party when they were in Berlin. When he saw him lying on the flat car, he stepped forward and asked with concern: "Major Vaserigov, is your injury okay?"

"General Malinin." Vaserigov saw Malinin appearing in front of him and was immediately ashamed. He said in a crying voice: "Marshal Zhukov asked me to be responsible for protecting General Sokov's safety, but I failed him. General Sokov was seriously injured due to his trust..."

"Major Vaserigov, since things have already happened, it will not help even if you blame yourself." Malinin said in a kind tone: "You should rest in peace and recuperate."

"But General Sokov is still inside rescuing him." Vaserigov glanced at the closed operating room and said with a painful expression: "I don't know if his life is in danger."

"Don't worry, Major Vaserigov." Malinin suppressed the smile on his face and said with a serious expression: "I believe Misha is lucky and nothing will happen to him this time."

After the flat car on which Vaserigov was lying was pushed away, Malinin looked at the dean and asked: "Dean, please tell me truthfully, what is the chance of the injured inside surviving?"

The dean was silent for a long time, and then said slowly: "His injuries are very serious. My doctors are still rescuing him. Whether he can survive or not depends on his luck."

Malinin raised his hand and looked at the time, thinking to himself that Sokov's injury was of great importance, and he must report the matter to Marshal Zhukov as soon as possible. Judging from the current situation, the rescue operation will continue for some time. Even if I go back to the headquarters to make a call first, it will not delay things.

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly saw the logistics section chief Sekhovtsov again: "Comrade Major, does your chief of staff know about Misha's injury?"

"Maybe I know, maybe I don't know..."

"If you know, you know. If you don't know, you don't know." Ma Lining became angry when he heard it. "What do you mean you may know, you may not know?"

"Comrade Commander, don't be angry." Shekhovtsov said aggrievedly: "After we came to the hospital, I immediately contacted the army duty room and informed the duty staff about the new commander's injury. Ask him to contact the chief of staff of the group army as soon as possible and report the matter to the other party. But now that so much time has passed, I am not sure whether the chief of staff of the group army has been notified. "

"Didn't your chief of staff be at the headquarters when Misha took office?" Malinen asked with a straight face.

"The chief of staff said that a large-scale military exercise was about to be held. He was worried about the situation of the troops below, so he went to inspect the troops below early this morning." Shekhovtsov explained to Malinin: "I I don’t know if the chief of staff has been notified by the duty room at this time.”

"Major, I have to go back to the headquarters to make an important phone call. You stay here and call me immediately if anything happens. Do you understand?"

"Understood, Comrade Commander." Shekhovtsov straightened his back and said, "If there is any latest situation, I will call you immediately."

After Malinen left the hospital, he returned to his headquarters.

Malinin had a hard time deciding whether to call Zhukov and report to him that Sokov was injured.

He sat behind his desk, smoking one cigarette after another. After an unknown amount of time, when he reached into the cigarette box to feel for cigarettes, he felt empty and realized that he had emptied the entire box of cigarettes. . At this moment, he also made a decision in his heart. No matter how severely Zhukov would criticize him after learning about this matter, he should also report the matter to the other party.

After thinking about this, he grabbed the phone, picked up the receiver, and after dialing a number, he heard the operator's voice and immediately ordered: "I am Malinin, put me through Zhukov's official residence in Moscow immediately. I have Important things should be reported to him.”

The call was answered quickly.

Zhukov's familiar voice came from the receiver: "Is it Ma Linin? I'm Zhukov. Do you have any urgent need to see me?"

"Hello, Comrade Marshal." Malinen took a deep breath and continued: "I want to report to you about Misha."

(End of chapter)