Burning Moscow

In the evening, the fierce fighting stopped, and even the sporadic gunshots could not be heard.

I ate dinner at the headquarters, because Rokosovsky did not arrange duty work, so I went back to the female soldiers’ dormitory with Director Ina.

We were walking in tandem, and I suddenly noticed that the military uniform on her was very fit, wrapping her slender body very tightly, almost like a tailor-made. So I speeded up my pace and paralleled her, and at the same time asked curiously: “Ina, where did your military uniform come from? It fits perfectly on your body.”

Maybe women can find countless common languages ​​when it comes to dressing. She looked at my unfit small military uniform, and then replied: “The military uniform was issued by a superior, but it turns out that the dress looks too big, but There is a soldier in the cooking squad who knows tailoring skills. She helped all our female soldiers modify the uniforms, so it looks very fit.”

“Is she still there? I want her to help me change the uniform. You see, although this uniform is the smallest size, it still looks big on the body. It’s really ugly.”

“Of course it is. Don’t worry, Comrade Commander, Damana’s craftsmanship is great. It won’t be long before you can put on a well-fitting uniform.”

As he spoke, he unknowingly arrived outside the female soldier’s dormitory, which was an independent private house not far from the kitchen. Ina stepped forward and opened the door, shouting into the inside: “Girls, line up, there is a commander comrade.”

I walked into the room and saw a dozen female soldiers lined up neatly in two rows, looking at me curiously. I smiled at them and said, “Girls, hello! I’m here to stay overnight, not to check work. You don’t have to be so restrained, just disband!”

After the female soldiers disbanded, I looked around, looked at the bunk beds placed against the wall, and asked Ina, “Do you have any extra beds?”

“Yes, please come with me.” She led me to a bed, pointed to the lower bunk and said, “Comrade Commander, you can sleep on this bed. The quilt and pillows are all ready-made.”

I looked at the neat bedding on the bed and asked hesitantly: “This bed seems to be someone sleeping, right?”

“This soldier died yesterday. When delivering food to the commander, he killed the German devil’s sniper.” Ina’s words reminded me of the female soldier who fell in front of me. I felt a sudden burst in my heart. Tingling. How fragile human lives are in war! A few days ago, I was alive and kicking like everyone else, but now I go to bed empty and lie lonely in the dark mud to sleep. But then again, if it wasn’t for the bullet she happened to block the sniper for me, it would be me who was lying in the grave right now. I sat on the bed silently, gently stroking the neatly folded bedding with my hand, without saying a word.

“Damana, come here for a while.” Seeing my gloomy expression, Ina immediately yelled to the side. Following her shout, a tall soldier ran in front of us and asked: “Comrade Chief Secretary, what’s the matter?”

Ina pointed to my uniform and said, “Look, Comrade Commander’s clothes don’t fit well. Can you help her modify it?” When Ina spoke, I also looked at the female soldier in front of me who knew how to make a tailor. I was afraid that she would say “no”.

Damana looked at it for a while and said, “No problem, Comrade Chief Secretary, I can make changes right away.” Then he said to me, “Comrade Commander, in fact, women are very beautiful in military uniforms, but the uniforms are too much. Fat. Please stand up first, I will help you measure the size, and then you can modify it.”

After I took off the cotton-padded clothes and trousers and gave them to Damana, I was only left with underwear and panties. There was no heating in the room, which made me cold enough, so I hurriedly sat on the bed with the back of the bed and shook off the quilt cover. On the body. The room was cold. I didn’t expect that the quilt was also cold. As soon as I covered my body, it immediately made me shiver.

“Comrade Commander, your body is really good!” Ina, who was standing next to me, slapped me a little flattering. Hearing this, I felt hot on my face, but still politely said to her. Thanks.

Then she asked curiously: “Comrade Commander, how long have you been in the army?”

“A soldier who served one month before the outbreak of the war.”

“Huh?!” She said in amazement, “I thought you were a veteran who had been in the army for two or three years. I didn’t expect that you had only joined the army for a few months, but you are now a lieutenant colonel.”

“It has nothing to do with the length of time spent in the army. Some people have been in the army for more than ten years and are still ordinary soldiers; while some people can obtain high positions and military ranks in a short period of time. One is ability, and the other is luck.” I said carefully, “I belong to the latter.”

When she heard what I said, she was about to ask another question when she heard a soft knock on the door. Hearing the knock on the door, the room suddenly became quiet, and a female soldier closest to the door ran over and opened the door. The door opened, and I saw a handsome and shy male soldier standing outside. His expression was particularly tense. He looked into the room as if he was looking for someone. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something but Did not say it.

The female soldier who opened the door asked him: “What do you want? Comrade Barcelona!” Her tone was full of ridicule, and her words immediately caused the girls in the room to roar with laughter. The male soldier became more shy and nervous, blushing like Guan Gong.

“Barça, is that you?” Not far away, a female soldier jumped up from the bed. She didn’t even care about wearing her shoes, and rushed to the door. After a while, she threw herself into the arms of the male soldier.

Just as the two were holding each other, Ina stood up, walked to the door, and said loudly, “Hey, I said Barcelona, ​​can you take Vaniya to other places to make friends? We are not interested. Watching you two perform here. Besides, on such a cold day, with the door open to let the cold wind blow into the house, do you want to freeze us to death?” Ina’s words immediately caused a burst of laughter.

I thought that the male soldier named Barcelona would follow the boat and leave directly with Vanya. Unexpectedly, he gently pushed Vanya away, took a step towards Ina, and then stood up and saluted, and reported: “Comrade Secretary, hello, I am on the order of the commander to invite the female soldiers to the commander. The ministry went to the dance party.”

Hearing that there was a dance party, the female soldiers immediately became active, and the house immediately became a magpie nest. Sitting on the bed, I thought to myself: Maybe it’s because the battles in the past two days have been relatively smooth, so handsome Luo will have this kind of interest in convening everyone for a dance party.

Ina pulled in Vaniya who was standing at the door, and then said to Barcelona: “You go back first, let’s dress up and go.” After finishing speaking, before Barcelona could say anything, she slammed the door.

Closed the door, the female soldiers started to get busy. They took off their cotton-padded clothes and trousers, put on summer clothes with skirts, and light boots. I feel cold when I look at them in this dress. Although it’s only a few degrees below zero outside, I don’t get cold when I get dressed up. The typical demeanor doesn’t need the temperature.

“Comrade Commander,” Ina walked in front of me with a summer dress in her hand, and said, “Please change this suit.”

I originally wanted to refuse, but when I looked to the side, the Damana was still sewing clothes for me with a hand-operated sewing machine. It might not be finished for a while. Wearing summer clothes to the dance party is better than wearing underwear. The pants were stronger, so she didn’t shirk off, and took over the military uniform in her hand. Ina turned her head and shouted at Damana again: “Damana, you can change your clothes quickly.”

Damana stopped her work, looked at us with a little embarrassment and said, “Comrade Chief Secretary, the clothes of Comrade Commander have not been changed yet. I can’t leave.”

In this case, I can’t let her help me change my clothes and delay other people’s participation in the prom, so I just behave generously: “It’s okay, Damana, you can change clothes first, my military uniform. You can change it when you have time!”

The 　　 dance party was held in the chapel. This was originally the office space of the combat office and the reconnaissance office. The tables and the like were moved to the position against the wall, and the space left in the middle became the dance floor of the dance party. Two steam lamps hung on the walls on all four sides, and the hall illuminated like daylight. Cheerful songs were sung on the phonograph, and many conductors who had been unable to restrain themselves had already danced in the middle of the dance floor.

As the female soldiers entered, the atmosphere became more enthusiastic. The male commanders swarmed up and invited their favorite female soldiers onto the dance floor. In the end, only me and another fat female soldier were sitting on the cold bench next to them. The female soldier looked at the handsome Luo who was sitting on the opposite side of the dance floor with a nympho, and said to me: “Comrade Commander, you see, the commander is so handsome, if only I could dance with him.”

“Since you like the commander, please go and ask him to dance, don’t be ashamed!” I encouraged her to give it a try.

“I will invite him, will he refuse it?” She still lacks confidence.

“Definitely not, a gentleman would never say no to a woman.” I continued to cheer her up.

The female soldier stood up abruptly, took a deep breath, then walked through the dancing crowd, and resolutely walked to the handsome guy on the opposite side.

Before she walked up to handsome Luo, the phonograph began to play another song. I listened carefully to the melody, and immediately heard that it was the familiar “Night in the Outskirts of Moscow”. At this time, someone walked up to me and said loudly, “Comrade Oshanina, why are you sitting here alone? Do you mind if I ask you to do a song?”

I looked up, and the Chief of Staff Colonel Ma Lining stood in front of him. He hurriedly got up and replied with a smile: “You are so polite, of course I won’t mind.”

While dancing with Malinen on the dance floor, I whispered to him: “Why did Comrade Commander think of having a ball?” I was puzzled by Rokosovsky’s holding a ball at this time, knowing that it’s a battle now. In the beginning, the commanders had to deal with a lot of things, but he put aside all his work and called his subordinates to hold a dance party. If the battle develops smoothly in the later stage, no one has said anything; if the battle is frustrated or failed, someone will definitely make a big fuss about his holding a dance party, which will affect his future.

“The commander said, everyone has worked so hard for so long, and it is rare that there is no fight tonight, so we held a small dance party to let the comrades of the headquarters relax and combine work and rest, so that we can maintain the best working condition.”

Malinin’s explanation didn’t make me feel at ease. Instead, I became more worried. I reminded him: “Normally there are sporadic gunshots at night, but tonight it’s unusually quiet. Isn’t this a bit abnormal?”

“It’s okay,” the chief of staff said disapprovingly: “Now we have the initiative on the battlefield. The Germans are being beaten back by us. They will not do anything in the short term…”

Although the Chief of Staff said so, my heart is still unreliable, because I clearly remember that the date of the Soviet counterattack was December 6th, not November, which means that this hastily organized counterattack will eventually be It ended in failure. My eyes turned to the position where Rokosovsky was sitting, but he did not see his figure. After searching for a long time on the dance floor, he found the handsome Luo who was holding the fat female soldier in circles.

Time passed unconsciously, the officers and men who participated in the dance danced to the music, and the whole chapel became a sea of ​​joy~www.wuxiax.com~Boom! “Suddenly there was an explosion of shells or bombs outside, and the dancing people stopped, and then the sound of the phonograph stopped. Everyone listened to the movement outside. At this time, my heartbeat could not help speeding up. The thing I was worried about finally happened: the Germans began to launch a counterattack!

“Boom boom boom!” The explosion outside became more and more intense, and within a short while, it became a sound. At the same time, the phones placed on the tables by the wall rang one by one. The staff officers of the headquarters threw aside their dancing partners and rushed to the table to answer the phone. The chapel that had just been quiet for a while suddenly became noisy.

I saw Ina summon the female soldiers and quietly withdrew from the church. Handsome Luo with a cold face, led the political commissar and the chief of staff into his office. I stood there hesitated for a moment, and walked into Luo Shuai’s office.

The information was quickly placed on Rokosowski’s table. The information returned by the various units was: The Germans were violently bombarding the positions occupied by the 50th Cavalry Division and the 18th Infantry Division. The position only constructed simple fortifications, unable to withstand heavy German artillery bombardment, and the troops suffered heavy casualties from the bombardment. But fortunately, the German army has not sent out infantry for the time being to attack these positions.

After reading this information, Rokosovsky walked back and forth in the room with his hands on his back, and then ordered the chief of staff: “Immediately get the commanders of the second echelon and the reserve team, and we will study how to proceed. The battle after dawn.”

“Yes!” Ma Lining agreed loudly, and then ran out of the room to give orders.