The logistics department is on the second floor, but I've never been there before.

When I was going up the stairs, I met a soldier coming down the stairs. I stopped him and asked, "where is the logistics department, please?"

"After going upstairs, the right commander looked at me for a few seconds at a loss, then slowly stood up from the table and said," I'm commander Kudrin. I'm in charge of the Logistics Department of the front army. What can I do for you

"I'm major oshanina." I quickly reported my identity to him and explained my intention: "there is a dead man downstairs. Comrade General asked me to come to you to see if I could find the coffin, so as to restrain the body of the dead."

"Comrade commander sent you. Well, I'll try my best to see if I can find the coffin." Then he picked up the phone from the desk, dialed a number, put it on the phone and said, "I'm lieutenant commander Kudrin. Is there any coffin in the warehouse? Oh, and that's great. You immediately send a truck with tarpaulin, a coffin and four soldiers to the front headquarters. Who died? Comrade lieutenant, your curiosity is too strong. It will kill you. That's it. "

After he hung up the phone, he said to me, "fortunately, there are still several coffins in the warehouse. You know, they are in short supply now." Then he asked curiously, "who died, a general?"

"Yes, it's a general, an old general who has been through many battles." Listening to what major general Smirnov said before he died, I think he has participated in many battles, so it is not too much to say that he has experienced many battles.

"How did you die? Was it a German plane?" Commander Kudrin was also curious and continued to question me.

"Comrade commander!" I said to him in the tone of his phone call just now: "your curiosity is too heavy. You can't get to the bottom of some things, otherwise you will be killed."

Kudrin was embarrassed by what I said. He quickly cut off the topic and said, "the truck is expected to arrive soon. Let's wait at the door."

Ten minutes later, I took Kudrin to the corridor with four soldiers carrying coffins. During my absence, major general Smirnov had been laid flat on the ground, lying on his back with his hands folded on his chest. I looked at his blackened face and felt nothing but regret.

"Put the coffin here." There came Kudrin's voice.

The soldiers placed the coffin next to major general Smirnov's body, lifted the lid and set it aside. Then he went to lift the major general's hands and feet, carefully put him into the coffin, and then closed the lid. Then, in the silence, the soldiers began to tinkle, and they began to hammer nails.

When all was done, Kudrin said, "take it away!" With his command, the soldiers lifted the coffin and walked along the corridor to the door. After putting the coffin on the truck, several soldiers climbed on the truck and put down the tarpaulin. Kudrin also opened the cab door and went in.

I stood in the snow, watching the truck carrying major general Smirnov's body stagger away, until I couldn't see the shadow of the car, I went back to the building.

In the place where the major general killed himself, I don't know who put a high footed tea table next to the wall with several red carnations on it. I am very clear about the meaning of placing carnations. In China, this flower is a gift for mother; And here, it means to repose infinite sorrow.

At the door of Zhukov's office sat the young lieutenant who had just stopped me. When he saw me coming, he immediately stood at attention and stretched out his hand to open the door for me.

I went into the room and saw Zhukov standing against the wall with his back to the door. There was a huge map of the enemy and ourselves on the wall. I reported to him in a loud voice: "Comrade General! Oshanina has come to report to you. "

Zhukov looked back at me and said, "major general Smirnov's body has been sent away?"

"Yes, Georgi konstantinovic!"

"It's a pity that such an old comrade who is loyal to the motherland died like this. Alas ~ ~"

Seeing that I stood in front of him with a gloomy look and didn't speak, he turned the topic again, "OK, don't talk, so as not to affect your mood. Next, it's time to say something happy. " He went to the table, picked up a piece of paper, raised it to me, and said, "it was sent by Comrade Stalin this morning. It's about you."

It's about me? I couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and thought in my heart: are you going to give me a medal again? You know, Stalin was very strict with the defeated generals, either exiled or shot. However, we do not grudge rewards for those who have made outstanding achievements in war. I remember that a few months ago, the commander of the 63rd infantry army was directly promoted from Colonel to lieutenant general because of his bravery and tenacity.

Zhukov took the paper and read it to me word by word: "in recognition of oshanina's outstanding performance in the defense war in borojino, she was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel."

Did you really give me the title?! I can't believe it's true. In just over two months, I have been promoted from a corporal to a lieutenant colonel, from an unknown soldier to a person who has a place in the eyes of the supreme commander.

After reading the letter of appointment, Zhukov saw that I was still standing here in a daze and didn't respond at all, so he reminded me, "at this time, have you forgotten what to say?" Then I came back to myself, straightened up, took a step forward, and said aloud, "I'm willing to serve the Soviet motherland!" Then Zhukov called me to the front of the map and asked me, "what do you think of the situation in the future? Tell me your opinion." I couldn't understand the military map all the time. Moreover, it was full of Russian place names that I didn't know, so I didn't speak for half a day before I stood on the map that made me dizzy“ What do you think of the future situation? " Zhukov saw that I didn't speak for a long time. He couldn't help urging me“ Georgi konstantinovich, "I put forward my own point of view with the honorific name of Zhukov:" do you think it is necessary to continue to stick to Bologna? "“ Well, I'm thinking about that, too. " Zhukov pointed to the map and said to me, "you see, due to the fierce attack of the German army, our defense lines on both wings of borojino were forced to retreat for 20 to 30 kilometers. The German army has formed a situation of encircling the borojino area. "“ Yes, "I added," although the counterattack on the 16th disrupted the deployment of the German army, restored all our positions in the borojino area, and effectively delayed the enemy's advance to Moscow, our troops suffered heavy casualties in the battle. If they were surrounded by the German army, it would be inevitable that the whole army would be destroyed. Therefore, I suggest that the troops be withdrawn from this area. "“ Get out of here? " Zhukov asked: "where to withdraw? You know, behind the line of defense is Moscow. We have no way back“ We can withdraw our troops to Tula. " I only remember that during the battle of Moscow, Guderian's armored forces were unable to attack Tula repeatedly, and finally had to bypass Tula and attack Moscow from other directions. Originally, he wanted to point Tula to Zhukov very smartly, but after looking at the map for a long time, he couldn't find Tula's position on the map, so he had to give up“ Well, that's a good proposal. " Zhukov looked at the map and nodded. It seemed that he agreed with my proposal very much“ I will report this plan to the supreme command immediately. " He used his hand to draw on the map for a long time, then turned to me and said, "you don't have to go back to the fifth group army. I'm going to let you work as a special commissioner in the 16th group army of lieutenant general rokosovsky. Do you have any opinions?"“ No, Georgi konstantinovic. " You know, lieutenant general rokosovsky is also the future marshal of the Soviet Union. It's good for my future to know more important people, so I answered Zhukov very frankly, "I'm determined to obey your arrangement."