On the way home, Sokov remembered what happened in the coffee shop yesterday, and quickly said to Yakov: "Yakov, I don't have a document on me. What should I do if I encounter a patrol inspection when I go out?"
Hearing what Sokov said, Yakov couldn't help but laugh: "Misha, it's not like you don't know. Now is a special period. It's normal for you to have your ID checked when you walk on the street. You must have seen it. "Lenin in October", even our Comrade Lenin had his ID checked on the street, let alone you."
Seeing Yakov's disapproval, Sokov could only smile bitterly and said: "Unfortunately, the people who checked the documents were not the patrol team or the police, but personnel from the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
"Staff from the Ministry of Internal Affairs?" Yakov immediately stopped the smile on his face and asked in a serious tone: "What is going on? How could they check your documents for no reason?"
Sokov told Yakov everything about what happened yesterday when he and Tonya went to a coffee shop to eat. When they entered, they met an officer from the Ministry of Internal Affairs who wanted to check their documents. In the end, they saved the day. , and finally said: "Yakov, I don't have any documents on me. If I meet someone serious, they might arrest me as a deserter. Do you think you can get me some kind of temporary pass?"
Regarding Sokov's request, Yakov pondered for a moment and then said: "Misha, you are right. If you walk around in Moscow without documents, you can easily be arrested as a deserter or a German agent. I A temporary pass will be prepared for you as soon as possible."
The car came to a stop next to the house where Sokov lived. Sokov politely said to Yakov: "Yakov, come up and sit down and have a cup of hot tea before leaving?"
"No," Yakov waved his hand and said, "I have other things to do, so I won't go up. I will send someone to deliver your temporary pass to you as soon as possible."
Sokov returned to his home. As soon as he opened the door, he saw a note full of words on the ground, which looked like it had been torn from some book. He quickly bent down to pick up the note, brought it to his eyes and read it carefully.
The note was stuffed by Dongnia through the crack in the door, and it read: "Misha, I didn't see you showing up today. I guess you might be delayed by something. I didn't want to bother you, but suddenly I received a message. On a special mission, I will join a medical team and go to the front line. It is not clear when I will come back. I left you the mailing address of the hospital. Remember to write to me when you are free... Tonya. "
Sokov finished reading the letter, folded it, put it in the pocket of his military uniform, turned around and walked downstairs. He was thinking as he walked. Judging from the handwriting on the note, Tonya should have written it in advance in the hospital. Unfortunately, she had something important to do today and missed the opportunity to meet her.
Sokov came to the hospital and found the consulting room that Tonya mentioned, and saw that there was no one at the door. He stepped forward and knocked twice on the door. Before any sound could be heard from inside, he turned the door handle with his hand and tried to open the door. But after twisting it twice, the door did not open. It seemed that the door was locked.
A passing nurse saw Sokov standing outside the clinic and quickly reminded him: "Sorry, Comrade Commander, the doctor in this clinic is not here now. If you want to see a doctor, please go to another clinic."
"Comrade nurse," Sokov asked the nurse quickly: "Do you know where the people in the consulting room have gone?"
The nurse thought for a while and then replied: "They should go to the front line. You also know that due to the shortage of medical staff on the front line, from time to time people will be temporarily transferred from the rear to form a new medical team..."
"Do you know where Tonya went?" Sokov asked anxiously, "When can you come back?"
"I don't know." The nurse shook her head and said, "The place they go to is absolutely confidential. As for when they can come back, I can't tell. It might be a week or two, or it might be a month or two or longer. .”
Seeing that he couldn't get any useful information from the nurse, Sokov couldn't help but become a little anxious. He asked hurriedly: "Where is the director? The political commissar is..." As soon as he said these words, he immediately realized his mistake. This is just a local hospital. The director does not belong to the military establishment, so naturally there is no such person in the hospital. The political commissar hurriedly changed his words and asked, "Where is the military representative?"
Seeing Sokov being so gloomy, the nurse quickly raised her hand and pointed upward, and replied in a panic: "Upstairs, the dean and the military representative are in the office on the third floor."
Sokov found the stairs to go upstairs. After walking up a few steps, he stopped. He thought to himself: "What am I doing? Tonya and I only met once. Now in order to inquire To find out her whereabouts, he hurriedly ran to find the dean and the military representative. Others thought something big had happened. Forget it, even if he found the dean and the military representative, others would not know the whereabouts of Tonya. Tell yourself, this is a military secret after all.”
Thinking of this, he gave up his plan to go to the dean and the military representative, turned around and walked downstairs. He met the nurse from just now at the stairs. The nurse asked with a surprised look on his face: "Comrade Commander, you came down so soon?"
Sokov shook his head and said: "Since you don't even know where Tonya and the others have gone, even if I ask the dean and the military representative, I can't get any answers." He thanked the other party. After that, he strode out of the hospital.
Back at his home, Sokov lay on the bed, took out Tonya's note and read it again, then put it aside and began to quietly recall the upcoming Battle of Kharkov.
Twelve days after the start of the major counterattack under the city of Moscow, the Military Committee for the Southwest Strategic Direction submitted a report to the headquarters of the Supreme Command, preparing to launch an offensive operation against the German forces in the southwest. The strategic commander of the southwest direction is Marshal Timoshenko, the member of the Military Commission is Khrushchev, and the chief of operations is Major General Bagramyan. According to their idea: to the south of Moscow, that is, on the right wing of the southwest strategic direction, assist Zhukov The Western Front launched a counterattack. At the same time, it also launched a separate offensive campaign in the southwest, launching assaults to the west of Stalinno, Volnovaha, and Mariupol, liberating the coalfield area of Donbas, and completely blocking the German army. Hope for the Caucasus. If possible, continue to advance into the lower reaches of the Dnieper River, respond to the offensive launched by the Crimean Front, drive the German Eleventh Army out of Crimea, and create favorable conditions for the liberation of Odessa and Kiev.
Overall, this campaign concept coincided with the idea of the headquarters of the Supreme Command, because it was quickly adopted. But both the makers and approvers of the campaign plan overlooked one problem: this offensive plan greatly exceeded the Soviet army's capabilities in the southwest strategic direction at this moment.
Yakov told himself that when attending the military meeting chaired by Marshal Timoshenko, he should not express any opinions casually, so as not to arouse the marshal's displeasure. After all, this offensive plan had been formulated a long time ago and had been approved by the Supreme Commander. My permission. If you play devil's advocate, you will offend not only Timoshenko, but also Stalin.
Taking this into consideration, Sokov made a decisive decision: If he could really participate in the meeting hosted by Timoshenko, he would definitely try to remain silent and would never express his views easily. I am in a humble position, and even if I expound my views, Timoshenko probably won't listen to him. Why should I do such a thankless thing?
