Red Moscow

  Chapter 395 Death of the General

Seeing the armored vehicle stopped in front of him, the soldier seemed to be grabbing a life-saving straw. He raised his head and shouted at Samoilov in the carriage: "Comrade commander, my division commander was seriously injured. Please save him."

  The mission Samoilov accepted was to come here to search and rescue Grazkov. At this moment, when the soldier said that a division commander was injured, he quickly turned over and jumped out of the armored vehicle, grabbed the soldier's arm, and asked a little excitedly, "What's your division commander's name?"

"Grazkov," the soldier replied in a panic: "General Samoilov is the commander of the 35th Guards Division. During our transfer, we were bombarded by the German army, and almost all the soldiers who accompanied us died. Yes, the teacher was also seriously injured..."

   Before the soldier finished speaking, Samoilov interrupted him: "Where is your division commander?"

   "Lying in a bomb crater not far away," the soldier saw that Samoilov had the intention of helping him to save the division commander. He couldn't help being overjoyed and said quickly: "Comrade commander, I will take you there."

   Seeing Samoilov walking towards the distance with the unknown soldier, the two subordinates in the carriage couldn't sit still anymore, turned over and got out of the carriage, trotting behind.

   "Comrade commander, it's right there." After walking forty to fifty meters, the soldier pointed at the bomb crater that was still emitting green smoke not far away, and said excitedly, "Our division commander is right there."

  Hearing that Glazkov was in the crater, Samoilov and the others quickened their pace. Near the crater, lay the corpses of several soldiers, who should have died while protecting Grazkov. At this moment, suddenly a shell fell seven or eight meters away and exploded. Hearing the sound of the explosion, Samoilov instinctively squatted down, then stood up straight, and rushed towards the bomb crater.

   In the bomb crater smoking green smoke, lay a dying general. It was General Glazkov that Samoilov was looking for. One of his legs was blown off, revealing dark flesh and blood.

Samoilov lay beside Glazkov and asked anxiously: "Comrade General, I am Second Lieutenant Samoilov of the 73rd Infantry Brigade. I was ordered to pick you up. How are you? Did you hear me?" After speaking, seeing that Glazkov didn't respond, he turned his head and shouted out of the crater, "Health worker, health worker."

  The accompanying health worker heard the shout and jumped into the bomb crater. After checking Glazkov's leg injury, he immediately opened the medicine box he carried with him, took out the first aid kit inside, and began to bandage Glazkov.

   "How is it?" Samoilov asked cautiously when he saw the health worker dressing up, "Is his injury serious?"

The health worker looked up at Samoilov, shook his head, and said sadly: "His leg was blown off, he lost a lot of blood, and he has fallen into a coma. We can only send him to the health team as soon as possible. Let the military doctor operate on him, maybe there is still hope of survival."

   "Come here." Hearing what the health worker said, Samoilov stood up quickly, and shouted at the soldiers standing by the bomb crater, "Come in quickly and help, and carry Comrade General into the armored vehicle."

   Fortunately, the driver of the armored vehicle had a better mind. When he saw Samoilov and a few men walking towards a bomb crater in the distance, he drove behind. Seeing Samoilov and others remove a seriously injured commander from the crater, they quickly got out of the car and opened the rear door.

  After Samoilov and the others lifted Grazkov into the car, the driver immediately turned the armored car around and headed towards Mamayev Gang under German artillery fire. On the road, Samoilov saw another armored vehicle, which had been destroyed by German artillery fire, overturned and burned on the side of the road. Seeing that the armored vehicle that came with him had an accident, the driver wanted to slow down and let Samoilov and the others go down to check it out, but as soon as he accelerated, Samoilov knocked **** the top of the driving platform twice. Exit, and said in a stern tone: "Don't stop, hurry back to Mamayev Post as soon as possible."

  Back to Mamayev Hill, Samoilov ordered someone to fetch a stretcher from the entrance, and then used the stretcher to lift Glazkov out of the car. After finishing all this, Samoilov said to his subordinates: "You send Comrade General to the health team and ask the military doctor to operate on him immediately. I will report to the brigade commander now."

  Seeing Samoilov walk into his headquarters, Sokov hurriedly put down his work, went up to him and asked, "Comrade Second Lieutenant, how is the situation? Did you pick up General Glazkov?"

   "Yes, Comrade Brigadier." Samoilov nodded and replied, "We have already picked him up."

When Sidolin heard that Samoilov had picked up Grazkov, he looked at the door curiously, but he saw no one, so he asked curiously: "Second Lieutenant Samoilov, Didn't you say that General Glazkoff has been picked up? Where is he?"

"In the health team, Comrade Chief of Staff." Samoilov looked at Sidolin and said: "When we found him, he had been blown off a leg and was lying dying in the bomb crater. The accompanying health worker said he His injury was too severe and needed immediate surgery, so as soon as I got back to Mamayev, I sent someone to the health team and asked a military doctor to operate on him."

   "The general has arrived at the health team?!" Hearing what Samoilov said, Belkin immediately proposed to everyone: "Let's go and see him now."

"Comrade Commissar, don't worry." Seeing that Belkin said he was going to leave, Sokov quickly stopped him and said to him: "At this time, the military doctor should be operating on the general, and we have other things to do. It's the same when I go to see him after I finish my work." After saying these words, Sokov turned to Samoilov and asked, "Comrade Second Lieutenant, I think you should have seen the guard at close range. The troops of the 35th Division, what is their situation now?"

   "The organization has been completely lost," Samoilov replied: "I saw everyone running around, no one stopped to gather troops..."

"Comrade Brigadier," Sidolin said, frowning after Samoilov finished speaking, "The situation seems to be more serious than we expected. , will have a negative impact on our military spirit and morale. Do you want to send people to intercept them and prevent them from entering our defense zone?"

"How can this be done?" Regarding Sidolin's proposal, Sokov expressed his opposition without hesitation: "If they are not allowed to enter our defense zone, are they allowed to be wiped out by the enemy's artillery fire? Comrade Chief of Staff, immediately Call the commander of the fourth battalion and order them to send a company to take in the scattered friendly troops."

   After explaining all this, Sokov picked up the high-frequency phone and reported the rescue situation to Chuikov. Hearing Chuikov's voice, he immediately said, "Comrade Commander, General Glazkov has been rescued, but he is seriously injured and may not last long..."

   "What, Grazkov was seriously injured?" Chuikov was taken aback by the news Sokov provided, and asked quickly, "How did he get injured?"

"When the 35th Guards Division was retreating, it was shelled by the German army." Sokov replied: "General Glazkov was injured in the shelling. Now my military doctor is rescuing him. Will he survive? , depends on his luck."

  After Chuikov put down the phone, he said to Krylov who was on the phone: "Comrade Chief of Staff, I'm going to Mamayev Post, and I will leave everything here to you."

When Krylov heard that Chuikov was going out, he quickly covered the microphone with his hands and asked curiously, "Comrade Commander, is something wrong?" There was a reason for him to ask that, as Chuikov usually stayed in the headquarters , there is nothing to do, it is not easy to go out, but at this moment he is in a hurry to rush to Mamayev Gang, something unexpected must have happened.

  "Grazkov was shelled by the German army during the transfer, and was seriously injured. His life is dying at this moment." Chuikov said while putting on his hat, "I'm going to see how he is doing."

  ...

   More than half an hour later, Chuikov appeared in Sokov's headquarters.

   Seeing Cuikov walk in, everyone quickly stood up and raised their hands in salute. Chuikov raised his hand to his forehead as a salute to everyone, and then asked, "How is Grazkov doing?"

Fortunately, before Chuikov came, Sokov had sent someone to the health team to find out the situation, so he replied without hesitation: "General Glazkov is still being rescued, and he has been transfused with two bags of plasma. Whether he survives depends on his luck."

  Chuikov's face was ugly. After walking back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, he looked up at Sokov and said, "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, accompany me to the health team."

   The brigade headquarters had to keep people on duty, so only Sokov and Berkin followed Chuikov to the health team, and Sidolin stayed to handle the daily work.

When the three of them walked forward along the corridor, Sokov reported to Chuikov in a low voice: "Comrade Commander, the military doctor reported to me that in addition to the broken leg, there were also several pieces of shrapnel in the chest. Attempts are being made to extract shrapnel from the wound."

  Chuikov stopped immediately when he heard this, looked at Sokov and said displeasedly: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, why didn't you report such important information to me just now?"

   Facing Chuikov's questioning, Sokov didn't dare to say anything, so as not to provoke the opponent's thunderous wrath. Fortunately, Chuikov did not continue to entangle in this matter. Instead, he strode forward and continued: "Since Grazkov can no longer command the troops, when the deputy division commander, Colonel Dubyansky, comes , he will act temporarily as the commander of the division."

"Understood." When Sokov replied, he thought to himself: "Colonel Dubyanski, wouldn't be as unlucky as Glazkov and be killed by shells, right? In that case, the 35th Guards Division Wouldn't the dragons have no leader?"

  When they came to the health team, the military doctor had already finished the operation and was whispering something to a health worker. Sokov walked over and asked, "Comrade military doctor, how is General Glazkov doing?"

"The operation has been completed," military doctor Pavlov said, shaking his head, "but the situation is not optimistic. The few pieces of shrapnel that hit his chest have already shattered his lungs. Whether he can survive depends on the situation." His personal luck."

   "Where is General Glazkov?" Chuikov couldn't help but get red eyes when he heard Pavlov say that. He asked with a sob, "I want to see him."

  Pavlov led the crowd to a separate ward not far away. Although the room was illuminated by a gas lamp, it was still dim. In the middle of the room, there are two wooden planks on the mound of soil, which are simple hospital beds, and a person is lying on one of them, which is General Glazkov, whom Chuikov wants to visit.

  Chuikov came to Glazkov's bed, knelt down and approached his ear, and whispered, "General Glazkov, I'm Chuikov. Can you hear me?"

  However, Glazkov lying on the hospital bed remained motionless, showing no reaction at all. But Chuikov didn't care about this, and continued: "General Glazkov, you and your soldiers have shown great courage. The enemy has paid a heavy price for taking your position. Get well soon, Your warriors are still waiting for you to command them to fight!"

   Sokov, who was standing aside, suddenly saw Glazkov's lips move a few times, and said excitedly: "Comrade Commander, General Glazkov seems to have something to say?"

  Chuikov quickly put his ear on the chapped lips of the opponent, and at the same time said: "General Glazkov, if you have anything to say, just say it. I'm listening....What are you talking about, have the troops withdrawn?"

"Withdrawn, General Glazkov." Sokov hurriedly said in order to comfort Glazkov: "The commanders and fighters of the 35th Guards Division have all withdrawn, and your deputy commander, Colonel Dubyanski On the hill next to it, I’m taking in troops with my people.”

   "Thank you... Thank you!" Glazkov said the word with difficulty, expressing his gratitude to Sokov.

  Chuikov continued to talk to the other party again, but this time Glazkov didn't respond at all. Pavlov, who was standing beside him, quickly leaned over, opened Glazkov's eyelids, took a light with his flashlight, and stretched his hand under his nose to breathe. Then he said to Chuikov with regret: "Commander Comrade, he has died."

   "This is impossible." Chuikov heard Pavlov say this, and immediately exploded: "You must be mistaken, he is not dead, he was still talking to me just now."

"Comrade Commander, how can you doubt my professional level?" Seeing Chuikov questioning his judgment, Pavlov said in a dissatisfied tone: "Now he is not breathing and his pupils are dilated. Symptoms of death, don’t you believe my judgment?”

  (end of this chapter)