Red Moscow

Chapter 2440

Sokov asked Woven to park the car in an empty space on the side of the road, then opened the door and got out of the car. However, he did not move forward immediately, but stretched out his hand to help Asiya get out of the car.

After Asiya got off the car, she looked at the convoy parked on the roadside and the soldiers sitting neatly in the car, and then asked Sokov curiously: "Misha, why don't they get out of the car and stay here?" What are you doing in the car?"

After some observation, Sokov found that there was no photography equipment around the street, so he said to Asiya: "I think the photography equipment hasn't arrived yet. If they get out of the car in a hurry, I'm afraid it will cause trouble." Some unnecessary panic. On the contrary, staying in the car may be their best choice. Let's go forward and see if we can meet the commander of this unit. I want to chat with him and see Can he give me a supporting role?"

When Asiya held Sokov's hand and walked along the sidewalk toward the front of the convoy, the soldier sitting in the car saw the two of them. A young soldier said: "Look, there is a general below and a young and beautiful female soldier."

Sitting next to the little soldier was his squad leader. After he glanced down, he shook his head and said, "What kind of general is this? I think he is a movie actor."

“Movie actor?” The little soldier stared wide-eyed and asked, “Comrade squad leader, how do you know he is an actor?”

"The reason is very simple." The squad leader replied without hesitation: "This man looks to be in his twenties. Have you ever seen such a young general? Let alone a general, even a major general, I am afraid he cannot be found in his forties." The following."

　　Hearing what the squad leader said, the little soldier really thought Sokov and Asiya were actors, and said with emotion: "I wonder if there is a chance to ask them for autographs?"

"I think it's unlikely to get an autograph." The monitor shook his head and said, "Usually actors are quite arrogant. It's basically impossible for those of us who are cooperating with them to get autographs from their hands. matter."

Sokov and Asiya walked forward for more than a hundred meters, and suddenly saw a jeep parked among the trucks in the convoy.

"Asia, look." Sokov pointed towards the jeep with his hand and said excitedly: "There is a jeep here. If I guessed correctly, there must be important officers sitting on it. Maybe we can talk to him. They talk.”

The two came to the car. Sokov looked in through the window and saw clearly that a lieutenant colonel was sitting in the back seat, sleeping with his head tilted up on the seat. The driver in the front seat was chatting with an officer outside the left window and did not notice the arrival of Sokov and Asiya at all.

Sokov stood by the car and waited for a moment. He saw that the driver was busy talking and did not notice anyone standing behind him. So he coughed heavily and then knocked on the car window with his hand.

The driver who was chatting stopped his conversation when he heard someone knocking on the car window and turned to look over. After seeing Sokov clearly standing outside the car and the military rank on his shoulder straps, he suddenly became panicked. He shouted to the lieutenant colonel in the back row who was concentrating with his eyes closed: "Comrade Commander, Comrade Commander!"

The lieutenant colonel sitting in the back row slowly opened his eyes and asked the driver displeasedly: "What's the matter?"

The driver hurriedly pouted at Sokov's position and said nervously: "Comrade leader, look over there."

Seeing the lieutenant colonel's eyes turned towards him, Sokov quickly waved his hand towards him, smiled and said: "Hello, comrade lieutenant colonel!"

The lieutenant colonel, who was still a little sleepy, suddenly woke up. He opened the door and got out of the car, stood at attention, raised his hand and saluted: "Hello, comrade general! I am Lieutenant Colonel Kurak of the Moscow Garrison Command. I am at your service. Your orders, please direct!”

Sokov raised his hand in return and said with a smile: "Lieutenant Colonel Kulak, my name is Sokov. When I was passing by nearby, I saw your convoy entering the city of Vladimir. I asked the traffic police when I passed by. I just found out that you guys are here to make a movie. I was curious, so I came over to have a look, and asked if I could have a supporting role or something."

Kulak was a little dumbfounded when he heard what Sokov said. He thought that he was arranged to cooperate with the filming of the movie and disrupted the original vacation arrangement. It was a helpless thing. I didn't expect that the young general in front of me would be so interested in filming, so he grinned, and then replied: "I'm sorry, Comrade General, I can't make the final decision on this matter. You know, my troops and I can't I’m here to assist the crew in filming.”

Sokov looked left and right, but didn't seem to see any crew or camera equipment, so he asked tentatively: "Lieutenant Colonel Kulak, where are the crew?"

“They are still behind.” Kulak raised his hand to look at the time, and then replied: “It will take about half an hour to get here.”

Knowing that the crew would have to wait half an hour to arrive, Sokov couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He turned to Asiya and said: "Asiya, the lieutenant colonel said that the crew might have to wait half an hour. Just arrived. Look, should we continue to stay, or should we take the bus back to Moscow?"

Asiya initially followed Sokov to Vladimir with the mentality of watching the excitement. However, when I heard Sokov said he wanted to play a cameo in the movie, I couldn't help but become interested and wanted to appear with Sokov. Hearing what Sokov said at this moment, he quickly said: "Misha, half an hour is not long, I think we should wait a little longer."

"Lieutenant Colonel Kulak," Sokov turned to Kulak after receiving Asiya's affirmative reply: "We will stay here and wait for the crew to come over. By the way, I haven't asked yet, what did you shoot? What’s the name of the movie?”

But Kulak did not immediately answer Sokov's question. Instead, he asked: "Comrade General, you just said your last name, but I didn't hear it clearly?" "You can call me General Sokov." Kove smiled and said to Kulak: "With the end of the war, I don't hold any position now. I am just an idle general, so I go out and walk around. I just came back from Crystal City today and passed by here. I just happened to catch up. When your convoy enters the city, you just want to come over and join in the fun, playing a supporting role."

Lieutenant Colonel Kulak tried hard to recall Sokov's last name in his mind, but after thinking for a while, he still couldn't recall any information about him, so he stopped thinking about it and replied: "I heard that the name of the movie is The Battle of Stalingrad, directed by Vladimir Petrov.”

After hearing the name of the movie Kulak said, Sokov couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise. He knew that after the end of the Great Patriotic War, the Soviet Union made a movie about the Battle of Stalingrad and it was released in 1949. . Before the film was released, even Stalin himself participated in the editing work and completed the editing work of the film based on his opinions. Although it is already October 1945, it takes almost four years to shoot a movie. Isn’t it a bit exaggerated?

While Sokov was thinking wildly, Asiya asked Kulak in surprise: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, since the movie you are shooting is "The Battle of Stalingrad", then you should go to Stalingrad to shoot the scene. Why did you come to this place?" What about the city?”

Kulak's eyes swept back and forth between Sokov and Asiya, and he secretly wondered what the relationship was between this young female soldier and General Sokov.

Sokov noticed Kulak's gaze, which was like a searchlight, sweeping over himself and Asiya. Then he introduced him with a smile: "Lieutenant Colonel Kulak, let me introduce to you, this It’s my wife Asiya, she is a military doctor and she accompanied me to Crystal City today.”

　　After figuring out Asiya’s identity, Kulak lowered his guard. Although this time for the filming of "The Battle of Stalingrad", many people knew that my troops were deployed to cooperate with the filming. But before you know the details of the other party, you cannot talk about many things casually. Now that the identities of Sokov and Asiya were confirmed, he said with confidence: "Comrade Military Doctor, I don't know if you have been to Stalingrad. That city is resisting the attack of the German 6th Army. By that time, it had been turned into ruins, and not a single complete building could be found in the entire city. Because of this, when filming and framing, it was necessary to shoot some shots in other cities before shooting Stalingrad. "

"Oh, that's it." Asia nodded and said, "During the Battle of Stalingrad, my husband and I stayed there. After more than half a year of brutal fighting, the city has indeed changed. It’s in ruins. If you want to capture its pre-war scene, you have to shoot in other cities.”

Kulak learned that Sokov and Asya had both stayed in Stalingrad, and asked casually: "You are on the left bank of the Volga River, responsible for the logistics supply to the city, right?"

When Sokov heard what Kurak said, he did not explain, but just laughed twice. Asiya was about to speak, but she felt Sokov tugging at her clothes. She understood immediately and closed her mouth in time without giving any explanation to the other party.

"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel," a voice sounded from behind Sokov and Asiya: "You are wrong. General Sokov and Asiya's military doctor did not stay in the Volga during the defense of Stalingrad. On the left bank of the river, they were engaged in late-stage supply work. The 41st Guards Infantry Division commanded by General Sokov at that time held on to the Mamayev Heights. There, he successfully defeated hundreds of German attacks and firmly held the position. Highlands.”

Sokov could tell from the other party’s voice that it was his driver Wo Wen who was speaking without looking back. After he waited for Wo Wen to finish speaking, he introduced to Kulak: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, this is my driver Wo Wen. He is the driver assigned to me by my superiors."

 Wowen’s words opened up Kurak’s sleeping memory. He suddenly remembered that when he read the battle report back then, the commander mentioned above who was holding the Mamayev Heights seemed to be named Sokov. Could it be that he was the general in front of him.

Thinking of this, Kulak asked tentatively: "General Sokov, is it you who is the hero holding Mamayev Heights in the Intelligence Bureau's battle report?"

"It's not me." After Sokov said this, seeing the shocked expression on Kulak's face, he continued: "It is all the commanders and fighters of the 41st Guards Division who are holding on to Mamayev Heights. It is precisely because of their By sacrificing life and having a fearless and brave spirit, we were able to repel the German attacks again and again, thus firmly holding the Mamayev Heights."

At this time, two black cars drove up the street and stopped not far from the jeep.

After the black market car stopped, a middle-aged man in military uniform came out of the car in front. His hair was as fluffy as Einstein. He strode to the jeep and faced the car on the other side. Kulak asked loudly: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I just saw a black car with a lot of special passes stuck on the windshield in front. Can you tell me where this car came from? Of?"

Although Kulak chatted with Sokov for a long time, he had no idea what kind of transportation the other party took. At this moment, I was dumbfounded when I heard the strange man's question. I didn't know how to answer for a while.

Fortunately, Wo Wen jumped out in time and said to the strange man: "I drove that car."

"Did you drive here?" The strange man looked at Wowen and asked, "What part of the country are you from, and why are you here?"

"I am the driver of the General Ordnance Department." Wowen replied carelessly: "Today I sent General Sokov and his wife to Crystal City to buy things. On the way back, I happened to meet the convoy of the troops who were cooperating with your shooting. , entered Vladimir, so I came here specially to take a look. What do you call it, and which part is it? "

"I am Sergei Eisenstein, the assistant director of the movie." After the strange man figured out the origin of the black car, he was unwilling to offend Wo Wen easily, so he slowed down and said, "I suddenly saw this A black car from Moscow appeared, and I thought it was some big shot, so I came over to ask."

Sokov had no idea who Sergei Eisenstein was. Instead, Asiya became excited. She quickly came to Sergei Eisenstein and said with some excitement: "Hello, Comrade Sergei Eisenstein. My name is Asiya. I’ve watched all of your movies, your fans.”

Seeing the female soldier who suddenly appeared in front of him, Sergei Eisenstein couldn't help but frowned, and then asked Kulak who had just walked up to him: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, who is this female soldier? She is also yours." Subordinate?"

"No, Comrade Sergei Eisenstein." Kulak quickly explained: "This female military doctor is the wife of General Sokov. When they passed by outside the city, they happened to see the convoy of our regiment entering the city. , so I came here specifically to watch the excitement."

"Sergei Eisenstein," although Sokov didn't know who Sergei Eisenstein was, he realized this person when he saw Asya transforming into a little girl after seeing him. His origin was not simple, so he took the initiative to greet him: "I am Sokov, Asiya's husband. Nice to meet you."

 (End of this chapter)