Red Moscow

Chapter 2445

After Petrov looked Asya up and down, he turned to Sokov and said: "General Sokov, I really didn't expect that your wife also participated in the defense of Stalingrad. This is really surprising. .”

"Comrade Director," Yakov said beside him, "Asya did not enter Stalingrad only when the situation became favorable to our army in the late war. Long before the enemy launched an attack on Stalingrad, Misha When the infantry brigade he led entered Mamayev Heights, Asya was always by his side. By the way, if I remember correctly, the two of them registered their marriage in Stalingrad."

Petrov was surprised when he heard Yakov say that Asya entered Stalingrad before the battle broke out. When Yakov said that Sokov and Asya registered their marriage in Stalingrad, his eyes lit up, and then he clapped his hands on the table and said excitedly: "That's great, that's great. I figured out how to change the script.”

“Oh, you plan to revise the script?” Sokov noticed from Petrov’s tone that he planned to revise the existing movie script, and asked tentatively: “Is this appropriate?”

"There is nothing inappropriate." Petrov said calmly: "I am the director, so it is okay to make some appropriate changes to the movie script. I will discuss it with the screenwriter later and combine General Sokov and The story of military doctor Asya has been added. General Yakov, as long as the script is changed, you will appear in many more scenes."

Although Sokov was curious about how Petrov planned to modify the script, he did not ask easily to avoid affecting the other party's thinking.

“Misha, do you mind if I call you Misha like General Yakov?” Eisenstein’s voice sounded next to him.

“I don’t mind.” Sokov said with a smile: “I can call you Sergey, and you can also call me Misha.”

Eisenstein nodded, and then asked the question he was most concerned about: "Misha, I heard a rumor that as early as the second battle of Kharkov, you suggested to your superiors that the Germans might We will launch an attack on Stalingrad, and we need to prepare for defense in advance. Is this the case?"

"Yes, Sergey, I was still an infantry brigade commander at the time." Sokov nodded and replied truthfully: "I noticed that the Germans' next attack target might be Stalingrad, so I went to The superiors issued a warning and I hope they can convey my message to the Supreme Commander himself."

"I'm very curious. Kharkiv, where the battle was going on at the time, was almost 800 kilometers away from Stalingrad, and there were rivers and forests along the way. How could you be so sure that the Germans would attack Stalingrad?"

Eisenstein not only asked his own questions, but also asked Yakov’s doubts. Although Yakov tried Sokov many times to understand the basis for the other party's judgment, Sokov answered briefly every time that it was an analysis based on the intelligence he had.

But this time the person who asked this question was Eisenstein. Sokov realized that if he didn't explain clearly, he might make a bad connection between them, so he coughed lightly, cleared his throat, and then told everyone about himself. The basis for this judgment: "The Germans suffered a disastrous defeat under the walls of Moscow. Although they still deployed a large number of troops near Moscow at that time, the German high command should have known that if the surrounding obstacles were not cleared, they would rush to attack Moscow. , was obviously unwise and might even be defeated again, so they changed their strategy and took advantage of the momentum of their victory in Kharkov and chose to attack eastward. The purpose of such an attack was simple. Once they occupied Moscow The important cities in the east can completely cut off the connection between Moscow and the Far East and complete the encirclement of Moscow."

"Well, you are right." Eisenstein agreed with Sokov's statement, but he then asked: "I checked the relevant information. At that time, we believed that the Germans were developing eastward. The main purpose was to seize oil from the Caucasus, and no one would have thought that the Germans would choose Stalingrad as their main offensive target."

"I have just said that the purpose of the Germans' advance eastward is to use a roundabout way to cut off the connection between Moscow and the Far East. If they really achieve such a goal, then the troops and materials in the Far East will not be able to move at all. cannot be transported to the Western Front battlefield, thereby effectively weakening our army's war potential." Sokov continued: "For the Germans, Stalingrad is an important transportation hub connecting the north and south of our country. If they occupy Stalingrad Le, we can cut off Moscow's connection with the Far East, our country and our allies, and quickly advance to the lower reaches of the Volga River, occupy the Volga River Basin, and open up a convenient channel to attack the Caucasus and Central Asia.

Stalingrad is one of my country's industrial and resource center cities. Once Stalingrad is occupied, it will weaken our country's ability to manufacture important military products and mine strategic resources such as gold, platinum, titanium, and uranium. In Mustache's view, this was an important factor affecting the direction of the Soviet-German war. In addition, Stalingrad held important symbolic significance for both disappointed parties. Mustache believes that after this city named after our country's leader is captured, our people's confidence in resistance can be completely defeated. "

"Oh, that's it." After listening to Sokov's long speech, Yakov felt relieved: "No wonder you insisted on leading the troops to Stalingrad. It turned out that it was based on all these signs that the Germans Conclusion to attack Stalingrad."

 “That’s right, that’s right.”

"It's getting late." Petrov said to everyone: "Let's go to eat. My friend came back from the Far East and brought me a few bottles of Chinese wine. We can try it while we eat."

　　Everyone suddenly became excited when they learned that there would be fine wine from China to taste during the meal. Except for Sokov and Yakov, no one present had ever drunk wine from China, so when they heard that they could taste the wine from the mysterious Eastern country, they were full of expectations.

 After everyone sat down at a long dining table in a restaurant, Petrov took out the Chinese wine given to him by his friend. Opening the wooden box on the table, eight exquisite porcelain bottles were revealed. Sokov saw clearly that the porcelain bottles containing wine were written with a few words he was familiar with: "Fen Wine" and "Bamboo Leaf Green". After seeing the name of the wine clearly, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up slightly. He originally thought that the liquor Petrov took out was Shaodao from Northeast China at best, but he didn't expect it to be Shanxi's famous wines "Fenjiu" and "Zhuyeqing". It seemed that Peter This friend of Luo Fe was quite considerate and actually got him such a good wine.

“General Sokov,” Petrov picked up a bottle of Fenjiu and asked Sokov, “I heard that you just came back from China not long ago. You must know what kind of bar this is?”

Yakov heard Petrov's question and was about to come out to help Sokov smooth things over. After all, when the two of them were in the Northeast, they rarely had the opportunity to drink. As for the porcelain bottle containing wine in Petrov's hand, it was his first time to see it: "Comrade director, we all know that Misha doesn't like to drink. He must have never seen the wine you brought out. .”

Petrov was a little disappointed to learn that Sokov had never seen this kind of wine. He heard from his friends that these were good wines from China. He originally wanted Sokov, a general who had been to the Northeast, to introduce this kind of wine to the people present, but he didn't expect that the other party had never seen it before, which was really disappointing.

But just when Petrov was about to put down the wine bottle in his hand, he saw Sokov getting up and walking in front of him, and took the wine in the porcelain bottle from his hand. The next moment, everyone heard Sokov begin to introduce this wine to everyone: "Everyone, the Chinese name of this bottle of wine is 'Fenjiu', also known as 'Xinghuacun Wine'. It is a typical representative of light-flavor liquor, produced in Xinghua Village in Fenyang, Shanxi Province, China, is named after it. This kind of wine is crystal clear and transparent, with a fragrant fragrance. It is fragrant, refreshing and pure in the mouth. It is mainly made of sorghum and barley and peas. 'It is a saccharification fermentation agent, brewed from high-quality water from ancient wells and deep wells. It adopts the process of 'steaming twice, solid state vat separation fermentation', and it is one of China's famous wines."

 Everyone couldn't help showing expressions of astonishment after hearing Sokov tell the name and origin of this wine. Especially Yakov, he clearly remembered that since arriving in the Northeast, he had spent most of his time with Sokov and had never seen him drink. How could he know so clearly? Could it be that the content was deliberately made up to satisfy Director Petrov’s curiosity?

Just when Yakov was thinking wildly, Petrov picked up another bottle of wine and handed it to Sokov's hand: "What about this bottle of wine, General Sokov?"

"This is 'Bamboo Leaf Green Wine'," Sokov said casually: "Bamboo Leaf Green Wine uses Fenjiu as the 'base wine', retains the characteristics of bamboo leaves, and adds Amomum villosum, red sandalwood, angelica, tangerine peel, clove, and zero incense. It is refined and aged by combining more than ten kinds of precious Chinese herbal medicines, such as Agarwood and Patchouli, as well as rock sugar, snow sugar, egg white, etc., which makes the wine calm and warm the stomach, soothe the liver and spleen, promote blood circulation and nourish the blood, smooth the qi and eliminate troubles, and promote digestion and production of body fluids. It has a variety of functions. The color of this wine is golden and transparent with a hint of greenish green. It has a unique aroma formed by Fenjiu wine and medicinal infusion. It has a mellow aroma, a sweet and slightly bitter taste, mildness, no irritation, and an endless aftertaste."

Sokov's words stunned everyone. They didn't expect that Sokov was so familiar with Chinese wine. After Petrov took back the two bottles of wine from Sokov's hand, he opened the bottle caps and poured wine for everyone. He said: "Listen to what General Sokov said, this is a rare and good wine. Everyone must be there today." Let’s drink as much as we can, we’ll never get home until we’re drunk.”

Hearing what Petrov said, Sokov couldn't help laughing. He already had a premonition that as long as he drank the bottles of Fenjiu and Zhuyeqing that Petrov had brought, almost everyone present would be drunk. Despite everyone's impression that Russians are fond of drinking and drinking, their drinking capacity is actually not good and they are no match for the Chinese.

  Vodka is blended with alcohol. When you drink it, you feel quite high, but the stamina is not strong. You will be sober a few hours after drinking it. But Huaxia wine is different. It has a strong stamina. When you drink it, you may feel normal and not intoxicating. But after drinking, the wind blows, and the alcohol becomes stronger, and then the person becomes drunk and unconscious.

Seeing Yakov picking up the wine and about to drink it, Sokov quickly grabbed his hand and whispered: "Yasha, this wine has great stamina. Don't drink too much, otherwise I will have to drink it later." Find someone to carry you back."

Yakov, who originally wanted to drink happily, couldn't help but hesitate after hearing what Sokov said. After a pause, he whispered to Sokov: "Do you know what the strongest alcohol is?"

"Of course I know." Sokov nodded and said: "A kind of vodka produced in Poland, which is as high as 96 degrees. I heard people who have drunk this wine say that after taking a small sip, they will feel like their stomach has been severely beaten. It's like a punch to the ground. This kind of wine can be poured directly into a tank's fuel tank and used as fuel. I'm afraid most people can't drink it. Even if they want to drink it, they have to blend it with other wines and dilute it before drinking it."

When Sokov and Yakov were talking, Eisenstein, who was sitting opposite them, had already drank all the Fenjiu in his glass, smashed it in his mouth, and said with unfinished meaning: "Good wine, indeed a good friend." Vladimir, can you let your friend get more of this wine?"

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Petrov shook his head and said: "Sergey, this may not be easy. Although he is in the northeast, there is no such wine where he is. The bottles of wine he gave me , they were all smuggled from other parts of China by some smugglers. The quantity was very limited, and because he was a good friend with me, he gave me all the wine he got. "

"Misha." While Petrov and Eisenstein were talking, Yakov whispered to Sokov: "The 96-proof vodka you just mentioned was drunk by Director Petrov. . It is said that after he drank half the bottle, he was immediately sent to the hospital for gastric lavage. He spent a full month in the hospital before he barely returned to normal."

After hearing this, Sokov couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise. He didn't expect Petrov to be so heroic, even daring to drink 96-proof vodka, which can be used directly as fuel. He originally thought that after drinking these bottles of Fenjiu and Zhuyeqing, both Petrov and Eisenstein would be drunk, but now he felt that his judgment was too hasty. Maybe they could still stay sober after drinking. Maybe.

After some exchanging cups, Petrov drank the Fenjiu and Zhuyeqing that he took out. Yakov had been warned by Sokov in advance and was not drunk. The rest of the dinner guests were so drunk that they lay on the table. Petrov retained his last trace of sobriety, came to Sokov, stood firm on the edge of the table, and asked: "General Sokov, why are you not drunk?"

 (End of this chapter)