Red Moscow

Chapter 2450

Hearing what the traffic police said, Sokov couldn't help but feel happy. Since it was Eisenstein who asked him to return, it meant that there was something wrong with the script.

Just when he was about to ask Wowen to turn around and return to Vladimir, he suddenly saw the cans stacked on the back seat, and he couldn't help but murmured in his heart. It was really appropriate to return to Vladimir with so many things. ?

After conveying the contents of the phone call to Sokov, the traffic policeman outside the car raised his hand and saluted, and was about to turn around and leave, but was stopped by Sokov: "Comrade Lieutenant, please wait a moment."

The traffic policeman stopped and asked politely: "Comrade General, do you have any other orders?"

“Comrade Lieutenant, I would like to take your car back to Vladimir. Is that possible?”

Hearing Sokov's question, the traffic policeman couldn't help being stunned. He glanced at the black car in front of him, then looked at Sokov sitting in the car, and muttered to himself: "Comrade General, what do you mean? , he obviously has a car, why did he choose to hitchhike with me?"

With this thought in mind, I couldn't help but ask: "Comrade General, if you don't have a car, why do you want to take my car?"

"That's it, Comrade Lieutenant." Naturally Sokov would not tell the traffic police, saying that his car carried too many things and it would be inconvenient to return to Vladimir, so he said perfunctorily: "I borrowed this car from the General Ordnance The car was originally supposed to be returned yesterday, but I was delayed for a whole day due to something else. If I don't return it as soon as possible, I'm worried that the comrade who lent me the car may be criticized by his superiors."

Sokov’s reason is far-fetched, but it sounds very reasonable. In fact, even if Sokov didn't give a reason and he wanted to take the traffic police car back to Vladimir, would the traffic police dare to say no?

“Okay, Comrade General.” The traffic policeman nodded and said, “Then I will take you back to Vladimir now.”

After getting the other party's consent, Sokov turned to Asiya and said: "Asiya, you and Wowen should go back to Moscow first. I'll go back and talk to Comrade Eisenstein to see what he thinks. Wait here As soon as my business is finished, I will rush back to Moscow as soon as possible."

"Well, I'll wait for you." Asiya nodded and said, "Come back soon."

After getting out of the car, Sokov said to the traffic policeman: "Let's go, Comrade Lieutenant, I need to rush back to Vladimir immediately."

The driver was a new traffic policeman. When he saw the general getting out of the car in front of him, he actually got into his own car, and he suddenly became nervous. He looked at Sokov and asked the traffic police lieutenant: "Comrade Lieutenant, where are we going?"

 “Go to Vladimir.”

“Okay, Comrade Lieutenant, I’ll drive to Vladimir right now.”

Sokov saw that the other party was nervous, so he smiled and comforted him and said: "Comrade traffic police, don't be nervous. I'm just giving him a lift. Just drive as usual. Don't be nervous."

“I’m not nervous, I’m not nervous.” The new traffic policeman said this, but his feet kept shaking. To him, the lieutenant sitting in the co-pilot's seat was already a great official. Now that there was a general who was seven or eight levels higher than the lieutenant, it was no wonder he wasn't nervous.

“Comrade General.” The traffic police lieutenant turned around and asked, perhaps in order to ease the atmosphere in the car, “Where did you come from?”

“Comrade Lieutenant, if you are asking about today, then I can tell you that I am from Vladimir.”

Sokov’s words caused the two of them to burst into good-natured laughter. After laughing, the atmosphere in the car relaxed a lot. Sokov continued: "I went to Crystal City yesterday and bought a lot of crystal products. On the way back, when passing through Vladimir, I saw a convoy full of troops entering the city. I felt very I was curious, so I went over to check it out. After questioning, I found out that they were the troops assisting in the filming of the movie."

“Making a movie?!” The traffic police lieutenant heard this and asked excitedly: “Comrade General, I wonder what kind of movie they are participating in?”

Sokov considered that making a movie was not a military secret, so he did not hide it from the two of them, but said truthfully: "The Battle of Stalingrad!"

"The Battle of Stalingrad?" the traffic police lieutenant asked in surprise: "Since we are filming a movie about Stalingrad, why not go to Stalingrad, but to the small city of Vladimir?"

"Comrade Lieutenant, after half a year of fierce fighting, Stalingrad has become a ruins, and there is no complete building in the city." Sokov explained: "So some of the shots before the outbreak of the war are It was impossible to shoot, so in order to save time in setting up the set, Moscow Film Studio decided to choose the location in Vladimir.”

"Oh, that's it." The new traffic policeman nodded and said, "No wonder I saw such a huge convoy passing by when I was on duty yesterday. The commanders and soldiers sitting in the car at that time were all wearing old-fashioned military ranks. , I thought I was dazzled, but it turns out they were filming a movie."

"Comrade General," the traffic police lieutenant asked tentatively, "I heard what you just said. You went to Crystal City to buy crystal products. On your way back, you accidentally met the troops involved in filming the movie and followed them to Fora. Kimir. But what does Comrade Sergei Eisenstein want to do with you?"

 “Do you know Sergei Eisenstein?”

The traffic police lieutenant grinned and said, "As long as there are people who love watching movies, there are a few who don't know this great director."

Although the traffic police lieutenant knew about Eisenstein, Sokov considered that he was going to write a script and had not even written a word to make it public, so he deliberately found a very reasonable excuse: "I once participated in Stalin's During the Battle of Grad, Eisenstein asked me to go back, probably because he wanted to get more information from me during the filming process."

After learning that Sokov had participated in the Battle of Stalingrad, the new traffic policeman who was driving said "Huh" and then said: "Comrade General, I didn't expect that you also participated in the Battle of Stalingrad. Our lieutenant I’ve also been to Stalingrad.”

“Oh, Comrade Lieutenant, have you also been to Stalingrad?” When Sokov heard the new traffic policeman said that the Lieutenant had also been to Stalingrad, he couldn’t help but curiously asked: “I wonder which division you were in at that time?”

"Comrade General, I have indeed been to Stalingrad, but the situation is different from what you imagined." The traffic police lieutenant said with some embarrassment: "When my unit arrived at Stalingrad, Paulus had already led his troops to surrender. "Comrade General," the new traffic policeman continued to ask, "I heard that the battle to defend Stalingrad was extremely difficult. The survival time of ordinary soldiers on the battlefield was No more than 24 hours, and even an officer cannot survive more than 72 hours. I wonder how long you stayed in Stalingrad?"

"My troops had already stationed at Mamayev Heights before the Battle of Stalingrad broke out." Sokov thought about his experience in Stalingrad. Fang spoke up: "During the entire battle, my subordinates basically changed twice, and I was wounded twice."

“You changed your subordinates twice?” the new traffic policeman asked in confusion, “What do you mean?”

"The meaning is very simple." Sokov couldn't help but feel heavy as he thought of the subordinates who had sacrificed their lives: "For example, the infantry brigade under my command had more than 6,000 people when it stationed at Mamayev Heights. But in just one month, all these 6,000 men were killed. Then my superiors successively added a lot of troops to me, but most of them were lost in the battle. From the time I entered Mamayev Heights to the end of the battle, I The number of men killed in the battle has reached 20,000. Doesn’t this mean that the entire army has been replaced twice?”

When Sokov said this, the traffic police lieutenant was silent. He seemed to be thinking hard about something. After a long time, he looked up at Sokov and said with shock: "You are the one who led the troops to hold the Mamayev Heights. In the face of the crazy German attack, you still held the high ground like a floodgate." General Husband?"

Sokov smiled slightly and said: "Comrade Lieutenant, I should be the person you are talking about."

"Comrade General, although we can see the battle report from the Intelligence Bureau, you also know that the content reported in the battle report is how many enemies our army destroyed and what kind of weapons we seized. But they never talk about the specifics. The battle situation, so about the specific situation of the Battle of Stalingrad, we can only know from the wounded transported out of the city." The traffic police lieutenant said to Sokov: "So we don't know much about your deeds."

"Comrade Lieutenant, I have a question." Sokov looked at the traffic police lieutenant and asked, "When did you retire from the army? How did you become a traffic policeman?"

"When my troops arrived at Stalingrad, the battle was over, and we stayed in the city to clean up the remains of the dead officers and soldiers on both sides." The traffic police lieutenant said: "It was February when we went, and there was ice and snow everywhere. When we arrived In May, all the ice and snow in the city melted, and the corpses that had been hidden by the ruins and snow emerged. We were all shocked when we saw the corpses on the ground, which shows how tragic the battle was at that time.

 Not long after, my unit was transferred to Kursk to participate in the defense of the area. Shortly after the Battle of Kursk began, the defense zone I was in was attacked by the German army. I was seriously injured in the battle and was sent back to Moscow for treatment. After recovering from my injuries, I originally wanted to return to the front line, but my superiors told me that as the war situation developed in our favor, the civilian police units that were transferred to support the front line needed to be reorganized, so I was sent here. Became a traffic policeman. "

 The three of them were talking to each other happily in the car. By the time they arrived in Vladimir, the three had become very familiar with each other.

When the car stopped, the traffic police lieutenant got out of the car first, opened the door on Sokov's side, and raised his hand to protect the roof of the car to prevent him from bumping his head: "Comrade General, be careful, don't bump your head. "

After Sokov got out of the car, he stretched out his hand to shake hands with the lieutenant and said politely: "Comrade Lieutenant, thank you for sending me back. We will see you later!"

After waiting for the traffic police car to leave, Sokov came to the set and met Yakov who was chatting with Petrov and Eisenstein.

Seeing Sokov's appearance, Yakov seemed very happy. He said to the two directors: "Comrade directors, Misha is back!" After saying that, he quickly walked towards Sokov, smiling. Asked, "Misha, why did you come back alone?"

"I asked Wowen to take Asya back to Moscow. After all, she is pregnant and needs more rest." After Sokov said this, he looked at Petrov and Eisenstein who were sitting not far away. Asked Yakov: "What's the matter with calling me back so urgently?"

"Of course there is something, and it's a good thing." Yakov grabbed Sokov's arm, dragged him to the two directors' seats, and said, "I think it's better for Comrade Eisenstein to tell you personally."

"Misha, Misha, why are you so impatient?" Eisenstein came over and grabbed Sokov's hand and said, "Didn't I tell you that Vladimir and I are waiting for a reply from Moscow? Well, why did you leave in a hurry without waiting for the news to come out? Fortunately, General Yakov was smart and asked us to call a few small towns halfway and let them see you and ask you to return immediately. . Now it seems that what we did was right, why don’t you rush back immediately?”

“Sergey.” Sokov asked tentatively after Eisenstein finished speaking: “So, the Moscow Film Studio has agreed to my writing the script?”

"Yes, General Sokov." Petrov came over and said to Sokov: "According to the wishes of our factory director, let you write the novel first, and then he will take it to the superiors for review. If the review passes , we can arrange for a suitable screenwriter to adapt the novel into a script, and then we can recruit actors for filming.”

When he learned that he could finally start writing, Sokov breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked tentatively: "Should we write the three novels together, or write one first?"

"It all depends on you." Petrov said reasonably: "If you feel you have plenty of time and enough energy, it is undoubtedly good to write three books at the same time. But if you don't have time and energy, then first Write one. Which one you write first is entirely up to you.”

Facing Petrov’s delegation of power, Sokov suddenly felt more at ease. He was afraid that when he was preparing to write a book, the other party would point fingers at him, which would make him feel constrained in his writing and affect his performance.

“Misha, I have another suggestion.” Eisenstein interrupted: “I wonder if you are willing to listen to it?”

"Please tell me." Sokov said politely: "As long as it is helpful to my writing, I am very happy to listen."

“I remember that after the big counterattack under Moscow began, your unit was affiliated with the Western Front. Right?”

“Yes, I was with the Western Front at the time, but was affiliated with Marshal Rokossovsky’s 16th Army.”

“At that time, a heroine named Zoya appeared in your combat area, did you know?”

"I know, of course I know." Sokov nodded vigorously, gave the other party a positive answer, and then asked: "Do you plan to let me write another novel based on her?"

“Well, that’s how I think about it.” Eisenstein looked at Sokov and asked; “How about it, can you write it?”

Unexpectedly, after Eisenstein finished speaking, he did not get the expected response. Sokov, who was still in high spirits, suddenly became silent, his eyebrows furrowed, as if he was thinking about some serious issue.

 (End of this chapter)