red moscow

Chapter 2682

In the evening, after dinner, Sokov said to Anna: "Anna, I'm going out for a while, you stay at home and watch the drama."

Anna was recently following the third season of the new TV series "The Dandy Boys". Today was the finale, and she was eager to know what the finale was. So when she heard Sokov ask him to stay home to watch the show, she naturally didn't object, but she still said, "Try to come back early so we can watch the finale together."

"Okay, I'll be back as soon as possible." Sokov held her head with both hands, kissed her forehead, and then turned and left home.

When I arrived at Victoria's house, she was already a little impatient: "Misha, why did you come just now? My great-grandmother has urged me several times."

"I'm sorry, Officer Victoria," Sokov said apologetically, "I was a little late for dinner today, but I rushed here as soon as I finished eating."

"Come in quickly." After letting Sokov into the room, Victoria added, "From now on, when there are no outsiders around, you can call me Vika."

Sokov knew that Victoria was her real name and Vika was a nickname. Only close friends would use nicknames for each other. He nodded and agreed quickly: "Okay, from now on, when there are no outsiders around, I will call you Vika."

Lida did not stay in the living room, but lay on the bed in the bedroom. Victoria explained to Sokov: "My great-grandmother said she was a little unwell today, so I let her lie on the bed. I put a chair next to the bed, and you can sit next to her and chat with her."

As long as he could chat with Lida, Sokov didn't care where he sat.

When Sokov walked into the bedroom alone, Lida, who was lying down, struggled to sit up. Sokov quickly stepped forward and supported her: "Lida, your health is not good, don't sit up, just lie down."

After Lida lay down, Sokov sat on the chair beside the bed and asked, "Lida, do you still remember what happened before and after you were discharged from the army?"

"I remember, of course I remember." Lida said slowly in an old voice: "These things happened to me just as if they happened yesterday. How could I not remember them?"

"Although we haven't met since I was injured," Sokov asked cautiously, "but you must have heard about me, right?"

After hearing Sokov's question, Lida was silent for a long time before she slowly said, "Yes, although we never met again, I still often asked others about your news, so I know a little bit."

Sokov nodded slightly. In order to find out whether Lida really remembered what happened at that time, he decided to test her first: "Do you remember what Marshal Zhukov was doing at that time?"

"Marshal Zhukov was entrusted with important tasks at the March meeting," Lida said. "But in June, he was relieved of most of his duties and sent to the Odessa Military District to serve as the commander."

Sokov knew this history. Seeing that what Lida said was correct, he continued to ask: "I was seriously injured in March 1946. When did I recover? After being discharged from the hospital, where did I go? Do you know?"

"Well, from what I understand, you were seriously injured in Vienna. After two or three months of treatment, you were finally discharged from the hospital." Lida said, "After you were discharged from the hospital, your superiors sent you to the Odessa Military District as the deputy commander of the district."

"No way." Sokov remembered that in the relevant information, it was said that Lukin was the deputy commander of the military region, so he asked cautiously: "Wasn't the deputy commander of the Odessa Military Region Lieutenant General Lukin? When did it become me?"

"Misha," Lida smiled slightly, "There is more than one deputy commander of the military district. You are the first deputy commander of the Odessa Military District, and although Lieutenant General Lukin is also a deputy commander, his position is lower than yours."

"Oh, so that's how it is." Sokov began to mutter in his heart. If he really had to go back to the past in a month or two, the information he should pay attention to should be mainly about the Odessa area. After all, he would serve as the deputy commander there for a period of time.

"After Marshal Zhukov was demoted, a major purge was carried out in the army. Those who were considered to be Marshal Zhukov's faction were forced to retire." Lida sighed and said, "I left the army under such circumstances."

Sokov was very surprised to hear Lida say this. He thought Lida retired because of the large-scale military reduction, but he didn't expect that she was implicated in the purge of Marshal Zhukov's faction. If he really became the commander of the 4th Guards Army, he would probably be sent to other places or even forced to retire directly because of the stigma of Zhukov's faction.

Seeing that Sokov remained silent, Lida continued, "After I retired from the army, I adopted the four children we rescued in Stalingrad from the orphanage and wanted to raise them."

  Sokov found it very strange. Even though Lida retired, she was assigned by her superiors to work as a section chief in the Industrial Bureau. Her income was more than enough to support four children. How was it possible that Anton had to grow up alone?

Hearing Sokov's question, Lida suddenly wiped away tears: "Misha, you may not know that in 1946, due to the continuous drought, there was a large-scale reduction in grain production in grain-producing areas, resulting in a serious shortage of food supply. Although I am the head of the department, it is still very difficult to feed five mouths with my food quota. Three of the children died of malnutrition in the four months of the famine."

Sokov knew about the famine in 1946, but he always thought that the people who died from the famine were mostly concentrated in Ukraine. He didn't expect that people also starved to death in Moscow. Thinking of the children he had saved, who did not die in the war, but died of malnutrition in peacetime due to food shortages, he sighed and said, "It's such a pity. I didn't expect them to be able to leave Stalingrad alive, but not live to start a family."

"Misha, there is something I am very curious about. Can you give me an answer?"

"whats the matter?"

"I remember reading a lot of your books." Lida said with a puzzled look on her face, "But when I read those books again later, I found that the author had become someone else. Can you tell me what happened?"

Sokov has also been seeking answers to what Lida wants to know. The books he wrote were published one after another in that era. Unexpectedly, after returning to the modern era, he unexpectedly discovered that the author names on the books signed with his name have become the real authors.

"Assault rifles, anti-tank rocket launchers, and new rockets." Sokov reminded Lida, "Do you still remember these weapons? Who invented them?"

Lida was silent for a long time, then said: "Misha, I have seen the three weapons you mentioned, and even used them on the battlefield. But when the war ended, these weapons suddenly disappeared without a trace. When I asked others about this, they even told me that these three weapons never existed." Sokov couldn't help but take a breath after hearing this: "No way, there have never been these three weapons."

"Yes, Misha, this is true." Lida said slowly: "The assault rifle was developed by weapons expert Kalashnikov. Although the appearance and structure of the gun are exactly the same as the weapon you made, the assault rifle is named after Kalashnikov, called AK47."

Sokov smiled bitterly, thinking that the error correction function of history was really powerful. He had just returned to the modern era from 1946, and the assault rifles, anti-tank rocket launchers, and new rockets that were once equipped in the army suddenly disappeared without a trace. Who would have thought that even the most common assault rifles in the army were later all AK47s designed by Kalashnikov.

"Lida, you've confused me." Sokov said with a smile, "As soon as I was injured, all the weapons in the army disappeared without a trace. This is incredible."

"Yes, this is also a question that has always puzzled me." Lida continued: "I later mentioned this to many old friends, but they all said in unison that there is indeed no such weapon as I mentioned, and even you, a person, do not exist."

The muscles on Sokov's face twitched twice, and he said with an awkward expression: "Yes, this is quite strange. I have checked the historical data and there is indeed no such person as me. Many of the merits I have established have become the property of others."

"Misha, when I was still able to walk a few years ago, I went to the War Memorial in Victory Square and saw a photo inside." Lida looked at Sokov and asked, "Guess what I saw in the photo?"

"There are four people in the photo." Sokov recalled what was written in Liuba's father's diary, and said without hesitation: "Marshal Zhukov, Marshal Rokossovsky, Marshal Konev and me. And on my shoulder straps, I carry the rank of general."

Lida's eyes widened in surprise. After Sokov finished speaking, she asked hesitantly, "Misha, have you seen this photo?"

"No, I've never seen it." Sokov denied it flatly: "I also heard it from others. He even said that after seeing this photo, he went to find the staff and said that there was an inexplicable person in the photo. But when the staff followed him back to the photo, they found that there were only three people in the photo. I disappeared without a trace."

"That was the same thing that happened to me." Lida said, "I know that you were promoted to general in the later stages of the war. When I saw that you were a general in the photo, I went to find the staff to find out when the photo was taken. But when the staff came, what you said happened. The four people in the photo became three people, and you suddenly disappeared from the photo."

The two chatted for a while, and Sokov suddenly found that Lida, who was lying on the bed, was silent. He was startled at the time, and quickly reached out to feel her breath, and found that she was still breathing normally. She might have fallen asleep because she was too tired.

Sokov tucked the quilt for Lida and walked out of the room quietly.

Victoria, who was sitting in the living room reading a book, stood up quickly when she saw Sokov coming out: "My great-grandmother fell asleep?"

"Yes, she's asleep." Sokov came to Victoria and said politely, "Since she's asleep, I'll go back."

"Wait a minute, Misha." Unexpectedly, Victoria stopped him and said, "I have something to tell you."

Sokov stopped and asked curiously, "What's the matter?"

"Five people were arrested today and brought back to the police station," Victoria explained to Sokov. "After interrogation, these people confessed that someone had ordered them to cause trouble at your place. Even if they were arrested, others would go to cause trouble at your place tomorrow. Can you tell me who you have offended and why others would target you like this?"

Since it was Victoria who asked, Sokov explained the whole story to her in detail.

After Victoria heard this, she showed an expression of disbelief on her face: "No way, just because you don't want to send someone to the airport, so many things happened?"

"Yeah, it was originally a small matter, but someone insisted on making a big deal out of it, and it ended up like this."

"What are you going to do if they continue to send people to cause trouble?" Victoria was probably worried that Sokov would rely on her too much, so she emphasized, "I can help you once or twice, but I can't help you indefinitely. You still need to find a way to solve this problem yourself."

In fact, Sokov has been thinking about this problem today. If he just passively defends, he may be able to withstand one or two harassments from the other party, but if it happens too many times, I am afraid that the security guards on the street will get annoyed and will end up sitting on the mountain watching the fight between two tigers. By then, he will be in tears.

Since passive defense is not advisable, Sokov plans to take the initiative into his own hands. He leans close to Victoria's ear and says, "Vika, I have an idea. Do you think it will work?" Then he tells Victoria about his plan in detail.

After hearing this, Victoria's eyes widened in surprise, and then she gave Sokov a thumbs up and said repeatedly: "Misha, you are really great to come up with such a good idea. Okay, we will act according to the plan tomorrow and make sure to deal with these guys."

After saying goodbye to Victoria, Sokov went upstairs to his home.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I opened the door, I saw Anna sitting on the sofa, wiping her tears. I hurriedly walked up to her and asked with concern: "Anna, what's wrong? Why are you crying?"

"Dead, dead." Anna cried, "Igor and Vika are both dead. They were shot to death by Katya."

"Ah, Katya shot Igor and Vika to death?" In the drama "The Dandy Boys", Igor is the male protagonist, the female protagonist is Vika, who is also Igor's immediate boss, and Katya is Igor's lover. Since the second season, most of the plots have revolved around the emotional entanglement of the three. How come at the end of the third season, Katya suddenly shot and killed both of them? Sokov felt that he could not understand the screenwriter's imagination.

"Katya went crazy, picked up the gun on the ground and shot Igor. Vika rushed forward to help Igor block the bullet, but the bullet pierced Vika and hit Igor. Both of them fell in a pool of blood, still holding hands before they closed their eyes."