red moscow

Chapter 2732 A Simple Farewell
Sokov was completely speechless. It turned out that the medals I wore and the new military uniforms I took out were all picked up on the road. If you have the ability, can you also pick up a few medals and a few sets of military uniforms for me?
He rolled his eyes at the two of them and said unhappily, "Pokryshkin and I just went to the racecourse to attend the medal awarding ceremony. I received my medals and military uniform at the medal awarding ceremony. They are not something I can just pick up anywhere else."

After hearing what Sokov said, Andrei and Denis immediately changed their expressions and said with a smile: "Comrade Company Commander, please accept our congratulations on receiving the highest level of the Medal of Honor and a military rank commensurate with your ability."

"Thank you!" Sokov thanked the two and continued, "I will be leaving tomorrow. The chance of us meeting again is very slim. You should take care of yourself."

When Andrei heard Sokov talking about leaving again, he showed a reluctant expression on his face. After all, he had been dealing with Sokov for the longest time. He asked tentatively: "Sokov, why don't you ask General Vlasov if you can let me go to Kiev with you?"

Sokov waved his hands quickly and said, "Andrei, I have already asked General Vlasov, and he said that he would only take me and his guards to Kiev, and the rest of the people will remain in the garrison headquarters. Since the general has given the order, you just need to execute it." He said this, but in his heart he was thinking that he was risking his life on this trip to Kiev, so you guys should not make trouble and should just stay in Moscow and live a stable life.

Not only Andrei was reluctant to let Sokov leave, but Lieutenant Denis also had the same mentality. He asked unwillingly: "Is it really impossible to make Comrade General change his mind?" He knew very well that after being captured by the German army, he would have faced a very tragic fate, but he was rescued by Sokov alone. Sokov was not only his savior, but also seemed to be a lucky general. If he could stay with him for a long time, he might be able to live longer during the war.

Sokov's reaction was beyond his expectations: "Lieutenant Denis, I just said that the general will only take me and his guards back to Kiev, and the rest of us can only stay in Moscow. This is his order. As a soldier, you should know that we cannot discuss the orders of our superiors, but can only obey them unconditionally."

"Okay," Denis said, seeing that there was no room for maneuver. "I will obey General Vlasov's orders and stay at the garrison headquarters."

After Andrei and Denis led the team away, Pokryshkin found another opportunity to speak: "Misha, you are leaving early tomorrow morning. Shouldn't you go and say goodbye to someone?"

Sokov was stunned: "Alexander, what do you mean?"

"When I came to the garrison headquarters, I saw you talking to a female police officer by the wall not far away." Pokryshkin said with a half-smile, "I think the relationship between you two is very special. Since you are leaving, shouldn't you say goodbye to her?"

Pokryshkin's words reminded Sokov that his life or death was uncertain if he did not inform Victoria in advance. When she came to look for him but could not find him, she would definitely be worried. After all, she also knew the outcome of the Battle of Kiev. He went to say goodbye to her and explained things to her so that she would have a clear mind.

Sokov first went back to the house to change into a new military uniform, then borrowed a jeep and rushed to the police station where Victoria was.

When he arrived at the police station, he asked the police officer on duty at the door: "Comrade police officer, I am looking for a female police officer named Victoria. Where can I find her?"

The policeman glanced at the rank on Sokov's collar badge, stood at attention, raised his hand and saluted: "Hello, Comrade Captain."

After Sokov raised his hand to return the greeting, he asked again: "I want to find Victoria. Where can I find her?"

"I'm sorry, Captain," the policeman replied, "She's not in the station. She's out there maintaining order."

"Do you know where exactly?"

"The bakery on the east side." The policeman pointed to the east and said, "Her team should be maintaining order there."

After thanking the police, Sokov drove towards the bakery, hoping to find Victoria as soon as possible.

After driving along the road for a distance, Sokov saw a long line of people on the street ahead, who must be people buying bread. He quickly slowed down the car and tried to find Victoria among the police who were maintaining order.

Soon, he saw Victoria standing at the door of the store. At this moment, she was holding a baton and shouting at the citizens in line, asking those who tried to cut in line to return to their original positions.

Sokov parked the car not far from Victoria, rolled down the passenger side window, and shouted to Victoria: "Vika! Vika!"

Victoria, who was busy maintaining order, did not hear Sokov's shout until her colleague reminded her. She then noticed Sokov in the jeep on the side of the road. She quickly ran over, bent over and looked into the car and asked, "Misha, what's the matter?"

Sokov stretched out his hand to open the car door and said to Victoria: "Vika, get in the car, I have something to tell you."

Victoria hesitated for a moment, bent down and got into the car. After closing the door, she unexpectedly discovered the rank on Sokov's collar badge: "Hey, when did you get the rank of captain?" Then, she saw the Order of Lenin on Sokov's chest and was immediately shocked. "Also, where did you get your Order of Lenin from?"

"I went to the racecourse this afternoon to attend the awarding ceremony. I received the medals and military ranks at the awarding ceremony." Sokov briefly explained the origins of the medals and military ranks, and continued, "I came to see you today because I will leave Moscow tomorrow morning."

"What? You're leaving Moscow?" Victoria asked in surprise. "Where are you going?"

"Kiev." Sokov said bluntly: "Vlasov asked me to go to Kiev with him. I couldn't refuse, so I had to agree. We will set off for Kiev early tomorrow morning. I came here specifically to say goodbye to you."

"What, you're going to Kiev?" Victoria was shocked when she learned that Sokov was going to Kiev: "Are you crazy? Don't you know that the Battle of Kiev is about to begin and the tragedy of the Southwestern Front being almost annihilated? If you go to Kiev at this time, you're going to die."

"I know about this, but there is nothing I can do." Sokov said helplessly: "My superiors have already issued the order, and I can only obey unconditionally."

Victoria looked up to the window, called a colleague over, and told him, "I'm going to be away for a while, I'll leave this place in your hands."

Then she retracted her head and said to Sokov, "Drive, find a secluded place, and we will continue chatting."

Sokov knew that although they were sitting in the car, some of their conversations would inevitably be heard by people passing by. If they wanted to talk about important things, it would be best to find a secluded place. Driving to an empty alley, Victoria asked Sokov to stop the car, and then said with a worried look on her face: "Misha, we came to this era together. What should I do if something happens to you?"

"Vika, I've actually been thinking about this." Sokov said slowly, "I came back to the future after being seriously injured. If I had an accident on the battlefield in Kiev, and was seriously injured or sacrificed, would I have returned to the future again?"

"If you go back to the future, what will I do?" Victoria asked with red eyes, "Can you bear to leave me alone to live in a strange era?"

Sokov was silent. He didn't know whether returning to the future would require one person to be injured or die, or both to be injured or die, so he couldn't answer Victoria's question.

“Have you ever seen the movie We Are From the Future?”

"Yes, I have." Sokov nodded and said, "I have seen both the first and second parts."

"Do you remember how they crossed over?"

"In the first film, the four of them found a wooden box while digging for treasure. Inside were four military ID cards with photos exactly like theirs. The four thought they were drunk, so they jumped into the river to swim to sober up, but they somehow ended up traveling to the battlefield of the Great Patriotic War.

The second part is about the four of them participating in a military fan activity. Two of them found a bomb from World War II in an abandoned bunker. As a result, the other two of them joked with them and threw a firecracker in, which caused the bomb to explode, and the four of them were blown back to the Great Patriotic War.

"You seem to have overlooked the conditions for the time travel in the first film." Victoria waited for Sokov to finish speaking before reminding him, "Don't forget that they also met an old lady holding a milk can. The old lady asked them to help find her missing son, and the drunken people agreed. I think this should be a prerequisite for their time travel. Later, after they found the old lady's son and retrieved the precious cigarette box, they walked into the river again and returned to the present."

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After hearing what Victoria said, Sokov immediately guessed what she was going to say, and asked carefully, "Are you saying that the reason we both traveled through time is because we fell into a big pit in the underground passage. As long as we fall into that pit again, we may be able to return to the future?"

Without waiting for Victoria to speak, Sokov prepared to start the car and go to explore the location of Hovlin Hospital.

Victoria saw through his intentions. Victoria shook her head and said, "Misha, the construction of the Hovlin Hospital began in 1980. There is still a forest there. Even if you go there, it will be a wasted trip. You won't find any useful clues at all."

"How do you know?" Sokov looked at Victoria and asked, "Have you been there?"

"That's right." Victoria nodded and said in a positive tone, "The day after I traveled here, I drove there by myself. When I arrived, I found that there was still a dense forest there."

"Vika, since we can't go back to the future for now, we can only find ways to survive in the present." Sokov looked at Victoria and said, "Maybe one day, by some strange coincidence, we can meet the conditions for returning to the future and return to our own era."

"I hope so." Victoria seemed very depressed. "Now I am most worried about you. The place you are going is too dangerous. You may lose your life at any time. Don't you really want to stay?"

"Vika, have you ever thought about this," Sokov said to Victoria after thinking for a while, "Maybe it's not the best choice for me to stay in Moscow."

"Why, why would you say that?"

"We are all from the future, and we don't know many taboos of this era." Sokov reminded Victoria: "Maybe a sentence that we think is normal may bring us trouble. In the end, I was sent to a punishment camp, and you were imprisoned in the Gulag concentration camp."

Victoria asked unconvincedly, "You have traveled through time before, so why didn't the situation you described happen?"

"Yes, I have been to this era before." Sokov said with a serious expression, "But I was on the front line most of the time. Even if I said something wrong occasionally, the people who heard me were either my comrades who shared life and death with me, or they died on the battlefield shortly after listening to me. They had no chance to report me at all."

Victoria sat in the car in silence for a long time, and finally nodded slowly and said, "Misha, when you go to Kiev, you must be more careful. When you have the chance to escape, you must not hesitate. You can ignore what happens to others, but you must first save your own life. Do you understand?"

"Well, I understand." To reassure Victoria, Sokov even forced a smile on his face and said, "Don't forget that although Vlasov was appointed commander of the 37th Army and commander of the Kiev garrison, he managed to escape the encirclement during the Battle of Kiev. As his guard, I should be able to escape successfully as well."

Victoria opened her arms, hugged Sokov, put her face on Sokov's chest, and whispered, "Misha, promise me that you will come back safely."

"Don't worry, Vika." In order to reassure Victoria, Sokov assured her: "I will pay attention to safety. I promise you that as long as I return to Moscow, I will go to the police station to find you as soon as possible to let you know that I am still alive."

Victoria sat up straight, wiped the tears from her eyes with her hands, and when her emotions returned to normal, she said to Sokov, "Okay, Misha, take me back."

Sokov drove Victoria back to the bakery. He turned around and said, "Vika, you're here. Let's say goodbye now."

Victoria nodded, opened the car door, and walked towards the bakery without looking back. Although she was reluctant to let Sokov leave, she knew that she couldn't look back. If she did, she was afraid that she would lose control of her emotions.

Sokov saw Victoria return to her post and began to maintain order again. He sighed softly and whispered, "Vika, take care. I will come back to see you alive." After that, he started the car again and drove towards the garrison headquarters.

(End of this chapter)