We accompanied Konev to wander around his defense zone for more than half a month, spending most of our time checking the troops' defense and preparations. We did not return to the command center in Rovno until the last day of May.

After saying goodbye to Konev, I returned to the dormitory room arranged for me. After a simple washing, I lay on the bed, trying to make up for all the sleep I had sacrificed during this period. Unexpectedly, as soon as I was sleeping in a daze, I vaguely heard someone knocking on the door. The years of war experience have made my feelings sharper. Although my eyes have not opened, I have turned over and got out of the bed, rushed to the door with my eyes closed, took out a pistol from the holster hanging on the coat rack, and pointed it at the door, then asked vigilantly: "Who is it, who is outside?"

"Comrade General, it's me." A familiar voice came from outside the door. I immediately heard that it was a familiar staff officer of the Front Command. After breathing a sigh of relief, I opened my eyes and put the gun back into the holster, and opened the door a crack.

The staff officer standing outside the door saw me appear at the door, and quickly raised his hand to his forehead to salute me, reporting: "Comrade General, Marshal, please go to the command center immediately."

"Comrade Captain," he hurriedly sent someone to call me less than half an hour after he and Konev separated. Something must have happened, and I asked nervously, "Do you know what's going on?"

The staff officer shook his head and replied, "I'm sorry, Comrade General, I just received the order and immediately asked you to go to the command center. As for what happened, I don't know."

When I arrived at the command center, I found that in addition to Konev, Military Commissioner Kreiukov, and Chief of Staff Sokolovsky, even Lunev was there.

When Konev saw me walking into the room, he nodded at me, and then said politely to everyone: "Since everyone is here, let's hurry up and have a meeting."

Seeing us all sitting at the conference table, he continued to say, "Comrades Commander, I just received a call from Moscow to hand over command to my deputy, and then fly to Moscow overnight to attend an important military meeting tomorrow morning."

When Sokolovsky heard this, he turned his head to look at me, but said to Konev: "Comrade Marshal, Comrade Oshenina used to be the acting deputy commander of the Front Army, and now he is the representative of the base camp. I think you should hand over the command of the troops to her."

What Konev said surprised us all: "Chief of Staff, although Comrade Oshenina has a special identity, I cannot transfer command to her for the time being."

Sokolovsky asked unexpectedly: "Comrade Marshal, I don't know if this is your opinion or the Supreme Commander's opinion?"

"Of course it is the opinion of the Supreme Command." Konev looked at me and said, "According to the order, Comrade Oshenina will arrive in Moscow during the day on June 5. If the command of the troops is transferred to her now, she will have to make another handover when she leaves."

After listening to Konev's explanation, Sokolovsky finally understood what was going on. He nodded and said, "Since that's the case, Comrade Marshal, then let's carry out the handover work."

While Konev and Sokolovsky were handing over, I asked Lunev in a low voice: "Comrade Lunev, have you received any orders from Moscow?"

Lunev nodded and replied, "That's right, just now Marshal Konev informed me that he asked me to return to Moscow with me, and said that this was an order issued by Comrade Beria himself."

I heard that it was Belia's order issued by himself, and suddenly an idea came to my mind: At this time, Belia hurriedly recalled Lunev. Is it related to the search for Kacharov's remains? Thinking of this, I continued to ask: "Comrade Lunev, do you know that Belia asked you to return to Moscow, is there anything important to do?"

"I don't know." Lunev quickly glanced at Konev not far away and said in a low voice: "Because of the order to go to Moscow, Marshal Konev conveyed it. In order to prevent leaks, even if there is anything important, Comrade Beria would not say it on the phone."

After Konev assigned the mission, the military committee member Krei Nukov, who had always been very low-key, suddenly asked: "Comrade Marshal, can I ask, is the military meeting you attended in urgently this time related to our next stage of the offensive battle?"

"Although Comrade Vasilevsky called me, there was no specific meeting." Konev seemed cautious when speaking, as if trying to filter out what he could not say: "But I heard that the people attending this meeting were commanders from all fronts. It seems that our army will soon take a big move."

After saying this, Konev stood up and shook hands with Kreikov and Sokolovsky, and at the same time reminded: "During the time when I was not in Ukraine, you two are fully responsible for the daily work of the Front Army."

Then he walked up to me and asked while shook hands with me, "Lida, would you like to fly to Moscow with us?"

Based on time, it is speculated that the emergency military meeting that Konev was going to attend must be related to the next Belarusian battle and the Lviv-Sandomez battle. However, at my current level, I obviously do not have the qualifications to participate in such a meeting. Therefore, I politely rejected Konev's proposal: "No, comrade Marshal, I will not accompany you to Moscow for the time being. I plan to go to Shepetovka to see the training of the 18th Army tonight."

"That's right," Konev heard me say this and immediately nodded repeatedly. "At present, half of the commanders and fighters of the 18th Guards are comrades who have just been rescued from the prisoner-of-war camp. You should indeed go and see this army to see if they have formed new combat power."

After saying this, he turned around and faced Sokolovsky and the others, waved his hands at the two of them, and said with a smile: "Okay, comrades, I'm leaving, I'll ask you here." After that, he turned around and nodded at me, and greeted Lunev, "Okay, Comrade Lunev, let's go."

The next morning, I took the train to Shepetovka.

As soon as I got off the car, I saw a busy scene. There were piles of ammunition covered with tarpaulin on the platform, and trucks were constantly driving in from outside the station and parked the car next to the platform. Seeing new trucks stopping, soldiers resting next to them and porters wearing railway workers' uniforms rushed over, unloading one wooden box after another from the car, and moving them into the truck car.

"Hello, General Oshaninna." Just as I was looking around, I suddenly heard someone talking behind me. I quickly turned around and saw that Major General Afuning, the commander of the 18th Army of the Guards, was raising his hand to salute me.

I returned a military salute, then reached out to hold him, and asked, "Comrade General, are you here to pick me up?"

"Yes, General Oshanina." Afuning replied politely: "I received a call from the Front Command, saying that you are coming to our inspection today, so I will bring people to greet you." After explaining the purpose of the visit, he began to introduce the two commanders standing beside him, "I will introduce you to Colonel Konev, the commander of the 3rd Division of the Guards Airborne Army."

When I heard the division commander and Marshal Konev's name, I couldn't help but look at him carefully when I shook hands with him. The chubby colonel was not tall, had a round face, and had a belly that looked like a pregnant woman who was pregnant for seven months. After I shook hands with him, I turned my eyes to the tall and thin general on his left.

Afuning stared at me at the general and quickly introduced: "Major General Rumentsev, the commander of the 4th Division of the Guards Airborne Airborne, his troops are stationed near the railway station."

After I shook hands with Rumentsev, I asked Afuning curiously: "Comrade Commander, don't you know where the commander of the 2nd Division of the Guards Airborne Air Force and the new division commander are?"

"The 2nd Division is stationed in the northwest of Shepetovka. Because time is rushed, he has no time to get here. As for the new editor," Afuning said this, he hesitated for a moment, and then said: "He is currently conducting intense training in the south of the city, so he can't find time to greet you."

The purpose of my visit to Shepetovka was to check the training results of the new editor. So when Afuning finished speaking, he asked politely: "Comrade Commander, I think I'll go to the new editor now to see it. Can you send a driver to take me there?"

When he heard that I was going to go to the new editor, Afuning immediately took the initiative to say: "General Oshanina, I'll send you there in person."

When I went to the new division headquarters, in order to understand the recent situation of Lu Jin's division as soon as possible, I asked Afuning first: "Comrade Commander, I want to ask, what do you think of the new division?"

"How to say it?!" Hearing my question, Afuning replied with some embarrassment: "I originally thought that these rescued prisoners of war were all old soldiers. We can save ourselves from complicated and tedious recruitment and training. Without the need for weapons and military discipline training, they will soon be able to form combat effectiveness. Who knows..." When he said this, he stopped talking, but just sighed a long sigh.

Seeing his reaction, I knew that the new editor's situation is not optimistic now. However, this time I asked Afuning again, I probably couldn't ask anything useful. I could only wait until I arrived at the station and asked Lu Jin personally.

When I arrived outside Lu Jin's division command center, Afuning had volunteered to accompany me in, but I politely refused: "Comrade Commander, you still have a lot of work to be busy, so you don't have to accompany me in."

After Afuning's car drove away, I strode into the division command center. The sentry standing at the door saw that I was with the army commander. When I saw the rank on my shoulder stamp, I did not stop me at all, but raised my hand to salute me.

When I walked into the command center, I saw that there were only Lujin and Bukov inside. They were not looking at the map, but were sitting at the table and sighing, as if they had encountered something unsatisfactory.

"Hello, comrades in command." I walked towards the two of them with big strodes as I said.

When they heard someone talking, they turned their heads and looked at me at the same time. When they saw clearly that it was me, they both stood up from their seats, stood at the spot and raised their hands to salute me.

After sitting down at the table casually, I looked up at the two people standing like electric poles, and asked in confusion: "What are you two sighing because of something?"

After the two looked at each other, Bukov took a step forward and said to me: "Comrade Commander, please transfer me back to your original troops. I would rather continue to be the deputy commander of the guard regiment than be the deputy commander."

I restrained the smile on my face, looked at Lu Jin and asked, "Where are you, Colonel Lu Jin, do you think the same way?"

"Yes, Comrade Commander." As my old subordinate, Lu Jin still called me with my previous position: "Please transfer me to my original army. Even if it is demoted, I don't want to be the commander of this division."

"Nonsense, it's simply nonsense." After hearing the two of them say, I slapped the table and stood up, walked back and forth a few times in the house with my hands behind my back, stopped and said to them angrily: "Do you think this is a restaurant? If there is a meal that suits your taste, just stay for a meal; if there is no suitable taste, can you both leave? Tell you, it is not a decision I made to appoint you as chief and deputy commander, but an order from the Supreme Commander himself."

When the two of them heard me say this, their faces suddenly showed a look of horror. I walked to the two of them and stood up, raised their chins, and asked, "Tell me, what happened? You two chiefs and deputy commanders want to give up?"

After I finished saying this, I saw the two of them wink at each other, as if they wanted each other to explain the situation to me. I didn’t want to have a puzzle with them. I pointed my hand at Lu Jin and said, “Col. Lu Jin, should you answer me, what happened?”

Lu Jin, who was named by me, smiled bitterly and then complained to me: "Comrade Commander, you don't know that almost all the commanders and fighters of the new division were captured in the early stages of the war, so the offensive and defensive tactics they are familiar with are all the long-outdated ones. We are teaching them new tactics, and they are often conflicted."

"Where is the Chief of Staff?" I suddenly remembered that since I came in, I hadn't seen the shadow of Bonegelin yet, and asked quickly: "Where did he run?"
Chapter completed!