112 The siege of the city

As the battle became more and more intense, Yelena, the mother who had just lost her child, was also pulled to the operating table, as soon as Yelena got on the operating table, she didn't know how to rest at all, this situation made the dean worried, and deliberately found someone to watch Yelena, and when the time came, she would be stuffed with food, she must eat, and when it was time to sleep, she should hurry up and sleep, and don't tell her anything, what she needs now is work. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 ο½‰ο½Žο½†ο½

However, Yelena still inquired about the relocation of food and libraries, and now Leningrad's food and fuel reserves can last about a month, but it is obviously impossible to end the fighting in a month, however, the supplies brought by Yelena are not within the scope of these estimates, although only some of the supplies brought by Viktor have arrived, but it is obviously quite a lot. Yelena herself knew in her heart that in the nearly two months since the outbreak of the war, a total of three or four 10,000-ton cargo ships arrived in the port of Murmansk, and the supplies from Outer Mongolia to Yekaterinburg were transported to Leningrad by two trains every day.

After the outbreak of the war, among the materials transported from British and American ports, first of them were weapons, ammunition, building materials, and half a month ago, food, clothing, clothing, shoes, hats, gloves, sugar, butter, cocoa beans, cold-proof tents, various daily necessities, as well as all kinds of vacuum-packed food and canned food. Most of the British and American shipments were weapons and ammunition, steel, rubber, trucks and jeeps, as well as all kinds of vacuum-packed food in aluminum foil and canned food in aluminum boxes. Among the materials transported from Outer Mongolia to Yekaterinburg, in addition to some weapons and ammunition, Yelena's accumulated various medicines and medicinal materials, disinfection, anti-insect and insect repellent powder, etc., are more cold-proof materials such as quilts, especially cotton clothes and quilts, boots and shoes, sweaters, hats, gloves and shoes made of fur, which are all made of cotton, down, fabric, leather and other materials purchased by Yelena in China, and then processed by people. Wool felt, cheese, milk powder and other dairy products were purchased in Outer Mongolia.

So far, in addition to the 20 tons of flour and 5 tons of rice she got from Ivan, Yelena has been stockpiling supplies for two years before the station, and since last year she has been stocking cans and grain, all of which have been purchased from abroad. Before the outbreak of the war, 140,000 tons of flour, 80,000 tons of other grains, 20,000 tons of meat products, 100,000 tons of canned food, 100,000 tons of sugar, 1 million sets of cotton, velvet and sweaters for adults, and more than twice as many knitted underwear and underwear. It also includes down suits, down quilts, and down sleeping bags of 400,000, which are all used to adapt to the cold period of the army. There are also 20 sets of children's cotton clothes and knitted underwear and sweaters, and shoes and boots are the most, most of them are cotton boots, a total of 1 million pairs, including 100,000 pairs of children's boots.

The light industry in the Soviet Union was underdeveloped, so there was an extreme lack of light industrial products in the country, but China was just the opposite, 37 years ago Yelena bought a large amount of cloth, wool, cotton, and down in China, and then let ordinary housewives process them into clothes, quilts, socks, gloves, hats, velvet jackets, sweaters, Cloth and other textile reserves are very sufficient, these things are in urgent need of both before and after the war, in addition to daily necessities, things that do not need to have a shelf life have long been shipped back, which also makes the Soviet Union urgently needed materials, not only Leningrad can be obtained, other regions can also be used, but also for more than a year, these are Yelena saved for a long time, in addition to buying blankets and felts from Mongolia, with two layers of cowhide and American special fibers made of bulletproof vests for rifles and machine gun bullets more or less defense, bomb fragments are the most effective。 There is no shortage of these in Mongolia, Yelena collects a lot of cowhide to make this, and sheepskin is also needed, and wool vests or coats made of them are good cold products. Milk powder, which has been purchased since 40 years, cheese, sour cream, various animal oils and butters that have been purchased since this year, are packed in aluminum foil or aluminum boxes with the help of machines shipped from the United States and transported to Leningrad, where they can be stored for two years. Jam and dried fish are bought from Southeast Asia, where rubber and cotton can also be purchased through British companies, and canned fruit is also produced there.

After the outbreak of the war, 30,000 tons of flour, 50,000 tons of other grains, 10,000 tons of cocoa beans and sugar, 800,000 tons of vacuum food and canned food, at the same time, tea, medicinal herbs, preserved fruits, pickled pork, chicken, duck, eggs and kimchi purchased from China were also transported by train, more daily necessities, fuel oil and coal and other materials were also transported, and soon a meat product will arrive, and the winter in Leningrad begins in September, and when the meat arrives, it will be frozen, and the storage time will be longer. And Victor, which has almost a monopoly on antibiotics and other medicines, spares no effort to transport drugs in China, almost without reservations. Yelena's collection of medicines still has a great effect on non-traumatic aspects, and improving the body is also in urgent need. The role of Chinese medicine here cannot be replaced.

All the heavy trucks were requisitioned, but fortunately, the last 360 trucks were left, which were now used to evacuate refugees, children and women, who would transport them to the east and then bring back potatoes, onions, carrots and other vegetables and fruits from Yekaterinburg or elsewhere.

Despite the intensified propaganda efforts, there were still many refugees, children and women who were reluctant to leave, and Yelena asked Golovalov to tell them that there was land in the east, and in Yekaterinburg, there were tricycles and bicycles, where they could be more fully replenished. In this way, the original 300,000 refugees were reduced by half at this time. Families who leave are assigned a tent that will give them a place to stay at night after the cold weather, and they will be led by a dedicated organiser.

Yelena hadn't been home since the bombardment of the city, occasionally Zoya and Boris brought some food and her change of clothes, and Lai Isa had come to see her twice, but only once and the other time Yelena was in the operating room. Mother and daughter goodbye, Laisha hugged her daughter and cried, but Yelena didn't say anything, let alone shed tears, and gently patted her mother's back with her hand and told her that everything would be fine.

The Germans attacked the city like crazy, and the inhabitants and the remaining refugees began to flee from the city, cramming into trains, ships, or simply driving their own cars or horse-drawn carriages out of the dangerous city. Yelena's horses were also brought out from Outer Mongolia, and the three horses were in the hospital stables at this time, and Yelena would let them go to war if needed.

At the end of August, the Germans redeployed and launched another offensive along the Moscow-Leningrad road. Having suffered heavy losses, the Germans captured Lyuban on August 25, Tosno on August 29, and reached the Neva River on August 30, cutting off the railway link between Leningrad and the outside world.

On 8 September, the Germans, having suffered heavy losses, rushed through the Mga station, advanced to the southern shore of Lake Ladoga, captured Shlischerburg, and surrounded Leningrad by land. Since then, Leningrad has been surrounded on three sides by German troops, who have completely blockaded the city from land, and they are extremely insidious, letting in those who have fled into the city and shooting all those who have escaped from the city. At this point, their purpose is already too obvious. Yelena was still immersed in grief, and the Chekin sisters sent a telegram from the port of Murmansk to report the results of the investigation to her, but there was little progress, and Yelena was already a little disappointed. Although some people watched her eat and sleep, Yelena couldn't let herself sleep, she was still busy in the space, preparing weapons materials for a while, especially the Katyusha rocket launchers that were urgently needed in front of her, as well as the improved T34 tank materials, after these materials were ready, after the large transport plane arrived, let them take them out to Dalia in Moscow, and put them in the coffee shop they frequented.

At this time, the large transport planes were carrying more and more weapons, ammunition and medicines. And on the return trip with the seriously wounded. These were not Yelena's instructions, and these people knew what was most needed in the city at this time. As the situation got worse and worse, Yelena finally came to her senses, and she began to go home to persuade her mother Raisa to leave, but this did not work at all, and Viktor sent telegrams urging Yelena and Raisa to leave Leningrad as soon as possible. But Yelena didn't want to leave, she hoped in her heart that maybe the sons would come back, maybe there would be news, even if it was just news, if not, Yelena wanted to stay with her mother, even if she died, she would be with her mother and her father.

Today is very busy, Yelena was forced to go home by everyone after forty-eight hours of surgery, this night, Wanatina was there, rarely, she didn't show Yelena's face, just saw Yelena's face, and stopped talking, Yelena thought about it, or said to Wanatina, "Is there hot water at home?" I want to take a bath. ”

The home not only has the city's heating system, but also has a separate well, pump and water heater, but the water heater needs to be electrified, and the water in the water heater can be heated before it can be washed, which requires someone to turn on the generator and put water in the water heater. Wanakina nodded and said, "You smell weird, your hair is knotted. Otherwise, you'd better cut it! It's so long, it's too cumbersome. ”

Yelena touched her hair, and the coiled bun, she had a black and thick hair in her life, which was the most satisfying for Yelena, and some seemed to mumble to herself, saying, "It's easy to cut, but if you want to keep it so long, it's difficult, I'm reluctant, I've kept it for more than ten years, and I didn't even want to lose it when I gave birth to a child, if one day I am blown up beyond recognition, maybe this long hair can be easily recognized by you!"

"You ......" Wanakina wanted to say, can she still talk about it, but thinking of her lost child, and arranging a job for herself regardless of her previous suspicions, she didn't support her, and said, "Go ahead, I'll develop the motor, you just wait." ”

At this time, Zhuoya also came out, saw Yelena hurriedly came over, gave her a hug, and said, "Good boy, you have worked hard, have you eaten?

Yelena was dumbfounded, when was the last time you had a meal? Zoya held Yelena's little face and said, "Go and rest! I'll make you something to eat right away, poor boy, my Yelena ......"

Wana Kina grabbed her mother, afraid that her mother couldn't help it and irritated Yelena, if Yelena howled in pain, they were not so worried, but it was very dangerous to be so stupid. Raisa and Zoya sat together as a family and discussed, and they must not talk about the child in front of Yelena. Zhuoya understood as soon as she was pulled by her daughter.

Yelena touched Zhuoya's pulse, frowned and said, "Aunt Zhuoya, are you going to dig fortifications?"

Zhuo Ya didn't expect that if she touched her wrist pulse like this, she would know so much, nodding yes, Yelena was very unhappy, and said, "You are old, and after so many years, it is not easy to make up for the loss of the body in the past, but there is nothing to do." Don't go. ”

Olga and Sophia also came out, and the voices outside were obviously loud enough, Yelena asked, "Where's my mother?"

"Your mom hasn't been sleeping well lately, so I gave her a sleeping pill. ”

Yelena nodded and told everyone to go back. When Yelena finished taking a bath, wiped her hair half-dry, and left it loose to dry, Wanakina came up with food, this was the first time she came to Yelena's room, and saw Yelena sitting in front of the dresser, the dresser was very large, put some cosmetics, and put a lot of photos, Wanatina put down the tray and pushed it in front of Yelena, seeing that the photos were children, Wanatina couldn't help but pick it up and look at it. Although Wanatina and Yelena are not compatible, but they are very lovely, the photo is the cutest moment of the twins from childhood to adulthood, looking at it, Wanatina suddenly found a photo of a man, he and the twins are so similar in addition to their hair color and eye color,

"It's ...... ...... kids"

Yelena glanced at the photo and said, "Yes. ”

Vanatina looked at the man in the photo, dressed in a military uniform, plus his rank, and his appearance, and said, "Does he have a wife? Is he a general? And how old is he?"

Yelena looked at the photo and said, "He has a wife, 25 years older than me......" Yelena seemed to just want to say, how she met Volkov, how she had a child, and how she broke up, and said it in detail, Wanatina knew Yelena too well, and knew that doing this was indeed her style, but she still raised questions, saying,

"Since he's divorced and inquiring about you, why don't you want to see him?"

"What if you see it? Maybe tomorrow, I will die, maybe the day after tomorrow he will die, why bother with it again? With a concern?"

Wanatina frowned, "Don't you tell him about the child? Maybe he can help." ”

Yelena smiled and shook her head, this is difficult to explain, and after that, how could Wanakina understand?