"Would you like to eat? My dear Alexander? ”

Second Lieutenant Yurkin smiled and brought half a goose to Sun Hui, who was lying on the bed in the field hospital, with a porcelain plate.

Sun Hui happily shared the goose meat with Yurkin, and then suddenly remembered that Yurgin had often brought a variety of "non-military" delicious foods recently, such as eggs, goose, chicken and sour cream. He wanted to ask Yurkin about the source of the food, but he was always attracted by the new news that Yurkin had brought him, and he immediately forgot about it.

Yurkin is indeed very arrogant. No one knows where he got all his eggs, butter, poultry, pickled cucumbers and pickled cabbage.

When asked, Yulkin replied with a grin: "Nothing, you can try it too." ”

In fact, things are quite simple, and it can even be said that they are not very decent. It turned out that Yurkin escaped by chance after the "Scythe" tank was destroyed by the enemy, and while passing through the forest path, he and the tankman Saliev killed two German cavalrymen (presumably the Germans' signal corps), captured two horses, and after returning to the fortress, they did not hand over the two horses to the regimental headquarters, but "temporarily" handed them over to the old farmer of a nearby village for use. He did not take the rent, but he reserved the right to ask the old man for all kinds of food. And when the farming season is busy, it is necessary to plough the land and sow seeds, and of course the old man does not spare these small foods.

The young tankers admired Yurkin and expressed amazement at his wit and luck. He had a faithful "lieutenant", the beautiful man Sariyev, who tried his best to imitate everything about Yurkin, and even grew a mustache following the example of his idol. Every evening Yurgin told the recruits about the oral chronicle of the 117 tank platoon, and between the words, of course, he had to highlight his own merits. Yes, he also magnanimously praised Ansakov: Ansakov has become a martyr, and it is impossible to damage his honor in Yurkin.

The tankmen listened to Yurkin and often seized on his loopholes and contradictions. But he wasn't so embarrassed. It is only when Ye Chuchu is present that Yurkin's eloquence will immediately fade: Ye Chuchu hates lying. In his free nights, Ye Chuchu himself would occasionally talk about the episodes of combat life, and these nights became a real festival for recruits. At the same time, they were greatly surprised by her modesty attitude. She talked about Ansakov, about the fallen comrades of the "Hammer" crew, about Saleev and Yurkin, but for some reason she always avoided talking about herself, speaking only of herself as a witness.

These nights, he could always see Captain Ulanorasov sitting at Lieutenant Yelena's feet, looking at her with the eyes of a curtain of love. Both of them were promoted at the same time for their military exploits, but Yelena also received the title of "Hero of the Soviet Union", although the medal was not immediately issued, it is said that General Zhukov knew about the heroic deeds of the "Motherland Mother" and was ready to wait for the "521" crew to recover from their wounds, and personally meet them in Leningrad, and at the same time hold a ceremony to award them.

But Yurkin also likes such nights. In these precious moments, for some reason, it dawned on the usually silent Lieutenant Elena that she knew many different stories, sometimes telling the life of Russian scholars and commanders, and Yurkin was a very studious person.

He gave Sun Hui and Yelena some delicious food from unknown sources, not because he wanted to curry favor with the commander. Yurkin had a knack for knowing people, and he understood that it was impossible to get any favors or forgiveness from Lieutenant Elena in this way. Yurkin liked these young people, and he liked them as much as everyone else, but he loved Elena very much, precisely because she had qualities that Yurkin himself lacked: selflessness for work and absolute selflessness. He had watched with astonishment how Elena carefully distributed the vodka they had received, pouring less for herself and more for all the rest. She also has less time to rest than everyone else. Yurkin could not understand this. He felt that Lieutenant Elena had done the right thing, a good job, but he knew deep down that if he was in her position, he would never do it.

After delivering Sun Hui a portion of "horse meat" (as he secretly called goose, chicken, and other food he had "rented" the horses), Yurkin went to the tankman's camp. At this time he almost ran into the division commander, Colonel Sheplechenko, which he tried to avoid.

Next to the colonel stood a handsome, beautiful girl with men's hair cut and a straight uniform with a corporal's insignia on her epaulettes. Yurkin recognized her - the correspondent of the "521" car group, Olga (Xiao Tiantian). The division commander was talking to her, smiling kindly.

Colonel Sheplechenko has always treated women with the kindness of a protector. In the back of his mind, he believed that the battlefield was not a place for women, but he did not underestimate them, but, like many others, had a kind of pity for them as veterans who knew the hardships of battle.

"How? Do you like us here? The colonel asked.

Olga timidly replied, "It's okay...... It's the same as anywhere else. ”

"Is it really like anywhere else? I'm not like anywhere else here, my dear friend, my division is a famous one, and I have won the Order of the Red Banner! No one bullied you? ”

"No, Comrade Colonel."

"It's hard to say. If someone bullies you and pesters you, you boldly come to sue. We don't have a lot of girls here, and I don't want anyone to bully them. You didn't get along with the boys? ”

"What do I want them to do?" Olga smiled.

"Hey, don't lie to me...... I know it all! You've been seen with Captain Toltkin many times. Beware, behave carefully," he said suddenly with seriousness, "men are cunning fellows, and they don't tell the truth. ”

He parted ways with her and walked towards his little cabin, where Olga was still standing under the tree.

Then Yurkin came to her: "Hello! ”

She turned her head to look at him, and when she saw his rank, she saluted him.

"Don't you remember me? I'm Sergeant Yurkin, a tankman! He returned the salute and touched the heels of his feet majestically, "But now I'm a second lieutenant." ”

Olga smiled.

"I remember you, we fought together......"

They walked side by side and talked. She was carefree, laughing from time to time, and he felt very happy.

"Your injuries seem to be much better." He pretended to look at her face with concern, but he was actually admiring her beauty.

Xiao Tiantian smiled happily, more than a month has passed, and sure enough, as Ye Chuchu expected, the wounds of the five of them healed very quickly, and they did not leave the slightest scar, and the doctors all said that this was "a miracle of life".