The convoy departed from Kabona Station in the morning, due to the bad weather conditions and low visibility, although there was no attack by German planes, the convoy still had the danger of losing its way and falling into the ice crevices, but fortunately, in order to ensure the smooth flow of transportation and safety on the ice, there was a dispatcher every two or three hundred meters to direct the drivers to avoid cracks and craters on the ice. The speed of the convoy's progress was not greatly affected.

In the afternoon, the convoy successfully arrived at Osinovetz on the western shore of Lake Ladoga, and it was already evening when Sun Hui and the girls changed buses and entered Leningrad.

The receptionist of the Leningrad Front Command, who came to greet them, placed Sun Hui and the girls in a hotel, and Sun Hui found that the living conditions here were very good, and the food supply was good.

As a siege of the unprecedented scale of this century, Leningrad attracted the attention of the world, and many British and American journalists came here to witness the battle and publicize to the world the heroic tenacity of the Soviet military and civilians - for the Soviet Union, after a series of crushing defeats in the early stage of the war, holding on to Leningrad was of great political and military strategic significance, and for Britain, they were no longer fighting alone, and naturally they had to vigorously promote the strong resistance of their allies. It has to be said that in terms of public opinion propaganda, the Germans, who act rigidly, have already lost first.

The receptionist told Sun Hui and the girls that although General Zhukov was very busy, he would also find time to meet them the next morning and hold the award ceremony, and there would be many foreign reporters reporting on the spot, so he asked them to rest well and be prepared tonight.

The receptionist also warned Sun Hui and the girls that during their stay in Leningrad, it was best not to go out casually at night, although the security situation in the city has been greatly improved, but it should still be noted. Sun Hui heard the sound of the strings from his words, which should be said to be a warning: don't go where you shouldn't go, don't look where you shouldn't look.

Of course, what should not be said is resolutely not to be said.

The girls knew the same thing as Sun Hui, so when they arrived at the hotel, they all resolutely followed the discipline that Sun Hui had repeatedly stated before coming here: they spoke to each other in Russian (their Russian proficiency had improved significantly after hard work), they were all called by their first names, and they were all written in Russian. Don't wander around until you're done.

Due to the difference between men and women, Sun Hui lived in a small single room in the corner of the corridor, and the four girls were arranged in a double room at the other end of the corridor, close to the residential area of foreign journalists and friends, and each was accompanied by a political commissar.

Fortunately, these two political commissars are very kind, Sun Hui and the girls ask them about something, and they will be very patient and detailed in answering, which makes Sun Hui feel a lot more at ease.

Captain Orlandov told him that the power workers of Leningrad worked day and night to bring electricity from the Volkhov power station, which had just started to generate electricity, into Leningrad and to allow more factories to resume production, and in just 45 days, a 140-kilometer-long power line was erected between Volkhov and Leningrad, of which a 22-kilometer transmission line was still erected on the frozen Ladoga Lake. After the completion of this important line, a third of Leningrad's electricity was supplied by the Volkhov power station, so that the hotel, which mainly entertained foreign journalists, did not need to save electricity as before.

Sun Hui and Captain Orlandorf were talking, and a hotel waiter brought them dessert and ice cream, seeing Sun Hui's surprised look, Captain Orlandorf smiled and told him that this was the leader's reward for their soldiers who fought the front line, and this kind of ice cream was not available to everyone. Of course, this is also related to the improvement of the food supply in Leningrad.

Captain Orlandov told Sun Hui that after the opening of the Ladoga Lake Ice Road, 70 percent of the goods transported to Leningrad through this "road of life" were grain, and that since February 11, the food supply in Leningrad has improved, with the daily ration of bread for workers increasing to 500 grams, staff to 400 grams, children to 300 grams, and other food supplies such as meat, fish, rice and cooking oil. The monthly supply of fresh meat for workers increased from 400 to 1,350 grams, fish from 100 to 500 grams, rice from 1,500 to 2,000 grams, cooking oil from 150 to 800 grams, and sugar and snacks from 600 to 900 grams.

But despite this, malnutrition remains the main threat in Leningrad now, with nearly 100,000 people dying from the disease as of last month. Therefore, the restoration of people's physical strength and health in the short term has become a matter of urgency, and the Leningrad City Party Committee and the Leningrad City Soviet Executive Committee have decided to require enterprises and factories to open internal canteens with subsidies for workers, and preparations are under way.

Sun Hui and Captain Orlandorf can be said to have eaten all the desserts and ice cream with "extremely excited", regardless of their mood, Sun Hui sincerely felt that the taste of this ice cream was mellow and sweet, surpassing the ice cream he had eaten in the original historical time and space.

In order to let Sun Hui rest well, Captain Orlandorf left at about 9 o'clock, he and Sun Hui agreed to call him at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning, after Captain Orlandov left, Sun Hui went to visit the girls, and sure enough, as he guessed, the girls were also full of praise for the ice cream they ate.

Sun Hui returned to his room, lay down and fell asleep quickly, this was the first restful sleep in a completely safe and comfortable environment for the first time since he came to this era, so it was extraordinarily sweet, if it had not been for Captain Orlandorf to wake him up on time in the morning, he would have overslept.

Captain Orlandov told him that Zhukov would meet them at 9 o'clock and that they had two more hours to prepare. With the help of Captain Orlandorf, Sun Hui washed up, changed into a full set of brand new military uniforms, and looked bright, the burns on his face and the top of his head had fully recovered, but he could still see large dark scars, which looked a little ugly, but Captain Orlandorf said that the existence of these scars was actually very necessary.