The weather is very good, the sun is already protruding half of the head on the horizon, and Minsk Airport 6 will be busy. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 However, today's busyness does not have the solemn atmosphere of the war, although there are pilots on duty waiting in the lounge, ready to take off at any time - the airport is filled with a lively and joyful atmosphere today.

This side of the restaurant is the busiest, and several chef comrades are boiling a cauldron of water; There were not enough cauldrons in the kitchen, and even the cauldrons were set up in the open space at the door, steaming in the cold.

Comrade Secretary General shouted loudly, like a cheerleader: "Comrades, work hard, and strive for everyone to eat stewed pork at noon!" As he spoke, he put on a large apron made of canvas, picked up a pig-killing knife, and shaved whether the razor blade was sharp!

Today the airport is going to kill pigs, because there is something to celebrate, but the chefs are still waiting for the pigs - a group of people look at the entrance of the airport with longing eyes: the car that went to pull the pigs has not yet returned!

"Comrade Secretary, this can't be fast, Sasha and they only called from the train station more than half an hour ago." The head chef was more anxious than the secretary general, and the German bayonet he had used to kill pigs in his hand had already been sharpened twice today.

Comrades have not eaten fresh pork for a long time, and the meat they taste is either canned or frozen; This time, the logistics side didn't know what was going on, and sent a batch of live pigs, and it was normal to send the pigs that had been dehaired.

The chefs didn't know that Orsha had raised more than 3,000 live pigs this time, and Orsha's slaughterhouse didn't have time to deal with it. In addition, the Orsha Railway Bureau happened to have a train of livestock, so they saw the stitches and needles directly transported live pigs over, so that the front line could not eat pork because of the slaughterhouse.

It stands to reason that it is not the turn of the secretary to kill pigs, but Comrade Secretary General worked in the slaughterhouse in Ryazan for two years before joining the army. No matter how big a fat pig or a fierce bull is, when it comes to his hands, it has always been a knife to death, clean and neat!

However, he hasn't shown this skill for a while, and today he just showed his hand.

It's just that after killing the pig, the chief of the department has no time to perform another trick of relieving the cow, and he still has a lot of things to deal with -- because today the deputy commander will come to the airport to award medals to several comrades who have newly received the title of "Hero of the Soviet Union."

Looking forward to the stars and the moon, two one-and-a-half-ton small trucks appeared crookedly at the entrance, and the sentries over there almost shot in the sky to salute and congratulate!

The airport was suddenly boiling, and the pigs were screaming!

The comrades who had been waiting for a long time rushed up, and one after another, a fat pig weighing more than 200 pounds was pushed off the car! The secretary ran directly on the side: "Come one by one, beware of running!" ”

I was really afraid of something, and as soon as two fat pigs were driven out of the car, they scurried around, and even let a few young soldiers turn over on their backs!

On such a cold day, the cold and hungry baby pigs have brought out the potential of their lives!

The pilots and mechanics who saw the farce from a distance almost laughed: a group of people chased two pigs around the airport! I can't catch up with him!

As soon as a general wearing a military coat walked out of the barracks, he saw a thrilling shot of a fat pig turning the butcher on his back more than 100 meters away, and his mouth "smacked". Sergei laughed out loud when he saw that one of his regimental commanders was also in the same group of pilots pointing and criticizing the farce on the other side - like him, Pokryshkin and his men were attracted by the "pig-killing" screams in the distance.

The most interesting thing is that a group of female pilots also appeared on the tarmac, and a few of them were even cheering on the fat pigs who were about to become ghosts under the knife, "Good job, run!" Roll him over! Roll him over! ……”

It took more than a minute to make a fuss, and this scene of people chasing pigs and pigs was over, as the revenge of the cooks, the two fat pigs who wanted to escape were the first to be sent to the "throat cutting platform"!

The Secretary of the Department personally handles it! I saw him biting a pig-killing knife with his teeth in his mouth, and he didn't need the help of others, so he grabbed a pig's ear and a hind leg by himself, and put it on the table with a "hi" sound. said that it was too late and that it was fast, and there was no need to tie it up, and before the pig had time to break free, he raised the knife and stabbed through the trachea and artery neatly!

The secretary's "one-person pig killing method" can be described as a master, according to his words, it is "don't even think about it without a few years of experience!" Can't even kill a pig by one person? That's a smear on the master's face! ”

When the secretary was an apprentice, there was no mechanized pig killing assembly line, and the butcher relied on his strength and a pig-killing knife in his hand to work: being able to solve a live pig weighing more than 100 kg by one person is the minimum requirement for the teacher!

Because there are more than a dozen heads brought back today, several groups of people work together, except for the secretary general, the other butchers are not so chic and neat - five flowers tie up, Russian binding law and other tricks are used, and suddenly the scene of "miserable pigs" is staged in the corner of No. 6 airport!

This pig killing is like a festival, many young pilots run over to watch the excitement, which makes the secretary a little bit of a desire to show a unique job, and kill four heads in a row before stopping! Then he said to his subordinates who were still tossing: "I'll leave it to you, do it neatly." ”

Stick the pig-killing knife on the table, and it would be even more perfect if there would be some applause from the comrades. Unfortunately, however, the chief of the department found that the pilots were only interested in watching the chef's jokes - he had stabbed the fat pig in the neck three times in the head, but unfortunately there was no blood, and the poor fat pig was making his last struggle! It's really miserable!

He used a German bayonet with a blood groove, and the head chef regretted it: why did he lend the secretary the pig-killing knife he used handily, this time it was really capsized in the gutter!

With a grit of teeth and two more stabs, the world is finally quiet!

"Why is the chef so inhumane?"

Lilia Litwiak looked at Ina beside her, shook her head and said, "It's not inhumane, it's that you don't talk about pigs!" Poor thing! 5 knives, an elephant was also stabbed to death, it's really miserable! ”

After a burst of laughter, the pilots finally found a perfect opportunity to damage the chefs: kill the pig and stab them five times, and today the head chef's face is really lost to Siberia!

As for the next disemboweling pilots, they were not interested, and seeing that the time was about the same, they all left in twos and threes.

The deputy commander's convoy should be there in a moment, and the pilots need to be lined up to welcome them.

Lin Jun didn't see the pig killing farce outside the kitchen, and when he arrived at the airport in an armored car, the officers led by Sergei were already waiting for him in a neat queue.

straightened his high hat, Lin Jun got out of the back door of the armored car and saluted the comrades who were lined up to salute him.

Behind him, Gusev had five certificates and badges of "Hero of the Soviet Union" in his briefcase, and five pilots would receive this highest Soviet honor.

"Marshal, the venue is set up in the auditorium, please come with me." Sergey said to Lin Jun.

Lin Jun didn't answer the old subordinate's words, but looked left and right: "Which auditorium?" Didn't it blow up a long time ago? ”

Sergei smiled: "It's the cafeteria, captain." You see how this is going to be grandiose, so I'll let people set it up. ”

Lin Jun, who entered the cafeteria, found that it really looked like an auditorium, with a layout similar to a common assembly hall on one side, and a rostrum was also set up. The large backrest chair in the middle was clearly for himself, and as soon as he walked into the auditorium, the warriors who were already sitting there stood up en masse to salute him.

"There are still a lot of tricks!" Lin Jun whispered to Sergei, and then walked to the rostrum with a serious face.

Lin Jun read out the decision of the Supreme Soviet, and the five pilots stepped forward in turn to receive from him the box containing the Gold Star Medal, the Order of Lenin, and the certificate of "Hero of the Soviet Union".

The fourth to take the stage was Alexei Solomartin, "19 shot down individually, 3 collectively shot down, congratulations!" ”

Taking the items handed over by Lin Jun, Solomartin saluted Lin Jun again: "Serve the Soviet Union!" ”

The last comrade who stepped forward to accept the award was a lot shorter than Lin Jun, and her record was the fewest among the five, but no one would despise her, nor would they think that she was reluctant to win the title of "Hero of the Soviet Union" - because she was the world's number one female fighter ace Lilia Litwiak!

"14 were shot down individually, one was shot down collectively! Congratulations, our Minsk Sayuri! Looking at Lilia's little face that was flushed with excitement, Lin Jun himself didn't know what was going on, so he stretched out his hand and patted her little face, which surprised everyone.

"Hehe, you and Solomartin will sit next to me during lunch." Glancing at Sergei on the side, "Your division commander can't control his wingman anymore." ”

The solemn ceremony ended with Lin Jun's unexpected action, which happened to be captured by the photographer - the photographer had decided to destroy the negative when he went back in a few tenths of a second, but Lin Jun's words would make this photo a classic!

At the end of the ceremony, Lin Jun was going to Sergei's conference room to talk to several top aces of the same division in a small area.

"I will return to Moscow in a few days, and I have sent back your third application for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, and it is estimated that it will be approved soon." Lin Jun said to Sergei -- The commander of the 1st Division has shot down 182 enemy planes, and he deserves this honor!

"Pokryshkin and Kozhdub, your two applications for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for the second time have been approved, and it is estimated that you will return to Moscow with your division commander in half a month at the latest, and Comrade Stalin will personally award you with honors."

"In the service of the USSR, Comrade Marshal." The two of them stood up with a "sigh".

Lin Jun motioned for Pokryshkin and Kozhdub to leave, he had something to talk to Sergei, only Gusev was waiting on the side.

"After this return to Moscow, you have a secret mission, you will stay in the rear for a few months, and you will not be able to return to the troops until at least the end of April. Who do you think is appropriate to take your place on a temporary basis? ”

Sergei did not protest with interest, "Pokryshkin." He has enough leadership skills. ”

"Then let him serve as the acting division commander for a period of time, and when you come back, you will still serve as the commander of the first division, and you will not be able to sit in the office this time."

Lin Jun reassured him: the central government wants him to stop flying, but he is not permanently separated from the front-line troops, he Sergei still has to come back!

"Our prototype jet fighter has already made several test flights, and the Aviation Committee wants you to do an evaluation. Not as a test pilot, remember! Don't be hot-headed and try out jet planes that are not yet technically mature, as for your specific work in Moscow, you will know. ”

"Yes, Captain!"

Sergey knew about the general situation of the tests of a completely new power fighter, which would shake the development of aviation technology in the whole world!

"Don't get excited, it's at least a year away from the practical stage." (To be continued.) )