The next day, Andrei got up early in the morning, because today he was going to the Kremlin to receive a commendation, had breakfast, discussed the training plan with the instructor Kolochkov, and after a while, the sentry at the door informed him that the car sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to pick up Andrei had also arrived, and when Andrei knew that the car was coming, he left in the congratulations of the team members. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After the car started, Ensign Kornidov, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, turned his head and said to Andrei with a smile: "Comrade Major, the ceremony will be held in the Kremlin, and Comrade Molotov will present you with the honor on behalf of the Supreme Commander himself." ”

Hear such a bombshell news that the award ceremony was held in the Kremlin and that Molotov was awarded the medal on behalf of Stalin. To Andrei's excitement, Molotov was a close confidant of Stalin, and now he is also a hot big man, he awarded himself a real beauty, all the way through the checkpoint, Kornidov directly revealed the identity of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, all the way to the entrance of the Kremlin without any twists and turns. A second lieutenant on duty, with two guards, greeted him. They walked over to the car.

And Second Lieutenant Kornidov said to Andrey: "Comrade Major, my task is complete, and the comrades of the Central Guard Regiment will receive you." After saying goodbye to Second Lieutenant Kornidov, Andrei showed his ID to the second lieutenant, and the second lieutenant immediately said: "Comrade Major, please wait a little longer, someone will take you in." ”

"Okay." Of course, this is not a place to enter the Kremlin casually, and Andrei waited for a while, and soon a captain appeared, and Andrei immediately followed the captain into the Kremlin, passing through the small uneven square, and Andrei saw that now the buildings of the Kremlin were covered with camouflage nets. Seeing the camouflage, Andrei remembered the story of butterfly camouflage, at that time, the military uniform of the Soviet army was very simple, wearing a white thick robe in winter and a green military uniform in summer, which basically did not play the role of camouflage. The German uniforms were much more complicated, and the "tricolor camouflage uniforms" with spots and stripes on their bodies made it difficult for the Soviets to distinguish them in long-range conditions. Not only military uniforms, but also German airfields and tanks were treated in the same way, and Soviet bomber pilots could not even accurately distinguish the location of their airfields in the air, and returned again and again in vain.

Stalin tapped the desktop with a telephone receiver and ordered the generals to find a way to find a better camouflage than the Germans.

The generals were silent, no one wanted to take this "hot potato", and they were afraid that Stalin would complain that the research progress was too slow, and then the generals who took over the task would be unlucky. Stalin was about to have a seizure when a young general spoke up: "I know a professor of entomology at Leningrad University, who was the head of the entomology department of that university, which was abolished a few years ago, who specialized in the protective colors and camouflage of butterflies, and who may be able to accomplish this task." ”

The young general wanted to add something, but Stalin waved his hand and said: "No need to say any more, where is he?" Get him right now, quick! It's best to get him today! ”

Rescue scientists from the siege of Leningrad

Stalin's order got the young general into action at once. Soon, the call reached Saratov, and Leningrad University was transferred there in its entirety before Leningrad (present-day St. Petersburg) was surrounded by German troops. However, after carefully checking the transfer list, the school side informed the Moscow side that Schwanvich did not follow the school to Saratov, but stayed in Leningrad alone.

This was a problem, because Leningrad was under siege by the Germans, and a large number of people were already starving to death. God knows if that Schwanvich is still alive, not to mention that there is almost no way to get into the city.

The young general pondered for a moment, and immediately decided to send someone into the city! Everything went so fast that after just 20 minutes, the plane and the Einsatzgruppen were ready to stop. The young general briefed the team members on the mission, especially emphasizing the need to ensure the safety of Professor Schwanvich's life, and then gave the order to take off. The plane rose into the air, risking being shot down by German artillery fire, and flew to Leningrad, surrounded by the Nazis, to rescue the professor.

Later, after a brief rest, Schwanvich immediately began to design a camouflage pattern with reference to the butterfly specimens. Three days later, he presented the results of his work at a military conference. The principle is very simple, that is, to imitate the patterns, colors, and patterns on the wings of butterflies for military camouflage.

In real combat, the butterfly camouflage of the Soviet army achieved great success. German fighters also began to be unable to accurately locate targets after flying over Soviet military facilities.

Stalin was so happy that he called Schwanvich to his side again and excitedly asked: "Professor, thank you for your invention, what do you want, we can satisfy you." ”

Schwanvich thought very calmly for a while, and slowly replied: "I hope that Leningrad University will restore the Department of Entomology." ”

Of course, this request was finally granted. In 1944, the Department of Entomology was restored at Leningrad University. Schwanwicz, the hero who invented the "butterfly camouflage", served as head of the department until his death in 1955.

But André didn't expect to be a participant in this story anytime soon!

Coming to the building where the medal was made, after going through a strict inspection and handing over the weapons he was carrying, the captain led Andrei into the building and along the corridor to a spacious hall. On the north side of the hall is a long table, behind which are three well-made chairs, which must be the positions of the hosts. In front of the long table, there are more than a dozen rows of hundreds of chairs, which should be the positions of the people who will participate in the ceremony later.

The captain guided me to the place where the chairs were set and said to me: "Comrade Major, the ceremony will not begin until a while, so you can sit here and wait for a while!" ”

"Okay." After the captain turned to leave, Andrei found that he was the only one in the hall, so he simply found a place, sat down and closed his eyes to recuperate, well, remembering Kuusinin, they Andrei really don't know what will happen, if the secrets of the future generations are leaked, I am afraid, Khrushchev and these people will have to go to see Marx, I hope they will not interrogate them, otherwise they will definitely not be able to bear it with the interrogation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, fortunately, they reported that they were stimulated and had incomplete memory.

After a while, someone was heard: "Comrade Yakov came so early!" When Andrei opened his eyes, he found that it was Crochkov of the NKVD (the same name as the instructor), this was Beria's cronies, so Andrei quickly stood up and greeted him, and there was another person next to Crochkov, who looked relatively young, but Andrei felt that he had seen a photo of this person in later generations, which big man was it?

Just listen to what Krochkov said: "Comrade Yakov, this is Dmitry Fedorovich Ustinov, the People's Commissar of the Ministry of Weapons and Equipment, he is responsible for leading the production of guns and the development of new weapons in our army. ”

When Krochkov said Ustinov's full name and identity, Andrei immediately remembered that he was the future Minister of Defense, Marshal of the Soviet Union, the founder of the famous Ustinov's Law, and thinking of this, Andrei quickly reached out to hold his outstretched hand and said politely: "Hello, Comrade People's Commissar. ”

While shaking hands, Ustinov smiled and said: "Comrade Yakov, you are the protagonist of today's award, don't be too restrained." It's too much to call the People's Commissar, so just call me by my name. ”

"Okay, Comrade Ustinov."

After chatting a few words on the battlefield, Ustinov said to Andrei: "Comrade Yakov, I still have some important things, let's have a chance to talk about them in the future, and you talk about the battlefield is fascinating, this vodka is really good, let's have a good drink when we have time." And Andre couldn't help but secretly complain, this is an old drunkard, don't go to the wine table with him in the future, otherwise I don't know how to die? But why did the People's Commissar in charge of the production of weapons appear in the Kremlin at this time? Andrei was a little confused, but then he thought about what this high-level matter had to do with me.

After a while, the hall became more and more crowded, and Molotov Voroshilov and Nakosygin, who presided over the ceremony, also appeared on time, and after everyone was seated, they made their usual opening remarks

Molotov picked up the order on the table and read it unhurriedly: "The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, awarded the Golden Star Medal to Major Andrei Yaaron Yakov of the Internal Affairs Forces, as well as the title of" Hero of the Soviet Union ". In recognition of his bravery and fearless fighting spirit on the front lines of the Great Patriotic War, as well as the great exploits of the annihilation of the German 137 Infantry Division. ”

Molotov paused at this point and turned his gaze to Andrei's location. At this time, Crochkov, who was sitting on Andrei's right hand, gently pushed him and whispered: "Comrade Yakov, it's your turn to play." Hurry up to Comrade Molotov and accept the honor you deserve. ”

I hurriedly stood up, straightened my appearance, walked forward quickly, straightened my back and stood in front of Molotov, waiting for his next order.

Molotov smiled and stretched out his hand to me and said in a friendly voice: "Comrade Yakov, I congratulate you!" ”

Andrei shouted: "For the service of the Soviet Fatherland!" ”

Seeing that Molotov and I were shaking hands together, the hall burst into applause.

Amid loud applause, Molotov placed the Gold Star medal, which had just been taken out of the box, on Andrei's left chest. After wearing the medal, he turned around and took a certificate of honor from Voroshilov's hand, held it in both hands and handed it to Andrei.

Then Voroshilov and Kosygin shook hands with Andrei and congratulated him.

After a few more brief remarks, Molotov announced the official end of the ceremony. Everyone stood up and applauded Molotov and the three of them left, and then they also left their positions and walked out of the hall.

And Andrei is also preparing to leave, and a colonel of the Central Guards Regiment appeared, Comrade Stalin is going to receive you, you should prepare first. ”

He said it lightly, but as soon as these words came out, Andrei was stunned: What? How is it possible that Stalin wants to be received? You know, during this time, I was a little shocked, but attracting the attention of the Supreme Commander may not be a good thing, is this summoning a blessing or a curse?

When you go to the second floor, you come to a large hallway with a long red carpet on the floor. On either side of the corridor there was a tall oak-colored door at considerable intervals, with a large black square sign on the door. And there were still some paintings in the corridor, he didn't bother to look at the sign to see if the paintings were cultural relics or not, and followed the colonel forward, and the more I walked, the more nervous I became.

At the end of the hallway, turning to the right, there is a small table covered with green tweed with a telephone on it. Behind the desk sat a soldier without a military cap. Seeing our arrival, he quickly stood up and whispered to Bezikov: "Comrade Colonel, you are here!" Comrade Stalin was inside, there was an order, to let Major Yakov in. Then he turned to Andrei again and said: "Major Yakov, Comrade Stalin is waiting for you inside." Please come in! As he spoke, he carefully and gently grasped the doorknob and pulled it open.

After the door opened, Andrei was still standing at the door a little apprehensive, and the colonel hurriedly pushed Andrei's back in the back and said, "Hurry up and get in!" Don't keep Comrade Stalin waiting. ”