Character: the commander of the regiment

- And why you Maleshkin, to the village ahead of the car fled? - sarcastically asked the Colonel.
Sasha didn't know what to say. To tell the truth - then, with his head to give Scherbak.
Day waiting for reply curiously watched Meleshkina.
Sasha lifted the Colonel's eyes and smiled guiltily:
- Very cold, comrade Colonel, that ran, to keep warm.
Would you believe the words Meleshkina Day, it's hard to say. Only hardly. He turned to Bezzubtseva and screeching, an iron voice ordered:
Battalion commander, report to your headquarters to Meleshkina introduced to the Hero and crew to orders. And, catching the eyes of the battalion commander surprise even tougher rasped: Yes, that's the Hero. If not Maleshkin, God knows what would have ended.