Yashka by Maria Bochkareva

I returned to the front. The trains were frightfully crowded, but fortunately I found accommodation in a first-class compartment. At Molodechno I reported to General Valuyev, Commander of the Tenth Army, and lunched with the staff. The General was painfully surprised to learn of the punishment I had received at the hands of the soldiers.

"Did they really strike you? " he asked incredulously, as if he found it hard to imagine the soldiers maltreating Yashka.