Chapter 1891 The talk of three old comrades-in-arms
The three division commanders all hope to make greater contributions in the new battlefield, at least like the admired General Berekov, and get a "big gold star" for themselves. Therefore, they feel that they must have stricter requirements on their subordinates.
, to put it coldly, from the division commander to the soldiers, everyone is a tool to defend the country. So since it is a tool to defend the country, it must be more durable and extravagant. It is simply a blasphemy to the country.
Balzen's requirement was 20 kilograms, and Lavrenti and Yevgeny's requirements were slightly less. Even so, the requirements of the three were strange among other Soviet troops.
What's even more bizarre is that although the logistics department has issued standard black military boots in batches, the three division commanders still require the soldiers to wear leggings.
Once upon a time, leggings were a standard feature of modern armies of various countries. After all, armies of that era basically relied on their feet for marching. The 600,000-strong army of Napoleon and his allies almost all walked from Paris to Moscow.
Gaiters can greatly relieve the fatigue of long-distance infantry soldiers, but in today's World War II, the belligerent countries are pursuing motorization, and no matter how bad it is, they are still mules and horses. The German army has recruited 10 million horses as the power of the logistics and equipment troops, so it is very popular.
Some German officers and soldiers who went on an expedition to the Soviet Union spent a lot of time traveling in horse-drawn carriages.
The Soviet Army did a little worse in this regard. Even so, according to the infantry drill, the Soviet Army no longer requires soldiers to wear leggings. Furthermore, the Soviet Union is mass-producing long black military boots and has also given American factories a large number of orders for the same style of military boots.
When the war broke out, many officers and soldiers in the army voluntarily wore leggings. However, after wearing military boots, wearing leggings was no longer necessary.
After all, leather military boots are so wonderful! They have good waterproof function, and being made of leather, they have good ability to keep out the cold. Most importantly, they are very wear-resistant.
Although long-leg leather black military boots are good in every way, the three division commanders still reached a very tacit consensus.
All three of them believe that leggings are the reason why soldiers can maintain high mobility despite heavy loads, and they are also one of the distinctive symbols of the 284th Guards Division. Even though the three of them left their dear old army and became members of the new army
Division Commander. However, didn’t the military spirit of the 284th Guards Division also be brought to the newly formed 322, 323, and 324 divisions?
Therefore, every soldier takes off his military boots to reveal the leggings that bind his calves tightly.
While the three of them were talking about leggings, when they talked about getting up, Balzen very rudely took off his left military boot.
He shouted triumphantly: "As a teacher, of course you have to set an example. You can see what I do."
Balzen proudly showed off his leggings, but did not notice the smell of his feet.
Yevgeny looked at Balzen in front of him. This guy was still the same as before, he was still a reckless man.
Yevgeny pinched his nose and shouted: "Put your feet away, don't let the stench pollute the air here."
"Oh? Really?" After realizing it was indecent, Balzen quickly put on his boots again.
"Let's be more civilized, my comrade. Speaking of leggings, I wear them all the time, and I think Lavrenti does the same."
"Of course." Lavrenti said repeatedly, "A soldier should behave like a soldier, and he should be serious and not rude."
Balzen knew that his two comrades were scolding him, but he felt dissatisfied, so he leaned back on his chair and shouted: "Oh, the elegance of a soldier can be maintained for a long time in this peaceful city. Think about the bad things we have lived in the past.
Every day, a battle lasts for a month. During the entire battle period, you and I should not dream of being able to take a bath. Even washing our faces is a luxury."
"That's true." Ye Fugen chuckled, "We are all men, and we can endure this. Our whole body smells like sweat, and there is also a very strong smell of gunpowder smoke. Fortunately, we didn't stun ourselves."
"Because we are all used to it." Lavrenti joked, "We men are like this, those female soldiers? They can't maintain the image of ladies on the battlefield. To be honest, don't expect anything in that kind of environment, as long as you are still alive.
You can continue to fight against the enemy, and you can leave your image behind."
"Haha! The same goes for Natasha, for example." Balzen continued, "That girl is stronger than ordinary men, but she is now studying in the No. 1 Middle School here. You have all seen her in the past few days.
To be honest, I couldn't believe my eyes, she..."
"How is she?" Yevgeny asked.
"She has changed. She is like a fairy. She is so beautiful. I didn't realize she was so beautiful during the war. Her military uniform was also full of damage on the battlefield. Like you and me, she couldn't take a shower for a month. The entire
People smell like gun smoke. Can you imagine it?"
Upon hearing this, Yevgeny was happy again.
"Let me imagine, how I imagine. The general has always regarded her as a hero who must be made into a hero. The fact is that she really became a hero of the people. She has been under your direct command for a long time. Lavrenti and I have never been direct to that girl.
Superior, whether she smells like gunpowder smoke or smells like roses, how can I know?"
Balzen shrugged: "No matter what, this kid doesn't have to go to the battlefield anymore. Alas, she never actively wanted to be a hero. She just wanted revenge from the beginning. Fortunately, she killed a battalion of enemies. I feel like she
Her mind has not been eroded by the killings, and her heart is still normal, but..."
"Why, are you worried about her?" Yevgeny continued to ask.
"Maybe she still has some mental problems, as if there are two souls living in one body."
For a moment, both Yevgeny and Lavlendi were attracted by Balzen's strange words. Lavlendi stretched his head and shouted: "My brother, don't slander this girl's schizophrenia! When I saw her yesterday afternoon,
She is just a beautiful fairy and her conversation is very normal."
Balzen tilted his head slightly: "I hope it's my nonsense. I'm still a little worried. She was very fierce during the battle, and I have always been very satisfied with the way she fought. Now she seems to be completely separated from her previous life. She is obsessed with
In addition to her own studies, she taught a group of children how to shoot targets in her spare time. She killed so many enemies, but was not complacent about it and never mentioned those things. I have a feeling that this was not out of her modesty, but because she did not want to recall those things.
She wants to forget those war past events, consciously or unconsciously."
"Haha?" Lavrenti laughed.
"Hey, what are you laughing at?"
"I...I laughed at you for being a famously reckless man. How could you become more considerate? Maybe your brain has also changed?"
"Come on! We Russians have always been rough on the outside but delicate on the inside. I am a person with some ideas. When the war is over, if I can't find my wife, I will find another one, preferably a young and beautiful one.
I lived as a girl and then worked in a factory until I retired. After retirement, I will write a memoir to record my days during the war. Listen, brothers, the way we fought in the swamp is absolutely legendary. Our 284th Division with 10,000 soldiers
The main force defeated a total of ten divisions of the German Army in succession. I will publish my memoirs and it will definitely sell well."
"Come on!" Lavrenti shook his head, "You and I are both about to go to the battlefield. What will be our fate? Who knows? Instead of thinking about your good days in the future, it is better to focus on the present.
Your 324th Division just added a few technical units, but it is still far behind our former 284th Division. The same goes for my 322nd Division. It is a group of recruits with various mentalities in the army. Their quality is far inferior to the 10,000 we once had.
Those 1,000 elites from the 7,000-strong 284th Division were selected through the war. To be honest, I would be very satisfied if half of my troops survived after a big war."
Lavrenti said something very realistic.
After all, the three of them are old guys who have experienced positional warfare, and they know very well that after joining the 39th Group Army, they will inevitably have to fight positional warfare again.
That kind of war is not a swamp battle mode. An infantry division can be cobbled together with 10,000 people. For such a huge army, the subjective initiative of the division commander is severely restricted by institutional and practical factors.
If the troops attack, it means that the army is rushing in one direction. If you want to make a detour with a "left hook" or "right hook", it is simply impossible. Because you must be surrounded by two other infantry divisions on your left and right.
Everyone has received the latest order, that is, the troops will be transferred to the 39th Group Army after completing training. Interpreting the sudden emergency order from Moscow, the three infantry divisions will serve as a test unit to conduct a crazy equipment exchange. The lowest level
The troops are equipped with a new assault rifle developed by General Berekov.
Because the new weapon was the work of General Berekov and was the latest "black technology" of his old boss, the three of them really worshiped it and wished they could all change their clothes in an instant.
The three of them are just division commanders. How do they know the secret military decisions of Stalin's bunker deep underground in Moscow?
The three of them also speculated that the 39th Group Army they were about to join would definitely attack Smolensk if they attacked. If their superiors decided to fight a large-scale battle and conquer the glorious and arduous task of liberating Smolensk, they would inevitably
fell on the shoulders of the 39th Army.
Among them, the three experimental infantry divisions that have been fully equipped with new weapons must be the vanguard of the offensive.
Because these things were too sensitive, the three of them did not dare to speculate before receiving the combat order.
"Are we just waiting like this? I guess the general is almost here. He will be here as soon as he gets off the train." Balzen asked, holding a cigarette in his mouth.
Lavrenti held a cigarette in his mouth and said: "Maybe Natasha is ahead of the general. Today is Sunday and she has no classes."
"A rest day? What a luxury." Balzen showed a regretful expression, "To you and me, the days of the week are meaningless."
"The same goes for this. We only pay attention to the fact that today is October 11th on the calendar. That's enough. Let's just continue to wait and drink a few more glasses of wine."
"That's enough! That's enough." Balzen shook his head, "We'd better keep our stomachs open until the general arrives and have a few drinks with him."
The three of them took it for granted that Natasha would have free time on Sunday, but that was not the case at all.
Although No. 1 Middle School has a holiday according to regulations on this day, according to another set of regulations, students often perform various voluntary labors. Even in peacetime, they do not have much free daytime time at their disposal.
Because the snowfall season has arrived, the school has not organized students to go to the streets to clear snow. The first thing they have to do is to clean the roads in the school.
The first snow came earlier, but the temperature was not that cold.
Yang Mingzhi can cause some changes in the situation of some major battles due to his own intervention. On a macro level, his role can only promote the early victory of the Allies in the cruel war world. The weather system is not at all his personal responsibility or a group of people on the ground.
People can change it by using certain means.
Thanks to the earth's climate, the winter of 1941 was the coldest winter in the entire twentieth century. Now that the northern hemisphere has entered winter in 1942, it is destined not to be cold. The average winter temperature in the Moscow region in 1942 was ten times warmer than the same period in 1941.
degrees Celsius.
Even so, in the new winter, the Soviet Union and Germany still have to face the winter conditions of more than ten degrees below zero. Its warmth is only relative. After all, on December 8, 1941, the Soviet army launched a counterattack on this day. On the contrary, this
The lowest temperature of the day reached a crazy minus 29 degrees! The Soviet army took advantage of the fact that the German heavy equipment could not withstand such low temperatures due to inferior antifreeze, and launched a counterattack that was also detrimental to its own heavy equipment. The extreme cold did give it a try.
The Soviet army, which is well prepared to withstand the cold, will definitely help.
Throughout the morning, Natasha had to clear the snow in the area of responsibility like her classmates. The students in Class 6 completed this task quickly, and only after that did the students have real rest time.
But it's still cold outside, and tired students prefer to stay in their dormitories.
Natasha knew very well that she had a very important dinner today, so after finishing her work, she put on a set of decent casual clothes, walked out of the school gate and walked through the snow on the street, and went straight to the Lenin Communist Youth League office building in Perm.
go.
Jill has joined the army and set off, and the man who knows his true story best has become a glorious soldier.
Natasha felt that she had one less worry to worry about, and added to her worry about the future of the shooting club. Some students saw her wearing a valuable woolen coat and went to the school gate to meet the recruiting division commander, and then thought of the welcome in the auditorium.
Her unusual behavior during the meeting made many people suspicious.
Even if Natasha doesn't want to reveal her identity, the other three girls sleeping with her can be sure that this girl is definitely extraordinary.
She couldn't guess other people's hearts, and she didn't even know that Lilia, who was once a coward, finally started thinking about joining a shooting club after learning about the "Special Recruitment".
Lilia did not tell Natasha her thoughts directly, she was still observing. In the past few days, Natasha's behavior was really strange. Rumors about Natasha and Jill's relationship had gone viral on campus, and now Jill succeeded
Natasha didn't feel any sadness or regret about joining the army, nor did she show any excitement.
It seemed that the decision Jill made had little to do with Natasha, and the relationship between the two was by no means as close as rumored.
Taking advantage of Sunday, Lilia intended to have a good chat with Natasha about the future, but she watched helplessly as Natasha went to the banquet.
Yes! That's what Natasha told Lilia and the other two girls.
Natasha jumped with excitement and told her sisters happily: "My uncle is here to see me!"