The training ground where the recruit camp is located is not large. One circle is about 300 meters, and ten circles is 3,000 meters.
Three thousand meters may not be a big deal to soldiers. The problem is that they are not soldiers, or they are soldiers but have just started training, and most of them are child soldiers who have come out of school and lacked exercise. In addition, the training ground is muddy when running.
One foot is deep and one foot is shallow. From time to time, I will fall down because I get stuck in a mud pit or slip.
What's worse is that the "One-Eyed Dragon" is still shouting next to them: "Speed up, move fast! If this is a battlefield, most of you are already dead!"
"One-Eyed Dragon" is also the commander of the recruit battalion, Captain Grigovitch. Because he only has one eye, the nickname "One-Eyed Dragon" fell naturally whether he wanted to or not.
Shulka found a stone in the training ground, and Denisokov was diligent enough to rush over and wipe the mud off the stone with a towel. After Shulka sat down, he handed over the kettle.
Of course the kettle was filled with Wotega. To be honest, drinking Votga in this hot summer was not a pleasant thing to do, but I don’t know when Shulka became inseparable from Wotga.
This is a bit like cigarettes. Shulka was not a good smoker in the past. He even tried to control himself from smoking in order to be better at sniping. But as the war deepened...smoking and alcohol gradually became part of Shulka's backpack.
The things that are in your heart.
The reason, Shulka believes, is partly due to environmental reasons.
As the saying goes, those who are close to red are red and those who are close to ink are black. If the people around you are drinking and smoking but you don’t smoke or drink, then you will look different and unable to blend in with them.
Although Shulka doesn't need to rely on this to integrate with them, he will be affected subconsciously, and then he will only have a few cans or a few sips occasionally, and then his appetite will become bigger and bigger.
On the other hand, it is because the battlefield pressure is too great and too tense.
This kind of tension has even become a habit, or it can be said to be a kind of psychology.
To put it simply, after a battle or a busy day's work, the muscles or brain nerves in the whole body are still tight, and they cannot relax even when it is time to rest or even fall asleep... The time is too stressful.
Over time, the body has forgotten to relax.
So when I woke up, although I felt better than if I hadn't slept, it was like the war was still going on in the dream. When I woke up, my whole body was still sore.
If you take a few sips of Vodka before going to bed and smoke one while under anesthesia, it will not only make it easier to fall asleep but also allow your body to get adequate rest.
At this time, Shurka was very relaxed. He smoked in one hand and drank in the other, watching the recruits stumbling around in the mud. Then he finally finished ten laps and staggered back to the training ground to assemble.
Shurka stepped forward hurriedly, burped incomprehensibly, and asked: "Now, tell me, do you want to be a hero or a soldier?"
"Of course he is a hero, Comrade Shulka!"
"We want to be heroes like you!"
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"Very good!" Shulka raised his head towards Grigovich: "Continue, ten laps!"
"Run, run!" Grigovitch shouted to the recruits without hesitation.
This time, the recruits couldn't stand it anymore, and all of them kept pace with their feet as if they were filled with lead, especially the female soldiers in the back, who were pale and gasping for air, and were struggling to move forward like puppets on strings.
Take steps.
But Shulka didn't relent at all. He still sat back on the original stone and drank wine while waiting.
Then there was a "pop", and a soldier fell to the ground and couldn't get up, or it could be said that he didn't want to get up.
Then another one, including a female soldier, seemed to have fainted, because Shulka saw Grigovic summoning medical soldiers for emergency measures.
Grigovitch looked towards Shulka, as if he wanted Shulka to let him go.
But Shulka had no intention of letting them stop, so the recruits had no choice but to continue running forward. At this time, even Grigovitch couldn't bear to urge them anymore, and asked them to slow down and finish the whole distance one by one.
"If you answer this question!" Shulka asked Denisokov: "Would you also run there like them?"
"Yes!" Denisokov replied: "But I won't be like them, I mean running, it won't be a problem for me!"
"So, how many laps do you have to run before you fall like them?" Shulka asked back: "Give me a number and I can wait for you!"
Denisokov couldn't help but be stunned, he knew what Shulka meant.
Everyone has a limit, let alone Denisokov. No one in the army can run forever, and for Shulka it is just a matter of naming a number.
Shulka ignored Denisokov. He walked up to the group of recruits who could not stand upright and asked: "Now, tell me, do you want to be heroes or soldiers?"
No one spoke because they already knew the answer Shulka wanted them to say.
After a moment of silence, someone breathlessly asked: "Is there any difference between them, Comrade Shulka? Whether they are heroes or soldiers, they are all fighting the enemy on the battlefield, aren't they?"
"Do you think there is no difference between them?" Shulka replied: "If you want to be a hero, what will you do? Let me tell you, you will pounce on the enemy when you know you cannot charge. That is what a hero should do.
You did it, right? But if you are just a soldier, you are just a soldier, and you should consider the orders of your superiors instead of charging!"
After a pause, Shulka continued: "At the same time, I believe you have heard that I and my troops are always moving forward and charging bravely when fighting on the battlefield, right?"
The recruits couldn't help but look at each other after hearing this.
After a while, someone asked, "Isn't it?"
This was what Shulka had expected. The Soviet army would always use the same caliber in their propaganda, but they were obviously not the truth.
Shulka raised his head towards Grigovitch and said: "Tell them!"
Grigovitch seemed to have only then realized that Shulka's purpose in torturing these recruits was to change their thinking, which was very dangerous on the battlefield and believed that they could not retreat at any time.
"No, comrades!" Gregovich straightened his body and said very seriously: "When we fought against the enemy in Stalingrad, we were actually retreating, hiding, and surviving!" (To be continued)