artillery arc

Chapter 60 True Courage (Additional update from the leader)

While everyone was watching the platform opposite in silence, Vasily suddenly shouted: "Filipov, play the drum!"

Wang Zhong was shocked, how could this prickly head still be alive? Play drums?
He looked at Vasily. He was very tall. Even in front of the average height students, he was still a head taller. He could see clearly from across the queue.

Then the man named Filipov was obedient and actually took off the marching drum he was carrying and started playing.

You couldn’t tell what song it was just from the drumbeats, but Vasily immediately started singing:
"We have a long march~
"Warriors, look forward!"

Wang Zhong recognized it immediately. It was "Departure", but it seemed to be a work from the 1950s and 1960s!

Other students immediately started singing along:
"The team flag is flying high in the wind, and the commanders are at the front!"

Then entering the iconic section of the song, the word "departure" in Ant sounds like a "bang" sound made with the mouth. The best thing about this song is the repeated use of the word "departure", making it sound like The drumbeat is like artillery firing.

"Fighters, go, go, go!"

With the sound of "go", the students began to swing their bodies neatly, as if they were marching in unison.

The entire tone of the chorus suddenly jumped from "natural minor" to "major", and the listening experience suddenly became clear:
"Dear girl
“I will write to you along the way back!

"Listen to the call of the military bugle, soldiers, go out!"

The railway workers who were washing away blood on the opposite platform stopped and looked across the railway.

The seriously wounded who were dying seemed to be looking back, struggling to look this way.

Yegorov also sang along:
“The soldiers are all brave and young,
“Eye sharp as an eagle!

"We all have the greatest honor

"He has made great achievements in battle!"

At this time, Wang Zhong recovered from the shock. He was infected by the youth's vitality and fearless courage, and sang loudly together: "Soldiers, go! Go! Go! My dear, I will give it to you along the way. Return from writing a letter! Hear the bugle calling, soldiers, go out!"

At the end of the play, Vasily whistled, and the high whistle was like the whistle of a petrel, mocking the storm to his heart's content!
When the song entered the second time, a personnel carrier happened to enter the station. The train driver in the locomotive looked at the soldiers swinging neatly on the platform in surprise.

After the air-raid car passed, countless young faces in the stuffed tank car looked at the platform and sang along.

"Fighters, go, go, go!
“My dear, I will write to you all the way back!

"Listen to the call of the military bugle, soldiers, go out!"

In the vast chorus, it seems like the train is running faster!
Wang Zhong only thought of one sentence at this time: There is only one true heroism in the world, and that is to still love life after recognizing the truth of life.

There is only one kind of true heroism on the battlefield, which is to recognize the horror of the battlefield and still get ready to go.

He paced on the platform, every foot stepping on the beat.

When the song finally ended, Wang Zhong said: "Vasily, you don't abide by the queue discipline and wash the toilet today. The drummer is with you."

"Eh?" Vasily shouted, "Didn't I boost everyone's morale?"

Wang Zhong: "That's why I didn't put you in solitary confinement. But breaking the rules is breaking the rules. Remember, you have to go to bed after everyone goes to bed tonight, and you have to carry the excrement bucket to the cesspool."

At this time Bishop Popov came over and said, "Don't take my job."

He turned to Vasily: "Building morale is worthy of recognition, but it cannot violate discipline. After everyone goes to bed tonight, we will clean the toilets and carry the excrement buckets to the cesspit."

How the hell is this different from my order!
Without waiting for Wang Zhong to complain, Popov turned to the special priest holding the Guards flag: "Give me the Guards flag. I think this unit really doesn't need any formalism. They deserve this flag. "

Yegorov immediately protested: "The new recruits do have high morale, but my veterans have even higher morale! And the flag was earned by their hard work! It should be given to the veterans!"

Wang Zhong: "It's all the same. Give it to me."

Popov took the flag, tilted the flagpole, and unfolded the flag completely.

It has a white background, plus the St. Andrew's Cross, and then there are the double-headed eagle and the words 31, as well as the infantry branch logo.

To be honest, Wang Zhong always felt that this flag was a bit awkward. The double-headed eagle is very big and gorgeous, but - well, when the flag is not unfolded, it looks a bit like a white flag.

He expressed his feelings truthfully.

Vasily: "Pfft."

Wang Zhong: "Do you want to continue washing the toilet tomorrow?"

The thorn immediately tightened his face and held his head high.

Yegorov: "Well, at least the St. Andrew's Cross is blue. The Carolingian flag is really a white flag." Pavlov frowned: "There is a silver fleur-de-lis pattern on it, but the silver is added It’s white so you can’t see it from a distance.”

Complaints are complaints, but Wang Zhong still took over the Guards flag on behalf of Yegorov.

He suddenly realized that he didn't know what to do with the flag next, after all, he had never seen this process.

Is it enough to leave it to Yegorov?

When he was confused, Popov said: "You should transfer it to the flag bearer. If there is no flag bearer, choose one."

Wang Zhong looked at Vasily immediately, and the latter's eyes immediately lit up.

Theoretically, Vasily is the tallest. During Wang Zhong's military training in junior high school, high school, and college, the tallest person served as the flag bearer and walked to the front of the class queue.

But he hesitated.

Will the flag bearer die easily?

In the end, Wang Zhong handed the flag to Zakayev, who was the second tallest.

Vasily: "Why?"

Wang Zhong: "Shut up if you don't want to spend another day in the toilet."

Then Wang Zhong turned to the leader of the student team: "The team is ready to return to the station."

"Yes, Brigadier General! Everyone is here! Look to the right!"

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Inside the garrison, the veterans gathered on the playground and were chatting. Suddenly someone ran over and shouted: "He's coming! He's not only bringing the bishop, but also a lot of new recruits! Gather quickly!"

The veterans put out their cigarettes one after another and started to line up. The entire line was completed in less than a minute.

Then the sentry at the gate of the station raised the bar blocking the car and saluted with a gun.

A tall recruit walked at the front holding the Guards flag, followed by recruits lined up in four columns.

Looking at the pace of the new recruits, the veterans began to murmur: "This team is walking so well, are they new recruits?"

"Probably served in the reserves."

"At least they don't have to teach them how to queue."

"Why do they still use bolt-action rifles? Where is Tokarev as promised?"

"Not even a cloak!"

"Stop talking!" the former sergeant-major, the only uninjured former sergeant in the entire regiment, scolded, "Shut up!"

After a while, the student team stood in front of the veterans, turned left neatly following the command, and came face to face with the veterans.

Brigadier General Alexey Konstantinovich Rokosov walked between the two groups and said loudly: "These are our supplementary soldiers. You veterans are now squad leaders. I will personally distribute them." Here are the new recruits! When your name is called, come out!"

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Thirty minutes later, Vasily, the only remaining recruit, looked at Wang Zhong and said with admiration: "Did you really write down all our names?"

Wang Zhong thought no, I made a mistake, but I will definitely remember you kid.

"Yes," he admitted unceremoniously, "I said I would remember you and everyone who sacrificed. This is my responsibility."

Vasily nodded and asked again: "Then...which 'old sergeant' will take me?"

Wang Zhong: "You are such a prick, I don't worry about others taking care of you. Grishka!"

Grishka is the nickname of Grigory.

Sergeant Major Gregory immediately stepped forward: "Here we go!"

Wang Zhong: "Discipline him! Try your best to teach him how to survive on the battlefield before the war begins."

　The leader of the alliance, Zu An, is the top scholar in liberal arts. See you tonight.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)