The moment the Nagant revolver was put down, the oppressive atmosphere like a smoking gunpowder keg suddenly relaxed a lot.
"It's your choice."
After saying something incomprehensible, Leonov turned away indifferently and said no more.
"Apologize."
On the other side, although Leonov took the initiative to put down his weapon, Xia Jie remained unmoved and only slightly relaxed his left hand controlling his chin.
"Charlie, let's forget it. There's no need to make things so tense..."
Reznov breathed a sigh of relief, and while approaching Xia Jie, reminded him something in a gentle tone.
It's a pity that Xia Jie couldn't notice this at all at this time.
Listening to the low voice behind him that sent chills down his back, Timofeyev forced down the fear and shame in his heart and gritted his teeth with an ugly expression.
"sorry……"
After getting the long-awaited result, Xia Jie let go of Timofeev, who had bruises on his chin with a confused expression.
Knowing that he had been humiliated and thrown into his grandma's house, Timofeev rubbed his chin, picked up his bayonet, left the playground without saying a word, and climbed into a transport truck.
The faces of the remaining veterans Youzi also looked a little ugly, but they didn't say anything more. They just looked at Xia Jie with a bit more hostility.
"Okay, now that the conflict has been resolved, it's time to get things back on track. We don't have so much time to waste."
Political Commissar Vladimir came down from the lecture platform to smooth things over, patted Leonov who had his eyes closed and didn't know what he was thinking, and leaned into the other person's ear to deliberately lower his voice.
"Brother, to be honest, do you still want these people?"
Feeling the heat coming from his cheeks, he opened his eyes and turned his head expressionlessly, keeping his face slightly away from Vladimir's mouth.
"Yes, why not? I don't care who they are. As long as they can pass the test and kill Germans, they are the most trustworthy warriors."
Having said this, Leonov, who had a swollen face and nose, turned around, glanced at the prisoners lying on the ground with their teeth grinning, watching the show, and gave a serious order.
"I like to see action the most, and you have proven with your actual actions that Novis is not a useless garbage dump for cowards, so you have successfully earned yourself a chance to die on the battlefield."
Feeling the complex emotions of everyone, Leonov stood at attention meticulously, put on his military cap again, and continued to speak cold words that did not look like recruiting at all.
"Those who follow me, I can't guarantee your life safety, I can't guarantee you will be free, I can't make any promises, the only thing I can guarantee is that you will have countless enemies to kill, and you will face countless enemies. The danger of Qing Dynasty, you can't even choose where you will die...
Now, if you are willing to follow me, go pack your things immediately and be back here within five minutes. "
Listening to Leonov's words that gave no hope at all, the prisoners stood up from the ground without hesitation, spread their feet and began to work. Unlike Petrov who stood there with a stinking face and hands behind his back, this Vladimir's mouth curled up slightly as he watched. It seemed that no one was a fool.
I don’t know what Vladimir was thinking. For the prisoners, it would be better to die on the battlefield than to be tortured and scolded every day by Petrov, who had a bad mouth than Reznov’s soles.
On the bright side, at least you won't have to endure Petrov's torture after leaving Novis, right?
Seeing everyone running away, Reznov looked worriedly at Xia Jie who lowered his head and said nothing. He was about to say something when he saw Xia Jie suddenly raised his head with a look of indifference on his face. He whispered with a clear expression.
"I'm leaving here with that officer, bro, do you want to come with me?"
Reznov was startled and glanced at a few veterans who were looking at him coldly. His expression suddenly became complicated.
"Because of what happened just now, you have offended a lot of people. It should be difficult for you to live there... Maybe staying here is a better choice..."
"Brother, to be honest, I don't know what to do now, or I haven't figured it out yet."
After thinking carefully for a moment, Xia Jie expressed his thoughts.
"I have a feeling that I will offend more people in the future. Since I will offend people no matter what, then offend me. At least until I figure out what I want to do, I decided to follow my feelings. At least, this It allows me to do a few things I really want to do at a time..."
"Okay, do you have anything to bring? I'll go back and help you bring it out together."
Xia Jie shook his head and smiled humorously.
"Brother, if I could bring something in, I wouldn't be here..."
Seeing that Xia Jie was in a much better mood, Reznov felt relieved and turned to leave.
Sighing and staring lonely at Reznov's retreating back, Xia Jie lowered his head and murmured.
"What should I do..."
…………The confusing dividing line of what should I do…………
The roar of the car engine echoed in my ears, and there were lush woods on both sides behind the car.
I had always thought that Siberia, located to the east of the Ural Mountains, only consisted of vast white snowfields and barren tundra. However, the green woods that appeared in front of me ruthlessly shattered the inherent delusions and prejudices in my head.
Wearing a brand-new Soviet infantry uniform and a yellow-green cloth military cap on his head, he held a bullet-free but extremely brand-new Mosin Nagant rifle in his arms, and a heavy, heavily rusted rifle slung around his waist. dagger, and also wore high leather boots on his feet.
Xia Jie, whose wardrobe had changed drastically, was sitting on the seat in the back compartment, staring at the back of the car in a daze.
"Chartier...right? You are very good and did not embarrass Novis."
Turning his head, Xia Jie looked at the person sitting opposite him.
Blue eyes, big nose, wide forehead, big beard...
Okay, I really can't recognize it.
Then I glanced to the side and saw that the other people looked exactly the same, as if they were carved from the same mold.
It was difficult to recognize him when he was wearing prison uniform, but now after changing into military uniform, he has become completely face-blind.
Since he didn't recognize it, Xia Jie just said "hmm" lightly to show that he heard it, which made Li Ang, who thought he was more enthusiastic, slightly embarrassed.
Opening his eyes and casually glancing at the two people interacting, Reznov quickly closed his eyes again and continued to recharge his batteries.
After thinking about it, Li Ang retracted his somewhat 'frivolous' tone and tried to become serious.
"Don't worry, you are a member of Novis. The people of Novis will support you. If anyone dares to bully you, we will beat him together~ Well, beat him until his grandma can't recognize him."
"Hahaha~ Li Ang, how do I remember that when you were a child, your grandfather beat you so hard that your grandma couldn't recognize you for stealing potatoes? 'Oh~ Where did you come from, Little Potato? Little Potato, tell me, my precious grandson is here Where~'"
Nikolai, who was taller and had a straightforward personality, laughed and exposed Li Ang's background. Li Ang's face immediately turned red. He stood up and took two steps, pointing at the big man who was about to hit the roof of the car and asked.
"How can you accuse someone of innocence out of thin air? I haven't mentioned that you like to smell Reznov's feet. Don't think I didn't notice. You had a great time partnering with Reznov in Systemma's class. Oh, yue~ It’s really perverted~”
"You bastard!? How could I like the smell!?"
'duang~' Nikolai's big bald head wearing a military cap hit the iron frame of the car roof as expected, causing Nikolai to grit his teeth in pain.
Looking at the two people who suddenly stood up and almost got into a fight, Xia Jie couldn't help but smile and recalled his school life.
'This seems good...'
Where Xia Jie couldn't see him, the dark-faced Reznov suddenly opened his eyes, shook his beard and thought for a moment, then threw a sharp pebble into Li Ang's vacated seat. Let the sharp corner achieve the mission of "this corner faces the enemy".
The whole process was extremely fast, and no one else saw it except Xia Jie, who was sitting next to him.
Looking blankly at the pebbles being placed on Li Ang's seat by Reznov as if nothing had happened, and then watching in disbelief as Reznov shook his head at himself expressionlessly, Xia Jie understood. This was Reznov's signal not to interfere.
"Isn't this bad?"
Lowering his voice and leaning towards Reznov, Xia Jie never thought that this kind-hearted and helpful person with thick eyebrows and big eyes could be this kind of person. Obviously, he didn't know that Nikolai did smell the most powerful smell from human beings during training. Vicious malice.
"Li Ang just slandered me."
Reznov shook his head and responded in a serious voice to his reasons for doing so.
"But won't anything happen if you do this?"
"Just teach him a lesson. Don't worry, nothing will happen."
Hearing what Reznov said, although he was still a little worried about Li Ang, Xia Jie still chose to believe Reznov.
"What are you making a fuss about?! If anyone makes any more noise, get out of the car! Idiot! Get back to your seat! Otherwise, just run away!"
The two veterans sitting at the back of the car looked at each other dissatisfiedly. One of the soldiers clenched his fist and hammered the iron bracket that served as the seat of the two cars. The iron bracket made a violent thumping sound.
"I'll settle the score with you when I get off the car!"
"Am I afraid of you?"
After saying the harsh words, Li Ang walked back to his seat unhappily, and sat down in front of Xia Jie's widened eyes without even looking at the seat.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch~~~oooooooooooo~~"
A sharp cry flew from the carriage, and the soldier driving the transport truck trembled with fright and almost turned the steering wheel into the ditch next to it.
Like a monkey whose butt was holed by a branch, Li Ang made a terrifying high note that was difficult for normal people to make.
"Ahhh! My hemorrhoids burst!" Unknowingly, the sun began to set.
North of Stalingrad, in a particularly remote suburb of Saratov, four military transport vehicles passed through the dense forest and slowly stopped in a heavily guarded Soviet recon training camp.
Following the other recruits who jumped off the transport truck, Xia Jie looked sympathetically at the tearful couple dancing in front of him, and hesitantly glanced at the expressionless bearded Reznov next to him. The hair on my back stood up. In the end, I still couldn't reveal the identity of the culprit. I could only apologize to Li Ang in my heart, and then understood the cruelty of speaking out.
In the other half, although Li Ang still made a lot of noise, the veteran regarded his compatriots who might become companions as human beings, and the reconnaissance veteran did not really let Li Ang get out of the car and run! ', otherwise it wouldn't just be a ruptured hemorrhoid. I'm afraid he wouldn't be bleeding while running, followed by thirty happy northern hyenas with their heads raised.
After gathering again, Xia Jie discovered that in addition to the seventeen people from Novis who came to the camp this time, there were twelve unfamiliar Soviets in two other military vehicles. He didn't know where they came from. Come.
Just when everyone in Novis thought that the number of 'recruits' this time was twenty-nine, a shiny bald man stepped out of Leonov's car. The prisoners in Novis looked blankly. With an expression on his face, Shi Shiran put on his military cap in front of everyone with his stubbly cheeks, and stood in front of everyone very skillfully.
The next moment, a stench reprimanding like Reznov's feet resounded through the sky.
"My name is Petrov! Remember my name!!! From today on, I will be your temporary training captain! Responsible for assisting Colonel Leonov in completing the selection and training of soldiers!"
'Wait, why the colonel? '
Xia Jie thought he heard wrongly and turned his head, only to find that Reznov also looked confused.
Seeing everyone who was completely dumbfounded, a cruel smile appeared on the corner of Petrov's mouth.
"I have only one request from you! Obey! Obey! Or fucking obey! Do you understand?!!!"
"Listen...I obey your mother!! Petrov!? Where the hell did you come from!?? Stop joking! This is not your Novis!!!"
Ivan, who had long been dissatisfied with Petrov, couldn't hold it back for a while. Under the admiration and sympathy eyes of his companions, he politely expressed his respect for Petrov's elderly mother in simple words.
Turning to look at Ivan, whose face was turning green and white, the expression on Petrov's face did not change at all. Instead, he roared loudly and with reason.
"Idiot! First of all, you should obey me, not my mother who died in a Stuka bomber... Secondly, I have the final say where I am, not you idiot! at last!"
When Ivan again recalled the fear of being dominated by the devil's bald head, Petrov smiled kindly, making Ivan's ghost escape.
"Because of your stupid behavior! Ivan, there will be no dinner for you tonight!!!"
"Oh!!! No!!!! You devil!!!" (End of Chapter)
