Steel Soviet Union

Alsim didn't have much time to stay here for long. After simply dealing with the emergencies in front of him, he still had other things to do. There were still many battles ahead waiting for him to lead the team to fight.

The soldiers who received Alsim's order quickly stepped forward. A few were responsible for checking the corpse, and a few others gathered in front of the group of women who were huddled in the corner to "recruit for warmth" but were shivering, and led the team. It was the company deputy comrade who was proficient in German.

"You all stand up and obey the arrangements honestly. No one will rape you, let alone take your life."

Rape is strictly prohibited in the leadership division, regardless of whether it is a Polish or a German woman. This is an iron law set by Malashenko himself and supervised and implemented by political work teams at all levels led by political commissar comrades. The reporting meeting on relevant issues will be directly handled by the political commissar to the division commander, which shows how much Malashenko attaches importance to this matter.

Therefore, although similar incidents have occurred repeatedly in other friendly forces and have long been commonplace, as one of the early overseas combat units and the first leading division to enter East Prussia, such incidents rarely occur.

Of course, "rarely" does not mean "none at all."

When he was in East Prussia, one of Kurbalov's subordinates had a commander who secretly drank half a kilogram of vodka and got drunk. He led several of his equally restless tank crews to "night raids to cause trouble." ".

Entering the house of a widow of an East Prussian Junker noble whose man and son both joined the army and died in the war, the four of them lived happily all night. He didn't sneak back to the company station until dawn the next day. As a result, he happened to be caught by the instructor comrade who came out to urinate on the bed. After an interrogation and the secret was exposed, he was immediately transferred to the brigade commander and reported to the brigade headquarters.

"Voluntary!? What the hell are these Sukkas saying about it being voluntary? Even the German refugees passing by heard it outside the door. Are you telling me this is voluntary!?"

Pfft——

A soldier in charge of the escort couldn't help but laugh out loud at the furious and "lifelike" description of Comrade Kurbalov, the brigade commander. Unexpectedly, he was caught by the brigade commander, who had good ears. With.

"What are you laughing at, Suka!? If you laugh again, I will send you to the division headquarters!"

"I'm sorry, Comrade Brigadier."

Comrade Brigade Commander was very angry, and the consequences were serious.

The lame brigade commander, who was wearing a wooden prosthetic limb, personally led a team to handle the matter and took all four parties to the division headquarters to plead guilty. The victims were not invited. If you wanted to see them, you had to go to the field hospital. The level of attack and firepower of these four Sukkas was indeed a bit heavy. Although the three German girls were not in danger, they would still have to lie down for ten days and a half. .

"Oh, I heard about this in the morning. I was still wondering when you would come to me, or when I would go down to find you."

When Kulbalov brought someone to his door to plead guilty, Malashenko was eating breakfast in the headquarters. He had a rare night of hot oatmeal and milk porridge. On weekdays, he almost always drank large amounts of boiled water. It was over in no time, but it was such a rare hot breakfast that I was still disappointed.

Kurbalov really wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl in. Why did he have such a shameful thing under his own hands? This is still the old basic unit of the leader's division. It's so damn shameful.

What surprised Kulbalov was that Malashenko did not fly into a rage as he expected, nor did he make any accusations or slap the table on the spot. His first reaction was just "oh".

But this not only did not reassure Kulbalov, but made him even more frightened. It was probably not good for the comrade division commander to behave so abnormally.

"Where are those people under your command?"

Kulbalov knew who Malashenko was asking and immediately answered.

"Outside the door, I brought them all, comrade division commander. They truthfully admitted their mistakes and requested punishment."

"Um"

Malashenko put down the crumpled lunch box and spoon in his hand, and picked up a pile of papers on the side of the table. Those were the files of the four people outside the door brought by Kulbalov. Malashenko had already It had been received and reviewed half an hour ago.

"The longest one stayed in the leadership division for a year and a half, and he was the vehicle commander. One was less than six months, and the remaining two were exactly nine months. Am I right?"

""

After hearing this, Kulbalov was startled, glanced at the pile of papers in the hands of his comrade, and he could probably guess what it was, and then quickly answered.

"Yes, Comrade Commander."

"Well, that's actually not bad. It's not the old basic unit I brought out. You don't have to take it too seriously. I had expected this kind of thing to happen before I went abroad to fight. It's just that I've been waiting for the opportunity."

"opportunity?"

Kulbalov was shocked and didn't understand what Malashenko meant, but he didn't dare to ask too much about the identity of the guilty person, so he could only stand in front of Malashenko's desk. Let it go.

"I have no opinion on punishment here. These four are experienced supplementary soldiers, not new recruits. Just return them to their original units."

"These are some handover files that have been extracted. The procedures for handing them over have been properly handled by the division headquarters. The procedures for receiving them are left to their original troops. Take them and execute them immediately."

! ! !

Without any consultation or discussion, Malashenko signed his name and stamped the division seal. It was a written order that was a fait accompli.

Although Kulbalov was shocked, he still took the written order from Malashenko and moved it to the corner of the table with his index finger and picked it up to read.

It doesn't matter if you don't look at it. After a quick look, he found that the "reason for return" column clearly said "rape". This kind of thing had never happened before in the leadership division, but it made Kulbalov a little confused. .

"Comrade Commander, are you sure you want to do this? I, I'm not questioning the order, it's just this"

Kulbalov, who had reached the rank of brigade commander, found that he didn't know what to say for a moment, and Malashenko's response was just a casual comment without hesitation.

"Someone does it and someone writes it. It's just a record of the facts. What's more, this is not a crime penalty notice."

“I know a lot of people are thinking: ‘Other forces can do it, why can’t we do it? ”, or even “If we can do it, why can’t we do it?” ". But what I want to say is that the other troops are not the leader division, and the soldiers of the leader division are not Nazis. This is not a noble revenge, and no matter how magnificent the language is, it cannot be decorated and packaged. It is just based on the most basic of human beings. It’s just a kind of bestiality twisted out of primitive and barbaric deformed desires.”

"The soldiers of the leading division are human beings. They are the most heroic and elite Red Army soldiers. They are neither bastards nor two-legged beasts."

"The leadership division has him without me, and me without him. As long as I sit in this position for a day, I will never tolerate this prestigious unit developing in any bad direction. We must be worthy of the mistakes we have made. Guard, worthy of the name of leader, no matter what others do or say, a leader is always a leader. The truth will not be distorted or changed by falsehood, because there will always be people who remember it.”

"Take it and execute it. If any such incident occurs in the future, all will be executed accordingly. Those with original troops will be returned to their original troops, and those without original troops will be thrown back to the rear reserves. Everything is lacking these days, except for important people. Even the punishment camps are short of criminals.”

Kulbalov glanced at the order in his hand, then raised his head and glanced at Malashenko who had picked up the spoon to eat again. The comrade, the division commander, no longer even glanced at this side. He would rather look at the milk and oatmeal porridge in the lunch box than himself. This cold feeling all over his body really made Kulbalov uncomfortable. wonderful.

"Understood, I will execute it immediately, comrade division commander."

Realizing that he was no longer fit to stay here, Kulbalov immediately told Malashenko and turned around to leave. Unexpectedly, within two steps of walking out, Malashenko's voice sounded again behind him. .

"I will go to your brigade for a meeting later. I will gather all the cadres at the company level and above in the brigade and prepare a seat for me. When the time comes, you can sit in the nearest seat next to me."

""

Although Malashenko had not raised his head yet and was just talking while eating breakfast from the bowl, the meaning that could be expressed was enough for Kulbalov. The lame tank soldier colonel, who had a strong back and a strong back, just saluted the comrade division commander with gratitude, then turned back and left silently.

It wasn't until the sound of Kulbalov's leaving footsteps went away that Malashenko, who had no intention of eating the cold breakfast in his box, raised his head and sighed.

"I don't know how the history books will evaluate me, forget it, just do whatever you want."