Chapter 42: They're Just Fast Food (Part I)
The next morning, before dawn, a few of us got up. We each held sticks as if we were going to retaliate for beating someone, and several of us came to the door of the "kennel" in a menacing manner. Milk kicked the door open.
The people inside were probably too tired to snore after we rushed in, as if no one was aware of our intrusion. Milk took the stick in his hand, walked towards the two rows of beds, and stopped in the middle.
"Let them all get up!" As he spoke, Milk picked up the stick in his hand and slammed it on the edge of the bed beside him, and the jingling sound was very harsh. Sasha and Pyatov each lifted the quilt from the bed and knocked the person to the ground. While waking up these people with violence, they also shouted and cursed.
Watching what they were doing suddenly reminded me of those concentration camps in World War II. I don't know how much these people can endure, but if they can really successfully complete the training, it must be very powerful, at least this psychological tolerance is not ordinary.
"I should have brought in a bucket of water and poured it directly on your heads. Are you guys really going to play with people with guns? Milk shouted as he looked at the group of confused, staggering Serbians.
After about five minutes, the disheveled Serbs were driven out of the barracks. When I came to the open space outside, I looked at Zhao Yi, who was already standing there, and I felt that he was so lucky. But that's where his luck ended.
After everyone was on their feet, Milk glanced at them and yelled, "Are you a herd of pigs?" When I fell asleep, I didn't have any vigilance at all, and I kicked open your door, and instead of the alarm, I heard your snoring. I reckon even real pigs should be awakened by my movements. You don't really think you're here to travel, do you? Without waiting for the men to reply, Milk pointed to the clearing that was the playground, "Come on." Warm up for the day. Run until after dawn. ”
Zhao Yi glanced at me, and I placed him at the end of my squad, "Let's run." Try to hold on, remember that no one is going to help you, and don't help anyone now, just take care of myself. ”
At the beginning of the lap, a few of us took a cigarette in the middle of the field, and then Milk and I watched there, urging them to keep up their speed and run while Sasha and Pyatov went back to breakfast. Half an hour later, when the two of them came back to replace us, the people who had been running laps were exhausted.
It was obvious that they had not recovered from yesterday's dismount, and Zhao Yi was not in good shape. He obviously didn't have much physical reserves, and the more he ran, the slower he became, but he hadn't fallen behind yet.
"You bunch of shit. Hurry up! Do you think you're tired right now? You are running shirtless, and if I give you guns and ammunition on your backs, and food and drink are still useful, are you going to warm up with climbing? Hurry up and damn it. Milk spat at the gang, and after the scolding, Milk and I were rotated down to eat.
"Let's teach them to shoot directly?" I'm not sure about it.
Milk looked at me and said, "Of course." These people are going to be sent to war. What do you think is the most important thing to go to war? ”
"The most important thing is to kill the other party." I replied.
"That's right. If you want to kill the opponent, you can shoot or fight more with hand-to-hand, and the basis of these two is that you have good physical fitness to ensure that you can always hit the attention in the conflict. So now we have to let these people do three things, first of all, physical fitness and strength. Secondly, it is to be familiar with weapons, all kinds of weapons that they will use or have access to. In the end, the gun is accurate, and the fist is hard enough. Milk walked as he walked along.
"What about the rest? I mean the coordination, the tactics, what to do in what situations? I asked.
Milk shook his head, "You can't come as you were asked to do when you were a soldier. If you take the meal we are about to eat, what we used to receive was a very formal meal that could be regarded as a grand meal, and the state spent a lot of time and money to train us. But they're different, they're just a fast food. You can't expect a dish to be good-looking, nutritious, and tasty. They've only had half a year of training, and now you see, they don't even have the most basic physical reserves, so I think all we can do now is that in half a year, when they go back with a gun and face the enemy, they have more chances to kill each other. ”
"Okay." I have to say that what Milk said is very reasonable, everything is fake on the battlefield, killing the other party and letting yourself live longer is the last word. For example, physical fitness, not to mention consuming the other party, at least you can ensure that you can run vigorously when you run.
Milk and I had breakfast for about half an hour, but it didn't take that long. It was all a deliberate delay, and after the meal he and I each smoked a cigarette, and he poured himself two glasses of wine and drank it.
When we got back to the playground, it was already dawn. The guys were completely out of formation, said they were running, but it looked more like they were struggling to move forward.
After grinding for a while, Milk shouted, "All right! The end of the morning run. Go back and clean up your kennel and wash yourself up now. Ten minutes later, gather at the door of your kennel and take you bunch of garbage to eat! ”
After hearing Milk's shout, the gang immediately collapsed like a deflated ball. Among them, of course, also includes Zhao Yi, who is looking for hardships.
"Trash! I said ten minutes! Time is ticking now. You can choose to lie down and rest all the time, but no matter what punishment is given afterwards, those who don't clean up the kennel and don't assemble on time will have nothing to eat! Milk shouted as he glanced at his watch.
The people on the ground struggled to get up and ran towards their barracks. Sasha looked at the disorganized, refugee-like people who were on the run and pouted, "Should we let them line up?" ”
Milk smiled and said, "Forget it. Don't torture too much. Ten minutes is time short for them. Besides, there are many opportunities to torture them, and they will only get more and more interesting in the future. ”
Hearing Milk's words, the group laughed a few times and walked in the direction of the barracks. The Serbs quickly began to pack up their beds when they returned to the barracks. After that, it was very chaotic to go to the pool to rinse and wash your face. Because we were in a hurry, there was some pushing and shoving, and I think if we hadn't been watching, they would probably have started fighting.
They barely managed to get their housekeeping done in ten minutes, lining up at the door. Milk nodded, came to them and said, "When eating, follow the command, don't talk and be quiet, you only have ten minutes for breakfast." Whoever talks casually will not only lose the opportunity to eat, but also other punishments! Do you understand everything? ”
"Understood!" This answer is obviously a lot better than yesterday.
Then Pyatov took the group to the canteen, while a few of us went to the storehouse to collect the weapons, and then we were going to familiarize them with how to use them.
Soon they were taken to the playground. Milk and Sasha and I were waiting for them there with guns in two trailers.
These people were clearly very interested in guns, and although they were asked to stand up, they looked at the guns we had there from time to time. Milk picked up a gun and said, "Although you are a bunch of junk who can't even run satisfactorily, in order to make you at least bite someone while doing trash, we will introduce the guns you will use or encounter." ”