Chapter 18: Christmas Activities

Although Seryosha had woken up, he could not be discharged immediately. Although Seryosha was faint due to lack of water and overwork www.biquge.info the more serious problem was that Seryosha had been in a state of unease and panic since he came to this world. Later, in the city of Gorky, he slowly became involved in gang activities, and he had to worry about the KGB and the police all the time. On the contrary, after coming to Afghanistan, I can sleep peacefully every day, without worrying about the threat of the KGB and the police, without thinking about hostile gangs, as long as I can be a soldier. Unfortunately, he was unfortunately involved in the war with the guerrillas, and the nerves that had been relaxed were tensed again, which finally led to the complete collapse of Seryosha's body.

Yuri: They are not as serious as Seryosha, they are all almost better. However, the accommodation conditions here in the hospital are much better than the dormitories, there are only single rooms, and there are many charming nurses, and everyone is reluctant to leave here. Seryosha and the five of them won the respect of the entire 103 Airborne Division for bringing back the body of Battalion Commander Vasily, and now the five of them are the heroes of the 103 Airborne Division, and you can see from the condolences they received during their hospitalization how popular they were. And it's almost the New Year and Christmas holidays, and no one is going to kick them out of the hospital.

During these few days in the hospital, Seryosha received Eva's meticulous care. Although Eva took the initiative to kiss Seryosha that day, the two have not yet reached the step of the relationship between men and women. The two were only kissing in the ward that day, and there was no further action. Eva would push Seryosha out every day to get a breath of fresh air, and Seryosha could only see her brothers at this time of the day, and everyone would play a few small cards outside and then go back. Eva would then ask Seryosha what she wanted to eat at night and try to satisfy his taste at dinner. Seryosha didn't understand what Eva thought of the relationship between them, and he didn't dare to take the initiative to ask, for fear that if he didn't say it well, it would ruin the current relationship between the two.

On the afternoon of the return of the body of the battalion commander Vasily, Seryosha also went to see him off. Six coffins covered with national flags were slowly lifted onto the Il-76 transport plane, and the scene was filled with a sad atmosphere. Most of the bodies of the Soviet Red Army who died in this battle were left in the area controlled by the Sheng fighters, and the only body that was brought back was the body of the battalion commander Vasily, and one of the remaining five coffins belonged to the pilot who committed suicide because of guilt. The top brass of the 103rd Airborne Division covered up the fact that he committed suicide, and although the pilot did not die on the battlefield, his sense of responsibility was still touching. The top brass of the 103rd Airborne Division could not fail to give him the title of a martyr. The remaining four martyrs died of their wounds after returning.

Commander Grachev had come to visit Seryosha almost every day since he had come to confess that day, and he told Seryosha that the 103rd Airborne Division had already taken credit to Moscow for them, and Seryosha had received the Order of the Red Star. When Grachev told Seryosha the good news, Seryosha felt a little uneasy, he was afraid that the medal would lead to an investigation by the KGB and the Ministry of Defense, but fortunately, all this was speculation, and nothing happened until the Order of the Red Star was in hand.

On the evening of January 7, the day of the Orthodox Christmas, Seryosha returned to the 354 Airborne Regiment to participate in the Christmas celebrations. When Eva pushed Seryosha in a wheelchair into the room, the 354 Airborne Regiment took the initiative to make way for him, lined up neatly on both sides, clapped their hands to welcome Seryosha's arrival, and everyone sang the paratrooper song to salute Seryosha neatly. Seryosha felt that he was ashamed, if it weren't for him, the battalion commander Vasily might not have died, thinking of this, Seryosha couldn't help but shed tears. Seryosha didn't want others to see him crying, and he tried to keep his eyes open so that the tears didn't flow.

Yuri they came over and handed Seryosha a glass of vodka, and today they are also heroes here, no less respected. Seryosha turned back to Eva behind him and asked, "Can I have some wine?" ”

"Yes, as long as you don't get drunk!" Eva would not have forbidden Seryosha to drink alcohol on Christmas Day, especially if Seryosha's body allowed it.

Hearing this, Seryosha raised his glass and drank it down, and then said to Eva: "I will not get drunk. As soon as he finished speaking, Yuri filled Seryosha's glass again.

The Christmas celebration of the 354 Airborne Regiment is actually very simple, the main activities are two, the first is drinking, everyone gets together and takes turns to say toasts, and then everyone drinks them all. Seryosha didn't see anything fun in it, he thought that everyone actually wanted to drink. At first, everyone was more restrained, and the toasts were more serious, some people would introduce their hometowns, and some people would sing a song. After three glasses of wine, everyone gradually lost the restraint just now, and the topic gradually increased, some people described their first time vividly, and some people told a yellow joke, and the atmosphere of the scene began to push to a climax.

When it was Seryosha's turn, Seryosha said that he was often kissed by women, that he was extremely charming, and that he always got the heart of the most beautiful girl. Everyone didn't believe it, and asked him to prove it, Seryosha looked at Eva behind him, Eva boldly sat on Seryosha in front of everyone, her lips slowly approached Seryosha, just when the two were about to kiss together,

Eva pushed Seryosha aside, and the scene immediately sounded the sound of laughter, Seryosha also laughed, and the carnival atmosphere was pushed to a climax.

After the clock rings at midnight, the second event begins, the raffle. Eva, the only lady in the room, was invited to raffle for everyone and then distribute gifts. These props were prepared a long time ago. Eva put her little white hand into the lottery box, took out a paper ball from it, and read it according to it: "Corporal Sergei Ivanovich Petrov!" ”

Seryosha made an expression of whether it was really me, everyone was amused by him, Eva showed the note to everyone, and then said to Seryosha: "It's really you, I didn't cheat!" ”

Seryosha was pushed in front of Eva, who said to him: "Congratulations on winning the participation award!" Then the smallest prize was handed to Seryosha. The audience burst into laughter again, and the first one drawn was not the jackpot. Eva pulled out a paper ball again, this time it was a shy guy who came on stage, Eva gave him the grand prize, he actually offered to ask Eva to give him a kiss, which is usually unimaginable, in the audience uproar, the guy soon had a lipstick mark on his face.

Eva pulled out another paper ball and announced with a smile: "The winner of the second prize is, Andrei Strizhenov." ”

When the people in the audience heard the name, they instantly fell silent, and no one stepped forward to receive the award. Eva thought that everyone did not hear clearly, and repeated it again, saying: "Where is Andrei Strizhenov, you won the second prize." ”

The audience was still silent, and it took a long time for someone to say: "He's on duty!" ”

"Well, I didn't expect Christmas Eve to be so hard, let's move on to the next one!" Eva continued to pull out a ball of paper and read, "Is Semyon Markov here?" ”

This time there was silence for a short time, and then someone immediately replied: "He is also on duty!" Eva had no choice but to put his notes with Andrei Strizhenov.

Then Eva continued to pull out the next one, and she read: "Vasily Zha~~~!" Eva didn't read any more, because he knew who it was, and that person was the sacrificial battalion commander that Seryosha had brought back. She already understood what "on duty" meant.