221 Petrovsky's Observations (I)
At nine o'clock in the evening, Petrovsky lit the dim oil lamp, and wrote down in his diary one by one, what he had seen and heard during the day, which was a good habit he developed after participating in the revolution, and the big brother of his fellow countrymen who developed him to join the party told little Petrovsky with certainty that as a glorious Bolshevik, it is necessary to always reflect on his words and deeds, and writing a diary is a very good habit, which can help you recognize your own shortcomings
Therefore, from the first day of his glorious membership in the party, keeping a diary became a very important part of Petrovsky's life, no matter how hard the day's work was, no matter how boring it was, it was his homework every night before going to bed
Of course, at the beginning, as a fifth-grade student, it was a painful thing for him to write a diary, because he had too many words he didn't know, and for a long time the diary was full of circles and full pages of spelling mistakes, so that when he later read the diary at that time, Petrovsky himself had to guess a lot of the content
However, with Petrovsky's hard work and his young and good brain, he became a rare cultural leader in his class, and whenever he gave cultural lessons to the elders who were five or six years older than him or teenagers, Petrovsky was very grateful to the party for cultivating him
It was out of gratitude that Petrovsky was infinitely loyal to the party, and he would do his best to complete any task assigned to him by the party, such as the unsuccessful insurrection of the February Revolution, which was difficult for the tsar's dogs to imagine was the one who planned this insurrection
Although the insurrection was unsuccessful, and even he was imprisoned in the terrible Peter and Paul prison, Petrovsky did not regret it at all, he always believed that temporary setbacks and failures could be overcome, and as long as he was armed with markism, there was no need to fear the gloomy prison at all
In fact, Petrovsky really didn't need to be afraid of anything, he only took a turn in Peter and Paul's prison, and soon there was a big commotion with a certain immortal, he just entered the prison with his front foot, and his back foot was a victor, and he killed it with pride, and there was not even a hair on his body
It was on that day that he met Andrei, who was two years older than him. Petrovich did not have much affection for this strange comrade Petrovsky, who was too reckless, too disobedient to the leadership, and simply an unorganized and undisciplined loose element, and his so-called revolutionary actions were simply nonsense
Yes, Petrovsky didn't appreciate Li Xiaofeng at all, even if Li Xiaofeng successfully rescued him, he still thought that a certain immortal was too impetuous, but after the success of the uprising, he separated from a loose immortal, originally Petrovsky thought that he would never have an intersection with someone again, and even thought that someone was very likely to be eliminated by the revolutionary tide because of his casualness
However, the truth told him that he was wrong, and that it was still outrageously wrong, and one night a month later, the company commander Marokov called him over and told him that the party had a very serious task to be entrusted to him
Petrovsky was very excited, after the success of the February Revolution he was very idle for a while, this idle waiting made him tired of it, he had long been waiting for the call of the party, and now he could show his strength, he almost jumped for joy
That night, despite the confusion of the night, Petrovsky packed up his few clothes, and according to the address given to him by Marokov, he set out on the road in high spirits, wondering what tasks the party had entrusted him, and making beautiful ideas for his future
The address was an old hotel, and after handing the letter of introduction to the janitor, he walked smoothly into the hotel, which was full of comrades from near Petrograd, although they didn't know each other, but they quickly got together with the same faith...,
At that time, Petrovsky was very happy, the more comrades gathered, it meant that the task was more important, and being elected by the party to participate in important tasks was in itself an affirmation of him, but this was not all the reason for joy, and to Petrovsky's great joy, it was Comrade Dzerzhinsky who led them
Although Petrovsky never saw Dzerzhinsky again after the success of the uprising, this did not prevent him from respecting and loving Comrade Felix, and it was a great honor for Petrovsky to be able to work under him
But the reality was extremely cruel, and the joy did not last long, and soon, bad news followed, and the first thing was that he knew that it was not Dzerzhinsky who led them in the revolution, but the frivolous Andrei. When Petrovich heard the news, Petrovsky Jr. almost went black
He really didn't expect that the impetuous young man he didn't pay attention to would now turn into not only a glorious Bolshevik, but also a deputy section chief for his immediate boss, and the most terrible thing was to hear Suslov say that the deputy section chief's introduction to the party was actually Comrade Lenin
Nima, what's going on?
At that moment, Petrovs could basically feel that Deputy Captain Andrei. Petrovich and the one he knew probably only had the same name and surname, but before the October Revolution, Russian names were so simple that one in ten people in the country was called Ivan or Mary, and it is not surprising that they had the same name and surname
Soon, his conjecture was denied, and it was indeed the man he knew, now Andrei. Petrovich was no longer the clown who was ridiculed by onlookers in Peter and Paul prison, but as a confidant of Comrade Lenin, he was very famous among the party members at the bottom of Petrograd, and many old comrades praised him
However, Petrovsky did not change his opinion of someone, and still considered him an unorganized and undisciplined fellow, especially after getting acquainted with Dzerzhinsky's correspondent Suslov, who did not have a positive view of someone anyway
Although Petrovsky felt that someone was not as bad as Suslov said, he agreed with Suslov - many of the things that someone did were quite naïve and disregarded the whole picture, such as the first plenary meeting of Tekko, and everyone realized how fucked up someone was...... Well, Petrovsky was quite angry at someone's childish behavior anyway, and even if someone later invited everyone to drink and apologized sincerely for the matter, he still felt that someone was too naïve
However, Petrovsky did not say anything more about this matter, did not speak ill of anyone in private, in his opinion, since the party still trusts someone, he should respect the party's decision, as long as he does his job wholeheartedly, to be honest, he is really looking forward to the task given to him by the party - because someone said that their task is to defend the party Central Committee and Comrade Lenin, and the thought of being able to get close to Comrade Lenin Petrovsky trembles with excitement
Of course, someone also said that this task is quite difficult, and with their current abilities, they are not up to the task, and only the elite who have undergone rigorous special training can go to work...... Although Petrovsky complained about this, he believed that he was absolutely capable and confident of defending Comrade Lenin's thoroughness, but since it was a decision made by the Party, he had to accept it, even if it was indeed a torturous training
How so? Petrovsky originally thought that as a soldier, a soldier who was always ready to plunge into the proletarian revolution, he had mastered military skills that would meet the needs of the struggle, but on the first day he was pulled to the Finnish base, he found that he did not understand anything...,
In the past, he thought that as long as a revolutionary soldier was in good health, he was not afraid of hardship, and it was enough to be able to shoot guns and fight bayonets, but everything in the Finnish base completely subverted this concept, not to mention stabbing and shooting, just in terms of good health and not afraid of hardship, none of them, the elites selected from the grassroots level, were qualified
Petrovsky clearly remembered that it was the first day he arrived at the base, and he had just stepped out of the carriage, and before he had time to get acquainted with the unfamiliar environment, several big men with black hoods gave them equipment and drove them to the training ground like sheep
Petrovsky had never seen such a training ground, with various obstacles composed of pile jumps, deep pits, low walls, high walls, single-plank bridges, high and low jumping platforms and low pile nets, not to mention the Longtan Tiger's Den, but also enough to make them disgraced Anyway, many comrades either fell on their backs or were tired into dead dogs, which made the Chinese workers who were watching the joke laugh a lot
At that time, Petrovsky was still very unconvinced by the Chinese working class brothers who saw the jokes, until he witnessed the training posture of the Chinese labor brothers, he had to lower his head, people have to throw more than others, compared with the fast and flexible tactical movements of others, the hundred and ten people on his side are like stupid bears, not to mention how embarrassing it is
Of course, Petrovsky's resentment in his heart was that someone who invented these torture projects, that guy is really not a good person, he will change his tricks to torture people, but what is the use of scolding his mother, before they came, they were solemnly told by someone, if they can't complete these basic training subjects, they don't want to go to work, let alone protect Comrade Lenin
Moreover, fundamentally Petrovsky is a strong person, no matter what he does, he must do his best, isn't it just a 400-meter hurdle? Master, I don't believe I can't take it
But the reality is cruel, how can he adapt so quickly when he first arrives, although after practicing a few more times, he will not lose face on the obstacles, but it is still impossible to achieve excellent results
Anyway, in the diary on the first day, Petrovsky profoundly summed up the lessons and lessons, and did not forget to recall the essentials of the movements while lying on the bed, and he was gearing up to fight a turnaround battle on the second day, so that the Chinese workers on the opposite side could see that our Russian working class is not a coward
That night, Petrovsky slept very soundly, in a dream he achieved excellent results in one fell swoop, and in a dream that Comrade Lenin gave him a big certificate, he laughed so hard that his mouth cracked......
"Get up"
Just as Petrovsky was in the middle of his dream, the wooden door of the barracks was kicked open, and the shrill whistle continued to reflect on the wall, so startled that he bounced straight out of the bed and hit his head on the wooden board of the upper bunk, grinning in pain
"What's going on?"
"It's only five o'clock."
There were constant complaints, but the old man who kicked the door did not give them a chance to reason, and reminded them with a roar of how incompetent, careless, and abrasive they were, and said that if he were an enemy, he would be glad to have such a wasteful opponent
In the roar and whistle, Petrovsky dressed like a rabbit and rushed out of the barracks, outside the barracks, the Chinese workers had already lined up in a neat formation, shouting trumpets and starting the morning exercise, which made Petrovsky very ashamed, look at his brothers, one by one disheveled and crooked like beggars, it is really a comparison of goods to throw away
Just when Petrovsky thought he would continue yesterday's project and continue to climb the 400-meter hurdles, the old man who woke them up from their sleep took them out of the camp on a tall horse – and the miserable five-kilometer cross-country began
Petrovsky never knew that running would be so hard, when they took a turn in the forest and returned to the camp, the Chinese workers who had already returned to the camp had already moved their small horses to sit in the playground and started to attend classes.
"Shall we read in the morning too?" Someone asked the old man on the horse
"Of course," replied the old man very politely, "if you can't recite Puskin's poems fluently in three days, then run five kilometers more every morning."
Petrovsky didn't want to run five kilometers more at all, although he used to think that five kilometers was not a very long distance, but after learning the five kilometers of cross-country, he vowed to sleep an hour late and memorize Pushkin's poems a few times, rather than suffer from that torture, especially when he heard the hateful old man say that today's five-kilometer cross-country is just for them to taste, and from tomorrow he will run with a full set of weapons and equipment like the Chinese workers
Well, although Petrovsky thinks that the equipment of the Tekko members is really not much, it is much lighter than the heavily armed Chinese workers, at least the Uzi submachine gun is lighter than the SKS45, and there is no sleeping bag, steel kettle, lunch box and sapper shovel in the backpack on the back, these are greatly weight saving, but think about running empty-handed can make them tired into dead dogs, plus the equipment, then it is not allowed to vomit blood
Speaking of equipment, Petrovsky was very curious about the PPK and Uzi submachine guns, as well as the electric batons, these weapons he had never seen before, had never heard of, and did not even dare to think about them
In these days and months, only the Makqin heavy machine gun in the Russian army can spray hundreds of rounds per minute, can you think of a gadget with a full load of 25 rounds and a total weight of only four kilograms, spraying tongues of fire like a heavy machine gun? Although the two sides are far from each other in terms of bullet power, it is undeniable that the firepower of the Uzi submachine gun is very shocking
Speaking of PPK, Petrovsky and his comrades-in-arms have a great love for this kind of smallness, small and exquisite, you can't see it if you just find a pocket and put it in it, it is inherently prepared for comrades on the hidden front, when you think of the stupid and stupid Nagan revolver, Petrovsky mourns for his company commander, as an officer, only you can have, compared with PPK, Nagan Revolver is simply a farmer and a nobleman, and the gap between the two sides is too big
Petrovs, the first two weapons, was very satisfied, but he was not optimistic about the inexplicable electric baton, this thin little rubber stick, in his opinion, was only decorative, and it was definitely a wrong choice to use it to beat people, and even he thought that as long as he used his strength, this gadget would break in two
And they don't understand where this rubber stick has a dime to do with electricity, although there is a switch-like "decoration" on it, but no matter how they play with this "decoration", the rubber stick is still a rubber stick, so they agree that instead of giving them a flashy rubber roller, it is better to break a birch stick directly on the tree to use it, at least the latter is cheaper
Of course, compared to the "flashy" electric batons, the weapon that most dissatisfied Petrovsky and his comrades was the bottle of unknown spray, which was said to be filled with tear gas, which could easily make a strong man lose the ability to resist
However, after a bold comrade experimented with this weapon, he said that it was really exaggerated, and the bottle was filled with chili water, although it was more important than the general chili pepper taste, but for him who likes to eat and spicy, there was no pressure at all, and he even directly changed this weapon into a spice bottle, and sprayed a little bit into it when he drank soup at noon every day, and it was said that the cold-proof effect was very good
However, Petrovsky did not try this way of eating, first of all, he didn't like spicy food, and secondly, he thought that the clothes issued by Tekko had a very good anti-cold effect, at least a hundred times stronger than his hair in the Russian army, and there was no need to take in other things to supplement calories at all, and he subconsciously believed that tear gas spray was the weapons and equipment issued to them by the party, the property of the party and the blood and sweat of the people, and should not be wasted, even if this thing was really useless, it could not be used as a seasoning
The only thing that made Petrovsky feel dissatisfied with the whole set of equipment, or rather regretful, was that he did not receive a black fleece hood like the Chinese workers, although at first they thought it was a frightening object, and other than that, it was worthless, and it was not until one snowy and cold morning, when they stood in a military posture on the playground with their faceless Chinese workers and the Chinese workers, that Petrovsky deeply felt how beautiful it was to have a black hood...... To be continued)
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