Kozhemiyaka. Alekseevich was an ordinary private in the 1st Machine Gun Regiment, who had only just joined the army in January 1917, and before he joined the army he was a happy tanner, and he hated this damned war in his heart. Because according to the original plan, in July of this year, he will marry his beloved girl, Maria. But the war destroyed all this, and he had to say goodbye to his hometown, leave his beloved fiancée, and take up a gun to work for the landlords and nobles.

Kozhemiyaka didn't want to work for the landlord or the nobles at all, thinking that back then, his father worked hard all his life as a cow and a horse for the landlord, what was the result? When he could no longer do physical work, he was mercilessly swept out of the house by the merciful old men.

Kozhemiaka remembers that day vividly, and the old man and his dog's leg demolished the only hut in their family where they could live, and ordered them to get out of here at once, and break their dog's leg if they dared to stop.

That day was the first major turning point in Kozhemiyaka's life, the family braved the cold wind, shivering and wandering the streets, and soon the anxious and angry old father died, and then the little brother who was not yet ten years old was also frozen to death, and the eldest brother was also frozen to death in one leg, if it were not for the kind Maria family, he and the old mother would not have escaped death.

Meeting Maria was the second turning point in his life, and Maria's father, his future master and father-in-law, was a tannery in the town. Of course, no matter how good the craftsmanship is, it is just a matter of chatter for the poor in this era, under the exploitation of landlords and aristocratic lords. This family is also tight.

But under such difficult conditions, the old father-in-law did not hesitate at all, and categorically decided to help the mother and son, not only giving him a job that could live, but also teaching his own skills.

At that time, Kozhemiaka's mother attributed all this to God's mercy, which gave their downcast family a chance to live. But Kozhemiyaka knows. It is not God's mercy that the Lord God, who enjoys the incense offerings in the church and is served by the priests and monks, does not care about the lives of the poor. The people he sheltered. It was the mastermind behind the tragic situation of their family.

From that time on, Kozhemiaka did not believe in miracles, he understood that it was better to ask for others than for himself. If you want to survive, you have to rely on yourself. He worked hard to absorb all the knowledge from his future father-in-law like a sponge absorbing water. Soon, he became the town's premier tanner, and even the damned old men were amazed at his craft, and from time to time they would generously reward him with a few small sums of money when they received satisfactory goods.

Kozhemiyaka would not be impressed by this little favor, he knew very well that the old men only thought that he was useful for the time being, and if he became dispensable, they would immediately change to that indifferent face. Don't talk about the reward, reward him with a whip to be more likely.

Although Kozhemiyaka hated these hypocritical and despicable old men, he did not think of resisting, he just wanted to work honestly and make money little by little. When he had scraped together a thousand roubles, he proposed to his master and married Mary.

The day came quickly, as the war entered its second year, in October 1916, when Kozhemiyaka carefully put the last kopeck into the piggy bank. He burst into tears.

The affair was quickly agreed, and the only thing Kozhemiaka had to do was to repair the new house, and the day it was completed was when he married Maria. But just when Kozhemiyaka was full of hope for his future, a conscription order fell from the sky, and he was forcibly conscripted!

It was a bolt from the blue, and Kozhemiyaka was stupid at the time, and he angrily protested to the conscription officer: "I have to enlist in the army for something!" The eldest young master of the Onegin family is also eligible, and he doesn't have to serve in the military for anything! ”

Kozhemiyaka's protest received no response, the conscription officer glared at him contemptuously, and then used the whip in his hand to slash his head and cover his face, beating him to death until he fainted, and then commanded the soldiers around him with disdain: "Drag it down, lock him up in the small black house and starve him for two days!" ”

Kozhemiyaka later learned that the reason why the eldest young master of the Onegin family did not have to serve in the military was very simple, first of all, he was a noble lord, and the life of the lord was precious, which was not comparable to their gray livestock; Secondly, the old man is very rich, as long as he buys off the conscription officer, he naturally does not have to serve in the military.

Kozhemiaka hated this unfair world, but he could do nothing but curse a few words in the little dark room. Soon they were loaded onto the train like cattle, and pulled to the front line with a snort, without any military training, and without even being issued a bayonet, like driving sheep, he and thousands of poor children like him were forced to the battlefield with **** by the war overseer.

They were greeted in purgatory, with machine guns roaring, cannons roaring, and gunsmoke and explosions irritating his nerves. He stumbled like a lost lamb between the mountains of corpses and fire, until a cannonball landed in front of him, and with a roar like a mountain and a tsunami, he was finally freed from it all.

Kozhemiyaka was already in the hospital in the rear when he woke up, well, it was a hospital, but in fact it was a few broken straw huts, in which the wounded were kept in captivity like cattle, and the pungent smell and the vicious nurses and doctors were all he remembered about the hospital. The sanitary conditions there are outrageously poor, and the black-hearted doctors secretly resell life-saving medicines, and there is no money? Sorry, then there is no medicine!

A kind comrade-in-arms told him that if he wanted to return home alive, it was best not to stay in this barn for a second longer, and the sooner he left here, the more secure his life would be. Kozhemiyaka was convinced of this, and the day after he came to his senses, he resolutely escaped from the barn and returned to his company.

However, although the person went back, Kozhemiyaka also lost something forever, and one of the eardrums burst and completely lost his hearing. In addition, one finger and two toes also told him to see each other again, if you count the seventeen or eighteen pieces of shrapnel that were not taken out of the body. Barely enough to break even.

Of course, Kozhemiaka was relatively lucky, he more or less picked up a life, and most of the fellow villagers who were driven into battle with him did not return, and it is said that the cannon shattered most of them in pieces, and they were not able to fight in human form. The casualty rate of the entire company exceeded 70%. It can almost be said that it is completely disabled.

After the first time he went to the battlefield, the 1st Machine Gun Regiment to which Kozhemiyaka belonged was transferred back to the rear for recuperation by his benevolent superiors due to heavy casualties. Petrograd. Hey! Kozhemiyaka entered the city for the first time in his life, and the prosperity of the capital opened his eyes, but these material things did not arouse his interest in the slightest. Because Kozhemiyaka knew very well that none of that was something that he, a disabled soldier, could have.

In the capital, what really opened Kozhemiyaka's eyes were all kinds of new ideas, and he learned for the first time that people are all born equal, and for the first time that the root of his tragedy was a society of all evils of exploitation. A never-before-seen belief was injected into his mind - if you want to live with dignity and be human, you must resist, you must overthrow all this!

Kozhemiyaka's mind has changed dramatically, just as he had learned the craft of leather making with his master, and he has once again absorbed new knowledge like a sponge, and his mind has changed every day, every hour, and every second. He grew up as a submissive small peasant and small craftsman. Gradually, he began to grow into a revolutionary fighter.

Kozhemiyaka felt extremely fulfilled by these changes, and he sincerely thanked his enlightener, their beloved regimental commander, Vishniak, who he felt was really as human as his name (Vishniak means spring) - which made him feel like a spring breeze.

Vishniak was a glorious Bolshevik. More than once, Kozhemiyaka heard him speak of Lenin and the great ideas of this revolutionary teacher. In his dreams, Kozhemiyaka had met Lenin more than once, and the only thing he could dream of before was Maria.

How much Kozhemiyaka wanted to see Lenin, he was satisfied even if he looked at him from afar. And on this day, his beloved regimental commander Vishniak excitedly informed him: "Kozhemiyaka. Comrade Alekseevich, Comrade Lenin will come to our regiment this afternoon. Give us a presentation! ”

At that moment, after a bang in Kozhemiyaka's head, he didn't know anything, the last time he felt the same way was when he was hit on the battlefield. He wondered if there was something wrong with his ear, and Kozhemiyaka tried to put the healthy ear to Vishniak: "Comrade commander, what did you say? ”

Vishniak repeated it aloud in his ear, and after confirming the news, Kozhemiyaka was as happy as a child, and rushed out of the smoke as soon as he could, shouting: "Comrade Lenin is coming!" Comrade Lenin is coming! ”

In anticipation of Kozhemiyaka, Lenin arrived at the station of the 1st Machine Gun Regiment on time, in fact this was not the first lecture of the Instructor to give to the soldiers today, he only went to the Petropavlov Regiment in the morning and gave an inspiring speech to the soldiers there, and after finishing the speech of the 1st Machine Gun Regiment, he had to go to another regiment in the evening.

Although the journey was very tiring, the Mentor could not see any fatigue at all, he was like the sun at noon, exuding a warm light and heat, shining on the hearts of every soldier of the 1st Machine Gun Regiment.

Kozhemiyaka was no exception, from the moment Lenin took the stage to begin his speech, his attention was focused on his mentor, and every word, every movement, and every look of his mentor touched his heart.

At the beginning, Kozhemiyaka was a little disappointed when he saw that Lenin was a small man, for a young man like him, the big hero in his mind is not to say that Yushu Lingfeng and a pear flower press begonia, but how can he be tall and powerful, and it is best to be able to scare the nobles and men into peeing their pants as soon as he appears.

But Lenin is not only not tall, but his brain is also a little too smart, and he is all gone, that shiny tile! It should be said that Lenin's first impression of Kozhemiyaka was not very good, which gave him a feeling that it was better to be famous than to meet.

But this emotion did not affect Kozhemiyaka from listening to Lenin's speech, and as the emotions of the tutor reached a climax, Kozhemiyaka's emotions were completely aroused, and he had never heard anyone explain the truth so thoroughly. Able to use the simplest language to tell profound truths.

Kozhemiyaka was completely moved by Lenin's speech, like a fan of later generations who met his favorite big star, he was crying, laughing and making trouble, completely like a mentally ill person, and the speech, which was scheduled to end at four o'clock in the afternoon, was postponed for two hours. Again, Lenin repeatedly stressed that he would go to another regiment to give speeches, hoping that his comrades would let him go as promised. This is it. The officers and men of the 1st Machine Gun Regiment, including Kozhemiyaka, were still reluctant to give up and sent Lenin three miles away!

Lenin came and went in a hurry, but Kozhemiyaka's mind was completely taken away by the teacher. That night all he thought about was what Lenin had said, and he couldn't sleep as he tossed and turned in bed.

At midnight. The more he slept and woke up, the more he slept, the more he slew, he couldn't hold back his excitement, jumped up and rushed out of the camp, ran on the country road, breathed in the fresh air, and looked at the red sun in the distance.

But no sooner had he opened his mouth than he noticed a figure standing in the distance on the banks of the Neva River. Rubbing his eyes and looking closely, Kozhemiyaka realized that it was his leader in the revolution, his beloved regimental commander, Vishniak.

Could it be that Comrade Regiment Commander, like me, was too excited to fall asleep after listening to Comrade Lenin's speech? Just came out to relax?

This was Kozhemiaka's initial idea, but he soon dismissed this possibility, because he realized that the regimental commander was not alone, and there was obviously a person standing next to him, although it was because of Guangyang's relationship. He couldn't see it very clearly, and he couldn't even tell if it was a man or a woman, but he was sure that it was indeed a man!

The leader's girlfriend is here? Kozhemiyaka guessed that his comrades-in-arms had a very clear impression of the beautiful girlfriend of the regiment commander's comrade. Every week, there was a day when the beautiful girlfriend of the head of the regiment came back to visit him. To be honest, the leader's girlfriend is so beautiful! With long blond shoulder-length hair, big blue eyes, and snow-white skin, this is simply the goddess in the minds of every normal man.

If Kozhemiyaka hadn't already had his beloved Maria, he might have fallen under the beautiful woman's pomegranate skirt like the rest of his comrades. Of course, the leader's girlfriend was pretty, but Kozhemiyaka always felt a little weird about this woman.

It's not that the regiment commander's girlfriend looks down on these little soldiers, in fact, she seems amiable every time she comes, she doesn't be domineering or doggy, and she is really good to them. But Kozhemiyaka always felt weird, and he felt that the amiability of the captain's girlfriend seemed to be pretended, giving people a false and unreal feeling.

This feeling is not strange to Kozhemiyaka, and this is the attitude of the village priest towards the poor people in the past, although he is merciful, but it always makes people feel full of morality.

However, Kozhemiyaka never told anyone about this feeling, let alone mentioned it to the regiment commander, and he thought that the reason why he felt this way was because of his prejudice, and he did not need to affect the relationship between the regiment commander and his girlfriend.

Seeing the two people in the distance slowly moving in their direction, in order not to hinder the couple in love, Kozhemiyaka hid behind the big tree very interestingly. As the sound of footsteps became clearer and clearer, the voices of the two men fell word for word in Kozhemiyaka's only healthy ear.

"Number one, Lenin came this afternoon and gave a rather brilliant and enthusiastic speech, which completely mobilized the emotions of the soldiers."

This voice Kozhemiyaka recognized that it was the voice of the regiment commander, but what confused him was, who was the number one that the regiment commander was talking about? Moreover, it seems very disrespectful to call Comrade Lenin so bluntly!

Kozhemiaka was wondering, and Number One replied: "Really? Hmph, that's good, I wanted you to continue to stir up the emotions of those soldiers, so that they completely lost their minds, but I didn't expect that Lenin helped me do it for me, hehe, and saved us a lot of effort...... What is the mood of the soldiers at the moment? ”

"Emotions are high! They are willing to sacrifice their lives for the so-called equal society of their dreams at any time, and as long as I give the order, they will not hesitate to take up arms and take to the streets! ”

"Great!" One let out an owl-like laugh, "You are ready, tomorrow at the earliest, the day after tomorrow at the latest, and Number Four will give you instructions!" After receiving the order, I want you to carry it out thoroughly without hesitation...... The bigger the scene, the better, and the more agitated the action, the better......"

As the two drifted apart, the rest of the words were not very real, but just the words they heard were enough to make Kozhemiyaka sweat. Although he didn't know where the number one who spoke to Vishniak was, there was no doubt that this guy was not a good man, judging by his night-owl laugh and gloomy tone.

A villain, sneaking in the dead of night with the regimental commander, even Kozhemiyaka can sense that something is wrong, as if they are hatching a conspiracy against Comrade Lenin?

As soon as he thought of this, Kozhemiyaka could not sit idly by, and at that moment he could not accept the fact that his beloved regimental commander was a traitor and a spy, and immediately wanted to go to Vishniak to ask for clarification, but he immediately dismissed this idea, if the truth was really as he guessed, I am afraid that it is not a good way to confront him, it will only startle the snake.

For a time, Kozhemika was in a hurry, and at this critical juncture he could not think of any way, if Comrade Lenin was hurt by his stupidity, then he would not be a sinner!

Wait! Comrade Lenin? As soon as he thought of Lenin, Kozhemia immediately had an idea, and as long as he told Comrade Lenin the news, with his wisdom, there would certainly be a way to solve it! ……)

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