The armored train no longer knew how it returned to its own trenches, and it didn't even remember how it destroyed the enemy tanks. All he knew was that after leaping into the trenches, he was heroically welcomed by all his comrades, and almost every member of the Punishment Battalion who remained in the trenches looked at him with teary eyes like Puppy, as if they had seen bones.

Not only these poor comrades, but even more incredible was the NKVD lieutenant, the Humpty Dumpty who had been unpretentious to the prisoners of the correctional camp before, looked at him with a strange look in his eyes, and there was shock and bewilderment in his eyes.

Yes, this lieutenant named Ivan was indeed confused by the cousin of the armored train, he had seen too many prisoners of the punishment battalion, and most of these people were cowards and cowards, belonging to the kind of cowards whose legs tremble when they hear the sound of gunshots, and who pee their pants when they hear the sound of gunfire.

As a commander who has participated in front-line battles, Ivan looks down on such cowards very much, and naturally will not treat such goods as human beings, and even deliberately let these people be sent to death, in his opinion, this is the best way to punish these bastards, only death can wash away their sins.

Before naming the armored train to attack, Ivan was actually taking revenge in disguise against this coward who had talked a lot before, just to kill him. In Ivan's opinion, the armored train is afraid that it will be killed at the first moment of jumping out of the trench, of course, even if God does not take this guy away in the first place, the enemy's tanks and infantry will do the same.

But what puzzled Ivan was that the armored train was so much smarter than the other cannon fodder, as these fools trembled towards the enemy tanks. Only armored trains thought of using the cover of the terrain. When others are machine-gunned into honeycomb coals or bombarded into slag by artillery. The armored train jumped unharmed to the vicinity of the enemy tanks.

At this time. Ivan was also a little surprised, and began to revise his opinion of the armored train, believing that this coward might be able to destroy an enemy tank for him as long as his hands did not tremble at the end, and if he could take out a tank No. 4, and then let the prisoners launch two human attacks, maybe another enemy tank. And then it will be possible to hold this position.

But then again, Ivan didn't actually receive an order to hold the position, and Rokossovsky's tactics were already known before. He implements elastic defense, and does not require the people below to blindly defend it. The reason why the punishment camp is required to stick to it is that this is the order of the Iwan people, one is to remove a few more scum, and the other is also for personal honor, if he can let the scum-like punishment camp stick to a position, not to mention guarding him for ten days and half a month, one or two days is also a great honor!

Ivan had heard that there was already a set of indicators above: the commanders of each punishment battalion would be awarded a Red Star medal if they could hold a position for one day. Holding on for three days is the Order of the Red Banner, if you can keep it for a week. Then the Order of Lenin is free shipping, and you may even receive an additional title of Hero of the Soviet Union and an Order of the Golden Star!

Although Ivan didn't think he could get the Order of Lenin or the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, he still wanted to get one of the Order of the Red Star, and the son who stayed in his hometown was still looking forward to his father's meritorious service! How can a father disappoint his son?

To tell the truth, when the armored train finally dropped the bomb, Ivan's heart also pounded, how he hoped that the armored train could be powerful!

In fact, the armored train was also very powerful, and the anti-tank grenade he threw accurately hit the enemy tank No. 4, and after a loud bang, the No. 4 tank struggled twice and finally did not move. At that moment, Ivan couldn't help but cheer: "Well done!" ”

Yes, well done, but even more beautiful is yet to come, and when the armored train succeeds in destroying a tank four, he is immediately exposed. Another No. 4 tank clicked and turned its turret, and it seemed that the guns would soon be fired, and the German infantry who came up behind the No. 4 tank also spotted the storage of the armored train, and fired rifles and submachine guns at him, and the rain of bullets and bullets made the dust under the feet of the armored train.

Even Ivan felt that the armored train was more than lucky, and maybe it would be ruthlessly torn apart by the rain of bullets in the next second, but the next scene blinded the dog's eyes, and in the baptism of the rain of bullets, the armored train was like a vigorous antelope, bouncing forward, and no bullet could touch the corners of his clothes.

In Ivan's words: "Victor is like a gust of wind, and like a flame, no one can touch the wind, and no one can tear the flame." He rushed forward quickly, tearing a gap between the bullets of the enemy's tank gun No. 4, which was so amazing that he rushed all the way to the enemy tank, and we were all stunned! ”

Yes, at this time Ivan once again revised his impression of the armored train, his nimble skills and sharp battlefield awareness show that he is definitely not a person who is afraid of battle, and the coward directly collapsed at that time. The armored train is by no means a coward, he is a true lone hero, especially after falling into the lowest point of his life, he has completely let himself go.

"But I soon found out that I was shocked prematurely," Ivan continued, "and the next moment Victor made another move that was completely unthinkable, and he jumped on the No. 4 tank in three easy steps, and knocked out the brains of the enemy's sluggish commander with the anti-tank grenade in his hand!" ”

This scene will never be forgotten by everyone, because the armored train "destroyed" the No. 4 tank in a way that ordinary people could not understand, and after smashing the skull of the enemy commander, he got into the enemy tank, apparently preparing to concoct the remaining enemies in the same way.

"We'll never know what happened to Victor after he got into the tank," Ivan sighed regretfully, as if sorry for not being able to witness it with his own eyes, "I only know that after a few minutes, the enemy driver and radio driver crawled out of the tank, as if the devil was chasing them!" ”

Speaking of this, Ivan laughed: "Later, when we cleaned up this tank, we found out that the enemy's gun commander and loader were killed, and Victor slit their throats with a bayonet. The tank was full of blood. Gee. If I were to be afraid, Comrade Victor is so brave and good at fighting, sometimes even our comrades-in-arms will be afraid! ”

Note that this is still not the whole story of the armored train, and instead of returning to his position in this tank, he made a cameo appearance as the commander, gunner, and loader, and for the next two hours he stayed in the turret and fired thirty shots. And after the battle, he used up all the machine gun bullets, and according to the statistics after the battle, he eliminated thirty enemies (including three people in tank group four), three half-track armored vehicles and one tank three.

What is even more interesting is that the exhausted armored train crawled out of the tank as if drunk, and staggered back to his position, and at that time both sides on the battlefield, both the Red Army and the Germans, watched him walk slowly and "calmly", in the words of the SS soldiers who were captured after the war: "That guy is a madman." A madman who is protected by God, he can do what he wants. No one dared to shoot him, because it meant death! ”

Yes, after this battle, the new nickname of the armored train was spread in the punishment camp, the son of the god of death, and everyone would look at him with awe, as if they were worshipping the gods.

However, the armored train didn't particularly care about this qiē, and he didn't think that his behavior was so great, and after being sent to the punishment camp, he kept thinking about one question: am I really wrong?

Until the answer to this question is known, he is in a state of confusion, in which he has no interest in the worship and reverence of others, or in the so-called honor. And this indifferent attitude earned him a new nickname - ICEMAN, that is, the Iceman.

This also made Ivan refresh his opinion of the armored train again, he felt that this newly assigned prisoner was a man with a story, and certainly not a coward as a mouse, a coward was all mud on the battlefield, and it was impossible for someone to have the amazing appearance that he had before.

Ivan was a man of heart, or ambition, and after joining the Internal People's Committee, he had a certain understanding of the dark side of the Soviet Union, and it was clear that some Red Army commanders and fighters were not sent to the punishment camp because of cowardice. On the contrary, this group of people is very good at fighting, and they are also very good at fighting, and the only reason why they are punished is because they have offended a high-ranking superior.

Ivan welcomes such capable people, in his opinion, those who drive away these capable people are simply short-sighted, it is true that these "thorns" are a little annoying, but they are better than those incompetent wretches. And in this war, the only thing that is not needed, or the only thing that needs to be eliminated, is the waste.

And those fools who are jealous of the virtuous and jealous of their abilities go the opposite way and turn back the wheel of history, which is really foolish. Yes, Ivan just thinks that those short-sighted guys are too stupid, this war is a test, only those who can do a good job of the tasks of their superiors and can win the battle beautifully can stay, and those dogmatists who only know how to copy books or aggressive roosters who are only good at the whole person will be ruthlessly eliminated.

Ivan didn't want to be eliminated, on the contrary, for a small citizen like him, who had been born poor and had been relying on his own efforts to climb up, this was an opportunity, and if he could prove his ability in this war, he would naturally have a bright future.

In other words, Ivan dreams of making big plans, and for people like him, it is very clear that if they want to make big plans, they will inevitably face a problem - talent. Ivan knew very well that he really did not know how to fight, and after graduating from the Political Academy of the Red Army, he was better at political work and propaganda and agitation work, and he was really a layman in commanding battles.

And now, he has to shoulder the command work on his shoulders, and to be honest, Ivan feels a lot of pressure. This is a game of those who can go up and can't go down, and there are not many opportunities, so you can't squander it. So he has always wanted to dig up a few talents who can help him share the pressure, but unfortunately, since he commanded this punishment battalion (company scale), all he has thrown at him is a bunch of garbage.

To be honest, this made Ivan extremely angry, he never imagined that his future would be determined by a bunch of garbage. If this group of garbage is too bad, then the boss will not think that it is the problem of this group of garbage, but will only think that he is too bad as a commander, and the easiest way is to replace him with a commander who is not too bad.

Although he will not lose his official hat after being replaced, Ivan knows that it basically means that the future is hopeless, so let's sit on the bench honestly!

And today. Just when Ivan was most desperate and thought that being replaced was inevitable. Armored trains turned out. used extreme personal heroism to help him get out of the sea of suffering in one fell swoop. Therefore, Ivan thinks that he has found a person who can help him, although he doesn't know how this person commands the battle, but it is obvious that this kind of Zhao Zilong-like bravery can also bring great help.

So Ivan felt that he should be nicer to the armored train and should treat him differently from other scumbags. Even at one point, he wanted to apply for a medal for an armored train, so he rushed someone's record, not to mention much. The Order of the Red Star definitely can't run away, right?

However, this thought was only for a moment, Ivan quickly dispelled this idea, it was very simple, most of the people who came to the punishment camp were due to lack of courage, and once they were proven to have courage, the armored train would probably leave the punishment camp soon.

Ivan doesn't have a single talent around him, so it's easy to find one, and it's so easy to send it away, it's just a fool's behavior!

So Ivan gave up the idea of applying for a medal for an armored train and turned to another way to woo this talent. He personally took a canned luncheon meat and a box of cigarettes and handed them to the armored train, happily commendating: "Well done." Citizen. This is a reward for your excellence, and I hope you will keep up the good work! ”

It's just that the armored train didn't say much about Ivan's kindness, and at this time, his main focus was still on thinking about life, so that Ivan's subordinates had a lot of complaints about this indifferent prisoner: "This guy just doesn't know how thick the sky is, don't say thank you, how much do you want to say thank you?" ”

However, Ivan waved his hand generously and said nonchalantly: "What do you know, capable people have a bit of character, as long as they can help us, what's the problem." Want to be grateful, see that group of scum is not? Ivan pointed to the other prisoners: "This group of goods, if you throw a bone at them, they will be able to sacrifice their knees, the question is what is the use of this?" ”

Ivan left in style, and he had to report the results of this morning's battle to his superiors as much as possible, believing that the superiors should be very satisfied with such a result. In fact, his estimate was very accurate, and the top was indeed very satisfied, the results of the punishment battalion in the past two days were too ugly, when the other troops fought impressively, only the punishment battalion was about to collapse at the touch of a button, and where it was placed, it would collapse, and the casualties would increase several times compared to other troops, this Nima was simply angry!

Anyway, there has already been a decision from above, if the cousin of the punishment camp is still "blind dog's eyes" today, then it is necessary to take drastic measures, whether it is to change the commander or shoot a few cowards who took the lead in escaping, it must be implemented immediately.

And at this moment, Ivan handed in a beautiful answer, for the first time he held a position for more than an hour, and also destroyed two enemy tanks and captured a relatively advanced tank No. 4 in the German army, no matter how you look at it, this is worth writing about!

"Very good, very well done, Comrade Savkovich, keep up this kind of appearance, and I will give you credit at once!"

This credit was quickly verified, and when the divisional engineer battalion towed the intact tank No. 4 to the division headquarters, Ivan was immediately awarded the Order of the Red Star, which he had long coveted. Even the division commander personally praised him: "Comrade Savkovich, it stands to reason that I should apply for you a Red Banner Medal, but your previous performance was too bad, so it was lowered by one notch and only awarded the Order of the Red Star." However, if you can continue today's table, I'm sure you'll be awarded the Order of the Red Banner soon! ”

With the shiny Order of the Red Star, Ivan didn't close his eyes all night, all he thought about was the words of the division commander, and he couldn't wait to get a new medal. With this excitement, Ivan found the armored train early in the morning, and when he saw that this "benefactor" could only curl up and sleep in the damp trench like the other prisoners, he immediately became furious: "Bastard, who made you do this." From today, Viktor citizens will enjoy the general treatment of officers of the Red Army, immediately executed! ”

Ivan felt that his hand was too beautiful, not only could he buy the "benefactor", but also let the scum who couldn't support the wall find a goal to strive for, if a little ordinary officer treatment could cheer up these guys, Ivan would probably have to wake up laughing when he slept.

It's just that to Ivan's regret, the second purpose seems to have been achieved, and the scumbags have sparkles in their eyes, as if they have the meaning of rejuvenating. And the first purpose, it was ruthlessly failed, and the armored train was completely uninterested in the so-called treatment of officers, and still did not express anything.

However, Ivan was not discouraged, he felt that as long as the kung fu deep iron pestle was sharpened into a needle, and it was impossible to buy people's hearts at one time, then he would come a few more times, and he would not believe that someone was really an ice lump. Of course, even if someone is an ice lump, he will let it out, and he must melt it.

Just when Ivan was trying to get close to the armored train, an NKVD herald reported to him: "Comrade company commander, the rear has sent prisoners over again, and the battalion commander asked you to give priority to selection!" ”

Ivan glanced at the herald, then at the unresponsive armored train, and then reluctantly left...... (To be continued......)

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