Of course, this is only if, Kulikov is past the age of being cool, and he doesn't seem interested in damn war, he thinks that his joining the team is just a whim.

Looking at the Peter and Paul prison ahead, Kulikov decided to leave the team, he should go home, that was the right choice.

If Kulikov had just gone, the rest of his life would have been completely different, and he might have become an obscure farmer, guarding a few acres of his land, and then marrying an unusually strong wife and having a large number of children, exactly like his fathers.

Of course, this may be a better ending, and it is more likely that he will not survive this difficult three-year civil war, and he may be captured by the White Army, or he may be starved to death, and he may become cannon fodder for accidental killings in two places in the war.

Anyway, everything is up to Ken, but Kulikov's fate is definitely no better than staying in the army, and he is afraid that he made a wrong decision from the perspective of investment and output.

Fortunately, Kulikov was undoubtedly lucky, just as he stepped out of that leg and was about to leave the group, he found that he could not walk, and the flow of people coming up from behind would block all the passages, not to mention leaving, it was a luxury for him to want to get out of the group.

The flow of people on the inner and outer three floors carried him slowly, his feet were off the ground, he didn't have to move his legs at all, the team would lead him forward.

"Damn it!"

Kulikov cursed, he knew that if he wanted to break out, he would probably have to be ready to be squeezed into a meatloaf. And even if he can squeeze out of the line. It is also impossible to return to the square opposite. Unless he is willing to swim across the Neva in weather of a few degrees below zero.

If Kulikov wants to break away from the sea of people. There is only one way to go, and that is to follow the flow of people, and when he reaches the recruitment window, he should be free.

The team moved very slowly, and it took more than ten minutes to move a small step forward, and although it was not at all necessary to be trapped in the air, this state of involuntary movement made Kulikov very uncomfortable. Fate was simply going to play a joke on him, and he obviously wanted to go. but they wanted to leave him behind.

It wasn't until three o'clock in the afternoon that the sweaty Kulikov saw the hope of getting out of trouble, and finally it was the turn of Ivan and Alyosha in front of him, Kulikov cheered in his heart, and couldn't wait to rush out of the ranks.

But alas, he failed again, and the soldiers who maintained order angrily pushed him back: "Comrade, please obey the order and don't cut in line!" ”

Kulikov was a little crying and laughing, he wanted to tell the other party that he didn't want to cut the line. He just wanted to get out of the team, because he wasn't here to enlist in the first place.

But the soldier didn't care about him. Stuffed him into the team without saying anything, and taught him a lesson while stuffing: "If you want to become a soldier, you must first abide by discipline, comrade, please settle down!" ”

What else can Kulikov do? Although the other party's attitude is indeed a bit arrogant, it is completely understandable that no matter who faces this chaotic flow of people, they will feel impatient after maintaining order for several hours, and they will not have a good face for the thorn who took the lead in violating the order.

Kulikov could fully understand the other party's feelings, and he felt that it would be his turn soon anyway, and he would wait a few minutes and make it clear to the person in charge of recruitment.

Thinking of this, he endured it and focused his attention on Ivan and Alyosha in front of him, the two lovely lads who had suffered completely from fire and ice.

The tall and powerful, powerful Alyosha is undoubtedly the popular one, just by looking at the shape, you know that this is a great guy. And the other little chicken looks like Ivan, to be honest, his appearance is too bad, he looks like a third-class cripple, a little wind can blow him away, if nothing else, he will definitely lose the election.

"Comrade, can you give me another chance!" Ivan pleaded bitterly.

The head of the conscription, who seemed to have seen many similar situations, replied very formulaically: "Little comrade, you are active in the army, and your desire to defend the Soviet is good. But your body is too poor to meet the most basic requirements...... Moreover, there is more than one way to defend the Soviets, and working hard is also another way......"

Ivan was in a hurry, and all the people who had received this kind of "good guy card" before were eliminated without exception. And he didn't want to be eliminated, he grabbed the recruiting officer and begged: "Comrade, I really want to join the border police force, for which I gave up the opportunity to go to Moscow to go to university, can you ......"

Before he finished speaking, the recruiter's eyes lit up and he smiled: "Little comrade, you were really admitted to the university?" ”

Ivan knew that this was his last opportunity, and immediately took out the admission notice from his arms and handed it to the recruiting officer, and soon the attitude of the recruiting officer completely changed, and patted Ivan on the shoulder with a smile: "Why didn't you say it earlier?" Little comrade! The border police force especially welcomes such cultured comrades as you! ”

Ivan's experience made some of the people behind seem to see hope, and a few of them looked similar to him, and they also belonged to the kind of hopeless obvious eye-catching, and the small number of people who had been eliminated before also squeezed up again, shouting: "I'm a first-year Petersburg University preparatory student!" ”

"I got into college too!"

All in all, a new chaos broke out in the ranks in an instant, so Kulikov's departure plan was delayed again, and it was Kulikov's turn when the recruiters had dealt with these highly educated guys.

"Name!"

"Origin!"

"Age!"

Three cold questions were placed in front of Kulikov, blocking everything he wanted to say, and whenever he wanted to say his true intentions, he would be ruthlessly interrupted by the recruiter with other questions, and to be honest, it made him really speechless.

"Do you think he can be chosen?" Ivan, who was honorably selected, looked at Kulikov sympathetically, and he had a little affection for this new friend.

Alyosha looked at Kulikov, shook his head, and said, "I'm afraid not, he doesn't have a strong body like mine." Nor do you have a brain. If nothing else. He's definitely going to be knocked out! ”

Not much different from Alyosha's guess, the conscription officer really had little interest in Kulikov, compared to other better youths, Kulikov was too ordinary and did not see any merit at all, such a person was okay to join the Red Army, but it was completely impossible to join the border police force.

Not surprisingly, Kulikov will soon receive a good guy card. Then with this card, he can go home happily because he doesn't have to worry about it anymore.

"Comrade, your conditions are not up to ......"

When the recruiter read the lines from the script again, and when Alyosha showed such a look, a loud voice interjected: "Slow, he's selected!" ”

This voice was so sudden that not only the conscription officer, Alyosha, and Ivan did not expect it, but even Kulikov was taken aback, because this voice was a little familiar to him. As he walked on the prestige, Rokossovsky walked up to him with a smile.

"Konstantin. Comrade Konstantin Lovevich? The recruiter was a little surprised. I don't know why this top boss wants to open the back door for an inconspicuous guy, "This comrade doesn't quite meet our requirements......"

Rokossovsky completely ignored the conscript's explanation and said with a smile: "No, someone like him is exactly what we need!" As he spoke, he stretched out his right hand to Kulikov.

Kulikov shook hands with this former enemy in a daze, and he was very impressed by the young man who had defeated him.

"You are welcome to join us, Matvey. Captain Kulikov! Rokossovsky greeted warmly.

This sentence immediately dispelled all doubts, compared with ordinary recruits, the border police force needs officers more, especially this one is still a captain, to put it mildly, a captain can be a regiment commander in the Red Army unit.

This feeling of being in the spotlight was not what Kulikov wanted at all, and he smiled wryly: "That's all in the past!" ”

But Rokossovsky didn't think so, he took Kulikov and walked to the Peter and Paul fortress, and said very enthusiastically: "Last time, Comrade Andrei wanted you to join us, but you refused, it seems that you have finally figured it out in the past few months...... It's great, we're so short of officers right now, especially one like you with a lot of combat experience...... You couldn't have come at the right time...... I think Comrade Andrei will jump for joy when he sees you......"

Kulikov was tempted to say that it was really just a misunderstanding, but Rokossovsky's enthusiasm prevented him from opening his mouth and could only be reluctantly pulled into it.

Looking at Kulikov's distant back, Ivan, whose glasses were shattered, stabbed his little friend Alyosha next to him: "Man, it seems that our new friend is a big man!" ”

To say that Alyosha is not surprised or envious must be false, but this guy said very backbonely: "Isn't it just a captain? Hmph, when I go to the battlefield, I will definitely be able to become a colonel! ”

Not to mention these two little guys, Kulikov was very aggrieved and dragged into the office of a certain immortal by Rokossovsky, and Li Xiaofeng was naturally very happy about his arrival. Yes, although Kulikov is just a captain, uh, more strictly speaking, this thing is just a second lieutenant, but how to say that he is also an officer, no matter how bad he is, he can do a good job as a company commander. You must know that a certain immortal in Lu Dao is now short of even a squad leader, how can he look down on the company commander!

"Glad you joined us, Matvey. Comrade Kulikov! Your arrival has relieved my urgent need here, Makvi, immediately prepare a single room for Comrade Kulikov, prepare a full set of documents, and let him devote himself to work as soon as possible! ”

As he spoke, he said apologetically to Kulikov: "If it was in the past, I would hold a welcoming ceremony for you." But now that the situation is so urgent, we have to omit the redundancy...... In this way, you first act as an assistant to Comrade Konstantin and assist him in the conscription work, and as for the treatment, you will first enjoy the treatment of the brigade commander...... When everything is straightened out, I'll reschedule your work......"

Kulikov saw Li Xiaofeng in a daze, and then accepted the position of a captain in a daze, although he didn't know what the position of the captain was, but there was no doubt that this position was not low, because Rokossovsky was only the captain.

But what hurts Kulikov is that he never wanted to accept the position of captain, he really just strayed into the "White Tiger Festival Hall"! Kulikov really wanted to find Li Xiaofeng to make things clear. It's all just a misunderstanding. He's just a soy sauce party that he strayed into.

But. When he just came up with this thought, he felt embarrassed, and seeing how much people trusted him, he gave him a captain without saying a word, and the problems of accommodation, food, and clothing were all solved immediately. Such enthusiasm and kindness made Kulikov really feel embarrassed, at least embarrassed to say that he was going to leave immediately.

Kulikov was a man of gratitude. He felt that he didn't do anything and just left, which was really unpleasant. He felt that he should do something, at least to help the other party solve the urgent need, such as solving the problem of recruitment, and then it seemed more reasonable to leave at that time.

So, Kulikov stayed in such a daze, but he didn't know that this stay was a lifetime, when he wrote his memoirs in his later years. I still can't cry or laugh at this past.

However, although Kulikov got on the thief ship by mistake, he was a very serious person about his work. Especially when he does things with a grateful attitude, it is even more serious. At first, he didn't point fingers, just quietly followed Rokossovsky's side and watched silently.

He really lacks understanding of the new gadget of the border police force, and he will never meddle in what he does not understand, which is the golden rule he learned from the battlefield. It is true that the border police force is very different from the army that Kulikov knew, first of all, in name.

In the past, the regular army of Russia was organized at the level of group army, army, division, and regiment, but the border police force was different, the highest level of establishment was the general unit, then the detachment, and the detachment was subordinate to several brigades, followed by squadrons, squads, and detachments.

Of course, Kulikov did not find it strange that only this level of grouping was just a change of name, and it would not be enough to follow the previous set. However, what baffled him was that although the establishment of the border police force at this level was clearly understood, there was a blank space on how many people and how much equipment each level of establishment has.

Let's put it this way, the so-called corps may be at the brigade or regiment level, or it may be at the group army and army level. However, everyone knows that the gap between the brigades and regiments and the group armies and armies is huge. How can you be so sloppy?

In fact, this is not sloppy, but Li Xiaofeng himself does not know what the size of the Ludao Border Police Force should be now. In the past, according to his original idea, the corps was a brigade, with a number of regiments or battalions, that is, detachments, and a total of six or seven thousand people would be alive.

But this time the conscription completely disrupted his plan, and the young people who signed up were too enthusiastic, if he wanted to, he would wave his hand to recruit thirty or fifty thousand people as if he were playing. The establishment of 350,000 people is completely enough for the army, so the general corps is at least an establishment at the army level.

To be honest, Li Xiaofeng at this time really wanted to become a fat man in one breath and directly get a military seat. Fortunately, this guy still retains a little bit of sanity, with his current financial resources, he can't support an army, and it is certain that he can't recruit so many people.

However, he was not happy to let a certain immortal wave his machete and cut the number of people to six or seven thousand, because the quality of the recruits recruited this time was not bad, at least much higher than those recruited by the Red Army in the same period. Let him give up all these good seedlings, this guy is really reluctant.

After thinking about it, this product can't make up its mind, so except for the team formation that was originally discussed with Yegorov, the other more advanced formations are naturally blank. Of course, it will not be long in the gap, because Yegorov will never allow the troops he will command in the future to remain blank.

"Comrade Andrei, what the hell are you doing? Isn't the matter of compilation already decided? Why did you change your mind again! Yegorov was furious about this.

Li Xiaofeng knew that he was at a loss, so he could only explain: "The development of the situation exceeded my original estimate, at the beginning I only planned to build one brigade, and now the people who come to sign up are more than enough to get two armies!" ”

Yegorov was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically: "But the Central Committee only agreed to build a brigade, right?" ”

Li Xiaofeng replied a little slyly: "No, according to the spirit of the central government, the border police force will be a unit at the military level, but the conditions do not allow it now, so we can only build a brigade first!" ”

As soon as Egorov heard this, he understood that someone was going to play a sideline game and expand the size of the border police force in disguise, but it was taboo to do so, and he reminded: "Comrade Trotsky probably will not agree!" ”

Li Xiaofeng replied with some distress: "I know the way." "Trotsky was not satisfied with the sideline ball of the border police force, and if he played the sideline ball at the same time, it seemed to anger the second mentor, and this was the problem he had the most scruples.

"Can we do that?" Li Xiaofeng cautiously asked Yegorov for advice, "Let's build a brigade first, but outside of this brigade, build a reserve ......."

"Reserves?" Yegorov was surprised, the border police force still needs reserves? What is this statement?

"It's normal!" Li Xiaofeng explained solemnly: "How can there be no dead in war? How can there be no attrition? We only have one brigade, and we have to replenish it if there is a large-scale attrition, right? Could it be that he is temporarily recruiting new recruits? This will greatly affect our combat effectiveness! Therefore, in the long run, we can do a good job of reserve work in advance, and replenish it immediately if there is a attrition, so as to ensure that our combat effectiveness is not! (To be continued......)

PS: Bow and thank the little monk for being able to hold a comrade!