Before you know it, the sun is starting to set.

North of Stalingrad, somewhere in Saratov's out-of-the-way suburb, four military transports cut through dense forests and came to a halt in a heavily guarded Soviet scout training camp.

Jumping down from the transport truck with the other recruits, Xia Jie paid attention to the two lines of tears jumping in front of him with sympathy, and hesitantly glanced at the expressionless bearded Rezenov beside him, the hairs on his back stood on end, and finally he couldn't reveal the identity of the culprit, so he could only say sorry to Li Ang in his heart, and then understand the cruelty of the disaster.

The other half, although Li Ang still made a lot of noise, but the veteran was looking at the compatriots who might become companions, and the reconnaissance veteran didn't let Li Ang really get off the car and 'run'! Otherwise, it wouldn't be as simple as a ruptured hemorrhoid, I'm afraid it wouldn't be running and bleeding, followed by thirty happy northland hyenas with their heads up.

After gathering again, Xia Jie found that in addition to the seventeen people from Novis who came to this camp this time, there were twelve strange Soviets on the other two military vehicles, and they didn't know where they came from.

Just when the people of Novis thought that the 'recruits' this time were twenty-nine people, a shiny bald head stepped down from Leonov's head car, and in the sluggish expression of the prisoner of Novis, Shi Shiran put on his military hat in front of everyone's cheeks, and stood in front of everyone with great skill.

The next moment, a foul-smelling reprimand like Rezenov's feet resounded in the sky.

"My name is Petrov! Remember my name!! From today onwards, I will be your temporary training captain! Responsible for assisting Colonel Leonov in completing the selection training of soldiers! ”

'Wait, why the Colonel?' ’

Xia Jie thought that he had misheard, and turned his head, only to find that Rezenov was also puzzled.

Putting the completely stupid crowd in his eyes, a cruel smile appeared on the corner of Petrov's mouth.

"I have only one request for you! Obey! Obey! Still fucking obedience! Do you understand!! ”

"Hear clearly...... I obey your mother!! Petrov!? Where the did you come from?? No kidding! This isn't your Novis!! ”

Ivan, who had long been dissatisfied with Petrov, could not hold back for a while, and politely expressed his respect for Petrov's elderly mother in simple words in the admiring and sympathetic eyes of his companions.

Turning his head to look at Ivan, whose face was blue and white, the expression on Petrov's face did not change at all, but shouted loudly and reasonably.

"Idiot! First of all, you should obey me, not my old mother who died under the Stuka bomber...... Secondly, where I am, it is I who has the final say, not you idiot! At last! ”

When Ivan remembers the fear of being dominated by the devil's bald head, Petrov smiles cancerously, leaving Ivan in the face of death.

"Because of your stupid behavior! Ivan, tonight, without your dinner!! ”

"Oh!!! No!!!! You devil!! ”

Listening to the miserable wail echoing in his ears, Xia Jie couldn't help but recall that he had taken four points for the Chinese dictation question.

'There are often high apes howling, which is desolate, and the hollow valley sounds, and the mourning is long ......gone'

Although his mouth was still as stinky as ever, it was still different from what he had done in the camp, and after a brief explanation, Petrov returned to the ranks and stood still, as if he was in the same position as everyone else, and was also a soldier in training.

"Congratulations to you, as one of the best people in a hundred, you have successfully arrived in this most cruel but powerful place in the whole Soviet Union, and unfortunately, I cannot reveal any information about this place or this unit until you have passed the test and successfully joined.

I can only tell you that colonel is my real military rank, and two months ago, I was still a major, and I don't think I need to say more, you can understand what this means, this is a hell for the weak, but also a paradise for the strong. ”

As soon as his voice changed, Leonov, who was standing in front of the team of thirty people with his hands behind his back, spoke a little more seriously.

"In the next four weeks, as long as you are not eliminated, you will have an adequate supply of food, there are the best guys in the whole Soviet Union, you don't have to worry about your daily livelihood anymore, the only thing you have to do is to stay here as best you can, try to pass every test, and then return to your country by completing tasks on the battlefield.

You will spend a month searching for and perfecting your best military skills, and only the best soldiers with multiple skills will remain.

The daily study of basic theories will be placed in specific places in the training camp, and the actual combat training will be placed directly on the battlefield.

Language, explosives, infiltration, infiltration, camouflage, capture, first aid, etc., these are all things that you can learn here, where you have the best veterans of the entire Soviet Union as your teachers, and they will go out of their way to teach you, provided that you are not wasting their time. ”

After a pause, Leonov's tone softened slightly.

"Remember, this is not a place for you to spend and retire, from here to the front line, only a short three-hour drive, the German tanks can break through the Stalingrad line at any time and drive straight in, from now on, you will no longer have any chance to relax, only adapt here, you can survive, what questions are there now, you can ask, after that, you will only be accompanied by assessments, tasks and training ......"

"Sir, if we fail the assessment, where will we be sent? Will they be sent to the original troops? ”

It was a young man with a thin and thin blond hair who spoke, in Xia Jie's opinion, such a physique was obviously not a combat-type talent, Xia Jie was very curious about how this young man he had never met was selected, maybe there was a chance to communicate and try to learn something.

Shaking his head, Leonov replied seriously.

"Unfortunately, the losers will not be sent back to their original units, and for the sake of secrecy, the losers here will be imprisoned and spend the rest of their lives in Moscow prisons.

Either to be released by the Germans, or to leave prison after the war, there was no third option. ”

"Hiss......" Everyone gasped and suppressed the uneasiness in their hearts slightly.

"Got it......"

Hearing this, the blonde young man who got this answer was a little depressed.

"I would like to ask, how exactly does the training work here? Is it a group training? How is the assessment made? ”

"Since someone asked, I'll explain it to you now."

Leonov said in a deep voice.

"For four weeks, the daily routine here is only training and assessment, training is individual action, and assessment is a group action with a squad as a unit.

During the training, as long as they do not approach the warning area of the training camp without authorization, they will not be shot on the spot as deserters, and if they want to go out, they must be accompanied by a pass and an assessment officer, otherwise they will be dealt with as treason.

Everyone is completely free to move in the camp, you have to spend your own time, you just have to take responsibility for yourself, and the meals are provided all day.

To put it simply, you have to seize all the time, plan your time, find the most suitable teacher for you, absorb and digest things in the shortest time, and get a certificate of skill from your teacher, which can be regarded as a complete training.

The assessment is divided into weekly assessment and final assessment, and the weekly assessment is a personal skill assessment, and if you fail, you will be sent away. The final assessment is to conduct the actual combat assessment in the squad as a unit, which is also what I want to tell you in advance, in daily training or actual combat training, you can try to cultivate tacit understanding with your peers who have complementary advantages with you, and after passing the final assessment, you can form an independent team to act together.

In the first three weeks, you need to obtain at least one skill certificate every week, otherwise you will be eliminated, and before the final assessment after four weeks, you need to obtain at least three or more skill certificates in order to be eligible to participate in the final assessment, and the final military rank is also graded by the skill certificate obtained by the individual after passing the final assessment, if someone can master more than six skills, the highest can directly obtain the rank of captain, and when there is outstanding contribution in the subsequent tasks, you can be promoted directly to major, This is the only place in the Red Army where there will be no abnormal obstacles to promotion, and you have to seize this opportunity for yourselves. ”

It was only after the flushed crowd had almost digested the information that Leonov continued.

"If there are no other problems, let's get started, go to Petrov and get your ID card, remember, I'll just say it once.

If you lose it, if you don't want to live in a prison in Moscow, you can find a place to bury yourself, if you are stupid enough to be so stupid, don't come to me, there is no extra identity card, and I don't have time to waste time with the idiot. ”

Only when Leonov left did Petrov stand up again, with a sneer on his face, and took out six strands of separated alloy identification cards from the canvas bag around his waist.

"Chartier, you're number 11, remember to take it, don't lose it."

Taking the thumb-sized identity card from the meaningful Petrov's hand, Xia Jie carefully looked at the single-person identity card.

The identity tag as a whole is dark copper, and the surface seems to have been matte, which does not look reflective.

The back of the identity card is the familiar five-pointed star and sickle axe, and the front is the Arabic numeral '11' with tassel lace, and there is a pattern of Moscow after '11', and there is no imaginary imprint of his name, it seems that he who has not passed the assessment is really not 'his own person'.

A group of 30 soldiers was trained, with a total of 30 identity tags.

In this way, it seems that the identity card in his hand has probably been used many times......

Just as he was thinking about it, Rezenov walked over and patted the identity tag he wanted to carry around his neck.

"It's best not to leave this thing, the lock is strong enough to carry the safest."

Nodding, Xia Jie stopped observing, and after hanging the identity card around his neck, he used the [S] padlock to fasten the connection point, and then locked it through the knob, because the card chain is also made of polished alloy, but there is no need to worry about hurting the skin.

"Chartier, let's not waste time, let's go eat something and start, I just asked, the cafeteria is on the east side, and the personal dormitory is on the south side."

The playground where the transporter was parked seemed to be in the center of the training camp, and although it was located in the suburbs, there were many low-rise man-made structures that seemed to have been erected temporarily, and it was unknown what was inside.

At this time, the sky had darkened, the sky was a little dim because of the special camouflage net, and the small searchlights in the camp were lit up one by one with a distance of more than ten meters from each other, although they were not too bright, but they emitted a dim light that was enough to make people see, in Xia Jie's opinion, it was a little warm.

Xia Jie guessed that the shelter nets and this dim light source in the camp were probably set up to avoid detection by German bombers.

It is worth mentioning that he has always preferred the dim light emitted by incandescent lamps in the past to modern cold lights and LED lights.

Following behind Rezenov, Xia Jie observed the environment of the training camp and asked casually: "Brother, in terms of personal training, which ones do you want to choose?" Also, what do you think I can do? ”

Rezenov, who was walking in front, thought about it for a while and had the answer in his heart.

"On my side, I'm probably going to choose skills like fighting, shooting, demolition, or interrogation, because I've trained in these areas before, so it should be easier to come here...... If it's you, choose martial arts, shooting is definitely no problem, your training in Novis will make you have a lot less effort to learn new, as for the rest, I am not very good at giving you advice, after all, you have a lot of things that you have not been exposed to, you don't know what your talent is, these things are better you better contact yourself. ”

"Got it......"

Soon, the two of them entered a medium-sized two-story building in the dim light, the aroma of potatoes and meat wafted from the hallway, and the two looked at each other and entered the lighted room.

The layout of the cafeteria is similar to Xia Jie's university cafeteria.

There are light bulbs hanging from the ceiling, and there are long wooden tables and iron benches, which can seat about twenty or thirty people.

It may be because of the tiring day, there are not a few people in the cafeteria at this time, Xia Jie can see a lot of familiar faces from Novis, and of course there are also fresh faces.

Before coming to the window, Xia Jie stretched his neck, but he didn't see the familiar rice trough in the university cafeteria.

"Everything here is freshly fried, some of the ingredients in the canteen have been written on the board, read the board newspaper yourself, and then tell me what you want to eat, how much black bread and potatoes are enough, other ingredients are limited, only wait for the next material truck to arrive."

There are no other rules, the only rule is that food is not wasted. ”

(End of chapter)