Chapter 415 A soldier dies for his bosom friend
The Cossacks have never lacked courage. They have been indoctrinated from birth to fight and die for the Tsar.
The Cossacks are not afraid of death, but they do not want to die in an unclear and meaningless way, unable to bring honor to their families after death.
A soldier is the courage of a general, and a general is the soul of a soldier.
The soldiers on the front line are still fighting bloody battles with the enemy, and the commander in the rear has escaped first. How can we fight such a bloody battle?
George took a special train to Siping. The special train took a carload of wounded soldiers back to Vladivostok, and then never came back.
As long as Alexeyev's special train stops on the railway at night, the entire railway will stop running.
The first thing Kuropatkin did when he succeeded Alexeyev was to ask for a special train exactly like Alexeyev’s.
They are also special trains, giving Russian officers and soldiers a completely different feeling.
George is a Grand Duke and is eligible to take the special train. This is a privilege given to all Dukes by the Empire.
The special trains of Alexeyev and Kuropatkin made the Cossacks want to shoot at their special trains.
George's special train has become evidence of Grand Duke Yuriev's death battle!
Death is death——
Grand Duke Yuriev is the son of the Tsar.
It is the fate and glory of the Cossacks to die in battle with the son of the Tsar!
When George said the words "fight until the last moment", George was reshaping the military soul of the Kwantung Russian Army.
"I asked the soldiers to search the corpses of the Japanese soldiers to see if they could find some bullets."
Ivanovich also began to learn from the Japanese who used war to support war.
The weapons used by the Japanese army attacking Siping should all be Russian-style equipment seized from Arthur Fortress and Fengtian.
Arthur's Fortress does not store many weapons.
After the Japanese army captured Fengtian, they seized nearly 40,000 unboxed rifles.
After the war began, the Japanese army seized more than 200,000 rifles and countless bullets.
"It is better to let the boys have more time to rest, the bullet is a fool, the bayonet is a hero!"
Petrovich is a staunch supporter of Suvorov.
“When we die, we will have plenty of time to rest——”
Ivanovich is not afraid of death, for him death is liberation.
Ivanovich would rather die in battle than live a useless life.
Before dying in battle, Ivanovich hoped to kill more Japanese and have a lot of fun after going to hell.
Ivanovich was born in a traditional Cossack family. His grandfather died in the 9th Russo-Turkish War. His father received a medal for his outstanding performance in the 10th Russo-Turkish War. Qi won the opportunity to attend military school.
Ivanovich has six children. If possible, he does not want the children to repeat their fate. He hopes that the children will become ordinary farmers or workers and spend their lives in peace.
Di——
The whistle sounded again, which was the signal for the Japanese attack.
“For the Empire!”
Ivanovich drew out the Chasik saber he was wearing.
“For glory!”
Petrovich had some difficulty getting up, and his leg was injured in three places.
At this time, a strange sound suddenly sounded in the air.
咻咻咻——
Petrovich and Ivanovich looked up and found countless shells with tail flames in the air, flying towards the attacking Japanese army.
This was the first time Petrovich and Ivanovich knew what carpet bombing was.
A woven carpet of fire and death.
George needs time to regroup.
After the fall of Fengtian, the formation of the Russian army was almost completely disrupted. They could only fight independently and were defeated by the Japanese army one by one.
George took the remaining main force of the First Kwantung Army as the main force, plus the reinforcements that had just arrived, and reorganized it into the First Far East Army, appointed Linevich as the commander, and gradually took over the defense line.
The Second Army and the Third Army suffered heavy losses in the previous battles. George reorganized them into the Second Army and appointed Ye Luoxin as the commander as a reserve force.
The Russian troops stationed in various places in Kanto are rushing to Siping one after another. They will form the Third Army, with Brusinov as the commander.
The soldiers of the 37th Regiment who were still able to fight were incorporated into the Second Army. Both Ivanovich and Petrovich were sent to Ice City for treatment.
Petrovich was injured in 5 places on his body, but fortunately the injuries were not serious.
The wound on Ivanovic's leg became infected, and he fell into a coma after being sent to Bingcheng. After diagnosis, the Bingcheng doctor decided to amputate Ivanovic's leg.
“Doctor, think of a way, Ivan can’t lose his leg, otherwise Ivan will be finished——”
Petrovich, who remained calm in the face of the siege of more than ten Japanese soldiers and killed four of them with his own hands, begged for Ivan's feet.
The Cossacks became a monk after joining the army. Once they became disabled, in order not to burden their families, they would either self-exile or commit suicide.
"Don't get excited yet. Cutting off his leg may not save his life. His wound is seriously infected. Once complications occur-"
The doctor is very unhappy optimism.
Ivan is an officer, so he has the opportunity to receive treatment.
If he were an ordinary soldier, Ivan would have no chance of being sent to Ice City.
“I don’t care, if you saw off his legs, I will chop off your head!”
Petrovich, who had just emerged from the mountain of corpses and sea of blood, would never accept it. destiny.
"Guards!"
The doctor didn't talk nonsense to Petrovich.
Two guards came over, grabbed Petrovich and dragged him out.
"Doctor, please, Ivan cannot lose his leg, his child has just been born——"
Petrovich held on to the doorframe and refused to let go. After all, the doctor couldn't bear it: "If you can find a way to send him to Vladivostok, then maybe there is a way."
Vladivostok !
Even if Petrovich spends everything he has, he still has to fight for a chance of survival for his brothers who share life and death.
After George became the governor of the Far East, more than 40 trains traveled between Amur and Ice City every day.
Petrovich and Ivanovich are both officers, so going to Vladivostok is actually not that difficult.
Vladivostok Hospital has received many injured Russian officers and soldiers since the war began.
In order to alleviate the shortage of manpower, George even sent medical students who had not yet graduated to help in the hospital.
The treatment level of Vladivostok Hospital is indeed much higher than that of Ice City Field Hospital, and Ivanovic's injury was quickly brought under control.
Petrovich is active by nature. Although his injury has not healed, he runs around in various wards of the hospital all day long. Not only does he bring Ivan the latest battle reports from the front line and new things happening in Vladivostok every day, but he also She has a close relationship with a Korean nurse in the hospital.
“If Yulia finds out, be careful Yulia will cut you off——”
Ivanovich’s physical fitness is very good, his will to survive is stronger, and the wound infection is very easy He was soon under control and his spirits were getting better and better.
“Try this, have you tried it before?”
Petrovich took out a bag of durians and shared them with his good brothers.
"Sukabule, you are so disgusting!"
Ivanovich looked at Petrovich with horror in his eyes.
"Quack, quack, yes! I'll let you eat Xiang today-"
Petrovich couldn't help but stuff it directly into Ivanovich's mouth.
Ivanovic struggled desperately at first, preferring to die rather than surrender——
Then there was a large-scale fragrance scene.
“It’s delicious. This is a fruit from East India. Do you know where East India is?”
Petrovich was proud of the fresh things he had seen in Vladivostok these days. There are more things than I did in St. Petersburg in half my life.
“You forgot, we said we would go to East India for vacation together after the war is over.”
Ivanovic still has more to say.
The sunshine in the tropics is too tempting for Russians.
“You know, if we go to the East Indies, each of us can get a hundred acres of land and find an easy and comfortable job.”
Petrovich looks forward to the future .
“Cut——”
Ivanovich is disdainful, do you believe this stuff?
"It's true! The nephew of my friend's neighbor's second uncle's aunt has passed away and is now working as a tax collector in Yecheng. He has four wives and is very happy——"
"That friend?"
"Uh, I just met——"
"Hmph——"
"Don't believe it. East India is the private domain of Grand Duke Yuriev. If you don't believe me, how can you not believe Grand Duke Yuriev?"
"Really!"
Ivanovich finally looked serious.
Pop!
Petrovich slapped Ivanovich hard on the thigh.
"Damn it, I'm going to fight you!"
Ivanovich was furious, I was a wounded person, and he was injured in the leg.
After a while of quarreling, the ward finally became quiet.
Fortunately, there were only two people in this ward, Ivanovich and Petrovich, so they did not affect others.
On the table and cabinet between the two hospital beds, there is a pot of blooming crabapple flowers.
Begonia flowers are enchanting, beautiful and noble, and are known as the "Flower Fairy" and "Flower Royal Concubine".
Vladivostok is like a crabapple flower, so beautiful that it feels unreal.
“I took the subway today and went to the Siberian Hypermarket—”
Petrovich rambled on, wishing he could lend his eyes to Ivan.
“The merchants in St. Petersburg are so shady. Last year I bought a bottle of pearl cream for Dalia, which cost me 6 rubles. Today I went to the Siberian hypermarket and only sold 2 rubles. Not only rubles, but also a bottle of perfume——"
"Where's the perfume?"
"It was given to Anna——"
Anna was the little nurse who was inseparable from Petrovich.
Ivanovic looked disgusted and was possessed by the old man in the subway.
“After this battle, no matter what you do, I will definitely go to East India to have a look. If it is suitable, I will immigrate to East India. If it doesn’t work, I can stay in Vladivostok. I can fight for Grand Duke Yuriev, but I don’t want to sacrifice my life for St. Petersburg. My Sophia is still waiting for me to love her——"
Sofia is Petrovich's youngest daughter.
Ivanovich is very curious and doesn’t know why the old man has changed so much in just a few days.
As far as Ivanovich knew, Petrovich had never met Grand Duke Yuriev.
So Ivanovich doesn’t know why Petrovich has such a good impression of Grand Duke Yuriev, whom he has never met.
“In the intensive care unit above us, there lives a soldier who personally killed more than 20 Japanese soldiers in Fengtian. He has been in a coma for 3 months. The hospital spent more than 5,000 rubles to save him. Grand Duke Yuriev Didn’t give up on him——”
Petrovich's feelings are very simple, and he will die for his confidant.
(End of this chapter)