The troops marched from seven in the morning until four in the afternoon. Except for the time to eat and rest, the whole army was on the road for at least seven hours!

Even if the march was no longer in a hurry, the soldiers still maintained their usual walking speed, the so-called four kilometers per hour. Although the fighters were very tired, few were complaining.

Long marches on foot, and easy to get blisters on the soles of people's feet, or even multiple blisters! The warrior's shoulders were also red from the backpack, and two red "blood bands" penetrated through them. "The soldiers in these situations have long been mentally prepared, but there are still some fighters who find that their inner thighs are also ground blood red, and gradually, they are faintly painful when they walk.

Some veterans have long known the disadvantages of long-distance marching, the so-called grinding of feet and crotch. The veterans wittily found some parachute silk from the tailor's workshop and made them into socks and panties, which solved these problems very well.

These are tolerable physical injuries, and the worst is varicose veins in the calves on long marches. Fortunately, according to the commander's order, all the soldiers without exception beat their leggings with sackcloth, which objectively strengthened the soldier's marching efficiency.

Most of the warriors had their bitterness in their hearts, and their desire to kill the enemy overcame their own suffering. There are also some people who complain, and they are none other than the young soldiers!

Natasha doesn't know how many kilometers she's walked today. Thirty? Forty? All in all, it must be a staggering number!

She was carrying only a small bag, carrying a shot of SVT40 on her back, and throwing all the rest of her equipment on the carriage. Even so, she gradually had to grasp the handle of the carriage, and the whole person walked a little swaying.

Igor said with concern: "Natasha, are you too tired! ”

The girl looked back: "No! I'm fine."

"Are you really okay? I always feel a little haggard about you! With that, Igor untied the kettle and threw it over, "Drink some water." ”

Natasha accepted the gift and couldn't wait to unscrew the lid and pour herself tons and tons of them. She didn't think anything was wrong with it, but the little warriors under her command were very surprised.

Especially those female soldiers, they really couldn't help but mutter.

Some of the words were also heard by Natasha, and they were all strange words. She quickly closed the bottle and looked up at the girls who had to sit in the carriage on top of the large pile of potatoes because they were too tired to walk. She rebuked, "What are you talking nonsense? He and I are comrades-in-arms! I don't want to marry him! ”

Igor is not angry, he is carrying the anti-tank robbery, and this tough guy image will actually attract the attention of the little girl of this era. In that rough tone, he said, "Girls, don't be joking! I'm like your uncle, and I'm even more experienced in combat! When it comes to the battlefield, Natasha will command you, and I will assist you. Don't say anything stupid that she'll marry me, I'm already married! ”

Igor really didn't want to guess the psychology of fourteen or fifteen-year-old girls, and to be honest, they could still make some jokes before the big war. It is their fear of battle, so that they hide their fear by laughing. Or do they simply lack knowledge of war?

They must not be lacking in knowledge!

Igor fell silent, his head hooked, his deep eyes and slightly scruffy beard, and his fully armed appearance, for which any innocent girl would be in awe.

This group of children is not, Nina sitting in the carriage, she knows a little about Igor, especially the battle at the end of March, he is everyone's comrade-in-arms!

Nina sneered and asked, "Uncle Igor, are you married?" I guess you should have a baby, too! ”

"Huh! You girl actually asked me this. How shall I answer you? Of course I have children, and my wife is also very beautiful. ”

"Really? Your wife must have withdrawn to the rear. ”

Hearing such a question, Igor lifted his melancholy face and stared silently at the grinning Nina. The man's look was worth a thousand words, and Nina's smile faded away, and she guessed a lot of bad things, and realized that her problem was so bad!

"I'm sorry, I don't think I should have asked that."

Igor shook his head: "It's okay, in fact, my family is still alive, I don't know if they will think that I died in battle last year." As he spoke, Igor's expression gradually brightened: "Haha, they must not have imagined that I am still a soldier and beating fascists." ”

"So, you've been a soldier since the outbreak of the battle?!" The girl in question was Drochenko, but on weekdays the soldiers of the youth battalion used to call her name Anna, even Igor.

Speaking of which, the nickname of "Anna's" name is "Aniah". The real name of the girl who died in training was actually "Anna", and when she saw this Anna, Igor subconsciously remembered the past.

Igor replied in the affirmative.

"Oops! You've literally been fighting for a whole year! Uncle, are you honest, have you ever been afraid of death? ”

"Dead?" Igor's embarrassed little little: "I really don't want to answer you this question!" Anna, this is your first real time on the battlefield, don't think that you have experienced too many battles in the 17th Guerrilla Brigade, you are a spectator of those battles, this time, you are fighting as a soldier yourself! Tell me, my dear, are you afraid of death? ”

"Me? I'm not afraid! ”

The girl Drochenko said this, Igor categorically did not believe it, even if she had a surprisingly good performance in target shooting, and she was not intimidated in simulated battlefield training, but judging from her expression, the child still had some worries. Otherwise, she wouldn't have asked questions about fear of death.

Let such young boys and girls become warriors and plunge into the bloody battlefield, no matter what kind of enthusiasm they have to serve the country, it will be extremely cruel to them.

The march was boring, and many of the soldiers were exchanging words, and the commander would usually stop it. Now, the officers simply let it go.

Talking to this group of children can also be regarded as a means of dispelling the fatigue of the march.

Igor goes on to explain his view of war: "Children, there are two kinds of recruits I know, one is scared to pee his pants when he hears the sound of gunfire, and the other is not afraid to be afraid when he arrives on the battlefield. However, on the battlefield, it is not meaningful to be afraid or brave, because shells and bullets do not have long eyes. Compared to other fighters, you full-time precision marksmen still have a higher survival rate, because your role is to coordinate tactically when your troops attack. You must hide yourselves, because if you are exposed, you will be concentrated by the enemy! ”

His words were too straightforward, and the girls gritted their teeth one by one, and even the teenagers were worried one by one.

Some of them have been on the battlefield and made meritorious contributions, but does anyone really like the battlefield? No! No one is a real war fanatic, even Natasha, who killed more than 200 enemies, was forced by reality!

Of these girls, only Natasha knows the brutal reality of the battlefield best.

As an instructor, she often taught these little soldiers how to be a good sniper. Everyone is very envious of her high record, but her high record has also caused some people to fall into a misunderstanding, just like being a sniper, not only can you kill the enemy, but also achieve extraordinary results. Even if they say a lot of bitter words, only when they have experienced the battle themselves, can they truly understand that the battle record of killing a large number of enemies is not simple!

Natasha said loudly: "Comrades, you are actually excellent targets when you sit on the carriage. Whether we can achieve high results depends on our technical and tactical ability on the one hand, and on the other hand, it mainly depends on whether the enemy is stupid or not! The enemy is too exposed, and we can indeed pull the trigger lightly, and take his name! ”

"Huh?! It's really that dangerous! Drochenko was so surprised that she even wanted to jump out of the carriage.

Another girl, Tyusha Tarakova, grabbed her: "Anna, don't go on foot anymore!" You've got blisters on your feet, do you want to make them worse? ”

"But I'm going to be a great target for sitting here!"

The female soldier was like an actress, and Natasha didn't think it was funny, but the other fighters laughed sneeringly.

There was a female soldier sitting on the cart full of potatoes, and there was no one sitting in the carriage other than that! Balzen had to place the delicate girl in the car, and he actually allowed Natasha to get in the car, but Natasha didn't like it. As for the teenagers, they were only allowed to unload their equipment and throw it in the car. The reason for such special treatment naturally stems from the fact that he knows the commander's temper very well. Besides, he didn't want this group of children to come to war, especially girls.

He didn't doubt the courage of this group of children, but he was worried that their excessive courage would kill them all, after all, it was a fact that had happened! Besides, because of the reception of the reconnaissance battalion in Slavtzich, he really didn't want his soldiers to get too close to women, even if they were children!