The battle at the end of March was the last battle the cadet camp has ever experienced. Nearly half of the 100 men of the battalion were killed, and the battalion suffered a heavy blow, and there had been no military action for two months since then.

Yang Mingzhi also realized that it was best not to use this group of teenagers as ordinary soldiers. Their battles were not heroic, but the price of their bravery was a large number of unnecessary casualties. Soldiers in ordinary units can usually calmly look at the sacrifice of their comrades, and the death of a group of young soldiers with guns will undoubtedly bring a blow to morale.

Therefore, in terms of troop establishment, the juvenile battalion should be used as a garrison force in the blacksmith village. Only some of these elites, such as some sharpshooters, or older children, can be transferred to the regular army.

It stands to reason that Kharkov is past sixteen years old, and many Russians of this age are already bearded, tall, and at first glance adults.

He did not leave the unit and has always complied with the duty given by the commander - to train the team.

After more than a month of training, he thought that his unit was once again qualified to go to the battlefield. However, his application was never rejected, whether it was Yang Mingzhi or Yevlov, the junior battalion was not in the combat sequence of the front-line troops at all. These people want to fight, and almost only one situation can achieve it, that is, the German army will launch a full-scale third encirclement and suppression!

The current strength of the Cadet Battalion has fully returned to its position in March, with the addition of forty new recruits — cadets from the 17th Guerrilla Brigade.

As for the commander of this partisan brigade, Miroshniko, he counted all the people under his control who could afford to carry weapons as soldiers, and among them even teenagers of twelve or thirteen years old.

This kind of child, who can be said to be very young, whose homes were burned by the Germans, or whose parents died, in fact, revenge is still too far away for them, people must first live, and finding the partisans is undoubtedly a way to survive.

Miroshniko will only arm the boys, the girls, he does not give a damn.

After the guerrilla brigade suffered heavy losses, only a third of the population reached the guerrilla republic. As soon as they entered, they began to reorganize, after all, the general Yevlov, who remained here, still had a lot of full strength in the management of the army.

The strength of the guerrilla brigade was downsized, and the whole brigade was reduced into two battalions, in which the old man and the child were completely eliminated from the battle sequence. However, these people have experience of fighting, and if there are certain crisis situations, they may fight again.

Therefore, some of the elderly were invited to the arsenal to do the simple work of repairing weapons and making bullets. Some were also transferred directly to the mines, and placed in the "mine garrison camp", which was almost entirely composed of old men.

Children in the guerrilla brigades were sent to schools for management when they were too young, and older boys and girls were sent to the youth battalions for military training.

Forty-two more children were placed in Kharkov's management, and the burden on their shoulders was even heavier.

Kharkov was imagining the old way to train, and after a few days of training, it was found that the boys from the partisan brigade, this group of people were thorns. For disobedient soldiers, it is generally enough to kick them a few times, but Kharkov's actions almost turned into a group fight. Eventually, the disobedient person was locked up for a day.

It's not just the male soldiers who are in trouble, the new female soldiers are even worse.

The troops were running around the relatively smooth dirt roads in the forest, and most of them were running fairly neatly, except for a handful of female soldiers who looked like they were dragging and dropping.

Natasha followed closely behind Kharkiv, she really couldn't get used to the appearance of the crane tail of this group of girls, so she simply ordered: "The whole team!" Stop moving forward. ”

The veterans of the Junior Battalion are familiar with Natasha, and the newcomers are seeing her for the first time. The front team had stopped, but the footsteps of the rear team had not been heard, especially the dozen or so girls at the end of the crane, who had sturdily collided with the female veterans in front.

The ranks were a little chaotic, and Kharkov held his head and complained: "Natasha, your order is also too sudden. ”

"Yes! Very suddenly! Natasha pinched her waist, and her mood was not much better. Kharkiv, that's how you run the army? This army is loose and scattered, and it has regressed too much compared to half a month ago. ”

This is someone he likes, Kharkov naturally does not refute it. He shook his head and sighed slightly: "You're right, in fact, the situation is worse than you think." ”

"I think so, especially these ten soldiers in the rear." As she spoke, Natasha raised her emphasis: "You guys, get out of line!" ”

In fact, the ten girls who came out and Natasha are also about the same age, and the difference in temperament between them is too big. If Natasha is bold and heroic, these girls are only overwhelmed and out of breath.

One by one, they were panting with their mouths open, and Natasha was really not in a good mood for this appearance.

She harshly reprimanded: "Look at you, the troops are not running in order, and you have a huge responsibility." It's only been a kilometer before the whole team runs, and you're out of breath. In the future, you will participate in the battle with ten kilograms of equipment on your back, but I am afraid that you will collapse to the ground from exhaustion as soon as you leave the barracks! You guys! It is! Pack! Rubbish! ”

Whether it was a newcomer, a veteran of the junior battalion, and Kharkov, everyone was shocked by Natasha's words.

"Oh no, she's never said anything so excessive! What the hell happened to her?! Kharkov muttered, maybe she was too angry?

Natasha continued to be unrelenting: "Don't think that if you are a woman, you have power and a loose attitude! You did it, who do you think you are?! Since you are soldiers, you have the responsibility of defending the country, defending the guerrilla republic, and defending the 60,000 people here. Will the enemy not shoot because of your cowardice? Bah! Don't forget, you are women! In the hands of the enemy, they will indeed throw their weapons aside, and then tear your clothes like wild beasts, and finally strangle you all......"

Kharkov really couldn't listen to it and shouted: "Enough! Comrade Speroskina, say no more! ”

Natasha's face was gloomy, and she didn't say any more, because these girls who were about her age were already crying like pear blossoms.

Their crying also directly poked Natasha's heart, didn't she sobbed like this last night?! Suddenly, she realized the excesses of what she had just said.

Even apologizing to that Greta wasn't exactly what she intended. The enemy is always the enemy, the Germans should not be, there can be no good people, that woman must have deliberately approached Besica, even if she really became a citizen of the Soviet Union, all this was her means of preserving her life. Natasha believes that this is the truth, so why apologize for her actions yesterday?

It was the commander's strong criticism that caused her to fall into a deep self-contradiction.

The inspection documents were written overnight, and she really did a self-examination all night. The commander said a lot, if you can't face up to your identity, then you can't be a real soldier. What is a real soldier? First of all, you must be able to abide by military discipline at all times! Sweat hard in daily training, always be alert in battle, act according to the rules after victory, and especially not do the wrong thing of robbing the house with the attitude of a victor!

She thinks that she has lost face to the commander, how can she truly atone for her sins? I remembered the order of the morning commander: "You must train the children of the junior battalion to be sharpshooters." ”

Whether the commander was serious or not, she felt that she had to do the job perfectly.

As a result, when she returned to the juvenile camp this time, she saw a loose team and a group of so-called female soldiers at the end of the crane who looked exactly like ordinary girls, how could she be in a good mood?

Kharkov does not understand this, and the fighters of the junior battalion do not understand it even more.

It was the first time the veterans had seen Natasha so angry, and it was the first time they had heard her say a lot of expletives. The recruits met their "tactical guidance advisor" for the first time, but they didn't expect this beautiful woman's face to be arrogant and say a bunch of vulgar words.

Some people will be restrained, while others will stand up very presumptuously.

A teenager broke away from the team and shouted disdainfully: "You are also a woman!" Who do you think you are? Did the Germans tear your clothes and ...... you?"

Then there was a chorus of discordant laughter from the ranks.

As soon as he heard these words, Kharkov realized that something was wrong, and he rushed over with a brisk stride and punched the teenager fiercely.