Chapter 2512 Heroes Group

"Koronov didn't catch up, he was shot, in the pit over there!"

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The squad leader who jumped into the trench first was putting a bayonet on his AK, ready for close combat at any time. A soldier who jumped in behind him brought unfortunate news. One of the only two semi-automatic riflemen in the squad fell behind and his life or death was unknown, and the other had already died in the battle half an hour ago.

"We can still fight, now it's close combat! We can fight without semi-automatic rifles, we have an advantage over automatic weapons in firepower!"

The deputy squad leader insisted on continuing the attack along the trench, while the squad leader was thinking about other issues, and an unquestionable order came out immediately.

"Sasha, go check the situation and find a way to take Koronov to the nearest medic. The Germans were just defeated, but you still have to be careful. There may be other Germans watching you. Hurry up!"

"Got it, leave it to me, I'll go over right away."

The squad leader was a little surprised, as if he couldn't understand the squad leader's order, but for some reason he didn't say it on the spot, let alone raise objections or stop it. He just stared at his old comrade in front of him and gave an order that didn't seem like his style.

Seeing Sasha, the most agile in the class, turned his head and ran away to the other side of the trench, he glanced at the squad leader who obviously looked wrong, and the squad leader who had installed a bayonet on the AK in his hand added another answer at the last minute.

"Yesterday, the company held a meeting. Koronov's two remaining brothers died. His family of six men, including his father, all went to the battlefield, leaving only him. The company commander has applied for a commendation for him. Even if he is disabled, I want him to go back alive. I believe he is not dead yet."

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It was not uncommon for all the men in the family to go to the battlefield during the Great Patriotic War. The young soldier named Koronov was just one of tens of millions of such families.

What the squad leader did not say and did not have time to say more was that the reason he could do this was actually related to another thing.

The vacation half a year ago left a deep impression on the squad leader, who was over 30 years old. At that time, he came downstairs of his house with a luggage bag and shouted loudly to his wife and children to give his family a surprise.

But he never expected that countless windows on the floors in front of him would open in an instant, and faces full of expectation and excitement would come out from inside, young and old, men and women, but in just a few seconds, they would return with the loss and worry that could not be hidden. In the end, only that window was not closed among countless windows, and laughter came out.

"Dear, God, you are back!"

"Dad, Dad!"

That night, the squad leader, who was holding his two young children and leaning on the sofa with his wife in his arms, thought a lot, as if even the long-awaited reunion was diluted by these complex emotions. Those faces who opened the windows with expectation but returned with loss and worry were like a series of carved murals, deeply imprinted in the squad leader's heart.

The squad leader, who was over 30 years old, knew that behind every window opened at that moment represented a military family, just like his own family, but many of them might never be able to wait for a moment like today's family.

"What are you thinking about, dear? The children are asleep, and you should rest early. You must be exhausted after coming back from the front line."

The wife beside her noticed her lover's worries, but the squad leader, who was tossing and turning on his arm, didn't know where to start.

After a long time, the squad leader, who was sitting on the bed and lighting a cigarette, finally told a story that had been buried in his heart and had never been told to anyone before.

"Before I joined the Leader Division, I always thought it was glorious to die on the battlefield. Those who watched their comrades fall but survived were cowards. Living like that must be a shame and disgrace. It was not until I joined the Leader Division that I met him, Malashenko, our division commander comrade."

"In his speech that day, he said something I had never heard before. He said that his duty was not only to make the Leader Division victorious in every battle and to lead victory in the name of the leader, but also to live up to everyone who trusted him and do his best to bring everyone back alive from the battlefield. And he asked every commander under his command, including squad leaders like me, to do this."

"At that time, I thought it was a joke. How could it be possible? At that time, I thought victory and casualties coexisted, and huge Victory will always come at the same price of casualties. Our enemies will never show mercy at any time. They will do their best to kill us before we defeat them. Victory will definitely come at a price. "

"But later I found out that I was wrong, completely wrong, because he really said it and did it. "

"He was like the Nazis' worst nightmare, commanding us again and again to take away the lives of those scum with unimaginable efficiency. "

"The powerful leader division I know is completely different from the powerful leader division shown on the actual battlefield. As an infantryman, I have never felt that destroying a group of Nazis would be so efficient or even easy. Too many Nazis have been eliminated or collapsed before they come into contact with us infantrymen. "

"The casualties after a big battle were completely different from those of my original troops. Many people could survive. I was surprised to find that the faces around me became more and more familiar. This was unimaginable in the past. After every battle, I have to remember new names and meet new comrades, sometimes even the majority, but it is completely different in the leadership division."

"I have thought about these things and simply believe that this is an advantage in maintaining the combat effectiveness of the troops and is the key to leading the division to be so elite."

"But today, when I saw the faces and expectant faces peeking out of countless windows, I finally understood the true meaning of Comrade Commander's original words and understood his intentions."

"I will do my best to bring every one of you back alive from the battlefield. The soldiers entrusted their trust to the general. This is the reward of the general. It is an unshirkable responsibility. It is the same as me being asked to lead the division to victory. Important. It is precisely because of mutual trust and mutual reliance that heroes can be called legends, and the greatest trust and reliance are based on the lives of soldiers and commanders. "

The cigarette held between his fingers has burned out, and the bedside table among the smoke has long been covered with soot. The squad leader's words that gently brushed his lover's face were as firm as his battlefield orders.

"No matter how difficult it is, I will definitely come back alive, dear. I will do my best to bring my comrades with me, so that their families can live up to this trust and expectation like you."