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chapter00:00:02
nine in this team there is no place for those who00:00:06
know how to lose beautifully we need00:00:08
tough guys who will go and win00:00:12
Admiral Jonas Ingram00:00:16
192600:00:17
having done everything that can be done Infantry00:00:20
on the flat terrain we moved to the00:00:24
steep Canadian rockies To00:00:27
do other things there camp named after00:00:31
Sergeant Spooky Smith's was located between the00:00:34
peaks of Hope and at Eddington it was00:00:37
much smaller than the camp named after Courier, the00:00:40
Entourage was different, well, the third regiment00:00:44
managed to be reduced, there were less than 400 of us left,00:00:46
and at the very beginning there were over00:00:50
2000, our company shrank to a platoon, the00:00:54
Doro battalion, but the names were preserved as00:00:57
positions, as before,00:01:01
and not a00:01:02
platoon, the share of00:01:04
individual work with personnel of00:01:07
corporals, instructors, we now had00:01:09
more than squads, and Sergeant Zim, having00:01:12
50 people under his command instead of00:01:15
260, the many-eyed Margu som00:01:18
watched each of us day and night, even when he00:01:21
was absent in the camp And he would certainly00:01:24
end up behind your back if you00:01:26
happened to be00:01:28
sled, however, the thugs acquired00:01:31
the character of almost a friendly suggestion00:01:33
without becoming pleasant for us, after all,00:01:36
not only the regiment had changed, but we ourselves00:01:40
eliminated 4 out of 5 but the remaining ones were00:01:42
almost Soldiers and no more winters set the goal00:01:45
to drive us through the pass and00:01:47
only tried to teach us better military affairs.00:01:51
Now we saw Captain Frenkel much more often,00:01:53
he no longer sat at the table but00:01:55
trained us, and he knew everyone by00:01:58
name and by sight, as if he had not a head00:02:01
but a card index where the successes of00:02:02
each cadet were recorded in studying every00:02:05
weapon system and every ammunition,00:02:08
this is not to mention the collection of00:02:09
medical indications and the receipt of00:02:11
letters from relatives with us, he was not as00:02:14
harsh as winter, he chose softer words and it00:02:17
was necessary to really annoy him stupidly Umm so00:02:20
that the pleasant smile would disappear from his face,00:02:23
but it wasn’t worth it to be deceived,00:02:28
beryllium00:02:30
armor was hiding under a friendly mask. I still haven’t decided for myself which of00:02:34
these two is a better soldier in the sense of00:02:37
removing the insignia and presenting them as00:02:40
privates. Of course, both know and are00:02:43
more capable than any instructor, but still,00:02:45
whose soldier’s qualities are higher than winters Everything00:02:49
does it stylishly and accurately at the parade, the00:02:52
captain’s element is an impulse Excitement As in the00:02:55
game, the results were almost the same, but there is no00:02:58
way we can repeat00:03:00
Frenkel’s work with the same external ease; the00:03:03
abundance of instructors has earned a good00:03:07
service, as I already said, on level00:03:09
ground, move in armor It00:03:10
’s not difficult for a spacesuit to00:03:13
jump to the same height and length in the mountains, but not00:03:16
always Try to00:03:21
take off and at the last moment boost the00:03:24
engine on a song terrain, we00:03:27
had three serious accidents, two00:03:30
cadets were buried, and the third00:03:33
was mowed down, by the way, that wall without a00:03:36
power suit is even more difficult to take for nothing00:03:38
that she is all Usa hooked and twisted with00:03:41
ropes, I still don’t understand why the00:03:43
infantrymen need rock-climbing training. But by00:03:47
that time I was already accustomed to not asking00:03:49
questions and conscientiously trying to wrap my head around00:03:51
any science. I mastered this science and I won’t00:03:56
say that I worked; if00:03:58
anyone prophesied to me that I00:04:01
I’ll climb onto a huge mass of stone that’s flat and00:04:04
sheer as a blind wall of a skyscraper with the00:04:06
help of a hammer, a handful of heaped steel pins00:04:09
and a piece of clothesline I’d00:04:12
laugh at him my habitat00:04:16
This is approximately at sea level, the correction00:04:20
was at sea level, since then something00:04:24
has changed and these changes already00:04:27
caught my eye at the camp named after00:04:30
Sergeant Spooky Smith, we were given00:04:34
leave to go to the city, in fact,00:04:36
short-term leaves were granted to the cadet after00:04:38
only a month of staying at the camp00:04:40
named after Kurye, this meant that on a Sunday00:04:43
afternoon a soldier free from duty could00:04:46
check in in a bark tent and move00:04:48
any distance from the perimeter without forgetting00:04:50
about the need to return to the evening00:04:53
formation, but there00:04:55
was absolutely nothing to do on such a promenade except the head of the00:04:59
girls or theaters or dance floors at the00:05:03
drop of a hat, and yet dismissal even in the00:05:07
camp named after Courier was not an empty00:05:09
indulgence from time to time time There was an00:05:12
urgent need to move further away00:05:14
so as not to jump around naked for any reason00:05:16
and not see the induction tent, sergeants and00:05:18
soldiers, soldiers’ faces, even the faces of their best00:05:22
friends. Yes, to thoroughly look into your own00:05:25
soul in the media.00:05:33
the00:05:37
easiest thing is when you were not allowed00:05:40
to go beyond00:05:42
the company limits, the impossibility of visiting a00:05:44
library or a tent with a deceptive00:05:46
name; rest there, a few00:05:49
parches boards and similar wild00:05:52
entertainment. Next on the scale of severity00:05:54
was the ban on leaving the tent if00:05:56
your presence was not required somewhere00:05:58
else; this was a mere formality00:06:01
since such punishment is usually00:06:03
aggravated with outfits out of turn and into the00:06:05
tent You crawled only to00:06:08
sleep house arrest This is like the icing00:06:11
on the cake He notifies you and the entire00:06:13
district that you did not win the lottery at all the00:06:16
right to spend the whole day flying No00:06:19
you are temporarily excluded from the ranks of the mobile00:06:21
infantry and he was deprived of the opportunity to fully00:06:24
communicate with his comrades until the00:06:26
shameful00:06:28
stain from the camp named after Spooka was washed away, we were00:06:31
released into the city except for the raiders who were busy in the outfit,00:06:34
and so on, after breakfast and00:06:37
the service, which on such a day00:06:39
lasted half an hour,00:06:41
buses left for Vancouver to return00:06:43
just before dinner and more since before00:06:45
lights out the instructors could even spend Saturday night00:06:48
in the city, or else00:06:58
[music] I’ve00:07:00
changed00:07:02
Johnny, you’re now a stranger in this life, I00:07:06
mean civilian life Everything around00:07:09
me seemed incredibly complicated and00:07:11
unacceptably dirty, I didn’t rush into the00:07:14
arms of Vancouver, no doubt this is a beautiful00:07:18
city surrounded by lovely landscapes,00:07:21
the inhabitants are nice and hospitable, they are00:07:24
used to mobile infantry and00:07:26
have nothing against it. In the cultural00:07:30
entertainment complex, there00:07:32
were weekly dances and you could00:07:35
invite young townspeople, and for the00:07:37
shy soldier there was an00:07:39
older partner, she would00:07:42
invite him and let him00:07:48
stick out to the shy ones, but you first00:07:53
serve for several months in the wilderness where I’m the only00:07:55
female00:07:58
for that first dismissal, I didn’t go to the00:08:01
dance. At first I just stood and stared at the00:08:05
luxurious houses and the shop windows full of the most00:08:08
varied and completely unnecessary00:08:10
things. There must be no weapons against the crowds00:08:14
of passers-by in formation. they don’t walk, or at least00:08:18
do whatever they want in a marching manner00:08:21
and you won’t find two dressed the same. And00:08:24
especially with girls,00:08:30
I didn’t even realize how00:08:32
beautiful they were, in fact, I00:08:34
liked girls since I first00:08:36
noticed that they were different from guys not00:08:38
only clothes, as far as I remember, there was no00:08:41
period in my life when a boy,00:08:43
having discovered this difference, began00:08:45
to feel00:08:46
hostility towards girls. They were always00:08:49
attractive to me, but that day I realized that I had00:08:54
underestimated them for too long girls. It’s a real00:08:58
miracle, the pleasure of just standing on the corner00:09:00
and watching them they pass by No they don’t walk by,00:09:04
at least not the way we do it, it does00:09:07
n’t come down to00:09:13
rearranged directions What Grace00:09:17
What00:09:18
harmony I would still be stuck at the00:09:20
intersection if a policeman hadn’t passed by00:09:22
He noticed our company and00:09:24
said hello guys, are you00:09:27
resting I quickly looked at the medals00:09:30
straps on his chest and Respectfully00:09:32
answered yes sir tell me sir it’s not00:09:35
necessary so you won’t find any entertainment here00:09:37
Maybe take a walk to the center He00:09:41
gave us the address indicated the direction and we00:09:43
went Pet Lavey kitten Smith and00:09:47
I the policeman shouted to us in pursuit have a00:09:50
nice day guys and hang in there00:09:53
away from trouble,00:09:55
Sergeant Zim admonished us in the same way00:09:57
when we got on the bus, but we did00:10:01
n’t go to the center Pat Leby spent his early childhood00:10:04
in Seattle, he wanted to take a look00:10:06
at his hometown, he had money and He00:10:09
offered to pay for our tickets. I00:10:12
agreed. What was it? refuse00:10:15
buses ran at intervals of 20 minutes and00:10:17
leave days did not tie us to00:10:20
Vancouver Smith decided to wave with us I00:10:24
liked the Seatl a lot of similarities with00:10:26
Vancouver and the handsome man is hardly less But00:10:30
in this city the company of mobile00:10:32
Infantrymen was a rarity We went to an00:10:36
inexpensive port tavern for00:10:38
lunch we will choose some bar00:10:40
or restaurant would probably have welcomed us,00:10:44
but we didn’t even drink alcohol,00:10:47
only kitten Smith took a mug of beer, but00:10:50
he didn’t get drunk at all, remaining00:10:52
friendly and cheerful by the way about His00:10:55
nickname. Once during hand-to-hand00:10:58
combat training, Corporal Jones00:11:01
told him with disgust Yes, kitten would have hit me00:11:03
harder than you, so I was00:11:06
stuck in the establishment except for us there00:11:09
were no people in military uniform, most of the00:11:11
visitors were merchant marine sailors, a00:11:14
huge tonnage was being handled through the glass,00:11:17
civilian sailors did not like us, but00:11:20
I didn’t know about it then, one of the reasons for00:11:23
the hostility is that their guilds stubbornly00:11:25
they sought equality with the Federal00:11:27
Service, but with a nose. In general, this00:11:30
rivalry is rooted in history. In the00:11:33
depths of centuries, there were several guys00:11:37
about our age, but in the army.00:11:39
They, of course, did not serve; long hair;00:11:42
clothes; unkempt; movement; lax;00:11:49
joined the ranks of the Armed Forces,00:11:52
in addition, they turned out to be ignorant, we suddenly00:11:55
noticed that two in civilian clothes and00:11:58
two in sailor clothes were exchanging00:12:00
remarks clearly intended for00:12:03
our ears; repeat them here. For well-00:12:05
known reasons, I won’t; we did00:12:10
not react in any way; the jokes were acquiring an00:12:13
increasingly personal character; the laughter was gaining00:12:15
volume other visitors are00:12:19
silent from here - the kitten whispered to me I00:12:23
glanced sideways at PT Levi He nodded, we did00:12:27
n’t have to wait for something in this tavern00:12:28
we paid immediately We got up and left the00:12:33
guys came out after us we don’t count the00:12:36
crows so Tamm warned PT We00:12:39
continued walking without looking back and the locals00:12:44
They attacked the guy running at me, I slashed at the neck00:12:47
and went to the side, letting him fly past,00:12:50
I wanted to help the guys, but it was already00:12:52
over, the cat took care of two, and the PT00:12:56
overdid it a little with his shred. So00:12:58
he wound up on the lamppost, someone00:13:01
called the police, most likely the owner of the00:13:03
establishment and almost at the moment00:13:06
when the whole crowd moved towards the exit, before00:13:09
we had time to figure out what to do with the00:13:10
unconscious bodies,00:13:12
two patrolmen rushed in. Yes, that00:13:16
senior district boy suggested writing a statement, but00:13:18
we unanimously refused, the winter told us to avoid00:13:21
trouble by pretending to be a00:13:23
fifteen-year-old Moloch kitten,00:13:26
I think they tripped sir, I00:13:29
think so too - the policeman agreed,00:13:31
after which he kicked the knife out of his other hand.00:13:35
Lean it against the curb stone and broke it with a00:13:38
heel shorter than Valika, you guys are away00:13:42
from the center We left, I was glad that neither the PT nor the00:13:46
kitten wanted to drag the guys to court00:13:49
civil attack00:13:51
This is a very serious crime against a military man. To00:13:53
hell with them and the hooligans,00:13:56
they asked for it and got00:13:59
paid. Still, it’s good that00:14:02
we are going on leave without weapons and the skill of00:14:04
knocking out without killing is very useful this00:14:08
time it was all on reflexes. I didn’t think that the00:14:10
guys would attack until they did. attacked Yes, I did00:14:14
n’t have time to think about anything at all00:14:16
before it was all over. But it was then that I00:14:19
realized how much we00:14:22
had changed. We went to the station and00:14:25
returned by regular bus.00:14:27
Vancouver as soon as we moved to the00:14:30
camp named after Spuka, landing training began;00:14:37
cosmodrome00:14:39
north of Uola Uola from there we00:14:41
went up into space, threw them out,00:14:44
did the prescribed exercises and00:14:46
returned to the buoy work for the day, company00:14:49
eight So we jumped less than once a00:14:52
week But at first there were00:14:55
fewer and fewer of us and the training00:14:59
made the tasks more difficult, the infantry00:15:02
were thrown into mountains to the Arctic ice to the00:15:05
Australian desert, and just before00:15:07
release onto the surface of the Moon, the capsule00:15:11
scatters into pieces hundreds of feet from00:15:13
the surface, and here you definitely can’t00:15:16
count the crows since you’re mules on the spacesuit’s00:15:18
engines. No air, no00:15:22
parachute. An unsuccessful landing is fraught with00:15:25
depressurization and00:15:27
death, not only the dead. the wounded00:15:30
were knocked off our lists, some simply00:15:33
refused to enter the capsule,00:15:36
they were not scolded, they were taken aside and fired00:15:39
that same evening. Even the one who00:15:42
had several jumps under his belt could have panicked00:15:46
with him being delicate, who fell ill with an00:15:49
incurable disease, I myself00:15:53
never lost control But you do00:15:55
n’t need to explain to me what nervous shaking is every00:15:58
time, it torments me every time, I00:16:02
never00:16:03
got rid of it, you’re not an infantryman. If you didn’t00:16:06
fly in a capsule, we have a story in circulation, and00:16:10
maybe it’s true about the paratroopers who00:16:12
was seeing the00:16:14
sights of Paris in a nursing home00:16:15
He saw Napoleon's sarcophagus and asked the00:16:18
guard that the Frenchman was indignant.00:16:22
Monsieur doesn't know this is00:16:25
Napoleon's tomb. Napoleon Bonard led soldiers in00:16:29
world history. Having thought about what he heard, the00:16:32
infantryman asked how many00:16:35
jumps he has, almost certainly this is a fiction, there is a00:16:38
large board with explanatory00:16:41
text nearby, but this joke reflects well00:16:44
the worldview of our brother00:16:48
paratrooper So the course of00:16:51
training ended, I read what was written and see that I00:16:55
missed almost everything, told very little about00:16:57
our weapons, kept silent about the three00:17:00
days when we abandoned everything and rushed to00:17:02
put out a forest fire, did not mention the00:17:05
Drill, which in fact00:17:07
was a combat alert, only about us They said that00:17:09
after lights out, they omitted the incident when the00:17:12
wind blew away the kitchen tent. And in general,00:17:16
I didn’t pay attention to the weather, and00:17:18
believe me, it is very important in the life of an infantryman,00:17:21
but it is important. It is only important while you are cold or00:17:24
wet. And after that you don’t want to remember about it,00:17:27
you can take the weather parameters from the00:17:30
calendar and sticking them on almost00:17:31
any day of your service will probably be00:17:36
suitable at the beginning of the training period, the regiment00:17:38
had 2009 personnel,00:17:43
187 died from us, 14 died, one was executed, his name was00:17:48
crossed out from the lists, the rest who00:17:52
resigned, who were thrown out for bad00:17:56
behavior, transferred to other troops,00:17:58
mowed down and so on Major Melloy00:18:03
made a short speech We received a00:18:05
certificate of completion of training and00:18:08
marched in parade formation for the last time The regiment00:18:10
was temporarily disbanded The banners00:18:13
Went for00:18:14
storage in 3 weeks a new couple of thousand00:18:17
shpaks will gather in the Kurye camp00:18:20
to turn from a crowd into a military00:18:23
unit According to the certificate I now I00:18:26
was a trained private I could wear the00:18:28
letters RP instead of PP above my personal00:18:33
number Truly It was a wonderful00:18:37
day The best day of my00:18:42
life Chapter00:18:45
ten The tree of Liberty needs to be watered00:18:48
from time to time with the blood of00:18:50
Patriots Thomas Jefferson00:18:56
1787 I considered myself a private specialist00:19:00
until the day I reported my arrival to00:19:02
the ship Well, it seems that inflated00:19:04
self-esteem is not prohibited. I see by no00:19:07
law that I have not yet00:19:10
said a word about how the earthly Federation00:19:12
moved from a state of peace to a state of00:19:15
military threat and then into00:19:19
war, I myself barely noticed these changes00:19:22
when I went to serve there was peace, that is,00:19:25
normal state of Renault,00:19:28
why shouldn’t they believe it? While I00:19:31
was in the camp named after Kurye, a00:19:35
military threat arose, but this also passed by00:19:38
my consciousness. I was then much more00:19:41
worried about what Corporal Bronsky thought about00:19:43
my haircut, about the cleanliness of the uniform, about the00:19:46
contents of the backpack and successes in combat.00:19:49
preparation and an order of magnitude more important was00:19:53
the opinion of00:19:57
such a threat, this is essentially still peace.00:20:02
And peace is a situation when not a single00:20:05
civilian cares about military losses00:20:08
if they are not so great that00:20:09
newspaper headlines scream about them or if a00:20:12
close relative of this person is not among them00:20:16
civilian truth, I never found in00:20:18
history a period of time when peace reigned00:20:21
everywhere by the time I arrived at00:20:24
My first combat unit, bearing the proud00:20:27
name of the wild cats Willie And in00:20:30
the documentation it is boring to be called the company of the00:20:33
third regiment of the first Division of the00:20:35
Mobile Infantry Corps in its composition00:20:38
crossed Is it possible for Forge to store in a backpack of00:20:41
dubious value the certificate of an00:20:42
ordinary00:20:43
trained military action has been going on for00:20:46
several00:20:48
years now, historians still have not agreed00:20:51
How to call these events either the third00:20:53
space war or the fourth Or00:20:56
maybe the first Star War is better suited,00:20:58
we called it the Bug War And even then00:21:02
extremely rare For that matter, in the00:21:06
year in which historians date the beginning of the00:21:08
war I already flew on a warship, everything00:21:12
that happened before was considered00:21:14
patrol incidents and00:21:17
police operations, but what difference does it make where00:21:21
you are killed in a declared war00:21:24
or in00:21:26
an incident, to tell the truth, a soldier does00:21:28
not see war Much broader than civilian, his00:21:31
experience is limited to a tiny section of the front00:21:34
and combat operations in this sector; at00:21:37
other times, the soldier is more concerned about sleep, the00:21:39
nagging of the sergeants and friendly relations00:21:42
with00:21:43
the cook; Willie’s base of wild cats00:21:46
was on the Moon; upon arriving there,00:21:49
kitten Smith, Al Jenkinson and I found out00:21:52
that all these the guys are veterans and each of them has more00:21:54
than one combat landing on their account, that is,00:21:58
Soldiers. But we haven’t yet. However, no one00:22:02
has punished us, at least I00:22:05
haven’t heard anything addressed to me from the two, and the sergeants from the corporal00:22:08
turned out to be surprisingly friendly guys00:22:11
compared to00:22:26
prudence until he will show itself in00:22:29
landing and in real combat it’s00:22:32
one thing to take the bed of a retired wild00:22:35
cat in the barracks and quite another to fill00:22:38
this gap in the Rifle00:22:41
Chain, perhaps I’ll still tell you How00:22:43
naive a salt shaker I was at that time When00:22:45
Liford was still on the Moon base00:22:50
The day before on the next landing operations,00:22:52
I crossed paths with the commander of my section Oh,00:22:55
well, this guy was wearing a perfectly00:22:57
clean, dark coat, and on his left earlobe he00:23:01
wore a tiny earring, a golden skull, but00:23:04
not with the traditional crossbones of the00:23:06
ancient Jolly Roger And with a whole00:23:09
Byzantine row of such bones,00:23:11
so tiny that you can barely see them00:23:14
at home I loved to wear earrings and all sorts of00:23:17
other jewelry when going on00:23:19
a date with my grandfather on my mother’s side I00:23:22
got very beautiful ear clips with velino00:23:26
rubies and a phalanx of00:23:29
mezen I loved jewelry and regretted that I00:23:32
couldn’t take them to school, there’s no doubt there’s no00:23:35
such decoration as this skull Nice00:23:38
matches the military uniform; I didn’t have any00:23:42
piercings; my mother wouldn’t approve;00:23:44
she thought it was only for girls,00:23:47
but you can order it from the jeweler00:23:49
Calypso; I have the money; they gave it to me when I00:23:52
graduated; why should they mold?00:23:55
uh, sergeant, excellent earrings; where did you00:24:00
buy them; it’s not00:24:09
built combined with the golden groove and00:24:13
piping of the ceremonial uniform, probably the stones00:24:16
would not have given such an effect. I already00:24:18
thought that a pair of Earrings would look00:24:20
even cooler. And it00:24:23
would be better to replace the incomprehensible bunch of bones with two crossed ones in our00:24:26
military shop there are such No, there have not been and00:24:31
never will be, he shook his head and00:24:34
added here you won’t buy such a thing.00:24:36
At least I hope so, but here’s00:24:39
what I firmly promise you: when we00:24:41
get to where they are sold, I’ll let00:24:43
you know about Thank you, no problem, then I00:24:49
saw a few more golden skulls and there00:24:51
were only more bones with others00:24:53
less, my guess turned out to be correct Serge00:24:57
is allowed to be worn along with the military00:24:58
uniform, at least on00:25:01
leave, very soon I had the chance00:25:05
to buy it and the price of this pendant turned out to be00:25:10
sky-high it happened It was during the operation that the00:25:13
bug house which appears in history books00:25:16
as the first battle for00:25:19
Kalenda not long ago Before that, the bead Aris00:25:22
turned into Ruins and his death00:25:24
made our Marmots realize that00:25:27
something00:25:29
bad was happening. Here’s the thing: a00:25:32
person who has not been in space doesn’t00:25:34
really believe in the existence of other00:25:36
planets, at least I seriously00:25:39
remember I myself am wearing00:25:43
snotty glasses, but the loss of buena arisa00:25:49
alarmed00:25:52
everywhere Bring them home place them on00:25:56
your shoulder don’t allow the earth to be occupied00:26:01
by aliens of course this is a stupidly dumb00:26:04
defense - this is in the hands of doomed people history does not00:26:08
know of cases when the Ministry of Defense00:26:11
won a war but this is a similar00:26:14
standard reaction of civilians00:26:16
having finally discovered the enemy on the doorstep00:26:18
to demand defensive tactics Yes00:26:21
they are also eager to command in the manner of a00:26:23
passenger who, in the event of an accident, tries to00:26:25
remove the pilot from the helm;00:26:28
however, no one at that time asked00:26:31
my opinion; I was ordered; I00:26:34
carried out the retreat to our home planet; our00:26:37
allied obligations did not allow us;00:26:39
and what would have happened to the planets00:26:41
colonized by the Earth Federation by00:26:43
our allies; we are at00:26:45
the mercy of fate, in addition, we are already bogged down in a00:26:50
war with00:26:51
beetles, it seems the fall of Bueno Ares00:26:54
impressed me less than most00:26:56
civilians when the Cherenkov thrust takes00:26:59
you a couple of parsecs from the Motherland, there00:27:01
is a shortage of news, to00:27:04
get fresh ones you need to leave the00:27:06
Cherenkov space and meet00:27:09
with another ship I remember I thought,00:27:13
Lord, what a horror and sympathized with the00:27:16
desk from our crew, but Buenos Ares00:27:20
is not my city and the land is very far away and00:27:23
I don’t have00:27:25
time to worry. Immediately after Uda Argentina, it was00:27:28
decided to attack the home planet of the00:27:32
Zhukovs. We were waiting for the Rendezvous, strapped to our bunks,00:27:36
inflated to the point of insensibility00:27:54
[music]00:27:57
I’m about I didn’t know this yet, and when the time came00:28:02
for the landing, they assigned Private00:28:04
First Class Lanz Bamburg as a00:28:07
trainee. Hearing about this, he managed to00:28:10
hide his Delight. And when the platoon00:28:13
sergeant moved out of earshot,00:28:14
Iryuk, that’s what the salabon is. Stay close, but00:28:18
don’t get in the way, you’ll interfere with00:28:21
your separation I just nodded at this, I00:28:24
already knew that it wasn’t a training00:28:29
landing, I00:28:35
had to call the house a long drawn-00:28:37
out madhouse, everything immediately went00:28:40
awry, a powerful precise strike was planned00:28:43
with the aim of bringing the enemy to his knees,00:28:47
we would capture the capital and key objects on the00:28:49
main planet Zhukov, and then the fairy tale would00:28:53
end but it turned out So we ourselves almost00:28:58
lost00:28:59
the war no, I’m not criticizing the General at all I00:29:02
don’t know if he really demanded more00:29:05
infantry and support means but he00:29:07
had to give in to the chief naval marshal00:29:10
who am I to criticize his00:29:12
actions Yes and I doubt that they are00:29:15
known as an armchair strategist all the facts But I know00:29:20
that the general landed with us, he00:29:22
commanded the infantry on the battlefield, and when00:29:24
we were completely exhausted, he personally led a00:29:27
diversionary attack, this allowed very00:29:30
few people, including me, to return.00:29:34
But his radioactive remains lie on00:29:37
Linda and you can’t give them to the tribunal. So, what's the00:29:40
point of discussing the general's00:29:43
blunder? Only one thing I want to say to the00:29:45
armchair warriors without a single combat00:29:47
landing in my heart, yes, I also think that the00:29:50
rank of the planet should have been bombarded with hydrogen00:29:52
bombs and covered with radioactive00:29:56
glass. We would have won. Beetles are not like00:30:01
us, pseudo arachnids, they don’t even00:30:04
look like spiders. They are00:30:06
arthropods, it seems only the imagination00:30:09
of a psychopath could give birth to these intelligent00:30:11
monsters in their organization, both00:30:14
psychological and economic, they are00:30:16
closer to ants or termites Beetles are00:30:19
collectivists and in their anthill an00:30:22
absolute00:30:23
dictatorship nuclear treatment of the planet00:30:26
would deprive them of working soldiers but a non-00:30:28
thinking Caste and00:30:30
queens are unlikely someone believes that it is possible to00:30:33
kill the queen even with a precise shot from a00:30:35
missile from a penetrating thermonuclear00:30:37
warhead. We don’t know at what00:30:40
depth these creatures are hiding and Personally, I do00:30:44
n’t want to00:30:46
find out from the guys who went down into the00:30:48
bug holes, no one came00:30:52
back up. Let’s say we destroy the00:30:54
biologically productive surface of the00:30:56
kantutu but the Zhukov, like us, have00:30:59
ships and colonized planets, the00:31:02
main headquarters will remain unharmed and00:31:04
without its surrender there will be no our00:31:06
Victory at the beginning of the war, we did not have a00:31:09
Star Bomb and we could not crack00:31:12
Linda like a nut. And if we could, where is00:31:16
the guarantee that The beetles would admit defeat00:31:18
and surrender. And who said that they are even00:31:22
capable of admitting00:31:24
defeat? Their workers don’t know how.00:31:27
Of course, we can spend a lot of time and00:31:29
ammunition exterminating these00:31:31
completely harmless creatures. But the00:31:34
Soldiers never give up and we shouldn’t00:31:38
convince ourselves that if our enemies are00:31:39
swept away against spiders and don’t know how to give up,00:31:42
they are nothing more than brainless insects,00:31:44
their warriors are smart, skillful,00:31:48
aggressive, whoever managed to shoot first00:31:50
is smarter, this is a universal law, it’s not a00:31:54
fact that when you meet a beetle warrior in00:31:58
front, you burn one of his legs, the other00:32:00
the third, and he knows he’s rushing at you if00:32:03
you burn four legs on one side, it will00:32:06
collapse, but it will not stop shooting, you must00:32:10
aim at the nerve node and if you are lucky, the beetle will look00:32:14
past the field to nowhere and will00:32:17
run until it hits an00:32:20
obstacle. The operation did not work out from the00:32:23
very beginning, our squadron of dog00:32:26
ships was supposed to switch from00:32:28
Cherenkov thrust to jet thrust00:32:31
while maintaining perfect coordination in order to00:32:33
get into Orbit together and throw us out00:32:35
in a clear formation exactly above the intended00:32:37
bridgehead before the enemy has time to00:32:40
take defensive measures, that is, without00:32:44
making even one Orbit in00:32:47
orbit, which is very, very00:32:50
difficult task, I was convinced the hard way00:32:53
the fleet made a blunder, the00:32:57
mobile infantry had to pay,00:33:00
actually we were very lucky in00:33:04
Ellie Forge, the entire crew died00:33:07
before the landing party reached the surface of the00:33:10
planet, moving in tight formation with an00:33:13
orbital speed of 4.7 miles per second00:33:17
is not a walk Our ship collided with the00:33:20
SPM and very quickly both00:33:23
collapsed, it’s good that we managed to howl ru00:33:28
those who even managed to ram the forge00:33:32
fired capsules. And I didn’t even00:33:35
know about the disaster. Sitting in my00:33:37
cocoon, I flew down the company commander, throwing out00:33:41
the first. Probably learned about the death of the ship and00:33:44
half his wild cats when suddenly the00:33:46
connection with the control post disappeared, but his mouth wo00:33:50
n’t tell anything anymore, he didn’t return00:33:52
from the battle. Aircraft than I started to00:33:55
suspect that something was wrong. And there00:34:01
were 18 hours ahead. A nightmare, I won’t undertake to00:34:05
talk in detail about that battle,00:34:07
the memory captured only fragments of00:34:10
scattered terrible stops.00:34:13
footage of spiders I never liked00:34:16
even the non-poisonous ordinary house00:34:19
spider that climbed onto my bed instilled an00:34:23
icy fear in me I do00:34:27
n’t even want to imagine how fat I am I didn’t eat00:34:30
Marov crabs and other crustaceans I00:34:33
just couldn’t bring myself to when I00:34:36
first saw the beetle my mind was filled with panic00:34:39
screams jumped out of my skull only a00:34:43
few seconds later it dawned on me that00:34:45
this creature was dead and I stopped00:34:48
fire, probably I got a worker in the wrong shape,00:34:51
I was in the wrong shape to cope with the00:34:54
warrior it was much more difficult for our00:34:58
dog handlers to land them on the00:35:00
periphery of the bridgehead by that time00:35:03
safely occupied by us, the task of the Neo dogs is to00:35:06
move forward and conduct tactical00:35:08
reconnaissance in the interests of the units that are00:35:11
entrusted with isolating the battlefield. Of course,00:35:14
our assistants had no weapons except for their00:35:17
teeth. the00:35:28
threat of captivity, to undermine themselves or00:35:32
to be undermined by their00:35:34
partner. These poor creatures did not wait to be00:35:37
captured. Apparently,00:35:40
most of them self-destructed00:35:41
at the first contact with00:35:43
the enemy. They were afraid of the beetles almost00:35:46
more than I am. In modern times, Neses00:35:51
are taught from puppyhood to retreat or00:35:54
hide when you see or smell a beetle so as00:35:57
not to blow your skull off before the00:36:00
four-legged Scouts did not take care of the goods, that00:36:05
would have been our only problem00:36:07
in that battle, troubles fell one after00:36:11
another. Of course, I didn’t see the whole picture,00:36:13
but I just tried to keep up with the00:36:15
Dutchman, I shot and burned everything that00:36:18
moved and Noticing a hole, I threw a00:36:21
grenade there. Soon I learned how to kill beetles without00:36:24
wasting ammunition, fuel,00:36:28
it’s true to distinguish harmless from harmful. I did00:36:31
n’t00:36:32
know how to fight with them back then, about one of the p. But00:36:35
it’s worth the rest00:36:38
49. The enemy’s personal weapon is no heavier than00:36:41
ours, but the killing power is not inferior to eating a00:36:45
beam.00:36:47
hole like a hard-boiled egg and the00:36:51
beetle controls this thing with enviable dexterity.00:36:54
This is because the brain, which really thinks for a00:36:57
whole platoon, is securely hidden. In some00:37:00
hole, the Dutch and I were lucky for quite a long time;00:37:04
we cultivated an area of about a00:37:07
square mile; we filled the entrances00:37:10
to the holes with explosions; we killed everyone who met on the00:37:12
surface, we jumped, we had little fuel,00:37:15
it could be useful if00:37:18
the situation escalated, the command’s plan was to00:37:20
clear the territory and00:37:22
ensure the landing of manpower and equipment00:37:25
with minimal resistance, the enemy, I00:37:27
repeat, this was not a raid, this was the capture of a00:37:31
bridgehead, we jumped off and established ourselves, we are waiting for the00:37:34
main forces to conquer or00:37:36
pacify the planet but it was smooth on00:37:40
paper for my section, at first things were going00:37:44
well, we landed at the wrong point00:37:47
and did not get elbow contact00:37:49
with another section, his platoon00:37:51
deputy had already died and00:37:53
we were unable to change formation, but we still staked out00:37:57
our group to reinforce the equipment strong00:37:59
point and remained just wait for00:38:01
reinforcements, the wait was00:38:04
in vain. We didn’t even see these guys,00:38:07
they landed in the place where00:38:09
we were supposed to be and they had enough of their00:38:11
own problems with the unfriendly00:38:14
natives. So we held our00:38:17
position, from time to time we lost a fighter and,00:38:19
at every opportunity, caused damage to the00:38:23
enemy, a supply of ammunition and the fuel00:38:25
was melting, what kind of jumps are there? The energy of the00:38:29
spacesuits was barely enough for simple00:38:31
movements and it lasted for what seems like00:38:35
a couple of00:38:36
millennia, the reinforcement group called for00:38:38
help and the Dutchman and I galloped to its00:38:41
position, suddenly in front of my partner,00:38:55
I was deployed, my comrade was00:38:58
unconscious, but it seemed that he was not wounded, the platoon00:39:01
sergeant remotely monitored the00:39:03
vital signs of his subordinates and00:39:05
separated the dead from those who were alive but were out of00:39:08
action for one reason or another and00:39:10
in need of evacuation. However, it would have00:39:12
been easier to find out what condition00:39:14
the infantryman was in. For this purpose, he has a00:39:18
special remote control on his belt;00:39:21
the Dutchman did not respond to my calls; body temperature 3700:39:25
breathing heartbeat brain activity is00:39:27
not00:39:28
registered bad thing, but it cannot be00:39:31
ruled out that he is alive And his suit died with00:39:34
this thought, I calmed myself, forgetting00:39:37
that in faulty armor the fand could not00:39:40
work and the temperature sensor, no matter how it00:39:43
was, I tore the bottle opener from my belt and00:39:46
proceeded to extracting the Dutchman from the00:39:48
spacesuit, trying to simultaneously monitor the00:39:51
situation, and then a general retreat signal sounded in the helmet00:39:57
and God forbid you hear that, save yourself00:40:01
who can evacuate, take the wounded and00:40:03
run to the nearest buoy 6 minutes 6 minutes00:40:06
save yourself who can to the nearest buoy00:40:09
evacuation00:40:10
evacuation I hurried out The armor00:40:14
of the spacesuit managed to remove the head of00:40:16
my partner separately from the body. So I00:40:19
had to abandon the corpse and let it go. If I had been a00:40:23
little slower. I would have grabbed the00:40:25
Dutchman’s ammunition, but then my brain was too slow to think.00:40:28
I jumped away to the support to where00:40:32
all the survivors from my00:40:35
section were heading; they had already00:40:37
evacuated. I was left alone and00:40:40
despair fell upon me, but then the00:40:43
muster signal came and it wasn’t Yankee00:40:46
Doodle from the boat, they were leading the forge, but another00:40:48
unfamiliar melody, sugar flower,00:40:53
don’t care. The main thing is that there is a buoy to Neto, I00:40:56
headed off generously, using up the remaining fuel00:40:58
and jumped into the boat a moment before after they00:41:01
lifted the hatch I was taken on board00:41:09
by fortress personal00:41:12
number they say that the operation bug house00:41:15
ended in a strategic victory but I00:41:19
was there and I know us Great Kick00:41:25
ass00:41:26
after 6 weeks and it feels like after 6000:41:30
years in the base00:41:39
cosmofer00:41:41
jelal in the punctured left fly I was wearing a00:41:44
punctured one skull and bone were with me00:41:46
Al Jenkins00:41:49
flaunting did not even get out of the chimney wild00:41:54
cats only a handful survived Yes, and those were scattered00:41:57
throughout the fleet, about half of the composition00:42:00
we lost in the collision of Eli Forge00:42:02
and Ypres The terrible turmoil on the planet00:42:05
increased our damage to more than 80% And00:42:08
the authorities consider that it is00:42:09
impossible to save the unit; it is much easier to00:42:13
disband it and archive the00:42:16
documentation. And when the scars heal, the00:42:19
AK company, aka wild cats, will be reborn with new00:42:24
people and old traditions. In00:42:27
addition, a flood of vacancies has appeared in other units.00:42:31
Sergeant Jalal received us very00:42:34
warmly. He said that we were in to a00:42:36
chic unit, the best in the fleet and00:42:39
that the ship is also excellent, our earrings,00:42:42
he didn’t seem to notice on the same day we00:42:45
went with him to the nose of Roger Young to the00:42:47
lieutenant, he smiled very kindly and00:42:50
speak see00:42:54
[music]00:42:55
Tom in this short conversation himself I did the00:42:58
same I’m already convinced that none of the00:43:01
Rush hooligans00:43:04
wore skulls; it didn’t matter to them in the slightest00:43:07
How many combat landings you had,00:43:09
where and how you fought, either you’re one of them00:43:12
or not. If you don’t rip your head off, they00:43:15
don’t see you point-blank.00:43:17
We’re into this the unit was not00:43:20
yesterday's cadets, fired upon by fighters,00:43:22
so we received a minimal amount of00:43:25
trust; we were treated as equals, but00:43:27
with a cold aloofness they made it clear00:43:29
that we were not yet family members, but00:43:32
just a guest, but not even a week had passed since we00:43:35
visited the combat operation, after which00:43:37
we became full-fledged rip Rush's heads off with00:43:40
your blood brothers. We were00:43:43
now addressed by name, we were punished on an equal basis with00:43:46
others for violations, we00:43:48
were borrowed from us, and we were00:43:52
allowed to lend our stupid opinions and just00:43:54
as freely remain silent in a rag. We even00:43:57
addressed junior commanders by name.00:43:59
Of course, not when00:44:02
they were on duty. Sergeant00:44:05
Jalal was always on duty unless he00:44:08
accidentally bumped into each other on the ground,00:44:10
you could tell him Jelly and give00:44:12
way with the air as if his00:44:14
royal rank meant nothing to00:44:16
tear off heads, but we00:44:19
never told the lieutenant Mister Russia and even Lieutenant00:44:22
Russia is only flying when00:44:27
there is no god except the lieutenant and the sergeant wished the00:44:29
prophet him If Jelal said no,00:44:33
then one could still argue with this, at00:44:36
least this is allowed to the00:44:38
sergeants subordinate to him, but if he00:44:40
told the lieutenant, he wouldn’t like it all00:44:44
The topic is closed completely and irrevocably00:44:48
no one dared to check Or maybe it00:44:53
Lieutenant Shaq will still like us, he was like a father to us,00:44:57
he loved and spoiled us and at the same time00:45:00
managed to keep a large distance00:45:02
between himself and us, this was the case both on the way and00:45:06
during the landing, but not on the ground, from the moment of00:45:09
landing, each soldier of the platoon00:45:11
was scattered over a hundred square miles00:45:14
constantly felt his care I can’t even00:45:17
imagine what kind of magic helped00:45:19
him keep an eye on all of us in the midst of a fight00:45:22
in the00:45:23
commander’s firm voice Johnson00:45:25
contact the sixth squad Smith had00:45:27
a problem the lieutenant noticed a problem Even00:45:30
before the commander of Smith’s squad And00:45:33
how it warmed our hearts any of00:45:36
us was absolutely I’m sure if you’re still alive,00:45:40
the lieutenant won’t get into the evacuation00:45:42
boat without you in the bug war. The Earth wasn’t00:45:46
captured. But not the soldiers of the00:45:48
assault platoon, rip their heads off,00:45:52
if he lived with us and was our mother, a00:45:56
caring, sensitive but strict one, he didn’t00:46:00
spoil us at all, but and the lieutenant00:46:02
was not reported about our misdeeds None of the00:46:05
sarvi heads were convicted by a military00:46:08
tribunal and the effusion even outside the regular00:46:12
outfits Jeli handed out reluctantly he00:46:15
had other means for the daily00:46:18
check he could carefully look at you00:46:19
and unceremoniously declare Perhaps you would have looked better on the lot00:46:24
without00:46:26
transferring this was an excellent substitute for a00:46:28
cold shower. We were all convinced that00:46:32
naval personnel slept without taking off their uniforms and did not00:46:34
wash below the collar. Jelly did not00:46:38
have to bully the privates; he bullied the00:46:40
junior commanders and was sure that they would00:46:42
not let the lower ranks go when I00:46:45
got to Roger Young, I was assigned to the00:46:48
red-haired department Greena, after a couple of00:46:51
landings, already feeling like a full-fledged00:46:53
head and generally a cool pepper,00:46:56
in a conversation with the redhead, I snapped at00:46:59
Jeli, the redhead didn’t even recognize me about it, he took me into the shower00:47:02
and straightened my brains out, I wasn’t00:47:06
offended by this, we soon became friends and the00:47:09
squad commander even recommended00:47:10
me Vlans Cpl. in fact, we did00:47:14
n’t know in uniform or00:47:16
slept naked in a tray, we lived in our own cockpit and the00:47:20
crew of the ship on our00:47:23
territory were glad if they00:47:27
came for something other than business, after all, every00:47:29
society has its own behavioral norms Or am I00:47:32
wrong with the lieutenant there was a cabin in00:47:35
the location of male officers in the00:47:37
Naval part of the ship, but we00:47:39
appeared there extremely rarely and solely00:47:42
on duty, for example, the guard on00:47:45
Roger Young was mixed. The crew was00:47:47
captains, pilots, women, other personnel,00:47:51
partly female, for the thirtieth bust00:47:54
there was a women's compartment, and the passage into it was00:47:56
guarded around the clock by two mobile00:47:58
infantryman in a combat situation, this door,00:48:01
like all hermetically sealed doors on the ship, was00:48:03
pulled up tightly and any movement00:48:06
between the compartments stopped in a normal00:48:09
situation, an officer could go through the00:48:11
thirty for official reasons, next to the00:48:15
women's quarters there was a00:48:16
canteen for officers of both sexes and00:48:20
our lieutenant But visited it people didn’t00:48:23
stay there, they got enough food and left.00:48:27
Perhaps on other Corvette transports00:48:29
things were different, but on Roger Young00:48:32
the discipline was strict and our00:48:35
lieutenant and Captain Drey wanted to00:48:38
have perfect order on board; in fact, being on00:48:41
guard was considered00:48:43
a privilege; you stand at the door with your hands00:48:47
folded on chest, legs shoulder-width apart, you do00:48:49
n’t think about anything, you’re in a daze And sometimes a00:48:51
heavenly creature warms you with its appearance,00:48:54
but you00:48:57
can only turn to it on business. One day I00:48:59
was called directly to the captain and she00:49:01
talked to me, she looked at00:49:04
me point-blank and said please00:49:07
take this to the senior the mechanic is usually00:49:10
my00:49:16
orderly supervision Padre gla commander of the00:49:21
first section, just00:49:24
as00:49:27
landings happened infrequently and in the00:49:29
intervals everyone had enough of everyday00:49:31
work, those who did not have special00:49:33
talents tore up the bulkheads,00:49:37
this could be done endlessly, the concept purely00:49:40
for the sergeant jel did not exist for the00:49:44
mobile infantry, the iron law is that00:49:47
everyone fights and everyone works as a gvm00:49:54
cook, an00:49:56
exceptionally gifted culinary specialist; it00:50:00
was not difficult to beg food from him; he00:50:03
himself loved to have a snack between regular00:50:04
meals and forgave this weakness to others00:50:08
when the first section was commanded by a priest00:50:10
and the second cook was yours00:50:17
[music]00:50:24
feeding one whom would you00:50:27
choose an interesting question we often asked him00:50:31
discussed but didn’t come to any conclusion00:50:35
Roger Young had enough to do, we didn’t have enough to do, the00:50:45
landing pattern won’t work out and00:50:48
the enemy can’t predict your actions,00:50:51
but in general battles we no longer00:50:53
participated, only in single raids,00:50:55
patrolling, pursuit, cleansing, to00:50:59
be honest, the earthly00:51:02
Federation of forces for general battles didn’t have it then00:51:05
The disaster on Kalenda was too expensive.00:51:07
We lost many ships and00:51:11
professional fighters. We needed00:51:13
a break to heal our wounds and00:51:15
replenish our ranks. Meanwhile, the small00:51:18
fast ships among them, Roger Young and00:51:22
other Corvette transports, stung wherever00:51:24
possible. They did not give the enemy rest; they00:51:27
let him bleed; they bled him out. from the positions we00:51:30
suffered losses from the Tali holes and00:51:33
returned to the reserve for new00:51:35
capsules, I was still shaking before00:51:38
each landing, but real battles00:51:40
happened rarely and did not last long. And00:51:45
in between, I lived an ordinary camping00:51:47
life in a family of crazy people and this was the00:51:51
happiest period of my life life, which00:51:54
I didn’t even suspect at that time, I was whining and00:52:00
[music]00:52:11
wax, I was already sick of it00:52:15
when the Beetles razed Bueno Sares to the ground.00:52:18
My mother died there. I found out about this00:52:22
when we once again flew to00:52:24
the reserve for a new batch. capsules,00:52:28
the mail just arrived there and I received a letter00:52:31
from Aunt00:52:32
Eleanor, the letter arrived in the usual00:52:35
way, that is, for a very long time, my aunt could00:52:37
have sent a letter, but for some reason she00:52:40
didn’t, it was very short,00:52:43
only three bitter lines, for some reason my aunt00:52:46
considered me guilty of my mother’s death00:52:50
or because I was in the army Which means I00:52:52
could somehow have prevented my00:52:54
mother from going to00:52:56
Buenos Ares If I had stayed at home,00:53:00
perhaps both reproaches were evident in the letter So00:53:03
understand this feminine00:53:05
logic, I tore up the letter and tried to00:53:09
forget about it I decided that my father also died, would00:53:12
he have let my mother go so00:53:14
far alone? And what was not said about this in the00:53:17
letter, so for aunt or anor and dad00:53:20
was always a figure of silence, all her00:53:22
love went to her sister,00:53:25
I guessed only partly, later I00:53:28
found out what dad was planning to fly with my mother,00:53:30
but some emergency circumstances00:53:33
forced him to stay and rebook the00:53:35
ticket for the next day. My aunt didn’t00:53:40
write about this. After a couple of hours, the lieutenant called me00:53:43
and very delicately00:53:44
asked whether I should head off00:53:47
on a new trip together with my head in pieces00:53:50
and whether it would be better to regain my strength. at00:53:54
the reserve I remembered that I had accumulated00:53:56
a lot of unused dismissals, I00:53:59
don’t know how he found out about my loss, I refused, saying00:54:01
thank you sir, but it’s better to00:54:05
wait until the full platoon00:54:07
goes on the operation. And it’s good that00:54:11
I refused. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be next to00:54:13
the lieutenant at the moment of his death, I probably would have been sick to death with my00:54:19
conscience; everything happened very quickly just before the00:54:22
evacuation; the soldier was00:54:26
not seriously wounded in the department, but he fell; the deputy00:54:29
section commander went to pick him up and would not00:54:31
get away on his own, as usual; the lieutenant was watching00:54:34
everyone at once; reading the vital00:54:36
signs of each of us; however so00:54:39
it was or not so now one could00:54:41
only guess the lieutenant was convinced00:54:44
that the section was alive with the lock and pulled out both of them00:54:47
holding each one under his arm from a distance of 2000:54:50
feet, he threw them into Eva Kaslyuk where00:54:53
we were all already sitting, the positions were00:54:56
abandoned by us the enemy did not meet any00:54:59
opposition direct hit and00:55:02
instant00:55:03
death, I deliberately do not mention the names of00:55:06
the private and the deputy platoon commander,00:55:10
it doesn’t matter who the lieutenant saved00:55:13
at the last moment of his life in the place of00:55:16
that private, I could have been in the place of that private, and I00:55:19
was important, something else was important, our friendly family suddenly00:55:23
lost its head,00:55:25
we lost the one to whom we owed our00:55:28
name, we lost father, who made us00:55:32
who we00:55:34
are, soon after the untimely departure of the00:55:37
lieutenant, Captain Lad invited the00:55:40
sergeant, she wanted to have lunch with her and with00:55:42
the heads of other service units,00:55:45
but he politely refused if among our00:55:49
acquaintances there was a captain with an iron character,00:55:52
this00:55:54
tact only came out for a short time, you00:55:57
will understand me, Jelly stayed with we are stricter00:56:00
than before his lieutenant will not00:56:03
like it now it acted on us like a00:56:06
whiplash, however, it was not00:56:10
heard that often in organizational terms almost00:56:13
nothing has changed sergeant don’t00:56:15
shuffle us he only moved the00:56:18
deputy commander of the second section to the00:56:20
nominal position of introductory sergeant00:56:22
And the section commanders remained where they00:56:25
were most useful, that is, in their00:56:29
positions, at that time00:56:32
he promoted me to corporal and00:56:36
placed me in the essentially decorative00:56:38
position of deputy section commander.00:56:42
Jelly controlled the platoon in the same manner, that is, as00:56:44
if the lieutenant had not left his00:56:47
cabins but gave him orders in a timely manner, this is what00:56:51
saved us00:56:56
Chapter Eleven00:56:59
I can’t offer anything other than the blood of00:57:03
hard work, tears and sweat Winston00:57:07
Churchill, a warrior and statesman of the00:57:10
20th century in that attack on the skins When00:57:15
Dizi Flores died, Sergeant Jel00:57:18
performed the duties of a Nago platoon on00:57:19
the ground for the first time upon returning, the codor who00:57:23
knocked our boat asked me a question. Well,00:57:27
how00:57:28
was the routine - I answered briefly. I00:57:32
guess this guy was asking in a friendly way,00:57:34
but I was not in the mood, I was overwhelmed by a00:57:37
confusion of feelings, sadness died, dizi00:57:42
pride, we pulled him out, anger, it00:57:46
turned out to be useless and everything was00:57:49
a little mixed in I’m so glad I’m back on the corvette, my arms and00:57:52
legs are with me and they’re intact,00:57:55
but in general, how can you talk about a landing00:57:58
operation with someone who hasn’t taken part in one of these? Is it true00:58:02
? - he said00:58:05
Well, you guys have met and not service, half an hour00:58:09
of work, a month of00:58:11
relaxation, we’re on a00:58:23
three-second watch I'm00:58:26
catching up with Kodor, perhaps00:58:29
there was some truth in the words of the naval artilleryman. We are00:58:31
infantrymen, like the pilots of the first00:58:33
mechanized wars. The service is long and00:58:36
difficult, but there will be real combat. Well, a00:58:39
few hours, the rest of the time we00:58:42
spend on routine training, maintaining00:58:45
combat readiness, moving towards the goal of00:58:47
returning to the recreation center, preparing for the00:58:49
new campaign And on the campaign training training00:58:55
training from operation to operation for at00:58:58
least x weeks and next time we will00:59:00
attack another planet in the system of00:59:02
another star it will be a bug colony the00:59:07
distance between the stars is huge And00:59:09
even Cherenkov space did not make00:59:10
our raids short00:59:13
walks meanwhile I got corporals00:59:17
rogue Port about my promotion Captain00:59:20
Drey approved it in the absence of a00:59:23
full-time commander of our unit,00:59:25
formally the distribution of vacancies00:59:27
was handled by the combat unit, but don’t think00:59:30
that I took the position on a bird’s license,00:59:33
because of the losses of these vacancies there were always00:59:35
more than living organisms with which they were00:59:37
filled Jelly decided and I became a corporal00:59:40
and everything else00:59:43
the clerk was still wrong about the honey service00:59:46
between the landing we00:59:49
cleaned and repaired it happened the00:59:55
eye looked at the suit and found it01:00:00
unsuitable Jelly will confirm his conclusion01:00:02
and the ship Armorer Lieutenant Farley01:00:05
will add with the available means it cannot be01:00:08
restored then it is necessary getting a01:00:10
new spacesuit out of storage and01:00:12
its re-opening takes 26 man01:00:14
hours, not counting the time of the soldier for01:00:17
whom it was01:00:18
intended. So we had enough work to01:00:22
do, and01:00:23
various competitions were constantly held,01:00:25
from Trick Truck to the fight for the01:00:28
title of honorary platoon, and we had the best01:00:31
jazz band for several cubic light01:00:34
years Yes, the best because the only one Well, so01:00:37
what of it, headed by Sergeant01:00:40
Johnson, the pipe he melts hearts and01:00:46
shakes after that workshop. It’s a pity there are no01:00:49
words from the01:00:50
evacuation craftswomen without01:00:53
ballistics programming Archik Kemble, our platoon01:00:55
mechanic made a model of Roger Young, we01:00:59
all signed and Archie engraved our01:01:03
signatures on the dedicatory plaque to the01:01:05
coolest pilot Yvette Dela Drieu with01:01:07
gratitude from01:01:10
Rush's head we invited the captain to have dinner with01:01:12
us in the stern and to the sounds of our dau beat01:01:15
combo the youngest of the privates handed her a01:01:18
gift he01:01:23
shed a tear01:01:24
and he01:01:27
blushed So I received the01:01:31
chevrons Jelly left me in office01:01:34
I was not happy with the deputy section commander,01:01:36
Because it’s not a matter of01:01:38
jumping over steps. I would serve as a chest of drawers.01:01:41
And I’ll scan from the lance and the deputy chest of drawers01:01:44
into the corporal and the lock of the section, but I understood perfectly well01:01:47
what considerations01:01:49
Dzheli was guided by, so that it would01:01:51
continue as under01:01:53
the lieutenant, as if he had still with us01:01:56
Which means the squad and section commanders01:01:58
must remain in their01:02:00
positions because of this I found myself in a01:02:03
sticky situation the squad commanders are01:02:06
all three older than me and I am now01:02:10
the boss over them let’s assume in the next case01:02:12
something happens to Sergeant01:02:14
Johnson We will lose not only An01:02:16
excellent cook, but also a01:02:18
section commander, and I will have to replace him and there01:02:21
should not be a lingering doubt that my01:02:23
orders in battle will be carried out01:02:25
unquestioningly, but there is a day of doubt and01:02:29
before the next landing it is necessary to01:02:31
get rid of it, it’s time to sort out the01:02:34
relationship with the ace of the01:02:37
section commanders, he is not the eldest only by01:02:39
age, but also by rank, he is a corporal in the01:02:41
contract service if I can01:02:43
come to an agreement with him, the other two squads wo01:02:46
n’t01:02:47
cause any problems, in fact, on the corvette we01:02:51
had no friction after we that01:02:55
VL behaved quite decently, on the other01:02:58
hand there was no basis for01:03:01
disagreement we met only during01:03:03
daily checks. Yes, during the01:03:04
guard clearance, these are formal procedures and not01:03:07
conducive to personal communication, but01:03:10
still he made it clear that he did not intend to01:03:14
carry out my01:03:16
orders. So I went to him. When01:03:19
both were not closed, he lied to Nike Chita in no way.01:03:24
Rangers vs. the01:03:27
Galaxy is an easy read, but I01:03:29
doubt that there are so many adventures in military service01:03:31
And even with a happy01:03:34
ending Hello Let me come to you on business He01:03:39
raised his eyes Yes, have I actually01:03:43
changed my personal time, the conversation01:03:47
will still happen Put the book down What a rush Let me at01:03:50
least finish reading the chapter, that's enough. If it's so01:03:54
interesting, I can tell you how it01:03:56
ends, don't you dare, I'll hit you in the face. Still,01:04:00
he closed the book and sat down, feigning attention01:04:04
- I said this concerns the organization of the01:04:08
department. You are older than me. You should have01:04:11
become the lock of the section. Well, here it is again, this is a01:04:16
song, yes Again, let's go to01:04:19
Johnson together and ask him to convince01:04:21
Jelly you're serious, that's fair, that's01:04:26
fair01:04:51
[music]01:04:54
this is your last word this is my01:04:57
only word first and01:05:00
last01:05:02
Well you know, on the way to the shower I01:05:04
looked in and it wasn't there tidied up Let's01:05:07
get on with it No no no don't take the book01:05:10
Jelly says that junior commanders01:05:12
don't have personal time, he didn't even01:05:15
move, he just asked quietly01:05:19
Lik, do you really think there's no way without this I do01:05:23
n't have anything against you Well,01:05:28
it looks like I'm not sure it01:05:31
will work out I'm sure I'll try, well,01:05:34
okay, let01:05:36
's go, we went to the shower room, there was a redon, he01:05:39
immediately realized that he didn't need an01:05:42
urgent wash and disappeared. I locked the door of the01:05:47
hatch. You remember that we are forbidden.01:05:50
And what's wrong with killing you? I'm not going to01:05:54
do it. We don't want both of us to be01:05:56
suspended. from landing we don’t break bones01:05:59
unless by accident it01:06:01
suits suits I’ll just take01:06:03
off my jacket you’re afraid to get blood on it asking01:06:07
he stood in a relaxed position when I01:06:11
took off my jacket the ace tried to hit me01:06:13
in the knee not dangerously with the flat of his foot and01:06:17
also not tense by I was already a01:06:23
scientist if we worked in combat,01:06:26
it would have lasted a couple of moments,01:06:29
no more needed to finish off or knock out01:06:30
or at least weaken the enemy so01:06:32
that he could not continue the fight, but01:06:35
we agreed not to hurt each other,01:06:38
both were young, in excellent physical01:06:41
shape, well trained. To pain, the ace01:06:45
was larger than A I’m probably Mas the01:06:48
turn. In this situation, you can fight for a long01:06:51
time, boringly and painfully until you have a strength stat01:06:55
or until you make a mistake, but we01:06:58
were01:06:59
professionals, we weren’t mistaken, I won’t01:07:02
write down the details, they’re not01:07:04
worth it in my memory. Nothing special was01:07:07
left behind, and I didn’t write a diary then drove and01:07:11
suddenly I found that I was lying on my back and the01:07:14
ace was splashing water on my face when he saw that I01:07:18
had woken up. He lifted me to my feet and01:07:20
leaned me against the bulkhead. Hit me01:07:24
[music]01:07:25
I was swimming in the eyes of two Johnny Hit me,01:07:30
his face appeared in my field of vision,01:07:33
I focused on her and the01:07:35
garden there was zero strength that might be01:07:38
enough to kill a sick mosquito01:07:41
ace closed his eyes and stretched out on the deck01:07:45
and in order not to follow his example I01:07:47
had to grab01:07:49
Pierce then the ace slowly stood up okay01:07:54
Johnny shook his head there01:07:57
will be no more bickering No me no, my01:08:00
squad01:08:02
is good I nodded and a pain shot through my skull, the01:08:06
world - he asked, we shook01:08:11
hands with each other, and there01:08:15
was a shot too, we must have known the least about the course of the war,01:08:17
although we took a01:08:20
direct part in it with the help of01:08:23
skins. The beetles discovered our planet and01:08:25
attacked having destroyed Buenos Aires, after which the01:08:29
border centers escalated into a01:08:32
full-fledged war, this was even01:08:35
before we created powerful Armed Forces and01:08:37
took on the skins and forced them to come over to01:08:40
our side. The moon became a01:08:43
fairly effective barrier for the earth. What we were01:08:45
not informed about, but by and large we01:08:52
knew how and the fact that on our part01:08:55
enormous efforts are being made to01:08:58
destroy the enemy alliance and01:08:59
there has already been success, that the skins are01:09:02
wavering, we heard only on the eve of01:09:04
the operation in which Flores died, we were01:09:08
ordered not to treat the01:09:10
population with delicacy, the infrastructure01:09:12
can and should be destroyed, but it is advisable to spare the Natives01:09:15
what the soldier does not know it will not01:09:18
give up drugs in captivity, torture,01:09:22
brainwashing will not help the enemy extract01:09:24
secrets from you that you were not01:09:26
allowed to know, so we received information of an01:09:29
exclusively tactical nature;01:09:32
if a soldier does not understand why he is01:09:34
fighting, he loses the will to fight in the01:09:38
past for this reason01:09:40
Entire armies fled or surrendered, but the mobile01:09:43
infantryman has no such flaw. We all went to01:09:46
serve voluntarily and each01:09:48
had his own reasons, good or bad.01:09:51
It doesn’t matter, but now we fight because01:09:54
we are mobile infantry; we are professionals; we are01:09:58
driven by the spirit of military brotherhood; we are01:10:01
daredevils of Russia, seasoned and notorious the01:10:05
best mobile infantry when Jelly01:10:07
says it's time We get into capsules,01:10:10
go down to the planet and fight01:10:13
why are we doing this because that's what01:10:16
your heads are meant for01:10:20
and then we know01:10:24
that we're losing the war these beetles they01:10:28
lay eggs not only lay01:10:30
but also store and if necessary, they are01:10:32
moved to the incubator, we kill a warrior01:10:35
Or a thousand warriors or 10,000 but we don’t01:10:39
have time to get to our base as the01:10:41
Beetles get01:10:43
replenished imagine a beetle that is01:10:46
in charge of the population so he calls01:10:48
a subordinate and orders01:10:51
Joey to warm up the soldier Well, by Wednesday and transfer to the01:10:56
engineers to launch a reserve01:10:58
the incubators flooded us with01:11:02
applications, I don’t claim that this is01:11:04
exactly what happened, but the main01:11:07
result is not worth it. He believes that the beetles01:11:10
are driven by blind insti, like termites and01:11:13
ants, they are no more stupid than us, because the01:11:16
brainless races do not01:11:19
build spaceships, and in terms of control, they are generally01:11:22
far ahead01:11:24
on We spend at least a year training an ordinary soldier01:11:25
in individual combat and actions as01:11:27
part of a unit,01:11:29
and a beetle warrior with this knowledge and01:11:32
skills immediately hatches from an01:11:35
egg. Every time we killed a thousand01:11:38
Beetles but lost one mobile01:11:40
infantryman, this meant a victory for the enemy01:11:44
on points, we found out by paying an01:11:49
expensive ev can01:11:52
horses to him the01:11:55
evolution of their soldiers Commissars01:11:58
spend with the same carelessness with which01:12:00
we spend cartridges, perhaps we should have guessed01:12:03
about this earlier, having remembered what01:12:08
the conflict with Chinese hegemony cost the Russian-Anglo-American Union, but the01:12:11
lessons of history have a known drawback,01:12:15
they are best learned after01:12:17
after they let you01:12:20
in, but still we learned after every01:12:24
skirmish on01:12:26
cosmofen Druk and tactical manuals, we01:12:29
learned to distinguish workers from warriors, in01:12:32
principle, you can take a closer look at the shape of the01:12:34
shell, but in battle there is no time for this if01:12:37
the Beetle runs towards you, it is a warrior if from you01:12:40
You can even turning our backs on him,01:12:43
we realized that even on a warrior it’s not worth01:12:45
wasting ammunition when he doesn’t attack,01:12:47
it’s better to follow him into the lair and discover a hole01:12:52
in a grenade. In a few seconds, it will01:12:56
quietly release an01:12:58
oily gas that is dangerous for Beetles and01:13:01
harmless to people. This gas is much01:13:04
heavier than air. will flow Down And you01:13:07
throw a second ordinary grenade and01:13:09
block the entrance to the hole with a powerful01:13:12
explosion. We couldn’t figure out01:13:15
whether the gas penetrated deep enough to01:13:18
eliminate the queens, but the enemy01:13:21
definitely didn’t like this tactic.01:13:24
Our intelligence received confirming01:13:26
information from both the skins and the Infantrymen01:13:28
who managed to go down after by01:13:31
hand, with the help of gas, we completely01:13:34
cleared the enemy colony on the beach,01:13:37
perhaps the beetles managed to evacuate the01:13:39
queen of thinkers, but at least we01:13:41
learned how to inflict01:13:44
damage on them for us, rip their heads off, these gas01:13:48
bums were essentially a kind of01:13:51
pcs, the authorities so that the department clearly01:13:54
carried out tasks, observed the alternation of01:13:56
actions and galloped01:13:59
naked Well, the time has come to go to the01:14:03
capsule reserve - this is a consumable01:14:06
material like in the Chimo infantry and when they01:14:09
run out it was necessary to return to01:14:11
the base, even if the Cherenkov generators01:14:13
allow you to fly around the Galaxy twice more,01:14:16
shortly before this a dispatch arrived on Zheli01:14:20
received the rank of lieutenant and the position of01:14:22
Rush Zheli and I would be glad to continue to live in silence, but01:14:27
Captain Ludri announced the order and01:14:30
demanded that the new01:14:31
lieutenant eat in the bow of the ship along01:14:33
with other officers. But01:14:36
he spent the rest of the time with us in the stern. We01:14:40
had already attended several combat01:14:42
operations with Dzheli as a01:14:43
platoon commander and got used to doing without a01:14:46
lieutenant, it became a routine, although the pain did01:14:50
not go away, and now Jalal receives officer01:14:54
sleepers and the question arises: is it not time for us01:14:57
to rename such a custom? In the01:14:59
mobile infantry, a unit bears the name01:15:02
of its01:15:03
commander When this idea matured in our01:15:06
heads Johnson as the most senior01:15:08
rank decided to convey it to Jelly and for01:15:11
moral support he grabbed me for you,01:15:14
what - growled01:15:16
Jelly sergeant, that is, lieutenant, we were01:15:20
thinking about the01:15:22
World Cup Yes, given the circumstances, the guys01:15:25
decided, in short, now we could be01:15:28
called the jaguar Jelly, so we thought, we01:15:31
decided, and how many people liked this01:15:35
name unanimously -01:15:38
Johnson answered like this, well, let’s assume01:15:42
that there are 52 for and one against. This one against01:15:48
outweighed no one else raised this topic01:15:51
and here we are01:15:53
in the reserve. What luck we had on board, the01:15:57
internal gravitational field went out for two days01:15:59
and while the chief01:16:01
mechanic was restoring it we lived in01:16:03
zero gravity And I01:16:07
hate it like a real astronaut, I must01:16:09
say I never became the ground under my feet. That’s01:16:13
for01:16:15
me the whole platoon got 10 days of rest01:16:18
and moved to the01:16:20
barracks. I never found out the coordinates of01:16:23
the reserve and the number of the star from the catalog01:16:26
around which it was located. addresses what01:16:28
you don’t know that you won’t give away the01:16:30
location of the planet Ultra01:16:35
top-secret officer to the pilots and01:16:39
some other people must be assumed All of them are under strict01:16:42
orders, even01:16:45
hypnotic with them in case of threat of01:16:47
captivity, so I not only didn’t know, I did01:16:50
n’t want to find out If the enemy captures the01:16:53
lunar base, even if he occupies the01:16:55
earth itself this will not mean imminent01:16:59
defeat, provided that it is possible to01:17:01
transport the necessary resources to the reserve,01:17:04
but I can tell you what01:17:06
this planet is like, it looks01:17:08
like the earth only01:17:11
very, very backward, backward in the01:17:14
literal sense, like a child in 10 years01:17:17
who has learned to wave his hand and say01:17:19
bye -yet but has not yet mastered the modeling of the Easter01:17:22
cake.01:17:24
The planet is exactly like the earth, like its01:17:26
own sister, and if you believe the01:17:29
planets are the same age, and if you believe01:17:31
astrophysics, then it is a star of the same type as01:17:34
our Sun; the reserve is rich in flora and01:17:37
fauna; the composition of its atmosphere01:17:40
the climate is almost identical to the earth's, also close to01:17:43
ours, there are even decent sizes of the Moon01:17:46
and completely earthly01:17:48
tides with all these advantages01:17:51
The planet is stuck in the starting01:17:54
gate, this is due to the lack of mutations, the01:17:57
level of natural radiation there is01:17:59
much lower than ours the typical and most01:18:02
developed plant of the reserve is01:18:04
primitive giant ferns in the01:18:07
animal world, the top is occupied by proto-01:18:09
insects that have not even yet01:18:11
organized themselves into colonies, about the displaced01:18:14
terrestrial flora and fauna, I’m not saying that everything on01:18:17
earth is easily inferior to ours, the01:18:19
living space of the bedin popit, the01:18:23
mutation rate is extremely low and01:18:26
therefore evolutionary progress01:18:28
is negligible, local life forms in the01:18:31
reserve did not get a decent chance01:18:33
to develop to the level of ours and win the01:18:36
competition for a relatively long01:18:39
time, their genotypes remained01:18:41
unchanged; their organisms did not acquire01:18:44
the ability to adapt;01:18:47
imagine a casino where the01:18:49
same game of brie is played over and over again at all the tables;01:18:51
this continues for01:18:53
thousands of years and there is no hope of seeing01:18:56
what something01:18:58
more interesting, all this didn’t matter01:19:02
as long as the local species competed only01:19:04
with each other, their mouse fuss could01:19:07
go on forever. Well, the eco-sphere01:19:11
was invaded by species that had gone through the harsh school of01:19:13
survival on a planet with a high01:19:15
background radiation, and native life01:19:18
was01:19:19
doomed. The above is now01:19:21
perfectly explained in school01:19:23
biology textbooks And then a high01:19:26
scientific rank from a research station01:19:29
told me about the problems of the reserve,01:19:31
expressed an idea that I myself would01:19:35
never have thought of. What will happen to the people01:19:37
who colonized the reserve, not with01:19:40
temporary residents like me, but with those01:19:43
who have already taken root there colonists for01:19:46
many generations, the absence of radiation does01:19:49
not harm them at all, on the contrary,01:19:51
some other types of cancer are almost unknown here, the01:19:54
economic situation is close to01:19:56
ideal, to grow a crop you don’t even01:19:59
need to fight weeds, earthly wheat01:20:01
easily displaces any local plants,01:20:05
but the descendants of the colonists do not01:20:08
evolve, or rather, they evolve01:20:10
extremely weakly that guy explained to me that01:20:13
small mutations will still occur due to01:20:16
such factors as emigration giving01:20:18
new blood and natural selection from existing01:20:23
genotypes. However, the speed of local01:20:26
evolution is negligible in comparison with the earth’s01:20:29
or with the average for ordinary01:20:32
planets, so what are the prospects? Are the01:20:36
population of the reserve stuck forever?01:20:39
at the current level of01:20:41
development Will it soon hopelessly01:20:44
lag behind humanity and become like01:20:47
relict hominids as01:20:48
out of place in the modern world as01:20:51
Pithecanthropus on board a spaceship?01:20:54
Or maybe, caring about the fate of01:20:57
the offspring, this humanity will01:21:00
regularly spur itself with doses of01:21:02
X-rays or even explode01:21:04
dirty atomic bombs every year replenishing the supply of01:21:07
radioactive substances in the atmosphere01:21:09
while dealing with the immediate danger01:21:11
of radiation for himself, the scientist believed01:21:15
that his01:21:18
fellow citizens would not take such extreme measures. According to him,01:21:21
people are too selfish, too01:21:24
concerned about their own well-being to01:21:26
seriously care about future01:21:30
generations, most people are simply not01:21:32
able to understand what dangerous for distant01:21:34
descendants, the lack of radiation, the threat to them01:21:37
seems purely speculatively01:21:40
non-existent in reality, because01:21:42
evolution is too slow, even on01:21:45
earth, it takes many millennia for the emergence of new species.01:21:48
I don’t know whether he’s right or not, you01:21:53
can’t always guess your fate. And to01:21:55
foresee the future of a distant space01:21:58
colony, but I have no doubt about one thing, sooner01:22:01
or later the reserve will be completely01:22:03
populated not by us. So by beetles or by01:22:07
someone else, it’s potential. Utopia at01:22:11
this end of the Galaxy, such elite01:22:13
real estate is in short supply and of course it will not01:22:15
remain in the ownership of primitive01:22:18
life forms that are unlucky With01:22:21
development this place is already01:22:24
amazing And in terms of recreation and01:22:27
entertainment, it’s easy01:22:29
[music]01:22:41
can’t half the adult01:22:43
population work at our base and in the01:22:46
military01:22:47
industry the rest produced01:22:49
agricultural products and01:22:50
supplied them to the fleet, say this is01:22:53
selfish interest Maybe so, but we have to01:22:57
give it to them they had due respect for the uniform and01:23:00
had no regard for anyone who01:23:03
wore it, quite the contrary. When a mobile01:23:06
infantryman entered some01:23:08
establishment, the owner told him Sir and without01:23:12
mockery, although he tried to smuggle in01:23:14
something useless at an exorbitant01:23:17
price. But the most important thing is half the population01:23:21
was female,01:23:23
in order to appreciate this01:23:25
circumstance you need to fly with me on a01:23:29
long roadstead, you look forward to01:23:31
the guard when 2 out of every six hours you01:23:34
stand leaning your back against the thirtieth01:23:36
bulkhead and eagerly catch the echoes of women's01:23:40
voices, probably on ships with an all-01:23:42
male crew in this regard it’s simpler,01:23:45
but I ended up on Roger Young, it’s01:23:48
still nice to know that you are not fighting in vain,01:23:50
that the Higher Goal exists,01:23:53
that it is not a figment01:23:55
of the imagination, besides the fact that on01:23:57
the reserve the fair sex made up 50% of01:24:00
the population, about 40% of women wore the01:24:03
Federal Service uniform, sums it up and you01:24:07
will get the most a charming picture in the01:24:09
developed part of01:24:11
the Universe, to these magnificent01:24:14
natural advantages should be01:24:16
added an01:24:17
artificial infrastructure of recreation and01:24:20
entertainment on the planet that has no equal, it01:24:23
seems as if most01:24:25
civilians were tied up in two jobs, moving01:24:28
from the day shift to the night They01:24:31
tried to bring joy to the Servant until the dark circles under their eyes01:24:33
to a person on01:24:36
both sides of Churchill Road that connected01:24:39
the base with the city, there were01:24:41
entertainment establishments where the military01:24:44
painlessly parted with their01:24:45
money, and what else should you spend01:24:48
your salary on if not on recuperating your strength,01:24:50
games and music?01:24:53
But if you managed to avoid these01:24:55
pitfalls,01:24:56
of course, thanks not to an excess of will and with the01:24:59
rapid emptying of my pocket, there were01:25:02
enough other establishments in the city that were almost01:25:04
as interesting and even with girls01:25:07
where, with the cares of the friendly population, we01:25:10
were served for free, like that01:25:13
entertainment center in Vancouver, but the reserve was much01:25:15
much more01:25:17
hospitable, especially the city of01:25:20
Espiritu Santa, I fell in love with it so much01:25:24
that I even for some time time, I warmed01:25:26
myself with the hope of settling down after retirement in01:25:29
this ideal place for life and not caring01:25:31
that my descendants, if they appear at all,01:25:34
in 25,000 years will walk with long01:25:37
green antennae in the manner of the local01:25:41
fauna, that professor from the research01:25:45
station was unable to intimidate me with01:25:47
conversations about radiation, the surrounding01:25:50
paintings said that the01:25:52
human race has already reached the absolute01:25:56
evolutionary01:25:57
Peak, probably a similar illusion the01:26:01
warthog Gentleman has for the01:26:03
warthog Lady, but if we both and01:26:17
[music]01:26:21
are mistaken01:26:22
No, not with Roger Young sitting at the01:26:25
next table arguing, we are animated and01:26:29
perhaps too noisy, so the01:26:32
military police outfit was forced intervene and,01:26:34
with the help of a01:26:41
stunner, paid for the furniture; the01:26:45
commandant of the base was of the opinion that you01:26:48
would allow the soldier to rest. Neya01:26:51
freely remembers about 31 hard01:26:55
landings; we liked them and the barracks01:26:58
were no frills, but comfortable with a01:27:01
24-hour canteen and01:27:03
civilian staff;01:27:06
you are completely left to your own devices.01:27:10
not to appear in01:27:11
the location at all I didn’t01:27:14
take advantage of this permission, it’s stupid to pay for a01:27:16
hotel, having free, clean accommodation with a01:27:19
soft bed,01:27:23
you can spend it on the reserve in a lot of01:27:25
ways, I was01:27:27
very pleased and an extra hour in the day01:27:31
meant 9 hours of sleep, not to the detriment of the Day and for the01:27:34
first time During the entire time that passed after the01:27:36
operation, the bug house I managed01:27:39
to sleep off it was01:27:40
essentially a barracks and it was a hotel.01:27:45
Ace and I got a room for two in the01:27:48
part of01:27:51
the building reserved for high boots. Our wonderful vacation was already01:27:53
coming to an end. I would have continued until01:27:55
local noon, but the ace shook my bunk.01:27:58
soldier Beetles are attacking I told him01:28:02
where to go with these beetles let's01:28:05
go01:28:19
[music]01:28:21
you'll have time to visit her if you happen to01:28:24
visit the reserve she turned out to be01:28:27
slender and red-haired In general, it must01:28:31
be an expensive pleasure Karl01:28:33
hinted to her that money was burning in my pocket and01:28:36
she did not miss the opportunity to fulfill01:28:41
I didn’t disappoint Karl with my dream of tasting local champagne by admitting01:28:44
that I only had the pay of an01:28:46
infantryman. The lady received champagne. And I01:28:49
drank fresh pineapple SKVO,01:28:53
this name in no way01:28:55
corresponds to01:28:57
the content. In the end, I had to01:28:59
return on foot because the taxi drivers01:29:01
didn’t take me for nothing, and yet I didn’t regret it.01:29:05
expenses incurred in the end What01:29:07
is money for an infantryman dust It’s me,01:29:11
of course, don’t worry about zhuh money -01:29:15
said the ace Vyru I got spoiled yesterday01:29:18
Navy mug don’t know01:29:23
math So I got up, shaved,01:29:26
took a shower and the ace and I went to the dining room01:29:30
there and took half a dozen natural eggs01:29:33
potatoes ham Love and all sorts of other01:29:36
stuff having killed the worm We decided to01:29:38
take a walk along Chechel Road and01:29:40
refuel somewhere along the way it was already quite01:29:44
hot and soon he suggested we go to01:29:48
Kanti I was01:29:50
interested in the pineapple squash it turned out to be01:29:54
fake But at least it was01:29:57
cold Well, you can’t demand01:30:01
too much from life, we discussed this issue01:30:04
and the party ordered us another glass, I01:30:07
tried Strawberry squash and it was also a01:30:10
fake, looking at his vessel, the party suddenly01:30:13
asked, “Have you ever had the desire to01:30:16
study to be an officer?” I was taken aback, yes,01:30:19
you’re crazy at all, no01:30:23
Johnny It seems like the war01:30:26
hasn’t calmed down for a long time Propaganda01:30:29
and this arrestovich of yours, we see our relatives The01:30:32
beetles are not going to give up01:30:36
So why not think about the future, it’s01:30:39
rightly said in an orchestra it’s easier to wave a01:30:41
conductor’s baton than to carry a01:30:44
big01:30:45
drum I’m straight up What what But01:30:50
I didn’t expect such conversations from the ace And01:30:53
myself - I asked you yourself don’t want to01:30:56
rise in the vats I - he muttered01:31:00
son, call your chains they give false01:31:03
information I have no education I’m01:31:06
10 years older And your certificate allows01:31:09
enter the officer school Yes, and in terms of IQ01:31:12
you correspond, if you switch to01:31:14
contract service, you01:31:16
will probably receive the rank of sergeant before me01:31:18
and the very next day you can01:31:20
go to the Officer Academy no.01:31:24
Listen, you’re definitely crazy. Listen to01:31:26
daddy, it’s not disgusting to admit it,01:31:30
but you’re quite stupid and zealous. Honest of01:31:34
these make officers for whom01:31:36
Soldiers are ready to foolishly get into hell. As01:31:39
for me, I’m a born non-commissioned01:31:43
pessimist like me, they are needed01:31:44
to cool the enthusiasm of people like you,01:31:48
someday I’ll serve until I’m a sergeant, I’ll01:31:51
gain twenty years of experience and retire and01:31:54
get a job. to a job01:31:56
reserved for our brother in01:31:58
the police or somewhere else, I’ll marry a01:32:01
pretty fat girl with simple01:32:03
tastes like mine, I’ll catch fish, root01:32:06
for something sports and grow old for01:32:08
my own pleasure, the party paused to01:32:12
wet my throat, and you - he continued you01:32:15
will remain in the army01:32:20
having served on the battlefield. And I01:32:23
will read about this in the newspaper and say with pride, I01:32:27
know this guy, I even helped him with money01:32:29
when we were01:32:32
corporals, what can01:32:34
you say, I never thought about an officer’s01:32:37
career - I said slowly, I01:32:41
just wanted to serve urgently, he he01:32:44
grinned sourly,01:32:45
yes. Can you remember when the01:32:48
last conscript who served went home? Do01:32:51
you seriously believe that you will get off with two01:32:54
years? He was right. The war is in full swing and01:32:58
demobilization is not in the cards, at least for the01:33:00
Infantrymen. But it’s important. Which way01:33:04
to look at the situation? I can dream01:33:06
out loud; it will end It’s a damn war and a01:33:10
contract soldier will never01:33:12
say that, and we conscripts also can’t01:33:15
count on timely retirement.01:33:18
But if you transfer to permanent service and01:33:20
there is no 20-year period, in this case01:33:25
serious problems may arise with acquiring full citizenship, even though the01:33:27
army does not have the right to keep in its ranks a01:33:30
person who decided01:33:32
to quit yes It looks like you really shouldn’t01:33:36
count on your temporary demobilization01:33:38
I agreed but the war can’t01:33:40
last01:33:42
forever you think it can’t Why should it01:33:46
drag on yes I’ll be damned if I01:33:48
know they don’t report such things to me but they don’t tell01:33:52
you something is bothering the girl waiting01:33:57
no actually she was slow to answer I but01:34:01
she wrote to me dear01:34:04
Johnny I didn’t lie But I just01:34:07
embellished it a little because the party seemed to be01:34:10
expecting to hear Something like that01:34:12
pocket wasn’t my girlfriend and she was01:34:15
n’t anyone at all but everyone01:34:20
these words were only twice, I misread the party,01:34:24
nodded thoughtfully Well, yes, they are all01:34:28
like that, if you marry a civilian, It’s01:34:31
bad when you want to have fun with your husband01:34:34
and he’s not around, I don’t worry and son,01:34:37
you’ll return to civilian life You can choose01:34:39
from the crowd of brides Yes, and not at a snotty01:34:42
age doing this marriage is a01:34:44
disaster For the young but salvation for the01:34:48
old he looked at my glass01:34:51
Listen, it’s painful for me to watch you lap up01:34:53
this drink and what you’re drinking You, by the way,01:34:56
look no less nauseating, he shrugged his01:35:00
shoulders Everyone has their own quirks,01:35:03
think about my01:35:06
words,01:35:07
I’ll think about it soon, tus went to play cards and01:35:10
gave me some money And I went for01:35:13
a walk and I really had to think about a01:35:17
military career if we leave01:35:20
officer ranks aside. Is it really that01:35:22
attractive and why did I even01:35:25
go to serve? Well, of course, for the sake of01:35:27
full01:35:28
citizenship. What if I transfer to01:35:30
permanent service of civil rights01:35:33
I will have no more than anyone who01:35:34
has not served Shpak as long as you wear a uniform you are01:35:38
not a voter of course otherwise and it cannot be01:35:42
let them rip off the head of the electoral urm these01:35:45
idiots what good will they vote against01:35:47
military operations this cannot be allowed in01:35:50
any way or I’m in the army at all not in order01:35:53
to get the right to vote Have I01:35:55
ever thought about this no I was attracted by the01:35:58
Prestige status of being a citizen is an01:36:03
honor that if I’m deceiving myself for the life of me01:36:07
I couldn’t remember For what01:36:09
reason I went to serve But certainly not01:36:12
for the sake of the right to vote and be elected without01:36:15
which you are supposedly not a01:36:18
citizen, our lieutenant was a citizen01:36:21
in the best sense of the word. Although I did01:36:24
not live to receive a document01:36:26
allowing me to vote. He voted01:36:29
every time he went into battle and01:36:34
I vote in the same way. The voice of Colonel Dubo sounded in my head.01:36:38
Citizenship is an01:36:42
attitude, a state. mind is an01:36:45
emotional conviction that01:36:47
the whole is greater than the part and that the part should01:36:52
feel humble pride in sacrificing01:36:54
itself for the sake of the existence of the01:36:57
whole. I still didn’t know. Do01:37:00
I want to shield my home with my own body01:37:02
from the disasters that war brings?01:37:05
Still, during the landing, I was fiercely01:37:07
jittery and I’ll tell you this, it was01:37:10
all a disaster, a disaster. But at01:37:13
least I now understood what01:37:15
Colonel01:37:17
DB is talking about. The mobile infantry is mine, I belong to01:37:21
it, and we are01:37:24
one, I still have little idea of01:37:27
what01:37:28
patriotism is.01:37:33
Yes, this is my habitat, my01:37:39
family ulo brothers, and those they are, even see me, I’m01:37:44
tender, because after parting with these guys,01:37:47
I’m just like01:37:51
that. Why not go for a long-term service,01:37:55
well, let’s say, and yet, what about an01:37:59
officer’s career, maybe it’s not01:38:02
such01:38:03
nonsense Perhaps I can imagine myself01:38:05
20 years older with Ordinary straps01:38:08
on my chest and in slippers as01:38:10
described by the party or in the evening in the house of Veterans,01:38:14
experienced people and I will reminisce,01:38:16
but I remember my officer’s01:38:18
career once at a get-together Al01:38:21
Jenkins said I’m a private and I’m01:38:24
completely satisfied with this, they don’t expect anything from a private01:38:27
Why become an officer or at least a01:38:30
sergeant You breathe the same air that01:38:32
they eat The same food You jump01:38:35
on the same ground but at the same time you don’t have a01:38:38
headache Probably Al was right that they gave me01:38:43
chevrons besides the endless pressure,01:38:46
nevertheless, I knew if they offered me the01:38:48
rank of sergeant, I wouldn’t refuse Yes, and I would like to01:38:51
refuse Who would have allowed me There is no01:38:54
infantryman such a right, he goes wherever he01:38:57
orders and beats whomever they show him and does not01:39:01
argue when he is promoted, but by01:39:04
the way this Isn’t it my case that I should dream01:39:08
of being equal to Lieutenant01:39:10
Rush01:39:11
while walking, I suddenly discovered that my01:39:14
legs, as if of their own free will, led01:39:17
me to the officer candidate school, a01:39:20
company of cadets was running around the parade ground,01:39:23
just like We were in Arthur’s camp, the01:39:26
sun warmed the chicken and it was comfortable, almost01:39:29
the same as at the gatherings in the landing01:39:31
compartment of Roger Young, I was running my own in01:39:35
training for what to drill, then on the corvette01:39:38
we are marching on that bulkhead, all my01:39:41
drill is a thing of the past, I admired the01:39:45
cadets in their uniform, listened to the yells of the01:39:48
sergeants, how a hundred times shook my01:39:52
head, I moved to the barracks of vacationers01:39:55
there I entered the officers' wing and found01:39:58
Jelly's room, he had his01:40:02
feet up on the table reading a magazine, I knocked01:40:05
on the door frame Jelly looked up and01:40:08
growled, what are you doing, sergeant, that is,01:40:13
lieutenant,01:40:15
sir, I want to sign a contract, he01:40:19
removed his legs from the table, lift them up right hand01:40:23
Jelly swore me in and01:40:26
took my contract papers out of the desk drawer.01:40:29
It turns out that it was already ready, he was only waiting for01:40:32
my signature. But I didn’t01:40:35
say a word to the ace about my decision. What is it?Description:
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