The German air strike failed. Looking at the enemy plane flying away in shame, the female soldiers of the anti-aircraft machine gun company cheered.
As soon as the battle ended, Liuba and Sweta arrived at the battalion command post together.
Seeing the arrival of the two, Belkin looked particularly happy. He said with a smile: "Good, you are all good. It is precisely because of your outstanding performance that the enemy planes' conspiracy to bomb the highlands failed, greatly reducing the casualties of the defenders. On behalf of the commanders and soldiers of the battalion, I would like to express my gratitude to you!" After that, he raised his hand to salute the two female commanders.
After saying something praise to the two female commanders, Sokov asked with concern: "Is there a great deal of casualties in the company?"
"When the German plane was diving, in order to avoid the fire of our anti-aircraft machine guns, the bombs dropped were far away from the air defense array." Liuba replied with a smile: "We did not suffer any casualties in our battle."
When Sokov learned that the female soldier company had no casualties in the battle, he breathed a sigh of relief, but he still reminded Liuba: "Comrade Lieutenant, if the Germans suffer your losses today, they will definitely retaliate. You can be vigilant."
"Don't worry, Comrade Battalion Commander." Liuba said confidently: "As long as the enemy dares to send another plane, we will definitely knock it down." After saying that, she turned her face toward Sweta next to her and winked.
Sokov saw every move of Liuba, and he thought to himself with some confusion: "What did Liuba wink at Sweta? Could it be that I was blinded by the mistake?"
Sweta coughed gently, and then said a little embarrassedly: "Two battalion commanders, we are here today because we have something to discuss with you."
"Comrade Instructor," perhaps because the other party was also a political worker, Belkin said to her very politely: "If you have anything, just say it. I promise you that as long as it is within our ability, I will do it for you."
"That's great." Sweta looked at Liuba with surprise and continued, "That's right, comrade of the deputy battalion commander, in order to celebrate the downing of enemy planes today, we want to hold a dance party and invite some male soldiers to attend..."
"No, I will definitely not." Before Sweta finished speaking, Sokov rejected her proposal without hesitation: "Instructor Sweta, I remind you that this is a battlefield, not a university campus, but a place for war, not a place for men and women to hold together and dance."
Neither Liuba nor Sweta expected Sokov to refuse so simply. Liuba asked a little dissatisfied: "Why?"
"Why?" Sokov sneered and said, "Comrade Lieutenant, don't you know that even if you only invite a few male soldiers to the dance, there are more than 100 people. We don't have that large hidden department to accommodate so many people. As for holding a dance in the open space, don't think about it. Our bonfire will point out the shooting direction for the German artillery. As long as a few shells fly over, the soldiers participating in the dance will suffer heavy casualties. I don't want such a tragedy to happen."
Seeing that the two female commanders who were coming with hope were about to leave disappointed, Berkin called them. Then, he turned around and said to Sokov: "Comrade Battalion Commander, I think I can consider Lieutenant Liuba's proposal."
"But..." Sokov was about to object, but he was stopped by Belkin. He smiled and said, "Comrade Battalion Commander, please listen to me first. If it is not appropriate, it is not too late to object."
Seeing that things were at odds, Liu Ba hurriedly urged: "Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander, hurry up and talk about your arrangements."
Belkin coughed softly, cleared his throat, and said to everyone: "I see that the location of the dance party is chosen to be in the open space next to the air defense position. Due to the obstruction of the high ground, even if we light a bonfire and hold a dance party, we will not be discovered by the German artillery. As for the male soldiers participating in the dance party, I think those soldiers who have performed outstandingly recently were limited to ten people in each company, and the guard platoon was five."
After talking about his arrangement, Belkin's eyes swept across everyone's body, and then asked tentatively: "I wonder how everyone thinks this arrangement is?"
"I agree!" As soon as he finished speaking, Liuba was the first to express support. Swita, who was standing next to her, saw Sokov remain silent, quickly pulled her clothes gently. Liuba, who realized that he had lost his composure, shrank his neck, stuck out his tongue in embarrassment, and closed his mouth obediently. But her eyes were still on Sokov, waiting for the decision he made anxiously.
"Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander." After listening to Belkin's arrangement, Sokov felt that it was nothing wrong to make an exception to hold a dance party on the battlefield. He acted indifferently and said: "We both have always had division of labor in work: I have the final say in military affairs; you have the final say in life. I think that holding a dance party should be a matter of life."
Although Sokov did not agree, his statement had already agreed that he could hold a dance party. After hearing him, Liuba cheered like a little girl: "Ula!" Then he raised his hand to his forehead and asked impatiently, "Two battalion commanders, are you allowed me to go back to the army to prepare now?"
"Allow!" Sokov nodded and said with a smile: "You guys go back to the army first!"
I heard that the dance party was going to be held with the female soldiers. The selected male soldiers were all cleaned up and split wood as if they were injected with chicken blood. They also placed a circle of newly cut logs around the bonfire, so that the people participating in the dance could have a place to sit.
Sokov and Belkin stood in the trenches, watching the male soldiers who were busy with their distance, and couldn't help but laugh. He teased to Belkin: "Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander, look at these male soldiers. I heard that they can dance with the female soldiers. The motivation they burst out is more effective than listening to any publicity and agitation."
When Belkin heard Sokov say this, he said thoughtfully: "Comrade Battalion Commander, you have made sense. If our team soldiers were promoting and agitating, they would also participate in the female soldiers, the effect might be twice the result with half the effort."
The two were talking in the trenches when they suddenly saw the two platoon leaders of the female soldier company, Kaga and Yunya, coming over. Bernin asked first, "Two platoon leaders, do you have anything to do?"
"That's right, comrade, deputy battalion commander." A platoon commander Kajia said with a smile: "Our company commander wants the two battalion commanders to perform a program for the comrades at tonight's dance. Lieutenant Liuba asked us to come and ask, what program do you want to perform?"
"Let's perform the show?" Hearing Kaja say this, Belkin's face showed a shy expression. He waved his hand and said, "I can't do this, you should find someone else."
Seeing Belkin refuse to perform the show, Kaga's face showed a disappointed expression. She turned her eyes to Sokov and said pitifully: "Comrade Battalion Commander, what about you? You won't refuse us too, right?" She turned her head and looked at Yunya next to her, adding, "If you can't complete the mission, you will definitely be criticized by the company commander after you go back."
Sokov didn't want to make the two young female soldiers embarrassed. After thinking for a while, he said to Kajia: "Well, Sergeant Kajia, in order not to let you go back and be criticized by Lieutenant Liuba, I decided to sing a song for the comrades at tonight's dance."
"That's great, this is great." Hearing Sokov was willing to perform the show, Kajia excitedly slapped a few times, and then asked, "Comrade Battalion Commander, can you tell me what song you plan to sing?"
Chapter completed!