Chapter 40: Ch 38. The ultimate weapon of Apocalypse, DEPLOYED!

The initial assault of the city turned into a stalemate.

The artillery support reduced the defenses of the main gatehouse to rubble. Using Dachshund as spotter aircraft we continued requesting mortar fire here and there but most of the fight was over.

The allied forces retreated from the vicinity of the city and set up a proper blockade and sieged the defenders.

A GRU squad managed to make its way inside the city and marked several high-priority targets. Currently they are out of our reach as the civilians are too close.

Our current objective is to wait for a good moment to strike. We will break through the second gatehouse, that was left intact. For now, we are set up near the second position to keep the enemy focused here.

“Any questions?”

“Negative.” (J)

“All clear.” (O)

I jumped down from my tribune – the engine cover. Our little council confirmed and approved of my plan, so now I will follow this route of doing things.

“It’s becoming hotter, right?” I shook the collar of the uniform to ventilate.

“I think it’s just you. Hey, Old man, are you grand-granddaughters overheat fast as well?” Jester patted my head. I will find him a good use later.

“Screw you, Dima! But I guess the young ones do overheat easily…” And I already have a few good ideas, requiring a lot of physical exercise. A very good-for-health ideas.

“Shut, s*, u tebya mnogo svobodnogo vremeni? Starik, tebya tozhe kasayetsa.” [Jester, you b*, do you have a lot of spare time? Old man, the same goes for you.] They gulped.

“So, I want you to…”

“Beril-Main, come in. Over.” Ether interrupted me at the wrong moment.

“Beril-Main, reading you loud and clear. Over.”

“I have some good news for you. Do you want high-quality precise fire artillery? Alongside with 400 kg of supplies per request?” (E)

“You bet we need it. What is their callsign?”

“Callsign Basilisk. Anything else?” (E)

“Noth…”

“Hey! Is there a pool nearby? It’s hot like hell in here! I am sweating buckets and would like some…” (J)

“SHUT THE F* UP!”

“Bathing is approved as requested. I will send you a helicopter with MOBILE BATH.” (E)

“What the f* are you talking about?”

“Good luck out there, Captain! Ether is over and out!” (E)
“DON’T YOU RUN AWAY FROM ME!”

‘Static noise’

“F*!”

“Jester, you f* moron. The same goes for you, Old man. YOU TWO, I WANT THIS F* TANK TO BE SHINING BY THE TIME THIS BATH ARRIVES, YOU HEAR ME?!”

‘You don’t need to swear at us all the time.’ (O)

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“I see…” They started trembling.

“Tovarish' Mladshiy Leytenant Zhukov.”

“Ya!” (J)

“Tovarish' Starshiy Leytenant Ivanov.”

“Ya!” (O)

“Do you feel like I am too harsh?”

“No!” (J, O)

“Maybe I am unfair?”

“No!” (J, O)

“Do you have suggestions? Or maybe complaints?”

“No!” (J, O)

“Do you want to do exhausting physical work?”

“YES!” (J, O)

“Great, then… Recite me… every… single… one… of the chapters… of the… Military Regulations of the Armed Forces of Russian Federation. Up to every f* comma and period.” I took a book from out of an instrument box.

‘H-have m-mercy…’ (J)

“I always knew this pretty book will come in handy one day~.”

“I want a synchronized reciting of the Regulations. Any mistake, any mispronouncement, any asynchronous reciting, and you will start from the very beginning. Start.”

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Several hours later.

“Item 75. Commander is the only authority and in the times of peace and war is responsive for: the constant military and mobilization readiness of his entrusted unit; for the successful completion of combat tasks; for combat training, education, military discipline, moral and psychological state of subordinate personnel, and safety of military service; for maintaining internal order of the unit, condition and safety of armaments, vehicles and other military equipment; for material, technical, fi…” (J, O)

I stopped them when I heard a helicopter approaching.

“You are so slow… Only page 16 of 195! Well then, we will continue the next time I will be punishing you. Dismissed!” I put a bookmark at the page where we stopped. The book itself will be hidden in a different place, to avoid them meddling with it.

After I was done with hiding the ultimate strategic weapon of punishment, I approached two men who were sitting by the tank track in prostration.

“You know why I did it?”

“To kill any desire of us trying to make you follow the Regulations...” (O)

“Good to see you understanding. I am fine with having some liberties, just keep at least some discipline and subordination. Am I clear?”

“More than clear…” (J)

A huge shadow appeared above us and with thundering noise started descending.