"Rather than saying that he married her, it is better to say that his family chose him. His greatest value lies in his contribution to the family."
As soon as Jack opened his mouth, Malashenko knew that a tragic emotional experience was slowly unfolding.
"I know his situation. Logically speaking, a poor boy like him from Texas is not worthy of being in a lady like Kate. That's not because he became famous later, but at the beginning, his head was burning.
When he was only thinking about pursuing a girl, he didn't think so at that time and felt that ruthlessness could conquer everything."
Jack's words trailed off quietly with the sound of the wind. After hearing the words, Malashenko nodded appropriately and spoke.
"Well, wrong. Except for the 152 howitzer. The righteous 152 grenade can break all the ruthlessness packaged by capital and hypocrisy. If one shot fails, then two."
".Ah"
Let's assume that Malashenko was joking on purpose, to make himself happy and to make himself feel better. Jack, who accepted his intention, then continued to speak.
"He and Kate met at a friend's party. At that time, he was a lieutenant, doing some odd drawings and compiling information. She was a college student at the time, and they met after a friend introduced her. At that time, he
Just wondering if she is really the most beautiful girl he has ever seen in his life."
"So I launched a frantic pursuit offensive? Do you want to hug the beautiful woman?"
Malashenko felt that the ruthless love stories of those days were just like that, and Bu Nao's guess was not very accurate that time.
"On the contrary, Kate took the initiative to contact him."
"Damn, what happened? Then I was caught by someone from the beginning?"
Malashenko was slightly surprised when he saw him, but Jack nodded immediately.
"It doesn't matter. That's right. After all, that's the truth."
"There is nothing to say about love stories, but being with Kate, at that time, he felt that it was the luckiest thing in his life. From the moment they met each other to the initial marriage, everything went smoothly, but it was not about getting married.
Later, he began to realize that things were not that simple."
He sucked on his cigar and puffed out a long wisp of smoke. Many times, the amount of smoke a man takes in one puff always seems to be wrongly proportional to his state of mind when he smokes. Jack's eyes were mixed with sadness, but he couldn't be that way now.
"He is often in the army. Sometimes he stays for half a year or more. There have been times for more than a year. He is often unable to return home."
"Kate keeps in touch with him by writing letters, just like a normal American military family. The wife misses her husband in the army, and the husband misses his wife back home. Everything seems wonderful."
"Until one time, she accidentally ignored him and found out that she told him in a letter that she was renovating the house at home and staring at the workers, but the letter was sent from a place more than 500 kilometers away.
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Malashenko didn't say anything and continued to listen, but he could clearly feel in his heart and outside that a mysterious green light was emitting from the top of Jack's forehead.
"He was very anxious at the time, very uneasy on the outside and inside. He couldn't wait to go home quickly to see what the real situation was. Whether the military mailing address was wrong or whether his wife had cheated on him.
lie."
"But if he can't leave, those months with heavy requests are the busiest time for the staff."
"At that time, a friend came up with an idea and asked him to test something to see if there was any problem. He would know after trying it."
"He didn't think of anything better, so he did it. He wrote to say how was the German shepherd that was recently sent to the family. Is the dog obedient?"
"It turned out that the reply was very fast. The address that time was sent from home, so there was no problem again. She told him that she had received the dog and everything was fine. The dog was very obedient and was very suitable for the care home.
I’m very proud of what a good dog that is.”
"In fact, he didn't ask anyone to buy a dog for his family. He didn't even like dogs very much, so he just never mentioned it to her."
"From then on, he knew that the ruthless love story that was envied by others was far from being as simple as he imagined."
Although the method is simple but effective, it is enough to test whether his wife is at home or not. What Malashenko is more concerned about is what happens next.
"So the two of you had a falling out? Why didn't you get divorced?"
"Because she told him that doing something wrong would benefit no one. He knew about their family's affairs and also knew about hers."
"I don't dare to say what will happen to him, but at least, his military career should be over. I can imagine how a lieutenant would interact with the veteran woodcutter Beisuan Guhuke since he was in school.
I put all my energy and time into the only thing - becoming an excellent soldier."
"Having lost his career and the sacrifices that have become sunk costs, what does he deserve? Nothing, maybe he can just go back to his hometown restaurant to wash dishes or work somewhere else. The gap is so big that he really can't
No is unacceptable."
"."
Malashenko guessed that the situation might not be that good, but he did not expect that it would be so bad.
That's not called emotional frustration anymore. With Jack, that guy had put himself in it from the beginning, and he was so trapped that he couldn't get out even if he wanted to.
To put it bluntly, the good brother will probably be left there for the rest of his life. In the future confinement period, he will probably be like a puppet on a string.
However, what Jack said after receiving the request was somewhat different from what Malashenko expected.
"Later, he found an opportunity. He went back while she was at home and brought the matter to a showdown."
"He wants to know why he was chosen in the first place and gave him the wrong impression since he didn't intend to be with him from the beginning."
"She said it was because he was very suitable, had good eyesight, was away from home all year round, was simple, devoted himself to the military, had a proclivity for chasing people, and had no ability or legs to pose a threat to her family. And even if the truth was revealed.
She realized that it was nothing. That military uniform was not only his only glory, but also his greatest weakness. She had reason to believe that he would not do anything irrational no matter what."
"Well, she was indeed right. Could it be that he couldn't accept that all his efforts were in vain? He really dreamed that one day he could become a hero and return to his hometown to make his mother proud of him."
"So he compromised. What would happen if he didn't compromise? Waiting to be driven home for some unbelievable reason to eat himself? Then his life would be completely over. She said that now at least he has a career, and as some kind of compensation
, if there is an opportunity one day in the future, and she can take advantage of the situation, her family will also give her a hand when necessary."
"At that time, he can become famous, enjoy personal honors, return to his hometown as a hero, and achieve his life goals; while she and her family can use this as political capital and obtain far greater returns than his investment.
. He doesn’t know what the specific operations will be, and to be honest, he’s not interested either. He just wants to be himself.”
"It turns out that at least in that matter, she didn't lie or create any false impressions for him."
"Of course he knows that there is a chance to study in the Soviet Union, a chance to lead the troops immediately after returning from studies, a chance to have a position tomorrow, that military uniform, those two stars, those seemingly reasonable and reasonable series, but how do they actually come about?
He has no right to refuse, so he accepts it, and since he has nothing but his career, he is honestly willing to accept it all."
"Then his story is about a complete loser in relationships who was forced to make a deal with his feelings in exchange for a successful career. He wanted to know, as a student, whether such an experience would be
Will it bring shame to the teacher?"
After listening to the somewhat harsh story, Malashenko, who was smoking a cigar with squinted eyes, was recalling every memory of himself and Jack from the time they met until now.
With a big puff of smoke filling his lips and teeth, he finally spoke slowly again.
"But I fought pretty well in the battle in Bastogne. He looked at some related things and it was indeed remarkable. But I was able to block the Germans who had just destroyed the 101st Division and won a great victory.
I called him back. To be honest, if you ask me to lead you and call that old boy Barton over, I dare to say that he may not be able to do it, and there is even a high probability that he can't do it."
"Whether he is forced to do transactions or not is none of my business. He has no control over it. As a teacher, he only depends on the students he teaches and the transcripts they hand back to him."
"He thought that he should be quite satisfied with it, and even a little surprised. No matter what, the things produced on the battlefield should be something that I was forced to make a deal in exchange for, right?"
After hearing that Malashenko knew all that, he was so sorry that he responded with such high recognition. It is naturally false to say that Jack was indifferent and not moved.
It should be said that meeting Malashenko would be a great blessing to me.
"There is one thing that should be told to me. He has been keeping it in his heart for so many years and has never mentioned it to anyone."
Jack, who was still clinging to the window sill, did not hear Malashenko's refusal, so he assumed that his teacher wanted to hear a story and continued to talk.
"She allowed him. To be precise, did she allow him? Is that correct?"
"As long as he and she are allowed to not interfere with each other and live their own lives, they will be a couple in name only. And when she came to Berlin that time, I should have imagined that the newspapers, magazines, and radio speakers mentioned that
If the incident spreads and spreads all over the United States and abroad, that is more important than anything else, and that is what she and her family want."
"Even for me, everything at tomorrow's banquet is not her purpose. Although I don't want to admit it, it is true. She and her family will make a lot of money from tomorrow's banquet, so they need to bring news and photos with them.
As long as it’s there, I won’t allow him to foil or exploit the illusion at this moment. I won’t accept his fame or anything else tomorrow night. I hope I won’t be angry because of it.”
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What could Malashenko say, who was already numb after hearing the story? Things have come to that point, and he said that he was actually used by me. He was so damn angry that I should get out of here right away?
No, not really.
It didn't matter that Malashenko originally agreed to do what he did tomorrow because of his personal relationship with Jack, but his calculating wife used him as an "image ambassador".
After all, I am messing around abroad in the United States, and I can't bother him. The Soviet Union's tank heroes are here, right? If you care too much about what they think of you, you will lose yourself.
On the contrary, Malashenko felt that since the matter had reached that point, Jack's wife was pretty sure that he would not have a fit on the spot in such an official occasion and kick her out or something, so it would be better to just be casual like that.
She wished.
And the gain that this brings is a further personal relationship with Jack, which is what Malashenko values.
Tomorrow Malashenko will give me that face, but I have to wait until tomorrow. Otherwise, I, Jack, will have to facilitate him on some important occasion? I owe him a big favor with interest. I don’t have a lot of favors.
?
You will gain nothing by having an attack on the spot, so it will be in your own interest to continue the party to the east.
Only after paying for the "ambassador", which was nothing at all, did he get a reward from Jack that could not be cashed in now, but would be of great use in the future.
Don't be too stubborn. People are wandering around in the world. You may not know who will be able to ask for whom, or who will need whom. Besides, both of them are in high positions to a certain extent, and they will continue to be together in the foreseeable future.
Climbing situation east.
Malashenko felt that his long-term deal was not worth it.
Thinking of this, Malashenko, who had already made up his mind, immediately spoke with a calm expression and spoke quietly without any strangeness.
"There's nothing to be angry about. I said that my student was miserable, but his teacher not only didn't comfort me, but even begged me to get into trouble?"
"No way? No way? My teacher Malashenko, is he not that kind of person in my mind? He must not be like that, right?"
Malashenko is indeed very good at grasping and controlling the atmosphere of wrong words. Is this the same as the political commissar comrade praising our blue girl for being suitable for giving speeches?
To put it simply, it doesn’t mean “Zhuo is great at kung fu”, that’s what it means.
As for the effect, I can tell by looking at Jack's expression of gratitude and thanksgiving. But no one can gain face from Malashenko.
"It seems that his life is not always shrouded in failed relationships. At least in the friendship between teachers and students, and the friendship between comrades in a foreign country, he thinks he feels sincerity."
"Thank me, his old friend."
Malashenko was willing to make friends with Jack at the beginning, but he didn’t know how prosperous he would be in the future, and he simply thought that the guy was nice, but peeing in a pot smelled bad.
And until now, that point has not changed in Ruming's opinion.
"My feeling was wrong, but he had to add something to me. The feeling should be mutual."
Jack laughed when he heard this, and Malashenko also laughed after saying that.
One US Army, one Red Army, one Major General, and one Lieutenant General.
The two old men just stood there, scratching the window sill, laughing like the little kid in crotchless pants who had just finished urinating in the village entrance, silently confirming the truth of the sentence "A man can't kill a man until he is young", until Jack's appearance again.
Once he spoke quietly.
"In fact, he should be grateful to her for giving him the freedom to live his own life, otherwise he will always live in the shadows and fears she has woven for him, and he will not be able to get out on his own."
"Fortunately, he also met his own "Lexington"."
I'll probably mention it a little bit, it won't be a spoiler, so feel free to read it.
Jack has been conceived a long time ago and will play a vital role in the Cold War plot, so more words have been spent on filling in the fullness of this person's personality. It is also recommended that everyone get to know that person.
It seems that future Cold War plots will have deeper insights and understandings.