For the superiors of this era, convening a group of humble mud-legged serfs for a meeting is a deviant idea in itself. What can two mud-legged serfs know if they don’t even know a word? Is the meeting with them discussing how to farm? Or is it a simple discussion?
Quickly distinguish left foot from right foot?
For the superiors of this era, especially military officers, they are not used to and do not like meetings. They are more willing to give orders directly. Their task is to make decisions, and the mud-legged serfs can just implement them honestly.
Even if there is a meeting, it should be for those in higher positions and the elites to hold the meeting. Only the crazy people and the mud-legged people come together to discuss things.
But Li Xiao is not the so-called elite or decision-maker in this era who thinks he is smart. Having read many books, he knows that there must be no gap between decision-making and execution. If there is, then it is not because the various orders of the decision-makers are out of touch with reality.
It's so absurd that the execution is out of tune. The result is that good things often turn into bad things, and bad things turn into terrible things. In short, there must be continuous and effective communication between the decision-makers and the executors, and they must understand the ideas of both parties.
So Li Xiao decided to step out of the ivory tower of decision-making, face his soldiers calmly, tell them his concepts and ideas, and also want to know their demands. If he did it well, he believed that he would not only easily control the company, but also
Gain a group of very loyal subordinates.
The venue for the meeting was chosen to be the camp of the Second Company. It was the shack refugee camp mentioned before. Not surprisingly, it was strongly opposed by Vishniak and Boris. They believed that the environment was too bad and they wanted to be with the scum.
We are face to face in zero-distance contact. This is like rushing into a den of thieves with gold bricks with bare hands. It is too dangerous!
"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get the tiger's cubs!" This was Li Xiao's answer, "Aren't you afraid of a few poor people who can't even eat enough and are shaking in the cold?"
In order to show their masculinity, Vishniak and Boris had to bravely accompany someone on this journey. Of course, if they knew that someone was actually scared and had no confidence at all, they would probably immediately
Just turn around and leave!
In the open space where the Second Company was stationed, more than a hundred poor soldiers with hungry faces and indifferent expressions were ordered to sit in a circle. In the circle, Li Xiao, Vishniak and Boris stood firmly in a row.
Of course, these three people are not as stable as they appear on the surface, and they are all trembling. Especially Li Xiao, although he came up with the idea, he can't help but feel a little bit frightened when it comes to playing. After all, he will
But he doesn't have much experience in speaking in public, especially today when he has to speak in half-baked Russian that he has just learned for two or three days. The feeling of guilt is like being naked and standing in the Siberian wilderness for a night of cool breeze.
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But it was impossible to regret it now. With so many eyes watching, especially the two friends next to him who were still waiting to see the joke, he had no choice but to hold on.
"Deputy company commander, start the roll call!" Li Xiao ordered "calmly and calmly".
Everyone must not have arrived. At least none of the officers of the second company were seen except Li Xiao and Boris. This is normal. After all, those young men will not stay in this concentration camp and suffer hardship.
"Report to the company commander, except for the eight officers of this company, all other personnel are here. Please give instructions!"
Li Xiao pretended to ask: "Deputy company commander, didn't you inform these gentlemen that there will be a meeting in the camp today?"
"Report to the company commander, I personally conveyed your order two days ago!"
Li Xiao continued to pretend, "Does that mean you are deliberately absent and deliberately disobeying my orders?"
"Yes, Captain!"
Li Xiao nodded and said loudly: "Then record it and report it to the Military Justice Department to punish them for disobeying orders!"
"Yes, company commander!" Boris immediately pretended to take notes as he had rehearsed before.
In fact, this was all agreed upon. According to Vishniak, none of those eight people were good. They were either the bastards of Mesadov and Kutepov, or they were corrupt fools who were indolent and indolent. In this way
None of them can be used. The best way is to find an excuse and clear them all out.
In addition, this is also a case of knocking on the mountain to scare the tigers and killing the chickens to scare the monkeys. Not all the soldiers in the second company are good people. There are also a lot of assassins and thorns. If we don't show some tough methods to scare them, these guys will become lawless.
"The meeting is now officially open!" Li Xiao recited his lines seriously. He had no choice but to recite his lines for the time being because his Russian was so poor. "First of all, let me introduce myself. I am Andrei Konstantinlovic Romano.
Grand Duke Husband, is your new company commander. Yes, you guessed it right, my uncle is His Majesty Emperor Nicholas I."
This opening statement is still very shocking to ordinary soldiers. For them, the emperor and the Grand Duke are too far away from their lives. At most, they can only look at the heads on coins. Today, there is a living Grand Duke standing there.
Talking to them in front of them is such a novel experience!
For a moment, the soldiers were all stunned, staring blankly at a certain grand duke like a goose. After a long time, the more knowledgeable ones who had served hard labor began to whisper to each other.
It's a pity that a certain Grand Duke couldn't understand Russian and didn't know what these people were muttering, so he could only continue to recite the lines according to the script: "Gentlemen, first of all, I have to admit to you that my Russian is very poor, and you will be the worst.
I couldn't understand what most people said. Because I couldn't speak Russian at all before, and I never thought that one day I would have to communicate with people like you in Russian in person. Because I was told that you all
They are rubbish, waste, and idiots. There is no need to talk to you. It is a waste of time! Even talking to you will cause you to be infected with the plague. Just use a whip to drive you to work!"
After a pause, Li Xiao looked at the mood of the crowd. Sure enough, these guys were a little unhappy, but he had more to say than that:
"Gentlemen, to be honest, when I accepted this appointment, I was extremely reluctant because the reputation of the 748th Regiment is quite bad. In the official report, you were evaluated as scum and garbage. I consider myself an excellent person.
I don’t want to associate with scum and rubbish. So I don’t want to be your company commander, but for some reasons I have to come and associate with you. To be honest, this makes me extremely uncomfortable because I don’t want to change.
Become the same garbage and scum as you!"
Li Xiao glanced at the soldiers again. As expected, his speech firmly grasped the hatred, and no one was distracted. He was very satisfied with this effect.
It's just that Vishniak and Boris next to them were not as calm as someone else. They noticed that many soldiers had angry expressions, and they were worried about someone, worried that someone was doing something.