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| Memories of war - PENO1 | Started by: PENO1 on Mar 17, '18 02:28 |
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People who are close to me die one by one. With death, on the war front appears the loneliness and, last but not least, the indifference to live or not. I carry one of my comrades in one of the sanitary tents and watch him dying. Not my friend died, but just another man, because the war doesn't take into account the relationships between people, it doesn't take into account the life that existed before. War is the present, and beyond it there is nothing to be seen.
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| been through this also my friend,,Gunner turns and walks away. | |
| Reply by: Gunner at Mar 17, '18 02:29 | |
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When they brought me to be executed, I instinctively felt the nervousness of my executioners. Maybe because I was in military uniform and I had epaulettes with the insignia of Colonel. However, my breathing accelerated, and a sour, unpleasant taste appeared in my mouth. It was the first symptom of anxiety that turned into fear. Yes, I was very afraid. I'm not trying to introduce myself as a superman. And don't believe those people who tell their military deeds with a kind of bravado praising that they are not afraid. I often find myself in combat conditions, when you shoot and they shoot in yourself, and at any time you can die. As a rule, in such a situation you are accompanied by the feeling of fear for your life. But it is important that in such a moment you don't fall into a state of prostration, but be master of yourself, control the situation clearly, and endeavor to survive by any means. But how to survive in such conditions, when your hands are tied with handcuffs at the back, and on your eyes you have a band, when you are held by strong hands on both sides, and someone's voice whispers to your ear all the time "We have orders to shoot you, you're just an american intelligence agent, you work for americans, isn't it?". But something told me that the one who was talking was much more nervous than mine. Something was wrong. Still, I had to do something. But what? "I hope you read my sentence before you shoot me. Still, we are in a civilized country" I tried to say. I didn'tt recognize my voice, as if my tongue had turned into a piece of cotton. Here I felt that I began to control myself again. Since I can talk means it's not the end yet. Meanwhile, I was taken to the inner courtyard and put my back against the wall. I tried to control the situation by asking what accusations are being made to me and where the evidence is. The words remained unanswered. Then, I heard the sound of the automatic and at that moment a blast pulling on my head. This is already the end, but why so fast? Quiet, maybe I'm already on the other world? But then where is the "round corridor" through which I floated through the air, heading me to the heaven? I felt this when I was injured not many time ago and I was in clinical death. Then I got back, probably I was slightly dizzy with the strident sound of the stroke of the machine. Again I was taken by my hands and carried, more precisely dragged, into the basement room. Probably there had been an anti-aircraft shelter in this building. I finally went down somewhere, two floors underground. I was taken to an iron door, pulled my band off my eyes and pushed me into the cell. Darkness. Gradually, the eyes became accustomed to the darkness. In the faint light penetrating through the cracks of the iron door, its contours began to appear. I looked around. I was in a cell where the walls, the floor and the ceiling were made of concrete. Perhaps, indeed, there was an underground anti-aircraft shelter turned into jail. There was an old mattress on the floor. I turned the mattress up and sat down on it because I felt my feet tired and heavy. Interestingly, when did they get me out, rather to pluck my epaulettes and empty my pockets? Have I been unconscious for a while? Still, I remember, yes, I was searched, they pulled everything out of my pockets. But what was there? Only the cigarettes, the box of matches, the handkerchief and my watch. But it happened so fast that I'm just beginning to understand, in what situation I have come to. Everything that happened was a tragedy. For some time, I repeated "I have to calm down, I have to calm down". At the same time, a number of other questions appeared in my mind "Why?". How, in a time of no more than 20 minutes, have I transformed myself from a man who occupies a high function in the military intelligence system, in a detainee? Why could I, who 20 minutes ago, have been able to get in peace and lie down in the Cabinet of the Secretary of Defense with an urgent intelligence report, now sit in a dark and wet cell on a rotten mattress? Humiliated, offended by violent actions and search, I slowly began to realize the whole tragedy of the situation I was in. This was the end of my whole career in the army. In my mind, as in a movie where scenes are changing rapidly, they began to appear on the surface, the most important aspects of my life. |
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| Reply by: PENO1 at Mar 17, '18 04:52 | |
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