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Hans Hellmut Kirst. Officer Factory
Table of Contents
1. A LIEUTENANT IS BURIED
2. A MATTER OF RAPE
3. GAMES FOR H SECTION
INTERMEDIATE REPORT NO. 1:
4. AN EXERCISE POSTPONED
5. THE NIGHT OF THE FUNERAL
6. A SECTION OFFICER REQUIRED
INTERMEDIATE REPORT NO. 2:
7. THE MAJOR'S WIFE IS INDIGNANT
8. THE CADETS MAKE A MISTAKE
9. A JUDGE-ADVOCATE SPEAKS OUT AGAINST HIS WILL
INTERMEDIATE REPORT NO. 3:
10. UNORTHODOX METHODS
11. AN UNHAPPY MAN
12. A LESSON IN ETIQUETTE
INTERMEDIATE REPORT NO. 4:
13. CERTAIN DEMANDS ARE MADE
14. THE PRICE OF IT ALL
15. A LADY SHOULDN'T FORGET HERSELF
INTERMEDIATE REPORT NO. 5:
16. THE GENERAL SPEAKS OUT
17. NOT EVEN BICYCLING IS NEGLECTED
18. THE TEMPTATION OF THE COMPANY COMMANDER
INTERMEDIATE REPORT NO. 6:
19. THE EVE OF GREAT EVENTS
20. PLACING OF THE CHARGE
21. ORGANIZATION OF LEISURE
INTERMEDIATE REPORT NO. 7:
22. SUNDAY IS A DAY LIKE ANY OTHER
ADDITION TO SPECIAL ORDER NO. 131
23. AN INVITATION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
24. A QUESTION OF INFLUENCE
INTERMEDIATE REPORT NO. 8:
25. CADET HOCHBAUER SLIPS UP
26. AN EVENING AMONG COMRADES
27. DISASTER DAWNS
INTERMEDIATE REPORT NO. 9:
28. TRUTH IS DANGEROUS
29. DEATH HAS ITS GLORIES
30. THE HUNT IS UP
INTERMEDIATE REPORT NO. 10:
31. FAREWELL AND NO REGRETS
32. THE CALL OF DESTINY
33. THE NIGHT THAT BROUGHT THE END
FINAL REPORT
Отрывок из книги
With greatcoat flapping, Lieutenant Krafft hurried across the graveyard like some startled bird of ill omen. The mourners eyed him with interest, sensing the possibility of a diversion from the otherwise interminable boredom of the funeral ceremony.
“Let me through, please!" muttered Lieutenant Krafft discreetly. Skillfully he wormed his way between the group of officers and the open grave. “Let me through, please!"
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“Well, my dear fellow," said Captain Feders, “you have, as always, a number of alternatives open to you! For example you can extend the break. Or you can postpone the funeral. Or you can find a substitute for the padre. Or you can tell the General that you have nothing to tell him. On the other hand, you can quite simply drop dead, and thus be rid of all your troubles."
Kater looked about him savagely like a wild boar at bay. The officers regarded him with considerable interest; after what had happened here at the cemetery, he no longer seemed such a formidable figure. Lieutenant Krafft, it seemed to them, had maneuvered Kater into a position from which he would find it difficult to emerge unscathed. Presumably Krafft was after his job. After all, this was the way things usually worked; one man profited from another's mistakes.
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