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Chapter 18

           Lister’sandModesto’sandCampesino’sSpanishtroopshadallfoughtwellinthatbattle,Hanshadtoldhim,andthatwastobecreditedtotheirleadersandtothedisciplinetheyenforced.ButListerandCampesinoandModestohadbeentoldmanyofthemovestheyshouldmakebytheirRussianmilitaryadvisers.Theywerelikestudentsflyingamachinewithdualcontrolswhichthepilotcouldtakeoverwhenevertheymadeamistake.Well,thisyearwouldshowhowmuchandhowwelltheylearned.Afterawhiletherewouldnotbedualcontrolsandthenwewouldseehowwelltheyhandleddivisionsandarmycorpsalone.

           TheywereCommunistsandtheyweredisciplinarians.Thedisciplinethattheywouldenforcewouldmakegoodtroops.Listerwasmurderousindiscipline.HewasatruefanaticandhehadthecompleteSpanishlackofrespectforlife.InafewarmiessincetheTartar’sfirstinvasionoftheWestweremenexecutedsummarilyforaslittlereasonastheywereunderhiscommand.Butheknewhowtoforgeadivisionintoafightingunit.Itisonethingtoholdpositions.Itisanothertoattackpositionsandtakethemanditissomethingverydifferenttomanœuvreanarmyinthefield,RobertJordanthoughtashesatthereatthetable.FromwhatIhaveseenofhim,IwonderhowListerwillbeatthatoncethedualcontrolsaregone?Butmaybetheywon’tgo,hethought.

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