In the barracks hazing occurs, and the younger soldiers know its inescapable, and when it is their time, they must submit to the will of the older soldiers. So as the soldier Petr is taken by Pavel and led off to be punished, he prepares himself for what he knows is coming. Pavel makes him strip down and the punishes him while over his knees with a long wooden paddle and then with a heavy hand. Then the soldier Pavel continues to punish the soldier Petr with yet another long wooden paddle, followed by more spanking by hand.