Chapter 180: vase

Chapter 180 Vase

"Second Lieutenant!" While Shulka was smoking in the dormitory alone, Val Rasha appeared at the door and called.

Shuerka threw away the cigarette in a hurry and trot forward to salute.

"Don't worry, Second Lieutenant!" Val Rasha said still with a serious face: "The interview is over, I know enough about you!"

"Yes, Comrade Major!"

After thinking about it, Val Rasha took out her notebook and said while writing something quickly on it: "My father, he died in the Winter War, you know, a failed battle...so I know you What are you talking about!"

Walrasha tore off the finished page and handed it to Shulka, then said: "If you want to talk about that battle, call this number!"

"Yes, Major!"

Shuerka took the note, looked at Valrasha who turned and left, and suddenly realized that all this had nothing to do with Valrasha or even other reporters, and they also couldn't decide what to interview or say.

The 333rd regiment stayed in Moscow for three days.

The main function is as the deputy instructor said...to stabilize the hearts of the people.

Because during these three days, Shulka and a group of fighters participated in various activities, such as a certain commendation meeting, saying a few words, and so on.

Shuerka thus received a Red Star Medal, which is awarded to those individuals and collectives who have made significant contributions to national defense and protection of national security in wartime and peacetime.

Major Gavrilov and Commissar Fomin were also awarded this medal together. Shulka was the only one who received this medal with a low military rank.

Then, of course, there are photos, interviews, speeches and so on.

Shuerka didn't like this very much, because he thought it was a waste of time and energy. If possible, he would prefer to rest in the dormitory for a few days to recharge his batteries for future battles.

But as I said before, many things are beyond his control, so he can only follow the trend and do what others say... This makes Shulka feel like a puppet.

Reports about Shulka came out soon, and the first edition had a striking headline "Preventing the Enemy from Surrounding Kyiv."

The article describes the process of Shulka and the 333rd Regiment's anti-siege in Kyiv in very gorgeous language. Some places are so exaggerated that Shulka can hardly believe that it is himself.

Shulka set his sights on Major Gavrilov.

Major Gavrilov replied calmly: "Don't look at me like that, this is the need of the war, Shulka!"

Perhaps Major Gavrilov is right. Are the wounded left on the side of the road still advertised in the newspaper? Or the timidity of recruits? Or collapsed and frantic soldiers under enemy artillery fire?

No, if this is what is written, it will only make the people feel panic in their hearts, and empathize with the cruelty of war.

The newspaper should make the people mistakenly think that the Soviet army is winning, and the enemy's attacks are easily defeated one after another, and then they will keep quiet.

From the perspective of war, this is indeed true, because war is unscrupulous, including against one's own people.

"So!" Shulka asked the deputy instructor...now he should be called an instructor, because his collar badge has been replaced by two red squares, that is, Lieutenant Political Instructor.

"Shall we continue to stay in Moscow like this?"

"Don't you like to go on like this?" The instructor tried to look at his collar badge in front of a small mirror, then flicked it with his hand, and then sighed.

"What does sigh mean?" Shulka asked.

"You know what that means!" the instructor replied: "I have fought for this rank all my life, Lieutenant Instructor is even my life goal!"

"So you've now achieved it!"

"Yes!" said the instructor, "but you suddenly realize that it doesn't really matter, the goal you've been fighting for all your life doesn't matter... what will happen to you?"

“I’ll look in the mirror, flick it with my finger, and sigh!”

The instructor turned his head to look at Shulka, and a rare smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Do you know what we are going to do next?" The instructor adjusted his military uniform and put away the mirror: "We are going out to fight and defend Moscow!"

No army can wait to die in Moscow, because at this time Moscow is already in a state of overwhelming forces:

In the north, there are the 4th Tank Army of the German Army Hopner and the 3rd Armored Group of Hoth.

In the west, there is Kruger's huge Fourth Army Group.

In the south, there are Guderian's 2nd Armored Group and Kleist's 1st Armored Group.

It is initially estimated that the German army has invested 1 million troops in the direction of Moscow, and most of them are the main force.

Although the Soviet army has more troops than the German army, with 1.25 million people, it is in a very passive position when the air supremacy is taken away and the overall performance of the tanks, especially the tactics, are backward.

Therefore, it is a matter of course that the 333rd regiment was sent out of the city to fight.

But what Shure did not expect was that the 333rd regiment was not assigned to the main battlefield, but was assigned to the second line...

The 333rd regiment took the train out of the city because all roads have been blocked.

This can be seen on the train: a tree is cut down every few meters on the road as a roadblock, and engineers are laying mines everywhere on both sides. aisle.

The minefield extends to the far south, and the end should be the German offensive line.

The 333rd regiment was not able to be arranged there. They got off at Tula, which is 130 kilometers away from Moscow, and the German army is still fighting the Soviet army 20 kilometers away. The sound of artillery can be heard faintly here.

"Now, what's the situation?" Shulka asked the instructor when he saw the Soviet soldiers digging trenches and laying mines around him after getting off the car.

The instructor has a lot of inside information, so Shulka is used to asking for information from him.

"Do you remember our mission?" The instructor looked at the battlefield in front of him.

"You mean to stabilize people's hearts?"

"Yes!" The instructor said: "Stable people's hearts, which means we have to fight, because it will make the people despise; but at the same time, we can't fight hard, because that means we can't continue propaganda! So..."

The instructor spread his hands all around, and then said, "That's good, isn't it?"

"Yes, very good!" Shulka replied: "At least it is much better than speaking and socializing in the city!"

Although Shuerka said so in his mouth, he was still a little unhappy in his heart.

Although he knew that the combat effectiveness of the 333rd regiment was not very good, it was a mixture of soldiers from various arms and units, and they had not even been trained uniformly.

But...it would be too much to be treated as a vase or a decoration.

(end of this chapter)