Chapter 195: new task

Chapter 195 new mission

The 333rd spent a few hours switching defenses with reinforcements before withdrawing.

They were ordered to return to Moscow to rest.

This is not surprising, because as the instructor said, the 333rd regiment is regarded as a unit that stabilizes the hearts of the people. When there is no war, it will do everything possible to find opportunities and even make excuses to promote it. Now it is fighting and it is still fighting A big victory... It's natural to go back to Moscow and make another turn.

It’s just that everyone, including Fuming’s political commissar and instructors, don’t know that the transfer back to Moscow this time is not just as simple as propaganda.

The reason is that this battle attracted the attention of General Zhukov, commander of the Western Front.

"This is a very strange army!" General Zhukov looked at the telegram and said to the staff: "They actually blocked the penetration of an enemy army with a single infantry regiment, and they only had a dozen or so tanks and dozens of doors. Anti-tank guns..."

"Comrade General!" The staff officer looked at the document and added: "This army has no formal establishment!"

"There is no formal establishment?" Zhukov became more and more surprised.

"Yes!" The staff officer replied: "They are composed of stragglers from the Brest Fortress and fled all the way to Kyiv. We thought it was not strong in combat, and we planned to use them as a propaganda force!"

"Obviously, your estimation of this unit is wrong!" Zhukov said angrily: "Until now you still don't understand that whether a unit has combat effectiveness depends not on their equipment and training, but on the Their growth and experience...Only the troops tempered in the battle of blood and fire have the real fighting power that makes the enemy awe-inspiring, while those seemingly well-trained troops are often vulnerable!"

After a pause, Zhukov said again: "We need such troops, but you plan to use them for propaganda!"

What Zhukov didn’t say clearly is that the reason why the Soviet army has a large number of well-trained troops but quickly collapsed, fled or even surrendered after a fight was largely due to the fact that most of the Soviet troops at this time were in command of politics. The more rigorous the training before the war, the more likely it is just to fight hard.

But of course, Zhukov dared not say that.

The 333rd regiment set off at 8 o'clock that night because they had to wait for the engineers to repair the tunnel and open the railway... When the road is muddy, the railway becomes the best means of transportation, otherwise even if you take a car and start a few hours earlier, you will have to wait. After a lot of twists and turns, such as carts, mud, and even the care of landmines, we can finally reach the destination, and it takes longer.

The train only takes three hours, and the whole journey is a rest for the soldiers, because they have prepared bread, cigarettes and dry towels on the carriages.

Many people have the same idea as Shulka, if only they can stay on such a train forever, although they are still wet.

The itinerary was still the same as that of the general. When he arrived in Moscow, he got out of the train station and got into the car. The car was obviously going to the barracks, because the direction and route he took had not changed.

But Shulka was called down by Major Gavrilov halfway.

Major Gavrilov drove forward in the GAZ car and called, "Which car is Shulka? Where is the third company?"

At this time, the Soviet army did not have a radio station at the company level, so it would take a lot of trouble to find someone like this... In fact, even if the radio station is attached, it is impossible to start it at this time.

"Here, Comrade Major!" Shulka poked his head out of the rear compartment to respond when he heard the voice.

"Get out of the car!" Major Gavrilov said: "We have a new mission!"

"Yes, Comrade Major!"

Shulka then jumped out of the car as it slowed down.

This is the norm in the Soviet Army, the driver usually does not stop the car for someone, both when getting on and off the car.

So, every soldier has practiced a good kung fu of climbing and jumping cars:

When you get on the car, you have to try to run as fast as the car. According to the principle of relativity, you and the car are stationary, and then you grab the tailgate and push your feet hard, and you go up.

At this time, you must be fast, accurate and steady, and your movements are clean and neat. Otherwise, you will hang your feet behind the car and pedal hard, but you will not be able to get up. , bet on when you will fall or when you will be able to climb up.

Getting out of the car is relatively easy. You only need to trot in the direction of the car to eliminate the inertia. No matter how bad it is, you will just fall.

Shuerka hadn't practiced yet, so he staggered.

But no one laughed, instead some subordinates cursed the driver on the carriage:

"Can't you stop the car?!"

"Hold on tight, you bastard!"

…

This may be one of the benefits of being a hero.

jumped into Major Gavrilov's car, and the car turned a corner and drove in the other direction in the darkness.

Shulka wanted to memorize road signs at first, but soon lost his direction completely and stopped memorizing.

This era is really troublesome. There is a mobile phone in modern times. If you get lost, you can find anywhere as long as you turn on the map navigation.

Major Gavrilov didn't say what the new mission was, and Shulka didn't ask. Here he learned the truth of "talking less and doing more". No less than the battlefield, and there is still no reason, sometimes the crimes charged on you are simply beyond the scope of your imagination.

Then, the car stopped in front of a tall gray building.

Shulka believes that the building should have been brick red before that. There are many buildings in Moscow that are brick red, like Red Square, the Kremlin, etc., but in order to avoid the German bombing, they painted all the buildings gray.

Even some round and pointed roofs are covered with canvas, so as not to be recognized by the pilots at a glance and become bombing targets.

The same is true for this building, so Shulka guessed right away that this might be an important unit.

The next thing quickly verified Shulka's idea.

As soon as they walked in the door, the guns of Shulka and Major Gavrilov were confiscated, and two guards searched them, and even took off their boots and untied their foot wraps...

This made Shulka a little embarrassed, because the smell was really bad.

The guard looked at Shulka's face and comforted him: "Don't be embarrassed, Lieutenant, you are already much better than others, such as the comrade major next to you!"

Shulka looked at Major Gavrilov suspiciously, and sure enough, he saw that the guard inspecting the major was blushing because he was holding his breath, while the major looked complacent.

(end of this chapter)