USSR 1941

It's the fifth watch, and I finally have the confidence to say a few words... I dare not speak until the fifth watch!

Thanks to the leaders of several old readers: Jiang Xuanjing, comrade Yilei, classmate Long Xibuguanqing... I will go, I can't type the word "蠖", so I copied and pasted it.

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Rokossovsky did not go to the front line, he only rushed to a small village in Istria, which is more than ten kilometers away from the front line...the headquarters of the Fourth Tank Brigade is located there.

The reason why the Fourth Tank Brigade is here is because of the "see-saw defense". They are supposed to retreat during the day, but the tanks obviously cannot retreat during the day, otherwise they will be chased and killed by the German air force.

Therefore, last night when the Fourth Tank Brigade captured Volokolamsk and waited for a while for the 316th Division to consolidate its front, the Fourth Tank Brigade retreated overnight.

They retreated here and lay down and waited for the Germans to hit here again and then counterattack.

But they waited and waited but failed, the instructor was a little worried.

"The Germans may not play this trick with us!" the instructor said, "I don't know what they will do!"

"What else can we do?" Pukarev continued: "They either attack or watch from outside the line of defense. I think they have nothing to do, as long as our fourth tank brigade is here!"

The soldiers also joined in.

Shulka didn't speak. He thought the same as the instructor, knowing that the German army would not be as simple as others thought.

At this time, two soldiers came down the trench, hunched over, and when they saw Shulka's rank, they stood up and saluted.

"Comrade Second Lieutenant!" A leading corporal introduced: "We belong to the 18th Infantry Division. We got separated from the troops. The captain ordered us to report to you!"

This is a common thing in the army. As mentioned before, the entire 16th Army can almost be said to be composed of broken skirmishers.

Troops are always finding stragglers and incorporating them into the army at will.

Shulka nodded, then raised his head to the veteran: "Leave them to you!"

"yes,

Comrade Lieutenant! "

The platoon of veterans has suffered a lot of casualties during this period, and it is in need of reinforcements.

Another reason for this arrangement is that the veterans have rich experience and good military qualities. Shulka believes that the veterans can lead these two soldiers well.

But I didn't expect the veteran to report to Shuerka in a short while.

"Comrade Second Lieutenant, I think there is something wrong with the new recruit!" said the veteran.

"What's the problem?" Shure asked.

"I'm not sure...you should listen to what he has to say!" said the veteran. "That's Antipunov!"

With doubts, Shulka walked towards a row of garrisoned trenches, where they built a machine gun position with a relatively large space. The veteran dug a recess at the back of the trench and raised a pile of fire, which made the soldiers You can surround yourself with a fire.

Shulka sat down by the fire. The corporal named Antipunov was a young man with short flaxen hair. He was roasting his hands in front of the fire and said: "I am a Moldovan. I joined the army. Repairing carriages on a kolkhoz! I don’t want to join the army, boys, not out of fear, our family is religious, and our faith forbids killing..."

The actor interrupts him: "The Germans are invaders, they are policemen, executioners, don't you know that? Why should you sympathize with them!"

"But isn't the molecule life, isn't it?"

"You mean to say that you went out into the field to shoot in the air?"

"Maybe……"

The old soldier spread his hands to Shulka, and Shulka understood that they had accepted a "harmless" recruit.

"There is no need to report such things to me, Comrade Matvey!" Shulka said to the veteran after walking aside: "If he wants to shoot in the sky, let him shoot in the sky, we don't miss these bullets !"

"Yes, Comrade Second Lieutenant!" The veteran replied, "I'm just not sure if this is an illegal order, and whether to ask the instructor..."

After talking about the veteran, he stopped talking and stopped talking.

Shulka understands what the old soldier means, a soldier who shoots in the air, a soldier who has no hatred for the enemy and is unwilling to kill them, and even a soldier in the army who preaches benevolence to the enemy, and the enemy is also life... This is possible It will have a negative impact on the morale of the troops and can even be said to be a violation of orders.

That's why veterans report to Shulka.

After thinking about it, Shulka said: "There is no need to do this, and you don't need to argue with him, understand? The battlefield will let him understand!"

Shulka knew what was going on, Antipunov just didn't want to choose, didn't want to go against everything he had always believed in.

But the battlefield will force him to make a choice, or... the battlefield will make him no longer have to worry about choices.

"Yes, Comrade Second Lieutenant!" The veteran replied helplessly, with an expression of admitting he was unlucky.

The veteran thought that there were two more soldiers, but what he received was a guy who could only shoot in the sky. If he could, the veteran would like to go forward and kick that guy twice.

Soon Shulka learned that they had nicknamed Antipunov: "The Godfather".

At this time, the phone of the company headquarters rang, and the voice of Major Gavrilov came from the other end of the phone: "Comrade Shulka, I need you to come to the regiment headquarters!"

"Yes, Comrade Major!" After putting down the phone, Shulka felt that it might have something to do with the German army not attacking.

Sure enough, when Shulka arrived at the headquarters, both Rokossovsky and Zakhakovic were there.

"Comrade Shulka!" As soon as he saw Shulka, Rokossovsky greeted him enthusiastically, held Shulka's hand, and praised: "Others say you are a 'breakout hero', I think Now it is more suitable to use 'counterattack hero'!"

The officers all laughed, knowing that Rokossovsky was referring to last night's victory.

There is no one who is not happy and proud of winning a battle, especially under such difficult conditions.

Rokossovsky led Shulka to the front of the map, and then said: "But the battle situation has changed, the enemy has changed tactics, they did not attack Volokolamsk, but surrounded the attacking Tver The 32nd Army!"

Shulka didn't have too many accidents. He thought of this possibility when the German army was silent.

Gavrilov interjected at this moment: "Did the superiors allow the 32nd Army to retreat?"

These words seem to be asked knowingly. Of course, being surrounded is breaking out, and breaking out is of course allowed.

But Major Gavrilov was actually a drunkard, and what he asked was who was in command now.

Of course Rokossovsky understood what Major Gavrilov meant, he nodded and replied: "Yes, Comrade Zhukov ordered the 32nd Army to break through with all its might!"

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, as if the ropes tied to their hands and feet had been loosened.

"The question now is ..." Rokossovsky asked: "Should we organize the rescue of the 32nd Army?"