USSR 1941

"They can at least consume the bullets of the Germans!" While Shulka and the captain were in a stalemate, Major Mikhailvich came up.

He glared at Shulka, then put on an indifferent look, and then said to the captain: "You heard it right, Comrade Captain! Of course we are a heroic army. We have just come from Mamayev Withdraw, the Germans who died under our hands are countless..."

"I don't care about that!" The captain interrupted Major Mikhailvich: "I don't care what unit you are in, does it?"

"You're right!" Major Mikhailvich said, "I just want you to know that we really need some soldiers who charge on the battlefield. Trigger these traitors! Why not?"

The captain nodded slowly, and said: "Then you have to be careful, don't let me catch them again!"

"Of course!" Major Mikhailvich replied, "Don't worry, I will let them die on the battlefield!"

The captain who had already turned away did not answer, but raised his pistol and pointed at Major Mikhailvich.

After the captain left, Major Mikhailvich said helplessly to Shulka: "Are you sure you need these deserters?"

"Yes, Comrade Mikhailvich!"

"Very well," said Major Mikhailevich, "then they are yours, and you can do what you want with them!"

As he said that, he turned around and left as if fleeing.

Shulka didn't know why Major Mikhailvich behaved like this. They were just a group of deserters. The life and death of these deserters were even in the hands of the Soviet army. What was Major Mikhailvich afraid of?

Soon, Shulka quickly understood what was going on.

When those deserters stood up from the ground, the one who had shouted "be quicker" let out a long sigh of relief, and Shulka noticed that his rank was a sergeant, and there was a wound on his head that was still oozing blood .

The sergeant raised his head towards Shulka and asked: "Then, Comrade Captain! Since we don't have to die, can we have a piece of bread? Or a cigarette!"

Valery stepped forward and gave him a gun butt: "Don't forget that the captain just saved you!"

"Saved me?" The sergeant laughed, and coughed a few times while clutching his chest.

He replied: "Comrade, don't you know that we are dead? Can you bring a dead man back to life? Or..."

Speaking of which, the sergeant approached Valery viciously, pointed to his head and said, "Comrade, give me a good time, and I will pay you back!"

Seeing this Shulka seemed to understand the mentality of this sergeant, he no longer cared whether he was dead or alive.

That's not quite accurate, because if they don't care whether they live or die, they won't try to escape.

At this time, they should have the mentality of going all out... It would be best if they escaped, then they would earn money, and if they couldn't escape, they would die, since there was no hope of living anyway.

Fighting in the "punishment battalion" is easy to produce such a mentality.

Because they are no longer treated as normal people, they are branded as "traitors" and "cowards", and then sent to the most dangerous places on the battlefield to perform the most dangerous tasks. Even if they die, they still cannot wash away the shame. .

So, what is the difference between them and dead?

Since they are already dead, why should they be afraid of anything?

Why should they obey any military regulations or take officers seriously? !

Major Mikhailvich should have known this a long time ago, so he avoided it as soon as possible.

Valery didn't know what to do with them, so he turned his attention to Shulka.

"Give them something to eat!" Shulka ordered. "Give them another rifle!"

"Rifle?" Valery couldn't help being stunned when he heard that.

"Captain!" Valery came up and whispered to Shulka: "In their state, fire the gun..."

"I know!" Shulka interrupted Valery.

It should be said that Valery's worries are justified. If a person puts everything aside and is not afraid of death, then nothing can cure them.

Putting guns in their hands under these circumstances... there's no guarantee they'll do anything.

Shulka went straight up to the deserter sergeant and asked, "What's your name, sergeant?"

"Sokolov, Comrade Captain!"

Shulka nodded, offered Sokolov a cigarette and lit it for him.

Then he glanced at all the deserters and said: "Let's put it this way! Now you have a chance. After entering my army, you will fight like a normal army. Do you understand what I mean?"

Sokolov couldn't help being stunned when he heard the words, and even forgot to take a puff of the cigarette in his mouth.

The other soldiers were also stunned. They all looked at Shulka in unison, with suspicion in their eyes.

"No, you don't have that right, Captain!" Sokolov gritted his teeth and said, "You're a liar, you just want to use this to make us work for you!"

Valerie was about to step forward but was stopped by Shulka.

"I really don't have this right, Sokolov!" Shulka lit a cigarette for himself, took a slow puff and exhaled the smoke, glanced at the deserters who had caught his appetite, and then continued : "But don't you realize that you have another chance? Maybe it's your only chance!"

"What chance?" Sokolov asked.

"Let's put it this way!" Shulka replied. "Our unit, the 82nd Infantry Regiment, was originally a quasi-'punishment battalion.' What am I talking about?"

Sokolov nodded slightly. This is not a secret in the Soviet army. The "punishment battalion" actually existed before that, it just doesn't have a name now.

"If you don't believe me, you can ask them!" Shulka raised his head towards the subordinates around him and said, "Anyone, they will tell you what the situation of the 82nd Infantry Regiment was like before, and they will tell you what happened to the 82nd Infantry Regiment." What kind of danger is the 82nd Infantry Regiment in, and then step by step to the present!"

As he said that, Shulka approached Sokolov's ear and said, "You are a smart man, you should understand that what they want is not the corpses of a few deserters, but soldiers who can defeat the enemy! That is to say, As long as we can defeat the enemy... everything else is fine!"

Sokolov looked around and responded cautiously, "I don't doubt this, Comrade Captain! But how can I guarantee that... we can get everything we deserve after working hard!"

"I can't guarantee it, and I have no right to guarantee it!" Shulka replied: "But you have no choice!"