USSR 1941

"Or!" Shulka continued: "You can choose to kneel on the ground, and I will order my subordinates to shoot you in the head... This time, I promise not to be soft, even if I do it myself Question! What do you say?"

Sokolov stared blankly at Shulka, and answered after a while: "You have won, Comrade Captain! We obey your command!"

Shulka nodded in satisfaction, he knew Sokolov would make the right choice.

Because these deserters are normal people, normal people who want to live.

The reason why they are "not afraid of heaven and earth" like before is because they can't see any meaning and hope of living... If they are already living like this, then there is nothing worse than this, so they don't need to live anymore. afraid of what.

So, if you want to restrain them and let them go back to the army and obey the military regulations, then you should give them hope, even if it is very remote.

"You made the right choice, Comrade Sokolov!" Shulka patted Sergeant Sokolov on the shoulder: "Now, you are their company commander!"

"Yes, Comrade Captain!" Sokolov stood up and answered, but he was stunned for a moment and then asked in doubt: "Company commander? But we only have eleven people!"

"There will be more soon!"

Saying that, Shulka walked towards the headquarters without looking back.

Looking at Shulka's back, Sokolov asked Valery, "May I know who he is, Comrade Lieutenant?"

"I think you must have heard of 'Breakout Heroes'!" Valery replied.

"Of course!" Sokolov replied, and then looked at Valery with puzzled eyes.

Valery just raised his eyebrows and left Sokolov aside.

Sokolov was a little inexplicable, and after a while, he suddenly understood something.

"Wait, you mean... he is the 'breakout hero'?" Sokolov's eyes widened. "Shouldn't he be in the 1st Guards Tank Brigade?"

This caused a burst of laughter from the soldiers.

"Your news is too late, Comrade Sergeant!" Valery said disdainfully: "He was our deputy commander a few months ago!"

After confirming this,

Sokolov relaxed.

He glanced at the deserters, then lowered his voice and said, "Did you hear what they said? That's 'Breakout Hero'! I believe him, how about you?"

The others thought about it for a while, then nodded one after another.

"Then it's decided!" Sokolov said, "This may be our last chance. If anyone wants to escape, I won't let him go!"

When Shulka returned to the headquarters, Mikhailvich looked at Shulka with strange eyes.

"What's the matter?" Shulka asked. "Is there a problem?"

"Is there any problem?"

"What could be the problem?"

"Those..." Major Mikhailevich said: "Have you settled the deserters?"

"Yes!" Shulka nodded.

"Tell me how you arranged it?" Major Mikhailvich asked, "For example... Who will take care of them, and what tasks are they going to perform?"

"There is no one watching them!" Shulka replied while taking out the pistol and putting it back in the drawer: "I have already asked Valery to distribute equipment to them, and they will perform the same mission as us!"

"What? You're crazy Shulka!" said Major Mikhailvich. "Do you know what the consequences might be?"

"No, I don't know!" Shulka replied.

"You really didn't send anyone to watch them?"

"certainly!"

"They'll still escape from here!" Major Mikhailvich was a little annoyed: "I thought you had a way to solve this problem, but now it seems that's not the case! No, I have to take back their guns..."

"No, Comrade Mikhailvich!" Shulka stopped Mikhailvich, who was about to walk out of the headquarters with an armed belt: "We should trust them!"

"Believe them?" Major Mikhailvich said angrily: "Shuerka, you don't know who they are, and you don't know what state they are in. They can do anything, even put guns on them. Aim at your own people!"

"Of course I know!" Shulka replied, "but I'm sure they wouldn't do it. And if, I mean if... if you confiscated their guns and put someone on them, I wouldn't dare promise!"

Major Mikhailvich stared at Shulka for a while, then put down his armed belt helplessly.

"I don't know what you're doing, Shulka!" said Major Mikhailevich. "I don't trust them, but I trust you!"

"Thank you, Comrade Mikhailvich!"

"Do you really know... if something goes wrong, what will we face?" Major Mikhailvich said: "The people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs have a list, the list of those deserters, they will give everyone Create a file and follow up irregularly until it is confirmed that they died on the battlefield!"

"I know!" Shulka said. "If they escape again, then we will be jointly and severally responsible!"

"And you still choose to do it!"

"Yes!"

Major Mikhailvich said nothing, patted Shulka on the shoulder and sat down.

But Shulka had something to say, he stepped forward and said: "Actually, I have something to discuss with you, Comrade Mikhailvich!"

Major Mikhailvich looked up at Shulka's expression, and asked cautiously, "It's not a good thing, is it?"

"Of course it's a good thing!" Shulka smiled: "You know, our troops have suffered heavy losses. Up to now, there are only more than 600 people capable of fighting, and there is a serious shortage of troops..."

"I have already reported this to my superiors!" Major Mikhailvich replied: "They said they would send troops to replenish us with new recruits!"

"I remember, you reported to your superior the day before yesterday!"

"What's the meaning?"

"I mean... the Germans hadn't put a complete blockade on Stalingrad when the superiors promised to send us new recruits!"

Mikhailvich thought for a while, and soon understood the meaning of Shulka's words.

"You mean we don't have any reinforcements?"

"If we are short of food, and each person can only get a small piece of bread every day, do you think we will get supplementary soldiers?" Shulka asked: "Besides, if there are reinforcements from the east bank, all the troops will be organized. Do you think they will be filled into our regiment?"

"you mean……"

"Replenish the deserters!" Shulka gave the answer: "Those deserters who are going to be shot!"

"No, that's impossible!" Mikhailitch jumped up from his chair. "I will never let you do that, Shulka! Never!"