USSR 1941

"Isn't it, Comrade Captain?" asked someone from the 5th Infantry Company.

"I heard it!" Shulka pointed in the direction of the speech, and then replied: "There is no evidence for what we say, how about we make a bet?"

"How to bet?" Sokolov replied instead.

"Tomorrow morning, you don't need to do anything, just watch!" Shulka replied: "I will send another army to carry out your mission, and we will tell you with the facts, are they waiting to die!"

After a moment of silence, Sokolov nodded: "I agree, Comrade Captain!"

This was no loss to the 5th Infantry Company.

Because first of all, it means that they don't need to carry out this "cannon fodder mission" tomorrow morning.

After thinking about it, Sokolov asked again: "Comrade Captain, what's the bet?"

"If I lose!" Shulka said: "You can choose the future combat missions as you like!"

"But if I win!" Shulka turned his gaze to Sokolov and said, "Similar things will never happen in the future. You, including you, Comrade Sokolov, must fully obey the command of your superiors, you understand me mean?"

"Understood!" Sokolov wiped the blood from his nose and replied, "It's fair, I agree!"

After returning to the headquarters, Shulka immediately handed over the task of guarding the front to the sniper company.

Shulka asked Koroteyev, the commander of the sniper company: "You will not be like the Fifth Infantry Company, thinking that this is a punishment and sending you to die!"

"Of course not, Comrade Captain!" Koroteyev laughed.

Major Mikhailvich was confused by this wave of operations, but Andrianka understood it.

"So, you never intended the 5th Infantry Company to perform this mission from the very beginning, did you, Comrade Captain!" asked Andrianka.

Shulka did not deny it.

In fact, Shulka had set up a trap for the Fifth Infantry Company, and was waiting for all of them to fall into this trap.

The battlefield is sometimes a very strange place, and the same task assigned to two different troops may have two completely different ideas.

For example, assigning the task of stationing at the front line to the sniper company, they will think it is a kind of honor.

When the same task was given to the 5th Infantry Company, their response was to send them to the battlefield to die.

There are two very different kinds of thinking that arise, on the one hand because of faith, and on the other hand because of trust.

The sniper company is very confident in itself. They are the elite of the 82nd Infantry Regiment. They believe that their superiors will not and cannot give up on themselves at any time, and they will never receive "death missions" at any time.

Of course, the Fifth Infantry Company cannot have confidence in this aspect. They are deserters and will be sent to the "punishment battalion" or even shot. This makes them worry all the time whether they will receive a "death mission" ".

In other words, the Fifth Infantry Company has always had an inferiority complex.

Shulka knew that if the Fifth Infantry Company did not overcome this inferiority complex, they would never be able to become a normal army, and there would still be many dangers on the battlefield in the future... They would suspect their superiors because of this inferiority complex , there will be a heart of defense, and it is even possible to leave a way out for yourself.

Because they are always worried that they will be betrayed by their superiors and consumed as cannon fodder.

Shulka didn't want to wait until the problem broke out and caused losses before trying to make up for it, so he used this method to force the problem out first and let it surface.

Early the next morning, the 82nd Infantry Regiment entered the position two hours before dawn.

Sure enough, the Fifth Infantry Company had no mission, but was assigned to the second line.

Even for the convenience of their observation, Shulka also ordered a few binoculars to be distributed to the junior officers of the Fifth Infantry Company... These binoculars were put together by the officers and temporarily lent to the Fifth Infantry Company, because in the Soviet army, there were often only battalion Officers above the rank are eligible to be equipped with binoculars, and only a few of the company ranks are equipped.

This is not only because the Soviet Union's light industry lags behind and lacks production technology such as glass lenses, but also because the Soviet Army's tactics almost do not require the use of binoculars... It is a waste for the company commander to equip a binoculars when fighting in a large army. They only need to obey orders It is enough to charge forward with the troops.

Then, Koroteyev took the soldiers of the sniper company into the forward building.

The "Red October" new village is a dormitory for employees, and four-story buildings are neatly arranged, like an army.

The reason for the four floors, Shulka believes, is because the level of architecture in this era is not very good, and the four floors are not too high and not too low, and the greatest common divisor between cost and safety can be taken.

But these are not Shulka need to consider.

He was lying beside Sokolov at this time, and said to him: "I hope Comrade Valery didn't blind you, otherwise you won't be able to see now!"

"Comrade Valery was no less injured than me!" Sokolov replied.

"Do you know where you went wrong?" Shulka asked.

Sokolov didn't answer.

"All along, you have not regarded yourself as a normal army!" Shulka said: "If it is a normal army, is it possible to disobey the command of the battalion commander and fight him?"

"That's because it's not fair..."

"That's fair, Comrade Sokolov!" Shulka interrupted Sokolov: "This is a normal task, it can be assigned to a unit of the 82nd Infantry Regiment, and the fifth The infantry company also belongs to the 82nd Infantry Regiment! This is your problem, your problem to be precise, and you think that others are using you and betraying you!"

After a while of silence, Sokolov let out an "ah" and said, "I realized this when you made a bet with me!"

Sokolov is not stupid. He knows that Shulka will hand over this task to other troops, that is, he has confidence in this task.

"Put away your prejudices!" Shulka said: "You are an ordinary army, not a privileged army. When you receive a task, the first thing you should think about is how to complete this task and do it well. Come back alive, not the superiors, do you want you to die, understand?"

"Understood, Comrade Shulka!" said Sokolov, "I admit defeat!"

After a pause, Sokolov said again: "I have a request, Comrade Shulka! Can you entrust this task to us? I don't want others to complete our task!"

"No!" Shulka refused without thinking: "You should learn from it and see how others complete this task!"