USSR 1941

In addition to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Golikova quickly got the news.

This was not reported by Shulka or by Major Mikhailevich, and certainly not by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In fact, the Ministry of the Interior took the incident as a disgrace.

This is not only because of the impact of the Isayev incident, but also because a considerable number of members of the Fifth Infantry Company were originally identified as "traitors to the motherland" and "incorrigible" by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and were to be shot.

But it is precisely this part of the people who become a qualified fighter on the battlefield.

Therefore, no matter what the reason is, this is a severe slap in the face to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it also has a certain negative impact on the prestige of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The internal system of the Soviet Army is often like this. Sometimes it is obvious that the goals of several units are the same. For example, there is actually no contradiction between the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Fifth Infantry Company, or there is no contradiction with Shulka. Those deserters were used as much as possible to serve the war.

But there will be differences in the actual implementation.

At the same time, the goal of the Ministry of Internal Affairs at this time is to more firmly stabilize the national security situation in the chaos of the war. From this perspective, Shulka's approach should be strongly advocated.

But this is not the case, because it directly touches the interests of the Ministry of Internal Affairs... If Shulka's practice is widely spread, it will prove that the Ministry of Internal Affairs' practice of shooting deserters is wrong, and on the other hand, it will explain the internal affairs from another angle. departmental incompetence.

Therefore, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which was supposed to report and publicize to the Army Command as soon as possible, was silent on this aspect.

If they hadn't checked Shulka's details and knew they couldn't move him, perhaps Shulka might still be investigated for this.

This is indeed the case, because Zogtariov, the major head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who is in charge of commanding the port investigation, called the Army Command to inquire about Shulka's situation.

"Do you know what happened to Comrade Shulka, deputy commander of the 82nd Infantry Regiment?" Zogtarev asked.

"Of course!" Golikov replied.

"How was he doing?" asked Zogetariov. "I mean at Stalingrad!"

"Excellent!" replied Golikov. "We held Stalingrad almost on his advice! Any questions?"

Zogetariov was silent for a while,

He replied, "No, no problem!"

In fact, this made Zogtarev feel very troublesome, because if this was the case, it meant that Shulka could not be investigated for crimes.

Golikov was a little worried after putting down the phone, so he asked Akimovich to go to the 82nd Infantry Regiment, because the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs would call himself, which meant that nothing happened or even It will not be a small matter.

"Did you offend someone?" Akimovich didn't see Shulka when he arrived at the headquarters of the 82nd Infantry Regiment. At that time, Shulka was directing the battle on the front line.

"We've been offending the Germans!" replied Major Mikhailevich.

All the officers and soldiers in the headquarters laughed.

"I'm serious, Comrade Mikhailvich!" Akimovich replied: "I'm talking about my own people!"

Seeing Akimovich's serious face, Mikhailevich knew that the problem might be serious.

He thought about it, and then he knew what was going on.

"We asked for a group of deserters from the Ministry of Internal Affairs who should have been shot!" Major Mikhailvich replied, "But I don't think this offended them, it was with their consent!"

"No, it really isn't!" Akimovich replied, and he didn't think it would upset the Ministry of Internal Affairs either.

After thinking for a while, Akimovich asked again: "How are these deserters doing now?"

"They're fine!" replied Major Mikhailevich. "We put them in a company, and they've done well on the field!"

"outstanding?"

"Yes!" Major Mikhailvich replied while shaking his head: "No one thought that this would happen. It took Comrade Shulka only a few days to subdue these deserters... I mean Yes, they are convinced, and now they have become a force with quite good combat effectiveness. Can you imagine this? They were deserters a few days ago, and now they are a heroic fighter. No executions!"

"Shuerka?" Akimovich was dumbfounded when he heard this.

"Yes, Shulka!"

After a while, Akimovich nodded and replied, "Yes, who else can do this except him!"

Akimovich seemed to know the problem, so he returned to the headquarters to report to Golikov.

Golikov couldn't help laughing at this.

"This Shulka... others offend people because of incompetence, but he offends people because he is too capable!"

"Comrade Golikov!" Major Akimovich asked with some concern: "In the current situation, the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs seem to want to break this myth and save face, so they deliberately target Shulka..."

"They probably can't figure it out!" Golikov said.

But the look on his face revealed this. Golikov knew that no one could escape from the hands of the Ministry of Internal Affairs if he wanted to find a crime.

After being silent for a while, Krylov suggested: "Unless, we report this matter first!"

"Report?"

"Yes!" Krylov nodded: "On the one hand, if this matter is determined to be correct by the superiors, then the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs will no longer be able to interfere with it. All the deserters have a positive effect, which may be beneficial to the Battle of Stalingrad..."

"Yes!" Golikov said, "They will use the Fifth Infantry Company as an example to promote it to the whole army. As long as they fight bravely, they may be treated as ordinary troops and receive the same treatment. This will boost their morale!"

"That's what I mean!" Krylov nodded.

Therefore, Golikov ordered Akimovich to investigate the situation of the Fifth Infantry Company immediately and submit a report to the Front Army Command.

Of course there is no problem in this regard, because it is Zhukov who actually commands the two front armies... Of course he will support Shulka, and at the same time he will not let go of this opportunity to boost morale.

But what other people didn't expect was that the effect of the latter, that is, the promotion in the whole army, was not very good, and even a lot of troubles occurred.

The reason is... This matter is not as simple as it seems on the surface. On the one hand, they forgive and on the other hand, they are grateful, and then they hit it off.

The most important of these is the mutual trust between each other. Shulka also took a lot of hard work and a little luck to do it.

So it became impossible for anyone but Shulka to do it.