USSR 1941

The ensuing battle was like sweeping the battlefield, with German soldiers fleeing and surrendering everywhere... Losing their command, they no longer had the will to resist, and the entire defense line collapsed.

At this time, Trufanov even ordered the tank troops to hide instead of chasing the enemy.

This order is of course correct, because the strategic goal of the Soviet army has been achieved, and there is no need for tanks to hunt down the enemy... To be precise, it is difficult for tanks to provide strength, because there is mud everywhere. Tanks usually can only advance along the railway.

This made the commander of the tank division unhappy, and he complained: "Now is the time for victory, Comrade Trufanov! We were just about to beat them up, but you ordered us to hide?! "

"Yes, of course!" Trufanov replied: "Because our air force can't last that long, if you want to continue fighting, then do as you want!"

The commander of the tank division immediately fell silent.

Because anyone knows what happens when a tank hits an enemy plane.

So the tank units quickly disappeared from the battlefield... It is not difficult to do this, especially since the Soviets have reached Karachi, they only need to drive the tanks into a certain building.

Half an hour later, the 57th Army and the 51st Army joined forces in victory.

The soldiers of the two armies shook hands, hugged each other, and cheered loudly. Even if enemy fighter planes flew by in the sky from time to time, their enthusiasm could not be stopped.

From Shulka's point of view, I don't understand why they are so "excited"... Isn't it a victory? Isn't it the meeting of the two armies? Is this something new?

Shulka looked at the soldiers around him, and found that they were not very interested, and they were doing what they were supposed to do with their guns.

So Shulka knew that those who cheered were usually recruits, and their performance was not just because of victory, but also because the battle was over and they were still alive.

Zolotarev got out of nowhere, and as usual, his eyes were bloodshot. It is said that he hardly closed his eyes these days, especially during the attack on Karachi.

It is normal for him to be nervous, because if the battle of Karachi fails, then what awaits him will be severe punishment and even treason.

Now, his hanging heart can finally drop.

"We have won, Comrade Shulka!" Zolotarev gave Shulka a big hug, and then shook Shulka's hand and said excitedly: "You are right! The victory of this battle Thanks to your advice and command, I will report to my superiors about you..."

"It's better not to do this, Comrade Zolotarev!" Shulka interrupted Zolotarev in a low voice.

Zolotarev looked at Shulka suspiciously.

"After all, we disobeyed the military order!" Shulka explained: "And you are the political commissar!"

Zolotarev understood at once.

But Zolotarev didn't seem to care about it: "I know, but I'll say it anyway... And I think I've found the problem too!"

"What question?" Shulka did not understand what Zolotarev was referring to.

"The question of command!" Zolotarev patted Shulka on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "I think I am much better than other political commissars, at least I have worked hard to learn military knowledge, and even worked with the soldiers. Received military training and even learned military theory in the military academy! Because I think a good political commissar must at least understand some necessary military knowledge if he wants to command troops to fight!"

Shulka suddenly understood the reason for Zolotarev's certain military accomplishments in previous battles.

Shulka didn't pay much attention to it before, but in retrospect, Zolotarev actually participated in the whole battle plan, although he was more suspicious.

But if he can raise doubts when formulating a plan and still get to the point, it means that his military literacy is not low, at least much better than other political commissars who know nothing about it.

"But now I find that the problem is not here at all!" Zolotarev shook his head with a smile.

Shulka was a little surprised. He didn't expect Zolotarev, as a political commissar, to be aware of the problems of the Soviet Army's "political commissar system" and dare to bring it up... Shulka knew Zolotarev He is a conscientious and conscientious person, but he did not expect to be so "stern and selfless".

But in the next second Shulka realized that he was too naive.

"The problem is that we don't trust and understand each other enough!" Zolotarev waved his hand and said, "Think about it, Comrade Shulka! If we knew each other and had enough trust from the beginning, then there would be no There will be a series of 'misunderstandings', and we will be able to complete the tasks assigned to us by our superiors, don't you think?"

Shulka was stunned for a long time and did not turn around.

"So!" Zolotarev continued: "I think we should learn this lesson. In the future, the political commissars assigned to the troops should consider issues more from the perspective of front-line commanders, from actual combat, instead of Blindly suspect that the commander and soldiers are afraid to fight!"

There is nothing wrong with Zolotarev's words, because the facts are indeed as he said, the relationship between the political commissar of the Soviet Army and the front-line commander is more of a supervisory and supervised relationship.

Therefore, of course, the political commissar must always be on guard against the commander's "desertion", so there is a problem with trust itself.

But Shulka knew that this problem was impossible anyway, because the political commissar's "supervisory" role determined that it was impossible to give the frontline commanders too much trust.

Zolotarev can cite one problem because of distrust, and other political commissars can cite a hundred problems because of trust.

The root cause is that the political commissars of the Soviet Army generally lack military literacy and do not know how to fight, but they hold the command power in their hands. This directly leads to the commander having no room to retreat or change tactics... because once retreat and change, immediately Will be suspected of "deserting".

Finally Zolotarev said: "Don't worry, Comrade Shulka! I believe that we will cooperate better in the future, and this victory is just the beginning!"

Looking at Zolotarev's back, Shulka felt helpless. He should have known that Zolotarev would not have such a deep understanding.

But these are not important to Shulka.

Shulka sat on the pile of rubble, took out a cigarette from his pocket, took the cigarette butt handed over by Mikhailvich, lit the cigarette, took a deep breath and exhaled the smoke, trying to relax himself.

From beginning to end, the most important thing is to be alive after the war.