USSR 1941

Of course, it is much better for the political commissar to have some power weakened than to not be weakened so that he can command everyone without any scruples and even decide the life and death of others.

Shurka didn't need to care about these, even if he cared, he couldn't care, so Shurka turned his attention to the combat map... The map clearly marked the retreat situation of the German army at this time.

Manstein is indeed worthy of being a famous German general. His retreat was arranged in an orderly manner. It can even be said that he had already built a defense line before the retreat. Therefore, the Soviet army's "pursuit of victory" did not make much progress. The Soviet and German armies were basically in Azov. A standoff forms between the sea and the Donets.

On the other hand, the German troops in the Caucasus are also retreating at the same time... Once the Battle of Stalingrad fails, even if the Soviet army has recovered Miloway, then the German troops in the Caucasus will have to retreat, otherwise all the troops there will face being surrounded again danger.

The German army obviously did not dare to take such a risk again, so retreating was the only option, even if the Caucasus had the strategically important Baku oil field.

"Comrade Shulka!" At this moment the correspondent called to Shulka: "The command asked you to go!"

"I'll be right there!" Shulka replied, picked up his armed belt and went out.

As soon as Shulka entered the army headquarters, he felt something was wrong with the atmosphere.

Originally, after the victory in the Battle of Stalingrad, there should be joy and excitement, but they were all a little trembling.

Then Shulka knew that the problem was with Commissar Zolotarev.

"Comrade Shulka!" Zolotarev said sullenly, "Have you read the order of the Supreme Command to abolish the political commissar system?"

"Yes, Comrade Zolotarev!" Shulka replied.

"What do you think of this order?" Zolotarev asked again, with a bit of a bad tone.

Then Shulka understood that Zolotarev was targeting him.

Why don't I need to say more, of course because this suggestion is from Shulkati.

Of course, Shulka mentioned it to Stalin, and it is impossible for the content of the conversation to be leaked. At the same time, Stalin will not be hungry and have nothing to do, saying that Shulka made this suggestion... Stalin's structure will not be so small.

So it goes without saying who said it, of course it was Beria.

As for the intention, Shulka had guessed before that Beria would definitely leak the news on purpose, so as to force Shulka to stand against the Political Department.

So Shulka didn't want to hide it, and he replied: "Yes, Comrade Zolotarev! This is my opinion to Comrade Stalin in Moscow when he received me. Is there any problem?"

The people around were stunned. Maybe it was just a guess before, but Shulka actually admitted it himself.

"Very good, Comrade Shulka! Very good!" Zolotarev said coldly with a straight face, "Do you know how your suggestion will affect our army?"

"You should be talking about the influence on the political commissar, Comrade Zolotarev?!"

"Isn't the political commissar part of the army?" Zolotarev asked back: "Although there are some cowards among the political commissars, we are fighting against the enemy on the front line like other soldiers, and we even rushed to the forefront. Isn't it?"

"Indeed, Comrade Zolotarev!" Shulka replied: "But do you think that you can lead the troops to fight well? Leading the troops to launch a wrong charge, only one instructor or political commissar will be sacrificed, but the soldiers will be sacrificed." one slice!"

"Without us, do you know what would happen on the battlefield? A large number of deserters, and then we will face one failure after another, even the victory of the defense of Moscow and the defense of Stalingrad that we just won! And We were punished after the victory! Do you think this is fair? Does this satisfy you?!"

...

Shulka was not in a hurry to speak, he waited quietly for Zolotarev to finish speaking, then stared into Zolotarev's eyes and said: "You are a good political commissar, Comrade Zolotarev! You work hard and have a rigorous attitude , and willing to listen to the opinions of his subordinates! But you clearly know that not every political commissar is like you! I said the same to Comrade Stalin, the political commissar lacks battlefield experience and command quality, which makes countless soldiers meaningless If you say it's fair, why don't you ask the fallen soldiers if it's fair? Why don't you ask their families if it's fair?"

"This is war..."

"War will kill people, right?" Shulka interrupted Zolotarev unceremoniously: "The problem is that wrong command will lead to meaningless death of more people!"

Zolotarev could not help but be speechless.

"I don't have any position!" Shulka finally emphasized: "I don't have a problem with you, Comrade Zolotarev! I just don't want similar low-level mistakes to appear again and again in future battles, batch after batch. Soldiers fell meaninglessly under the guns of the enemy! That's all, if Comrade Zolotarev wants to punish me, I promise to obey!"

Trufanov stood up and persuaded: "Comrade Zolotarev, in any case, this is a decision made by the Supreme Command and an order from them. What do you think..."

Zolotarev gritted his teeth and nodded, he knew what Trufanov meant.

If Shulka is punished, it means that he openly disobeyed the order of the Supreme Command and even stood against Stalin. This is not a joke. As a political commissar, he should ensure that his position is absolutely correct.

In fact, if Zolotarev had been smart, he should never have confronted Shulka and started an argument with him like this.

On the contrary, Zolotarev should have patted Shulka on the shoulder with a friendly face and said: "Comrade Shulka! The question you raised is very good. We accept it humbly and work hard to improve it, and promise to make up for the shortcomings and correct the problem in the near future. ! If you have any comments in the future, please let us know!"

Zolotarev regarded Shulka as a friend during the battle, and cooperated well with Shulka during the battle, so he couldn't accept this telegram when he received this telegram.

But at this time, he also calmed down.

As Trufanov said, this is an order from the Supreme Command, and to argue on this issue is to question the Supreme Command.

"I don't mean to punish you, Comrade Shulka!" Zolotarev said: "I have no opinion on this order, and I obey it unconditionally! But I think you are biased against the political commissar and have no objective evaluation... ..."

But Zolotarev stopped talking halfway through, because he felt that almost everyone in the headquarters was on Shulka's side.