USSR 1941

The first trouble that arose was... a major change in the instructors of the 82nd Infantry Regiment.

The so-called big change is that a group of instructors and political commissars were transferred out, and then a new group of instructors and political commissars came in.

At first, Shulka didn't think there was anything wrong, because the transfer of instructors was a normal situation, and even because it was under the authority of the Political Department, Shulka, the head of the regiment, had no right to interfere.

Until one day Zolotarev came to say goodbye to Shulka.

"They transferred me to the Southwest Front Army as political commissar!" Zolotarev said.

"Congratulations!" Shulka was delighted for Zolotarev, who hadn't thought of anything else.

Zolotarev glanced at Shulka unexpectedly, looked around, and whispered: "It seems that you don't realize the seriousness of the problem at all, Comrade Shulka!"

"The seriousness of the problem? What's the problem?" Shulka was a little puzzled.

"They transferred me because they knew I would protect you!" Zolotarev said, "Because I spoke well for you, because they knew I would stand by your side..."

Shulka couldn't help but let out an "oh", only then did he realize that a silent war had already begun.

After thinking about it, Shulka said, "What can they do with me?"

"What can I do with you?" Zolotarev said: "You think too simply, Comrade Shulka! You should know that the instructors in the army have changed a lot during this time. The soldiers fought together and cultivated their feelings on the battlefield, or cooperated well with the chief officer! And the newly transferred instructor..."

There is no need for Zolotarev to say that Shulka understands the next words. The newly transferred instructors are definitely not as easy to deal with as the previous ones... At least the previous instructors were randomly assigned, which means that some of the instructors There are "good" and bad, and war is still a filter, it will filter out those unqualified instructors, and then naturally some of the remaining ones can be integrated with the soldiers and be supported by the soldiers.

Even if you don't consider other things, just losing this part of the instructors will greatly reduce the combat effectiveness of the 82nd Infantry Regiment, because there will be serious divisions within the 82nd Infantry Regiment... one faction is the political commissar and instructor, and the other is based on Officers and soldiers headed by Shulka.

"They will also assign a political commissar to the 82nd Infantry Regiment soon!" Zolotarev said: "Then there is also the political commissar of the army group, although the power of the political commissar has been weakened,

But you know what they can do! "

Shulka frowned involuntarily and asked, "Then what should I do, Comrade Zolotarev?"

"I don't know!" Zolotarev shook his head.

Shulka believed that Zolotarev really didn't know, because it was simply beyond his control, because the behind-the-scenes operator of this matter was probably Khrushchev.

As a political commissar, Zolotarev certainly had no way to deal with Khrushchev.

Zolotarev patted Shulka on the shoulder and said, "In short, be more cautious in the future, you may face more difficulties, although you will not have any major troubles for the time being!"

"I understand, thank you, Comrade Zolotarev!"

Shulka did understand what Zolotarev meant.

There will be no big trouble, because Shulka can fight, and Beria is watching, even Stalin knows that Shulka is watching Shulka, as Stalin said, he reads about it in the newspaper every day Shulka's news... of course, this is more of a polite statement.

Against such a background, Khrushchev was in a state of daring to speak out. If his actions were too obvious, it would actually be an opportunity for Beria to sue him.

Of course Khrushchev will not be so stupid, so he can only come in the dark, hoping to subtly split the 82nd Infantry Regiment from the inside and even let the instructors make trouble inside, so as to reduce the combat effectiveness of the 82nd Infantry Regiment and even divide the troops to achieve destruction. The purpose of this image of Shulka "Breakout Hero".

Hence the saying that there will be no big troubles for the time being but many small troubles.

Then sure enough, a little trouble came.

"Comrade Shulka!" Shortly after Zolotarev left, Denisokov found Shulka anxiously.

"My father is going to transfer me from the 82nd Infantry Regiment!" Denisokov said. "No matter how much I beg him, can you help me?"

Shulka said "Oh" and could only return with a wry smile.

"Comrade Denisokov, I think you are asking the wrong person!" Shulka shook his head.

"What do you mean?" Denisokov asked puzzled.

Denisokov was still a child after all, and although he had been taught about combat at school, he had never been told about political struggle, so he had no idea what it was all about.

"Why do you think your father wants you to be transferred from the 82nd Infantry Regiment?" Shulka asked.

"Because of you?" Denisokov said, "No, that's impossible. Not long ago he told me to follow you..."

Denisokov froze at this point, realizing that it was contradictory: if his father wanted Denisokov to learn how to kill enemies from Shulka, it would be impossible to transfer him out of the 82nd Infantry Regiment.

So, there must be something going on here.

As for what it is, there is no need to say more... The news that Shulka proposed to abolish the political commissar system has spread throughout the army.

This news made the soldiers respect Shulka even more, because their thoughts were the same as Shulka's. They didn't want those instructors and political commissars who didn't understand the war to point fingers at them, or even point them at guns so that they would not have any trouble. A pointless charge towards the enemy's line of defense.

This is related to the life and death of army officers and soldiers on the future battlefield.

Although the officers and soldiers knew this a long time ago, no one dared to say it. Even if someone said it, it would not work. Punishment for crimes such as greed for life and fear of death.

But Shulka said what they wanted to say, and not only said it but also played a role. This is almost equivalent to "the grace of rebuilding" for the officers and soldiers of the army.

Because although this cannot absolutely avoid meaningless charges on the battlefield in the future, at least it will play a positive role in reducing the probability of their occurrence. This is life and blood for the officers and soldiers of the army.

Only those who live under guns and guns every day can realize how important this is.

Therefore, sometimes when Shulka was walking on the road, a few strange officers and soldiers would come up to him and hold Shulka's hand, saying excitedly, "Thank you, Comrade Shulka, thank you very much!"

They didn't say why, but Shulka knew it, and so did they.

However, the political commissars and instructors obviously didn't think so.