USSR 1941

Shulka later approached Sokolov about the issue.

Shulka said simply and straightforwardly: "This kind of thing must not continue anymore. Now it is because of the pressure of the war. The front line needs experienced and hard-working soldiers. But if it is too much, it will force the superiors to withdraw the battalion. , you should understand what the consequences will be, even I can't keep you!"

"Understood, Comrade Shulka!" Sokolov nodded solemnly, and replied: "I promise that similar incidents will not happen again!"

Obviously this is not what Sokolov meant. He is a smart man and knows that doing so will push the Second Infantry Battalion and even Shulka into the abyss.

In other words, those actions were done privately by soldiers who had personal grievances against the instructor, and even Sokolov himself didn't know about it before.

Now that Sokolov knew, of course it was not allowed to continue.

Sokolov's approach was very clever. He added this article to the lynching: If anyone attacks his comrades because of personal grievances, he will be punished as a traitor or a deserter.

The reason why this command is "smart" is because of two points:

One: Kirillovich wants the abolition of lynching, that is, the power of the 2nd Infantry Battalion in the hands of the political commissar.

But in the lynching, there was an order that was beneficial to the instructor and even related to the instructor's life and death.

So should Kirillovich abolish lynching or not?

If it is abolished, can these desperadoes who came out of the punishment camp be controlled?

In the end, Kirillovich chose to turn a blind eye and close one eye. Although he didn't say that lynching was allowed, he acquiesced.

Another clever thing is that this order says "kill your comrades" instead of "kill your instructors".

If you were talking about "to the instructor", then the order would be spread quickly, and the Second Infantry Battalion's charge of black gun shooting would be confirmed, and it would be impossible for the political commissar to ignore this matter by then.

And the phrase "to comrades in arms" not only allows soldiers to clearly understand the meaning, but also avoids this very well.

It can also be seen from this that Sokolov is a rough but meticulous person. He not only knows how to fight, but also has his own way of managing troops.

Kirillovich can only acquiesce in this situation, and at the same time realizes that it is almost impossible to replace Shulka in the 82nd Infantry Regiment. After all, Shulka's prestige is based on Blood and life are spelled out, and the relationship with the soldiers is life-and-death dependence on the battlefield, blood licking from the edge of a knife, and stabbing at both ribs.

If it had been a time of peace, Kirillovich might still have the upper hand, but everyone knows that the war is far from over, so the "breakout hero" still has the final say.

But it was not because of this that Shulka had the upper hand.

In fact, Shulka has never paid too much attention to the affairs of these political commissars and instructors, because he knows that the focus now is still fighting.

Therefore, as long as they have free time, they organize troop training, or it can also be said to be a rest, because the battalions also take this opportunity to replenish their troops and get in touch with the recruits.

As for Kirillovich and others, they can do whatever they want, as long as there is not too much interference with Shulka's training plan, let them go.

At this time a call was made to Shulka's headquarters, and the correspondent reported: "Comrade Shulka, it's Comrade Akadyevich!"

Akadievich left without saying goodbye after completing the task of "instigating rebellion" against Paulus last time.

About this Shulka is understandable, you must know that Akadyevich is the director of the Sixth General Bureau,

When Paulus and the German Sixth Army surrendered, there were too many prisoners and too much information waiting for Akadievich to interrogate and collect, so of course they would fly to Stalingrad immediately.

"I'm Shulka!" Shulka joked after answering the phone, "How about it, Comrade Akadyevich? You've got enough information now!"

Akadyevich complained on the phone: "There are too many, so much that I can't tell which ones are important and which ones are not! By the way, the British have taken action..."

Shulka said "oh".

Of course he knows what "the British have done it" means, that is, the British sent special forces to attack the German V1 missile research and development base.

"How did it turn out?" Shulka asked.

Akadyevich laughed loudly: "Need to say?"

Akadyevich didn't say anything, because it was not safe to say it on the phone, and it would be even worse if the British knew about it.

But even if Akadyevich didn't say anything, Shulka knew what would happen. Of course, things would go as planned, and the British special forces were ambushed and returned home.

"John may come to you!" said Akadyevich, "because I told him you were responsible for it!"

"What?" Shulka didn't expect Akadyevich to kick the ball to him like this.

"You can handle him, can't you?" said Akadyevich.

"Okay!" Shulka was a little helpless.

But think about it, Shulka thinks that even if Akadyevich didn't kick the "ball" to him, John would find him. After all, Shulka is a double agent they "bought", and they need Know some inside information or determine something.

"Is that why you called me?" Shulka asked.

This is just a trivial matter, Akadyevich only needs to let the staff inform him, and it doesn't even matter if he doesn't inform himself.

"No!" replied Akadyevich, "I want to know . . . are you interested in becoming an instructor?"

"What do you mean?" Shulka asked back.

"You know!" Akadyevich explained: "The Ministry of Internal Affairs commands some internal affairs troops and border guards. Although they fought bravely, but..."

Needless to say, these units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are more guerrillas for internal affairs, and there is a gap in quality between them and regular combat troops, especially when they are often aggressive and do not cooperate with other troops on the battlefield. So the performance on the battlefield is not satisfactory.

Akadyevich added: "To be precise, it is you and your troops! The entire 82nd Infantry Regiment! Because we want to achieve results in a short period of time, we need a lot of instructors, experienced and excellent instructors! "

"Can I refuse?" Shulka asked back.

"No!" Akadyevich laughed: "This is what Comrade Beria meant!".

Shulka had already guessed, which of course was what Beria meant.

Because Akadyevich had no right to make this decision at all.