"They can at least consume the bullets of the Germans!" While Shulka and the lieutenant were in a stalemate, Major Mikhailvich walked up.

He glared at Shulka, then put on a look of indifference, and then said to the captain: "You heard it right, Comrade Captain! Of course we are a heroic unit, we have just been withdrawn from the Mamayev post, and countless Germans have died under our hands......"

"I don't care about that!" The lieutenant interrupted Major Mikhailvich: "What kind of troops you are has nothing to do with me, does it?" ”

"You're right!" Major Mikhailvich said: "I just want you to know that we are in great need of some soldiers who charge on the battlefield, the enemy will not care how many times they have escaped, they will only pull the trigger and shoot these traitors to death!" Why not? ”

The captain nodded slowly and said, "Then you have to take care of it, don't let me catch them again!" ”

"Of course!" Major Mikhailvich replied: "Don't worry, I will definitely let them die on the battlefield!" ”

The captain, who had already turned away, did not answer, but raised his pistol and raised it at Major Mikhailvich.

After the captain left, Major Mikhailvich reluctantly said to Shulka: "Are you sure you need these deserters? ”

"Yes, Comrade Mikhailvich!"

"Okay!" Major Mikhailvich said: "Then they will be yours, you can do whatever you want!" ”

As he spoke, he turned around and left.

Shulka doesn't know why Major Mikhailvich behaved like this, they are just a group of deserters, and the life and death of these deserters are even in the hands of the Soviet army, what is Major Mikhailvich afraid of?

It didn't take long for Shulka to understand what was going on.

As the deserters rose from the ground, the one who had shouted "just order" let out a long sigh of relief, and Shulka noticed that he was a sergeant, and that there was a scar on his head that was still oozing blood.

The sergeant raised his head at Shulka and asked, "So, Comrade Captain!" Since we don't have to die, can we give a piece of bread? Or give it a cigarette! ”

Valery stepped forward to give him a rifle butt: "Don't forget that the captain just saved you!" ”

"Saved me?" The sergeant laughed, clutched his chest and coughed a few times, and replied: "Comrade, don't you know that we are dead?" Can you save a dead man? Or ......"

Saying that, the sergeant approached Valery viciously, and pointed to his head and said: "Comrade, give me a good time, I will pay you back!" ”

Seeing this, Shulka seemed to understand the sergeant's mentality, and he no longer cared whether he was dead or alive.

That's not quite right, because if they don't care if they live or die, then they won't find a way to escape.

At this time, they should be the kind of mentality that is open-minded...... It's best to be able to escape, that's what you earn, if you can't escape, just die, anyway, there is no hope of living.

Fighting in a "punishment camp" can easily produce such a mentality.

Because they are no longer treated as normal people, they are branded as "traitors" and "cowards", and then sent to the most dangerous places on the battlefield to perform the most dangerous tasks, and even if they die, they still can't wash away these shames.

So, what is the difference between them and death?

If they are dead, why should they be afraid of anything?

Why should they follow any military rules or take officers seriously?!

Major Mikhailvich should have known about this a long time ago, so he avoided it early.

Valery didn't know what to do with them, so he set his sights on Shulka.

"Give them something to eat early!" Shulka ordered: "Give them another rifle!" ”

"Rifles?" Valery was stunned when he heard this.

"Captain!" Valery walked up and whispered to Shulka: "In their state, send the gun down......"

"I know!" Shulka interrupted Valery.

It should be said that Valery's fears are justified, if a person leaves everything behind and is not even afraid of death, then nothing can cure them.

In this case, the gun was issued to them...... There's no guarantee that they'll do something.

Shulka walked straight up to the deserter sergeant and asked, "What's your name, Sergeant?" ”

"Sokolov, Comrade Captain!"

Shulka nodded, handed Sokolov a cigarette and lit it for him.

Then he glanced at all the deserters and said, "Say so! You now have a chance, after entering my unit, you will fight like a normal army, do you know what I mean? ”

Sokolov was stunned when he heard this, and even forgot to take a puff of the cigarette in his mouth.

The other soldiers were stunned, and they all looked at Shulka with suspicion in their eyes.

"No, you don't have that power, Captain!" Sokolov gritted his teeth and said, "You are a liar, you just want to use this word to make us die for you!" ”

Valery was about to step forward but was stopped by Shulka.

"I don't have that power, Sokolov!" Shulka lit a cigarette for himself, took a slow puff and exhaled the smoke, glancing at the deserters who had been caught up in his appetite, and then continued: "But don't you realize that you have another chance?" Maybe it's your only chance! ”

"What chance?" Sokolov asked.

"Let's put it this way!" Shulka replied: "Our unit, the 82nd Infantry Regiment, was originally a quasi-'correctional battalion'. I mean, the 'correctional camps' weren't officially formed at that time. Do you understand what I'm talking about? ”

Sokolov nodded slightly, this is not a secret in the Soviet army, the "punishment battalion" actually existed before this, but it was not as famous as it is now.

"If you don't believe me, ask them!" Shulka raised his head at his subordinates and said, "Any one, they will tell you what the situation of the 82nd Infantry Regiment was before this, they will tell you what kind of danger the 82nd Infantry Regiment is in, and then step by step to the present!" ”

With that, Shulka leaned into Sokolov's ear and said: "You are a smart man, you should understand that they do not want the corpses of a few deserters, but soldiers who can defeat the enemy!" That is, as long as we can defeat the enemy...... Everything else is not a problem! ”

Sokolov looked around, still wary, and responded: "I don't doubt this, Comrade Captain!" But how can I guarantee it...... We're putting in the effort to get everything we deserve! ”

"I can't guarantee it, and I don't have the right to guarantee it!" Shulka replied: "But you have no choice! ”