"Your own people? What own people? Major Mikhailvich asked curiously.

"Most of them are from the Seventh 'Punishment Battalion', and a few are from the Ninth 'Punishment Battalion'! There were also a couple of deserters...... They said they wanted to meet you, Comrade Shulka! Andrianka replied.

Mikhailvich and Shulka looked at each other and understood what was going on.

This is unexpected, but it is also expected.

It is a bit unbelievable to say that it is unexpected because this kind of escape and refuge in one's own troops is a bit unbelievable, because the escape is the same unit and the same system and system, and it should be completely unnecessary to say it.

This is expected because Shulka knows that although on the surface the "Correctional Battalions" of other units are ostensibly implementing a system similar to that of the Fifth Infantry Company, in reality it is not.

And it is not difficult to imagine that this is why soldiers and deserters from other "punishment battalions" came to the 82nd Infantry Regiment.

Sure enough, when Shulka and Mikhailvich rushed to the second-line staff dormitory as a temporary shelter...... the new village of "Red October" itself was a residential area for the workers of the metallurgical plant, and there were some large dormitories here, which were densely filled with beds on the upper and lower floors for single workers.

Because of its large space and large number of beds, it is ideal for use as a shelter or a temporary hospital.

A total of fifty-three Soviet soldiers in ragged clothes gathered in it, some with guns and some without guns.

This means that the guards did not disarm them, and they did not even know what to do with the soldiers......

Let's say that they are not deserters, but the fact is that they escaped from the original unit.

Let's say they are deserters, they are the troops who fled to their own people.

So disarming is not, and not disarming is not.

Shulka walked into the shelter, and at first the soldiers didn't react, but soon several of them recognized Shulka and whispered, "That's Shulka, 'Breakout Hero'!" ”

Then, the soldiers, who were originally like a pool of stagnant water, suddenly became lively, and they "hula" and surrounded them, and said in a gossipy voice:

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Comrade Shulka!"

"We're here to join the 5th Infantry Company!"

"We're qualified to join, aren't we?"

……

They were indeed eligible, because if all the deserters identified in the harbor as being shot were eligible to join the Fifth Infantry Company, they would certainly be more qualified.

But it was a struggle for Shulka.

Because they belong to the "punishment battalion" of other troops, such as the 7th "punishment battalion", which is the unit of the 17th Infantry Army.

If the 82nd Infantry Regiment takes them in...... This is not only not in line with military regulations, but also directly offends friendly forces.

"Why are you doing this?" Major Mikhailvich stepped forward to relieve the siege and said: "I have heard that your troops are also implementing the same policy as the 5th Infantry Company. You can be valued as much as you stay in the original unit......"

"Forget it, Major!" Someone interrupted Major Mikhailvich:

"That's just a lie, we're dead before then!"

"In fact, we've all crawled out of the pile of dead people, but there's still no hope. We're still assigned to the 'Death Mission'! ”

"Yes, there is no hope! Because they forbade us to retreat, even though there was no need to defend the position! ”

……

Shulka knew what they were talking about.

Systems and policies are one thing, but implementation is another.

With the habitual thinking of the Soviet commanders, it was impossible for them to suddenly change their discrimination against deserters, and of course, it was impossible for them to treat the "punishment battalion" equally like Shulka at the first order.

They don't even have such a foundation, because they don't trust each other, they still suspect each other, and the result of trust is often to give the "punishment camp" the opportunity to rebel and join the enemy.

Shulka said a few words to reassure them, and then he walked aside with Mikhailvich.

"How?" Major Mikhailvich asked.

"It's easy!" Shulka replied: "Report to your superiors!" ”

Major Mikhailvich "ha": "Good idea!" ”

You still have to kick the ball when it's time to kick it, especially when it's like this when it's between units and the 82nd Infantry Regiment is just a regiment.

At this point, any decision they make is beyond their purview.

As a result, this hot potato was quickly thrown into Golikov's hands.

Golikov and Krylov were dumbfounded when they heard this......

"Aren't the other units practicing the same system as the Fifth Infantry Company?" Golikov asked.

"No one can do it, Comrade Golikov!" Major Akimovich replied: "I mean, no one can do it like Comrade Shulka...... We thought it was simple, just give them more food, ammunition, equipment, and hope, and we would be able to get those deserters to change their minds and return to the ranks of the heroic resistance to the invaders! However, in practice, there are many problems. ”

If you make a rough analysis of the style of the armies of the countries of the world...... European and American militaries pay more attention to spirit, community of interests and systems; The Soviet military was more focused on high-pressure policies and ideological guidance; The military of the Asian cowardly culture is more emotional.

Facts have proved that the army that is biased towards the management of the army is often the most difficult to deal with, because they often show unimaginable and incredible combat effectiveness on the battlefield, that is, when the European and American armies think that they can no longer change the situation of the war and can choose to surrender, the armies of the cowardly cultural circle will choose more "rather than be broken".

At this time, of course, the Soviet army did not understand Shulka's idea of governing the army with feelings, let alone the set of "no suspicion is used, no suspicion is used", so even if the policy and system of the Fifth Infantry Company were fully implemented, they only learned the surface but did not learn the essence.

"How shall we answer them?" Major Akimovich asked: "Let them keep these 'deserters'?" ”

"No!" Krylov objected: "If we do this, the 'punishment battalion' of the other units will all run away and join the 82nd Infantry Regiment in the next second!" ”

"Then order them to return to their original troops!" Major Akimovich said.

"Not really!" Golikov frowned: "If you do this, you are actually forcing the 'punishment battalion' of other units to flee to the port first, and then through the port to be incorporated into the 82nd Infantry Regiment!" ”

Krylov nodded in agreement.

If the soldiers of the "punishment battalion" of other units find that they have no chance or hope of survival, they are of course willing to fight to the death.

What Golikov and Krylov didn't expect was that Shulka had the ingenuity to bring a "punishment company", which directly shook the entire system and brought it to the brink of collapse.