Originally, Shulka and the others were going to retreat 30 kilometers as planned and then build a new line of defense, but they were "intercepted" halfway through.

The troops were able to withdraw from the front line, and although the Germans also spotted the Soviet retreat, they were powerless in the face of a large number of mines and muddy roads.

But the torrential rain also caused problems for the 333rd Regiment.

The worst part is that no one can rest in this rainstorm, although everyone is sleepy.

Then there's the difficulty of eating, as taking the bread cubes out of the tarpaulin quickly turns into rain-soaked mud, and you have to swallow the disgusting mud as quickly as possible, or it will run through your fingers.

Again, it was wet, because the boots were filled with water, heavy like a stone, and every time I stepped on it, I could feel the sound of water and air squeezing each other.

So, when the troops passed through a village, the thief advised: "Comrade Sergeant, why don't we stop and go to those houses to have a fire or a rest?" ”

The actor immediately answered: "Good idea, even if it's a few minutes!" ”

A few minutes...... Everyone knows that the actor is addicted to smoking again.

"No, Fovalkov!" Shulka replied: "It's not for me to decide, and if you really want to do that, I think you should ask the second lieutenant!" ”

Shulka said this, and the thief was silent, because anyone knew that asking the second lieutenant would only invite a scolding ...... That's how a second lieutenant speaks.

At this moment, several cars staggered to Shulka and the others, and the driver poked his head out of the cab and asked, "Hey, are you from the 333rd Regiment?" ”

"Yes!" Shulka replied.

"Get in the car!" The driver only said two words.

"What?" Shulka didn't understand what the driver meant, and he didn't dare to make decisions casually without receiving orders, he was just a platoon commander.

But the next second he was relieved, because the second lieutenant whistled in front and ordered: "Get in the car!" ”

The soldiers cheered and poured into the car, not even waiting for Shulka's order.

Shulka shook his head, secretly saying that after all, it was the Soviet army, and he couldn't have too high demands on them.

As soon as they got on the bus, the soldiers fell on their chairs like a puddle of mud.

The veteran took off his boots, and the smell made everyone cover their noses in an instant.

"Matvey!" The Cossack said dissatisfiedly: "Do you want us to vomit out yesterday's dinner?" ”

"Isn't that what you guys are?" The veteran shook his boots and poured water out, and then took off the "footcloth".

At this time, the Soviet soldiers did not have socks, and their standard equipment was to wrap their feet in a circle with a piece of cotton cloth as socks, just like women with small feet in feudal society.

Of course, Shulka wouldn't tell them that, unless he wanted to be lifted up by his own men and thrown into the river...... What a fighting nation hates most is to be told to be like a woman or something, not to mention that it is the entire army that will offend when this is said.

"We are indeed the same!" The Cossack retorted: "But do you have to take it out?" ”

That's right, the warriors haven't washed their feet once since they came out of the Brest Fortress, so you can imagine what the feet will smell like.

"What do you know?" The veteran replied, "You'd better do the same, or you'll soon know the consequences!" ”

The veteran is right, feet soaked in water for a long time will be swollen, deformed, unconscious, and more serious is that there are many germs in the sewage, which will invade the body and cause skin diseases or other diseases.

This was quickly verified by other forces.

"Take off your boots!" Shulka ordered: "Like Matvey!" ”

"Yes, Comrade Sergeant!" The warriors answered, and then took off their boots one by one with bated breath.

There was a disgusting smell in the carriage at once, and if I had to describe it, it was like pickles that had not been successfully pickled, and there were almost no flies to join in the fun.

But then again, although the smell was a little unpleasant, it was still very comfortable to free the feet to blow the wind, so much so that the fighters were reluctant to put their wet shoes back on for a long time.

After a while, Shulka shouted at the thief sitting at the top of the seat: "Ask the driver, where is he taking us?" ”

The thief knocked on the partition of the car and shouted to the cab: "Comrade, can you know the destination?" ”

"Kyiv!" The driver replied.

"Kyiv!" The thief turned around and relayed: "We are going to Kyiv!" ”

There was an immediate cheer in the carriage, especially for the new recruits...... Going to Kyiv means they can go home.

But soon they will be disappointed.

Because they are going to the Kyiv line of defense, not Kyiv.

The car waddled along the highway for more than four hours to reach its destination...... It was dark and raining, but more importantly, the poor road conditions in the Soviet Union, full of potholes, and no one knew how deep it was when it was flooded, so the driver would never dare to try to run over it easily.

So the speed can only be about 30 kilometers per hour.

This can be said to be a disadvantage, but at the same time it is an advantage...... The road conditions were also a headache for the Germans' mechanized troops.

Shulka believed that if the Soviets had had a few decent roads at this time, there would have been no victory in the Battle of Moscow, because the Germans would have been able to finish the battle before the onset of winter.

One by one, the cars stopped in front of a bomb shelter, and then a shrill whistle was heard outside, and Major Gavrilov shouted outside: "Get out of the car!" ”

The soldiers hurriedly picked up their equipment and squeezed into the back of the car, and some were even hurriedly putting on their shoes...... As was said before, one cannot hope too much for the discipline of the Soviet army.

As soon as the troops lined up in the rainstorm, Major Gavrilov ordered: "Rest in place and disband!" ”

Shulka was about to turn around when he was stopped by Major Gavrilov: "Shulka, follow me!" ”

"Yes, Comrade Major!"

Shulka didn't ask why, he had learned to ask as few questions as possible in his time in this world.

But when Shulka saw that the darkness was full of soldiers and civilians busy building a defensive line, he understood...... The 333rd Regiment was brought back from the front and must have had something to do with the construction of fortifications, after all, they were the only unit that successfully used the tactics of "wooden house camouflage" to defeat the enemy at the front.

Sure enough, under the leadership of Major Gavrilov, the two soon walked into a bomb shelter.

The person looking at the map in the bomb shelter was none other than the commander of the South-Western Front, General Kirponos.