"No, Colonel!" Stephen said angrily: "I refuse! ”

"Tell me why!" Katukov asked.

"I don't need anyone's help!" Stephen replied.

"I'm sorry!" "I don't think you understood what I meant, not to assist, but to train with you," Katukov said...... Of course, I don't deny your dominance! ”

These words made Stephen even more angry, and he was so excited that the beard at the corner of his mouth was shaking.

"No, Colonel!" Stephen said, "Don't you think this order is inappropriate? Me and my subordinates, they know more about these tanks, they even have real combat experience! ”

"I admit it!" Katukov replied: "But Comrade Shulka, as well as his subordinates, they know better about the USSR, especially the Soviet winter, without them, you can't even start tanks!" ”

"But...... He's just a second lieutenant! Stephen said.

"Does a military rank mean anything?" Katukov replied with a smile: "What's more...... He's not a second lieutenant, Colonel Stephen! ”

Saying that, Katukov raised his head at Shulka: "Your military ID, Comrade Shulka!" ”

Shulka handed over the officer ID, Katukov opened it, took out a pen and wrote a few lines on it and filled in some information, then took out the seal and stamped it on it, handed it back to Shulka and said: "Okay, you are already a captain, Comrade Shulka, I appoint you the commander of the first battalion!" Comrade Venyakov has been promoted to deputy regimental commander, and Comrade Gavrilov and I have agreed to leave the commander of the first battalion empty and wait for you to return! ”

"Yes, Comrade Colonel!" Shulka stepped forward and replied.

"Look, Colonel Stephen!" Katukov spread his hands at Stephen: "Comrade Shulka is the captain battalion commander, I don't think there is anything wrong with him cooperating with you!" ”

"No, I refuse!" Colonel Stephen blushed and said, "It's hard to imagine that we sent you equipment and traveled thousands of miles from the African battlefield to this hellish place to teach you how to use it, but we were insulted like this......"

Katukov slapped the table and stood up angrily and replied, "Colonel Stephen."

First of all, you are right, you are sending us equipment and are responsible for teaching us to use it, but it does not mean that you can or have the ability to teach us to fight, especially on Soviet soil!

Secondly, you actually think that working with Comrade Shulka is an insult to you?!

Do you know that it is not just a captain standing in front of you, he is the pride of the 1st Guards Tank Brigade, the pride of our army, and even the pride of the Soviet Union...... And you think it's a shame!

If it weren't for the fact that you were just someone who gave us equipment, I would have beaten you up right now! ”

"Colonel!" Seeing that Katukov's face turned pale with anger and cold sweat broke out, Shulka hurriedly stopped: "This is my problem with Colonel Stephen, I think I can solve it with him!" ”

Katukov nodded.

Shulka gave Stephen a look, saluted Colonel Katukov and walked out of the command.

"Colonel!" Shulka handed Stephen a cigarette and said, "I think you've learned a little bit in the past few days of training, those soldiers aren't as obedient as you think, are they?" ”

"What do you want to say?"

"We're all doing our job!" Shulka said: "I think you also want to finish your mission and leave this place sooner. Those soldiers are willing to obey my orders, then...... Why not? It's good for all of us! ”

Stephen thought for a moment, then nodded reluctantly.

"Good!" Shulka spread his hands: "Look, it's actually very simple, I wish us a happy cooperation in the future!" ”

With that, Shulka shook Stephen's hand and left.

Looking at Shulka's back, Colonel Stephen asked the translator, "Who the hell is this guy?" Why is your brigade commander angry about him? ”

"I warned you, Colonel!" The translator replied: "He destroyed more tanks than you've ever seen...... You think it's a joke? No, you can ask anyone here, even Germans, and they will give you the same answer! ”

Colonel Stephen looked at the translator in amazement, he did think it was a joke, but now it seems that this is not the case.

Shulka certainly doesn't care about any of that.

He could actually understand Colonel Stephen's arrogance...... If any country stays in the position of the world's number one power for a long time, its people, especially its military, will have a sense of superiority in the face of others.

Especially at a time when the country is going from prosperity to decline.

Shulka didn't know how to explain this phenomenon, just like a really wealthy person often doesn't particularly care about the price of clothes or jewelry, as long as it looks good and likes it. And people who are not rich...... But they are always worried about whether their clothes and jewelry will be ridiculed.

At this time, Britain was in this period, and they actually knew in their hearts that Britain at this time was no longer the world's first power, nor was it an "empire on which the sun never sets", but the more this happened, the more they had to show excessive self-esteem, and the more they had an inexplicable sense of superiority over others.

Seeing this, Shulka would not be angry, angry, arguing like Katukov.

Shulka saw nothing but Stephen's pitiful, pathetic, and ridiculous, and he didn't take him seriously at all.

Shulka reported to Major Gavrilov...... But when Shulka walked into the regimental headquarters and met Gavrilov, it was only when he found out that he was already a lieutenant colonel.

In fact, after the transfer of the 1st Guards Tank Brigade of the First World War in Volokolamsk to Stalingrad, almost everyone was promoted to varying degrees, but Shulka did not know it.

"You can choose to rest for a few more days!" Lieutenant Colonel Gavrilov said: "I have always had Captain Maksimovich acting battalion commander!" ”

As a company commander of the 1st battalion, he certainly knew about Maksimovich, who had been the commander of the 1st company, who had been promoted to deputy battalion commander and had apparently become Shulka's deputy.

This was a good arrangement, because he had experience as a deputy battalion commander and could help Shulka with all the big and small affairs in the battalion, just like Pukarev had done for Shulka before.

"I don't need to rest, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel!" Shulka replied: "It doesn't matter if I'm injured, especially since the task now is not to fight, but to train...... I'm sure I can do it! ”

Lieutenant Colonel Gavrilov nodded and said, "That's fine, you need time to get familiar with the new manpower and the position of battalion commander, maybe tomorrow you will go to the battlefield again!" ”

What Lieutenant Colonel Gavrilov said was the truth, and the Soviet Union at this time was only afraid that it would be eager to break one soldier into two.

So, the 1st Guards Tank Brigade did not have much time to prepare.