Chapter 448: Letters
Andrianka guessed correctly, Shulka didn't have to open the envelope to know what was going on.
Before Shulka arrived, everyone knew that the 82nd Infantry Regiment was an abandoned team, and even the families of the soldiers knew about it.
But they are helpless, because this is the order, it is the system, and they can only wait for the day when their fate comes.
However, Shulka's arrival gave them hope.
You must know that it was the "Breakout Hero", a hero who repeatedly brought the Soviet army out of the encirclement of the enemy and achieved victory, and his superiors would not have sent him to this abandoned unit for no reason.
The only explanation is that, as Mikhailvich told them, it was the superiors who intended to reorganize the 82nd Infantry Regiment, which means that the 82nd Infantry Regiment has not been abandoned, and there is still hope for it.
Hopefully, this thing is a strange thing at times.
If you think it's hopeless, then it's really hopeless.
If you think there's hope, then there's really hope.
And now the 82nd Infantry Regiment and even their families, their mentality has gradually changed from the former to the latter because of Shulka's arrival.
Its practical use of the word "gradually" is not accurate.
Because Shulka didn't know that the night he arrived in Ulyupinsk could cause a sensation in the whole city.
That night, as Shulka got into Andrianka's carriage and left, Valery excitedly shouted to his men: "Did you hear that? It's Shulka, the 'breakout hero' Shulka, who has come to our unit as the deputy commander! ”
"Yes, Comrade Battalion Commander! It's really Shulka! ”
"Any idea what that means? We are saved! ”
……
Then, Valery didn't even bother with the task of patrolling, and he ran back to his house as soon as he knocked on the wooden door.
Valery's family didn't know what was going on, and in a panic they got up from their beds and opened the door.
"What's going on, Valery?" The mother asked with a pale face, "Are they going to let you go to war?" ”
"When are you leaving?" Father asked.
"No!" Valery shook his head excitedly, out of breath for a moment as he ran fast.
"You, you're running away again?" My father couldn't help but be surprised.
Although the last time it was not strictly speaking a "flight", Valery was "retreating" under the attack of the Germans.
Who can tell whether to flee or retreat then?
"No!" Valery finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Have you heard of 'Breakout Heroes'? ”
"Of course!"
"He's here, in Ulyupinsk!"
The parents didn't react because they didn't know what it had to do with them.
"I just found out that he is our deputy commander!" Valery explained: "The 'breakout hero' came to our unit as deputy commander, and we have hope!" ”
The parents were silent for a moment, and then suddenly hugged Valery and cried.
No one would understand their pain, not only Valery, but his family could not hold their heads up in front of others, and even if anything happened to Valery, the family could be interrogated or sent to Siberia.
But now, if there are "breakout heroes" to lead this force and lead them to victory on the battlefield, everything will be different.
As a result, the news spread ten, ten, ten, hundreds, and soon, the news that the "breakthrough hero" was the deputy commander of the 82nd Infantry Regiment spread throughout the city.
If it weren't for the fact that the people couldn't come and go in and out of the barracks at will, I am afraid that many people would have come to visit Shulka a long time ago.
"Valery is just one of them!" "Most of us in the army, they all have parents, they all have families," Andrianka said. They all have great hopes for you! ”
"I can't do anything!" Shulka replied.
"Really?" Andrianka sat on the edge of the table and looked at Shulka: "This is not the Shulka we know!" ”
"You don't know anything!"
"Yes, we don't know anything!" Andrianka nodded: "What we know is from the newspapers, they say that you are invincible, that you are not afraid of any difficulty, because you can solve all the difficulties that others seem incompatible!" But that's obviously not the case, isn't it? ”
"This trick didn't work for me, Andrianka!" Shulka said.
"Okay!" Andrianka handed the letters to Shulka and said, "So, why don't you dare open them?" ”
With that, Andrianka left with a smile, taking a jug of wine from the table.
Shulka was silent for a moment, then casually took a letter from the table and tore it open.
"Dear Comrade Shulka, you can't believe what kind of mood we are writing this letter in. It may seem like a small thing or an experience for you, but for us it means a rebirth, a regain of lost dignity and honor......"
Shulka didn't look any further.
Because he knew he would not be able to fulfill this wish of theirs.
In the end, he will leave everything he has here behind, and these soldiers and their families will still have to face it.
Why not give it a try, though?
And it doesn't seem to hurt me, after all, I can't get out of here for the time being.
Thinking of this, Shulka raised his head at the regiment commander who was roasting the fire: "Comrade Mikhailvich, can we get more supplies?" ”
Mikhailvich and Andrianka snapped back and were overjoyed.
"If only before!" Mikhailvich replied: "It will be difficult for us to get more supplies!" Even entertaining you needs to hunt, but now ......"
Mikhailvich raised his head at Shulka's table, and several people looked at each other and smiled.
Mikhailvich was right.
It's a bit like the celebrity effect, even recruiting soldiers...... Almost no one wanted to join the 82nd Infantry Regiment before.
This is not only because there is no supply problem, but everyone knows that this is a cannon fodder army, and no one wants to die on the battlefield without dignity as cannon fodder.
But it is different for Shulka to be a call in this army, Shulka is a hero, which means that this army is likely to be made into a hero army in the future.
So the problem of recruiting new recruits seems to have been solved.
Here's the problem...... This is just a common people's assumption, and to some extent, they are still deceived by the "breakout heroes".
In the eyes of their superiors, the 82nd Infantry Regiment is still a cannon fodder unit, and even if they have more soldiers and even better training and morale, they will one day be sent to the battlefield to step on mines.