Under normal circumstances, the soldiers did not march at night.

This is because marching in the dark in the swamp is quite dangerous, and if you are not careful, you will fall behind and have an accident...... As mentioned before, the swamp is full of mud "traps", and if there is someone next to you, it is very simple, just throw the rope and easily rescue the person. But if no one is there, they have to wait for death.

So sometimes this world is very strange, just one rope is missing, which is the difference between life and death.

In response to this, the Soviet soldiers even joked:

Kuzya was the leader of the third squad, a Cossack, and the fighters usually called him a Cossack.

In fact, the third class was mostly Cossacks.

Speaking of Cossacks, it is easy to think of the Cossack cavalry. But the fact that the Cossack cavalry were warriors does not mean that the Cossacks are the same now.

They tend to be some of the destabilizing elements in the troops, as they will stick together to bully soldiers from other areas, stealing, playing pranks, and making others uncomfortable just for fun.

Sometimes even the platoon commander Pukarev had to turn a blind eye to what they were doing.

Later that evening, Shulka and Agata were marching with their troops, and when they turned a small hill, they suddenly saw the Cossack and his two men struggling to pull a rope, the other end already deep in the mud.

The Cossacks even shouted: "Help, Geryldov has fallen into a 'trap'!" ”

Shulka and Agata stepped forward to help, and when Shulka got covered in muddy water and finally pulled the rope up, they found a large stone tied to the other end of the rope.

The Cossacks and a few of their subordinates laughed.

"Hero Shulka!" The Cossacks mocked: "They all say you are smart, but you must not have thought of this!" ”

"Comrade Kuzia!" Shulka patted the muddy water on his body and stood up, saying, "You must have heard the story of the wolf!" ”

"No, I haven't heard of it!" The Cossack replied: "Do you want to tell us a story?" ”

Several Cossacks laughed again.

"No, I'm not interested in storytelling!" "I just want to say that you are like the children in that story who shouted 'The wolf is coming,' boring, naïve, stupid! ”

This made the Cossack a little unhappy, and he walked up to Shulka with a sinking face, and looked down at Shulka with a condescending gaze, and he was so close that Shulka could smell his bad breath.

"Are you talking about me, Shulka?" Cossacks asked.

"Yes, Kuzia!" Shulka met the Cossack's gaze and replied: "It's you, and your men." ”

If it had been before, Shulka might have been at ease, after all, more is better than less.

But after experiencing life and death on the battlefield, Shulka clearly felt the change in himself...... Something like this was just a trifle, and he didn't take the Cossack threat seriously at all.

As soon as the Cossack waved his hand, his men surrounded him.

As was said before, the Cossack cavalry was warriors, but not the current Cossacks, who liked to win more and less.

But Shulka's subordinates were not to be outdone and immediately stood behind Shulka.

If it was only Shulka's subordinates, the Cossacks would not back down, because the Cossacks were tall and big, and they took advantage of them in a fight, which is why the Cossacks dared to pick Shulka.

The problem was that it was not only his subordinates who stood behind Shulka, but many others voluntarily joined in, and in an instant the Cossacks were surrounded.

When the Cossacks saw that the situation was not good, they wanted to retreat but could not find the bottom of the steps, and they were stunned for a moment with a very embarrassed expression.

At this time, Major Gavrilov heard the news and returned from the front, and when he was far away, he shouted to this side: "If you have the strength to fight, why don't you run twice around the swamp?" ”

The Cossack found an excuse, he waved his fist at Shulka and said: "Lucky for you, Shulka!" ”

Then he took his subordinates and wanted to take the opportunity to walk away.

But Major Gavrilov did not give him this opportunity, and the communications corpsman whispered in his ear what had just happened.

Major Gavrilov's face sank after hearing this, and he stepped forward and grabbed the Cossack by the collar, and said: "You fellow, if I let me know that you play such a trick again, I will tie you to a rope and throw you into the swamp, do you understand?" ”

"Yes, Comrade Major!" The Cossacks replied.

"Also, don't bother Shulka!" Major Gavrilov pushed the Cossacks to the ground with disdain and shouted at one of his men: "Although we are troops, don't you remember that Shulka saved us all?" Not only are you not grateful, but you want to do something to him? If you have the guts, just try, I won't stop you! ”

Someone from the side responded: "Major, you saved them!" ”

"Oh yes!" Major Gavrilov nodded: "I should come back later!" ”

There was a burst of laughter from the Soviet soldiers, and the Cossacks were instantly isolated.

This can be said to be unexpected, but it can also be said to be expected.

It was unexpected, because Shulka did not expect so many people to be on his side, many of whom could not even be named after meeting each other.

This is to be expected, because the situation is completely different now:

In peacetime, soldiers from other regions could not unite like the Cossacks, so they could only be bullied and silent, which allowed the small group of Cossacks to be powerful in the army.

But after the outbreak of the war, it was different, and all the fighters were united by the German army to survive, and this unity could easily defeat a small group like the Cossacks, not to mention the leadership of a battle hero like Shulka.

Since then, the Cossacks have realized that the old days are gone, the rules are different, the forces have been reshuffled, and the only way to regain dominance is to fight the enemy on the battlefield and not to their own people.

"Shulka!" Major Gavrilov said to Shulka with a straight face: "In the future, if you encounter such a situation, you should report it to me, understand?" ”

"But the major ......" Shure wanted to protest, because making a small report, although useful, would be looked down upon by the soldiers.

"No, but!" Major Gavrilov said: "This is an order! ”

"Yes, Major!" Shulka had to respond.

Then Major Gavrilov explained: "Do you know how dangerous it is to be injured in this place full of germs? And we are still short of medicines! I'm not going to take this risk, otherwise next time no one will take us out of the encirclement of the Germans! ”