The order from the higher authorities was to move on.

This order, of course, was correct, and it was also the tactic that Shulka had previously told Major Gavrilov and even Major General Tolicka...... Don't fight, move as fast as you can.

However, at this time, there was something wrong with the car and it could not be started, and when Uncle Alek opened the front cover of the car to check, Shulka walked into the battlefield that was still full of gunsmoke.

The smoke had cleared from the rain, and Shulka was greeted by the wreckage of the tanks, several of which should be described as fireballs.

Bodies lay on the ground near them, stumps and equipment scattered around, like parts that fall out of an alarm clock when it is broken.

A group of Soviet soldiers marched in a row among the corpses, occasionally stabbing the ground with rifles with bayonets at seemingly "suspicious" corpses or wounded people wailing and struggling......

The thief hesitated, then rushed forward and groped for something among the corpses.

"Hey, are you dying?" Not far away, someone shouted angrily: "I almost took you for a deserter!" ”

"Take it easy, comrade!" The thief replied while holding the thing in his hand and raised: "I think, he will not mind!" ”

"Roll away while I pull the trigger!" The soldier in the smoke was clearly still angry at the thief's actions.

The thief came running back, and Shulka couldn't help but reprimand him: "This is not a wise thing to do, Fovalkov!" If he shoots you to death, we can't even say anything! ”

You must know that this is cleaning the battlefield, and at any time there will be enemies who are pretending to be dead suddenly jumping up from the ground to escape or make other threatening actions, and what the thief just did is easy to misunderstand.

"Sorry, Comrade Platoon Commander!" The thief replied, "I won't do that!" ”

"So, what did you take?" The actor asked.

The thief did not answer, but turned to the veteran, then handed a pen and said: "Comrade Matvey, although I know that this pen is different from yours, but ......"

Then everyone knew that the thief had just taken this pen.

The veteran laughed, he took the pen and looked at it, then shook his head and said: "I accept your apology, Comrade Fovalkov, but I would have preferred that you risked your life just now to take chocolate instead of this!" ”

The warriors laughed.

Suddenly, Shulka discovered that these rugged Soviet servicemen also had their gentle and lovable side.

Perhaps it should be said that the Germans, Romanians, etc., are no exception, but Shulka does not know.

At this moment the car started, and Uncle Alek waved his hand and shouted at the soldiers: "What are you waiting for, boys, the next victory awaits you!" ”

The car followed the procession and continued slowly on the road, and Uncle Alek opened the conversation as he went:

"You guys played well, boys! I'm so proud of you! I've never seen a victory like this......"

"Uncle Alek!" The Cossack interrupted him somewhat unreasonably: "Do you mean by this that you have seen other victories?" ”

Uncle Alek was silent for a moment, then replied: "In 1916, the enemy left a bullet hole in my calf, lad! I really haven't seen any other victories since! ”

The Cossack couldn't help but be speechless, he didn't expect that this drunkard, who was drunk all day long, had actually fought.

Leonyev asked curiously: "Uncle Alek, then, what was your battlefield like at that time?" ”

"It's completely different from now!" Uncle Alek looked out the window at the wreckage of the tank and replied: "At that time we didn't have tanks, we were all people. But at least one thing is the same, and that is blood and corpses! ”

It's hard to say, no matter how the war changes, different equipment, different people and tactics, but the end result is blood and corpses.

While the soldiers were thinking about their own thoughts, the whistling sound of shells exploded around the highway from far and near, and even a few shells hit the highway and smashed several cars on the spot, and the Soviet soldiers sitting inside were blown up into the sky before they could snort.

The first reaction of the fighters was to jump out of the car, and the fastest of them were the recruits who sat at the very end of the carriage, and they jumped without waiting for an order to turn over, in fact, it was more appropriate to say "roll".

But they were soon called up again by Shulka.

"Are you crazy?" Shulka shouted: "We didn't receive an order to get off!" ”

"But comrade platoon commander!" The recruit said, "Did you see that?" Those cars that were blown up into the sky ......"

"Do you want to come up?" Shulka said, "Or are you going to walk forward?" If you do, I'm sure they'll treat you like deserters! ”

As soon as the recruits heard this, they immediately frustrated, and then they could only climb into the car one after another.

"I don't want to say it a second time!" Shulka emphasized: "Don't get out of the car without an order!" ”

"Even if it's a cannonball?"

"Yes!" Shulka replied coldly.

What the recruits didn't know was that it was normal for the roads to be blocked by enemy fire...... This was the Germans' control zone, and as long as they had some time to prepare, they could aim their guns at the path and complete the test fire in advance, and then wait for the enemy to appear in the designated position and fire a round of shells every few minutes, which could effectively slow down the enemy's march.

All the Soviets could do was to divert the route or speed up their passage through this artillery blockade.

The superiors apparently chose the latter, because soon the order was handed down by the herald on a motorcycle: "Rush over, speed up!" ”

Although it was dangerous, Shulka knew that the order was right.

Because the "blitzkrieg" is all about speed.

In the past, the enemy used Romanian armored divisions to launch surprise attacks to slow down the Soviet forces, and the blockade with artillery was also for the same purpose.

And the meaning behind this is actually to tell the Soviet army...... The Germans were not ready.

So, the Soviets did not have time to make a detour, which only gave the enemy more time to prepare.

"It's up to you, Uncle Alek!" Shulka shouted into the cab ahead.

"No problem, comrade platoon commander!" Uncle Alek replied confidently: "This cannonball cannonball can't bother me!" But...... Wait for me in a moment! ”

As he spoke, Uncle Alek took out a bottle of wine from the side of his seat, raised his head and poured it violently.

After a long while, Uncle Alek finally put down the bottle, he wiped his mouth, threw the bottle out the window, and then stepped on the accelerator with the steering wheel in his hands, shouting, "Come on! You bitches, let's see how good Uncle Alek is! ”