Due to the urgency of the military situation, the soldiers had only two hours of sleep.

However, it is extremely painful.

The soldiers were indeed tired, and from the moment the battle began, they had not been able to rest well.

But perhaps it was because of the tension of crossing the German front, the joy of a successful rendezvous, and the fear of an enemy attack tomorrow morning...... All of this makes people have a high dose of adrenaline hormones, so it is common to be so sleepy that you can't open your eyes but can't sleep.

The actor was rolling his own box cigarette again, carefully, using half of the amount as usual, after rolling it, he lit it and took a deep breath, and then leaned against the concrete wall of the bunker with satisfaction, squinting slightly in the smoke and listening to the sound of frustration on the radio outside.

"You look confident, Okunev!" The veteran asked, wiping his gun.

"What?" The actor raised his eyes.

"You're not worried about this fight at all!" The veteran said.

"Do I need to worry?" The actor replied in the smoke: "Leave such a thing to our comrade squad leader!" ”

"What does this have to do with me?" Shulka asked rhetorically.

"Of course it does!" The actor raised his eyebrows above his head: "Look at this bunker, there are machine guns, ammunition, and there are quite a few of us...... There must be more than 100,000 people! ”

"No, at least hundreds of thousands!" The thief interjected: "Two fronts! ”

Thieves always have more accurate information, even now even the top of the Soviet army is not sure how many there were.

The veteran laughed: "You think we can stop the Germans? That's just what they say! ”

As he spoke, the veteran raised his head in the direction of the broadcast, where the announcer's angry shout was heard: "There is no doubt that any attack by the German invaders will be crushed by our heroic Soviet troops, because it is not only the defensive line that stands in front of them, but also our flesh and blood and indomitable spirit......"

The Soviet military top brass used propaganda tools to convince everyone, including the people in Kiev, that this line of defense could hold off the German offensive.

Therefore, life is business as usual for the people of Kyiv, and even entertainment venues are open as usual.

But a soldier with combat experience will know that this is not the case.

The reason is simple: there is also such a line of defense in front of Minsk, and if that line is vulnerable to the German attack, how can it be held?

"No, Comrade Matvey!" The actor replied: "Of course I won't believe them!" ”

Seeing the veteran's puzzled gaze, the actor smiled and explained: "Think about it, Comrade Matvey. When we were in Brest, there were less than a thousand men, and we ran out of ammunition and food, and the enemy's strength was dozens of times that of ours. Even so, Shulka was able to get us out, and it's much better now than it was then, isn't it......"

"Shut up, Okunev!" Shulka interrupted the actor: "It's not as simple as you think! ”

"Look!" The actor smiled and said: "Our squad leader comrade is worried, that's right!" ”

The soldiers around them were amused by the actors, or they were more or less thinking like the actors...... Shulka will know how.

"Comrade squad leader!" The thief even said, "They should make you a bigger official, I mean...... Command more troops! ”

"I agree!" Soon someone answered: "Especially when we swaggered across the lines of the Germans!" ”

"Yes, I thought Shulka must be crazy enough to come up with such a solution, it couldn't have succeeded!"

"But it just succeeded, and we made it this far!"

……

The soldiers chatted word by word, and the atmosphere was very warm, and Shulka couldn't even interject.

At this moment, a sharp whistle came from outside the pillbox, and then there was the slightly hoarse voice of Major Gavrilov: "It's time to get up, boys, pick up your weapons, and let's practice how to deal with the enemy tomorrow!" ”

This is actually a sarcasm: practice how to deal with the enemy tomorrow? This should have been done a long time ago.

But for the Soviet army, this was quite normal, and Shulka even knew that there were volunteers in the army who had just been recruited from Kyiv who could not even shoot a gun.

This is the characteristic of the Soviet army, although at this time in principle what the Soviet army lacked was not people, but quality, equipment and preparation, but they always felt that more people were better than fewer people, so they stuffed some people in the way.

Of course, Shulka could not complain about anything, he could only order the soldiers to move, and Okunev was not reluctant to let go of his unsmoked horse box, he extinguished the cigarette and took a moment to take out the cigarette and stuff it back into the cigarette case...... This smoker, Shulka suspects that he will one day use the muzzle of an enemy's gun as a cigarette holder.

THE FIRST THING TO BE FAMILIAR WITH IS THE EQUIPMENT, SHULKA THIS SQUAD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE THREE CONNECTED PILLBOXES, DIVIDED INTO LEFT, CENTER, AND RIGHT LAYOUTS, WITH THREE MACHINE GUNS ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES, AND TWO 37MM ANTI-TANK GUNS IN THE MIDDLE.

Shulka thought there was a problem with this layout, and placed the anti-tank gun in the middle, which made it inevitable that there would be many blind spots for shooting, and the machine guns could be placed on both sides to form crossfire to cover each other...... This is clearly a configuration against enemy infantry.

If the enemy comes up with tanks, the situation is worrying.

A useful piece of equipment is the periscope inside the bunker, which allows Shulka to observe the outside without having to go outside the bunker.

The second is to familiarize yourself with the directions...... It's actually very simple, it's just going back and forth to the ammunition depot in the rear to carry ammunition.

In fact, there is a small ammunition depot in the bunker, which is piled up with boxes of bullets and shells, because of the fear of being ignited or blown up, its walls are made of the thickest standard of 1.5 meters, and the opening is facing backwards, and there is also an iron door.

Although the Soviets were sloppy, they were also cautious in matters of their lives.

Finally, it is necessary to use small perforations in the bunkers...... It was for riflemen, mainly for dead spots that some machine guns couldn't reach.

This was important because German infantry would often pick up from these corners and stuff explosive packs or Molotov cocktails into the holes.

But Shulka thinks the holes are of little use because they are too small enough for a soldier to shove a rifle in and aim through the crosshairs.

This was done because they feared that the large hole would become a deadly danger to the bunker, and the enemy could put grenades through the hole.

However, with such a small viewing range, the shooter simply did not have enough time to react if the Germans ran before the piercing.