Shulka woke up from his sleep in a daze and found that several actors were chatting and eating.

"Comrade Platoon!" Seeing Shulka get up, the actor handed over a dry military uniform and said, "Put it on, I'll get a set for you!" And the food......"

"Thank you, Comrade Okunev!" Shulka didn't ask much, took the military uniform and got wet on his body...... In fact, it has almost been replaced by the clothes that have been dried by body temperature.

Sitting at the table and looking at the beef in the lunch box, Shulka laughed: "The food is good, much better than before!" ”

"Actually, it's the canned beef we seized!" The veteran said, "They said they were going to leave these cans for us!" ”

Shulka understood who the veteran meant by "they", referring to the garrison in Odessa.

In fact, the garrison of Odessa does not need to be like this, there is no such thing as a battlefield to be talked about, and there is no such thing as anyone saving whom...... Everyone fought for the USSR, to put it more bluntly, for survival, the 9th Army helped Odessa, and Odessa also helped the 9th Army, which is an interdependent relationship.

However, if you are really surrounded by the enemy in this small city and cannot advance or retreat, and suddenly kill a reinforcement army to relieve them in the almost desperate situation, that feeling is still understandable.

What's more, this beef was indeed captured by the main force of the 9th Army when it broke into the middle ground, but they didn't pick it up at that time.

Later Shulka learned that there were so many cans and bread scattered in the middle that the people of Odessa had to be mobilized to collect them...... The Romanians scattered these supplies everywhere as they fled.

Of course, it's not just food that's collected, but also ammunition, cars, artillery, and firearms.

This is not to say that Odessa is short of supplies, the problem is that Odessa must also save supplies to send to Kyiv.

When Shulka was munching on beef, Long Legs seemed to suddenly remember something, and said to Shulka: "Comrade Platoon Commander, Comrade Major has been here, he didn't wake you up, let you go to his headquarters after you wake up!" ”

"Comrade Abramwich!" Shulka muttered as he bit into the beef, "Can't you just wait until I'm done eating the beef before telling me?" ”

"Yes, Comrade Platoon Commander!" Long Legs touched his head and replied, "I'll tell you when you're done!" ”

Shulka rolled his eyes and put on a lifeless look, which only made the warriors laugh.

Major Gavrilov's command was in the school, and it was up one floor.

When Shulka walked into the headquarters, Major Gavrilov was signing papers, and when Shulka came in, Major Gavrilov nodded, signed the last few papers, and then stood up and invited Shulka to sit down next to him.

"Comrade Shulka!" Major Gavrilov said: "The operation was successful, except for the Italian expeditionary force that broke through our blockade line......"

"The Italian Expeditionary Force?"

"Yes!" Major Gavrilov nodded and said: "They arrived the day after we launched the offensive, by which time our main forces had already won a decisive victory in the middle zone, and they chose to break through before our front stabilized!" ”

There was no way around it, there was still a long gap between the 9th Army and the follow-up troops at that time, and it was not difficult for the Italian army to break through.

"That's right!" Then Major Gavrilov got up and took out a set of military uniforms from the drawer and said: "Congratulations, Comrade Shulka, you are already the commander of the third company, and we think that you are fully capable of commanding this heroic unit!" ”

"Company commander?!" Shulka was a little caught off guard.

"Yes!" Major Gavrilov then took a document from the staff officer and handed it to Shulka, explaining one by one: "This is the information of the third company, as well as your military ID, you had better fill in the information in it......"

"Yes, Comrade Major!"

"If you have any questions, you can ask Comrade Pukarev!" Major Gavrilov said: "He is your deputy company commander, and he has also been a deputy company commander for a while, he is more experienced!" ”

"Yes, Comrade Major!" Shulka replied.

This embarrassed Shulka a little, because Pukarev used to be Shulka's platoon commander.

But it didn't take long for Shulka to know that he didn't have to worry about it, because Pukarev already knew about it.

So when Shulka passed by the door of Sergeant Pukarev's quarters with his military uniform in his hand, Pukarev stopped him.

"Shulka!" Pukarev stepped forward to give Shulka a hug and said, "I'm so happy for you, Shulka!" Look, I was a hairy guy not long ago, and now I'm my superior! ”

Before Shulka could respond, Pukarev continued: "Don't expect me to salute you until you put on your uniform!" ”

"Of course, Comrade Pukarev!" Shulka replied.

"Then ......," said Pukarev, "go and change into your new uniform, I can't wait to salute you!" ”

The two laughed in unison.

Communication between Soviet men was often so simple, and the slapstick quickly transformed the original superior-subordinate relationship.

When Shulka returned to the dormitory with his military uniform in hand, the others hadn't noticed, and they were still focused on the beef.

Shulka quietly changed into a second lieutenant uniform next to his bed, and then put on his military cap in a dignified manner......

At this time, the actor noticed Shulka's military rank, and couldn't help but look at this side in a daze, and the others also turned their puzzled eyes to Shulka.

Then, when they realized what was happening, they couldn't help but cheer up, and they were stacked one after the other like arhats, and Shulka who was crushed below couldn't help but cry bitterly...... He didn't die at the hands of the enemy, he almost died at the hands of his own brother.

It took a while for the warriors to let go.

The actor excitedly picked up Shulkala, who was almost crushed into internal injuries, and said, "Comrade platoon commander, you ...... You're already a second lieutenant?! ”

"Comrade Okunev!" The veteran interrupted the actor: "If you are a second lieutenant, you shouldn't be called 'comrade platoon commander'!" ”

"That's ......," the crowd looked at Shulka expectantly.

Shulka nodded and replied, "Yes, I'm your company commander!" ”

The fighters cheered again.

At this time, there was a "humm" sound from outside the door, and everyone turned their heads to look, but it was the old company Davydov, so there was no sound immediately.

Davydov glared at them fiercely, as if to say...... Am I so unpopular as a company commander?

But of course he didn't say that, he just patted Shulka on the shoulder and said, "I'm the commander of the second company, don't take all the credit, leave some for me...... You guy! ”

The fighters laughed again.