"Ensign!" While Shulka was smoking a cigarette in his dormitory alone, Valrasha appeared at the door and shouted.

Shulka hurriedly threw away his cigarette and trotted forward to salute.

"Don't worry, Second Lieutenant!" Valrasha still said with a serious face, "The interview is over, I know enough about you!" ”

"Yes, Comrade Major!"

After thinking about it, Valrasha took out her notebook and said as she quickly wrote something on it, "My father, he died in the Winter War, you know, a lost battle...... So I know what you're talking about! ”

Valrasha tore out the finished page and handed it to Shulka, and continued, "If you want to talk about that battle, make this call!" ”

"Yes, Major!"

Shulka took the note, looked at Valrasha as she turned away, and suddenly realized that all this had nothing to do with Valrasha or any of the other reporters, who were equally unable to decide what they were interviewing or what to say.

The 333rd regiment stayed in Moscow for three days.

The main role is like what the deputy instructor said...... Stabilize people's hearts.

Because during these three days, Shulka and the rest of the fighters participated in various activities, such as a commendation meeting, a few words, and so on.

Shulka was awarded the Order of the Red Star, which is awarded to individuals and groups who have made significant contributions to the cause of national defence and the protection of national security in times of war and peace.

Major Gavrilov and Commissar Fomin were also awarded this medal together, and Shulka was the only one to receive this kind of medal in a lower rank.

And then, of course, there are photos, interviews, speeches, and so on.

Shulka didn't really like this, because he thought it was a waste of time and energy, and if he could, he would prefer to have a few days of rest in his dorm to recharge for future battles.

But as I said before, many things are not up to him, so he can only go with the flow and do what others say...... It made Shulka feel like a puppet.

Reports about Shulka soon came out, and the first edition had a catchy headline "Prevent the enemy from encircling Kyiv".

The article describes the process of Shulka and the 333rd Regiment in Kyiv in very flowery language, and in some places it is so exaggerated that Shulka simply can't believe that it is himself.

Shulka set his sights on Major Gavrilov.

Major Gavrilov replied calmly, "Don't look at me like that, it's the need of war, Shulka!" ”

Maybe Major Gavrilov was right, did he still advertise the wounded who were left on the side of the road in the newspapers? Or the timidity of a recruit? Or soldiers who crumbled and went berserk under enemy fire?

No, if this is written, it will only make the people feel a wave of panic in their hearts and empathize with the cruelty of war.

The newspapers should have misled the people into believing that the Soviets were winning, and that the enemy's attacks had been easily thwarted one at a time, and then they would remain quiet.

This is true from the point of view of war, because war is unscrupulous, including against one's own people.

"So!" Shulka asked the assistant instructor...... It was time to call him an instructor, because his collar badge had been replaced with two red squares, that is, lieutenant political instructor.

"Are we going to continue to stay in Moscow like this?"

"Don't you like it to go on like this?" The instructor struggled to shine his badge in front of a small mirror, then flicked it with his hand, and then sighed.

"What does it mean to sigh?" Shulka asked.

"You know what that means!" The instructor replied, "I have been fighting for this rank all my life, and the lieutenant instructor is even my life's goal!" ”

"Then you've achieved it now!"

"Yes!" The instructor said, "But you suddenly realize that it doesn't matter, what you've been striving for all your life doesn't matter...... What will happen to you? ”

"I'll look in the mirror, flick it with my fingers, and sigh!"

The instructor turned his head to look at Shulka, and it was rare that a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Any idea what we're going to do next?" The instructor straightened his military uniform and put away the mirrors: "We're going out to war, defend Moscow!" ”

No army can wait to die in Moscow, because Moscow is already in a state of overwhelming force and manpower

To the north, there was the 4th Tank Army of the German Hopner and the 3rd Panzer Group of Hort.

To the east, there was Kruger's huge Fourth Army Group.

To the south, Guderian's 2nd Panzer Group and Kleist's 1st Panzer Group.

Preliminary estimates put in the German army in the Moscow direction a million troops, and most of them were the main forces.

The Soviet army, although it has more troops than the German army, with 1.25 million men, is in a very passive position when air supremacy is seized and the comprehensive performance of tanks, especially the tactical backwardness.

Therefore, it was only natural that the 333rd Regiment was sent out of the city to fight.

However, what Shure didn't expect was that the 333rd Regiment was not placed on the main battlefield, but on the second line......

The 333rd Regiment left the city by train because all roads had been blocked.

This can be seen on the train, where a tree is cut down every few meters to act as a roadblock, and sappers are laying mines on both sides, and small red flags are planted to show that narrow passages can pass through the minefields.

The minefield stretched all the way to the far south, and at the end of it was supposed to be the German offensive line.

The 333rd Regiment was not able to get there, and they got off in Tula, 130 kilometers from Moscow, where the Germans were still fighting the Soviets 20 kilometers away, where the sound of artillery could be faintly heard.

"Now, what's going on?" Shulka got out of the car and saw Soviet soldiers digging trenches around him and asked the instructor.

The instructor had a lot of inside information, so Shulka used to ask him for information.

"Remember our mission?" The instructor looks at the battlefield in front of him.

"You mean stabilizing people's hearts?"

"Yes!" The instructor said, "Stabilizing the hearts of the people means that we cannot afford not to fight, because that will make the people despised; But at the same time, we can't fight hard, because that means we can't continue to advertise! So ......"

The instructor spread his hands around, and said, "That's good, isn't it?" ”

"Yes, that's good!" Shulka replied, "At least it's much better than speaking and socializing in the city!" ”

Although Shulka said this, he was still a little unhappy in his heart.

Although he knew that the combat effectiveness of the 333rd Regiment was not very good, it mixed soldiers from various branches and units, and it was not even uniformly trained.

But...... It would be too much to be used as a vase as an ornament.

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