Major Gavrilov was not reconciled, and after the suggestion was rejected, he took Shulka to the division commander again.

Before entering the division commander's headquarters, Major Gavrilov confessed to Shulka: "Although the contact has not been made for a long time, Colonel Ovich is a stubborn man, he only believes what he wants to believe, and in this respect I should have given up." But ......"

"I know, Comrade Major!" Shulka said: "In the interests of the whole line of defense, we must again convince the colonel!" ”

"Yes!" Major Gavrilov nodded and said, "I hope you can convince him!" ”

But soon, this hope of Major Gavrilov was dashed.

It's not because Shulka wasn't eloquent enough, or because Shulka wasn't smart enough, but Shulka wasn't allowed to walk into the command at all...... That is, he did not have a chance to play.

"I don't have time to waste time!" When Major Gavrilov hoped that Colonel Ovich would give Shulka a moment's time, he impatiently said to Major Gavrilov: "Major, your heroic deeds in the Brest Fortress are commendable, but this does not mean that you understand the battle in the fortified area, it is completely different from the defense of the fortress!" ”

"Colonel, we didn't think of it as a fortress......"

"And I know them!" Colonel Ovich interrupted Major Gavrilov: "Every pillbox, every firing point here, I know their condition clearly!" I've been here for a year, major, I even grew up in Kyiv, and you've been here for less than a day! ”

Colonel Ovich said this, and Major Gavrilov was speechless.

But it turns out that whether or not there will be a war is not necessarily related to how long you stay here...... Colonel Ovich has the wrong strategy in his head and imagines the wrong enemy, and even the most familiar with the line of defense and the terrain will not help.

"We can beat them!" Colonel Ovich finally emphasized: "There is no need for those ridiculous disguises, that's redundant!" No matter how strong the enemy is, it will be difficult to move in front of our defenses! ”

"Yes, Colonel!" Major Gavrilov saluted, and then left in amusement.

After walking out of the headquarters, he shook his head at Shulka who had been waiting at the door, so Shulka knew the result.

"You know what?" On the way back, Shulka handed Major Gavrilov a cigarette, and Major Gavrilov gave him a German cigarette.

"I think the colonel ......so arbitrarily rejected our proposals," Shulka said, "at least partly because we had just joined the 27th Army!" ”

"What?" Major Gavrilov did not understand what Shulka meant.

"We're new here!" "If we come here and find out about the problems in the defensive line and come up with effective improvements, they will be ......," Shulka explains.

Major Gavrilov couldn't help but let out an "oh" when he heard this, although he had a lot of experience in combat, he was not very good at it, otherwise he would not have been censored because of his speech during the Brest Fortress.

"You're right, Shulka!" Major Gavrilov said: "So, what should we do now? ”

"We don't need to do anything!" Shulka said: "At this point I think it is useless for us to do anything, only to fight!" ”

Major Gavrilov nodded helplessly in agreement.

So, although Colonel Ovich did not agree to do so, the 333rd Regiment was stationed in a position that was constantly preparing to disguise all the pillboxes as wooden houses.

It doesn't take much effort, because the area is rural and the dwellings are very simple. On the other hand, it is only necessary to build the front and top ...... The front is used to deceive the enemy infantry, and the top is used to confuse the enemy's air force.

Colonel Ovich knew about these actions of the 333rd regiment, after all, this was under his management, and there were many small reports in the Soviet army at this time.

But Colonel Ovich did not stop it.

"Let them go!" Colonel Ovich said: "These idiots, thinking that some rotten wood can fool the Germans!" If this also works, why did they lose the Brest Fortress ?! ”

There was a burst of laughter from the command, and the officers all thought that Colonel Ovitch was right, and that the 1.5-meter-thick reinforced concrete, machine guns, and cannons should be resisting the Germans, not wood camouflage.

After a few hours, it was getting brighter.

The fighters of the 333rd regiment nailed the last few planks and then returned to the pillbox at the sound of the whistle...... It was dangerous to work outside after dawn, which would attract German guns and make the Germans suspicious of the "wooden house".

Outside, there was silence, except for the cheerful calls of a few early birds, which had not yet realized that war was coming, and still flapped their wings as usual in search of food.

Shulka leaned against the concrete wall, resting his jerky and stinging eyes for a moment, munching on the brown bread that had been handed out...... It was their breakfast, hard and dry, with a strange smell that was far from German bread.

"I miss the taste of chocolate!" The thief said with some regret: "I didn't know which tendon was wrong at that time, and I would give you the chocolate instead of keeping two extra pieces for myself......"

"You should rejoice, Fovalkov!" The veteran munched on his bread and said, "Otherwise, you would have a blue nose and swollen face by now!" ”

"I'd rather give you back your pen!" The thief said.

"You mean...... My pen is still on you? ”

"No, of course not!" The thief panicked: "I mean...... I can steal another one! ”

The veteran was a little disappointed, he looked at the thief and asked, "Honestly, what do you do with my pen?" ”

"I traded it for a loaf of bread!" The thief replied.

After a pause, the thief asked with some curiosity: "I don't understand, Matvey, you are illiterate, what is the use of that fountain pen?" ”

The veteran was silent, and after a long moment he replied: "That's what my father left me, he died in that battle with the Japanese!" ”

Silence fell again inside the bunker, and the warriors all turned their blaming eyes on the thief.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Matvey!" The thief regretted it: "I don't know this!" ”

"It's okay, Comrade Fovalkov!" The veteran replied: "I said, I forgive you!" ”

At this moment, there was a faint sound of a motor outside, mixed with the "creaking" of some tracks.

"They're coming!" Shulka sat up: "Germans! ”