Shulka guessed correctly, Moscow also entered a pre-war state of martial law.

This was a week before the Soviet government made an important wartime decision to withdraw some party and government organs, diplomatic missions, as well as a large number of factories, enterprises, machinery, and more than 1 million workers, from Moscow.

This should be said to be a normal phenomenon, because by this time Moscow was already bombed by German aircraft groups, and Moscow needed to withdraw its industry to the rear so that they could continue production.

On the other hand, in the event of the fall of Moscow, even the machinery and workers for the production of guns and tanks would fall into the hands of the enemy and be used by them......

France's surrender actually provided the German army with a complete system of industry and a large number of manpower, injecting fresh blood into the German war machine.

The problem is that these actions cause panic in Moscow.

Because everyone will be thinking, if all these people have withdrawn, does it mean that Moscow is going to be finished? The army is going to abandon Moscow, and the Germans are going to fight here?

Then, as happened in Kyiv, the city was filled with the horrors of the apocalypse, with shops looted and crimes scrambled.

And then, quite naturally, the State Defense Committee declared: "Martial law in Moscow!" All spies, spies, and enemies who incite civil strife are executed on the spot! Call on the people of the capital to defend Moscow at all costs! ”

So, just like Shulka and others saw on the train, there were almost 10,000 empty alleys.

It wasn't until after the train entered the station that I saw the crowds...... Those are waiting for the train and then withdraw from Moscow.

As soon as Shulka and the other soldiers got off the train, they crowded onto the train with large bags and small bags, shouting, arguing, and cursing...... There was a mess, and Shulka and his party were squeezed out of their middle.

"These cowards!" The actor looked at them and spat on the ground with contempt.

"Don't say that, Comrade Okunev!" "They are the workers and engineers that the factory needs, or other people who need protection in the country!" said the deputy instructor. ”

"Yes, Comrade Deputy Instructor!" The actor replied.

But as soon as he turned around, the actor whispered to Shulka: "Look at them, are they really all workers and engineers needed by the motherland?" ”

Shulka understood what the actors meant, and some of them did not look like workers.

But this is certainly not something Shulka and others are discussing.

"Comrade Company Commander!" The actor then asked: "What's the matter with you and the assistant instructor, you've been ...... before"

"Well, it's a long story, Okunev!" Shulka replied: "The assistant instructor saved me!" ”

"Saved you?" The actor was frightened by Shulka's words, but he seemed to quickly guess something, so he stopped asking.

Walking out of the railway station, there were cars waiting outside, and the troops got on the buses in turn according to the sequence, and then the cars started with a "rumbling" and drove forward.

The car had no lights, and because it was under martial law, it was empty as soon as it left the train station, except for a few sentries who stood in front of the sandbag bunker and saluted the convoy.

At this time, the piercing air defense sirens sounded, and Shulka's first reaction was to order the soldiers to get out of the car to cover up, but the driver was obviously experienced in this, and he took the first step to remind: "Don't be nervous, comrade!" That's the air raid siren to the west, some distance from us! ”

Sure enough, after a while, the familiar whistling sound of German aerial bombs sounded in the distance, and then there were explosions. Columns of searchlight like laser weapons shot out from the ground to the sky, and then anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns rang out in patches, and occasionally you could see fires bursting from the sky...... It must have been a couple of German warplanes destroyed.

What puzzled Shulka was that in the bright light, Shulka could vaguely see airships densely distributed in the sky, huge and clumsy stagnant in the air.

"We're still using airships?" Shulka asked suspiciously.

It was all something that only existed during the First World War, and although it is still used by people now, it is mostly used for reconnaissance and artillery comparison, that is, to put artillery observers in the sky to correct the trajectory.

"What?" The driver looked up into the sky, then let out an "oh" and replied, "Those airships are for air defense!" ”

"Air defense?" Shulka did not know what this had to do with air defense.

"Yes!" The driver explained: "There are steel cables between them, and if the enemy plane descends to a height and hits these steel cables......"

So Shulka understood that this would make it impossible for German bombers to carry out accurate bombing at low altitudes, otherwise the Kremlin would have been in ruins long ago.

The convoy drove left and right on the empty street for more than an hour, and finally drove into a military camp.

Then the order came down: "Take the company as a unit and get supplies from the quartermaster's office!" ”

The soldiers were given a brand new set of equipment, and indeed everything was new, from top to bottom, including the straps and helmets.

Then another command followed: "Clean yourself!" ”

The so-called cleanliness is to take a bath in a public bathhouse...... It was a long, narrow, cold room, with green paint on the walls and a long row of faucets from left to right on one side of the room.

"Move fast, move fast!"

With a burst of urging, the warriors all stripped off and stood under the faucet.

Shulka thought that it would be hot water and was going to be relaxed to greet him...... Unexpectedly, there was a biting coldness in his face, which almost made Shulka scream.

You must know that September in Moscow has begun to get cold, and now it is a cold night, and the sudden cold water makes Shulka shiver a few times in a few breaths.

The rest of the soldiers were no better, and some began to complain:

"Is this the capital, Moscow? A capital without hot water? ”

"They're not going to take out the workers who boiled water!"

"And we're here to resist the enemy's attack!"

……

But these grumblings were quickly silenced by the order: "Shut your mouths! Want hot water? The sparks that come out will make the Germans drop bombs on our heads, and then you will be 'hot' enough! ”

There was a lot of truth in that, and the warriors stopped complaining.

And even this cold bath has a time limit of only 3 minutes, and then the next batch.

Quickly putting on his uniform, then buckling up his belt and picking up his rifle, Shulka felt much more relaxed.

"So!" Shulkayan raised the rifle in his hand and asked the deputy instructor beside him, "Do you know what this is for?" ”

If it's just for combat, there's no need for the entire set of equipment to be new, and the weapons may make sense, but it's a waste to go to the battlefield in brand new uniforms.

"You'll find out tomorrow!" The deputy instructor said: "I have to emphasize to them again, it is a 'breakout hero'!" ”