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Shulka certainly took this into account, otherwise he would not have come up with this plan.

It is ironic that the swamp became a living road not because it was a living road, but because in other places, such as the north and south directions of the swamp, there were large numbers of retreating Soviet troops...... They attracted the attention of the Germans, so that not many Germans would waste time and ammunition in the open swamps.

In addition to this, Shulka will eventually choose the swamp instead of the forest direction to break out like before, because he knows something that other people don't know.

While the officers were discussing how to break out to the north, that is, in the direction of the forest, Shulka suddenly thought of something: the breakthrough to the north may have been wrong from the beginning to the end, not only because of intelligence leaks or tactical problems, but also because of strategic problems.

The reason is simple, the German Army Group Center was the main force of the German army, and after the start of the war it advanced at an average speed of tens of kilometers per day until it reached Moscow three months later.

It was clear that it would not be possible to escape the German encirclement by going north into the forest, because the infantry marching in the forest could never match the speed of the German advance.

In other words, this will never be able to break out of the large encirclement of the German Army Group Center, unless it fights guerrilla warfare in the forest until a few years later when the Soviet Union launches a counteroffensive and hits it again.

But it's not the same if you walk through the swamp.

The Pripyat swamp divided the entire battlefield into two parts, the lower part was the German Army Group South, which was not the main force of the German army, and its corresponding Kiev Special Military District of the Soviet Union (changed to the Southwestern Front after the outbreak of the war) and the Odessa Military District (Southern Front) were the main forces of the Soviet army.

As a result, the German army's progress in the south was relatively slow, and it was even blocked by the Soviet army on the Dnieper defense line for a time.

Knowing this, the situation became clear: it was possible to break out of the German encirclement only through the swamps.

Major Gavrilov finally agreed to Shulka's proposal.

But of course, in order to avoid the previous situation, they had to lie to the soldiers again.

"Comrades!" Major Gavrilov rushed to the front and gave a short speech: "Although the plan may have been leaked to the Germans by traitors, after studying it was decided that there was no other option but to break through to the north at seven o'clock, as originally planned!" ”

"Oh, no!"

Major Gavrilov's words caused a wave of protest:

"That's no different from sending you to death!"

"The Germans will be waiting for us with machine guns there!"

"Why don't we break out in a different direction?"

……

"Going the other way?" Major Gavrilov asked rhetorically: "Then tell me, which direction can I change?" East? West, or South? ”

As soon as Major Gavrilov said this, the soldiers were silent.

Because on the surface, it is true that other directions are not good choices, except for the north.

"Comrades!" Major Gavrilov continued: "You must know that only the forest can escape the Germans...... Because tanks and cars could not drive into the forest, planes could not see us hiding under the branches and leaves of the trees. And the forest is in the north, so we can only break through from the north, even if the Germans already know this, unless we can move the forest in another direction. ”

"Is there no other way?" Someone asked.

"Comrade Vasiket!" Major Gavrilov replied: "If you have a better way, or any one has a better way...... Tell me you're always welcome at Command! ”

The soldiers were speechless, because there was no doubt that no one would have done better.

There were even a few people who came to test Shulka.

"Is that really the case, Shulka?"

"What do you hear?"

……

Shulka could only spread his hands helplessly and replied: "Comrade, the officers are also human beings, and they also want to go back alive, do you think they will joke with their lives?" ”

This is irrefutable, because it is true.

"So, we're dead?" Someone asked again.

"Not necessarily!" Shulka comforted: "In two hours, the German army may not be able to deploy many troops, so we still have a chance!" ”

Many of the Soviet soldiers believed this explanation, because at this time they did not understand the speed and efficiency of the German army, and they habitually used the Soviet army to estimate the German army, so they ......

"That's right! In two hours, they didn't even come to finish the trenches in a hurry, we still had a chance! ”

"So ......," said Okunev, "it's going to be a tough fight, isn't it?" ”

"Yes, of course!" Shulka nodded.

"Well, I'm not going to keep them!" With that, Okunev took all the tobacco from his pocket and rolled it into something like a cigar out of old newspaper......

Okunev was a big smoker, but the tobacco was very limited, so he usually used sparingly, and at least half of the cigarette was empty. Now it's a luxury.

Later, when Okunev realized that this was not the case, he yelled angrily: "Shulka, you bastard, you should stop me when I run out of cigarettes, or at least give me a look!" ”

In fact, this lie has another intention, that is, it is used to deceive the Germans.

As the clock ticked by, everyone was preparing for the attack in an hour's time, including Shulka.

It was only then that Shulka had time to thoroughly understand his equipment: an M1936 backpack with a lunch box, a piece of soap in a soap box, a toothbrush, tooth powder, a hairbrush......

Shulka who was flipping through his backpack couldn't help but scold, the previous Shulka seemed to be a different Soviet, there was no tobacco bag or vodka in the backpack, not even a little smell of alcohol or smoke, and some of them were all sanitary ware, and these were exactly what the Soviets didn't care about the most.

"Can you ask a question?" Shulka raised the beard knife in his hand at Okunev beside him: "How can I have this thing?" ”

"You don't remember?" Okunev looked at Shulka in amazement: "You exchanged the distributed Mahe tobacco and matches for this with Tiktov!" ”

"Why did I change this ......" Shulka was a little annoyed.

Okunev looked at Shulka with sympathy, and then added: "There are others!" ”

"What?" As soon as he asked, Shulka knew what it was, and he found a mirror in his backpack.

Oh great...... Of course, a whisker needs a mirror, but I don't know what Shulka used to replace it with.

At this moment, someone from dozens of meters away shouted: "Hey, come back, you cowards!" ”

Then a few more gunshots rang out.

Don't look at it, there must be someone running to the German camp and choosing to surrender.