"Isn't it, Comrade Captain?" Someone in the 5th Infantry Company asked.

"I hear you!" Shulka pointed in the direction in which he was speaking, and then replied: "There is no basis for words, how about we make a bet?" ”

"How do you bet?" Sokolov replied on his behalf.

"Tomorrow morning, you don't need to do anything, just watch!" Shulka replied: "I will send another force to carry out your mission, and we will tell you the facts whether they are waiting for death!" ”

After a moment of silence, Sokolov nodded: "I agree, Comrade Captain!" ”

This did not cause any losses for the 5th Infantry Company.

Because first of all, it means that they don't need to carry out this "cannon fodder mission" tomorrow morning.

After thinking about it, Sokolov asked again: "Comrade Captain, what is the bet?" ”

"If I lose!" Shulka said: "You can choose the future combat missions!" ”

"But if I win!" Shulka turned his gaze to Sokolov and said, "Something like this will never happen again." You, including you, Comrade Sokolov, must be completely obedient to the command of your superiors, do you understand what I mean? ”

"Understood!" Sokolov wiped the blood from his nose and replied: "That's fair, I agree!" ”

Immediately after returning to the headquarters, Shulka handed over the task of garrisoning the front line to the sniper company.

Shulka asked the commander of the sniper company, Koroteyev: "Do you think that this is a punishment and send you to death, like the 5th Infantry Company?" ”

"Of course not, Comrade Captain!" Koroteyev laughed.

This wave of operations made Major Mikhailvich confused, but Andrianka understood.

"So, you didn't intend for the Fifth Infantry Company to do this mission from the beginning, did you? Comrade Captain! Andrianka asked.

Shulka did not deny it.

In fact, Shulka set up a trap for the 5th Infantry Company, waiting for all of them to drill into this trap.

The battlefield can sometimes be a strange place, and two different units with the same mission can have two completely different ideas.

For example, if the task of garrisoning the front line is assigned to the sniper company, they will think that it is an honor, and it is because the command values them that it gives such a difficult task to the sniper company.

The same task was given to the 5th Infantry Company, and their response was to send them to the battlefield to die.

These two very different ideas arise, on the one hand, because of confidence, and on the other hand, because of trust.

The sniper company is very confident in itself, they are the elite of the 82nd Infantry Regiment, they believe that their superiors will not and cannot give up on themselves at any time, and they will not receive a "death mission" at any time.

Of course, the Fifth Infantry Company could not have confidence in this regard, they were deserters, and they were to be sent to the "punishment battalion" or even to be shot, which made them always worry about whether they would receive a "mission to send them to death".

In other words, the Fifth Infantry Company has always had an inferiority complex.

Shulka knew that if the 5th Infantry Company did not overcome this inferiority complex, they would never be able to become a normal unit, and there would be many dangers on the battlefield in the future...... They will be suspicious of their superiors because of this inferiority complex, they will be defensive, and they may even leave a way back for themselves.

Because they are always worried that they will be betrayed by their superiors and consumed as cannon fodder.

Shulka didn't want to wait for the problem to erupt and cause damage, so he forced the problem out first and let it surface.

Early the next morning, two hours before dawn, the 82nd Infantry Regiment entered its position.

The Fifth Infantry Company really had no tasks, it was assigned to the second line.

Even in order to make it easier for them to observe, Shulka ordered several binoculars to be issued to the junior officers of the 5th Infantry Company...... These telescopes were cobbled together by officers and temporarily loaned to the Fifth Infantry Company, because in the Soviet army, only officers above the battalion level were often qualified to be equipped with telescopes, and only a few were equipped at the company level.

This was not only due to the backwardness of the Soviet light industry and the lack of production technology for things like glass lenses, but also because the tactics of the Soviet army hardly needed to make telescopes ...... When a large corps fights, it is a waste for the company commander to equip himself with binoculars, they only need to obey the order and charge forward with the troops.

Then Koroteyev entered the forward building with the soldiers of the sniper company.

The "Red October" new village is a staff dormitory, with four-story buildings neatly arranged, like an army.

The reason why it is four floors, Shulka believes is because the level of architecture in this era is not very good, the four floors are not too high and not too low, and can take the greatest common divisor between cost and safety.

That's not what Shulka needs to consider, though.

He was lying next to Sokolov at this moment and said to him: "I hope Comrade Valery did not blind you, otherwise you would not be able to see now!" ”

"Comrade Valery was not injured any less than me!" Sokolov replied.

"Do you know what's wrong with you?" Shulka asked.

Sokolov did not answer.

"All along, it's you who don't think of yourself as a normal force!" Shulka said: "If it is a normal unit, is it possible to disobey the orders of the battalion commander and fight with him? ”

"That's because it's not fair......"

"That's fair, Comrade Sokolov!" Shulka interrupted Sokolov: "This is a normal task, it can be assigned to the task of a unit in the 82nd Infantry Regiment, and the 5th Infantry Company also belongs to the 82nd Infantry Regiment!" It's your problem, your problem, to be exact, and you think that someone else is taking advantage of you and betraying you! ”

After a moment of silence, Sokolov sighed and said: "I realized this when you made a bet with me!" ”

Sokolov was not stupid, he knew that Shulka would give this task to other troops, that is, he had faith in this task.

"Put away your prejudices!" "You are an ordinary army, not a privileged one," Shulka said. When you receive a mission, the first thing you should think about is how to complete the task and come back alive, not whether your superiors want you to die, understand? ”

"Understood, Comrade Shulka!" Sokolov said: "I admit defeat! ”

After a pause, Sokolov continued: "I have a request, Comrade Shulka! Can you give us this task? I don't want others to do our job! ”

"No!" Shulka refused without thinking about it: "You should learn and see how others can accomplish this task!" ”