Under the command of Admiral Kirponos, the formation of the assault team began with great vigor.

This unit is more of an integration than a formation, since it was built with the 5th mechanized 9th Army of the 9th Army as the backbone...... It's just that in the previous battles, the mechanized 9th Army suffered heavy losses like other units, and the entire mechanized army had only more than 100 tanks with combat capability.

(Note: At this time, a mechanized army of the Soviet army had 1,031 tanks.) ）

Of course, the reorganized mechanized 9th Army was different, the tanks on the defensive line drove back one by one, no matter which unit or even which front army, all the light and medium tanks that could be found and were in good condition were registered and incorporated into the 9th Army.

But even then only a few hundred tanks were gathered, and the various tank models were uneven: T26, T28, BT2, BT5......

Like the reorganization of other units, the first thing is to classify these tanks...... This is because each type of tank has different characteristics, such as firepower, protection and mobility, so they must be classified and organized in order to command according to their characteristics on the battlefield.

Naturally, Shulka did not need to worry about these things, and at this time he was being incorporated into the motorized 131st Division with the 333rd Regiment and became part of the mechanized 9th Army.

Admiral Kirponos has a very good reason for this.

"It's like the sergeant said!" Admiral Kirponos said: "This commando team needs elites, and if none of the 333rd regiments can be called elites, then what other troops can take on this task?" ”

The formation process was chaotic.

The 131st Motorized Division had already lost most of its equipment and strength in the previous battles, and although the 333rd Regiment had joined the entire formation, since the 333rd Regiment had been infantry before that, it had to be equipped with cars, motorcycles, and tank regiments to become a motorized division.

As a result, the rain was full of troops, cars and tanks coming and going, and the soldiers commanding the cars and tanks were busy, and sometimes there were even incidents of vehicles colliding with each other, and drivers and even troops clashing with each other.

The second row of Shulka was also assigned a car.

Shulka was a little unhappy about this, because his platoon was stuffed with several more recruits, bringing it to 35 men...... These recruits are here for their visit.

Sergeant Pukarev pointed at a few recruits and shouted at Shulka: "Sergeant, these people are under your command!" ”

"But Comrade Tuas!" Shulka was a little inexplicable: "My platoon is full!" ”

"This is an order from above!" Pukarev spread his hands: "I can't help it, let alone ...... Is there anything wrong with a few more people? ”

"No problem, Comrade Tuas!" Shulka replied helplessly.

If it's infantry, it's really no problem, and even a few more people can get a few more guns and a few more errands, which is not bad.

The problem is that now it is motorized infantry, everyone has to ride, and a platoon is assigned only one car.

A car can usually carry only 30 soldiers...... The carriage is divided into four columns, each with 7 people, two rows with their backs to the carriage and two rows sitting in the middle, plus the driver and co-pilot seats are exactly 30 people.

But now that there are five more people, it is even more difficult for the already crowded carriage to turn around.

However, the veteran helped Shulka solve this problem.

"We can sit one more person per column, Comrade Sergeant!" The veteran said, "Let the extra soldier go to the front of the car!" ”

At this time, the car has a wide pedal next to the cab, and the soldier can follow the car by holding on to the window or something, and even the soldier can be responsible for reconnaissance, such as being able to see more clearly in the rain and can observe the sky for enemy planes and warn them.

The disadvantage is that you will suffer from wind and rain.

Although the problem was solved, Shulka was still a little worried, believing that the addition of a few more people would slow down the reaction speed of the troops...... Soldiers in a car must get out of the car quickly in case of an emergency, and a little slower can cause tragedy for everyone, because it is just a matter of a shell or a machine gun bullet.

Therefore, Shulka asked the recruits: "I don't understand why the superiors would 'stuff' you into my unit, soldiers, you had better be commendable, or one day I will still kick you out!" ”

"I know why, Comrade Sergeant!" A fair-skinned recruit stared at Shulka with a pair of blue eyes.

"What?" Shulka didn't understand what the recruit meant.

"Allow me to introduce myself, Comrade Sergeant!" The recruit handed over a German cigarette and Shulkatau: "My name is Avmovich, and several of us are from Makariv (a small town near Kiev, this town is on the way from the German army to Kyiv)!" ”

Shulka took the cigarette and gave Avmovich a suspicious look and asked, "You mean, do you know why you're here?" ”

"Yes!"

"Why?"

"I asked for it!" Avmovich replied: "I ask to come to your troops!" ”

Shulka stopped lighting his cigarette and turned his puzzled gaze to Avmović. His first reaction was that this Avmovich was a person who had been transferred to investigate him, like an assistant instructor.

But Shulka soon overturned the idea, because if that was the case, he shouldn't have said it at this point.

"That's right, Comrade Sergeant!" Avmovich said complacently: "Comrade battalion commander is our fellow countryman, so he ......"

So needless to say, they used this layer of relationship.

"But why my troops?" Shulka asked, "You don't get more here, do you?" The same car, the same ammunition, the same mission! ”

"No, Comrade Sergeant!" Another recruit explained: "We have heard of you, you escaped from the Brest Fortress with your troops, and something else!" ”

"Oh!" Shulka seems to have some understanding, and it is the pot of the "escape hero" again.

"The battlefield is not what you think, comrade!" Shulka shook his head and smiled, "If you want to make a contribution, you'd better dismiss this idea as soon as possible!"

”

"We don't want to make a difference!" Avmovich replied.

So Shulka understood that they thought that it was safer to be by the side of the "escaped hero", that is, they had a better chance of escaping from this land of right and wrong......

This made Shulka laugh and cry, if they knew what the 333rd Regiment was going to do in the near future, they should have jumped out of the car and ran as far as they could.