Chapter 443: Transfer
"Shulka!" As soon as Mehris saw Shulka, he jumped up from his chair, quickly stepped forward and enthusiastically owned Shulka, and said, "Our 'Breakout Hero', I'm glad you have successfully completed the mission again!" ”
Mekhlis had a smile on his face, and it was so natural that it looked like nothing had happened.
Shulka thought about many ways that Mekhlis might have attitude towards him, but he didn't expect it to be like this.
"Thank you, Comrade Mehris!" Shulka replied: "It's all under your command......"
"No, no, no!" Mehris spread his hands to the side and said, "You see, our heroes are always so modest, what a valuable quality, aren't they? ”
"Yes, Comrade Shulka!" Alexei replied: "You have made many useful suggestions for Comrade Mekhlis, and you have contributed a lot, and it is easy for others to misunderstand if you are too modest!" ”
Shulka suddenly understood something, then nodded and replied, "Yes, Alexei, you reminded me that I did make a few suggestions to Mehris, but ...... They are not complete! ”
"It's okay, Comrade Shulka!" "You've got enough suggestions, they're pretty important, and our command will refine them, and then come up with a complete and detailed battle plan and put them into practice!" ”
"Of course, Comrade Mehris!" Shulka said: "Isn't that the case in other battles? ”
"You've given advice to a lot of people before, haven't you?"
"Of course!"
"You made a suggestion to Lieutenant Colonel Gavrilov, and Comrade Katukov, you were a staff officer to General Kirponos, a special partisan unit was formed for him, and you even made a suggestion to Comrade Zhukov!"
"Yes!"
"Now!" Mekhlis spread his hands: "Comrade Shulka, at your suggestion, we have successfully defeated the enemy and recovered the Crimean Peninsula!" ”
Mehris shook Shulka's hand and said solemnly: "Thank you, Comrade Shulka!" Thank you for your contribution to the USSR, I will report your performance truthfully and apply for the Order of the Hero of the Soviet Union for you! ”
"Thank you very much, Comrade Mehris!"
"No, you deserve it!" Mekhlis had a triumphant smile on his face.
Everything was made invisible by Mehris.
Although this time Shulkati suggested that there was a fundamental difference from the usual...... All the previous proposals, the accepted commanders did not take credit for themselves, they did not try to hide the fact of Shurkati's proposal from the very beginning.
Mehris is different, from top to bottom, even in newspaper publications, talking about his methods.
However, it was not easy for Mehris to make this invisible.
The first is that his report on Stalin was still deceptive after all, and Stalin certainly would not be stupid enough to believe these nonsense words of Mehris.
Secondly, the situation on the battlefield requires the punishment of such a villain to appease the morale of the army.
The next day, Mekhlis and his assistants were forced to hand over command to Lieutenant General Kozlov, commander of the Crimean Front, and were recalled to Moscow.
In the afternoon of the same day, news broke on the radio that Mehris had been censored and demoted to major general.
The soldiers burst into thunderous cheers, and many officers and soldiers even lifted Shulka who had returned to the army and threw it high into the air, and some of them even squeezed through the crowd and hugged Shulka and cried bitterly......
Shulka knew what was going on.
Many of them, or their relatives and friends, have had experiences of persecution by Mekhlis, either directly or indirectly.
After all, Mehris is the "king of small reports", the director of the General Political Department, and all kinds of arrests and censors for his speech, etc., have something to do with Mehris.
At this point, they all see Shulka as the hero who defeated Mehris and brought him to an end.
But Shulka knew that Mehris was still far from falling.
Now that such a situation has appeared, it can be said that it is just a show from the Supreme Command to the soldiers.
Even Shulka doesn't think it's necessarily a good thing...... Mehlis represented the High Command, and he wielded the power to integrate the various parts of the Soviet Union into a single war machine.
Mehris's shortcomings are incompetence, but Shulka can make up for it.
The end result was that Shulka's plan was well executed, but now ......
"Shulka!" At this moment, Katukov beckoned Shulka to get into the car.
Shulka started as soon as he got into the car.
Katukov's face was a little ugly, and he nodded weakly at Shulka.
Shulka thought that this was because Katukov insisted on command on the battlefield with a kidney, and it was normal for him to suffer from physical exhaustion.
"I didn't expect things to turn out like this!" Katukov said.
"Yes!" Shulka replied.
Then Katukov handed Shulka a telegram and said: "You are now the deputy head of the regiment. ”
"333rd Infantry Regiment?" Shulka asked.
"No!" Katukov shook his head.
Shulka sank to the bottom in an instant, and the 1st Guards Tank Brigade had only one infantry regiment, and if it wasn't for the 333rd Infantry Regiment, it would mean that he would have to be transferred out of the 1st Tank Brigade.
With shock, Shulka opened the envelope and saw that sure enough, there was a very unfamiliar number written on it: the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the 27th Infantry Division of the 82nd Infantry Division of the Army.
"82nd Infantry Regiment, what kind of unit is this?" Shulka asked suspiciously.
"The former Bryansk Front!" Katukov replied: "They are reforming the Bryansk Front!" ”
So Shulka understood.
The Bryansk Front was surrounded and mostly annihilated by the Germans in the Battle of Moscow, and even the number of the Front Army Group was revoked.
But now, because of the needs of the operation, it was regrouped and a defensive line was formed in the Bryansk direction.
"I don't understand, Colonel!" Shulka asked: "Why can't I continue to stay in the 1st Guards Tank Brigade?" ”
"You know, Shulka!" Katukov replied: "This is an order from the Supreme High Command, because of the reaction of your subordinates!" ”
"The reaction of the subordinates?"
Shulka didn't understand it at first, but after thinking about it, he knew why.
Another taboo in the military is the formation of cliques for personal gain.
Shulka became too famous in the 1st Guards Tank Brigade, and as before, the troops of the 1st Battalion would even oppose Mehris for Shulka's sake.
If this development continues, the 1st Guards Tank Brigade will become the 1st Brigade of the "Breakout Heroes" instead of the Soviet.
So, the best thing to do is to transfer Shulka out of this unit.
Shulka didn't expect that the righteous anger of his subordinates made Shulka have to leave the army.
Shulka looked behind the window...... His men and comrades were unaware of this.