Chapter 36: Mission

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"You should know the difficulties of the rope bridge?!" Major Gavrilov said.

As an experienced commander, Major Gavrilov knew that the shaking of the rope bridge would make it difficult for the soldiers on top of it to hit the target.

"Yes, I know, Comrade Major!" Shulka replied: "But the Germans thought so too, so I think the South Island has the least troops and the weakest defenses. Of course, this is just my guess......"

With that, Shulka turned his gaze to Major Gavrilov and Commissar Fomin.

Shulka is right, this is really just speculation, but the Soviets can only guess. They were not at the same level as the Germans in terms of intelligence, and the Germans knew everything about Brest, even the troops, equipment, etc., while the Soviets knew nothing about Germany.

There was silence for a while before Major Gavrilov nodded and said, "But this is a reasonable guess!" ”

"I agree!" Commissar Fomin said: "Because that's what Comrade Gavrilov thinks!" ”

"Comrade Commissar!" Major Gavrilov protested: "Do you mean to think I'm a German?" ”

"No, Comrade Major!" Commissar Fuming replied solemnly: "I mean to say...... You are as stupid as the Germans! ”

After being stunned, several people couldn't help laughing.

After suppressing the laughter, Major Gavrilov said worriedly: "But we are not enough to rely on this, Shulka ......"

Saying that, Major Gavrilov pointed to a point on the map: "The connection bridge, two kilometers away from the Holm bridge, it will be difficult for us to occupy it before the Germans completely block it!" (Note: Holm Gate is the gate of the central fortress connecting the South Island, which is the Warren Fortress)

As mentioned before, the difficulty of attacking from the north, west, and south is that they are three islands, and the islands mean that there are two bridges in and out, and even if one is captured, there will be the other.

If it was not possible to break through to another bridge, the Soviet troops simply moved from the central fortress to another fortress and were besieged.

"Then don't let them find out!" "The Germans who connected the bridge took it for granted that they were second-line, and that the Holm bridge was still in their hands...... In other words, if they hadn't found out about the battle at Holm Bridge, they would have been caught off guard by us! ”

"That's a fight, Shulka!" Commissar Fuming's face was full of incredulity: "How can we not let them find out?" ”

"There will be gunshots!" Major Gavrilov shook his head and said: "Unless we can silently eliminate the Germans one by one with bayonets, but this is simply impossible!" ”

"It's really impossible to be silent!" Shulka replied: "But another way to hide your sound is to make noise!" ”

"You mean firing at the enemy and covering it up with the sound of artillery?" "We don't have many shells left, and our small-caliber mortars are simply not enough to cover those shots!" ”

Major Gavrilov also frowned: "The Germans are experienced in combat, they are not so easy to deceive!" ”

"Why didn't we let the Germans open fire?" Shulka said: "They have plenty of shells, and they have 'super shells'!" ”

Commissar Fomin and Major Gavrilov glanced at each other, and both saw the consternation in the other's eyes.

So the breakout plan was decided, and Shulka's platoon was "honored" to be ordered to carry out the raid mission.

Both Commissar Fomin and Major Gavrilov had their set of reasons for this.

"We can't let more people know about this plan!" Political Commissar Fuming said: "Otherwise, it is likely to fall short!" ”

This reason is a bit far-fetched, because sending other troops will not increase the number of people who know about it, at most there will be one more Shulka.

"You can be Comrade Pukarev's deputy!" Major Gavrilov patted Shulka on the shoulder and said, "No one knows the importance of this plan better than you, and we can't let this plan slip through the cracks!" ”

It is true that, for some reason, the military quality of Soviet officers was generally low, especially down to the level of platoon commander...... It's hard to be reassuring that they're probably forgetting what's more important when they're playing it.

In desperation, Shulka could only accept this almost impossible mission.

Major Gavrilov called Sergeant Pukarev directly.

"Comrade Pukarev!" Major Gavrilov said solemnly: "This task you are about to accept may affect the fate of all of us, I hope you will take it seriously!" ”

"Yes, Comrade Major!" Pukarev stepped forward.

"Everything listens to Comrade Shulka, understand?"

"What?" Hearing this, Pukarev couldn't help but be stunned.

"Obey the command of Comrade Shulka!" Major Gavrilov said: "Didn't I say it clearly enough? ”

"Yes, Comrade Major!" Pukarev replied, hesitated, and then asked again in confusion: "Comrade Major, I don't have an opinion on this order, but ...... Why not put Shulka as a platoon commander? ”

"You just need to execute the command!" Commissar Fuming said.

"Yes, Comrade Commissar!" Pukarev glanced at Shulka with some embarrassment, he didn't understand what Shulka had done to make the major and commissar make this strange decision.

But the decision was reasonable.

Shulka and Pukarev have each other's strengths and weaknesses.

Shulka's strengths...... At least in the eyes of the major and the commissar, the strength is that they are quick and quick-witted, and clearly grasp every detail and key point of the plan, and only by knowing these can it be possible to adapt to unexpected situations.

However, the weakness is that he is not familiar with the members of the unit and has no command experience, and if Shulka is directly appointed as the platoon commander, it is very likely that problems will arise in a hurry in actual operations.

Pukarev is the opposite, he does not have the ability to control the plan and adapt to the situation, but he has risen to the rank of Tuesg step by step in two years, knows each of his subordinates very well, and can command everyone like an arm.

So, this weird situation arises...... A sergeant is to obey the orders of the privates.

However, this is not uncommon in the Soviet army, the rank does not mean anything, and the marshal of the Soviet Union has to nod in front of the "king of small reports", which can be said to be a shame for the military and even the army.

Of course, this is not the case with Shulka's appointment, which is entirely expedient in times of crisis.

What Shulka didn't know was that Pukarev was thinking in exactly this direction...... He thought it was Shulka who made a small report, and that's why it happened.