Chapter 22: Mutiny
"Don't shoot!" Shulka shouted: "My own people! ”
Actually, Shulka wasn't sure if it was his own man, but there was only one black shadow, and no enemy would be stupid enough to run in the direction of the enemy's trench alone.
Shulka's reaction can be said to have saved the man's life, because the Soviet soldiers are all novices, and their fingers are tightly pressed on the trigger under high tension, and any shot will immediately trigger a flurry of gunfire.
However, because Shulka reminded him in time, the Soviet soldiers forced the urge to shoot.
"Who?" Pukarev shouted at the shadow.
The shadow didn't answer, or was so quiet that no one could hear him, he ran a few more steps, and then fell to the ground with a heel.
As soon as Pukarev waved his hand, two Soviet soldiers rushed forward.
Gunfire soon rang out from the opposite side, but because the foggy covering bullets did not pose a threat to the Soviet troops, the two soldiers successfully carried the shadow back to the trench.
It was a small child, a child in Soviet uniform, who almost collapsed when he was dragged into the trenches.
"Who are you?" Pukarev asked.
"The 333rd Infantry Regiment Military Band Platoon!" The child weakly replied: "My name is Peter, and I have brought the order of the commissar of Fuming from the central fortress!" ”
"Commissar Fuming's order?" Hearing this, Shulka couldn't help but be shocked, he thought that this must be making them stick to it again.
This time, however, Shulka was wrong......
The order that Peter Jr. brought to Major Gavrilov was: "At seven o'clock tonight, three red flares, and at the same time break through to the north!" ”
This order was as if it had been loosened for Major Gavrilov, and he immediately conveyed it: "Prepare for a breakthrough at night!" ”
"Prepare for a night breakout!"
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Shulka was surprised when he heard the order, even though it was exactly what he wanted.
But Jean Shulka, and of course Major Gavrilov, did not expect that this order brought some negative effects.
"What's the deal with the night breakout?" A soldier asked.
"Didn't you say that as long as you hold out until morning, reinforcements will come?"
"So at least until the evening! Not even sure if there are reinforcements at night! ”
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The most feared thing in the army is some uncertain things, which will make the morale of the army unstable, and even the soldiers will have a feeling of being deceived.
This is a consequence of Major Gavrilov's premature commitment yesterday...... As the saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, and while a promise can boost morale temporarily, the consequence is that when it fails to deliver, it will deal a more serious blow to morale.
Soon there was even a rumor among the soldiers:
"Are you still willing to listen to these lies? There will be no reinforcements, what the Germans said is true, they have already hit Minsk, there will be no hope for us! The major can only use lies to make us fight with the Germans! ”
"It doesn't make any sense, there are Germans everywhere, and there is only a dead end to break through!"
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If there are only one or two people who say these words, then the matter is easy to do, and the instructor uses his set to find out these one or two people and quickly suppress them.
The problem is that these people are said to be in groups, and if they are all arrested, it will be equivalent to suicide, so the instructor's method is useless.
When Major Gavrilov noticed this, he hurried to the front to stabilize the morale of the army.
"Comrades!" Major Gavrilov said: "As you know, we changed our plans and prepared for a night breakout......
"We want to know the truth, Comrade Major!" Someone interrupted Major Gavrilov: "Did the Germans surround us?" ”
"Are there no reinforcements?"
"Was our army defeated by the Germans!"
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It was an unprecedented situation, and the soldier interrupted the officer's speech and questioned it, which caught Major Gavrilov by some surprise.
But that's actually quite normal.
First of all, a state of war and a state of peace are two different things in themselves.
It is very difficult for soldiers in a state of peace to unite together, and it is also rare for them to go out and challenge the officers and their inherent forces, for the simple reason that when it comes to life and death, everyone wants to protect themselves.
But in a state of war, especially when all the soldiers are on the same ship, it is easy for them to unite and not care about the military rules and regulations...... Anyway, if you are dead, what should you not dare to do?
Seeing this scene, the instructor who was following Major Gavrilov could not hold it back, and he habitually stepped forward with the pistol at his waist in his hand and shouted angrily: "Who allowed you to say these things? These are the lies of the Germans, the traitors who sow discord among us, and you know that they are ......"
Later, the instructor did not dare to say any more, because the soldiers all glared at him with angry eyes...... The soldiers usually hate the instructor the most, and seeing that he is still so arrogant and domineering at this time, how can he endure it.
In fact, such things were not uncommon in the Soviet army...... Many units and even entire divisions of Soviet soldiers chose to kill the political workers in the unit and surrender to the Germans.
The two sides were tense, and seeing that a mutiny was about to break out, Shulka secretly complained in his heart.
It doesn't matter if the two clash, the important thing is that his own life may be over, or he will go with these soldiers to the German army as prisoners...... Shulka knew that being a prisoner of the German army would not end well, and countless people died of starvation, disease, and exhaustion.
So without much thought, Shulka stepped forward at this time.
"Comrades, I know the situation!"
As soon as Shulka shouted this, everyone turned their eyes to him.
Shulka has a special status, he is just a small soldier, and in principle he is in the same group as the soldiers.
Shulka, on the other hand, is a tank bomber hero...... Fighting nations admire heroes.
At the same time, Shulka has just found a large number of supplies to solve the medical and stomach problems of many soldiers, so he already has a certain reputation among the soldiers, so they are still willing to listen to what Shulka has to say.
"Do you know the situation?"
"Tell me what you know?"
Shulka looked at Major Gavrilov, who nodded slightly in agreement...... There was no other way.
"You're right!" Shulka said: "We are already surrounded, the Germans have penetrated deep into the heart of the Soviet Union, we will not have reinforcements!" ”
Shulka's words were like dropping a bomb among the soldiers, and they caused an instant sensation.
Even Major Gavrilov was a little surprised, he didn't expect Shulka to admit this so directly.