Except for the cold water, everything else in the barracks was satisfying: the not clean but dry bedding, the fluffy bread and a few pieces of beef finally made the soldiers feel the smell of the capital.

The most important thing is that the soldiers were allowed to sleep until eight o'clock the next day...... The wake-up whistle is usually blown at six o'clock, even though it is not yet dawn.

This made the fighters a little unaccustomed, because of the biological clock woke up several fighters hiding in the bed to play cards, that is usually their own cards out of cardboard, but Leonev has a real deck of cards in his hand, which he brought from Kiev and has always carried with him.

At this time, with a shrill whistle, Major Gavrilov resounded throughout the barracks in a low voice: "Get up! ”

The fighters immediately jumped out of bed, then within three minutes they were making their beds and dressing their uniforms, which included wrapping their feet and ankles in footcloths and tucking them into their boots.

Then the soldiers ran out of the barracks one by one with their guns on their backs, and then stood in a neat line.

It was only then that Shulka saw "outsiders" in the barracks...... They held old cameras of various sizes in their hands to take pictures of the troops.

"Stand upright!"

"Take a break!"

……

With a command, the troops walked into the street in the spotlight, and then last night there was a quiet street where I don't know when many people gathered, waving red flags and flowers on both sides of the street and cheering:

"Welcome, Hero 333rd Regiment!"

"Welcome to Moscow!"

"Welcome, Breakout Hero Shulka!"

……

Wait, breakout hero Shulka?

Shulka looked suspiciously at the assistant instructor who was walking next to him, and the assistant instructor didn't have any expression, and followed the queue like a wooden man.

Later Shulka learned that this was just a ceremony to enter Moscow, just as they had won the battle and entered Odessa.

Unlike Odessa, the 333rd regiment walked through the streets for more than two hours and made a big circle before finally returning to the barracks.

On the way, there were people cheering on both sides of the street, and many people were discussing which was the "breakthrough hero".

Of course, the return to the barracks was not over, and several reporters were waiting in the barracks for interviews, and the main interview object was Shulka.

"Comrade Shulka, I heard that they gave you a nickname 'Breakout Hero', can you tell me the origin of this nickname?" The reporter stretched the recorder in front of Shulka.

Shulka suddenly understood the reason why the assistant instructor wanted to forcibly change his nickname to "Breakout Hero".

The reporter who interviewed Shulka was called Valrasha, and wore a boat-shaped hat with a red five-pointed star on the hat that contrasted with her blue eyes and cold words.

Look at the rank, it's a major...... Major? Major Gavrilov fought so many battles, and he was only a major in life and death!

Valrasha's self-introduction is from Pravda.

Shulka also knows a little about Pravda, which was aimed at the Russian workers, that is, the proletariat, during the tsarist period, and can be said to be the official newspaper of the Soviet Union.

Valrasa's expression was very serious, and she spoke in a round, neutral manner, with a bit of casualness and disdain in her eyes, which reminded Shulka of the deputy instructor and Captain Bogdan, so the interview was somewhat like an interrogation.

"Yes!" Shulka replied: "Maybe it's because I made a few suggestions to break out, and they were taken and succeeded!" ”

"Can you elaborate on some of the recommendations?" Valrasha asked.

"Brest, Pripyat marshes, ......"

"Kyiv, Comrade Shulka!" Warlasha interrupted Shulka: "Tell me about Kyiv, how you carried out a counter-encirclement of the enemy!" ”

And then Shulka understood that the breakthrough of the Brest Fortress and the Pripyat swamp was nothing, because that was an "escape", and Kiev was different, that was a heroic counter-encirclement after being surrounded by the enemy!

At that moment, Shulka felt a wave of anger and sourness in his heart for no reason, and he looked back into Valrasha's gaze and replied, "Sorry, Major! I think that the battle of Brest is also indispensable, because a considerable part of our troops broke through from Brest, and the comrades who died there, like the battle of Kiev, shed their blood and sacrificed their lives for the Motherland, and did their last bit to hold back the enemy's advance...... They are also heroes, and without them there would be no us! ”

Vallasha didn't expect Shulka to answer like this, and was stunned for a moment.

"Shulka!" Major Gavrilov whispered a reminder from the side.

"I'm sorry, Major!" Shulka said to Valrasha: "I don't think I'm ready for this interview, Major Gavrilov was involved in all the plans, he can tell you everything you want to know!" ”

With that, Shulka stood up and saluted Valrasa, and then left.

The deputy instructor found Shurka in the dormitory, handed Shulka a cigarette, and said: "They need to use the victory in Kyiv to boost morale...... You know, Kyiv successfully launched a counteroffensive when it was almost surrounded. This victory has spread throughout Moscow, and your name 'Breakout Hero' Shulka! ”

Shulka looked up at the assistant instructor.

"This is not what we advertise!" The deputy instructor spread his hands and replied: "The wounded were transported from Odessa to the Crimea, and the Crimea had daily trains to deliver supplies to Moscow, so ......"

"You want to take advantage of that, don't you?" Shulka asked.

"Why not?" The deputy instructor replied: "The Muscovites are panicked, they are afraid of being surrounded by the enemy, and if there is a 'breakout hero' here, and there is a 'breakout force' that successfully broke through in Kiev......"

"But the situation in Kyiv is not the same as in Moscow!" Shulka said: "Just because we can counter-encircle in Kyiv doesn't mean we can do the same in Moscow!" ”

"I know!" The deputy instructor nodded: "They also know, but it's not important, the important thing is that the people have psychological comfort, understand?" This is important for Moscow! ”

Shulka understood that the reason why the 333rd Regiment was sent here was probably just a placebo to stabilize the hearts and minds of the people.

After a pause, the assistant instructor continued: "So, no matter what you say, they won't write Brest in the newspaper!" ”

"I know!" Shulka said: "Because Brest is lost, it is a defeat, it is an escape without an order to retreat...... But it doesn't mean that the comrades who fought there and died there are not heroes! ”

The assistant instructor patted Shulka on the shoulder and left without saying anything.

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