Sometimes, for junior officers, the binding force of a gamble is often much better than military regulations or some vague and lofty ideals.

For example, "for the motherland" and "for the people...... These slogans have been shouted to the point of numbness, especially the deserters of the 5th Infantry Company, who obviously will not and do not want to be bound by these slogans, otherwise they would not be deserters.

However, a gambling contract, and a clear fact, is in front of you, and if you cheat, it is related to personal credit and righteousness.

On the contrary, it is these that the Soviets care more about.

So, when Sokolov returned to the troops and organized his subordinates, the attitude was completely different.

"We lost!" Sokolov said to his subordinates.

The subordinates bowed their heads, and it was not necessary for Sokolov to say, they all saw it.

"What are we going to do now?" One of the subordinates asked.

"What else can I do?" Sokolov replied: "Obey orders, understand?" Don't forget our bet! ”

Thinking about it, Sokolov laughed instead.

"That's a good thing for us, isn't it?" Sokolov said.

The subordinates couldn't help but look at each other, and one of them asked puzzledly: "We lost the bet, and we must completely obey the order in the future, how can this be a good thing?" ”

"Because ......," Sokolov replied, "if Comrade Shulka wanted to push us to the front and send us to death, he would not have had to do it at all!" I mean, he doesn't need to make a bet and let us learn these tactics. That's a lot of money for him! In other words, he did treat us as an ordinary army, a normal combat force! ”

The subordinates couldn't help but nod their heads when they heard this.

"Yes, Comrade Shulka did not betray us!"

"We misunderstood him!"

"Comrade Shulka can be trusted, he will not let us make senseless sacrifices!"

……

This is a kind of trust, and the trust between the upper and lower levels of the military is very important, which directly determines whether the order can be effectively carried out.

Otherwise, "there are policies and countermeasures", and if you want to grind foreign workers, you can find a hundred reasons at any time.

It was only at this time that the 5th Infantry Company could truly be considered part of the 82nd Infantry Regiment.

Shulka got the news from Valery.

Valery reported to Shulka on the phone: "Unbelievable, Comrade Captain! Just now Sokolov apologized to me and offered to assign me tasks to the 5th Infantry Company! ”

"Good!" Shulka said, "How do you answer that? ”

"I agreed!" Valery said: "I assigned them to garrison the third floor, did I do so?" ”

"Of course!" Shulka said: "They are your soldiers, you can decide whatever you want!" ”

"I have to say......" Valery lamented, "you have subdued them, Comrade Shulka!" I always thought that these people were hopeless except to do some drudgery under the supervision of a rifle or something. But you have changed them! ”

"Keep watching!" Shulka said: "I give you a piece of advice, don't rush to abolish their lynching!" ”

"Understood!" Valery replied.

Although "lynching" does not conform to military regulations, it is effective against deserters, and can even be regarded as a booster.

In addition, for the top brass of the Soviet army, these "deserters" could have been shot at any time, and all they cared about was whether these "deserters" died, and it didn't matter when they died and who killed them.

In that respect, it's not militar.

Then, in the afternoon of the same day, the 5th Infantry Company was given a chance to perform.

They behaved bravely, resisting the German attack like any other unit and calmly responding to the enemy's indiscriminate bombardment, only to withdraw when the Germans had to decide to blow up the buildings.

This came as a big surprise to Major Mikhailvich, who had always been vigilant.

"Not long ago I was worried that they would escape!" Major Mikhailvich said: "But now it turns out that this is clearly superfluous, and not a single one of them ran away!" ”

This performance even surpassed that of the rest of the 82nd Infantry Regiment...... When the second battalion was stationed on the second floor, several soldiers fled the building without orders because the building was crumbling.

This should be said to be inevitable in actual combat, and there will always be a few people who are mentally fragile or misjudged.

But the 5th Infantry Company did not have a single one.

Or there was, but was "lynched" by themselves.

However, this was only a small test of the 5th Infantry Company, when the 82nd Infantry Regiment launched a counterattack against the Germans that night, the 5th Infantry Company took the lead in breaking into the German troops with bayonets, and a burst of indiscriminate killing and slashing caused the German army to be chaotic, so that the 82nd Infantry Regiment attacked smoothly, not only recovering the defensive line lost during the day, but also continuing to advance more than 200 meters.

When Shulka later asked about Sokolov, Sokolov said he was also surprised.

"Originally, I thought it would be good to be able to reach the combat effectiveness of other troops!" Sokolov said: "I didn't expect them to make up their minds to participate in the battle, and they were all ruthless, and everyone was killed!" ”

This may be a shift from one extreme to the other, or it may be said that they have already died once when they are about to be shot, and they can see through life and death even more.

But if you look closely, it may have something to do with the fact that they are all equipped with rifles.

The 5th Infantry Company was made up of deserters, if like other units it was a submachine gun and a machine gun, plus mortars, rocket launchers...... The mixing of various equipment must be coordinated with each other.

And this kind of coordination cannot be done without a certain period of unified training.

This is not a problem that can be solved by reaching a new level of ideological realm, it is a practical problem.

Therefore, if they are equipped with complex equipment, they may not be able to exert their combat effectiveness at all, but they will be tied to their hands and feet.

But due to equipment limitations, they can only be equipped with rifles, all rifles, if there is any other equipment, it is grenades.

This made them hardly need to coordinate on the battlefield, put on bayonets, throw a few grenades and then shout and take advantage of the night charge, simply and rudely to catch the Germans off guard.

Soon, the results and performance of the 5th Infantry Company were on the table of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

This is not reported by Shulka, but, as previously stated, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will follow the situation of these "traitors to the Fatherland" until they die.

This result came as a surprise to the lieutenant of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"They're a fighting force?" The lieutenant took the document and asked his subordinates, "Are you sure these are true?" ”

"Yes, Comrade Captain! They were brave on the battlefield! ”

"Brave? Those cowards became warriors in just a few days? "The captain can't believe this.