In the rank system of the Soviet army, from the rank of second lieutenant is a veritable officer.

In fact, a sergeant can be considered an officer, because in fact, there are many sergeants who serve as company commanders...... There is a lack of command staff, so the ranks cannot keep up.

But if there is a military officer card as proof, it is the second lieutenant.

IT WAS A SMALL 75MM X 110MM BOOK, WITH A TOTAL OF 17 PAGES.

Compared with the previous "warrior certificate", the information of the officer certificate is more strict...... "warrior certificate" is to fill in some name, enlisted troops, arms and other information, the photo does not matter, and even many people do not even have this only certificate.

The military ID card is different, it needs to fill in the time of birth, place, family details, and so on.

This worries Shulka...... When was you born, where did you do it, what about your family?

Shulka was blinded and didn't know anything.

If there are no acquaintances around, Shulka can still fill in the air, but now he knows that the actor is his fellow countryman......

"Comrade Okunev!" Shulka called the actor aside: "There's something I need your help with!" ”

"Yes, Comrade Company Commander!" The actor stepped forward to answer, and then whispered: "Comrade Company Commander, you should say, 'There is a task for you to complete'!" ”

"Okay!" Shulka said: "I can't remember this......"

Saying that, Shulka handed over the military ID: "My mind is blank, I don't remember anything!" ”

Since the actor always thought that Shulka had amnesia because of a head injury, Shulka went with the flow.

The actor did not have the slightest suspicion, he just glanced at Shulka with a slightly sad look, and then said: "January 19, 1922, Lobnia, father ......"

So Shulka knew this information, he was an only child...... This seems like a good thing, because then there is no need to worry about being recognized by siblings.

After receiving the information about the equipment, Shulka asked Pukarev to make a list, and he just had to copy it.

Photographs can only be left empty.

First of all, it was not easy to find a photo studio that was still open during the war.

The second is that even if you find it and take a photo, there is a good chance that you won't get it...... The reason is simple, troops will be transferred to the front line or somewhere else at any time.

Shulka was right, because the troops were sent back into battle after only a day's rest in school.

Not the battlefield, to be exact, but ordered to garrison the middle line of defense in Odessa. (Note: The outer line of defense consists of the 25th Infantry Division and the 95th Infantry Division of the former Odessa Army)

This is again the garrison's "gratitude" to the mechanized 9th Army...... As previously stated, the middle line of defense is only 6 to 8 kilometers from the city of Odessa, which allows them to return to Odessa in rotation to rest at nightfall.

But you have to walk.

This made the fighters a little puzzled.

"Comrade Company Commander!" The actor asked Shulka: "We have a car, why can't we take the car back?" ”

Pukarev answered the question for Shulka: "Our supply lines are being blocked by the Germans, we must do our best to save supplies, do you know how much gasoline we need to consume every day if we go back to Odessa by car?" ”

Hearing this, the actor stopped talking.

"You can choose to stay in the line for the night!" "Or walk back to the barracks!" said Pukarev! ”

Of course, the soldiers chose the latter, because when they returned to the barracks, they could at least sleep well in dry beds to relieve fatigue, otherwise they would have to stay in the muddy water of the position.

The main task of the troops in the middle line of defense was to construct fortifications, including the use of equipment captured from the Romanian and German armies.

The main task of the 9th Army was the latter, the former was mostly carried out by volunteers from Odessa, and the fighters only had to tell them what to do.

Shulka did not think that such work was very necessary, because it was unlikely that the Germans would attack Odessa again, although Shulka did not know what the Germans would do next.

It wasn't until the third day, while Shulka was directing his men to build fortifications, that Major Gavrilov walked up to Shulka and said: "They have crossed the Dnieper!" ”

"What?" Shulka wasn't sure what Major Gavrilov was talking about.

"The Germans, and the Romanians!" Gavrilov said: "They did not retreat, but continued to move east!" ”

"To the east?" Shulka asked suspiciously, "So ...... their supplies?"

"Southern Front!" Major Gavrilov said: "When they were attacked by the Germans, they didn't even have time to blow up the warehouse. There are other places...... For example, at the transit station, at least 20 large warehouses fell into their hands completely, and the Germans used this batch of supplies to complete their deployment! ”

"They deployed their forces on the east bank of the Dnieper?"

"Not exactly!" Gavrilov replied, then picked up a branch and drew a sketch on the ground: "Brest, Kiev, Dnieper...... They used the Pripyat swamp and the Dnieper to create a defensive line to the north of us! ”

Then Shulka understood that the Germans, after the hopelessness of encircling and annihilating Kyiv, hoped to cut off the Ukrainian army, mainly Kyiv, from the center so that it could not reinforce other places.

Other places......

Shulka turned his gaze to the center and said: "Moscow? ”

"Yes, Moscow!" Major Gavrilov nodded: "They are pointing the finger at Moscow!" ”

Shulka secretly said in his heart that it was not good.

The Battle of Moscow was supposed to begin in October, when the Germans had surrounded and annihilated the Soviet forces in Kiev and managed to pull out.

Then winter begins, in early November...... In fact, it was already cold in October, and after November, the snow on the ground had reached 1 meter thick.

In other words, the cold winter that had only been on Moscow for more than a month after the Germans arrived in Moscow to launch the offensive was obviously one of the main reasons for the final reversal of the tide of the war.

But it is only the end of July, and even if the German army is intercepted by the Soviets and arrives in Moscow in September, it will be a month longer than in history.

In addition, the Germans will also transfer the main forces of Army Group South to the direction of Moscow, which is likely to change the outcome of the Battle of Moscow.

Thinking of this, Shulka's face turned pale with a "swoop".

He thought that saving Kyiv and the Southwestern Front with the historical knowledge he knew would have a positive impact on the war, but he didn't expect it to backfire!

Still, even if he did it again, Shulka might choose to do so.

Because he must not sacrifice himself to achieve victory in the defense of Moscow!