USSR 1941

  Chapter 20 Determination

  Shuerka's eyes lit up when he heard this, and asked, "Has the instructor agreed to break through?"

"No, Shulka!" Major Gavrilov replied, "I'm not talking about that! I'm talking about the supplies, where we also found urgently needed medicine for the wounded, and they all want to thank you, all Everyone should thank you!"

   Shulka let out an "oh" and replied with some disappointment: "This is what I should do, Major!"

   "It can be seen that you really want to break through!" Major Gavrilov handed Shulka a cigarette.

  Shuerka was surprised to find that it was not a hand-rolled cigarette... Almost all the Soviet Army had hand-rolled cigarettes like Okunev's, which they called "Mahe tobacco".

   This was determined by the lack of emphasis on light industry in the USSR, and even officers like Major Gavrilov usually had to roll their own cigarettes.

"Are you surprised?" Major Gavrilov noticed Shulka's expression and explained: "It was handed over from the Germans, I happened to kill one of their officers, and then I took this out of his pocket! "

   As he spoke, he took out a pack of German cigarettes and waved it in front of Shulka.

   "Tell me!" Major Gavrilov said: "If your answer satisfies me, then it's yours!"

   "Say what?" Shulka didn't understand what Major Gavrilov meant.

   "What do you think!" Major Gavrilov lit cigarettes for Shulka and himself respectively, and said, "What do you think about this battle!"

   "It's very simple!" Shulka replied: "I think you understand, Major, we have only one way, and that is to break through!"

   "If it were you, which direction would you choose to break out from?" Major Gavrilov asked, "East?"

"Of course not!" Shulka shook his head and said, "As I said before, the Germans are accustomed to using 'blitzkrieg'. If this is true, then they will use mechanized troops to quickly intersect the hinterland of our country. Breaking out...that is not breaking out, but following behind the Germans, and you can't escape their encirclement!"

   Major Gavrilov nodded appreciatively: "Then there is only the north!"

   "Yes, north!" Shulka agreed.

There is no doubt about this. The east side is ruled out first, the west side is the attack direction of the German army, and the south side is the central fortress of the fortress and the two fortresses that have been completely occupied by the German army. It was almost impossible to cross several rivers and bridges blocked by the Germans.

   "Are there still people in the central fortress?" Shulka asked.

   "Yes!" Major Gavrilov replied: "There are occasional shots and cannon shots there, which proves that the central fortress has not fallen. But we can't get in touch with them!"

"This is what I want to say!" Shulka picked up a branch and explained while drawing on the ground: "This is the central fortress, and this is our fortress. After a day of fighting, the Germans have completely Captured the Terespol Fortress in the southwest and the Volyn Fortress in the south. All that remains is our Kobrin Fortress and the Central Fortress. It is certain that the Germans will focus on the Central Fortress and…”

   "And will spend heavy troops interspersed between the two fortresses to make us lose contact?" Major Gavrilov understood Shulka's meaning.

"Yes, Major!" Shulka said. "That's why we can't get in touch with the central fort. The German attention is being concentrated on the central fort and dividing our two forts. Gehe's defense is weak, which means that their encirclement still has loopholes, and this is the perfect time for us to break through. If we wait any longer..."

   "The Germans will turn their attention to us!" Major Gavrilov continued: "Then draw troops from the central fortress to completely surround us?!"

   "That's exactly what I want to say!" Shulka added: "It's too late, we must break through as soon as possible!"

  Major Gavrilov is a commander with combat experience, and it doesn't take much effort to talk to him, and Shulka feels comfortable talking.

  What Shulka didn't know was that Major Gavrilov's heart can only be described as shock at this time.

As I said before, the Soviet Army’s requirements for soldiers are usually that they don’t need to have their own ideas and only need to obey orders. On the other hand, the Soviet soldiers’ cultural level and military training are insufficient, so Soviet soldiers generally do not have the ability to analyze the battlefield and subjective initiative.

But now, Shulka is doing his analysis in front of Major Gavrilov, and even an experienced commander, Major Gavrilov, has not considered these things...Major Gavrilov just wants to There is a forest to the north, and it is easier for the troops to escape the pursuit of the German army after breaking through the forest. Other things, such as the central fortress distracting the German army and the need to break through as soon as possible, etc., these are completely meaningless until I hear what Shulka said. Only then did he suddenly wake up.

   After thinking about it, Major Gavrilov couldn't help becoming anxious.

   "That's right!" Major Gavrilov said: "The breakthrough must be as soon as possible, otherwise there will be no chance. No, I have to convince the instructor..."

   As he said that, Major Gavrilov threw the cigarette **** on the ground, turned around and was about to go to the headquarters.

   After a while, he turned back and threw something at Shulka from a few meters away, saying, "It's yours!"

   Shulka took it and saw that it was Major Gavrilov's pack of cigarettes, the "Finas" brand, and there was even blood on it.

   But of course, no one cares.

  Shuerka was about to put his cigarettes into his jacket pocket when he saw several subordinates surrounding him.

   "Squad leader!" Okunev said hypocritically: "We seem to smell a little bit of tobacco!"

   "We also saw what the major gave you!" Matvey continued.

   "Can't happen to be cigarettes!" Fovalikov added.

  Then other people also talk to each other, pretending not to know and asking questions.

  Shuerka rolled his eyes. He saw that there was no one left when he met this group of villainous subordinates. He could only generously throw a cigarette among them... The soldiers cheered and started to fight.

   Breathing out a puff of smoke, Shulka turned his gaze to the dark sky.

  He wondered if Major Gavrilov could convince the instructor... In this case, it should be possible.

  One of the reasons why the major was unable to convince the instructor before was that he did not make up his mind.

   But now, when he knows that the time to break out is now, and he will lose his opportunity in a few days and may be surrounded here forever, there will be no problem of determination.

  (end of this chapter)