USSR 1941

  Chapter 22 Mutiny

   "Don't shoot!" Shulka yelled: "My own people!"

  Actually, Shulka wasn’t sure if it was one of his own, but there was only one black shadow, and no enemy would be so stupid as to run towards the enemy’s trench alone.

  Shuerka’s reaction can be said to have saved this man’s life, because the Soviet soldiers were all newbies, and their fingers were tightly gripped on the trigger under high tension. Anyone who fired a shot would immediately cause a burst of random shots.

  But because Shulka reminded in time, the Soviet soldiers suppressed the urge to shoot.

   "Who?" Pukarev yelled at the shadow.

   Sombra didn't answer, or the answering voice was so low that no one could hear him. He ran forward a few more steps, and then fell to the ground with a somersault.

   As soon as Pukarev waved his hand, two Soviet soldiers rushed up.

   Gunshots rang out from the opposite side soon, but because of the thick fog covering the bullets and did not pose a threat to the Soviet army, the two soldiers successfully carried the shadow back to the trench.

   was a child, a child in a Soviet uniform, who almost collapsed when he was dragged into the trenches.

   "Who are you?" Pukarev asked.

   "Military music platoon of the 333rd Infantry Regiment!" The child replied weakly: "My name is Peter, and I brought orders from Commissar Fumin from the central fortress!"

  "Orders from Commissar Fuming?" Shulka couldn't help being surprised when he heard this. He thought that this must have made them stick to it again.

  But this time Shulka was wrong...

  Peter Jr. gave Major Gavrilov the order: "Seven o'clock tonight, three red signal flares, break out to the north at the same time!"

   This order seemed to have released Major Gavrilov, so he immediately conveyed the order: "Prepare to break out at night!"

   "Get ready to break out at night!"

  …

   Shulka was surprised when he heard this order, although it was exactly what he wanted.

   But let Shulka, of course, Major Gavrilov did not expect that this order brought some negative effects.

   "What happened to the night breakout?" A soldier asked.

   "Didn't you say that as long as you persist until morning, reinforcements will come?"

   "That's at least until the evening! It's not even sure if there will be reinforcements at night!"

  …

  The most feared thing in the army is some uncertain things, which will destabilize the morale of the army, and even the soldiers will have a feeling of being cheated.

This is a consequence of Major Gavrilov's premature promise yesterday... As the saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Although making a promise can temporarily boost morale, the consequence is when it cannot be fulfilled , it will deal a more serious blow to morale.

   Soon there was even a saying 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, and we will have no hope! The major can only use lies to make us fight the Germans! "

   "It doesn't make any sense, there are Germans everywhere, and the only way to break out is to die!"

  …

  If there are only one or two people who say these things, then things are easy to handle. The instructor uses his method to find out one or two people and quickly suppress them.

  The problem is that there are groups of people who say these things. If all these people are arrested, it is equivalent to suicide, so the method of the instructor is useless.

   After Major Gavrilov noticed this, he hurried to the front line to stabilize the morale of the army.

   "Comrades!" Major Gavrilov said: "As you know, we changed our plan and prepared to break out at night..."

   "We want to know the truth, Comrade Major!" Someone interrupted Major Gavrilov: "Did the Germans surround us?"

   "Is there no reinforcements?"

   "Has our army been defeated by the Germans!"

  …

   This was an unprecedented situation. The soldiers interrupted the officer's speech and questioned him, which caught Major Gavrilov a little off guard.

   But it's actually quite normal.

  First of all, the state of war and the state of peace are two different things.

  It is difficult for soldiers in a state of peace to unite together, and it is also rare to go out and challenge the officers and their inherent forces. The reason is very simple. When it comes to life and death, everyone wants to protect themselves.

But in a state of war, especially in a situation where everyone is doomed, all soldiers are on the same ship, they are easy to unite and don't care about any military regulations or rules... Anyway, what's wrong with dying Dare to do it?

Seeing this scene, the instructor following Major Gavrilov couldn't hold back anymore. He habitually held the pistol at his waist and shouted angrily: "Who allowed you to say these words? Those It's all German lies, it's traitors who are driving us apart, and you know it and..."

After talking about it, the instructor didn't dare to talk anymore, because all the soldiers stared at him with angry eyes... The soldiers usually hate the instructor the most. Seeing that he is still so arrogant and domineering at this time, how can they bear it? go down.

  In fact, such things were not uncommon in the Soviet army...Many troops and even entire divisions of Soviet soldiers chose to kill the political workers in the troops and then surrendered to the Germans.

   Both sides were at war with each other. Seeing that a mutiny was about to break out, Shulka secretly groaned in his heart.

It doesn't matter if the two conflict, the important thing is that your own life may be over, or you can go to the German army with these soldiers as a prisoner... Shulka knows that being a German prisoner will not end well, starving to death, dying of illness , Countless exhausted.

  So without thinking too much, Shulka stood up at this moment.

   "Comrades, I know the situation!"

  When Shulka called out, everyone turned their attention to him.

   Shulka has a special status. He is just a soldier, and he is in principle with the soldiers.

  On the other hand, Shulka is a hero who bombs tanks... Fighting nations admire heroes.

  At the same time, Shulka has just found a large amount 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.

   "You know the situation?"

   "Tell me what you know?"

   Shulka cast his eyes on Major Gavrilov, who nodded slightly in agreement... There was no other way.

   "You are right!" Shulka said: "We have been surrounded, the Germans have penetrated deep into the Soviet Union, and we will not have reinforcements!"

  Shuerka's words were like dropping a bomb among the soldiers, which immediately caused a commotion.

  Even Major Gavrilov was a little surprised, he didn't expect Shulka to admit it so directly.

  (end of this chapter)