USSR 1941

  Chapter 36 Missions

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   "You should know the difficulty of the rope bridge?!" Major Gavrilov said.

   As an experienced commander, Major Gavrilov knew that the shaking of the cable bridge would make it difficult for the soldiers on it to hit the target.

   "Yes, I know, Comrade Major!" Shulka replied: "But the Germans also think so, so I think the South Island has the least troops and the weakest defense. Of course, this is just my guess..."

   Speaking of Shulka, he turned his attention to Major Gavrilov and Commissar Fomin.

   Shulka is right, this is indeed just a guess, but the Soviet army can only guess. They are not at the same level as the Germans in terms of intelligence. The Germans know everything about Brest, including troops, equipment, etc., while the Soviet army knows nothing about Germany.

   After a moment of silence, Major Gavrilov nodded and said, "But this is a reasonable guess!"

   "I agree!" Commissar Fumin said: "Because Comrade Gavrilov thinks so!"

   "Comrade Commissar!" Major Gavrilov protested, "Do you mean to take me for a German?"

   "No, Comrade Major!" Commissar Fumin replied solemnly: "I mean...you are as stupid as the Germans!"

   After being stunned for a while, several people couldn't help laughing.

   After stopping the laughter, Major Gavrilov said worriedly: "But we can't rely on this alone, Shulka..."

While speaking, Major Gavrilov pointed to a point on the map: "The connection bridge is two kilometers away from the Holm Bridge. It is difficult for us to occupy it before the Germans completely block it!" (Note: Holm Bridge The gate is the gate of the central fort connecting the South Island, which is Warren Fortress)

  As I said before, the difficulty of attacking from the north, west, and south is that they are three islands. An island means two bridges with one entry and one exit. Even if one is captured, there will be another.

  If the other bridge cannot be broken through, the Soviet army is just transferred from the central fortress to another fortress and besieged.

"Then don't let them find out!" Shulka said: "The Germans who connected the bridge took it for granted that they were on the second line, and that the Holm Bridge was still in their hands... That is, if they didn't find Holm If we fight at the Ulm Bridge, we will be caught off guard!"

   "That's a battle, Shulka!" Political Commissar Fuming looked puzzled: "How can we prevent them from finding out?"

   "There will be gunshots!" Major Gavrilov shook his head and said, "Unless we can use bayonets to kill the Germans one by one silently, this is impossible!"

   "It is indeed impossible to be silent!" Shulka replied: "But another way to hide the sound is to make noise!"

   "You mean to cover up the sound of firing at the enemy?" Political Commissar Fumin said, "We don't have many shells, and our small-caliber mortars are simply not enough to cover up those gunshots!"

   Major Gavrilov also frowned: "The Germans have rich combat experience, they are not so easy to deceive!"

   "Why don't we let the Germans fire?" Shulka said: "They have enough shells, and they have 'super shells'!"

  Commissar Fomin and Major Gavrilov glanced at each other, both of them saw the astonishment in each other's eyes.

  So the breakout plan was decided, and Shulka's platoon was "honored" to be ordered to carry out the raid mission.

   Regarding this point, Commissar Fomin and Major Gavrilov have their own set of reasons.

   "We can't let more people know about this plan!" Political Commissar Fuming said: "Otherwise the success may fall short!"

   This reason is a bit far-fetched, because sending other troops will not increase the number of people who know it, at most there will be one more Shulka.

"You can be Comrade Pukarev's deputy!" Major Gavrilov patted Shulka on the shoulder and said, "No one knows the importance of this plan better than you. Any mistakes!"

This is true. For some reason, the military quality of Soviet officers is generally low, especially at the level of platoon leader... They will probably forget what is more important when they are fighting. It is difficult for people rest assured.

   In desperation, Shulka had no choice but to accept this almost never-ending mission.

  Major Gavrilov directly called Master Pukarev over.

   "Comrade Pukarev!" Major Gavrilov said seriously: "The task you are about to accept may affect the fate of all of us. I hope you will take it seriously!"

   "Yes, Comrade Major!" Pukarev responded.

   "All according to Comrade Shulka, understand?"

   "What?" Pukarev couldn't help being stunned after hearing this.

   "Follow Comrade Shulka's command!" Major Gavrilov said: "Did I not speak clearly enough?"

"Yes, Comrade Major!" Pukarev replied, hesitating for a while, and then asked again in doubt: "Comrade Major, I don't have any objection to this order, but...why don't Shulka be the platoon leader? "

   "You just need to carry out the order!" Commissar Fuming said.

   "Yes, Comrade Political Commissar!" Pukarev glanced at Shulka with some embarrassment. He didn't understand what Shulka had done to make the major and the political commissar make such a weird decision.

  But in fact this decision is reasonable.

   Shulka and Pukarev have each other's strengths and weaknesses.

  Shuerka's strength... at least in the eyes of the major and the political commissar, is that he is quick-witted and sensitive, and can clearly grasp every detail and key point of the plan. Only by knowing these can he adapt to unexpected situations.

   But the weakness is that they are not familiar with the troops and have no command experience. If Shulka is directly appointed as the platoon leader, it is likely that there will be problems in the actual combat.

Pukarev is just the opposite. He doesn't have the ability to control the plan and adapt to the situation, but he has been promoted step by step in two years. He knows every one of his subordinates very well, and can command every one people.

  So, this strange situation appeared...a big man had to obey the orders of private soldiers.

   But this is not uncommon in the Soviet army. Military ranks mean nothing. The Soviet marshal would nod and bow in front of the "King of Small Reports". This can be said to be a disgrace to the soldiers and even the army.

   Of course, this was not the case with Shulka's appointment, which was entirely expedient in a time of crisis.

  What Shulka didn't know was that Pukarev was thinking in this direction... He thought it was Shulka who made a small report, so this happened.

  (end of this chapter)