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Lieutenant Agrip gave Major Gavrilov two options.
One: Waiting for the locomotive sent from Kiev.
2: Transfer to a car and take the highway.
"Take a bus!" Major Gavrilov said.
"I suggest you wait here for the train, Major!" Lieutenant Agrip said.
"Why?"
"Because it might be faster to wait for the train than to transfer to the bus!" Lieutenant Agrip replied.
"That's impossible!" Major Gavrilov laughed.
But when he looked at Lieutenant Agrip's serious expression, a smile couldn't help but freeze on his face.
"Are you serious?" Major Gavrilov asked.
"Of course, Comrade Major!" Second Lieutenant Agrip replied: "I know you have a mission, how can you dare to lie?"
After a pause, Second Lieutenant Agrip continued to explain: "The highway is congested with a large number of cars, and transportation is almost non-stop 24 hours a day. In addition, the rain has not stopped, so the road conditions are very poor. It is common to be blocked for several hours.
On the contrary, the train...there are no other trains crowded with it, do you think so?"
So, in the end, Gavrilov could only choose to wait where he was.
A side effect of waiting was that these soldiers of the 25th Army gathered around hoping to learn about the battle.
Of course, Second Lieutenant Agrip didn't ask more questions because of his dignity. In fact, Shulka knew that he also wanted to know how a platoon of men could repel more than 200 enemies, kill them, and injure more than 100 of them.
, even though they are guerrillas without much military quality.
Then they quickly discovered the point:
"It turns out you are from the 9th Mechanized Army!"
"I can't believe that Comrade Company Commander just..."
The next words were not spoken, but everyone knew what they meant.
You must know that the 25th Army followed the 9th Mechanized Army through Odessa during the battle. The success and combat effectiveness of the 9th Mechanized Army were obvious to all, but just now a company commander of the 25th Army was actually ridiculing the 9th Mechanized Army.
Major.
Of course, when he learned that Shulka was the "escape hero", his eyes widened even more.
"Comrade Second Lieutenant, if you had told us this earlier, there would have been no problem!"
"Yes, then no one will have any doubts about your achievement of such a victory!"
“Instead, we think it’s nothing strange and that’s how it should be!”
…
Shulka couldn't help but despise them in his heart. He thought that the "Escape Heroes" were like tofu mixed with green onions when they defeated enemies several times over.
How do they know how many crises they have experienced and how many risks they have taken?
But the bullshit was blown out just now, and now I can only apologize and laugh stupidly.
However, after Lieutenant Agrip learned the identities of Major Gavrilov and Shulka, he solemnly apologized to them.
"Sorry, Major, Second Lieutenant!" Second Lieutenant Agrip said, "I'm going back to what I said before. I didn't know it was you..."
"It doesn't matter, Comrade Agrip!" Major Gavrilov patted Second Lieutenant Agrip on the shoulder and said: "As a soldier, we should indeed have some arrogance in refusing to admit defeat, no matter whether it is against the enemy.
Or to your own people!"
Major Gavrilov is right. If you don't admit defeat to your enemies, you will fight them to the death. If you don't admit defeat to your own people, you will fight harder and better than them.
"That's right, Comrade Major!" Second Lieutenant Agrip said: "This is my character, but... I think at least I can't show arrogance in front of you!"
Major Gavrilov laughed.
"I think you are referring to Shulka!" Major Gavrilov said: "Don't be embarrassed, I won't care!"
At this time, the locomotive from Kiev arrived... The locomotive could reach a speed of more than 100 kilometers per hour without a towed load, so it was relatively fast. This also proved that Second Lieutenant Agrip's suggestion to continue taking the train was correct.
However, after all this trouble, Major Gavrilov and Shulka did not arrive in Kiev until noon the next day.
The journey that originally only took ten hours took more than twenty hours.
After a warm handshake and hug with the soldiers protecting the train, I said goodbye... The relationship between comrades is like this. As long as we share life and death in a battle, we will immediately become close friends and even relatives.
Although they didn't even remember each other's names and looks clearly... it was difficult to remember clearly because most of the time it was at night.
And it is very likely that they will never see each other again in the future, or they will go their separate ways or die on the battlefield. No one can be sure.
But this does not affect the comradeship between them at all.
The people who picked him up at the station were the security company sent by General Kilponos. Later, Shulka learned that General Kilponos had also sent a security battalion to inspect the train station.
Major Gavrilov and Shulka were a little frightened by this battle.
In the car heading to the front army headquarters, Major Gavrilov came close to Shulka and said: "I think I have taken advantage of you?"
"What?"
"So many guards!" Major Gavrilov said: "You don't need so many people to greet a major! Comrade Kirponos is obviously worried that someone will do something bad to you!"
Shulka could only smile bitterly.
What Major Gavrilov failed to see is that if so many guards are needed to ensure safety in Kiev, it means that the Kiev of today is different from the Kiev of the past.
Shulka was right, and Admiral Kilponos quickly gave the answer.
"Welcome, comrades!" When Major Gavrilov and Shulka entered the headquarters, General Kilponos immediately received them.
"I heard you were in trouble on the road?" Admiral Kilponos said.
"Yes!" Major Gavrilov replied: "guerrillas, but we fought them off!"
"They are so unfortunate to have met you!" A smile appeared on Admiral Kilponos' tired face.
"Comrade General!" Shulka asked: "Is there something wrong with Kiev?"
Admiral Kilponos nodded.
"The city is in panic, Comrade Shulka!" Admiral Kilponos said: "You know, they are about to lose confidence in the army!"
Shulka nodded clearly, he thought so too.
Before this, when the German army first entered Kiev, the people of Kiev believed that the Soviet army could stop the German army, so life in the city went as usual.
But now, the situation has taken a turn for the worse. The German army has crossed Kiev and occupied the east bank of the Dnieper River, leaving Kiev semi-encircled by the German army.
Although the Soviet army fought a good battle and reached Odessa to gain living space, the situation was still unfavorable to Kiev.
Therefore, it will inevitably cause panic among the people in the city.