The 333rd Regiment spent several hours switching defenses with reinforcements and then withdrew.
They were ordered to return to Moscow to rest.
This is not surprising, because as the instructor said, the 333rd Regiment is regarded as a force that stabilizes people's hearts. When there is no war, it will do everything possible to find opportunities and even excuses to promote it. So now that there is a war, it is still a war.
We won a big victory... It was natural to go back to Moscow and take another tour.
But what everyone, including political commissar Fumin and the instructors, didn't know was that being transferred back to Moscow this time was not just about propaganda.
The reason is that this battle attracted the attention of General Zhukov, commander of the Western Front.
"This is a very strange unit!" General Zhukov read the telegram and said to his staff: "They actually blocked an enemy corps with an infantry regiment. They only had more than 20 tanks and dozens of guns.
Anti-tank guns..."
"Comrade General!" The staff officer looked at the document and added: "This unit does not have a formal establishment!"
"There is no formal establishment?" Zhukov became more and more surprised.
"Yes!" the staff officer replied: "They are a mixed force composed of skirmishers from the Brest Fortress who fled all the way to Kiev. Originally we thought it was not very effective in combat and planned to use them as a propaganda force!"
"Obviously, your estimate of this force is wrong!" Zhukov said angrily: "Until now, you still don't understand that whether a force has combat effectiveness does not depend on how well equipped or trained it is, but rather how good it is.
Their growth and experience...only the troops forged in the battles of blood and fire have real combat effectiveness that awes the enemy, while those seemingly well-trained troops are often vulnerable to a single blow!"
After a pause, Zhukov continued: "We need such troops, but you plan to use them for propaganda!"
What Zhukov did not say clearly was that a large part of the reason why the Soviet troops had large numbers of well-trained troops who quickly collapsed, fled or even surrendered once they started fighting was that most of the Soviet troops at this time were in political command.
Military training, the more rigorous the training before the war, the more likely it will be just a rough fight.
But of course, Zhukov did not dare to say this.
The 333rd Regiment set out at 8 o'clock that night because they had to wait for the engineers to repair the tunnel and open the railway... When the road was muddy, the railway became the best means of transportation. Otherwise, even if you took the bus a few hours earlier, you would probably not be able to leave.
It takes a lot of twists and turns, such as carts, mud, and even mines, to finally reach the destination, and it takes even longer.
The train only took three hours, and the whole journey was a break for the soldiers, as they prepared bread, cigarettes and dry towels on the carriage.
Many people have the same idea as Shulka, it would be nice if they could stay on such a train forever, even though they are still wet.
The itinerary was still the same as that of the general. When we arrived in Moscow, we walked out of the train station and got on the bus. The bus was obviously heading to the military camp, because the direction and route remained the same.
But Shulka was called down by Major Gavrilov halfway.
Major Gavrilov drove forward in the GAZ and shouted: "Which car is Shulka in? Where is the third company?"
At this time, the Soviet troops did not have a radio station assigned to them at the company level, so it really took a lot of effort to find someone like this... In fact, even if the radio station was assigned, it would not be possible to turn it on at this time.
"Here, Comrade Major!" Shulka poked his head out of the trunk and responded when he heard the voice.
"Get out of the car!" Major Gavrilov said: "We have a new mission!"
"Yes, Comrade Major!"
Then, Shulka jumped out of the car when the car slowed down.
This is the norm in the Soviet army. Drivers usually do not stop the car for someone, even when getting in and out of the car.
Therefore, every soldier has mastered the skills of climbing and jumping from a vehicle:
When you get on the car, you have to try to run as fast as the car. According to the principle of relativity, you and the car are stationary. Then you grab the rear compartment fender and push hard with both feet, and you get up.
At this time, you must be fast, accurate, steady, and move cleanly. Otherwise, your feet will be hung behind the car and you will be unable to get up even though you are pedaling hard. The people in the car will make fun of you or even set up a timed gambling game.
, bet on when you will fall or when you will be able to climb back up.
Getting out of the car is relatively easy. You only need to jog in the direction of the car to eliminate the inertia. Otherwise, you will just fall.
Shulka was not yet familiar with it, so he staggered.
However, no one laughed. Instead, some subordinates cursed the driver on the carriage:
"Can't you stop the car?!"
"Drive more slowly, you guy!"
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This may be one of the benefits of being a hero.
He jumped into Major Gavrilov's car, turned a corner and drove in the other direction in the darkness.
Shulka wanted to memorize a road sign at first, but soon lost his bearings and stopped memorizing it.
This era is really troublesome. Nowadays, with a mobile phone, if you get lost, you can just open the map navigation and you can find it anywhere.
Major Gavrilov didn't say what the new mission was, and Shulka didn't ask. Here he learned the truth of "talk less and do more", otherwise you are very likely to regret it... The dangers in the rear are quite small.
It's no less than the battlefield, and it's still for no reason. Sometimes the charges against you are simply beyond your imagination.
Then, the car stopped in front of a gray and tall building.
Shulka believed that this building should have been brick red before. Many buildings in Moscow were brick red, such as the Red Square, the Kremlin, etc., but in order to avoid German bombing, they painted all the buildings
Gray.
Even some round and pointed roofs were covered with canvas to prevent them from being easily recognized by pilots and becoming bombing targets.
The same was true for this building, so Shulka immediately guessed that this might be an important unit.
What happened next quickly verified Shulka's idea.
As soon as they walked in, the guns of Shulka and Major Gavrilov were confiscated, and two guards searched them. They even had to take off their boots and untie their foot bindings...
This made Shulka a little embarrassed because the smell was really unpleasant.
The guard looked at Shulka's face and comforted him: "Don't be embarrassed, Second Lieutenant, you are already much better than others, such as the comrade Major next to you!"
Shulka looked at Major Gavrilov in confusion, and sure enough, he saw that the guard checking the major had a red face because he was holding his breath, but the major looked content and content.