Hearing this, Shulka's eyes couldn't help but light up and asked: "Has the instructor agreed to break out?"
"No, Shulka!" Major Gavrilov replied: "That's not what I'm talking about! I'm talking about that batch of supplies. We also found urgently needed medicine for the wounded in it. They all hope to thank you. All
Everyone should thank you!"
Shulka said "Oh" and replied with some disappointment: "This is what I should do, Major!"
"I see that you really want to break out!" Major Gavrilov handed Shulka a cigarette.
Shulka was surprised to find that those cigarettes were not hand-rolled... The Soviet army almost all had hand-rolled cigarettes like Okunev's, which they called "Mahe cigarettes."
This was determined by the fact that the Soviet Union did not pay attention to light industry. Even officers like Major Gavrilov usually had to roll their own cigarettes.
"Is it surprising?" Major Gavrilov noticed Shulka's expression and explained: "It was taken from the Germans. I happened to kill one of their officers and then took this out of his pocket!
"
As he spoke, he took out a pack of German cigarettes and waved them in front of Shulka.
"Tell me about it!" Major Gavrilov said: "If your answer satisfies me, then it will be yours!"
"What did you say?" 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 of this battle?"
"It's very simple!" Shulka replied: "I think you also understand, Major, we have only one way, and that is to break out!"
"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 penetrate into the hinterland of our country. If they come from the east
Breaking out...that would not mean breaking out, but following behind the Germans, unable to escape their encirclement no matter what!"
Major Gavrilov nodded appreciatively: "Then there is only the north!"
"Yes, the north!" Shulka agreed.
There is no doubt about this. The east is eliminated first, the west is the direction of the German attack, and the south is the central fortress of the fortress and two fortresses that have been completely occupied by the Germans. If you want to break through to the south, it means passing through
It was almost impossible to cross several rivers and bridges blocked by the Germans.
"Do we still have our people in the central fortress?" Shulka asked.
"Yes!" Major Gavrilov replied: "There are still occasional gunshots and cannon sounds there, which proves that the central fortress has not been lost. 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, this is our fortress. After a day of fighting, the Germans have completely
The Terespol Fortress in the southwest and the Volyn Fortress in the south were captured. Only our Kobrin Fortress and the central fortress are left. What is certain is that the Germans will use the central fortress as the focus of their attack, and..."
"And it will cost a lot of troops to penetrate between the two forts to make us lose contact?" Major Gavrilov understood what Shulka meant.
"Yes, Major!" Shurka said: "This is also the reason why we cannot get in touch with the central fortress. Germany's attention is focused on the central fortress and dividing our two fortresses. This will definitely make their deployment in the north more difficult.
Gehe's defense is weak, which means there are still loopholes in their encirclement. This is the perfect time for us to break out. If we wait any longer..."
"The Germans will turn their attention to us!" Major Gavrilov continued: "Then they will withdraw their troops from the central fortress and completely surround us?!"
"That's exactly what I want to say!" Shulka added: "It's too late, it's too late, we must break through as soon as possible!"
Major Gavrilov was a commander with combat experience. It was effortless to talk to him, and Shulka felt comfortable talking to him.
What Shulka didn't know was that Major Gavrilov's heart at this moment could only be described as shocked.
As mentioned before, the Soviet army's requirements for soldiers are usually that they do not 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 analyzed everything clearly in front of Major Gavrilov. Even Major Gavrilov, an experienced commander, did not consider these things... Major Gavrilov only
Thinking that there is a forest to the north, it is easier for troops to escape the German pursuit after breaking through the forest. Other things, such as the central fortress distracting the German army's attention and the need to break through as soon as possible, etc., were completely unthinkable until I heard what Shulka said.
Then I suddenly woke up.
After thinking about it, Major Gavrilov couldn't help but become anxious.
"That's right!" Major Gavrilov said: "The breakout must be as soon as possible, otherwise there will be no chance. No, I have to convince the instructor..."
As he spoke, Major Gavrilov threw his cigarette butt on the ground, turned around and walked back to the headquarters.
After a while, he turned back, threw something towards Shulka from a few meters away and said, "It's yours!"
Shulka took it and saw that it was Major Gavrilov's pack of cigarettes, a "Finas" brand, and there was even blood stains on it.
But of course, no one cares about this.
Just as Shulka was about to put the cigarettes into his jacket pocket, he saw several subordinates surrounding him.
"Squad leader!" Okunev said hypocritically: "We seem to smell a little tobacco!"
"We also saw what the major gave you!" Matvey continued.
"It can't happen to be cigarettes!" Vovalkov added.
Then the others kept talking to each other, pretending not to know and asking questions.
Shulka rolled his eyes. There was no one among these evil men, so he could only throw the cigarette generously among them... The soldiers cheered and started fighting for it.
After exhaling a puff of smoke, Shulka cast his gaze towards the dark sky.
He was wondering 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 had not made up his mind.
But now, when he knows that the time to break through is now, and he will lose his fighter planes in a few days and may be surrounded here forever, there is no problem with determination.