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"You should know about the difficulties of rope bridges?!" Major Gavrilov said.
As an experienced commander, Major Gavrilov knew that the shaking of the rope bridge would make it difficult for the soldiers on it to hit the target.
"Yes, I know, Comrade Major!" Shulka replied: "But the Germans think so too, so I think the South Island has the smallest number of troops and the weakest defense. Of course, this is just my guess..."
As he spoke, Shulka turned his attention to Major Gavrilov and Political 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 their troops and equipment.
Wait, but the Soviet army knew nothing about Germany.
After a moment of silence, Major Gavrilov nodded and said, "But this is a reasonable guess!"
"I agree!" Political Commissar Fomin said, "Because that's what Comrade Gavrilov thinks!"
"Comrade Political Commissar!" Major Gavrilov protested: "Do you mean to think that I am a German?"
"No, Comrade Major!" Political Commissar Fuming replied seriously: "I mean... you are as stupid as the Germans!"
After being stunned for a moment, several people couldn't help laughing.
After stopping his laughter, Major Gavrilov said worriedly: "But it's not enough for us to rely on this alone, Shulka..."
As he spoke, Major Gavrilov pointed to a point on the map: "The connecting bridge is two kilometers away from the Holm Bridge. It will be difficult for us to capture it before the Germans completely block it!" (Note: Holm!
The gate is the gate connecting the central fortress to the South Island, which is Warren Fortress)
As mentioned before, the difficulty in attacking from the north, west, and south is that they are three islands. The islands mean two bridges with one in and one out. Even if you capture one of them, there will be another.
If they could not break through the other bridge, the Soviet army would just move from the central fortress to another fortress and be besieged.
"Then don't let them discover it!" Shulka said: "The Germans at the connecting bridge took it for granted that they were on the second line, and took it for granted that the Holm Bridge was still in their hands... In other words, if they didn't discover it,
If we fight at Holm Bridge, we will be caught off guard!"
"That was a battle, Shulka!" Political Commissar Fuming looked incredulous: "How can we prevent them from finding out?"
"There will be gunshots!" Major Gavrilov shook his head: "Unless we can use bayonets to kill the Germans one by one silently, but this is simply impossible!"
"It is indeed impossible to be silent!" Shulka replied: "But another way to hide the sound is to make noise!"
"You mean to fire at the enemy and cover up the sound of the gunfire?" Political Commissar Fuming said: "We don't have many artillery shells left, and our small-caliber mortars are not enough to cover up the sound of the gunfire!"
Major Gavrilov also frowned: "The Germans have rich combat experience, they are not that easy to deceive!"
"Why don't we let the Germans fire artillery?" Shulka said: "They have enough artillery shells, and they also have 'super artillery shells'!"
Political Commissar Fomin and Major Gavrilov looked at each other, and both sides saw the shock in the other's eyes.
So the breakout plan was finalized, and Shulka's platoon was "honored" to be ordered to carry out the raid mission.
Regarding this point, Political Commissar Fomin and Major Gavrilov both had their own reasons.
"We can't let more people know about this plan!" Political Commissar Fu Ming said, "Otherwise, we may fail!"
This reason is a bit far-fetched, because if other troops are sent, the number of people who know about it will not increase. 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. We cannot let this plan fail.
Any mistakes!"
This is true. Due to some reasons, the military quality of Soviet officers is generally low, especially at the platoon leader level... They are likely to forget what is more important while doing it, which is difficult to let go.
People are relieved.
In desperation, Shulka had no choice but to accept this almost impossible mission.
Major Gavrilov directly called Major Pukarev over.
"Comrade Pukarev!" Major Gavrilov said seriously: "The task you are about to accept may be related to the fate of all of us. I hope you can take it seriously!"
"Yes, Comrade Major!" Pukarev stood up and responded.
"Everything depends on Comrade Shulka, do you understand?"
"What?" Pukarev was stunned after hearing this.
"Obey Comrade Shulka's command!" Major Gavrilov said: "Didn't I make it clear enough?"
"Yes, Comrade Major!" Pukarev replied. After hesitating for a moment, he asked doubtfully: "Comrade Major, I don't have any objection to this order, but... why not let Shulka serve as the platoon leader?
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"You just need to carry out the order!" Political Commissar Fu Ming 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 this weird decision.
But in fact this decision is reasonable.
Shulka and Pukarev have their strengths and weaknesses.
Shulka's strengths...at least in the eyes of the major and the political commissar, are his quick wit and clear grasp of every detail and key point of the plan. Only by knowing these can it be possible to adapt to unexpected situations.
But the weakness is that he is not familiar with the troop members and has no command experience. If Shulka is directly appointed as the platoon leader, he is likely to be in a hurry and cause problems in actual combat.
Pukarev is just the opposite. He does not have the ability to control plans and adapt to changes, but he rose to the rank of sergeant step by step within two years. He knows every one of his subordinates very well and can command every one of them like an arm.
people.
So, this weird situation occurred...a senior officer had to obey the orders of a private soldier.
However, this is not uncommon in the Soviet army. Military rank means nothing. The Soviet marshal has to bow his head in front of the "King of Snitches". This can be said to be a shame for soldiers and even the army.
Of course, this is not the case with Shulka's appointment, which is entirely an expedient measure in a critical moment.
What Shulka didn't know was that Pukarev was thinking in exactly this direction... He thought Shulka had snitched, and that's why this happened.