While Major Gavrilov and the political commissar were busy organizing other troops and assigning tasks, Shulka sat next to Pukarev with two gas masks.
"Comrade Shulka!" Pukarev asked: "Do you have any instructions?"
Shulka couldn't help but be stunned. He clearly felt that Pukarev's attitude was different from before.
"That's it, Comrade Tushi!" Shulka handed a gas mask to Pukarev: "We are going to give everyone a gas mask and make sure they all use it!"
Pukarev took the gas mask, looked at it, and replied: "We all know how to use it, unless you don't know how to use it!"
"Do you have any objections to me, Comrade Du Shi?" Shulka asked doubtfully.
"No, how dare I?" Pukarev met Shulka's gaze: "You don't seem to understand, Shulka... At this time, I mean, we all have to die sooner or later, so I
I’m not afraid of anyone snitching! Come on, Shulka, I don’t want to use this damn thing!”
With that said, Pukarev firmly stuffed the gas mask back into Shulka's arms and walked to the other side.
"Small report?" Shulka sounded a little confused, and then he quickly understood that Pukarev had misunderstood.
"You think I'm snitching?" Shulka spread his hands.
Pukarev asked without even raising his eyes: "Isn't it? Tell me, what excuse do you use? You bastard!"
"That's right, Comrade Tushi!" Shulka said: "I did make a 'small report', but..."
Shulka took out a map from his pocket, spread it out and walked to Pukarev, handed it over and pointed to the Holm Rope Bridge and said: "My 'little report' made the major decide to let us arrange the platoon."
Capture the Holm Rope Bridge!”
Pukarev raised his head in surprise and looked at Shulka with disbelief.
"What did you say? Capture the Holm Rope Bridge? Our platoon? This is impossible..."
At this time, Major Gavrilov came back and asked: "Shulka, have you told Comrade Pukarev about the mission?"
"Yes!" Shulka said: "But Comrade Tu Shi doesn't believe it!"
Major Gavrilov laughed: "Yes, of course, I didn't believe it before! But..."
Major Gavrilov patted Pukarev on the shoulder: "You have a very smart subordinate, Comrade Pukarev, and his plan may save all of our lives! So, these are true
of!"
Then Major Gavrilov looked at his watch, raised his head to Shulka, and said, "I leave this part to you. Time is running out. We must arrange other units!"
"Yes, Major!" Shulka replied.
After being stunned for a long time, Pukarev said: "So, I misunderstood you?"
Shulka shrugged and replied: "Comrade Tu Shi, as you said, I won't survive anyway. Do you think I will be stupid enough to report it at this time? Or is it aimed at you?"
"I knew it, Shulka!" Pukarev immediately became happy. He jumped up and punched Shulka hard, then grabbed Shulka's head and shook it hard a few times: "
If you dare to snitch on me, I will twist your head off your neck!"
Shulka, who was shaken so dizzy, couldn't help but cursed in his mind... This is the Soviet way of apologizing.
Soon the entire platoon of twenty-seven people was gathered together. First, each of them was given a ppd submachine gun... It can be predicted that after lurking on the other side, there will be more close combat, and it is still dark, so submachine guns are definitely more useful than rifles.
In order to cooperate with other troops, Shulka also received a waterproof watch in addition to a submachine gun.
For some reason, Shulka suddenly felt at ease after putting on the watch. He finally found something certain.
Then the gas masks were distributed, and Shulka explained to them the modification method of the gas masks and the entire plan.
After hearing this, everyone was stunned.
"Comrade squad leader!" the veteran asked, "You didn't come up with this plan, did you?"
"You guessed it right!" Shulka replied: "But it's all thanks to the thief!"
"Me?" Vovalkov raised his head in confusion.
"The gas mask you threw over!" Shulka said: "It gave me inspiration!"
Fovalikov smiled awkwardly and replied: "Stop it, comrade squad leader. I just wanted to make a joke with it, but you came up with such a plan..."
Everyone around laughed.
"God, so we still have hope of breaking through!"
"We might make it out alive!"
…
Although they don't know the result yet, at least this is a feasible way for them, so the soldiers instantly gained confidence, just like the plants that had been dry for a long time suddenly came to life with a good rain.
According to the plan, the first step is to dive into the river.
Shulka and Pukarev took the soldiers back to the original place, packed their belongings, and set off.
"Do you have a mission?" Agata asked.
"Yes!" Shulka replied while putting on a waterproof bag for his backpack.
"What mission?" Agata asked again.
"Get water!" Shulka raised his head towards the bucket next to him.
"Don't try to lie to me!" Agata said: "When no one asks for water, they will bring two bricks!"
"You'll find out soon!" Shulka picked up the bucket and walked out.
Agata shouted from behind: "What about the 'last moment'?"
Shulka waved his hand back without looking back and replied: "Maybe there won't be any 'last minute'!"
The first task is indeed to fetch water, but it is not to fetch water.
To be precise, they were mixed in with the water fetching team and approached the river bank.
They were divided into three batches, each with one squad. The real water-fetching troops were at the front, and the commandos were at the back... As soon as the enemy's gunfire rang out, the commandos fell to the ground and pretended to be dead.
Needless to say, what happened next was that when the Germans were not paying attention, they slowly crawled towards the river bank and hid in the river.
Shulka was the first batch, and the process went very smoothly. What needs to be noted is that when the searchlight shines over, he lies still and disguises himself as a corpse.
It was not easy to crawl over one bloody corpse after another, especially when some corpses began to emit a stench and there were many flies and mosquitoes flying around them.
This made Shulka almost vomit, but he finally held back because he knew that any sound might trigger a burst of fire from the enemy.
Shulka wanted to hide in the river quickly, but only when he hid in the river did he realize that things were not as good as he imagined... The river water was a bit cold late at night, and he should have considered keeping warm in advance.