Andrianka guessed correctly, Shulka knew what was inside without opening the envelope.
Before Shulka came here, everyone knew that the 82nd Infantry Regiment was an abandoned team, even the families of these soldiers knew it.
But they have nothing to do, because this is an order and a system, and they can only wait for the day when their fate comes.
However, Shulka's arrival gave them hope.
You must know that he is a "breakout hero", a hero who has repeatedly brought the Soviet army out of the enemy's encirclement and won victory. His superiors will not send him to this abandoned army without a reason.
The only explanation is that, as Mikhailovich told them, the superiors intend to reorganize the 82nd Infantry Regiment, which means that the 82nd Infantry Regiment has not been abandoned yet and there is still hope for it.
Hope this thing is a weird thing sometimes.
If you think there is no hope, then there really is no hope.
If you think there is hope, then there really is hope.
But now the mentality of the 82nd Infantry Regiment and even their families has gradually changed from the former to the latter because of Shulka's arrival.
In fact, using the word "gradually" to describe it is not accurate.
Because Shulka didn't know it, he would cause a sensation in the whole city the night he arrived in Ulyupinsk.
That night, after Shulka got on Andrianka's carriage and left, Valery shouted excitedly to his men: "Did you hear it? It's Shulka, the 'breakout hero' Shulka, he came to us
Then, Valery didn't even care about patrolling. He immediately ran home and knocked on the wooden door.
Valery's family didn't know what was going on, so they got up from the bed and opened the door in panic.
"What happened, Valery?" His mother asked with a pale face: "Are they going to let you go to the battlefield?"
"When will we leave?" asked my father.
"No!" Valery shook his head excitedly, feeling out of breath from running so fast.
"You, you ran away again?" The father couldn't help being shocked.
Although the last time was not strictly an "escape", Valery was "retreating" under the German attack.
At that time, who could tell whether to escape or retreat?
"No!" Valery finally regained his breath: "Have you ever heard of the 'Breakout Hero'?"
"certainly!"
"He is here, in Ulyupinsk!"
The parents didn't respond because they didn't know what it had to do with them.
"I just found out that he is our deputy commander!" Valery explained: "The 'breakout hero' has come to our army as deputy commander. We have hope!"
The parents were silent for a while, and then suddenly they hugged Valery and burst into tears.
No one will understand their pain, not only Valery, but his family can't hold their heads high in front of others. Even if something happens to Valery again, the family may be interrogated or sent to prison.
Toward Siberia.
But now, if there are "breakout heroes" to lead this army and lead them to victory on the battlefield, everything will be different.
As a result, the news spread quickly, and soon, the news that the "breakout hero" was the deputy commander of the 82nd Infantry Regiment spread throughout the city.
If it weren't for the fact that ordinary people couldn't enter and leave the military camp at will, many people would have come to see Shulka.
"Valery is just one of them!" Andrianka said: "Most of the people in our army have parents and families. They all have great hopes for you!"
"There is nothing I can do!" Shulka replied.
"Really?" Andrianka sat down on the edge of the table and looked at Shulka: "This is not the Shulka we know!"
"You know nothing!"
"Yes, we don't know anything!" Andrianka nodded: "All we know is what we read in the newspapers. They say you are invincible and that you are not afraid of any difficulties because you can solve them.
All the difficulties that others seem to be insurmountable! But that’s obviously not the case, isn’t it?”
"This trick doesn't work for me, Andrianka!" said Shulka.
"Okay!" Andrianka handed the letters to Shulka and said, "Then, why don't you dare to open these letters?"
After saying that, Andrianka left with a smile, taking a bottle of wine on the table with her.
Shulka was silent for a while, then took a letter on the table and tore it open.
"Dear Comrade Shulka, you can't believe the mood with which we write this letter. This may be just a small thing or an experience for you, but it means rebirth for us.
Recover lost dignity and honor..."
Shulka did not look down any further.
Because he knew that he could not fulfill their wish.
In the end, he will leave everything behind and leave, and these soldiers and their families will still have to face what they have to face.
But why not give it a try?
And it doesn't seem to do any harm to me, after all, I can't leave here for the time being.
Thinking of this, Shulka raised his head to the regiment leader who was warming himself by the fire: "Comrade Mikhailovich, can we get more supplies?"
Mikhailovich and Andrianka turned around sharply and then beamed with joy.
"If before that!" Mikhailovich replied: "It would be very difficult for us to get more supplies! Even entertaining you requires hunting, but now..."
Mikhailovich raised his head towards Shulka's table, and then several people looked at each other and smiled.
Mikhailovich was right.
This is actually a bit like a celebrity effect, even when it comes to recruiting soldiers... almost no one wanted to join the 82nd Infantry Regiment before.
This is not only because of the lack of supplies, but also because everyone knows that this is a cannon fodder unit, and no one wants to be cannon fodder and die without dignity on the battlefield.
But it's different when Shulka becomes a call to arms in this unit. Shulka is a hero, which means this unit is likely to be built into a heroic unit in the future.
So the problem of recruiting new soldiers seemed to be solved.
The problem is...this is just what the people take for granted, and to some extent they are still deceived by the "breakout heroes".
In the eyes of their superiors, the 82nd Infantry Regiment is still a cannon fodder unit. Even if they have more soldiers or even better training and morale, they will still be sent to the battlefield to step on minefields one day.