The timing for Shulka and others to return to the hospital and school was not appropriate because the German army was launching an offensive at that time.
So as soon as they emerged from the sewer, they immediately entered the fierce battlefield. There were gunshots and explosions everywhere, as well as incendiary bombs burning up balls of flame and the ignited enemies screaming.
The other soldiers in the observation company didn't matter. After all, they were combatants and had participated in at least one battle.
Akimovich's expression changed a little.
Shulka asked the correspondent to contact Andrianka before ordering the observation company to spread out and organize defense.
The reason why you need to contact first and then organize defense is because it is easy to be misunderstood by your own people at night.
This is the most difficult thing, especially when the observation company has just joined the war and does not know some of the code words used by the 82nd Infantry Regiment to communicate with each other... These code words are used to identify each other at night, and have been used since the beginning of the training of the 82nd Infantry Regiment.
, now they can respond without thinking.
"Lesson 2!" Shulka said: "You can't run around in night battles! Don't leave the designated position easily unless ordered by your superiors!"
The officers and soldiers of the observation company only responded "Yes, comrade captain" and then fell silent. They didn't know whether it was because of fear or something else.
After a while, Akimovich asked: "May I know why, Captain?"
"Because of this!" Shulka said as he raised his gun and knocked down the two black figures with two "bang bang" sounds.
"How do you know they are enemies?" Akimovich asked in surprise.
"I don't know!" Shulka replied: "So you can't leave the designated position easily, otherwise you will be the ones who are knocked down!"
"You mean..."
"Yes!" Shulka replied loudly: "Lesson 3, defeat all suspicious targets without any hesitation, even if you suspect that they are our own!"
A flare was fired, and Akimovich and the others breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the two black figures who had just fallen were Germans.
"You did the right thing, Comrade Shulka!" Akimovich said.
"There is no right or wrong, understand?" Shulka said: "Especially night fighting!"
What Shurka meant by this was that even if the person he killed was one of his own, he should not feel guilty.
"Guilt psychology" is beneficial to a peaceful society, because only when you do something wrong and feel guilty will you want to make amends or correct it, otherwise you will be unrepentant.
But it is of no use at all on the battlefield, and may even have negative effects.
Because once you feel guilty, you will become upset, and you will want to save them to make up for the mistake under almost impossible circumstances, and you will even think about paying for their lives, etc.
This is obviously extremely stupid and they actually did nothing wrong.
Akimovich nodded and replied: "I understand, Comrade Shulka! If those who fell were one of our own... they should die too, because they did not hold their positions according to the rules of night fighting! Those who did not obey the rules
Everyone deserves to die!"
Shulka nodded.
Akimovich did understand. Although this surprised Shulka, it was normal after thinking about it.
As a staff officer, although Akimovich did not have much actual combat experience and was frightened to death by the tragic scenes on the battlefield, he was accustomed to looking at the sacrifices of soldiers on the battlefield from a "cold" perspective.
What the battlefield needs more is such "coldness".
Then the soldiers of the observation company knew what to do. They raised their guns and aimed, and all the black figures that appeared in their sight were knocked down one by one.
The battle ended after ten minutes.
Several soldiers wanted to go forward to clean the battlefield, but Shulka stopped them.
"You should learn enough patience!" Shulka said: "Unless necessary, do not go out to clean the battlefield at any time during night battles!"
"I know why!" Akimovich interjected: "There may be many enemies hiding in the dark, and we can't be sure that they are dead! Cleaning the battlefield at this time will cause unnecessary losses and even trigger a melee!
"
"That's right!" Shulka praised: "You are a smart man, I believe you will soon learn how to deal with the enemy!"
Shulka put away his gun and walked with Mikhailovich to the headquarters in the basement.
Akimovich followed behind and asked: "But, Comrade Shulka... I want to know how you know this? I mean these rules, you are teaching them to us, then
Who taught you that?"
"You will naturally know this after you have been on the battlefield for a long time, Comrade Akimovich!" Shulka turned around and replied: "If you live long enough!"
Mikhailovich burst into laughter.
What Shulka was telling was not the truth. Although many people have lived on the battlefield for a long time and have rich combat experience, they are unable to sort out these practical and effective "rules".
But of course, Shulka would not tell them the truth.
Walking into the headquarters, Andrianka breathed a sigh of relief.
"You are finally back!" Andrianka said: "The Germans launched two sneak attacks. I almost thought we would not be able to defend!"
"We suffered losses?" Sulka couldn't help but frowned when he saw Andrianka's situation.
"Most of Buildings 7 and 12 were captured by the Germans!" Andrianka replied: "Only a small number of surviving soldiers continue to deal with the enemy, and the situation is unknown!"
This is a flaw of night fighting in the building complex. If the enemy captures the headquarters, it means that contact with it is completely lost.
Then, no matter how many people there were, where they were, etc., everything was completely blurred.
"How did they capture these two buildings?" Mikhailovich asked doubtfully.
"Brandenburg detachment!" Andrianka answered.
"They can't fool us!" said Major Mikhailovich.
To a certain extent, Major Mikhailovich is right, because as Shulka said before, in night battles, the Soviet army does not care about its own people or the enemy, and will shoot as long as it sees a black shadow... then
The Brandenburg detachment could not play a big role because they had no chance to perform at all.
Andrianka shook her head and replied: "They didn't sneak in at night, they did it during the day!"
"daytime?"
"Yes!" Andrianka replied: "After you left, several groups of our people were hunted down by the Germans..."
Then Shulka understood.
The Germans deliberately drove the remnants of the Soviet army into hospitals and schools, and among these remnants were members of the Brandenburg detachment.