Shulka did not report the entire plan to the army command.
No one even knew except for a few people in the 82nd Infantry Regiment. They were ordered to stick to the hospital and school.
"We will be attacked from two sides by the enemy!" Major Mikhailovich shouted to the soldiers: "As you know, Mamayev Heights has been lost, so we need to build another line of defense in the other direction!"
"But we don't have enough troops, Major!" A soldier asked: "How can we defeat the enemies from two directions?"
In fact, the 82nd Infantry Regiment has to deal with more than just enemies from two directions. They have been surrounded by German troops in the hospital and school, and the enemy can attack from any direction.
"Don't worry about that, young man!" Major Mikhailovich replied: "This way we can get double the victory!"
The Soviet soldiers laughed one after another.
This was the case with the Soviets. The more commanders downplayed upcoming dangers, the less soldiers took them to heart.
But this is only part of it.
Shulka rested on a simple bed set up with shell boxes.
Shurka has not slept for two days since the 82nd Infantry Regiment entered the hospital and school.
So did the soldiers of the 82nd Infantry Regiment.
To be precise, they leaned somewhere and squinted their eyes to sleep for a while between battles.
It is said that such an incident happened in the first battalion: two soldiers fell asleep lying in the rubble, and the German soldiers thought they were dead.
The situation at that time indeed looked like they were dead, covered in blood and dust, and there were several corpses next to them.
In addition, the sky happens to be gray in the evening... In fact, it is easiest to make mistakes when it is gray, because you can see more, and it seems unnecessary to use a flashlight.
Otherwise, if you shine a flashlight on your face in the dark, you will quickly find the problem.
In short, a dozen German soldiers occupied a wall behind them and built a line of defense.
Therefore, even the Soviet soldiers thought that these two comrades were finished.
Then, the sound of gunfire and explosions woke them up. When they opened their eyes, they immediately realized something was wrong. The gunshots were coming from behind, and they were shooting in another direction.
After waiting for a while, I found that the shouting was in German again, and occasionally there were a few German soldiers running around.
So needless to say, they grabbed the rifles and started beating the German soldiers randomly... They were equipped with rifles. This can also be said to be a kind of luck, because the Germans did not take the rifles seriously and did not check them. If
It's different if it's a submachine gun.
The German soldiers in the dark were stunned on the spot. They didn't even understand where the bullets came from, so they turned around and ran away with a shout.
Two Soviet soldiers chased the enemy and fired again. As a result, only two German soldiers escaped, and all the others were shot dead on the spot.
Of course, some of them were wounded and were shot again later.
This can only be said to be a kind of luck.
This also shows how tired the soldiers of the 82nd Infantry Regiment were... Although two days was not a long time, they were highly stressed on such a high-intensity battlefield, and everyone seemed to fall apart.
But the battlefield is like this. When everyone is resting, they feel that their last bit of strength has been exhausted. Even if they move a finger, they can't do anything. But as soon as there is danger, they will jump like being pricked by needles.
He stood up and once again entered the battle vigorously.
This may be human potential. Under the threat of death, the last bit of potential will be tapped.
At this time, Shulka was the former. He was lying in bed and couldn't even lift his eyelids, but he couldn't fall asleep.
Akimovich came over, leaned against the wall, handed Shulka a cigarette, and said, "Do you know what the soldiers are talking about you?"
"This is not my concern, Comrade Akimovich!" Shulka replied.
"I thought you wanted to know!"
"No, I don't want to know!" Shulka replied: "Maybe you should also learn this and don't be too curious about meaningless things!"
"But I think this is not meaningless!" Akimovich said: "This is related to whether they support you, believe in you, and even execute your orders without question!"
"This is meaningless!" Shulka replied: "Because I believe them, that is to say... I already know the answer!"
Shulka took Akimovich's lit cigarette, took a few deep puffs, then exhaled the smoke and watched it disperse before his eyes.
Sometimes, Shulka hopes that this is some kind of magic smoke that can make him get rid of all this in an instant.
"Okay!" Akimovich said: "But I think I should tell you. They are talking about being attacked from two sides by the enemy. Some people are worried that we will be surrounded and die here, you know... if we go underground
If the entrance to the passage is blocked by the enemy, this may indeed happen. But what do you think they said?"
After a pause, Akimovich asked himself: "They said, don't worry, comrade, do you know who our deputy commander is? He is Shulka, a 'breakout hero'! He will lead us out of the enemy
of siege!”
"I just said it!" Shulka smiled: "This makes no sense!"
"No, Shulka!" Akimovich said with a wry smile: "I just want to express to you my envy of you, to be precise, jealousy... Yes, jealousy is more appropriate, because I want them to discuss
That person is me!”
"That's why you did everything possible to lead the observation company?" Shulka asked rhetorically.
"So to speak!" Akimovich replied: "I thought that when I learned your skills and taught these skills to others, I would be like you... But I gradually realized that this is almost impossible
possible!"
"There are two aspects!" Akimovich continued: "First, I find that it is impossible for me to learn all your skills, even though you hide nothing, because a considerable part of your skills are 'ideas',
And these 'ideas' cannot be learned by others, such as cemeteries!"
"Another!" Akimovich laughed: "Even if I teach others, others will say... Look, those are all summed up by Shulka. He is so smart and can come up with these methods. He
Saved our lives, saved Stalingrad!"
"You need to stay on the battlefield for a while, Comrade Akimovich!" Shulka said.
"Why?" Akimovich said: "Does this have anything to do with the battlefield?"
"Of course!" Shulka rubbed his sore and dry eyes: "Because then you know that these are meaningless, you just want to live!"