The five hundred and fortieth eight chapters are terrifying
What surprised Shulka was that the "heroic reputation" of the 5th Infantry Company quickly spread throughout the army.
This is first of all because of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The captain of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has been tracking the deserters handed over to the 82nd Infantry Regiment, which is the 5th Infantry Company.
This captain's name is Isayev.
Because he had some dissatisfaction with the 82nd Infantry Regiment before, he was particularly concerned about the "punishment battalion" incorporated into the 82nd Infantry Regiment. He hoped that if something happened again in this "punishment battalion", he would come to investigate.
What he didn't expect was that something was indeed wrong, but it was a good thing... Those deserters actually made many military exploits after being incorporated into the 82nd Infantry Regiment.
Isayev did not believe that such a thing existed, so he personally went to the "Red October" New Village. Anyway, the "Red October" New Village was only seven or eight kilometers away from the port, and it took about half an hour to get there by car.
People from the Ministry of Internal Affairs have higher authority, so Isayev and the guards can have no obstacles and do not need to report. He hopes to use this method to conduct a "surprise inspection" of the 5th Infantry Company.
"They must have done something!" Isayev said to the guard: "It must be like this, I know this trick... They want to make me look bad, and they also want to get impressive military exploits, so they use other
Troops fight in place of the 'punishment battalion'!"
But as he walked along the traffic trench and asked questions, Isayev became more and more frightened.
Because they are getting closer and closer to the front line.
In other words, no matter what, the 82nd Infantry Regiment did not place the "punishment battalion" on the second line to build fortifications or the like, but placed it at the forefront.
After advancing for a while, Isayev couldn't help but grab a soldier and asked: "Tell me, where are those soldiers?"
"Who are you talking about, Comrade Captain?"
"Sokolov, your fifth infantry company!"
"They are on the front line, Comrade Captain!" the soldier replied: "If you want to find them, I'm afraid it will be difficult now!"
"Why?" Isayev asked.
"Because they are fighting the Germans!" the soldier explained: "The frontier is very dangerous!"
Captain Isayev could not help but be speechless.
After a pause, the soldier continued: "But you may be able to find them later!"
The soldier looked towards the sky and said: "The Germans will carry out a full-scale bombing of the building, and then they should be able to withdraw!"
Isayev reluctantly pushed away the soldiers and lay down in the trench.
He wanted to step forward and take a look, but the rows of exploding artillery shells in front of him and the German fighter planes that continued to dive bomb wildly stopped him from this idea.
Finally, Captain Isayev waited in the trench for more than half an hour before he saw groups of soldiers in ragged clothes and dark faces retreating along the communication trench despite artillery fire.
Captain Isayev didn't recognize them at first, until a few soldiers looked at him blankly, with a fierce look in their eyes, and the rifles in their hands seemed to be pointing in the direction of Captain Isayev unconsciously, but
Finally I endured it.
Then, Captain Isayev understood something.
"Look at them!" Isayev said to the guard: "They are the deserters!"
The guards immediately became nervous because they knew that almost every one of those deserters almost died at the hands of Isayev. No one knew what would happen on this battlefield, and they still had the opportunity to blame it on the Germans.
So, the guard stood in front of Isayev with his gun in hand.
Then Sokolov came up. He couldn't help but be startled when he saw Isayev, and then he immediately understood Isayev's intention of coming here.
"Comrade Captain!" Sokolov said with a smile: "Are you planning to shoot us?"
As he spoke, Sokolov spread his hands pretending to be generous: "We are always ready!"
Isayev snorted and replied: "Well done, Sokolov! Let me see you running away as soon as I come up..."
"Escape?" Sokolov interrupted Isayev: "Sorry, Comrade Captain, we have been ordered to retreat! If you are interested, I would like to invite you to participate in our battle against the enemy!"
With that said, Sokolov ignored Isayev, waved to his men, and spread out among the buildings and ruins to get ready for battle.
These soldiers of the 5th Infantry Company were all agile and more or less wounded, with a weathered appearance, which made Isayev have to believe that these deserters had indeed become a fighting force.
This made Isayev a little surprised.
Because there was no supervising team and no other officers were assigned to the Fifth Infantry Company, they were all deserters with criminal records.
Isayev didn't understand why there was such a big change. He could hardly believe that the people in front of him were the same people he arrested and sent to the 82nd Infantry Regiment a few days ago.
"Comrade Captain!" the guard reminded: "I think we should leave here..."
Isayev understood what the guard meant.
You must know that there are all his enemies around here. When the Germans hit the enemy and we are fighting in front of us, someone will be shooting behind the scenes... At that time, Isayev will make an inexplicable "glorious sacrifice"
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So Isayev nodded, glanced around, and then turned around and headed for the traffic ditch.
Unexpectedly, his move was discovered by Sokolov.
Sokolov shouted from behind: "Don't be a deserter, comrade captain... If you are a deserter, who should shoot you?"
There was laughter from the soldiers behind him.
Isayev's face turned red and he hesitated.
Isayev wanted to stay and prove that he was not a coward, but he knew that this would only suit Sokolov's wishes... They were worried that they would not have a chance to deal with Isayev.
Isayev wanted to go back and settle the score with these ungrateful people, but he knew that these people fighting on the battlefield were not easy to mess with, especially since this was still a battlefield. It was difficult to explain clearly what happened. Even if he was killed, it might be said to be accidental injury.
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After thinking about it, Isayev finally decided that he should not have to deal with his own fate, so he could only leave in dejection amidst the contemptuous looks and ridicules of the fifth infantry company.
This incident quickly spread throughout the army.
A large part of the reason why it spread so quickly is that everyone hates the Ministry of Internal Affairs' practice of bullying and hiding things from superiors and subordinates.
Especially those officers who shoot others in the name of cowards all day long have become cowards.
So the soldiers were very willing to use it as a talking point between battles, and they continued to add fuel to the fire when it was spread, such as the fact that Isayev was almost captured by the Germans.
As the saying goes, "people's words can be feared."
This directly led to Isayev's dismissal soon after, and the 5th Infantry Company became known to everyone.