In addition to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Golikov quickly received the news.
This was not reported by Shulka or Major Mikhailovich, and certainly not by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
In fact, the Ministry of Internal Affairs regarded the incident as a shame.
This is not only due to the impact of the Isayev incident, but also because a considerable number of people in the 5th Infantry Company were originally deemed "traitors to the motherland" and "incorrigible" by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and were to be shot.
But it is precisely this group of people who become qualified warriors on the battlefield.
Therefore, no matter what the reason is, this is a slap in the face to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it will also have a certain negative impact on the prestige of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The internal system of the Soviet army is often like this. Sometimes it is clear that the goals of several units are the same. For example, there is actually no conflict between the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Fifth Infantry Company, or there is no conflict with Shulka.
Those deserters were used as much as possible to serve the war effort.
However, differences will arise during specific implementation.
At the same time, the goal of the Ministry of Internal Affairs at this time is to more firmly stabilize the national security situation in the chaos of the war. From this perspective, Shulka's approach should be strongly promoted.
But this is not the case, because it directly touches the interests of the Ministry of Internal Affairs... If Shulka's approach is fully popularized, on the one hand it will prove that the Ministry of Internal Affairs' practice of shooting deserters is wrong, and on the other hand it will explain the internal affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs from another angle.
Ministry incompetence.
Therefore, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which should have reported and publicized the incident to the army headquarters as soon as possible, remained silent on this aspect.
If they hadn't checked Shulka's details and knew they couldn't touch him, maybe Shulka might have been investigated for this.
This was indeed the case, because Zogtalyov, the major commander of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who was responsible for commanding the port investigation, called the army headquarters to inquire about Shulka's situation.
"Do you know the situation of Comrade Shulka, deputy commander of the 82nd Infantry Regiment?" Zogtalyov asked.
"Of course!" Golikov replied.
"How did he perform?" Zogtalyov asked: "I mean in Stalingrad!"
"Excellent!" Golikov replied: "We almost relied on his advice to hold Stalingrad! Any questions?"
Zogtarev was silent for a while and then replied: "No, there is no problem!"
In fact, this makes Zogtalyov feel very troublesome, because if this is the case, it means that Shulka cannot be investigated casually.
Golikov was a little worried after putting down the phone, so he asked Akimovich to go to the 82nd Infantry Regiment, because the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs would personally call, which meant that nothing had happened or even
It won't be a trivial matter.
"Did you offend someone?" Akimovich did not see Shulka when he rushed to the headquarters of the 82nd Infantry Regiment. Shulka was directing the battle on the front line.
"We offend the Germans all the time!" Major Mikhailovich replied.
All the officers and soldiers in the headquarters laughed.
"I am serious, Comrade Mikhailovich!" Akimovich replied: "I am talking about one of my own people!"
Seeing Akimovich's serious face, Mikhailovich knew that the problem might be serious.
He thought for a moment and then realized what was going on.
"We asked for a group of deserters from the Ministry of Internal Affairs who should have been shot!" Major Mikhailovich replied: "But I don't think this offended them, it was with their consent!"
"No, this is indeed not the case!" Akimovich replied, and he did not think that this would displease the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
After thinking for a while, Akimovich asked again: "How are these deserters doing now?"
"They are very good!" Major Mikhailovich replied: "We organized them into a company, and their performance on the battlefield was outstanding!"
"outstanding?"
"Yes!" Major Mikhailovich replied while shaking his head: "No one expected that this situation would happen. It only took Comrade Shulka a few days to subdue these deserters... I mean
Yes, they were convinced, and now they have become a force with considerable combat effectiveness. Can you imagine this? He was a deserter a few days ago, but now he is a brave soldier, without supervising the team, without inserting spies, and even more
No execution!”
"Shulka?" Akimovich was stunned when he heard this.
"Yes, Shulka!"
After a long while, Akimovich nodded and replied: "Yes, besides him, who else can do this!"
Akimovich seemed to know what the problem was, so he returned to the headquarters to report to Golikov.
Golikov couldn't help laughing when he heard this.
"This Shulka... others offend others because of their incompetence, but he offends them because he is too capable!"
"Comrade Golikov!" Major Akimovich asked worriedly: "In this situation, the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs seem to want to expose this myth and save face, so they deliberately target Shulka..."
"They shouldn't be able to find a reason!" Golikov said.
But the look on his face gave it away. Golikov knew that no one could escape from the hands of the Ministry of Internal Affairs if he wanted to find charges.
After a moment of silence, Krylov suggested: "Unless we report this matter first!"
"Report?"
"Yes!" Krylov nodded: "On the one hand, if this matter is determined by the superiors to be correct, then the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs will no longer be able to interfere with it. On the other hand, this will be detrimental to all those who are responsible.
The deserters have a positive effect, which may be beneficial to the Battle of Stalingrad..."
"Yes!" Golikov said: "They will follow the example of the Fifth Infantry Company and promote it throughout the army. As long as they fight bravely, they may be treated as ordinary troops and receive the same treatment. This will boost their morale!"
"That's what I mean!" Krylov nodded.
Therefore, Golikov ordered Akimovich to immediately investigate the situation of the 5th Infantry Company and write a report and submit it to the front army headquarters.
Of course there is no problem in this regard, because it is Zhukov who actually commands the two front armies... Of course he will support Shulka, and at the same time he will not miss this opportunity to boost morale.
However, what others did not expect was that the latter, that is, the effect of promoting it throughout the army was not very good, and even caused a lot of troubles.
The reason is...this matter is not as simple as it seems on the surface. On the one hand, you should forgive and on the other hand, you should be grateful, and then hit it off.
The most important thing among them is mutual trust, and Shulka did it with a lot of hard work and a little luck.
Therefore, this became something that no one except Shulka could do.