The first thing Shulka did when he started working was to get familiar with his superiors and subordinates and get in touch with them.
The 8th Infantry Regiment was organized into the 8th Independent Motorized Infantry Brigade, and the brigade commander was a colonel named Grassilov.
Shulka went to report to him immediately.
Grasilov is an experienced veteran. It is said that he participated in the Battle of Kharkov. Needless to say, the result was first a victory, then a defeat and then a rout.
What surprised Shulka was that he looked at Shulka with a somewhat guarded and unkind look.
"I have heard of you, Comrade Shulka!" Colonel Grassilov said: "I believe you will be a good regiment commander, but I hope you understand one thing. Soldiers must obey orders from their superiors and unify according to their superiors' plans.
Action, understand?”
"Yes, Comrade Colonel!" Shulka stepped forward and answered.
At the same time, he seemed to understand the reason why Grassilov was wary of him... No one would like a subordinate who is stronger than himself. This would make it difficult for him to command and even disgrace him. For example, Grassilov said to go east and Shure
Ka said that we should go to Shanxi. What's more terrible is that everyone listened to Shulka, so Grassilov could no longer be the brigade commander.
Under normal circumstances, Grassilov should have given Shulka his subordinates a showdown, but Grassilov couldn't do this, because everyone knew that Shulka was a popular person at this time... Although they knew it due to confidentiality reasons
There are not many, but just taking Khrushchev's car from Shulka is enough to shock people. What's more, Khrushchev, a political commissar, served as a committee member of the Stalingrad Front Army, even with the Front Army Commander Ye Liomian.
Everyone had to report to Khrushchev, so of course no one dared to embarrass Shulka.
In other words, Shulka, the leader of the group, is a hot potato to any superior.
However, not everyone is like this. After Shulka returned to the regiment headquarters, a lieutenant colonel wearing a red collar came in, shook hands with Shulka enthusiastically, and said with a kind face: "You are Comrade Shulka, right?
I am Viktorovich, political commissar of the 8th Brigade!”
"Comrade Political Commissar!" Shulka quickly stood up and saluted.
Victorovich nodded and said: "I just heard that you reported to the brigade headquarters. I was inspecting the troops at the time! You came back at the right time. We will start full-scale training soon. Do you have any opinions then?
, plans, or requests, you can bring them to us at any time, you are welcome! Do you understand? I hope that our 8th Brigade will be like a big family, and all parts will be closely united, just like you and I in Stalingrad.
Fight the enemy bravely as we fight the enemy! We will perfectly complete the tasks assigned to us by our superiors and completely defeat the enemy!"
"Yes, Comrade Political Commissar!" Shulka said, "Thank you very much!"
Then Viktorovich rambled on and on, even asking about Shulka's past battles that were rumored to have happened, and occasionally praised Shulka.
This made Shulka very uncomfortable, but he could do nothing about it because the other party was a political commissar.
In fact, Shulka knew what was going on... Viktorovich was a political commissar, and Khrushchev was his immediate boss.
To be precise, it's not his immediate boss, but his boss's boss's boss... Shulka can't count how many levels there are. In short, because Shulka is recognized or reused by Khrushchev, then he is absolutely
It's worthy of the political commissar's flattery.
Shulka hoped that the political commissar could keep a distance from him like Grassilov, because doing so now was a waste of his time, and at the same time Shulka knew that every moment now was important.
With great difficulty, Shulka sent away the god of political commissar. He returned to the headquarters while holding his head.
Andrianka looked out the door and asked in a low voice, "Why did the political commissar..."
"It's hard to explain!" Shulka shook his head and said nothing more. He sat down at his desk and started to read the information.
The organization of the 8th Infantry Regiment is very chaotic. There were originally three infantry battalions. Although more than half of them were lost in the battle of Stalingrad, the organization is still there.
In addition, a "punishment battalion", a "cadet battalion" and a naval infantry battalion are added, with a total establishment of six battalions.
So Shulka said to Andrianka without thinking: "Merge the three infantry battalions into one infantry battalion.
"But, Comrade Shulka!" Mikhailovich interrupted: "The superiors are going to give us additional troops to make up for these three infantry battalions!"
"Where did the reinforcements come from?" Shulka asked.
"It should be new recruits from the rear!" Mikhailovich replied: "The whole army will be replenished at once!"
Shulka originally wanted to return these supplementary troops.
The reason is very simple. It may be a good thing for the army to organize veterans and recruits to fight in the same unit, because recruits can grow up quickly with the veterans. The Soviet army usually does this, and they even train officers like this...
...There are two sets of command systems in an army, one for command and one for learning. When you need to form a new army, you can separate the command system you have learned and then add more troops.
The problem is that Shulka knows that the coming battle is not trivial. It involves taking the initiative to attack and encircle the enemy. If he continues to do so in such a high-intensity battle, the new recruits will drag down the veterans and reduce the combat effectiveness of the entire unit.
But Shulka felt it was inconvenient to send back the new recruits, even though they had not yet been allocated.
Because Shulka didn't want Grassilov to think that he was disobeying orders and acting on his own initiative as soon as he took office.
After thinking about it, Shulka ordered: "Integrate the three infantry battalions into one battalion, and form a new recruit battalion, and assign the injured, injured or physically challenged officers and soldiers to the new recruit battalion as instructors!"
"Yes!" Mikhailovich responded, then looked at his arm and said: "Comrade Shulka, then... I will be in charge of the training of the recruit camp!"
"Can you?" Shulka asked.
Mikhailovich was seriously injured and had to walk lightly to avoid damaging his wound. All he could do now was organize documents at the regimental headquarters.
"No problem!" Mikhailovich gritted his teeth and straightened up, and replied: "After all, I have fought so many battles with you, and have trained troops with you, so I know how to train them. I can do it.
Make a training plan!”
Shulka nodded.
Mikhailovich is the old leader, but he is very suitable for this position.
But Shulka added: "Comrade Mikhailovich, don't worry about your superiors kicking you out of the army, as long as you have me for one day!"
Mikhailovich and his party burst into tears immediately. (To be continued)