On this day, Shulka was discussing equipment distribution with Andrianka.
The 8th Infantry Regiment has been incorporated into a motorized unit at this time. Since it is a motorized unit, it means that it has more cars, armored vehicles and even tanks than ordinary infantry... Of course, the Motorized Infantry Regiment does not refer to all the equipment.
Motorized infantry regiments generally refer to troops that use vehicles such as cars to conduct mobile operations on foot.
The word "motorization" is the same as "mechanization" in the Soviet Union and even Europe and the United States, but in our country's modern army it has been refined: mechanization is more advanced than motorization, and refers to troops that use armored tracked vehicles to maneuver.
Of course, the Soviet army at this time was not so particular, but each regiment could still obtain a small number of armored vehicles. For example, the 8th Infantry Regiment was assigned 0 armored vehicles for the reconnaissance of the troops and the necessary fire cover during the charge.
At this time, Mikhailovich pushed open the door and came in. He stood up helplessly and said, "Comrade Shulka! The first batch of 15 new recruits has arrived!"
Shulka was a little puzzled. The new recruits arrived when they arrived. Why should they tell him as the regiment leader? Besides, all matters related to the new recruits were handed over to Mikhailovich. Can't they just start training according to the original plan?
Already?
Perhaps seeing the confusion in Shulka's eyes, Mikhailovich said with some embarrassment: "I think you should go and take a look!"
It wasn't until Shulka walked up to the group of recruits that he knew what had happened.
Originally, he thought that this batch of new recruits were novices like before. Although they had no training or only received a small amount of training, they would have no big problems on the battlefield.
However, what appeared in front of him were actually some childish children, many of whom were girls...
Shulka looked at Mikhailovich in disbelief and then at the recruits, and asked: "Are you sure you are not mistaken? They are the recruits assigned to us?"
"Yes, Comrade Shulka!" Mikhailovich said and handed over the list: "I have called them, and they are them!"
Shulka took the list and glanced at it. Seeing that there were only names on it and no more information, he handed it back to Mikhailovich.
"How old are you?" Shulka asked a recruit in front of him.
"Fifteen, Comrade Shulka!" the recruit stood up and answered, looking at Shulka with eyes full of honor and yearning.
"What about you?" Shulka asked the other person.
"Sixteen, Comrade Shulka!" the recruit replied: "I am honored to be your subordinate. It is unbelievable that it is really you..."
If we say that under modern conditions of good nutrition, fifteen or six-year-old Soviets are already tall and tall, but during this period, especially when they were young, they experienced the Great Famine... The most recent Great Famine broke out in 19
Around 15 or 16 years old, they grew up during the Great Famine.
As a result, all of them were short and frail, some were not even as tall as the rifles on their shoulders.
Shulka frowned, scanned the group of recruits with his eyes, and then said to Mikhailovich: "Select those who are over 17 years old among them, and send all the others back!"
"Yes, Comrade Shulka!"
Shulka's words immediately caused a commotion among the recruits. Everyone looked at me and I didn't know what was going on.
"Report!" At this time, a recruit stood up and shouted: "You can't do this, Comrade Shulka! We joined the army voluntarily!"
Shulka didn't want to pay attention to them at all. To Shulka, they were just a bunch of brats.
Unexpectedly, when Shulka turned to leave, the recruit quickly caught up with Shulka, stood up in front of him, and shouted in a high-pitched voice: "Report, we hope to stay in the army!"
Shulka glared at the recruit angrily, and just as he was about to go around, the new soldier deftly stood in front of Shulka again.
"Do you know what the first rule is as a soldier?" Shulka asked.
"I know, Comrade Shulka!" the recruit replied: "I am obeying the orders of my superiors!"
"Stand at attention!" Shulka ordered: "Turn left and walk together..."
When Shulka thought the problem had been solved, he didn't expect the recruits to stay put.
"You seem to have forgotten what you just said!" Shulka said.
"Comrade Shulka!" the recruit said: "If we become your subordinates, of course we should obey orders, but..."
Shulka laughed bitterly, and Mikhailovich and others also laughed helplessly.
"What's your name?" Shulka asked.
"His name is Denisokov!" Political commissar Viktorovich came out of the team with a few guards.
"Comrade Shulka!" Viktorovich shook hands with Shulka first, then patted the recruit on the shoulder and said: "He is my son, Denisokov, who has been undergoing military training since he was a child.
, I believe that his military quality, physical fitness, and political ideology will not be worse than others!"
"No, Comrade Political Commissar!" Shulka said: "I don't mean that, but they are still children..."
"We have no choice, Comrade Shulka!" Viktorovich said: "In order for the motherland not to be ravaged by the enemy, we have to go all out! And this is what it should be, because if the enemy occupies our territory and enslaves our people
, they won’t want to be merciful to their children!”
Shulka had to admit that what he said was right, although he knew that Viktorovich's words had the flavor of political propaganda.
If the German Wehrmacht still talked about some chivalry on the battlefield, then the German special operations team responsible for public security and the suppression of guerrillas in the controlled areas were massacred indiscriminately.
"Are we already so short of soldiers?" Shulka asked feebly.
"No, Comrade Shulka!" Viktorovich replied: "I must correct you, we will never lack brave soldiers in the face of enemy aggression until we drive them out of our country!"
Although this answer is noble, it is meaningless.
However, Shulka vaguely knew why, and it even had something to do with Shulka, because he was the one who formulated a comprehensive counterattack plan to force the German army to disperse reinforcements.
Although this "all-out counterattack" was mostly a feint, the people charging were real and the casualties were real.
Because of this large manpower gap, and there were simultaneous attacks in the south, north, and center, and even in the Caucasus and Crimea, the Soviet army had to further lower the enlistment age to fill the vacancies.
In other words, all of this was actually caused by Shulka. (To be continued)