It was already noon the next day when Shulka woke up, and the surroundings seemed particularly quiet. There was no sound of artillery or gunfire, and even the noise of the troops was much quieter.
It had been a long time since Shulka had slept so comfortably until he woke up naturally. He stretched lazily and called Denisokov.
"What's going on?" Shulka asked.
"We successfully recovered Milove, Comrade Shulka!" Denisokov replied excitedly: "The Supreme Command sent us a congratulatory message, and Comrade Zolotarev said to let you rest, so there was no
Wake you up!"
"Have you called your father?" Shulka took out the black bread from his backpack.
"Yes, Comrade Shulka!" Denisokov replied: "He said he was proud of me and told me that I must continue to follow you and learn your enemy-killing skills!"
Shulka saw the excitement in Denisokov's eyes.
For a child, nothing can be more proud than getting the affirmation of his father, and Denisokov is no exception. It can even be said that he needs his father's affirmation more, because his father is a political commissar and has made demands on him since he was a child.
It's very strict.
However……
"If you want to learn more!" Shulka said while chewing bread: "Comrade Denisokov, I don't think you should stay with me!"
"What?" Denisokov was stunned. He didn't understand what Shulka meant.
"I mean, you can't learn anything as a guard!" Shulka said. "You should be fighting with other people in the army!"
"But...Comrade Shulka, do you really think I'm ready?" Denisokov asked.
"Of course!" Shulka replied.
In fact, Denisokov's quality is no worse than others. After all, he came from a military academy and is much better than others. It is a bit underwhelming for him to be a guard.
"So, where should I start? I mean...which troops can I command, or should I start as a soldier?" It can be seen that Denisokov still has some expectations.
"I think you can become a company commander!" Shulka said, "Of course, if you want to be an instructor!"
As Denisokov, he has full power to choose.
Although the instructor is no safer than the company commander on the battlefield, he has more power than the company commander, at least for now.
"No!" Denisokov made his decision immediately: "I choose the company commander, Comrade Shulka!"
After a pause, Denisokov added: "You won't transfer me out of the 8th Infantry Regiment, will you?"
"Of course not!" Shulka replied: "Third Battalion, are you satisfied?"
The third battalion is also the recruit battalion. Those recruits came from the same batch as Denisokov and are of similar age.
"Maybe you should ask your father!" Shulka said.
"No, no need, Comrade Shulka!" Denisokov replied: "I obey your arrangement, and at the same time I am very satisfied, thank you very much!"
Shulka knew why Denisokov did not want his father to intervene.
On the one hand, this was because Denisokov was unwilling to rely on his father's connections to get to the top, and on the other hand, the reputation of the political commissar system in the army was not very good.
But what Shulka didn't know was that the reason why Denisokov was so determined was because Shulka was not a member of the political commissar system... Shulka had already been a role model for the troops, especially the recruits in the new barracks.
Hold yourself to the standard of Shulka, which even includes some small habits in life.
Denisokov once told Shulka that the soldiers in the recruit camp were trying to imitate Shulka's smoking behavior.
This left Shulka speechless.
However, the soldiers in the new military camp are all sixteen or seventeen-year-old children, so it is not surprising that this happens... People of this age will always set up a god-like idol in their hearts and imitate everything, just like modern groupies.
But in this war era, Shulka was the shining star.
After eating half a piece of black bread and drinking some water, Shulka burped and walked out of the dormitory and went straight to the headquarters.
When they met, they saw Mikhailovich and Andrianka discussing something with telegrams.
When Andrianka saw Shulka coming in, he immediately walked up and handed the telegram to Shulka, saying: "Comrade Shulka, something big has happened! The Supreme Command has abolished the political commissar system!"
"The political commissar system has been abolished?" Shulka took a look at the telegram and found that it was indeed the case.
Shulka was not surprised by this, and it could even be said that this was Shulka's original opinion.
However, the Supreme Command immediately abolished the political commissar system just after the Battle of Stalingrad, which still surprised Shulka.
Perhaps, the Supreme Command wanted to take this opportunity to stimulate the morale of the troops without damaging the enthusiasm of the political commissars... According to the order, the political commissars have no command authority in the military and are only responsible for the ideological education and political struggle of the troops.
other questions.
Therefore, to be precise, it is not that the political commissar system has been abolished, but that its power has been weakened by reforming it.
Regarding this, Shulka believed that the political commissar system, especially Khrushchev, would be very unhappy, but it would indeed be in line with the people's sentiments and the situation.
"So, can we ignore the political commissar when we fight in the future?" Mikhailovich asked: "Or, does the political commissar have no authority to order troops to charge?"
No wonder Mikhailovich said this, because the most notorious thing about political commissars is giving orders to charge troops without considering the situation.
But Shulka shook his head and said nothing.
Mikhailovich's thinking was too simple. The political commissar system had existed in the Soviet army for many years, and its power to intimidate the troops had long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. What's more, Stalin actually only "weakened" the power of the political commissar to a limited extent... This reduced power was only
It's just a question of who can make the decision at the command level, that is, when there are disputes or differences with the unit commander.
Although the power of the political commissar is limited to ideological education and political struggle, if the scope is expanded, it will be wider.
For example, the chief officer thinks that we should retreat, and the political commissar thinks that we should attack.
The chief officer can take out a telegram and say that the political commissar must obey the chief officer's command.
But the political commissar can also take out a telegram and say that the political commissar is responsible for ideological education, and the chief officer's command is a capitulationism that is greedy for life and fear of death...
In addition, most political commissars hold real power, and commanders will voluntarily hand over command power in normal battles, or at least have to agree with the political commissar before they dare to act.
So it was called cancelled, but in reality the political commissar system still played a role in the Soviet army. (To be continued)