Eight hundred and thirty seventh chapter black gun
Kirillovic's intuition told him that something was wrong, but for the moment he didn't know what was wrong.
Later, Kirillovic learned the news through the instructor... This is the advantage of the political commissar. The political commissar can know everything they want to know through the instructor.
The reason is that instructors do ideological work. They can talk to the soldiers to discuss their opinions and problems.
At the same time, there are many soldiers in a unit, and there will always be a few soldiers who are either tricked by the instructor into telling secrets, or believe the instructor, and some even take the initiative to tell the instructor.
Therefore, almost no secret can be hidden from the political commissar.
The same was true for the political commissar Kirillovic. Within a few days, he got the true thoughts of the 2nd Infantry Battalion:
"This is a time of peace. Of course we obey the orders of comrade political commissar, but that won't be the case when war breaks out!" This is what Sokolov said to his staff.
The people of the 2nd Infantry Battalion understood this.
At the same time, this makes sense, because the power of the political commissar has been weakened. Many things are ideological and political issues in peacetime, but they are combat command issues in wartime... Sometimes there is no clear boundary between the two and sometimes it is difficult.
distinguish.
Then Sokolov added to his men: "There is no war yet. If any of you want to desert, do it early. I promise that I will not use lynching to hang you from a tree!"
The subordinates only burst into laughter.
No one would be stupid enough to desert at this time, unless he had water in his head.
The reason is very simple. If the battle has not started, there will be no pressure to die, and of course there will be no reason to desert. On the battlefield, if you don't desert, you will die. If you do, you may die. Many people are willing to take a gamble. In peacetime,
But if you don't become a deserter, you can live a comfortable life. If you become a deserter, you might die, so why bother?
Of course, in the long run, the current peace is only temporary, and there is still some value in being a deserter.
The problem is that deserters in wartime are more likely to take advantage of chaos and escape, while deserters in peacetime have basically no hope of success.
Therefore, Sokolov was not worried at all about deserters appearing at this time.
Since there are no deserters at this time, what can we do if we listen to the political commissar without lynching?
As for wartime...can those political commissars and instructors still be able to control people like Sokolov and the Second Infantry Battalion led by him?
You must know that these are all people who came out of the punishment camp. Not only did they die several times, but they also hated the instructors and political commissars the most (few of them were thrown to the punishment camp by the instructors and political commissars). They will still be able to survive when the time comes.
Let the instructors and political commissars take charge? It’s good if they don’t shoot you behind the scenes!
Later Shulka found out that someone actually did this.
But it is just "discovered", because it is too easy to shoot illegal weapons on the battlefield, and the possibility of being discovered is almost zero.
Just imagine, on a dark and windy night, a group of people rush forward, and the instructor has to rush in front. The troops at the rear raise their guns to provide cover for the charging troops... As long as the muzzle of the gun is just a little bit off, even just a little, it will be right.
As the saying goes, "a slight difference makes a difference of a thousand miles". As long as the muzzle is deflected a little, the gun will change from aiming at the enemy to aiming at the instructor, and no one will notice it because no one will put their head on the front sight to see who is aiming.
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Then pull the trigger... everything is over. If the marksmanship is good, a tragedy can be over in a few seconds. If the marksmanship is not good, just keep doing it a few times and no one will be able to find out who did it.
Shurka was able to "discover" it because he noticed that the casualty rate of the instructors of the 2nd Infantry Battalion was particularly high, which was not only much higher than the casualty rate of the 2nd Infantry Battalion but also much higher than the casualty rate of instructors of other units.
It may be normal if the casualty rate of instructors is higher than that of ordinary soldiers, because they often rush to the front to take the lead, but it is not normal if the casualty rate is higher than that of other units.
Then when Shulka checked the bodies of the instructors, he found that quite a few instructors had been shot in the back and the bullets came from Soviet Mosin Nagants.
Kirillovitch soon learned about this.
As mentioned before, nothing in the army can be hidden from the political commissar, especially if it is related to the life and death of the instructor.
Kirillovic immediately became furious. He slammed the table and cursed: "These bastards, they are all traitors, they actually openly killed the instructor! Their comrades, their comrades! I will not forgive you."
If I kill them, I must find them and shoot them one by one..."
"You'd better not do this, Comrade Kirillovitch!" Shulka advised.
"Comrade Shulka!" Kirillovic turned his anger to Shulka: "At this time, you are still protecting your subordinates. Do you know how serious a problem this is? Not to mention the instructor, even if you are
Not even a soldier..."
"I know, Kirillovitch!" Shulka replied: "But I am doing it for the instructor's good, and also for your own good!"
"What's for my own good?" Kirillovic asked angrily: "Are you threatening me?!"
"Comrade Kirilovich!" Shulka asked back: "Bullets don't have eyes on the battlefield. Can you find out who shot the instructor in the back?"
As soon as he said this, Kirillovic's anger was suppressed by half.
It is true that bullets do not have holes, and everyone uses the same bullets. There is no name written on them, so it is basically impossible to find the murderer.
"In this case, what can you do with the Second Infantry Battalion?" Shulka asked again: "Shoot them all? Or put them all in prison? Or disband them?"
Obviously, no solution will work, and there may even be backlash if we do this.
That is to say, not only will the problem not be solved, but it may become more serious.
Looking at Kirillovic who was slowly calming down, Shulka persuaded him: "This is a battlefield, Comrade Kirillovic. When fighting, when the soldiers are fighting the enemy on the front line,
My advice is it’s best not to offend them!”
"But, can this matter just be settled like this?" Kirillovic said unwillingly: "They will do this again in the future..."
"I will talk to Sokolov about it!" Shulka said: "Besides, I think you should pretend you don't know anything. You understand the reason!"
Kirillovic thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.
The reason is very simple. If the Second Infantry Battalion does this but cannot get the punishment they deserve, that is, the political commissar will have nothing to do with them. If word gets out...the soldiers of the Second Infantry Battalion are not the only ones who hate the instructors and political commissars. (To be continued.