USSR 1941

  Chapter 724 Selection

  Shuerka almost followed the trend.

This temptation is too great. On the one hand, this is being transferred to the direction of Stalingrad to fight, which is a great battle to liberate Stalingrad; on the other hand, this is the order of the military commissar, and it should be said that there is no Shulka resistance. room for.

  So, Shulka can pretend to be passively obeying orders, and then "helplessly" be transferred to the direction of Stalingrad to fight against the wind, so as to get rid of the dilemma in front of him.

  But Shulka finally resolutely refused.

   "I'm sorry, Comrade Khrushchev, I think the 51st Army needs me more!" Shulka replied.

   Khrushchev obviously did not expect Shulka to answer like this. After a moment of silence, he asked: "Comrade Shulka, I think...you should know what happened!"

   "Yes, I know, Comrade Khrushchev!"

   "So, you still decided to stay in the 51st Army?"

   "Yes!" Shulka replied.

   To be honest, Shulka hesitated in his heart. After all, this not only related to his own life, but also related to the survival of the 82nd Infantry Regiment.

   Even if you want to find an excuse, Shulka can find a more high-sounding excuse: for the Soviet Union, for the army, and for all the people, Shulka should not be sacrificed with the 51st Army in this way.

  However, Shulka just couldn't handle the word "yes".

   It wasn't because Trufanov stood by, but that he didn't want to be a deserter just like that.

  Thinking about it afterwards, Shulka wondered if he was a joke... He didn't belong to this world in the first place, and he was here just to survive, but he chose to put himself in danger.

   Khrushchev may have been moved by Shulka's courage, so he replied: "Very good, Comrade Shulka! This proves that I have read the right person, this is your style!"

   "Thank you, Comrade Khrushchev!"

   "Do you have any requirements?" Khrushchev asked.

   "I..." Shulka wanted to make a request, even a lot of requests.

  But he also knew that Khrushchev would not be able to solve the current situation, so it was useless to mention it.

  So he could only answer: "I didn't ask, Comrade Khrushchev!"

   "Very good!" Khrushchev replied: "If you change your mind, feel free to contact me!"

"yes!"

  After putting down the phone, Trufanov shook his head and said, "You should promise him!"

   "I said, I don't need to leave the 51st Army!"

   "Isn't it necessary now?" Trufanov asked back.

   Shulka was speechless.

It's just that it's not the turn of the 82nd Infantry Regiment yet. If in the afternoon or tomorrow or the day after tomorrow... the political commissar orders "the 82nd Infantry Regiment, the whole army charges", then Shulka will regret it all up.

  Trufanov patted Shulka on the shoulder and said, "Think about it carefully, I don't blame you! It's too late to regret it now!"

   Saying that, Trufanov left with the guards.

  Just now, Andrianka approached Trufanov and said, "Shuerka, we..."

   "Do you also wish to leave the 51st Army?" Shulka asked.

   "I hope you think about it!" Andrianka said: "After all, this concerns the entire army!"

   Shulka set his sights on Mikhailvic.

Mikhailvich thought for a while, and then replied: "Comrade Ande Anka! Just now, if Comrade Khrushchev said that only Comrade Shulka was transferred, what would you think? Would you still want Comrade Shulka? Leave the 51st Army?"

  Andrianka's face immediately turned red.

   "No, Comrade Mikhailvich!" Andrianka replied ashamedly: "You are right!"

   Mikhailvich handed Shulka a cigarette, and then struggled to take out a match from his pocket... His right hand was still injured, and his left hand was inconvenient.

  Shuerka hurried forward to help, lit the cigarette and handed it over.

Mikhailvich nodded, exhaled smoke, and said, "Don't put too much pressure on, and don't care about what others think. You are the leader of the team and you have the right to make decisions. No matter what the outcome is...at least we are On the right way!"

   Mikhailvich had seen through Shulka's mind.

  From Shulka’s personal point of view, choosing to stay is his own decision, and in the end he died because of his own wrong decision, which is not injustice at all.

  But this is not the case for the soldiers of the 82nd Infantry Regiment. Shulka's one sentence determines their life and death. Shulka doesn't think he has the right to do so.

   Until then, Shulka realized that being a regimental commander was not just about leading them in marches and battles.

   Mikhailvich may have been the head of the regiment, so he knew what Shulka was thinking.

   "What's more..." Mikhailvich smiled, and his tone became relaxed: "Nothing can stop you, Comrade Shulka! No matter what difficulties it is, I always firmly believe in this!"

   Mikhailvich said it easily.

  If before that, Shulka still had confidence, but with Shevchenko, the situation is simply beyond Shulka's control.

  To be precise, the 51st Army at this time was actually commanded by the Supreme Command, and Shevchenko was just a puppet of the Supreme Command.

This is why no one can shake Shevchenko's command, not even Khrushchev... Otherwise, Shulka only needs to make a request to Khrushchev to hand over the command to Tru Farnoff will do.

   It is useless to say these things now. While Shulka was walking anxiously in the air-raid shelter serving as the headquarters, the Soviet army on the battlefield launched an attack again, and there was a burst of gunfire and shouts.

   But don’t think about it, under the obstruction of the two anti-tank trenches of the German army and a large number of mines, barbed wire, and artillery fire, such an attack is meaningless.

   During this period, Trufanov also made several efforts. He tried to let the artillery bombardment and dozens of attack aircraft suppress it.

Such an attack would be much better than a purely ground force attack, especially the Il-2 attack aircraft. This attack aircraft can even hang rocket launchers on the wings when it is used for ground attack. Hang 4 to 8 rockets. (Note: The Il-2M type can mount 8 132MM rockets)

  These rockets were launched from the sky to the ground, and there were 4 to 8 rockets in each plane, and there were dozens of rockets in ten planes. In an instant, a "rumbling" roar blew up the German positions into a sea of ​​flames.

   However, this didn't help much.

  The main reason is that the sustainable time of this kind of bombing is too short, and the anti-tank trenches are almost an insurmountable hurdle for Soviet tanks and engineers.

  As soon as the bombing by the Il-2 attack aircraft was over, the artillery fire on the German positions became active again.

  (end of this chapter)