Chapter 331 Instructor
Colonel Chernytsev arranged for Shulka to be the NC84 transport plane (Li 2).
It's not about speed, Shulka is recuperating, and it doesn't make much sense to reach the destination quickly... At present, it seems to be the case, although it is not the case.
Arranging a transport plane is for safety reasons.
It takes a whole day to take the train, and there are many people on the train along the way. Once the whereabouts are leaked, it is easy to be assassinated by spies again.
Even if the German army receives the news, it may send bombers to bomb the train.
Using a transport plane is different.
The time is short. The enemy’s reaction time is not enough. More importantly, the sky over Moscow is quite safe at this time. The transportation of the transport plane to the rear will not be disturbed. What’s more, Colonel Chernytsev also arranged two fighter jets to **** Shulka. .
This surprised Shulka a bit... You must know that the last time Zhukov arranged a trip for Shulka, there was no fighter escort, but a colonel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs could easily do it.
The plane landed directly in Stalingrad like last time.
It was the instructor who came to pick up Shulka.
Shulka was not surprised by this, because Colonel Chernytsev told Shulka before the plane took off that he would notify the troops ten minutes before the plane arrived.
This is of course done out of confidentiality. Ten minutes before arriving, even if the German spies received this information, they would not have time to respond.
The instructor gave Shulka a warm hug, and said with a smile, "I heard that you are not used to staying in the hospital?"
"Yes!" Shulka replied: "The Germans don't want me to live in this world!"
"Of course!" The instructor replied with a smile, "They should have done this long ago!"
Shuerka couldn't help being taken aback when the instructor stepped into the car, it was an American jeep.
"Is it American?" Shulka asked doubtfully as he stepped onto the jeep.
"Yes, how do you know this?" the instructor asked back.
"Oh!" Shulka hurriedly covered: "I guess, I heard that the Americans are going to send us something, right?"
The instructor nodded and replied: "They don't just send this!"
As soon as he stepped on the accelerator, he drove towards the training ground.
The location was still the training location of the 1st Tank Brigade of the Guards. As soon as the jeep drove into the training ground, cheers came from around, and the soldiers took off their hats and waved to Shulka.
"They didn't know you were coming back!" the instructor explained, "I didn't tell them that!"
The jeep stopped in front of a bunch of tanks, and the soldiers of the third company surrounded them from all directions with a shout:
"Look, Comrade Company Commander is back!"
"Comrade Second Lieutenant, is your injury healed?
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Shulka responded to the soldiers while looking at the tanks on the training ground, and then looked at the instructor suspiciously.
Of course, this was actually faked by Shulka, and he knew what was going on.
The instructor raised his head, took a sip of Vodka from his arms, handed it to Shulka, and said, "As you said, the Americans want to send us something... this is it!"
U.S. Lend-Lease, American M3 medium tank, double turret design, the British call it the "General Grant" tank.
There are also "Matilda" and "Valentine" tanks from the United Kingdom.
It is no wonder that the 1st Tank Brigade of the Guards will be transferred back to Stalingrad. They are used to test the new batch of tanks.
In detail, Shulka believes that first of all, the temperature has dropped sharply recently, dropping to minus 30 degrees. At the same time, reinforcements from the Far Eastern Front rushed to Moscow to relieve Moscow's defense.
In this case, there is room for the 1st Guards Tank Brigade to be transferred back.
Secondly, testing these tanks is of great significance to the Soviet Union.
This is not only a question of whether they will be put into the battlefield immediately, but also a question of testing and feedback on the aid of the United States and Britain... The quality is good or bad, whether it can adapt to the Soviet battlefield, and whether it can play a certain role on the battlefield. It takes an elite force to evaluate.
(Elite troops can find problems and be convincing. For example, the 1st Guards Tank Brigade has won many battles with Soviet-style equipment, but thinks that the British and American equipment are insufficient and even lost on the battlefield)
"Get back to your posts, you bastards!" A British colonel yelled in English, "Do you think this is a game? This is a battle. I don't think you know what a battle is." ...the way you are, the Germans are going to beat the **** out of you!"
The Soviet translator beside him translated these words intact.
The soldiers didn't move, and someone spit on the ground.
Shuerka looked at the instructor suspiciously.
The instructor shrugged and replied: "That's the British instructor, named Stephen... You know, after they send us these equipments, they will teach us how to use them, so they sent a team of consultants, including British and Americans, But mostly British!"
Then the instructor added: "It's interesting, isn't it? Most of them are American equipment, but let the British teach us how to use them!"
Shulka knew why.
Because the British have more experience in combat against the German army...to be precise, it should be combat experience against the Italian army. Their main opponents on the desert battlefield are the Italians, and the German army has only a small part.
On the other hand, the U.S. military supplies a large amount of equipment to the British army, so the British army does have more experience in using it.
But that doesn't mean these experiences are correct, otherwise they shouldn't have been beaten to the ground by Rommel in Africa.
Of course, the British will not admit this, just like this instructor, still yelling at the Soviet soldiers arrogantly.
Shuerka didn't intend to argue with the instructor. He raised his head to the soldiers and said, "Go! After all, he is here to teach us how to fight the Germans!"
The soldier responded, and then reluctantly returned to the training ground for training.
Then a man emerged from a "General Grant" tank and waved at Shulka. It took Shulka a while to recognize that it was Fedosyev...
Seeing the tank soldiers in Soviet-style military uniforms in American tanks, it really feels a little inconsistent.
This seems to be impossible. At this time, the Soviet military industry is moving to the rear and has not yet fully resumed production, so tanks are urgently needed.
The problem is... Shulka doesn't know how useful these tanks will be on the battlefield.
"Move your ass!" At this time, the British instructor shouted again: "Follow behind the tank, you idiots, unless you think your skin is thicker than the tank armor, otherwise you are finished!"
(end of this chapter)
