Chapter 466: rectify

Chapter 466 Rectification

The next day, Shulka discovered that the rectification of the troops was just a good wish for the 82nd Infantry Regiment.

Although the 82nd Infantry Regiment is a regiment, its total strength is only more than 1,000 people, and some of them are old, weak, sick and disabled.

"How can we have such pawns?" Shulka asked.

Among them, at least one hundred soldiers are already in their fifties. Soldiers of this age can only exist in non-combat troops in the 1st Guards Tank Brigade, such as Uncle Alek who is the driver.

But in the 82nd Infantry Regiment was a combat unit.

Others have some names that have been injured.

Originally, it was nothing to return to the army after being injured. There are many cases in the army that returned to the army after being injured, but Shulka looked at the files and found that most of the injuries would affect the battle.

For example, a leg injured and limping affected walking, another example is that there is only one eye left, and fingers are broken...Shuerka believes that some of these broken fingers were broken intentionally.

As I said before, some soldiers would stick their hands out of the trenches because of fear in battle, and German soldiers were happy to help break a few of their fingers with bullets.

After the finger is broken, they can't pull the trigger, so they think they can escape this war.

Unfortunately, they were dropped into the 82nd Infantry Regiment.

"You know!" The head of the regiment shrugged helplessly: "We are such a force, and the superiors have no hope for our combat effectiveness. I don't know what tasks we will perform in the future, but... if it is just a charge, then It doesn’t matter if you can’t pull the trigger!”

Shulka's heart sank.

After a moment of silence, Shulka asked: "Can we recruit freely? I mean, are the superiors allowed us to recruit recruits?"

"Of course, of course!"

"So what's the problem?"

"We want to be able to call!" The regimental commander replied: "No one will be incorporated into the 82nd Infantry Regiment, and besides... we don't have that much food, weapons and equipment! Shall we let them come in and starve?"

Then Shulka understood.

The important thing is that the superior supplies to the 82nd Infantry Regiment are too little.

Shuerka wanted to get a better understanding of the situation, so he called the soldiers to inspect it.

The real situation was even worse than what was described in the document. It was a group of soldiers who couldn’t get enough to eat, and there were not many bullets in their rifles. A few 82MM mortars were considered the heavy equipment of the regiment, and each of them was equipped with ammunition. Only a dozen rounds.

"We are responsible for the security of Uryupinsk!" The regiment leader said: "There will be a battalion patrolling in Uryupinsk every week. I think you have seen the battalion commander!"

"What?"

"Valery!" The head explained: "He reported to me and apologized to you again!"

Shulka said "oh", it was the peaked cap who almost dragged him to the street as a spy and shot him.

He is actually the battalion commander? !

A battalion commander doesn't have a uniform!

This mistook Shulka for militiamen.

Shuerka smiled, and after a few words with the head of the group, he returned to his own wooden house to rest.

But Shulka is certainly not resting.

Instead he gave up, as Andrianka said, this is an abandoned army, they have no hope, just waiting to be sent to the battlefield one day and die meaninglessly.

If there is any meaning, it is to consume some German ammunition, or step on a few landmines, or to detect the enemy's firepower position.

Shulka didn't understand why the Supreme Command sent him to this unit. After all, he is a "breakout hero" who can boost morale, isn't he? Its own existence is beneficial to the Soviet Union and is obviously beneficial to the war situation.

After thinking about it, Shulka thinks that this is likely to be a serious misjudgment of the current war situation by the Supreme Command.

They probably think that the situation is good now, and it doesn't take long for the Soviet Union to drive the German army out of the Soviet Union and win the final victory. So they thought there was no need for a little character like Shulka or a hero.

On the other hand, the German propaganda on Shulka at the front, such as calling Shulka a hero and using Shulka to stir up conflicts within the Soviet army, has obviously made the Supreme Command suspicious of Shulka .

So, Shulka was arranged here.

If one day, Shulka is killed as cannon fodder on the battlefield, then they can really feel relieved.

Thinking of this, Shulka lying on the bed could only let out a wry smile, so it seemed that the problem would be much more serious than he had imagined before.

Manstein's alienation strategy can be regarded as a success, at least Shulka's current situation is what he hoped for.

There were several knocks on the door, and then Andrianka's voice sounded: "Can I talk to you, Comrade Shulka?"

"Of course!" Shulka sat up from the bed and opened the door.

Andrianka took a chair and sat down, then said: "It's hopeless, isn't it?"

"You mean the troops?" Shulka couldn't bear to lie to Andrianka, so he nodded and replied: "Yes!"

"I know!" Andrianka nodded: "Actually, I never had hope, but... Comrade Mikhailvich never gave up!"

Mikhail Vich is the head of the regiment.

Shuerka said "oh", but didn't take it too seriously.

This is not a question of giving up or not giving up, but that the superior has characterized this unit from the very beginning.

The Bryansk Front in history is also hopeless, because this reorganized front will be dismantled again soon after suffering heavy losses on the battlefield, and then reorganized again.

It's just that when it's formed again, it's unknown how many people will still be alive.

"Comrade Mikhailvich is a survivor of the original unit!" Andrianka handed Shulka a cigarette and said: "After he was wounded, he was hidden in the barn by some farmers until we I found him after calling back in a month!"

"He's tough!" Shulka said.

He knew this feeling, and lived a sneaky life behind the enemy lines for about half a year... Although it was nothing physically, it was a huge torment psychologically.

"Yes!" Andrianka said: "That's why he was promoted to major and became the commander of the 82nd Infantry Regiment. He never gave up, and he is still the same now!"

"What do you want to say, Comrade Andrianka?" Shulka asked.

Andrianka was silent for a while, and then said: "He has great hopes for you, Comrade Shulka! I mean, Comrade Mikhailvich is dying, and he hopes that your arrival will Change! Hope you find a way to change!"

(end of this chapter)