The next day, Shulka discovered that reorganizing 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 a thousand people, and some of them are old, weak, sick and disabled.

"How come we have such soldiers?" Shulka asked.

At least one hundred of them are over 50 years old. Soldiers of this age can only exist in non-combat units in the 1st Guards Tank Brigade, such as Uncle Alek who is the driver.

But in the 82nd Infantry Regiment, it is a combat unit.

Others noted that they had been injured.

Originally, being injured and returning to the army was nothing. There were many cases in the army of being injured and then returning to the army, but Shulka looked at the files and found that most of these injuries would affect the battle.

For example, the injured leg affected his ability to walk with a limp, there was only one eye left, and the fingers were broken...Shurka believed that some of the broken fingers were broken intentionally.

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

After the finger was broken, they couldn't pull the trigger, so they thought they could escape the war.

But unfortunately, they were thrown into the 82nd Infantry Regiment.

"You know!" The regiment leader shrugged helplessly: "We are just such a force, and our superiors have no hope in our combat effectiveness. I don't know what missions 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 couldn't help but sink.

After a moment of silence, Shulka asked: "Can we recruit freely? I mean, do our superiors allow us to recruit new soldiers?"

"Of course, of course it's allowed!"

"So what's the problem?"

"We must be able to recruit them!" the regiment leader replied: "No one will be willing to join the 82nd Infantry Regiment. Besides... we don't have that much food, weapons and equipment! Should we let them come in and starve?"

Then Shulka understood.

The important thing is that the supplies given to the 82nd Infantry Regiment by their superiors were too little.

Shulka wanted to have a broad understanding of the situation, so he summoned the soldiers to review it.

The real situation was worse than what was described in the documents. They were a group of soldiers who didn't have enough to eat. There were only a few 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 Ulyupinsk!" the regiment leader said: "There will be a battalion patrolling Ulyupinsk every week. I think you have met the commander of the first battalion!"

"What?"

"Valery!" the leader explained: "He made a report to me and apologized to you again!"

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

He is actually the battalion commander?!

A battalion commander doesn’t even have a military uniform!

This led Shulka to mistake them for militiamen.

Shulka smiled, said a few words to the group leader, and then returned to his own wooden house to rest.

But Shulka is certainly not resting.

But he gave up, just like 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, step on a few mines, or detect the enemy's fire position.

Shulka was a little confused as to why the High Command sent him to this unit. After all, he was a "breakout hero" who could boost morale, wasn't he? His existence was obviously beneficial to the Soviet Union and the war situation.

After thinking about it, Shulka believed that this was probably a serious misjudgment of the current war situation by the Supreme Command.

They probably thought that the situation was very good now and that it would not take much time for the Soviet Union to drive the German army out of the Soviet Union and win the final victory. So they thought that there was no need for a little person like Shulka or to create a hero.

On the other hand, the German propaganda against Shulka on the front line, 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 truly feel relieved.

Thinking of this, Shulka, who was lying on the bed, could only let out a bitter smile. It seemed that the problem would be much more serious than he thought before.

Manstein's alienation plan can be considered 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: "Desperate, isn't it?"

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

"I know!" Andrianka nodded: "In fact, I have never given up hope, but... Comrade Mikhailovich has never given up!"

Mikhailovich was the leader.

Shulka said "Oh" and didn't take it too seriously.

This is not a matter of giving up or not, but rather a question of superiors defining this unit from the beginning.

The Bryansk Front in history also had no hope, because soon the reorganized front would be disbanded again due to heavy losses on the battlefield, and then be reorganized again.

However, by the time it is reorganized, I don’t know how many people will still be alive.

"Comrade Mikhailovich is a survivor of the original army!" Andrianka handed Shulka a cigarette and said: "After he was injured, several farmers hid him in a barn until we

I didn’t find him until I called back a month later!”

"He's strong!" Shulka said.

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

"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 that's the case now!"

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

Andrianka was silent for a while and said: "He has great hopes for you, Comrade Shulka! I mean, Comrade Mikhailovich can't hold it anymore, he hopes that your arrival will
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