USSR 1941

The return to the barracks was obviously not in a hurry, so Shulka no longer took the "fastest route"... At this time, the Soviet Union did not have much fuel, and it was impossible to send a plane alone because Shulka was alone.

However, Akadyevich arranged for Shulka to have a delivery car.

"There's a train to Stalingrad, but you're not going to like it!" said Akadyevich.

Shulka understood what Akadyevich meant. It was indeed not a good experience to take a Soviet train, because its carriages were usually airtight... Airtight carriages were easy to produce, and they were suitable for transporting people and goods.

Soviet military supplies are so simple and crude.

But this is also normal, because it is a time of war, and the consideration is how to save money and how to get it quickly. If you want to distinguish the carriages for transporting people and goods, not only the production is troublesome, but also when transporting and mounting, it is time-consuming, troublesome and It's easy to get confused.

Coupled with the non-stop transportation back and forth, the smell of sweat, urine, and feces is unavoidable in the train carriages... Various germs and infectious diseases may cause people to get seriously ill after arriving at their destination and then be unable to get up. coming.

In contrast, the car is much more comfortable. The driver and the co-driver in the front cab drive...the two drive alternately, and Shulka just finds some space in the rear compartment, wraps him in a marching quilt, and then sleeps soundly. , When I was hungry, I opened a box of things in the rear compartment and had a delicious meal.

Fortunately for Shulka, the rear compartment transported canned beef and compressed biscuits... Perhaps this was also specially arranged by Akadievich, and Akadievich also specially confessed: "If you need it, the rear compartment Enjoy the food as you like, I have already greeted the quartermaster, as much as you eat, just report the number when you arrive at the destination!"

"Thank you, Comrade Akadyevich!"

"Don't talk about that!" Akadyevich waved at Shulka: "Don't forget, I'll still trouble you!"

Of course Shulka knew that if Akadyevich didn't "trouble" him, Beria would.

Therefore, the two and a half days of the itinerary can be said to be the most leisure time for Shulka. He doesn't have to think about anything, he just needs to eat, sleep and eat.

Because the car took a long way around the front line, and at the same time, the German air force was also concentrated near Stalingrad to implement "air transport", so there was no danger along the way, and the car arrived in Znamensk smoothly.

Shulka needs to transfer here,

Because the supplies were destined for Stalingrad, which Akadyevich had told the driver, the driver stopped the car when the road forked and slapped the carriage board hard, shouting: "Get up, we are finally here!" Transported your resident insect to the destination!"

Apparently, the driver knew that Shulka had been eating and drinking in the trunk all the way, and they weren't happy about it.

Of course they are justified in their displeasure, because as drivers, they can only eat black bread, and they are still hungry and full, in order to transport as much supplies as possible to the front line.

But there was actually a "resident worm" in the rear compartment. While they were transporting supplies, this "resident worm" was eating and drinking in the back, and the supplies became less and less, which made the two drivers very unbalanced. .

And because the person who explained the itinerary was a person from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the driver dared not speak up all the way, and he couldn't help complaining until he was about to be relieved.

Shulka was woken up from a drowsy sleep in the rear compartment, packed up and marched after hearing the cry, and was jumped out of the car.

"Where is this, comrade?" Shulka asked, a little confused.

"Znamensk!" The driver raised his head towards the street on the left and said, "Go in this direction, and you will arrive at the train station you want to go to. I hope you won't eat all A carload of food!"

"They should lock you up with the ammo!" said the co-pilot, "So you can eat more!"

"Thank you!" Shulka replied with a smile, and then put on the military cap in a hurry.

Only then did the co-pilot seem to recognize Shulka, and he opened his mouth in surprise. Just as he was about to say something, the driver kicked the accelerator and drove the car away.

"Comrade Vashuk!" The co-pilot said in disbelief, "I'm not mistaken!"

"What's wrong?"

"That guy just now...he's Shulka!"

"What are you talking about? That resident worm? This is impossible? You must be dazzled!"

"No, Vashuk!" The co-pilot said with certainty, "He's Shulka!"

As he said that, the co-pilot took out a newspaper from his pocket, pointed to the person in the picture and said, "I'm sure, it's him! God, he was in our back compartment for two and a half days, two and a half days, I actually... I couldn't even say a word to him!"

"You said it, Venedikt!"

"What?"

"You said he was a resident bug!" The driver laughed out loud.

The co-pilot rolled his eyes and looked hopeless.

Znamensk railway station.

This railway station was originally just a small transfer station, because after crossing the Volga River is Stalingrad, and Stalingrad is the most important transfer station, where there are two large railway stations leading to different directions.

But because Stalingrad was in a state of fierce fighting, the railway station was of course unable to operate normally, so the Znamensk railway station became the largest and most important railway station to support the front line.

Obviously, this place has been bombed countless times by the Luftwaffe. The streets are full of ruins and craters. Some of the craters in the streets are simply built with a few pieces of wood, and people and vehicles will fall if they are not careful. into the pit.

The fence of the train station had also been blown down long ago, replaced by a simple barbed wire fence, and a car and a team of soldiers outside lined up along the gate.

Shulka walked into the team with a bag on his back, and then slowly moved forward with the team.

Finally at the station entrance, several people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs were nervously checking the soldiers' documents.

Shulka took out his military ID card and handed it over. It was a sergeant who checked the ID card. He took the ID card and looked at it, then he was stunned, and then repeatedly compared Shulka and the photo.

"What's the situation?" A second lieutenant felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere here, so he came up and asked.

"Young...Comrade Second Lieutenant!" The sergeant stuttered a little, and he said with doubts as he handed over his certificate: "He, he is Comrade Shulka!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the surrounding soldiers immediately stirred up.

It was hard to recognize that Shulka hadn't washed her face for several days, but they cried out anyway:

"Yes, he is Shulka!"

"Hello, Comrade Shulka!"

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