USSR 1941

Kirillovich's intuition let him know that something was wrong, but he didn't know what was wrong for a while.

Later, Kirillovich got the news through the instructor... This is the advantage of the political commissar, the political commissar can know everything they want to know through the instructor.

The reason is that the instructors are doing ideological work, and they can talk to the soldiers, talk about their views, and talk about problems.

At the same time, there are many soldiers in a unit, and there will always be a few soldiers who will be tricked by the instructor and tell the secret, or believe the instructor, and even some will take the initiative to inform the instructor.

Therefore, almost no secrets can be hidden from the political commissar.

The same is true of the political commissar Kirillovich, and within a few days he got the real thoughts of the Second Infantry Battalion:

"Now is a time of peace. Of course we obey the orders of Comrade Political Commissars, but that may not be the case when there is a war!" This is what Sokolov said to the staff.

The people of the 2nd Infantry Battalion understood.

At the same time, this is also reasonable, because the power of the political commissar has been weakened. Many things are ideological and political issues in peacetime, but in wartime they are combat command issues...even sometimes there is no clear boundary between the two, and sometimes it is difficult distinguish.

Then Sokolov added another sentence to his subordinates: "There is no war yet, if any of you want to be deserters, you should get there early, I promise I won't use lynching to hang you from a tree!"

The subordinates only let out a burst of laughter.

No one would be stupid enough to be a deserter at this time, unless the head was flooded.

The reason is very simple, if the battle has not started, there will be no pressure to die, and of course there is no reason to be a deserter... On the battlefield, if you don't desert, you will die, but if you are a deserter, you may die. Many people are willing to take a gamble. In peacetime, you can live comfortably without being a deserter, but you may die if you are a deserter, so why bother?

Of course, in the long run, the current peace is only temporary, and there is still some value in being a deserter.

The problem is that deserters in wartime are more likely to take advantage of the chaos and escape, and there is basically no hope of success in peacetime.

Therefore, Sokolov is not worried about deserters appearing at this time.

Since there are no deserters at this time, what can we do without lynching if we listen to the political commissar?

As for the time of war... Can those political commissars and instructors manage people like Sokolov and the Second Infantry Battalion led by him?

You must know that these are all from the punishment camp. Not only did they die a few times, but they also hated the instructors and political commissars the most (there are not many of them who were not thrown into the punishment camp by the instructors and political commissars). Let the instructors and political commissars take care of them? It's not bad if you don't shoot black guns in the back!

Later Shulka found out that someone actually did it.

But it's just "discovery", because it's too easy to shoot black guns on the battlefield, and the possibility of being discovered is almost zero.

Just imagine, on a dark and windy night, a group of people rush forward, and the instructor has to rush forward, and the troops behind raise their guns to provide cover for the charging troops... As long as the muzzle of the gun is a little bit, even just a little bit, it is right. The so-called "a thousand miles of difference", as long as the muzzle of the gun is a little bit off, it will change from aiming at the enemy to aiming at the instructor, and no one will notice it, because no one will put their head on the front sight to see who is aiming at .

Then pull the trigger... everything is over. If the marksmanship is good, a tragedy can be over in a few seconds. If the marksmanship is not good, just play it a few more times, and no one will find out who did it.

Shulka was able to "discover" because he noticed that the casualty rate of the instructors of the 2nd Infantry Battalion was particularly high, not only much higher than that of the 2nd Infantry Battalion, but also much higher than the casualty rates of instructors of other units.

It may be normal for instructors to have a higher casualty rate than ordinary soldiers, as they often go first in order to lead the way, but it is not normal to have a higher casualty rate than other troops.

Then as soon as Shulka checked the bodies of those instructors, he found that a considerable number of instructors were shot in the back and the bullets still came from the Soviet-style Mosin Nagant.

Kirillovich soon found out about it.

As I said before, there is nothing in the army that can be hidden from the political commissar, especially if it is related to the life and death of the instructor.

Kirillovich flew into a rage at the first moment. He slapped the table fiercely and cursed: "These bastards, they are all traitors, and they openly killed the instructor! Their comrades, their comrades! I will not spare I must find them and shoot them one by one..."

"You'd better not do that, Comrade Kirillovich!" Shulka urged.

"Comrade Shulka!" Kirillovich turned his anger on Shulka: "At this time you are still protecting your subordinates, do you know how serious this is? Don't say it is an instructor, even Not even soldiers..."

"I know, Kirillovich!" Shulka replied: "But I am doing it for the good of the instructor, and also for your own good!"

"What's for my good?" Kirillovich asked angrily, "Are you threatening me?!"

"Comrade Kirillovich!" Shulka asked back: "On the battlefield, bullets don't have eyes. Can you find out who shot the instructor in the back?"

Having said that, Kirillovich's anger was immediately suppressed by half.

Indeed, bullets do not have eyes, and everyone uses the same bullets without names written on them, so it is basically impossible to find the murderer.

"Under the circumstances, what do you do with the Second Infantry Battalion?" Shulka asked again: "Shoot them all? Or put them all in prison? Or dismiss them?"

Obviously none of the solutions will work, and if they do, they may even be backlashed.

That is to say, not only the problem cannot be solved, but it may become more and more serious.

Seeing Kirillovich calming down slowly, Shulka persuaded: "This is a battlefield, Comrade Kirillovich, when fighting, when soldiers are fighting the enemy desperately on the front line, My advice is better not to offend them!"

"But, let's forget about this matter?" Kirillovich said unwillingly: "They will continue to do this in the future..."

"I'm going to talk to Sokolov about it!" Shulka said. "Besides, I think you should pretend you don't know anything. You can see why!".

Kirillovich thought for a while, then nodded in agreement.

The reason is very simple. If the Second Infantry Battalion did not get the punishment they deserved, that is, the political commissars would have nothing to do with them. If word spread... the soldiers of the Second Infantry Battalion were not the only ones who hated the instructors and political commissars.