"Soviet citizens!" A voice came from the radio: "At 4 a.m. today, without any prior demands against the Soviet Union and without declaring war, German troops launched an attack. They launched attacks on many locations on the Soviet border and bombed Zedomir, Kiev, Minsk and other cities with planes. This unprecedented attack by the German army on the Soviet Union was an act of treason that had no precedent in the history of civilized nations..."

Everyone was listening quietly until the sound on the radio ended with a few calls, and Jiner became an upsetting "rustling" sound.

"The Soviet Union's Molotov is speaking!" Gavrilov explained: "The Chairman of the Soviet People's Committee and the People's Committee on Diplomacy!"

The instructor heard the words and there was no sound.

Shulka couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Although Molotov's speech to the entire Soviet Union did not say that the Soviet army on the front line retreated... Of course, this cannot be said, especially on radios to the military and civilians across the country.

But this passage first confirms one thing: the German army launched not local wars against the Soviet Union, but comprehensive, large-scale wars.

And this is one of the differences between the instructor and Shulka.

Secondly, this passage also mentioned that German military aircraft bombed Zedomir, Kiev, Minsk and other places.

You should know that Minsk is 349 kilometers away from Brest and German aircraft can bomb the hinterland 349 kilometers away from the border line. There is no need to say more about what this means... This passage almost proves that Schulka is right.

The reason why the word "almost" is used is because the instructor is still unwilling to admit it.

"This does not mean that the Soviet army retreated on its entire line!" said the instructor: "It was just a bombing of the plane. We may have lost our advantage in the air, but our army is bravely resisting the German invasion on land!"

"This is indeed possible!" Major Gavrilov said: "But it is more likely that we are surrounded and isolated and we must break through!"

"No, this is greed for life and fear of death, it is a timid battle. We should stick to the fortress and guard every inch of the land of our motherland!"

...

Major Gavrilov's argument with the instructor continued, and Shulka was put back in full gear.

"That's great!" When Okunev saw Shulka and the gun in his hand, he breathed a sigh of relief and gave him a warm hug.

"I thought I would never see you again, my friend!" Okunev whispered.

"It's true!" Shulka said only one sentence, and said nothing else, because he was warned not to leak any related content, especially "large-scale wars" and "the Soviet army retreated in an all-out manner".

Of course, Okunev understood this, so he didn't ask anything. He just took out the newspaper and tobacco from his pocket, and rolled the newspaper with a skillful cigarette and handed it on it like before.

Shulka took the cigarette, and then he realized that his hands holding the cigarette were trembling. The matches in Okunev's hand even took a lot of effort to ignite the shaking cigarette.

Shulka took a deep breath of smoke greedily and vomited it out.

Shulka thought the battlefield was the most terrifying, but now he realized that it was not the case... He would never forget the cold command of the instructor standing behind him, the crisp sound of the bolt, and the indifference in his eyes when the nearby guards looked here.

Shulka could almost see a bloody flower piercing through the back of his head. He could not imagine that these people would be so easy and hasty to decide a person's life and death, especially Shulka was still his own, a Soviet soldier.

After taking another hard sip, Shulka filled his lungs with the spicy and choking smoke of inferior tobacco, which would make Shulka feel better.

Only then did Shulka understand why many people became smokers on the battlefield.

In the smoke storm, Shulka forced himself to pull his thoughts back to the situation in front of him.

Shulka was reluctant to do this because his previous efforts almost cost him his life, which left a shadow in Shulka's heart.

But Shulka had to do this because he knew that if he didn't do anything, it would be a matter of time before he could lose his life.

So… Can Major Gavrilov convince the instructor?

Shulka doesn't think so.

As I said before, although there was what Molotov said, it did not mean that the Soviet army had retreated across the board, especially the instructors were still on the moral high ground. What's more important is that... the radio could not contact the superiors, which meant that they had not received a retreat order.

Without orders, retreating without authorization will turn into escaping at any time. Everyone knows what the result will be.

Shulka smiled self-deprecatingly, which means that he had almost fought for a lifetime but got nothing.

While Shulka was thinking about it, Okunev handed it to him with an empty lunch box.

Shulka didn't understand what this meant at first, but when he saw two soldiers distributing food in an iron bucket filled with food, he realized that the time for dinner was up.

With a "puff!", the cooks knocked a ball of sticky things into Shulka's lunch box.

Shulka pulled it out with a spoon, and he couldn't believe he could eat this kind of thing, but when he saw that everyone around him was eating it, he could only frown and stuff the thing into his mouth... Perhaps because he was hungry, it didn't seem as bad as he thought. Of course, it would be even better if he could add some butter or give another piece of bread.

At this time, the Germans on the other side shouted in the loudspeaker again: "Comrades from the Soviet Union, we are here to liberate you, join us, and get rid of the oppression and restraint of the Soviet Union..."

"Oh!" said a soldier who was squatting a few meters away and eating food. "Any of us likes to hear these words, do you say, Shulka?"

Everyone around them knew what this meant and couldn't help laughing.

"Comrade Valery!" Okunev opposed: "The superior sent the rifle back to Shulka and joined us again, which proves that Shulka is not a traitor!"

"I know!" Valery replied, "But this does not prove that he is not a coward, does it?"

There was a burst of laughter around him again, and Okunev wanted to say something but was suppressed by Shulka.

Shulka doesn't care about this. When he knows that most people are going to die in this war, the dispute over verbal means nothing to Shulka.

What Shulka thought in her mind was how to survive this cruel war.

What's more, whether it is a hero or a dog hero is not enough to just talk about it.
Chapter completed!