Chapter 128 Military Certificate

In the military rank system of the Soviet Army, starting from the rank of second lieutenant is a veritable officer.

In fact, the big men can be counted as officers, because in fact there are many big men who serve as company commanders...there is a lack of command personnel, so the rank cannot keep up.

But if there is an official military certificate as proof, it is a second lieutenant.

It was a small book with a size of 75MM*110MM, with a total of 17 pages.

Compared with the previous "warrior card", the information filling in the military officer card is more strict... The "warrior card" is to fill in information such as name, enlisted troops, and arms, and the photo does not matter. There are no certificates.

Military ID is different, it needs to fill in time of birth, place, family details and so on.

This made Shulka worry... Birth time, place, family information?

Shulka's eyes were darkened and he knew nothing.

If there are no acquaintances around, Shulka can still fill in the air, but now he knows that the actor is his fellow...

"Comrade Okunev!" Shulka called the actor aside: "I need your help with something!"

"Yes, Comrade Company Commander!" The actor stood up and responded, and then whispered: "Comrade Company Commander, you should say 'There is a task for you to complete'!"

"Okay!" said Shulka, "I can't remember that..."

As Shulka said, he handed over his military ID: "My mind is blank, I don't remember anything!"

Since the actor always thought that Shulka lost his memory because of a head injury, Shulka went with the flow and made plans.

The actor didn't have any doubts, he just looked at Shulka with a slightly sad look, and then said: "January 19, 1922, Lobnia, father..."

So Shulka got the information, that he was an only son... which seemed to be a good thing, because then he didn't have to worry about being found out by his siblings.

After receiving the equipment information, Shulka asked Pukarev to make a list, and he only needed to copy it.

The photos are just blank.

First of all because it is not easy to find a photo studio that is still open during the war.

The second is that even if it is found and a photo is taken, it is very likely that the photo will not be available... The reason is very simple, the troops will be transferred to the front line or other places to perform tasks at any time.

Shulka was right, because the troops were sent to the battlefield after only a day's rest in school.

To be precise, it was not a battlefield, but was ordered to garrison the Odessa middle line of defense. (Note: The outer line of defense consists of the 25th Infantry Division and the 95th Infantry Division of the former Odessa Army)

This is again the "gratitude" of the garrison to the 9th Mechanized Army... As I said before, the middle defense line is only 6 to 8 kilometers away from the city of Odessa, which allows them to return to Odessa to rest in rotation when night falls .

But you have to walk.

This made the soldiers a little puzzled.

"Comrade company commander!" the actor asked Shulka: "We have a car, why can't we go back by car?"

Pukarev answered the question for Shulka: "Our supply lines are being blocked by the Germans. We must do our best to save supplies. Do you know how much gasoline we will consume if we go back to Odessa by car every day?"

Hearing this, the actor stopped talking.

"You can choose to stay overnight at the defense line!" Pukarev said: "Or walk back to the barracks!"

Of course the soldiers chose the latter, because when they returned to the barracks, they could at least have a good sleep on a dry bed to relieve fatigue, otherwise they would have to stay in the muddy water of the position.

The main job of the troops in the middle line of defense is to build fortifications, including using the equipment seized from the Romanian army and the German army.

The main task of the Ninth Army is still the latter,

The former is mostly done by volunteers from Odessa, and the soldiers just need to tell them how to do it.

Shulka believes that these tasks are not very necessary, because it is unlikely that the German army will attack Odessa again, but Shulka does not know what the German army will do next.

On the third day, when Shulka was directing his subordinates to build the fortifications, Major Gavrilov walked up to Shulka and said, "They have crossed the Dnieper River!"

"What?" Shulka wasn't sure what Major Gavrilov was talking about.

"The Germans, and the Romanians!" said Gavrilov. "They did not retreat, but continued to advance east!"

"To the east?" Shulka asked suspiciously: "Then their supplies..."

"Southern Front!" Major Gavrilov said. "When they were attacked by the Germans, they didn't even have time to blow up the warehouse. There are other places... such as the transfer station. There are at least 20 large warehouses intact. Fall into their hands, with this supply the Germans complete their deployment!"

"Are they deploying their forces on the east bank of the Dnieper?"

"Not exactly!" Gavrilov replied, then picked up a branch and drew a sketch on the ground: "Brest, Kyiv, the Dnieper River...they used the Pripyat Marsh and the Dnieper River to We have established a line of defense to the north!"

Then Shulka understood that after the German army had no hope of encircling and annihilating Kyiv, they hoped to cut Ukraine's main Kyiv army from the center so that they could not reinforce other places.

other places……

Shulka turned his eyes to the center and said: "Moscow?"

"Yes, Moscow!" Major Gavrilov nodded: "They are targeting Moscow!"

Shulka said something bad in his heart.

The defense of Moscow should have started in October, because by this time the German army had surrounded and annihilated the Soviet army in Kyiv and successfully withdrawn.

Then it entered winter in early November... In fact, it was already cold and windy in October, and the snow on the ground had reached a thickness of 1 meter after November.

That is to say, the cold winter came to Moscow just over a month after the German army arrived in Moscow and launched its offensive. This was obviously one of the main reasons for the reversal of the final battle situation.

But it is only the end of July, and even if the German army was blocked by the Soviet army and did not arrive in Moscow until September, it would be a full month longer than in history.

In one month, in addition, the German army also transferred the main force of Army Group South to Moscow, which is likely to change the outcome of the Moscow campaign.

Thinking of this, Shulka's face suddenly turned pale.

He originally thought that saving Kyiv and the Southwest Front Army with his historical knowledge would have some positive impact on the war, but he didn't expect it to be counterproductive!

However, even if it happened again, Shulka might still choose to do so.

Because, he can't sacrifice himself to complete the victory of the defense of Moscow!