Chapter 131 The Train

"Shurka!"

On this day, Shulka was busy counting the progress of the project in the private house that served as the headquarters.

This is the advantage of being promoted to the company commander. You have your own headquarters. If you have anything to do, you just need to tell your subordinates and let them do it.

But there is also a downside, that is, he has to face the stinky face of the assistant instructor every day.

Sometimes, Shulka even thought that their promotion to the commander of the third company was a deliberate effort...to allow the deputy instructor to monitor him better.

The deputy instructor's attitude towards Shulka is not bad, it's lukewarm and serious, even Shulka feels that the assistant instructor's attitude has changed, and I don't know if it's an illusion or what, anyway, the assistant instructor's eyes before That doubt seemed to disappear.

But because of his previous experience, Shulka still didn't dare to speak indiscriminately in the headquarters, as if there were eyes staring at him all the time, which made him feel uncomfortable.

Knowing this, Shulka should have applied to be the company commander of another company.

But that doesn't seem to help, because the assistant instructor will probably follow... It's not Shulka's decision.

At this moment Major Gavrilov appeared at the door, in a raincoat, and he seemed in a hurry, and called to Shulka: "Put on the raincoat, we have to go out for a few days!"

"Get out?" Shulka didn't understand what "get out" meant.

"Yes!" Major Gavrilov said: "Leave the company affairs to the deputy company commander!"

"Yes, sir!" Pukarev leaned towards Major Madam Gavrilo, and then said to Shulka: "Don't worry, Comrade Company Commander, I will take care of everything!"

Shulka patted Pukarev on the shoulder, and thought to himself thanks to this assistant.

When he put on his raincoat and followed Major Gavrilov out onto the bucket cart, Major Gavrilov said his destination: "We are going to Kyiv, Comrade Kirponos' order!"

Shulka said "Oh", and then understood what Colonel Gavrilov just said "get out"... The army is full of German or Ukrainian rebel spies, and of course he will not say it easily if it is not necessary out of destination.

The barrel car moved along the road in the rain, and drove staggeringly to the railway a few miles away. The two stood by the railway track and waited for a few minutes, and then a train came up along the railway track with a "hush". .

It was an old-fashioned train, and Shulka noticed machine gunners lying on the roof of several carriages.

There was no train station nearby, but the train still stopped, apparently because it had been notified to pick up people.

The door of a carriage more than 20 meters ahead was pulled open with a "hula" after a sound of punching and kicking.

An officer with the rank of Grand Master jumped out of the car and waved to the two, and Colonel Gavrilov and Shulka greeted them knowingly.

"I need to see your military ID, comrade!" said the maestro.

"Of course!" Major Gavrilov and Shulka took out their military ID cards and handed them over.

When the master saw Shulka's military ID card, his eyes became wary.

"Your military ID card has no photo, Comrade Second Lieutenant!" said the magistrate, "And it's brand new!"

"Yes!" Shulka replied: "Because I just got promoted, and as for the photo... I didn't get it during the war!"

"Then how can I be sure that this document belongs to you?" Dashi seemed to be a serious person, which was rare in the Soviet army.

"I can prove it!" said Major Gavrilov. "I'm sure you've even heard his name, I mean his nickname . . . He's 'The Escape Hero'!"

Shulka looked at Major Gavrilov in surprise.

"Don't look at me like that, Shulka!" said Major Gavrilov. "I already knew your nickname! In fact, at least in our troops,

Not many people don't know about it, do you think so? "

The last sentence is for the master.

"Yes, Comrade Major, Comrade Second Lieutenant!" There was some respect in the eyes of the master, and then the door was opened.

Climbing onto the train, Shulka found that it was extremely crowded inside, with a load of boxes piled up, leaving only a few square meters of space in the middle, and then a dozen soldiers squeezed inside, and the air was filthy.

At first, Shulka was still puzzled by the flashlight hanging from the roof, but when the door was closed again, he understood... This is a stuffy tank car, and it was pitch black inside.

"Sorry, Comrade Major, Comrade Second Lieutenant!" The master said, "You know, those traitors often sabotage the railway and even sneak into our team. I have to be careful!"

"You did right, Maestro!" said Major Gavrilov.

Two soldiers stood up to make way for Shulka and Major Gavrilov, but Major Gavrilov stopped them.

"No need for this, comrades!" Major Gavrilov said. "I come from a poor family like you, and I can take care of myself!"

Major Gavrilov did not lie, he was born in a poor village, his father was a poor man, Major Gavrilov spent his childhood in a very poor environment, which is why he can bear hardships and stand hard work, and has a resolute character one.

The train soon started moving again, and Major Gavrilov and Shulka, with the help of soldiers, moved some boxes for their seats and sat down.

Major Gavrilov's approachability brought him closer to the soldiers, so the group chatted in the dark carriage:

"My name is Yakov, Major!" The master introduced himself, "I'm a platoon leader, responsible for the safety of this train!"

"So, you have a platoon of troops?"

"Yes!" Yakov replied: "There are thirty-two of us, divided into three parts, in the front, middle and rear compartments respectively, and we are in the middle!"

"Securing the train is dangerous, isn't it?" asked the major.

The master shrugged and said with a smile: "Those traitors are really difficult to deal with. They will appear in front of us at the most unexpected time, but I know this is nothing compared to your battle!"

"Good job!" said Major Gavrilov. "We will drive those invaders out of our country!"

"Major!" Yakov looked at Shulka, who was beside Major Gavrilov who hadn't interrupted, and asked, "May I introduce Comrade Second Lieutenant to my subordinates?"

"Of course!" Major Gavrilov laughed, turned to Shulka and said, "Look, I knew that, they're more interested in you than in me!"

The soldiers looked at Yakov in confusion, they didn't understand what these words meant.

"Comrades!" Yakov said, "the Comrade Lieutenant in front of you is our 'escape hero' Shulka!"