BXBX NOVEL Chapter 224: tank soldier
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Then Kalashnikov laughed: "I never thought you would do that, Comrade Shulka! Do you know? What I admire is not your bravery, nor your strategy..."
"You mean imagination?" Shulka asked.
Kalashnikov stared at Shulka with wide eyes, nodded after a long while and said: "Nothing can be hidden from you, Comrade Shulka! Yes, what I admire is your imagination and adaptability. time...you can come up with a nearly perfect solution, but I can only stare blankly in the tank!"
"You will have such an imagination, Comrade Kalashnikov!" Shulka said: "Your imagination is even much better than mine!"
Shuerka is telling the truth. This guy in front of him is the father of AK, and AK47 has led light weapons for decades... It is still enduring in Africa until modern times.
But Kalashnikov didn't think so.
He smiled self-deprecatingly, and was silent for a while, as if he had fought some ideological struggles, and finally summoned up the courage to say: "I'm timid, Comrade Shulka!"
"What?" Shulka glanced around habitually. This topic must not be heard by others, otherwise Kalashnikov's future will be over.
"At that moment, I actually didn't hear the sound of the following infantry stopping!" Kalashnikov said: "To be exact, I didn't hear clearly, or I ignored it!"
Shulka knows what's going on. Installing a telephone on the tank can indeed solve the problem of internal and external communication. Operational, there are not enough crew members to answer the call.
So, the tank crew usually cut a hole in the tank cap and strapped the phone directly to it, so that they could keep in touch with the follower while operating the tank.
The disadvantage is that the phone will become loose from time to time due to the involvement of the phone line, and the driver has another burden.
For example, Kalashnikov, as a driver, needs to drive a tank. At the same time, as the commander of the tank, he must direct the firepower. In addition, he must keep in touch with the followers outside the tank at any time and even learn about the situation from the followers.
In this case, it is inevitable that some information will be missed.
"That is to say..." Shulka said, "Did you take the initiative to stop the tank?"
"Yes!" Kalashnikov nodded.
After being silent for a while, he continued: "I saw the two destroyed tanks in front of me, my head was 'coaxed', and I couldn't help but imagine how a shell would destroy the tank and blow myself to pieces. , and I couldn't help stopping the tank... shameful, isn't it?"
"No, Comrade Kalashnikov!" Shulka replied: "That's normal!"
"I don't need consolation, Comrade Shulka!" Kalashnikov took a sip of vodka from the cup: "I even lost my ability to think at that time. If it weren't for your command, I believe I would have become like those two like a tank..."
"That's the problem!" Shulka said, "Do you think I'm comforting you? No, I think fighting the enemy requires not only courage, but also wisdom... If you rushed forward bravely, what was the result? Woolen cloth?"
Kalashnikov did not speak.
"The result is the same as those two tanks!" Shulka said: "Being hit by enemy shells, and then becoming a pile of scrap iron... This does not allow us to win!"
"Maybe you are right, Comrade Shulka!" Kalashnikov said: "But at that moment I should have rushed up, and you will command the next tank to achieve the same victory!"
Shuerka spread his hands to express his helplessness. He found that he was not the only one who fell into self-blame. Kalashnikov had no idea how important his life was to the Soviet Union.
But suddenly Shulka realized that Kalashnikov seemed to be right, that at that moment he really should have rushed...
The reason is that after Kalashnikov was injured on the battlefield, he wanted to think about how to deal with the German submachine guns in the hospital, so he gave up being a tank soldier and embarked on the road of developing rifles.
But now, Kalashnikov is probably not injured because of himself. Does not being injured mean...he will not reflect deeply in the hospital? Of course you will not give up being a tank soldier?
Shuerka couldn't help but curse secretly, is this a bad thing? !
"What are you thinking?" Kalashnikov asked.
"I was thinking..." Shulka asked: "Comrade Kalashnikov, have you ever thought about giving up being a tank soldier?"
"Of course not!" Kalashnikov denied without thinking: "Why do you have such an idea? Yes, I am indeed timid, but this does not mean that I will give up tank soldiers, especially at this time, The country needs me!"
Shulka wanted to slap himself...
Why was Kalashnikov’s tank coming up at that time? !
There were more than 80 tanks in the whole brigade, but Kalashnikov's tanks followed suit!
After thinking for a while, Shulka said: "I didn't mean that, Comrade Kalashnikov! You are right, the motherland needs us, and of course we cannot escape! But... the motherland needs us not only Fight!"
"For example?" Kalashnikov looked at Shulka suspiciously.
"For example, designing a rifle!" Shulka pointed out the key point: "You have the talent in this area..."
"Maybe this is what I want...Comrade Shulka!" Kalashnikov said in embarrassment: "But I am a tank soldier, and I still want to fight the Germans! I don't even know if I can go back alive!"
Kalashnikov is right, as a tank soldier, Kalashnikov really has no conditions to do this.
What can Shulka do?
Should we continue to wait for Kalashnikov to be injured?
No, next time it may not be an injury but a sacrifice!
Shulka even wanted to report Kalashnikov, so that he could no longer be a tank soldier... But this is obviously not a good way, because it may lead to Kalashnikov being severely punished.
So…
"I heard you say it!" Shulka asked: "You worked in Stalingrad for a while and knew some people?"
"Yes!" Kalashnikov replied: "But this doesn't change anything. They need a tank soldier more than an ordinary engineer!"
"What if you're not an ordinary engineer?" Shulka asked.
"What do you mean?" Kalashnikov looked at Shulka suspiciously.
(end of this chapter)