USSR 1941

  Chapter 175 Hometown

   Due to the timely unloading of the cargo, the 333rd regiment arrived in Crimea very smoothly.

   If anything went wrong, Shulka got seasick... It can't be blamed on Shulka, he's never been in a boat like this.

  In his impression, a boat ride should have a small compartment with a bed or something. Although the requirements are not high, at least there must be a seat for people to sit on.

  But it turns out that Shulka is overthinking.

  The soldiers entered the bottom of the cabin, just like the smuggling scene in the movie, and they could smell an unpleasant stench before entering.

   At this moment, Shulka felt a little regretful.

   "Are we really going inside?" Shulka asked.

   "Don't you want it?" The subordinate looked at Shulka suspiciously.

  It was only then that Shulka realized that he was the company commander, and his subordinates were the only ones following him... He didn't seem to be used to this position yet.

   "Shulka!" Major Gavrilov shouted at the back: "Go ahead, you have blocked the cabin...Hurry up!"

  Yes, it is indeed necessary to hurry up, because this is related to the safety of the entire fleet.

  So Shulka could only bite the bullet and order: "Obey the order and go in!"

  Shuerka thought to himself, even the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood on the battlefield has come over by himself, so is he still afraid of a cabin?

  But soon Shulka realized that he was wrong. This is a place more terrifying than the battlefield: dark, humid, the air is mixed with various smells, sea water, excrement, sweat, vomit...

  The actor complained: "I can't stay here for a moment!"

   "So what else to do?" said the veteran. "Swim to Crimea? That's 200 kilometers away!"

   "Can we get some air on deck?" Shulka asked.

   "No, Comrade Shulka!" replied Battalion Commander Venyakov.

"Why?"

   "Because!" Venyakov fished out a cable from the dirty water and stuffed it into Shulka's hand, saying, "You may fall into the sea, and there you will really swim to the Crimea!"

   Then Shulka quickly understood what Venyakov meant, because the ship shook violently as soon as it went out to sea... Although the inland sea of ​​the Black Sea is not very stormy, it is still unbearable in windy and windy weather.

  The only thing that comforted Shulka was that he still had the bottle of vodka in his arms.

  Shuerka's first reaction was to drink the whole bottle of wine to make himself drunk, so that when he woke up, he would reach his destination.

But this is obviously an extravagant wish... Shulka just took a few sips, and in the darkness around him, a pair of bright eyes stared at him, to be precise, at the vodka in Shulka's hand, like a pack of hungry wolves staring at him. A little lamb.

   Helpless, Shulka had no choice but to contribute the wine.

   Otherwise, Shulka believed they would eat him alive in no time, even though he was their company commander.

   As a result, Shulka vomited to death on the boat, and was almost carried off by his subordinates when he finally reached the destination.

  The soldiers were loaded into the train almost as soon as they got off the ship, and they didn't even have a clear view of Crimea.

  The train has 25 carriages, and there are windows between the carriages. Shulka believes that this is a temporary conversion of civilian carriages to military use. And it has been used for a while, which can be seen from the bullet holes, broken glass and faintly visible blood in the compartment.

   If there is any difference, it is a command vehicle next to the locomotive in front, and there are also flatbed vehicles equipped with anti-aircraft guns at the front and rear, which are obviously for dealing with the enemy air force.

   But everyone knows that if there is an enemy plane bombing, the anti-aircraft gun can only make the pilot a little nervous and then quickly drop the bomb. Experienced enemy pilots will not even pay attention to these.

Shulka felt better after getting on the train. Although the train was also crowded, it was like heaven compared to the cabin, especially when they sent out breakfast not long after the train started... dry black bread, A little sugar, a few dried fish and a little mahe tobacco.

  The actor cheered immediately, and couldn't wait to roll up a Mahe cigarette with an old newspaper. He was so excited that even his hands were shaking, and he didn't know whether it was the shaking of the train or Shulka's illusion.

   "Try this!" The veteran nodded at Shulka while biting the dried fish: "It might make you feel better!"

   "Thank you!" Shulka said, then picked up one of the dried fish, looked at it and stuffed it into his mouth.

  The taste is really good, crisp and refreshing, just like fried in a frying pan.

"This is a specialty of Crimea!" The veteran introduced: "As you can see, Crimea is surrounded by the sea on three sides and you can catch a lot of fish at any time, and they will put the fish that can't be eaten on the fire." Bake it because it lasts longer! That's what we're eating..."

  Shuerka picked another one and stuffed it into his mouth, and then he felt his appetite improved and he had some strength.

   "How do you know this?" Shulka asked while chewing dried fish.

   "Because this is my hometown!" The veteran replied, "Alushta is only a dozen kilometers away!"

  The soldiers who were noisy just now couldn't help but fell silent when they heard this. Some looked at the veteran with complicated eyes, some nodded at the veteran, and most of them were silent and thinking about their own thoughts.

   Shulka knew what was going on. The soldiers had been away from home for a while, including Leonyev, a group of recruits from Kyiv.

  They are actually very homesick, especially in this battlefield where they don’t know when they will die. To be precise, they march, fight, march and fight again.

  They didn't say it because it might be considered a kind of cowardice... because homesickness would have a negative consequence, which is to leave here and go home desperately.

   Another explanation for this behavior is: deserters!

   Then there will be no need to say what the result will be.

  However, if you insist on hiding many things in your heart, you will feel more panicked, and often it only takes a little introduction to detonate these things that are suppressed in your heart.

  What the old soldier said just now is an introduction...Hometown is close at hand but he can't go back and see it.

At this time, the deputy instructor seized the opportunity to do some ideological work on the soldiers: "Comrades, our trip is to defend Moscow! As you know, Moscow is our capital, and only by defending it can the security of the motherland be guaranteed. And then the safety of our hometown and loved ones..."

   But most of the soldiers at this time did not listen to what the assistant instructor said.

  Although what the deputy instructor said made sense, if the fighters were allowed to choose for themselves, Shulka believed that they would rather choose to go home and stay with their families.