After Malalai, the Supreme Military Commander of Sicheslav City, chose to surrender, Sicheslav City was essentially declared "liberated." The enemy could no longer organize any effective resistance.
Thus, after less than four hours of fighting, the Labor Party completely occupied Sicheslav City. Naturally, once the Labor Party took power, the puppet government's name of Sicheslav City was abolished, and the Labor Party restored the city's old name, Yekaterinoslav.
However, the name Yekaterinoslav carried a strong Tsarist-era flavor, so only a few years later, the Soviet government renamed it Dnepropetrovsk.
Without the command of Malalai and the other senior officers of the 37th Division, the division's remaining troops immediately fell into a state of dragons without a head.
At the same time, the Labor Party organization began using Malalai's name to redeploy the rest of the 37th Division's forces.
"Commander, division headquarters has sent an urgent telegram ordering our regiment to immediately halt its current military operation, return to its station, and await further orders." The signalman handed a telegram to Regiment Commander Renlovsky.
"What?" Renlovsky shouted in disbelief, snatching the telegram from the signalman's hand. "We've only just made it halfway, and now they're telling us to turn back? What the hell is division headquarters doing?"
It was no wonder Regiment Commander Renlovsky reacted so strongly. Anyone abruptly awakened before dawn and dragged out of a pleasant dream would certainly be in a foul mood.
Moreover, assembling the troops had been division headquarters' order. They had only just painstakingly gathered everyone and made it halfway when another telegram from division headquarters ordered them back. That left the already irritated Renlovsky utterly baffled.
Wasn't this making trouble out of nothing? That was what Renlovsky thought. It felt no different from being toyed with.
Still, Renlovsky frowned and read through the