"What, the Russians broke into the building?" When the German division commander heard the news that the Soviet troops had broken into the building, he was immediately frightened out of his wits. He asked his chief of staff in a daze: "Chief of Staff, what should we do next?
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"Your Excellency, division commander, we must not be taken as prisoners." After thinking for a while, the chief of staff said to the division commander: "Fortunately, the two buildings to the east are still in the hands of our army. We can move there and wait for dark.
arrival."
Knowing that they could still move to the building to the east, the German division commander couldn't sit still and urged the Chief of Staff: "Chief of Staff, why are you hesitating? Let's go immediately. If it's all over, the Russians can rush in."
Our headquarters."
"The entire division headquarters is being moved. The target is too big." The chief of staff said: "Your Excellency, division commander, how about this. I will send a squad of soldiers to cover you in the building to the east. I will lead the people to continue to stand here and attract
Russian attention."
The German division commander who was eager to escape was quite touched when he saw that the chief of staff was willing to stay to help him attract the attention of the Soviet army. He asked: "Then how are you going to transfer?"
"Master, don't worry." Although the chief of staff was also confused, he still pretended to be calm in front of the division commander and said, "I will find a way to escape."
After saying that, the chief of staff shouted outside: "Here comes someone!"
Following the shouting, a German captain walked in from outside. He came to a stop in front of the two men, straightened his back and waited for the order that was about to be issued.
"Captain!" the chief of staff ordered the captain, "the Russians have rushed into the building we are in. Your task is to lead a squad to cover the division commander's withdrawal into the building to the east. Do you understand?"
"Understood, Your Excellency, Chief of Staff!" After the captain agreed, he turned to face the division commander and said, "Your Excellency, division commander, please come with me. I will take you to the building to the east."
Just as the captain and the division commander were about to leave, they were stopped by the chief of staff: "Wait a minute!"
The two stopped and looked at the chief of staff with doubtful eyes, wondering why he suddenly stopped them.
Fortunately, the German chief of staff clarified their doubts in time: "Your Excellency, division commander, if you go out wearing this military uniform, your identity will be exposed. If the Russians find out, they will deal with you at all costs. I think you are still
If you change into the uniform of an ordinary soldier, you can easily get away with it."
The division commander agreed very much with the chief of staff's words. He quickly found a soldier with a similar build to himself, exchanged clothes with him, and then followed the captain out of the basement.
The fighting in the building was in full swing. The German captain left the basement first and hid behind a broken wall to observe for a while. When he felt that there was no danger, he waved towards the door of the basement to indicate that he could leave.
Upon seeing the signal from the captain, two soldiers carrying submachine guns rushed out of the basement with the division commander in hand, and quickly came behind the broken wall.
"Your Excellency, division commander," the captain said to the division commander: "According to the gunfire from upstairs, the Russians should be fighting with our people on the second and third floors. We can quickly rush out of the building and retreat to
Inside the building on the east side.”
"Let's go." Hearing the gunshots and explosions above his head, the German division commander couldn't help but his heart beat faster. He was worried that a grenade would fall next to him and explode in the next second, so he urged the captain: "Hurry up and get out of this damn place.
The place."
In this way, under the cover of his subordinates, the German division commander left the building without anyone noticing and retreated towards the building to the east. The distance between the two buildings was only 150 meters, even if the German division commander ran
The speed is a bit slow, but with the help of two soldiers, it is enough to complete the transfer in one minute.
But what no one expected was that there was an open space of 70 to 80 meters between the two buildings without any obstruction. After Shamrih occupied the German building, he went to the top of the building and ordered someone to put it on the ground.
He held a telescope and observed the building where the German headquarters was located, ready to reinforce the first company that entered the building at any time.
"Comrade Battalion Commander, look at the open space quickly!" Just as Shamrih's attention was focused on the building, he suddenly heard the shout of Deputy Battalion Commander Yakuda: "There are a few Germans.
Escaped from the building and headed toward the building to the east."
The position where the German division commander and the others left the building happened to be in Shamrich's blind spot, so he did not immediately notice the group of German division commanders who had escaped. At this moment, when he heard Yakov's shout, he quickly turned the telescope
From the location mentioned by Yakov, he saw more than a dozen German soldiers fleeing in groups towards the building to the east.
Without thinking, Shamrih shouted almost instinctively: "Machine gun fire! The enemy must not be allowed to escape to the east building."
Following Shamrih's shout, the machine gun took the lead and started firing. A series of bullets hit the path that the German army must pass through, causing smoke and dust to billow on the ground.
The instinctive reaction of most German soldiers after hearing the sound of gunshots was to lie down on the spot and fire back towards the place where the bullets flew. But there was still a brave German soldier who ran forward while heading towards Shamri
He was shooting randomly from where he was. However, his aimless shooting could not hit the machine gun mounted on the roof. Instead, he was directly hit by the machine gun on the roof.
The German soldier screamed and instinctively dropped the submachine gun in his hand and covered his wound. Under the influence of huge inertia, his body rushed forward a few more steps before falling to the ground and sliding forward for a while.
distance before it stopped completely.
Through the binoculars, Shamrich saw clearly that there was a captain in the German army, but his reaction was strange. When other soldiers were shooting upstairs, he blocked his body in front of another soldier.
When did a German officer care so much about his subordinates that he was willing to take a bullet for him? As soon as this strange idea appeared in Shamrich's mind, he realized that something was wrong. The behavior of the German captain was too abnormal.
How could an officer take a bullet for a soldier? This is totally illogical.
After a while, two German soldiers who were lying on the ground got up from the ground and rushed towards the building where Shamrich and others were staying. They kept shooting while rushing back. But their actions were tantamount to
Hitting rocks with eggs, the sharpshooter lying near the machine gun quickly aimed at the charging enemy and fired twice. The two charging German soldiers staggered and fell down, throwing themselves on the mud. The remaining German soldiers were frightened and hurriedly suspended the attack.
, continued to lie on the ground and shoot at him with his gun.
"Deputy Battalion Commander," Shamrich saw this scene and became more aware that something was wrong, so he said to Yakuda: "Do you feel that there is something wrong with these Germans?"
"It's not Jing, what's wrong?"
Seeing that Yakov did not understand what he meant, Shamrih explained to him: "If the Germans were intercepted by our firepower in the past, their first reaction would be to retreat first, and then look for a suitable opportunity to charge again.
Pass our fire blockade. Instead of lying stupidly on the open ground and letting our machine guns serve as targets like now."
"Comrade Battalion Commander, after hearing what you said, I also think this group of enemies is a bit strange, but I can't figure out what the problem is yet."
"Don't think about it if you don't understand." Although Shamrih understood what this group of enemies was about, he had already made up his mind to completely eliminate all these enemies, so he ordered Yakuda: "Deputy
Comrade Battalion Commander, don't we still have a mortar? Move upstairs immediately, I will use the shells to kill those damn German soldiers."
Not long after, the mortar was moved upstairs.
The gunner was a veteran with rich combat experience and a high level of technical and tactical skills. After Shamrih indicated the target, he took aim briefly and began to bombard.
The shells landed near the crowd and exploded, sending limbs flying across the air in the thick smoke. The bloody stumps and broken arms were thrown all over the sky.
"Well done!" Seeing that the gunner's first shot had achieved results, Shamrich couldn't help but smile and said: "Continue the bombardment, don't leave a single German behind!"
When the shells fell and exploded one after another, a German soldier lying on the ground could no longer hold his breath. He suddenly got up from the ground and ran towards the building to the east. Unexpectedly, he had just ran a dozen steps
, a mortar shell fell next to him, and after a loud "bang", Shamrih saw with his own eyes that living people disappeared without a trace in a cloud of smoke.
Under the joint attack of machine guns and mortars, the German soldiers in the open space were eliminated one after another. Seeing that all the escaped enemies were eliminated, Shamrich turned his attention to the building where the German headquarters was located.
He said to Yakuda: "Deputy battalion commander, the first company has been fighting inside for a long time, but the building has not been taken down yet. Now you should immediately lead the second company to rush over to support. You must capture the German army in the shortest possible time."
Command."
"Don't worry, comrade battalion commander." Yakuda replied resoundingly: "We sailors have never encountered a mission that cannot be completed. Just wait for my good news."
After Yakuda left, Shamrih walked to the machine gunner, bent down and said to him: "Comrade machine gunner, your task is to block the open space between the two buildings, so that the enemy in the building cannot
Even if you escape, you can't let the enemies outside rush in to support the enemies inside the building."
"Comrade Battalion Commander, as long as I am here, no enemy can even try to rush over."
The German division commander died in the chaos, but Shamrich did not notice it at all. On the contrary, he thought that the opponent was still in the basement, so he asked the deputy battalion commander, Captain Yakuda, to lead the second company to reinforce the first company to ensure that the German division commander died in the chaos.
Capture the building containing the enemy's headquarters in the shortest possible time.
The German Chief of Staff did not know that the division commander had encountered an unexpected incident. He raised his hand and looked at his watch. Half an hour had passed since the division commander left. He must have successfully arrived at the building to the east, so he ordered his men to pack their things and prepare.
transfer.
Before they could finish packing their things, a fierce battle broke out at the entrance to the basement. The sentries guarding the entrance and the Soviet soldiers who rushed in started a fierce exchange of fire.
Fortunately, the terrain in the basement is complex and there are many houses. The German army can rely on various buildings to mount a tenacious resistance, making it impossible for the Soviet army to attack for a while.
A major came over and reported to the chief of staff: "Chief of Staff, the Russians blocked the exit from the basement and we can't get out. What should we do next?"
"Hold it! Order the soldiers to hold it firmly!" the chief of staff shouted quickly: "We must not let the Russians rush in, otherwise we will all be doomed."
While the battle in the settlement was in full swing, Sokov, who was staying at the temporary headquarters, had become relaxed. He knew that based on the current progress, the German 255th Infantry Division would definitely be able to be eliminated before dark.
The phone on the table rang, and Sokov casually grabbed the receiver. The call was from Vatutin: "Major General Sokov, I have heard about Lieutenant Paul. Although I haven't received your detailed information yet.
report, but I have already sent someone to send you a Red Flag Medal. At the same time, after research by the head of the front army, it was decided to promote him to the rank of captain."
Although after one battle, he received a Red Banner Medal and was promoted to two ranks, Sokov did not find it strange at all. After all, these things were Lieutenant Paul. No, he should be called Captain Paul now. He used
Earned with your own blood and bravery.
"Understood, Comrade General." Sokov understood what Vatutin meant. Since he had sent someone to deliver the medal, it meant that he should complete the medal ceremony as soon as possible and use this matter to boost the morale of the troops: "I will
Arrangements will be made for the awarding of honors as soon as possible."
After putting down the phone, Sokov asked Samyko: "Chief of Staff, do you know where Lieutenant Paul, commander of the ninth company, is?"
"I heard that he was seriously injured in the battle," Sameko replied: "I have arranged for someone to send him here. The medical skills of the hospitals directly under the army must be better than those of the health workers in the army."
"Chief of Staff, and you, Comrade Military Commissar, I will convey to you General Vatutin's order." Sokov called Samyko and Runev to him and said to them: "Arrange it for Paul as soon as possible.
The ceremony for the award and promotion of Lieutenant. The Order of the Red Banner used for the award is being sent to us."
Half an hour later, Paul and the Order of the Red Banner arrived at the headquarters at the same time.
Paul was placed in an empty tent, and Sokov took people in to award him the medal.
Entering the tent and seeing that Paul had opened his eyes, Sokov bent down and asked with concern: "Comrade Paul, how do you feel now?"
Paul recognized Sokov, forced a smile on his face and said: "Thank you, Comrade Commander, for your concern. I feel much better, but I am so weak that I can't even sit up even if I want to."
If you want to be awarded a medal, you must not lie on the hospital bed. Sokov quickly gestured to Samoylov, indicating that he would call two soldiers over to help Paul sit up.
After Paul was helped to sit up by the soldiers brought by Samoilov, Sokov said to Samyko: "Comrade Chief of Staff, you can start."
Samek nodded, unfolded a piece of paper he had already held in his hand, and read seriously: "In view of the bravery and heroism shown in the battle with the Japanese invaders, this award is specially awarded to
Lieutenant Paul's Order of the Red Banner."
After Samyko read out the award order, he said to Samoilov beside him: "It's your turn, Comrade Lieutenant."
Samoilov held a red box in his hand. After hearing Samyko's order, he opened the box, took out a medal placed inside, handed the box to the soldier next to him, and walked quickly
Paul lying on the hospital bed.
Samoilov came to Paul's side, bent down slightly, turned up one side of Paul's hospital gown, poked a hole in it with an awl, inserted the pin of the medal, and then used a small