Chapter 1390 Standing still and waiting for help (Part 1)
The German troops stationed in the Compass Town of Kazachya are two regiments of the 106th Infantry Division belonging to the 11th Army of the Kef Battle Group. The assault of the Guchakov Battalion and the Bunch Tank Battalion did make the enemy at first
It fell into chaos, but the Germans quickly recovered and took advantage of their strength to surround the hospital.
When the German troops rushed in from the gate, the first company that stood guard in the clinic building used machine guns and assault rifles to shoot at the enemies who rushed in from the window. The intensive crossfire blocked the path of the German troops' charge. After a burst of intensive gunfire,
, the enemies who tried to rush into the hospital were repulsed, leaving seventy or eighty corpses and wounded people at the entrance of the hospital.
Seeing that the German attack was repelled, Guchakov came to the clinic building, found company commander Narva on the second floor, and asked: "Captain Narva, can you hold on?"
"Don't worry, comrade battalion commander." Narva replied with a smile: "Although we have fewer troops than the enemy, as long as we stick to this building, if the enemy wants to rush in, they will have to pay at least several times more than ours.
cost."
After hearing this, Guchakov nodded and said to him: "Now Yegor's second company and the remaining tanks of the tank battalion are staying in the open space behind the clinic building. If the situation here is critical, they will provide you with
Assisted.”
"What about the guard company commanded by Captain Seryosha?"
"They have just entered the inpatient building and are now building fortifications to prevent enemies from rushing into the hospital from other directions."
While the two were talking, a communications soldier hurried over and said to Guchakov breathlessly: "Comrade Battalion Commander, Captain Seryosha asked me to come to you, saying that some special people have appeared in the hospital building.
I would like to ask you to come over and take a look at the situation."
Knowing that some special circumstances had occurred at Seryosha's place, Guchakov did not dare to neglect, so he hurried to the hospital building following the messenger who came to report the news.
When they arrived at the hospital building, Seryosha was already waiting at the door.
Guchakov stepped forward and asked loudly: "Seryozha, what happened?"
"Comrade Major," Seryosha said as he led Guchakov inside: "When we occupied the building, we found that there were a large number of wounded and sick people living here."
"The wounded and sick?"
"Yes, the wounded are all injured German officers and soldiers, and the patients are residents of the town."
"How did you deal with it?"
"There are probably more than a hundred wounded in the German army. Now I have gathered them all in a room and sent a squad of soldiers to look after them. As for the patients, I have gathered them in the basement to prevent the enemy from shelling the building.
Causing unnecessary casualties."
"Captain Seryosha, your arrangements are very reasonable." After Guchakov praised Seryosha, he suddenly thought of a question and asked quickly: "By the way, where are the medical staff?"
"I detained them all in the dressing room and sent two soldiers to guard them."
"Why lock them all up?"
"Because, because," Seryosha did not expect Guchakov to ask such a question. He stuttered before explaining: "Because the medical staff in the hospital are all Germans."
"Are they all Germans?" Guchakov couldn't help but frowned when he learned that the medical staff in the hospital were all Germans. His purpose of retreating to the hospital with his troops at that time was not only to use the strong buildings here for defense, but also to
He wanted the medical staff in the hospital to treat his injured soldiers. But he didn’t expect that the medical staff here were all Germans, so things were a bit difficult: “Take me to see him quickly.”
Seryosha led Guchakov towards the dressing room. When he came to the door, he found that only one of the two soldiers standing at the door was left alone. The other one was still standing at the door of the dressing room, looking around.
Look inside.
Seeing this, Seryozha shouted at the soldier: "What are you doing?"
The soldier was startled by Seryosha's voice. He turned around and raised his hand to salute Seryosha. He stuttered and said, "Comrade company commander, I am seeing a doctor operating on the platoon leader."
When he learned that the German doctor was operating on his platoon leader, Seryosha's face suddenly changed. He drew his pistol and rushed to the door, shouting at the door: "Don't move! Put your hands up!"
However, the doctors inside were not frightened by Seryozha, and kept doing whatever they were supposed to do. The guard platoon leader, who was lying on the hospital bed, tilted his head and looked at Seryosha, and asked with some confusion: "Comrade Company Commander
, what happened?"
Seryosha did not answer, but rushed forward, grabbed the doctor's collar, and pressed the muzzle of his gun against the doctor's chin.
The doctor calmly threw the instruments in his hand into the plate next to him and asked in fluent Russian: "Mr. Officer, what do you want to do?"
Seryozha was stunned by the doctor's question, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
"Mr. Officer, please let go of your hand, okay?" The doctor pushed Seryosha's hand calmly, "I'm just a doctor, you don't have to be so nervous. In my eyes, there are only patients and normal people.
When he comes to my place, no matter he is German or Russian, I will treat them equally, because they are all my patients!"
Hearing what the doctor said, Seryosha loosened his collar and took a step back, his eyes unconsciously looking at his subordinate lying on the hospital bed.
"Comrade company commander, don't worry, this doctor's skills are good." The platoon commander, who was lying on the hospital bed, pointed to the tray on the bedside table next to him and said to Seryosha: "Look, he has already taken out the bullet.
.”
The platoon leader was unfortunately shot in the leg when he was evacuating to the hospital, so Seryosha arranged for him and another soldier to guard the German medical staff here. After carefully looking at the other party, he found that the injured
The calf has been bandaged, and in the tray on the bedside table, in addition to the bloody scalpel and gauze, there is also a deformed bullet.
Seeing that he had wrongly blamed the doctor, Seryozha quickly apologized to the doctor and said: "I'm sorry, doctor, I was too reckless. I just went too far, please forgive me."
"Mr. Officer," the doctor responded politely: "As a doctor, it is my responsibility to save lives and heal the wounded. If you still have wounded, you can send them all here, and I will be responsible for treating them."
"Great, this is great." Guchakov, who followed him in, heard and saw everything that happened in the dressing room. He stepped forward and held the doctor's hand, and said gratefully: "Doctor
, thank you, I will send someone to send the wounded over immediately."
Although the German doctor was not a military doctor, he had been dealing with people in the army for a long time and was familiar with military ranks. He could tell at a glance that Guchakov's military rank was higher than that of the man who just pointed the gun at him, and smiled slightly.
Then he said politely: "Mr. officer, it seems that you have the highest military rank here."
"That's right." Guchakov nodded and replied: "The troops occupying the hospital are under my command."
The doctor said with a serious expression: "Mr. Officer, since all the Russian troops in the hospital are now under your command, can you agree to one condition?"
"What conditions?" Guchakov asked with a straight face.
"Mr. Officer, before your troops rushed into this hospital, there were more than a hundred wounded German troops living in the hospital building. Now they are all locked in a large room by your people." The doctor said with some excitement.
: "So many people are crowded into one ward, and it is difficult to even turn around. This is very detrimental to their recovery from injuries."
"No, doctor, I absolutely cannot agree to the conditions you proposed." Guchakov rejected the conditions proposed by the doctor without hesitation: "Our troops are limited. If the wounded German soldiers are allowed to return to their original rooms,
, where do we have so many manpower to take care of them?"
"That's right," Seryozha agreed: "If someone resists, we won't be able to take care of it at all."
After understanding what they were worried about, the doctor immediately and solemnly made a guarantee: "Two officers, I assure you on my own honor that the wounded will never take any measures to harm them after they return to their original wards.
Your hostile actions."
Seeing that the doctor was willing to use his reputation as a guarantee, Guchakov couldn't help but start to feel worried. There were more than 100 wounded in the German army. Although there were many seriously wounded who could not move, there were also many with minor injuries.
As for the wounded, if they did some damage to the building during the German attack, Seryozha's men would be exhausted.
"Comrade Battalion Commander," Seryosha saw that Guchakov was deep in thought and was afraid that he would agree to the doctor's conditions, so he quickly reminded him: "If all the German wounded are returned to their original wards, we will not have that many manpower at all.
Take care of them. If during the fierce battle, these wounded people suddenly riot and cooperate with the enemy outside the building, we will be passive."
After hearing what Seryosha said clearly, the doctor quickly waved his hands desperately and said repeatedly: "No, no, as long as I come forward and make it clear to the wounded, I believe they will not cause you any trouble."
Under the doctor's pleading, Guchakov couldn't bear it, so he prepared to adopt a compromise method: "Doctor, it is obviously impossible to let all the wounded people return to their original wards. This will distract us from a large number of people."
of manpower. But these wounded people can be allocated to three rooms, which will make it seem so crowded."
Although it was impossible for all the wounded to return to their original rooms, the plan proposed by Guchakov could allow many seriously injured people to lie on the hospital bed again. This was already the best outcome. The doctor quickly held Guchakov's hand.
Chakov shook his hand vigorously to thank him.
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While Guchakov and Seryosha were redistributing rooms to the wounded Germans, the 84th Infantry Division that attacked October Town had eliminated all enemies in the town and was cleaning the battlefield and counting the results. Division Commander Fomenko was
After inspecting the town, he personally called Sokov and reported to him the results of the capture of October Town.
Sokov was very happy to learn that the 84th Division had occupied October Town. After complimenting the opponent a few words, he casually asked: "General Fomenko, when will your troops advance south?"
"Advance southward?" Upon hearing Sokov's words, Fomenko asked with some confusion: "Comrade Commander, we just captured October Town and immediately went south. Isn't it a bit too hasty?"
"What?!" Sokov suddenly jumped up from his seat after hearing what Fomenko said: "Don't you know that a tank unit passed through the town, went south to join the troops that rounded off the enemy's rear, and headed down
Are you planning to attack a town occupied by German troops? Do you intend to let them fight alone by standing still?"
While Sokov was getting angry at the microphone, Samek came over with a piece of paper and said to Sokov with a solemn expression: "Comrade Commander, we just received a call from Colonel Koida. They have already contacted
Contact with the Guchakov camp was lost."
"What, lost contact with the Guchakov camp?" Sokov asked in surprise: "How long has it been?"
Samek raised his hand to look at his watch and replied: "About forty minutes."
"What the hell, what happened to Colonel Koida?" Sokov said angrily after hearing this: "You only reported to me after losing contact with the Guchakov camp for such a long time."
"Comrade Commander, please worry first." Sameko advised: "Maybe it was because Colonel Koida was unable to contact the Guchakov camp for a long time that he realized that something might have gone wrong, which caused the report to be delayed a little late.
.”
"Which tank unit is cooperating with the Guchakov Battalion's operation?"
"It's a special tank battalion."
"Special tank battalion?" Hearing this special number, Sokov asked tentatively: "Is it the tank battalion equipped with 12 T-34/85 tanks?"
"Yes, it's them."
"I remember that the commander of the tank battalion was Major Bunch." Sokov told Samyko: "Contact him and ask him if he is with the Guchakov battalion."
"I've contacted him too." Sameko shook his head and said with a wry smile, "I still can't get in touch."
"Keep in touch and be sure to contact them."
After Sokov finished instructing Samyko, he spoke into the microphone again: "General Fomenko, did you hear everything? We have an infantry battalion and a tank battalion deep behind enemy lines, and now we have lost contact. I believe they are at this moment
The situation must be very dangerous, I order you to immediately go south along the highway and rush to support them."
"Yes, Comrade Commander." Fomenko heard the conversation between Sokov and Samyko and realized the seriousness of the problem. If the two troops deep behind enemy lines were destroyed due to his slow actions, he would be fine.
He would not be dismissed from his post and go to court-martial, but his future would end here, so he responded decisively: "I immediately ordered the troops to set off and rush to reinforce the friendly forces in danger."
After Sokov put down the phone, he saw that Samyko had returned to the table, so he looked up at him and asked: "Where is Colonel Yakov, are you back?"
Sameko shook his head again: "Not yet." Before Sokov could ask again, he took the initiative and said: "There is no response to the radio call. I guess the hovercraft cannot use the radio when it is traveling at high speed, so we can't do it for the time being.