The German troops who besieged the hospital had taken over the second and third floors one after another, and the remaining commanders and fighters of the first battalion retreated to the fourth floor.
When Guchakov saw Seryosha again, he found that he had been injured in many places, and his head and arms were wrapped in thick bandages. He grabbed the other party's arm and asked with concern: "Captain Seryosha,
Is your injury okay?"
"It doesn't matter." Seryosha shook his head and replied: "They were all injured by grenade shrapnel, nothing serious."
"How many more men do you have in your unit?"
"Including me, there are still 26 people who can still breathe."
"Only 26 people left?!" Hearing the number Seryosha said, the corners of Guchakov's mouth twitched violently. You know, when Sokov handed over the guard company to him, it was a close man.
The reinforced company of 200 people, who knew that only this little force was left now: "How many people are there in the basement?"
The reason why Guchakov asked about the basement was because more than a hundred wounded German soldiers were moved to the basement. If no one was sent to take care of them, who knew whether they would take advantage of the German attack and make some small moves behind them.
"I sent a squad of soldiers to look after the German wounded in the basement." Seryosha said about the soldiers sent to the basement, and the expression on his face couldn't help but become gloomy. Since the Germans had successively occupied the first to third floors,
They are still attacking the fourth floor, and there are no intact eggs in the overturned nest. The squad remaining in the basement has probably been wiped out long ago.
In order not to dwell on this sad question, Seryosha promptly changed the subject: "Where is Captain Yegor?"
"An enemy climbed to the roof along the fire stairs. The second company commander is commanding the troops on the roof to resist the German attack."
"How many more people does he have?"
"Not many." Guchakov replied with a wry smile: "No more than 30 people."
Seryozha looked at the soldiers standing near the stairs, and couldn't help but feel a little bit in his heart. Even if he included his own soldiers, the total number was only fifty. With such a small force, he could hold on under the full attack of the German army.
How long?
"Major Guchakov," Seryosha breathed softly and said to Guchakov: "It seems that we will all die in this hospital today."
Major Bunch, the commander of the tank battalion, was unfortunately shot in the leg when he was evacuating from the third floor to the fourth floor. After waiting for the hospital nurse to bandage him, he limped over and said to Seryosha: "Captain
Comrade, even if we are destined to die here, we must recruit a few more Germans to back us up before the time comes."
"Major Bunch, you have a wound on your leg, please sit down first." After Guchakov asked the other party to sit down on a bench against the wall, he said to him: "You are right, even if we all sacrifice
, and the Germans will also have to pay a heavier price."
"Major Guchakov, are we too kind to our enemies?"
Guchakov didn't understand why Major Bunch asked this, so he asked curiously: "Comrade Major, what do you mean by this?"
"When we just retreated to the fourth floor, I saw some of our officers and men lying injured on the ground. When the Germans passed by them, they would shoot them or stab them with bayonets." Major Bunch gritted his teeth with a sad look on his face.
He said: "Before I die, I will definitely kill as many Germans as possible and avenge my fallen comrades."
After saying these words, he looked up at Guchakov and said: "Comrade Major, I want to ask you a favor."
"Major Bunch, we are all comrades in the same trench. If you have any questions, just tell us."
"If I am unable to move because of my injuries when the enemy rushes to the fourth floor, please give me a happy life." Major Bunch said in a pleading tone: "I would rather die in your hands than become a German."
The target of refilling the gun."
Regarding Major Bunch's request, Guchakov was silent for a long time, then nodded slowly and said: "Don't worry, Major Bunch, I will not leave you to the Germans. But if I am seriously injured before you
, you must also give me a happy time."
Hearing the two majors explaining each other's affairs in such a pessimistic way, Seryozha lost his composure: "Comrade majors, I just said that our troops are a little short, but if the enemy wants to rush up, it is not possible."
It can be done in a while. Maybe during the time we hold on, the reinforcements will arrive at the Compass Town of Kazachia."
"Comrade Captain, you are so optimistic." Regarding Seryozha's optimistic attitude, Major Bunch tried his best to put a smile on his face: "If there were reinforcements, they would have arrived long ago, and they wouldn't be there until now.
Saw a human figure."
While the three of them were talking, the soldier standing at the top of the stairs began to shoot at the stairs. It seemed that the enemy was preparing to rush up. Just after a few shots were fired, a grenade was thrown up from downstairs and rolled on the ground.
Seryosha had quick eyesight, grabbed the grenade and threw it downstairs.
Soon, there was a loud bang below. Then Seryosha heard the groans of the wounded and the screams and wails of the dying soldiers. Hearing these sounds, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
If I had reacted slower and thrown the grenade a second or two later, I would have been the one lying on the ground groaning and wailing at this moment.
On the roof of the building, the second company commander Yegor was holding an assault rifle, gritting his teeth and firing one shot after another, knocking down every German soldier who appeared in his field of vision. The bullets fired by the German soldiers pounced on the
Countless smoke, dust and gravel were splashed around him, but he lay down behind the low wall and never moved his shooting position, still concentrating on shooting.
Around him and at his feet, there were dead or injured Soviet soldiers everywhere. The soldiers who were still alive, whether they had sound limbs or were injured, as long as they still had breath, were just like him, constantly climbing to the top of the building.
German soldier shooting.
Although the commanders and fighters of the first battalion set out with two bases of ammunition, after such a long battle, the soldiers' ammunition was exhausted. In particular, the assault rifles used improved short-barreled bullets.
Unless they get supplies from the rear, they will miss one target. Today, the surviving soldiers of the Second Company all use weapons picked up from the corpses of German soldiers.
"Comrade company commander," one of Yegor's platoon commanders said loudly to him: "We are running out of ammunition!"
"When you run out of ammunition, use your bayonet to fight hand-to-hand with the enemy." After shooting and knocking down another enemy, Yegor said solemnly: "When your bayonet breaks, you use your fists to deal with the enemy."
The enemies who climbed to the top of the building were originally suppressed by Yegor's firepower and were unable to move forward. The area occupied was only more than 100 square meters. At this moment, seeing the gunfire from the Soviet army on the opposite side become sparse,
The German commander couldn't help but be overjoyed and shouted to his men: "Soldiers, the Russians are out of bullets, charge me!"
Hearing the commander's shout, the German soldiers cheered, and then they came out of their hiding place, holding their weapons and approaching the place where Yegor and the others were holding fast.
Yegor finished the last bullet in the assault rifle and reached for the pistol, but there was only an empty holster on the belt around his waist. Only then did Yegor remember that he had fired all the bullets in the pistol before changing it.
He loaded the assault rifle. He grinned bitterly, held the assault rifle with a bayonet, stood up straight, and shouted to the soldiers lying on the left and right: "Brothers, let the Germans see our hand-to-hand combat! Charge!"
ah!"
Yegor took the lead in crossing the short wall with an assault rifle, rushed towards the German soldiers who were cautiously approaching, and stabbed a German soldier in the chest. The German soldier did not expect that the German soldier would suddenly jump out from behind the short wall on the opposite side.
One man, before he even had time to shoot, threw away the weapon in his hand, tightly grasped the barrel of Yegor's gun, and fell to the ground with his eyes wide open.
After stabbing the enemy, Yegor kicked the opponent hard, pulled out the bayonet of the assault rifle from the opponent's chest, and rushed towards another enemy.
The soldiers who rushed up started fighting with the German soldiers. They used all kinds of weapons they could find to fight the enemy to the death. They plunged their bayonets into the opponent's body, smashed the opponent's head with grenades, and gritted their teeth to fight.
Jin grabbed the opponent's neck with all his strength and rolled over on the roof, gouging the enemy's eyes with his fingers and even biting them with his teeth...
The German army focused on firepower output. Compared with the Soviet army, they were at a disadvantage in hand-to-hand combat. Fortunately, their numbers were much larger than Yegor's men, so the two sides barely managed a draw.
But as more and more German soldiers climbed up the fire escape to the roof, Yegor and his men were unable to block the tide of enemies and could only retreat toward the stairs step by step.
Just as they retreated to the stairs, the sound of assault rifles and machine gun fire suddenly sounded around them. The German soldiers who were charging forward sprayed blood mist in large and small sizes, and the people trembled and fell as if they had been electrocuted.
.Intense firepower licked deep into the German ranks, plowing out several bloody alleys in the dense German formations.
Yegor did not look at who the person was. Instead, he landed on the ground with his assault rifle, breathing heavily. Seeing countless German officers and soldiers being knocked down in pieces under intensive firepower, he felt particularly special.
happy!
Countless people passed by Yegor and fired mercilessly at the surviving German troops at close range, knocking more enemies to the ground. Yegor couldn't help but wonder when he saw so many commanders and fighters appearing in his field of vision.
: "Damn it, aren't there only about thirty people left around the battalion commander? Where did so many soldiers come from?"
Just when Yegor was about to call a soldier to ask what was going on, he suddenly felt someone tapping his shoulder. He turned around and was shocked: "Captain Grisa, why is it you? Where did you come from?"
of?"
Captain Grisa looked at Yegor and the few soldiers around him. Everyone was covered in blood. He held Yegor's hand and said apologetically: "Captain Yegor, thank you for your hard work."
.Our company was ordered to reinforce you, I'm sorry, we are late!"
"It's not too late, not at all." When Yegor saw the reinforcements falling, he immediately giggled: "You guys came just in time. If we had been a step later, we would have been wiped out by the Germans. By the way, you are here.
how many people?"
"We came here first following Major Golia, commander of the second battalion." Grisa explained to Yegor: "There are five companies of troops. Fortunately, the enemy's attention has been attracted by you, so we can
Getting here so smoothly.”
"Five companies?" Hearing the number Grisa said, Yegor shook his head slightly and said: "Captain Grisa, you don't know something. The enemy in the town has almost two regiments of troops. You
With only five companies of troops, we are still at a disadvantage compared to them. If you are surrounded by them, I'm afraid your situation will be extremely dangerous."
"Don't worry, Captain Yegor." Grisa comforted him and said: "We are just the vanguard, and there are two main regiments behind us. They will arrive in a short time. Even if we do not have the ability to eliminate the enemies in the town,
We have strength, but it’s impossible for them to eat us.”
"By the way, Major Guchakov and the remaining soldiers are on the fourth floor." Yegor thought of Guchakov and others who stayed on the fourth floor and quickly said to Grisa: "I'm afraid they are also in a very bad situation.
Miao, you must rush over as soon as possible to rescue them."
"Captain Yegor, you don't have to worry about this." Grisa replied with a smile: "We came up from the first floor along the stairs. Although the enemies on each floor have not been completely eliminated, Major Guchakov and others
There is no danger anymore."
Seeing Grisa's Fourth Company starting to clean the battlefield, Grisa sat down by the stairs and took out a pack of cigarettes from the pocket of his jacket that was soaked with blood. Unexpectedly, he found that the cigarettes had been soaked with blood and could not be smoked at all.
Yes, he cursed in a low voice and threw the cigarette case on the ground.
Grisa quickly took out cigarettes and matches from his pocket and handed them over: "Captain Yegor, smoke mine." After the other party took his cigarettes and matches, he stood up straight and ordered the hygienist who came up.
, "Comrade health worker, these soldiers in the second company are all injured. Please help them treat their wounds."
After Yegor waited for Grisa to sit down next to him, he asked curiously: "Captain Grisa, isn't the force attacking October Town the 84th Division of Major General Fomenko? If you want to rescue us, the closest one
The army, isn’t it them?”
In response to Yegor's question, Grisa took back his cigarettes, took one out of the cigarette case and held it in his mouth, but did not light it immediately, but said vaguely: "I don't know the specific situation, anyway.
At that time, we had just learned that the 84th Division had liberated October Town, and we received an order from our superiors to take a truck and rush to Kazachiya Compass Town to reinforce you."
"By the way, where is Captain Narva?" Grisa lit the cigarette in his mouth with Yegor's cigarette butt, and asked curiously: "How come I didn't even see a single soldier in the company?"
"
Yegor pointed towards the ruins of the outpatient building and explained to Grisa: "According to the deployment of the battalion commander, the first company was responsible for holding on to the outpatient building of the hospital. Because the enemy was unable to take the building, they used artillery to destroy the building.
He smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I haven't seen Captain Narva since the building collapsed. He was probably buried inside the collapsed building."
"Your battalion fought so hard in this battle, and all of them were beaten into empty numbers." Grisa looked at his subordinates who were cleaning the battlefield in front, and continued: "If your superiors don't give you any supplements, the rest of the battle will be over.