Seeing the soldiers from the first and second companies starting to escort the prisoners and coming out of the church one after another, Ivan quickly asked the communications soldier to connect the regiment headquarters phone and reported to Xie Dulin: "Comrade commander, our battalion has successfully captured
Got off the church."
"Great, Major Ivan, you did a great job!" Regarding the results achieved by the second battalion, Xie Dulin promptly expressed his praise: "Currently, fierce fighting is still going on in other areas of the city. Your battalion's mission is to defend the
The occupied area must not be taken back by the Germans. Do you understand?"
"Understood, Comrade Commander." Ivan quickly replied: "I assure you that our battalion will never give up even an inch of the occupied land to the Germans before receiving the order to change defenses."
After Ivan finished making the call, he saw the German prisoners being escorted by soldiers. He walked to the intersection and looked at the dejected prisoners. First company commander Bukov trotted up to him and said with a smile: "Batalion
Comrade Chang, we caught a big fish in the church."
"Caught a big fish?" When Ivan heard Bukov say this, he was stunned for a moment, and then said in surprise: "Captain Bukov, you mean that there are many high-ranking German officers among the prisoners?"
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"That's right, that's right," Bukov pointed at the German prisoners not far away: "In addition to seventy or eighty ordinary soldiers, there are also one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, three majors, and more than a dozen lieutenants.
Officer. I guess the church is a regimental command post of the German army. Maybe all the enemies in Kryukovo are under their command."
Seeing Leskov running towards him, Ivan asked casually: "Comrade Captain, I wonder if these prisoners were captured by your company or by Leskov's second company?"
Regarding Ivan's question, Bukov scratched the back of his head and said with some uncertainty: "They should have been captured together. Comrade Battalion Commander, you should have seen clearly from behind that our two companies rushed at the same time.
Entering the church."
Ivan did not ask further who captured the German officers, but waited for Leskov to come over and ordered the two of them: "I will now explain the task: these German prisoners will be escorted to the regiment command post by Bukov's company;
Captain Leskov's Second Company is responsible for holding on to the church. Before friendly forces come to replace the defense, the Germans must not be allowed to recapture the church."
Bukov was right about one thing. What they took away was indeed a regiment command post. The captured colonel was the supreme commander commanding the Kryukovo garrison. His capture immediately led to the surrender of the city.
The German troops here lost their unified command and fell into a chaotic situation of fighting independently. They were defeated one by one by the Soviet troops who had superior strength.
When the fighting in the city came to an end, Shedulin considered that Ivan's second battalion suffered heavy casualties, so he withdrew them to rest and let the third battalion take over their defense.
After Ivan arranged the troops, he took the three company commanders, including Lin Hua, to the regiment command post to prepare for new combat missions.
Xie Dulin looked very happy when he saw the arrival of Ivan and others. He stepped forward and shook hands with several people one by one. When shaking hands with Lin Hua, he grabbed the other person's hand tightly and said excitedly: "Lieutenant Sokov
, you performed very well in today's battle. If it weren't for the tactics you proposed, our attack in the afternoon would not have been so smooth. I have reported your matter to the division commander, and he has also told you
I’m full of praise, and I’m planning to take the time to come here to see you.”
Lin Hua was extremely excited when he heard Xie Dulin's words. He knew that his series of performances on the battlefield had finally been recognized by the leadership of the 8th Guards Division, and he would be regarded as one of his own in this army in the future.
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Xie Dulin let go of Lin Hua's hand, turned to the chief of staff and said: "Chief of staff, bring a set of military ranks to Lieutenant Sokov. He is already a lieutenant and still has the rank of sergeant. What's going on?" Lin Hua and others stayed in the regiment command post for more than an hour before they were able to leave. As soon as they walked out of the regiment command post, Bukov pointed to the distance and said to several people: "Look, there is a female health worker there.
It must be quite beautiful."
Lin Hua looked along Bukov's hand and saw a young female health worker wearing a short military coat and carrying a medical kit walking towards this side. However, she would stop every few steps and pull the passing soldiers.
Asked something. But the soldiers he pulled shook their heads without exception, and then walked away without looking back.
As the female health worker got closer and closer, Lin Hua finally saw clearly that it was Asiya. He thought to himself: "I asked her to follow the wounded to the field hospital, how could she show up here?"
Just as he was about to step forward, he saw Asiya stopping another patrol of five people and asked the sergeant leading the team: "Comrade Sergeant, do you know where the guard row is?"
"Garrison Platoon?!" The sergeant repeated the number, then shook his head, "I've never heard of it." After saying that, he led his patrol and left.
Lin Hua, who was standing not far away, looked at Asiya's confused look, asking people everywhere about the defense platoon, and his nose couldn't help but feel sore. He didn't expect that someone was so concerned about his safety. He cared about it.
Unexpectedly, Ivan and others were still standing next to him, so he shouted: "Asia!" and trotted towards them.
When Asiya heard someone calling her, she turned her head expressionlessly. When she saw Lin Hua running towards her clearly, her eyes suddenly lit up, and then she shouted excitedly: "Misha!" and faced her.
Lin Hua rushed over. The two hugged each other on the street as if no one else was watching.
Lin Hua hugged Asiya tightly and asked lovingly: "Little fool, I didn't go to the field hospital to take care of the wounded. Why did you come here?"
Hearing what Lin Hua said, Asiya hugged his waist tightly and said in a crying voice: "The field hospital was filled with wounded people sent from Kryukovo. People kept dying. Almost as soon as they were lifted,
As soon as a corpse was taken away, a stretcher with the wounded lying on it was brought in! I asked a few of the wounded, and they said that the fighting in the city was very difficult, and that our troops sacrificed their lives in whole companies and platoons. I am worried that something will happen to you, so I
Came here with the ambulance. But I asked many people and they didn’t know about the garrison platoon at all. I thought you all..."
"Little fool, that's why you thought we were all sacrificed." Lin Hua patted Asiya's back gently, comforted her and said, "Don't worry, the bullet that can kill me hasn't been made yet." p>
"Misha," Ivan's voice suddenly came from beside the two of them: "Who is this female health worker? Can you introduce her to us?"
Hearing Ivan's question, Asiya quickly broke away from Lin Hua's arms, raised her hand to wipe away the tears on her face, quickly glanced at Ivan's collar badge, stood at attention and raised her hand in salute: "Report to Comrade Major.
, I am Asia, the medical officer of the garrison platoon, and I came from the capital to participate in the battle."