When he saw the soldiers from the first and second companies escorting 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 Church.”
"Great, Major Ivan, you did a great job!" Xie Dulin promptly expressed his praise for the results achieved by the second battalion: "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 the phone call, he saw the German prisoners being escorted by soldiers and walked over. He walked to the intersection and looked at the dejected prisoners. First Company Commander Bukov trotted up to him and said with a smile: "Comrade Battalion Commander, 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 to say that there are many high-ranking German officers among the prisoners? "
"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 caught together. Comrade Battalion Commander, you should have seen clearly from behind that our two companies rushed at the same time. Into 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 first 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 top commander commanding the Kryukovo garrison. His capture immediately caused the city to surrender. The German troops there 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 had 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 reported it to the teacher. He also praised you full of praise and planned to take time to come here to see you. "
Lin Hua was particularly 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. .
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 for Lieutenant Sokov. He is already a lieutenant and still has the rank of sergeant. What's going on?"
Lin Hua and the others stayed in the regiment command post for more than an hour before they were able to leave. As soon as he walked out of the regiment command post, Bukov pointed to the distance and said to a few people: "Look, there is a female health worker there, she is quite beautiful."
Lin Hua looked along Bukov's hand and saw a young female health worker wearing a short military coat and carrying a medicine box walking towards this side. But she would stop every few steps and pull a passing soldier to ask 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 who was coming. 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 platoon 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 with a confused look, asking people everywhere about the defense platoon, and his nose couldn't help but feel sore. He didn't expect that someone would be so concerned about his safety. He didn't care that Ivan and others were still standing beside him, and shouted: "Asia!" and trotted towards the other party.
When Asiya heard someone calling her, she turned her head expressionlessly. When she saw Lin Hua clearly running towards her, 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 is full of wounded people sent from Kryukovo. People are dying constantly. 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 gently patted Asiya on the back, comforted her and said, "Don't worry, the bullet that can kill me hasn't been made yet."
"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 to 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."
