Calm returned to the outside of the hotel, except for the corpses everywhere, there was no sign of any movement.
Inside the hotel, there were sporadic gunshots or grenade explosions. These sounds mainly appeared in the corridors or rooms on the first floor, and occasionally at the stairs leading to the second floor. These are the surviving soldiers who strictly follow the captain's orders and shoot immediately whenever they see moving figures on the first floor.
After a long wait, it finally dawned outside. Seryosha, who had been impatient for a long time, immediately led his troops to the hotel.
When the defenders in the building saw this unit coming from a distance, they were worried that it was another German impersonation. However, when they saw that the leading captain was indeed Captain Seryosha from the guard camp, they lowered their guns. Especially in the queue, some soldiers even saw familiar faces, making them even more convinced that the reinforcements were coming from them.
However, when they arrived outside the hotel, they did not immediately let the defenders inside open the door. Instead, they searched for corpses outside to see if there were anyone alive.
As for the soldiers of the division's communications company, the first thing they did after dawn was to seize the time to repair the phone line between the hotel and the hotel that had been damaged by the enemy, so as to restore telephone contact with the hotel.
Half an hour later, Sokov contacted Zhukov in the hotel by phone. He asked with concern: "Comrade General, are you still safe there?"
"Safe, very safe." Zhukov said with a smile: "Misha, you still made good arrangements. When the hotel was attacked by the enemy, you did not send troops hastily to support. Otherwise, the enemy might use tricks to let our The defenders and reinforcements killed each other."
"Have the enemies in the hotel been eliminated?" Sokov asked cautiously.
"A few minutes ago, I heard sporadic gunshots coming from downstairs." Zhukov replied: "It's completely quiet now. I think all the enemies have been eliminated."
"Comrade General, please be patient." Sokov was deeply afraid that Zhukov would run downstairs at this time. If one or two enemies pretended to be dead and saw Zhukov appear, they would shoot and assassinate him. It would be impossible to prevent them. Dissuaded: "The troops stationed near the hotel will slowly move closer to the hotel, and I will get to the hotel as soon as possible. If you have any questions, let's talk about it when I get there."
"Okay." Zhukov originally thought of going downstairs to see the fighting situation, but after hearing what Sokov said and knowing that the other party was concerned about his safety, he changed his mind temporarily: "Then I will wait for you upstairs."
The troops responsible for sealing off the hotel area at night have now gathered outside the hotel. However, they all received orders that no one was allowed to enter the hotel until Sokov arrived. The commander of the team could only ask the soldiers to surround the hotel to prevent the surviving German soldiers from escaping.
The jeep Sokov was riding in soon appeared at the door of the hotel.
As soon as the car stopped, Seryozha stepped forward and opened the door for him, and reported respectfully: "Comrade Commander, the corpses outside the hotel have been cleaned up. There are thirty-seven corpses in total, except for five of them. Except for the corpses of our soldiers, the rest are all German corpses."
When he learned that there were as many as thirty-two German corpses outside the hotel, Sokov couldn't help but frowned. He asked with a straight face: "How many enemy corpses are there in the hotel?"
"I don't know," Seryosha replied truthfully: "My people have not entered the hotel yet, and no one has come out of the hotel!"
"I'll tell them to come out." Sokov said, walking towards the hotel door.
He came to a stop seven or eight meters away from the door. Seeing the dense craters on the door and several dark windows nearby, he could guess how fierce the battle last night was. Sokov shouted toward the inside: "I am Colonel Sokov. The commander inside came out to answer."
After Sokov finished shouting, he waited for a while, and the door of the hotel, which had been riddled with holes for a long time, was opened. The captain walked out with difficulty with the support of two soldiers. He came to Sokov and tried to straighten his body to report, but as soon as he tried to do this action, the severe pain from his abdomen made him bend down again.
Sokov quickly supported the other party and asked with concern: "Comrade Captain, are you injured?"
"Two bullets were shot in the abdomen, but the wounds have been bandaged and are not in the way."
"Stretcher!" When he learned that the captain was injured, Sokov quickly turned to the crowd behind and shouted: "Another hygienist is here to re-bandage the wound of comrade Captain."
When the captain was lying on a stretcher and the medical staff began to redress his wounds, Sokov asked the key question: "How is the situation in the hotel?"
"Comrade division commander," the captain said with a painful look on his face: "During the battle last night, a dozen enemies used grenades to blow open the windows on the first floor, broke into the building, and had a fierce exchange of fire with us. After a fierce battle, most of the enemies were eliminated by us, and we just conducted an inventory and captured two survivors."
"Seryozha!" Hearing the captain say that two prisoners had been captured, Sokov quickly stood up and shouted to Seryosha who was standing aside: "There are two captured German soldiers in the hotel. You should take them immediately." People go in and take over, and send them back to the headquarters for interrogation to find out what’s going on.”
When he saw Seryosha rushing into the hotel with a group of soldiers, Sokov squatted in front of the captain again and asked curiously: "Comrade Captain, I look at the German corpses outside. Many of them are wearing the uniforms of our army. In the hotel, The light inside is so dim, how do you identify ourselves and the enemy?"
"Comrade Commander, actually I can't tell the difference." The captain said with a wry smile: "Later, I found that the enemies were all on the first floor and could not go to the second floor, so I gave an order to the soldiers on the first floor to let everyone Stay where you are and shoot without hesitation if you see a moving figure."
Sokov asked curiously: "How do you give such an order to soldiers in different rooms?"
"It's very simple. I asked the soldiers to shout loudly." The captain said: "There must be some Germans who understand Russian, but according to my judgment, most people do not understand it. As long as those Germans who do not understand Russian, By running around in the hotel, our stealthy soldiers can kill them all like target practice.”
"Captain, this method of yours is very effective. It was this method that allowed all the enemies who rushed into the hotel to be eliminated." After listening to the captain's story, Sokov smiled and nodded with satisfaction: "You are good Recuperate, and when your injury recovers, I will arrange more important work for you."
After speaking, Sokov stood up and said to the soldier carrying the stretcher: "Send him to the division field hospital and give him the best treatment."
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