The Germans never dreamed that while the Soviet army was constantly attacking the bridge, they quietly sent an armored unit to successfully cross the river to the left bank through the pontoon bridge set up downstream.
The tank troops crossing the river quickly entered the offensive battle. The German troops deployed at the bridgehead on the left bank were Panzer III and Panzer IV tanks. These tanks were no match for the T-34 tank. In less than ten minutes, six German tanks parked on the left bank were hit by bullets and burst into flames, while the Soviet army only lost two tanks.
The Soviet troops who occupied the bridgehead on the left bank, and under the cover of tanks, launched an attack on the enemy who still controlled the right bank. The German army was desperately sniping against the Soviet attack from the right bank, but they did not expect that the bridgehead on the left bank was lost, and they were temporarily trapped in a situation where they were attacked from both sides.
Although the Panther tank is the nemesis of the T-34, these tanks are parked in the pit. Even if they want to turn the muzzle, they are blocked by the soil on both sides. They can only watch the armor-piercing shells of the Soviet tanks penetrate. The rear armor of these tanks caused the ammunition in the vehicle to explode. The violent explosion caused disaster to the German soldiers hiding around.
It seemed that the two attacking troops had successfully joined forces on the right bank of the bridge. Sokov breathed a sigh of relief. He put down his telescope and said to Polubyarov: "Comrade General, immediately order your troops to garrison the defenses on the left bank." Position and be prepared to meet the enemy's attack."
When Polubyarov commanded the troops to move toward the left bank along the bridge that was still smoking, two German bombers suddenly appeared in the sky. After discovering the target on the ground, they immediately swooped down, dropped bombs and strafed, causing the marching troops on the ground to fall into chaos.
Sokov stared at the sky, frowning, and thought to himself: Zhukov once promised himself that he would send an aviation division to provide air cover for his troops, but where are the aircraft currently serving as cover?
Fortunately, there were not many enemy planes. After five or six minutes, they raised their altitude and flew towards the airport. Seeing that the enemy plane had flown away, the originally scattered and concealed troops returned to the road and continued to move towards the left bank.
When Major General Fomenko's 84th Division appeared at the bridge, two planes appeared in the sky again. "Damn it, the enemy plane is here again!" As soon as the thought came to Sokov's mind, he heard cheers from the marching commanders and fighters. He looked intently in the sky and saw that it was a Soviet plane. Although there were only two, he felt inexplicably relieved.
"Comrade Commander," Samoylov said when he saw that all the tank troops had entered the left bank position, and Fomenko's 84th Division was also crossing the bridge in an orderly manner, but Sokov had been standing in front of the temporary headquarters. In a daze, he asked tentatively: "Shall we go back to the headquarters now?"
"What are you doing back at the headquarters?" Sokov asked casually.
For the sake of Sokov's safety, Samoylov certainly hoped that he would return to the headquarters as soon as possible, so he found a reason that was not too far-fetched: "The communication here is inconvenient, which is not conducive to your command of the troops."
"Comrade Lieutenant." Sokov turned to look at Samoilov and said: "According to our original order, all troops must reach the banks of the Pushor River before dark today. In other words, we are now Let’s go back to the headquarters and we’ll be here again soon. I don’t think there’s any need to go back and forth.”
"Comrade Commander, it's too unsafe here. Let's move to another place." Samoylov was deeply afraid of the enemy who would suffer heavy losses. He found that there were a large number of troops mobilizing here, and there would be a sudden artillery bombardment or bombing. By then, Soko If the husband's life would be in danger, he tactfully persuaded her: "This is also for your safety."
Seeing that Samoylov was thinking about his own safety, Sokov looked around and found a forest not far behind. He pointed there with his hand and said: "Then let's go there first." After a while, when the headquarters is transferred, it won’t be too late for us to leave.”
Arriving in the woods, Sokov unexpectedly discovered that many tents had been set up in the forest clearing, and it could be vaguely seen that this was a field hospital. He turned to Samoilov and said, "Let's go over and have a look."
The wounded who were sitting silently outside the tent, when they saw Sokov appear, stood up one after another or stood up with the support of their comrades, and paid attention to Sokov who was walking among them.
Soon, Sokov saw a familiar face. After staring at the person carefully for a while, he asked tentatively: "Are you Katayeva?"
Katayeva, who was looking embarrassed by Sokov, was stunned when the other party called her name. Then she nodded vigorously and said: "Yes, Comrade Commander, I am Katayeva." .”
Sokov smiled at the other party and said friendly: "Katayeva, we have met before."
"Yes, Comrade Commander." Katayeva stared at Sokov for a while, and then she barely recognized the general in front of her. She was the one who was on the road with Cocakin and others on the day they escaped from the enemy. The commander I met.
After Sokov looked at the other person carefully, he asked curiously: "Which army are you serving as a health worker now?"
"Comrade Commander," Katayeva straightened up quickly and replied, "I am in the field hospital of the 84th Division."
"Oh, you're the health worker of the 84th Division. I thought you were the health worker of the Tank Army." After expressing his regret, Sokov continued: "Have you seen Rykov and Cocakin recently? "
"No, Comrade Commander." Katayeva replied expressionlessly: "I have never seen the two of them since the last review, and I don't know where they are now."
"They were incorporated into the tank corps some time ago. I thought you had met them."
"Comrade Commander, can I ask you a favor?"
"What's the matter?" Sokov asked politely: "Please tell me!"
"If you can see Kokkin or Rykov, please tell them that I am now working in the field hospital of the 84th Infantry Division." Katayeva said somewhat cautiously: "Comrade Commander, I don’t know if this is against discipline, but I still hope you can help me.”
"Don't worry, Katayeva, as long as I see Gucajin or Rykov, I will tell them your whereabouts." In order to dispel the other party's concerns, Sokov said with a smile: "After all, you have been together before Experienced life and death.”
Upon learning that Sokov was here, the director and political commissar of the field hospital hurried over. Just when they were about to raise their hands to salute, they were stopped by Sokov: "Dean, political commissar, you must remember one thing in the future. Never salute anyone with a higher military rank than yourself."
The dean had just joined the army and didn't understand many things. When Sokov said this, he couldn't help but asked in confusion: "Comrade Commander, why is this?"
"On the battlefield, there may be enemy snipers hiding nearby. When you salute someone with a high military rank, you are telling the enemy: look quickly, there is a high-ranking officer here, shoot him quickly!"
Sokov's words made Katayeva burst into laughter. Seeing Katayeva smiling as if no one was watching, the political commissar quickly stopped her: "Comrade health worker, be serious, you don't even know what the occasion is."
After being criticized by the political commissar, Katayeva stuck out her tongue in embarrassment, then lowered her head and stood solemnly behind the dean and the political commissar before daring to speak again. "Comrade health worker," the dean was worried that Katayeva's presence would make Sokov unhappy, so he took the initiative to send him away: "You have nothing to do here. You should hurry up and take care of the wounded."
When Katayeva left, Sokov kept his eyes on her back until she disappeared into a tent. Sokov's actions caused the political commissar to misunderstand. Seeing that Sokov was so young, he thought that the commander was so interested in this female health worker. Could there be some relationship between the two? He secretly wondered whether he should arrange an easy and safe job for Katayeva in order to please Sokov.
Sokov was not a roundworm in the political commissar's stomach, so naturally he didn't know what he was thinking. Sokov looked at the dean and asked: "Comrade dean, do you have enough medical staff in your field hospital?"
"How do you say this, Comrade Commander." The dean said hesitantly: "Because the troops have been fighting for a long time, not only the commanders and soldiers suffered heavy casualties, but even the health workers who rescued the wounded on the battlefield also suffered a lot of casualties. . Although we have supplemented the number, the number of medical staff is only two-thirds of the prescribed number."
"Comrade Dean, although you are short of one-third of your staff, I can only regret to tell you that I will not be able to provide you with sufficient medical staff in a short period of time."
"I understand, I understand." As soon as Sokov finished speaking, the dean nodded vigorously and said: "In fact, it is not only the field hospital of our division that lacks medical personnel, but almost all troops have the same problem."
Although it is temporarily impossible to replenish medical staff for the other party, Sokov is still prepared to provide sufficient personnel for the other party when the time comes. After all, the more medical staff a hospital has, the higher the chance of recovery for the injured: "Where do the medical staff you supplement come from?"
"Generally, there are two channels." The dean held out two fingers and said: "One is to supplement directly from the medical school or health school; the second is to select suitable personnel from the army for short-term training."
"If you can see Kokkin or Rykov, please tell them that I am now working in the field hospital of the 84th Infantry Division." Katayeva said somewhat cautiously: "Comrade Commander, I don’t know if this is against discipline, but I still hope you can help me.”
"Don't worry, Katayeva, as long as I see Gucajin or Rykov, I will tell them your whereabouts." In order to dispel the other party's concerns, Sokov said with a smile: "After all, you have been together before Experienced life and death.”
Upon learning that Sokov was here, the director and political commissar of the field hospital hurried over. Just when they were about to raise their hands to salute, they were stopped by Sokov: "Dean, political commissar, you must remember one thing in the future. Never salute anyone with a higher military rank than yourself."
The dean had just joined the army and didn't understand many things. When Sokov said this, he couldn't help but asked in confusion: "Comrade Commander, why is this?"
"On the battlefield, there may be enemy snipers hiding nearby. When you salute someone with a high military rank, you are telling the enemy: look quickly, there is a high-ranking officer here, shoot him quickly!"
Sokov's words made Katayeva burst into laughter. Seeing Katayeva smiling as if no one was watching, the political commissar quickly stopped her: "Comrade health worker, be serious, you don't even know what the occasion is."
After being criticized by the political commissar, Katayeva stuck out her tongue in embarrassment, then lowered her head and stood solemnly behind the dean and the political commissar before daring to speak again. "Comrade health worker," the dean was worried that Katayeva's presence would make Sokov unhappy, so he took the initiative to send him away: "You have nothing to do here. You should hurry up and take care of the wounded."
When Katayeva left, Sokov kept his eyes on her back until she disappeared into a tent. Sokov's actions caused the political commissar to misunderstand. Seeing that Sokov was so young, he thought that the commander was so interested in this female health worker. Could there be some relationship between the two? He secretly wondered whether he should arrange an easy and safe job for Katayeva in order to please Sokov.
Sokov was not a roundworm in the political commissar's stomach, so naturally he didn't know what he was thinking. Sokov looked at the dean and asked: "Comrade dean, do you have enough medical staff in your field hospital?"
"How do you say this, Comrade Commander." The dean said hesitantly: "Because the troops have been fighting for a long time, not only the commanders and soldiers suffered heavy casualties, but even the health workers who rescued the wounded on the battlefield also suffered a lot of casualties. . Although we have supplemented the number, the number of medical staff is only two-thirds of the prescribed number."
"Comrade Dean, although you are short of one-third of your staff, I can only regret to tell you that I will not be able to provide you with sufficient medical staff in a short period of time."
"I understand, I understand." As soon as Sokov finished speaking, the dean nodded vigorously and said: "In fact, it is not only the field hospital of our division that lacks medical staff, but almost all troops have the same problem."
Although it is temporarily impossible to replenish medical staff for the other party, Sokov is still prepared to equip the other party with sufficient personnel when the time comes. After all, the more medical staff a hospital has, the higher the chance of recovery for the injured: "Where do the medical staff you supplement come from?"
"Generally there are two channels." The dean stretched out two fingers and said: "One is to directly recruit people from the medical school or health school; the second is to recruit suitable personnel from the army for short-term training." "Generally there are two channels." The dean stretched out two fingers and said: "One is to directly recruit people from the medical school or health school; the other is to select suitable personnel from the army for short-term training."
