"What, the Russians broke into the building?" When the German division commander heard the news that the Soviet troops broke into the building, he was immediately frightened out of his wits. He asked his chief of staff in a daze: "Chief of Staff, what should we do next? "
"Your Excellency, division commander, we must not be taken as prisoners." After thinking for a while, the chief of staff said to the division commander: "Fortunately, the two buildings to the east are still in the hands of our army. We can move there and wait for dark. arrival."
Knowing that they could still move to the building to the east, the German division commander couldn't sit still and urged the Chief of Staff: "Chief of Staff, why are you hesitating? Let's go immediately. If it's all over, the Russians can rush in." Our headquarters."
"The entire division headquarters has been moved. The target is too big." The chief of staff said: "Your Excellency, division commander, how about this. I will send a squad of soldiers to cover you in the building to the east. I will lead the people to continue to stand here and attract Attention Russians.”
The German division commander who was eager to escape was quite touched when he saw that the chief of staff was willing to stay to help him attract the attention of the Soviet army. He asked: "Then how are you going to transfer?"
"Your Excellency, division commander, don't worry." Although the chief of staff was also confused, he still pretended to be calm in front of the division commander and said, "I will find a way to escape."
After speaking, the chief of staff shouted outside: "Here comes someone!"
Following the shouting, a German captain walked in from outside. He came to a stop in front of the two men, straightened his back and waited for the order that was about to be given.
"Captain!" the chief of staff ordered the captain, "The Russians have rushed into the building we are in. Your task is to lead a squad to cover the division commander's retreat into the building to the east. Do you understand?"
"Understood, Your Excellency, Chief of Staff!" After the captain agreed, he turned to face the division commander and said, "Your Excellency, division commander, please come with me. I will take you to the building to the east."
Just as the captain was preparing to leave with the division commander, he was stopped by the chief of staff: "Wait a minute!"
The two stopped and looked at the chief of staff with doubtful eyes, wondering why he suddenly stopped them.
Fortunately, the German chief of staff clarified their doubts in time: "Your Excellency, division commander, if you go out wearing this military uniform, you will reveal your identity. If the Russians find out, they will deal with you at all costs. I think you are still Change into the uniform of an ordinary soldier, it will be easier to get away with it."
The division commander agreed very much with the chief of staff's words. He quickly found a soldier with a similar build to himself, exchanged clothes with him, and then followed the captain out of the basement.
The fighting in the building was in full swing. The German captain left the basement first and hid behind a broken wall to observe for a while. He felt that there was no danger, so he waved towards the door of the basement to indicate that he could leave.
Upon seeing the signal from the captain, two soldiers carrying submachine guns rushed out of the basement with the division commander in hand and quickly came behind the broken wall.
"Your Excellency, division commander," the captain said to the division commander: "According to the gunfire from upstairs, the Russians should be fighting with our people on the second and third floors. We can quickly rush out of the building and retreat to Inside the building to the east.”
"Let's go." Hearing the gunshots and explosions above his head, the German division commander couldn't help but his heart beat faster. He was worried that a grenade would fall next to him and explode in the next second, so he urged the captain: "Hurry up and get out of this damn place. The place."
In this way, under the cover of his men, the German division commander left the building without anyone noticing and retreated towards the building to the east. The distance between the two buildings was only 150 meters. Even if the German division commander's running speed was a bit slow, with the help of two soldiers, it was enough to complete the transfer within one minute.
But what no one expected was that there was an open space of 70 to 80 meters between the two buildings without any obstruction. After Shamrih occupied the German building, he went to the top of the building and ordered someone to set up a machine gun. And he was holding a telescope to observe the building where the German headquarters was located, ready to reinforce the first company that entered the building at any time.
"Comrade Battalion Commander, look at the open space quickly!" Just as Shamrich's attention was focused on the building, he suddenly heard the shout of Deputy Battalion Commander Yakuda: "There are a few Germans." Escaped from the building and headed toward the building to the east."
The position where the German division commander and the others left the building happened to be in Shamrih's blind spot, so he did not immediately notice the group of German division commanders who had escaped. Hearing Yakov's cry at this moment, he quickly turned the telescope to the location Yakov said, and sure enough he saw a dozen German soldiers fleeing in groups toward the east building.
Shamrih ignored his thoughts and shouted almost instinctively: "Machine gun fire! The enemy must not be allowed to escape to the east building."
Following Shamrih's shout, the machine gun took the lead and started firing. A series of bullets hit the path that the German army must pass through, causing smoke and dust to billow on the ground.
The instinctive reaction of most German soldiers after hearing the sound of gunfire was to lie down on the spot and fire back towards the place where the bullets flew. But there was still a brave German soldier, running forward and shooting randomly at Shamrich's position. But his aimless shooting failed to hit the machine gun on the roof. Instead, he was directly hit by the machine gun on the roof.
The German soldier screamed, instinctively dropped the submachine gun in his hand, and covered his wound. Under the influence of the huge inertia, his body rushed forward a few more steps before falling to the ground. He slid forward for another distance before stopping completely.
Through the telescope, Shamrich saw clearly that there was a captain in the German army, but his reaction was strange. When other soldiers were shooting upstairs, he blocked his body in front of another soldier.
When did a German officer care so much about his subordinates that he was willing to take a bullet for him? As soon as this weird idea appeared in Shamrich's mind, he realized that something was wrong. The behavior of the German captain was too abnormal. How could an officer block bullets for soldiers? This was illogical at all.
After a while, two German soldiers who were lying on the ground got up from the ground and rushed towards the building where Shamrich and others were located, shooting continuously while rushing back. But their actions were like hitting a stone with an egg. The sharpshooter lying near the machine gun quickly aimed at the charging enemy and fired two shots in a row. The two German soldiers who rushed over staggered and fell, throwing themselves on the muddy ground. The remaining German soldiers were so frightened that they hurriedly suspended the attack and continued to lie on the ground and shoot at each other with their guns.
"Deputy Battalion Commander," Shamrih saw this scene and became more aware that something was wrong, so he said to Yakuda: "Do you feel that there is something wrong with these Germans?"
"It's not Jing, what's wrong?"
Seeing that Yakov did not understand what he meant, Shamrih explained to him: "If the Germans were intercepted by our firepower in the past, their first reaction would be to retreat first, and then look for a suitable opportunity to charge again. Pass our fire blockade. Instead of lying stupidly on the open ground and letting our machine guns serve as targets like now."
"Comrade Battalion Commander, after hearing what you said, I also think these enemies are a bit strange, but I can't figure out what the problem is."
"Don't even think about it if you don't understand." Although Shamrih understood what this group of enemies was about, he had already made up his mind to completely eliminate them all, so he ordered Yakuda: "Deputy Comrade Battalion Commander, don’t we still have a mortar? Move upstairs immediately, I will use the shells to kill those damn German soldiers.”
Not long after, the mortar was moved upstairs.
The gunner was a veteran with rich combat experience and a high level of technical and tactical skills. After Shamrih indicated the target, he took aim briefly and began to bombard.
The shells landed near the crowd and exploded, sending limbs flying in the thick smoke, and the bloody stumps and broken arms were thrown all over the sky.
"Well done!" Seeing that the gunner's first shot had achieved results, Shamrich couldn't help but smile and said: "Continue the bombardment, don't leave a single German behind!"
When the shells fell and exploded one after another, a German soldier lying on the ground could no longer hold his breath. He suddenly got up from the ground and ran towards the building to the east. Unexpectedly, just after running more than ten steps, a mortar shell fell beside him. After a loud "boom", Shamrih saw with his own eyes that in a cloud of thick smoke, living people instantly disappeared. Disappeared without a trace.
Under the joint attack of machine guns and mortars, the German soldiers in the open space were eliminated one after another. Seeing that all the escaped enemies had been eliminated, Shamrih turned his attention to the building where the German headquarters was located. He said to Yakuda: "Deputy battalion commander, the first company has been fighting inside for a long time. , but the building has not been captured yet. Now you immediately lead the second company to rush over to support, and you must capture the German headquarters in the shortest possible time."
"Don't worry, comrade battalion commander." Yakuda replied resoundingly: "We sailors have never encountered a mission that cannot be completed. Just wait for my good news."
After Yakuda left, Shamrih walked to the machine gunner, bent down and said to him: "Comrade machine gunner, your task is to block the open space between the two buildings, so that the enemy in the building cannot Even if you escape, you can't let the enemies outside rush in to support the enemies inside the building."
"Comrade Battalion Commander, as long as I am here, no enemy can even try to rush over."
The German division commander died in the chaos, but Shamrich did not notice it at all. On the contrary, he thought that the opponent was still in the basement, so he asked the deputy battalion commander, Captain Yakuda, to lead the second company to reinforce the first company to ensure that the building containing the enemy's headquarters was captured in the shortest possible time.
The German Chief of Staff did not know that the division commander had encountered an unexpected incident. He raised his hand and looked at his watch. Half an hour had passed since the division commander left. He must have successfully arrived at the building to the east, so he ordered his men to pack their things and prepare. transfer.
Before they could finish packing their things, a fierce battle broke out at the entrance to the basement. There was a fierce exchange of fire between the sentries guarding the entrance and the Soviet soldiers who rushed in.
Fortunately, the terrain in the basement is complex and there are many houses. The German army can rely on various buildings to mount a tenacious resistance, making it impossible for the Soviet army to attack for a while.
A major came over and reported to the chief of staff: "Chief of Staff, the Russians blocked the exit from the basement and we can't get out. What should we do next?"
Under the joint attack of machine guns and mortars, the German soldiers in the open space were eliminated one after another. Seeing that all the escaped enemies had been eliminated, Shamrih turned his attention to the building where the German headquarters was located. He said to Yakuda: "Deputy battalion commander, the first company has been fighting inside for a long time. , but the building has not been captured yet. Now you immediately lead the second company to rush over to support, and you must capture the German headquarters in the shortest possible time."
"Don't worry, comrade battalion commander." Yakuda replied resoundingly: "We sailors have never encountered a mission that cannot be completed. Just wait for my good news."
After Yakuda left, Shamrih walked to the machine gunner, bent down and said to him: "Comrade machine gunner, your task is to block the open space between the two buildings, so that the enemy in the building cannot Even if you escape, you can't let the enemies outside rush in to support the enemies inside the building."
"Comrade Battalion Commander, as long as I am here, no enemy can even try to rush over."
The German division commander died in the chaos, but Shamrich did not notice it at all. On the contrary, he thought that the opponent was still in the basement, so he asked the deputy battalion commander, Captain Yakuda, to lead the second company to reinforce the first company to ensure that the building containing the enemy's headquarters was captured in the shortest possible time.
The German Chief of Staff did not know that the division commander had encountered an unexpected incident. He raised his hand and looked at his watch. Half an hour had passed since the division commander left. He must have successfully arrived at the building to the east, so he ordered his men to pack their things and prepare. transfer.
Before they could finish packing their things, a fierce battle broke out at the entrance to the basement. There was a fierce exchange of fire between the sentries guarding the entrance and the Soviet soldiers who rushed in.
Fortunately, the terrain in the basement is complex and there are many houses. The German army can rely on various buildings to mount a tenacious resistance, making it impossible for the Soviet army to attack for a while.
A major came over and reported to the chief of staff: "Chief of Staff, the Russians blocked the exit from the basement and we can't get out. What should we do next?"
Samek nodded, unfolded a piece of paper he had already held in his hand, and read seriously: "In view of the bravery and heroism shown in the battle with the Japanese invaders, this award is specially awarded to Lieutenant Paul’s Order of the Red Banner.”
After Samyko read out the award order, he said to Samoilov beside him: "It's your turn, Comrade Lieutenant."
Samoilov held a red box in his hand. After hearing Samyko's order, he opened the box, took out a medal placed inside, handed the box to the soldier next to him, and walked quickly Paul was lying on the hospital bed.
Samoilov came to Paul's side, bent down slightly, turned up one side of Paul's hospital gown, poked a hole in it with an awl, inserted the pin of the medal, and then used a small The nut is tightened from the inside.
