Klementchuk's defense was not tight. The German officers and soldiers on duty did not even have any questions about an army that suddenly appeared outside the city. According to their thinking, such an army of several thousand people could only come from The troops who have withdrawn from the front line may be suffocating from top to bottom. If they were to interrogate them at this time, a beating would be considered a light thing. If they encountered an angry person, they might be shot directly.
It was precisely because of the low vigilance of the defenders that the troops of the 98th Guards Division successfully entered the city. As soon as he entered the city, Chuvasov summoned several of his regiment commanders, assigned them combat areas, and asked them to lead their respective troops to seize strategic points in the city and strive to occupy the entire city in the shortest possible time. City.
Chuvashov called Shamrih in front of him and said to him: "Comrade Major, your regiment performed very well in the battle to rescue the captured commanders and fighters."
"Thank you for the compliment, commander." After hearing what Chuvashov said to him, Shamrih immediately realized that the other party had an important task for him, and quickly said: "I wonder what combat tasks you plan to assign to our regiment."
"Comrade Major," Chuvashov said to Shamrih: "The combat mission given to our division by our superiors is not only to capture the city, but also to capture the bridges on the Dnieper River to ensure that the main force can establish a strong landing site on the right bank. . Whether you can completely capture the bridge is related to the success or failure of our division's battle."
Shamrih replied understandingly: "Comrade division commander, I understand. We must seize the bridge before the Germans see through us."
"Although the city of Kremenchug is not big, there is still at least five or six kilometers from here to the Dnieper River Bridge." Chuvasov asked, "Is there any way you can get to the bridge quickly?"
"Comrade Commander, of course I have my own way, so don't worry."
After Shamrih returned to the army, he called Shapovarenko and Yakuda in front of him and conveyed the order issued by Chuvashov to them.
After Shamrich finished speaking, Shapovalenko frowned and said: "Comrade leader, we are five or six kilometers away from the bridge. How can we quickly cross the city and reach the bridge before the Germans notice it?" What about above?"
Not only Shapovalenko is worried, but Yakuda is also worried: "Yes, we have no transportation and can only rely on walking. Even if there are no Germans to block it, it will take us at least an hour to reach the Dnieper River Bridge."
Unexpectedly, Shamrih laughed: "Political Commissar, First Battalion Commander, who said we don't have transportation." He pointed at the bus driving on the street, "Isn't that our transportation?"
Shapovalenko asked in confusion: "Comrade leader, you mean, we take a bus to the bridge?"
"Yes, that's what I meant."
"But, but..." Shapovarenko said worriedly: "If we forcibly requisition these vehicles, isn't there a risk of exposure?"
"How could it be?" Shamrich patted the German uniform on his body and said confidently: "Have you forgotten that we are wearing German uniforms now?"
"Okay then," Shapovarenko felt a lot more at ease after hearing what Shamrich said: "Then we will use our status as Germans to drive the passengers out of the car, and then send out at least one company of troops. , hitchhike to the bridge and seize the bridge before the Germans react."
With the plan in place, Shamrih handed over the next operations to the Yakuda battalion. As for Yakuda, he handed over this task to the Second Company without hesitation. Who made the second company commander speak German so well that the Germans couldn't tell the truth from falsehood.
After receiving the order, the second company commander immediately led a group of soldiers to stand in the middle of the road and directly intercept the passing buses.
After the first bus was stopped, the second company commander and several soldiers got on the bus and shouted at the driver: "This bus has been requisitioned by us. Get everyone out of the bus immediately."
Since the second company commander shouted in German, neither the driver nor the passengers could understand it, so a soldier next to him repeated it in Russian. Seeing the passengers in the car lingering and refusing to get out of the car, the second company commander had no choice but to wink at the soldiers and ask them to drive the passengers out of the car. The passengers who were driven off the bus were all too angry to speak out, and could only cast hateful glances at the soldiers who drove them away.
As soon as the carriage was vacated, the soldiers waiting under the carriage rushed into the carriage with cheers. Due to the limited number of seats, only some of the soldiers sat down, while the rest stood in the car.
Seeing that the carriage was full, the Second Company Commander looked outside the car and saw that all the passengers who had been kicked out of the car had reached the street. He bent down and approached the driver and whispered: "Comrade, we are the Soviet army. Please take us to the Dnieper Bridge."
Hearing the German officer beside him speak such fluent Russian, the driver was stunned for a moment, and then he understood what was going on. However, he still asked cautiously: "Comrade commander, can you do it with just these people?"
"We are just the vanguard. The large forces have already entered the city." In order to allow the driver to drive with peace of mind, the second company commander first gave him a reassurance: "We were ordered to seize the bridge to prevent the Germans from jumping over the wall and flooding the Dnieper River. The bridge was blown up."
When the driver nodded, he saw a bus approaching in the distance. He quickly turned to the second company commander: "Comrade commander, the car in front was driven by my friend. Do I need to commandeer his car?" "
The second company commander saw that he really felt sleepy, so someone gave him a pillow. If there is one more car, it means that more troops can be used to occupy the bridge at the same time. He nodded vigorously and replied: "That is really great."
After getting the consent of the second company commander, the driver quickly flashed his headlights several times and pressed the horn twice. When the oncoming bus saw the flashing lights and heard the sudden sound of the horn, he realized that something might have happened to the bus that was about to miss him, so he quickly slowed down.
When he saw clearly that his friend's car was crowded with German soldiers, the driver couldn't help but frown. However, in order to find out what was going on, he parked his car next to the other party's car. Worried that the German standing next to his friend could not understand Russian, he could only ask briefly: "Voronin, what happened?" Something happened?"
The driver, known as Voronin, looked at the bus opposite and saw many people sitting inside. He quickly said to him: "Gasang, please get the passengers off your bus quickly. The Germans are going to requisition them." Your vehicle.”
Hearing what Voronin said, not only the expressions of the passengers in the car changed drastically, but even the driver named Gasang showed a trace of anger. He did not expect that his friend would actually kneel down and lick the German like this. It was simply a shame. Klementchuk's defense was not tight. The German officers and soldiers on duty did not even have any questions about an army that suddenly appeared outside the city. According to their thinking, such an army of several thousand people could only come from The troops who have withdrawn from the front line may be suffocating from top to bottom. If they were to interrogate them at this time, a beating would be considered a light thing. If they encountered an angry person, they might be shot directly.
It was precisely because of the low vigilance of the defenders that the troops of the 98th Guards Division successfully entered the city. As soon as he entered the city, Chuvasov summoned several of his regiment commanders, assigned them combat areas, and asked them to lead their respective troops to seize strategic points in the city and strive to occupy the entire city in the shortest possible time. City.
Chuvashov called Shamrih in front of him and said to him: "Comrade Major, your regiment performed very well in the battle to rescue the captured commanders and fighters."
"Thank you for the compliment, commander." After hearing what Chuvashov said to him, Shamrih immediately realized that the other party had an important task for him, and quickly said: "I wonder what combat tasks you plan to assign to our regiment."
"Comrade Major," Chuvashov said to Shamrih: "The combat mission given to our division by our superiors is not only to capture the city, but also to capture the bridges on the Dnieper River to ensure that the main force can establish a strong landing site on the right bank. . Whether you can completely capture the bridge is related to the success or failure of our division's battle."
Shamrih replied understandingly: "Comrade division commander, I understand. We must seize the bridge before the Germans see through us."
"Although the city of Kremenchug is not big, there is still at least five or six kilometers from here to the Dnieper River Bridge." Chuvasov asked, "Is there any way you can get to the bridge quickly?"
"Comrade Commander, of course I have my own way, so don't worry."
After Shamrih returned to the army, he called Shapovarenko and Yakuda in front of him and conveyed the order issued by Chuvashov to them.
After Shamrich finished speaking, Shapovalenko frowned and said: "Comrade leader, we are five or six kilometers away from the bridge. How can we quickly cross the city and reach the bridge before the Germans notice it?" What about above?"
Not only Shapovalenko is worried, but Yakuda is also worried: "Yes, we have no transportation and can only rely on walking. Even if there are no Germans to block it, it will take us at least an hour to reach the Dnieper River Bridge."
Unexpectedly, Shamrih laughed: "Political Commissar, First Battalion Commander, who said we don't have transportation." He pointed at the bus driving on the street, "Isn't that our transportation?"
Shapovalenko asked in confusion: "Comrade leader, you mean, we take a bus to the bridge?"
"Yes, that's what I meant."
"But, but..." Shapovarenko said worriedly: "If we forcibly requisition these vehicles, isn't there a risk of exposure?"
"How could it be?" Shamrich patted the German uniform on his body and said confidently: "Have you forgotten that we are wearing German uniforms now?"
"Okay then," Shapovarenko felt a lot more at ease after hearing what Shamrich said: "Then we will use our status as Germans to drive the passengers out of the car, and then send out at least one company of troops. , hitchhike to the bridge and seize the bridge before the Germans react."
With the plan in place, Shamrih handed over the next operations to the Yakuda battalion. As for Yakuda, he handed over this task to the Second Company without hesitation. Who made the second company commander speak German so well that the Germans couldn't tell the truth from falsehood.
After receiving the order, the second company commander immediately led a group of soldiers to stand in the middle of the road and directly intercept the passing buses.
After the first bus was stopped, the second company commander and several soldiers got on the bus and shouted at the driver: "This bus has been requisitioned by us. Get everyone out of the bus immediately."
Since the second company commander shouted in German, neither the driver nor the passengers could understand it, so a soldier next to him repeated it in Russian. Seeing the passengers in the car lingering and refusing to get out of the car, the second company commander had no choice but to wink at the soldiers and ask them to drive the passengers out of the car. The passengers who were driven off the bus were all too angry to speak out, and could only cast hateful glances at the soldiers who drove them away.
As soon as the carriage was vacated, the soldiers waiting under the carriage rushed into the carriage with cheers. Due to the limited number of seats, only some of the soldiers sat down, while the rest stood in the car.
Seeing that the carriage was full, the Second Company Commander looked outside the car and saw that all the passengers who had been kicked out of the car had reached the street. He bent down and approached the driver and whispered: "Comrade, we are the Soviet army. Please take us to the Dnieper Bridge."
Hearing the German officer beside him speak such fluent Russian, the driver was stunned for a moment, and then he understood what was going on. However, he still asked cautiously: "Comrade commander, can you do it with just these people?"
"We are just the vanguard. The large forces have already entered the city." In order to allow the driver to drive with peace of mind, the second company commander first gave him a reassurance: "We were ordered to seize the bridge to prevent the Germans from jumping over the wall and flooding the Dnieper River. The bridge was blown up."
When the driver nodded, he saw a bus approaching in the distance. He quickly turned to the second company commander: "Comrade commander, the car in front was driven by my friend. Do I need to commandeer his car?" "
The second company commander saw that he really felt sleepy, so someone gave him a pillow. If there is one more car, it means that more troops can be used to occupy the bridge at the same time. He nodded vigorously and replied: "That is really great."
After getting the consent of the second company commander, the driver quickly flashed his headlights several times and pressed the horn twice. When the oncoming bus saw the flashing lights and heard the sudden sound of the horn, he realized that something might have happened to the bus that was about to miss him, so he quickly slowed down.
When he saw clearly that his friend's car was crowded with German soldiers, the driver couldn't help but frowned. However, in order to find out what was going on, he parked his car next to the other party's car. Worried that the German standing next to his friend could not understand Russian, he could only ask briefly: "Voronin, what happened?" Something happened?"
