Seeing that he could not get any valuable information from this group of German prisoners, Rusuf couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He saw the Ninth Company Commander aside, frowned and asked, "Comrade Captain, are all the prisoners you captured here?"
"Yes, Comrade Commander." When the Ninth Company Commander heard Rusuf's question, he began to complain to him: "You don't know, our company searched most of the town, except for those who were bombed to pieces. There were no corpses, no living people at all. I finally found a few wounded soldiers here, but I couldn’t tell if it was true or if they were deliberately pretending to be confused.”
"Ninth Company Commander," Rusuf said to him when he saw that the Ninth Company Commander was bringing up the old matter again: "I think the prisoner must not have lied. In such a fierce artillery attack by our army, all he was thinking about was how to preserve himself in the artillery fire. Life, there is no time to pay attention to other things."
When the commander of the third battalion learned that Rusuf had come to inspect the front line, he immediately rushed over from another area. Just in time to hear the last two words of Rusuf, he added casually: "Comrade Commander is right. At that time, the kind of Under the circumstances, even if the German commander escaped from him in a car, it would be difficult for him to notice."
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. The words spoken casually by the third battalion commander shocked Rusuf. Soon, his eyes fell on the third battalion commander: "Third battalion commander, what did you just say?"
"I said that even if the German commander passed by him in a car, I'm afraid he wouldn't notice."
"You're right." Rusuf looked around and found that the damage to buildings in these areas was much better than in other parts of the town. As a result, a thought came to his mind: "Maybe the German commander moved to this place after the shelling started. Later, seeing that the situation was really bad, he escaped from Svetlovodsk in a car. district."
After finishing his thoughts, Rusuf asked the third battalion commander: "Third battalion commander, have your other two companies captured prisoners?"
"No." The third battalion commander shook his head and replied with a wry smile: "I followed the other two companies in action, but not a single living enemy was found. It seems that the enemy has already escaped from the town."
Rusuf contacted the other two battalions through the walkie-talkie and found that they had not gained anything. He was more certain that the enemy had escaped from the town before the shelling stopped, so he ordered the operator: "Get me through the division." Department, I want to report to the division commander personally."
When Fomenko learned that Rusev had important information to report to him, he couldn't help but feel ecstatic. He wondered whether the other party had captured a large number of prisoners and wanted to report the good news to him.
"Colonel Rusov, do you have any good news to report to me?" Hearing Rusov's voice from the earphones, Fomenko couldn't wait to ask: "How many prisoners has your regiment captured?"
Rusuf thought about the number of prisoners he saw and replied: "Our regiment captured a total of 15 German prisoners, all of whom were wounded, and two of them were seriously wounded."
"What, only 15 prisoners were captured?" Fomenko couldn't believe his ears. He quickly asked: "You are right?"
"No." Rusuf answered truthfully: "According to my analysis, the German commander had escaped from the town before the bombardment ended, and his whereabouts are unknown."
After Fomenko chatted with Rusov for a few more words, he put down the headphones and microphone in his hands. Manoxin on the side quickly asked: "Comrade division commander, what is the result of the 254th Regiment?"
Fomenko said with a wry smile: "So far, they have captured 15 German prisoners, and they are all wounded soldiers, and two of them are seriously wounded."
"Only 15 prisoners were captured?" Manoxin heard this and said in surprise: "Why are there only so few prisoners?"
"According to Colonel Russov, the German commander may have fled the town before our bombardment ended. I am afraid that all the Germans who could run had run away by that time, and only those who could not run were still in the town. Waiting to die."
"Do we need to report this situation to the army headquarters immediately?"
"No need for the time being." Fomenko shook his head and said: "Now I have only received the report of the 254th Regiment. The reports of the 252nd and 258th Regiment have not been received yet. Until I figure out what happened, I will not use it for the time being. Reported."
He picked up the phone, dialed the division headquarters, and told his chief of staff: "Comrade chief of staff, please contact the 252nd and 258th regiments immediately and order them to report the search situation immediately."
The division chief of staff waited for him to finish and then asked cautiously: "What about Colonel Russov's 254th Regiment?"
"Their results have been reported." Fomenko said with a bit of laughter: "The regiment captured a total of 15 German prisoners, and they were all wounded, and there were even two seriously wounded. You arrange medical staff immediately, Go to the location of the 254th Regiment to receive these German wounded.”
Belkin's 258th Regiment quickly reported the search situation: "After completing the search of the controlled area, except for the corpses of the German soldiers, not a single living person was seen, and the Germans were nowhere to be found."
The 252nd regiment reported a little later. The regiment leader reported to Fomenko by phone: "Comrade division commander, our regiment has completed the search mission. Along the way, in addition to bombed tanks and various combat vehicles, incomplete Apart from the corpses of German soldiers, not a single living person was seen.”
Fomenko couldn't help but feel disappointed when he heard the same report from the 252nd. Just when he was about to hang up the phone, he heard the regiment commander say: "Comrade division commander, during the search, our soldiers discovered the German regiment headquarters and seized a large number of documents and two radios inside... "
Fomenko immediately became energetic and asked quickly: "Did you find anyone alive in the German command headquarters?"
"No, Comrade Division Commander, there is not a single living person." The regiment leader reported to Fomenko on the phone: "Except for five or six corpses, nothing was found."
Fomenko asked with a sense of luck: "Are there any German school-level officers among these corpses?"
"I'm sorry, comrade division commander, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you." The regiment leader reported: "Among these corpses, except for one German second lieutenant, the rest are ordinary non-commissioned officers. It seems that they should be from the regiment headquarters. Signal Corps..."
Fomenko quickly connected the group leader with Rusov's report. He asked tentatively: "Comrade group leader, where do you think the remaining Germans have gone?"
The regiment commander was silent for a moment after hearing Fomenko's question, and then replied: "Comrade division commander, I have carefully observed the nearby terrain. On the street outside the headquarters, there are no wreckage of destroyed vehicles, only the bodies of scattered German soldiers. , it seems that the enemy commander fled the town in a car."
"Comrade Commander, your analysis coincides with Colonel Rusov's analysis." Fomenko said into the microphone: "He also believes that the German commander fled the town in a hurry before our army's shelling ended."
After receiving intelligence from the three regiments, Fomenko summarized it and came to the conclusion that except for the Germans who died in the shelling, the remaining survivors fled the town in panic before the shelling ended.
Fomenko ordered the communications troops to connect the phone to the group army headquarters, and personally reported to Samyko who answered the phone: "Hello, Comrade Chief of Staff! My name is Fomenko. I have something important to report to you and Comrade Commander reports."
"How is the situation in the town?" Samek asked with concern: "Has it been taken down?"
"Yes, Comrade Chief of Staff, Svetlovodsk District has been occupied by our army." After Fomenko reported proudly, he continued: "However, our division's search in the town only found in the end We killed 15 wounded Germans who had not had time to retreat, and all the surviving enemies should have fled the town."
"General Fomenko," Samyko was obviously not satisfied with Fomenko's report. He frowned and asked, "How did you come to such a conclusion?"
"Comrade Chief of Staff," Fomenko explained to Samyko: "The commander of my 252nd Regiment personally went to the German regiment headquarters. He only found seven or eight corpses inside, all of which were ordinary officers. and non-commissioned officers, they should all be communications personnel. On the street outside the building, he did not find car wreckage destroyed by artillery fire, nor did he find many German corpses. Based on these two points, he judged that the German commander had already been there We fled the town before the bombardment was over."
"So that's it." After listening to Fomenko's explanation, Samyko knew that he had misunderstood the other party, and quickly changed the topic and said: "By the way, did your subordinates place the red flag on the church bell tower?"
After Samyko's reminder, Fomenko immediately thought that none of his three regiment leaders seemed to have mentioned planting the red flag at the commanding heights of the town, and quickly replied: "Comrade Chief of Staff, it seems that the red flag has not been planted yet. I will call the three group leaders and ask them to place the red flag on the bell tower of the church."
Although Samyko made a timely statement and said that he would plant the red flag on the top of the church, Samyko felt that he should still say something to him: "General Fomenko, don't you know the tradition of our army, even if you occupy Throughout the town, if the red flag is not planted on the commanding heights of the town, it means that our army has not truly occupied the position. You are also an old commander, how could you make such a low-level mistake? "
Faced with Samyko's criticism, Fomenko was not angry and said with a smile: "You are right, Comrade Chief of Staff, I will urge the commanders and soldiers below to plant the red flag at the highest position in the town. .”
After Samyko ended his call with Fomenko, he smiled bitterly and said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, according to General Fomenko's report, the only survivors they have captured so far are 15 German wounded. , the remaining enemies should have fled the town before our army's shelling ended."
Seeing that he could not get any valuable information from this group of German prisoners, Rusuf couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He saw the Ninth Company Commander aside, frowned and asked, "Comrade Captain, are all the prisoners you captured here?"
"Yes, Comrade Commander." When the Ninth Company Commander heard Rusuf's question, he began to complain to him: "You don't know, our company searched most of the town, except for those who were bombed to pieces. There were no corpses, no living people at all. I finally found a few wounded soldiers here, but I couldn’t tell if they were real or if they were deliberately pretending to be confused.”
"Ninth Company Commander," Rusuf said to him when he saw that the Ninth Company Commander was bringing up the old matter again: "I think the prisoner must not have lied. In such a fierce artillery attack by our army, all he was thinking about was how to preserve himself in the artillery fire. Life, there is no time to pay attention to other things."
When the commander of the third battalion learned that Rusuf had come to inspect the front line, he immediately rushed over from another area. Just in time to hear the last two words of Rusuf, he added casually: "Comrade Commander is right. At that time, the kind of Under the circumstances, even if the German commander escaped from him in a car, it would be difficult for him to notice."
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. The words spoken casually by the third battalion commander shocked Rusuf. Soon, his eyes fell on the third battalion commander: "Third battalion commander, what did you just say?"
"I said that even if the German commander passed by him in a car, I'm afraid he wouldn't notice."
"You're right." Rusuf looked around and found that the damage to buildings in these areas was much better than in other parts of the town. As a result, a thought came to his mind: "Maybe the German commander moved to this place after the shelling started. Later, seeing that the situation was really bad, he escaped from Svetlovodsk in a car. district."
After finishing his thoughts, Rusuf asked the third battalion commander: "Third battalion commander, have your other two companies captured prisoners?"
"No." The third battalion commander shook his head and replied with a wry smile: "I followed the other two companies in action, but not a single living enemy was found. It seems that the enemy has already escaped from the town."
Rusuf contacted the other two battalions through the walkie-talkie and found that they had not gained anything. He was more certain that the enemy had escaped from the town before the shelling stopped, so he ordered the operator: "Get me through the division." Department, I want to report to the division commander in person."
When Fomenko learned that Rusev had important information to report to him, he couldn't help but feel ecstatic. He wondered whether the other party had captured a large number of prisoners and wanted to report the good news to him.
"Colonel Rusov, do you have any good news to report to me?" Hearing Rusov's voice from the earphones, Fomenko couldn't wait to ask: "How many prisoners has your regiment captured?"
Rusuf thought about the number of prisoners he saw and replied: "Our regiment captured a total of 15 German prisoners, all of whom were wounded, and two of them were seriously wounded."
"No." Rusuf answered truthfully: "According to my analysis, the German commander had escaped from the town before the bombardment ended, and his whereabouts are unknown."
After Fomenko chatted with Rusov for a few more words, he put down the headphones and microphone in his hands. Manoxin on the side quickly asked: "Comrade division commander, what was the result of the 254th Regiment?"
Fomenko said with a wry smile: "So far, they have captured 15 German prisoners, and they are all wounded soldiers, and two of them are seriously wounded."
"According to Colonel Russov, the German commander may have fled the town before our bombardment ended. I am afraid that all the Germans who could run had run away by that time, and only those who could not run were still in the town. Waiting to die."
