Although the troops of the 15th Guards Division could not reach Chigilin yet, since there were troops of the 84th Division responsible for defense in the city, Gritsenko immediately ordered the troops in the city to attack after receiving Sokov's order. The two regiments withdrew from the city in an orderly manner. At the same time, he also ordered the regiment remaining outside the city to wait for the main force to complete its retreat before starting to retreat.
The troops of the 384th Division began to retreat, while the Russov Regiment holding on to Jingji Town was still fighting fiercely with the German troops attacking the town. Although a section of the German army broke through the defenses and rushed into the town, they were driven out of the town by the counterattacking commanders before they could reach the church in the center of the town.
After the German army withdrew from the town, the Soviet commanders and soldiers were repairing the fortifications when they suddenly saw more than a dozen mortars set up on the German position in the distance. They thought the Germans were going to shell the town again, so they quickly found a place to hide to avoid the German shelling.
As soon as they took cover, the German mortars opened fire. The hidden Soviet commanders and fighters soon discovered that the Germans were not launching lethal high-explosive bombs, but propaganda bombs. Propaganda bombs exploded over the defensive positions inside and outside the town, and the leaflets contained inside fell down like snowflakes.
After the leaflets landed, many soldiers stepped forward to pick them up and found that what was written on them was the German army's persuasion to surrender to the Soviet army. At the end of the leaflets, it was also said that as long as you took these leaflets and surrendered to the German army, you would get preferential treatment.
After reading the contents of the flyers, some soldiers sneered and threw them away; some soldiers not only did not throw away the flyers, but bent down to pick up more flyers and put them into their pockets. When the commander standing nearby saw this situation, not only did he not stop it, but he smiled all over his face. He even bent down to pick up two of them and put them into his pocket.
If it is other troops, the commander will usually stop loudly when he sees his men picking up leaflets dropped by the Germans. But in Sokov's army, such things are very loosely managed. Because Sokov knew very well that the commanders and soldiers picking up leaflets on the battlefield did not mean that they intended to surrender to the Germans. They usually used these leaflets to roll cigarettes or even use them as toilet paper.
Regiment commander Rusuf received a telegram from the division headquarters, asking him to prepare to hand over defense to friendly forces. He did not dare to neglect, and after telling the regiment chief of staff to be responsible for all matters in the command post, he took two guards to the town to inspect, and at the same time prepared each battalion to prepare for the handover of defense.
Not far away, Rusuf saw corpses lying on the street, including his own men and Germans. Not long ago, a desperate hand-to-hand battle took place here. In the end, the soldiers drove away the enemies who rushed into the town. Got out.
Looking at all this, Rusuf couldn't help but repeat to himself: "Hold it! We finally held the town! We just wait for the friendly forces to arrive and hand over the defense to them..."
After walking a little further, Rusuf saw soldiers cleaning up the battlefield not far ahead. They separated the bodies of their fallen comrades and German officers and soldiers and placed them neatly on both sides of the road.
Rusuf stopped, stared at the busy soldiers, and thought to himself: "I really didn't expect that the German troops attacking the town were so powerful. I thought that my troops were equipped with assault rifles, new rockets, and rocket launchers, and they had to block it. The enemy's attack is not difficult at all. But after the battle started, the enemy still stubbornly broke through his defenses. Fortunately, friendly forces will soon take over his defenses. Otherwise, if he continues to fight, whether he can defend the town is really It’s an unknown.”
"Comrade commander," a lieutenant walked up to Rusuf, straightened his body and reported to him: "The commander of the ninth company is reporting to you that we are cleaning up the corpses of both the enemy and ourselves. Do you have any instructions?"
It turned out that Rusuf stood here in a daze for too long. He was seen by the ninth company commander who was leading the soldiers to clean the battlefield. He felt that he needed to report his work to the commander.
"Take a break!" Rusuf asked the ninth company commander: "How long have you been working here?"
"About seven or eight minutes, comrade commander." The ninth company commander reported respectfully: "We followed the battalion commander's order to collect the bodies of both sides and bury them properly."
After hearing this, Rusuf nodded and said: "Comrade Lieutenant, hurry up, we will evacuate here soon."
Hearing what Rusuf said, the Ninth Company Commander couldn't help but be stunned, and then asked: "Comrade Commander, are we going to give up here?"
"We are not giving up here, Comrade Lieutenant." Rusuf patiently explained to the other party: "Friendly forces will soon come to take over our defense. Once the handover of defense is completed, we will withdraw to the original landing site. Those who will take over the defense will Friendly troops are not familiar with the situation in the town. Cleaning the battlefield is best done before they arrive. You have to bury all our fallen comrades, do you understand?"
"Understood, Comrade Commander." The Ninth Company Commander replied loudly and asked tentatively: "Can I go back and continue working?"
"It goes without saying, Comrade Lieutenant." Rusuf nodded and said, "You can continue working with your subordinates."
Rusuf continued to walk forward, and there were more signs of fighting here. There were collapsed buildings, craters one after another, the remains of tanks that were still burning after being destroyed, and various destroyed weapons.
Soon, Rusuf and his guards walked out of the town and headed towards the position outside the town.
Not far away, a guard suddenly said to Rusuf in surprise: "Comrade commander, look quickly, why are there so many people surrounded in the trenches? They are crowded together. Aren't they afraid of being shelled by the German army?" ?"
Rusuf looked in the direction of the guard's finger, and sure enough he saw a large number of people crowded in the trench dozens of meters ahead. If a German artillery shell landed nearby and exploded, at least half of the men could be reimbursed.
"What's going on?" Rusuf led the guards quickly to where the crowd was gathering and asked loudly: "So many of you are crowded here because you are worried that the German shells will fall and the people who will be reimbursed will be too many." Is it missing?"
When the commanders and fighters crowded in the trench heard Rusuf's voice, someone immediately said in surprise: "Comrade Commander is here!" As Rusuf entered the trench, the crowded commanders and fighters dispersed slightly to make room for him. There is room for a foothold.
"Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander." Rusuf looked left and right and saw clearly that the Deputy Battalion Commander of the Second Battalion was standing not far away with a bandage on his head. He frowned and asked, "What happened? Why are there so many people crowded here? Do you all want to be the target of German artillery?"
"Comrade Commander, let me introduce you." The deputy battalion commander pouted at the three officers wearing blue hats standing next to him and said with disdain: "They are officers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Come to us. To eliminate possible traitors and cowards."
Although the troops of the 15th Guards Division could not reach Chigilin yet, since there were troops of the 84th Division responsible for defense in the city, Gritsenko immediately ordered the troops in the city to attack after receiving Sokov's order. The two regiments withdrew from the city in an orderly manner. At the same time, he also ordered the regiment remaining outside the city to wait for the main force to complete its retreat before starting to retreat.
The troops of the 384th Division began to retreat, while the Russov Regiment holding on to Jingji Town was still fighting fiercely with the German troops attacking the town. Although a section of the German army broke through the defenses and rushed into the town, they were driven out of the town by the counterattacking commanders before they could reach the church in the center of the town.
After the German army withdrew from the town, the Soviet commanders and soldiers were repairing the fortifications when they suddenly saw more than a dozen mortars set up on the German position in the distance. They thought the Germans were going to shell the town again, so they quickly found a place to hide to avoid the German shelling.
As soon as they took cover, the German mortars opened fire. The hidden Soviet commanders and fighters soon discovered that the Germans were not launching lethal high-explosive bombs, but propaganda bombs. Propaganda bombs exploded over the defensive positions inside and outside the town, and the leaflets contained inside fell down like snowflakes.
After the leaflets landed, many soldiers stepped forward to pick them up and found that what was written on them was the German army's persuasion to surrender to the Soviet army. At the end of the leaflets, it was also said that as long as you took these leaflets and surrendered to the German army, you would get preferential treatment.
After reading the contents of the flyers, some soldiers sneered and threw them away; some soldiers not only did not throw away the flyers, but bent down to pick up more flyers and put them into their pockets. When the commander standing nearby saw this situation, not only did he not stop it, but he smiled all over his face. He even bent down to pick up two of them and put them into his pocket.
If it is other troops, the commander will usually stop loudly when he sees his men picking up leaflets dropped by the Germans. But in Sokov's army, such things are very loosely managed. Because Sokov knew very well that the commanders and soldiers picking up leaflets on the battlefield did not mean that they intended to surrender to the Germans. They usually used these leaflets to roll cigarettes or even use them as toilet paper.
Regiment commander Rusuf received a telegram from the division headquarters, asking him to prepare to hand over defense to friendly forces. He did not dare to neglect, and after telling the regiment chief of staff to be responsible for all matters in the command post, he took two guards to the town to inspect, and at the same time prepared each battalion to prepare for the handover of defense.
Not far away, Rusuf saw corpses lying on the street, including his own men and Germans. Not long ago, a desperate hand-to-hand battle took place here. In the end, the soldiers drove away the enemies who rushed into the town. Got out.
Looking at all this, Rusuf couldn't help but repeat to himself: "Hold it! We finally held the town! We just wait for the friendly forces to arrive and hand over the defense to them..."
After walking a little further, Rusuf saw soldiers cleaning up the battlefield not far ahead. They separated the bodies of their fallen comrades and German officers and soldiers and placed them neatly on both sides of the road.
Rusuf stopped, stared at the busy soldiers, and thought to himself: "I really didn't expect that the German troops attacking the town were so powerful. I thought that my troops were equipped with assault rifles, new rockets, and rocket launchers, and they had to block it. The enemy's attack is not difficult at all. But after the battle started, the enemy still stubbornly broke through his defenses. Fortunately, friendly forces will soon take over his defenses. Otherwise, if he continues to fight, whether he can defend the town is really It’s an unknown.”
"Comrade commander," a lieutenant walked up to Rusuf, straightened his body and reported to him: "The commander of the ninth company is reporting to you that we are cleaning up the corpses of both the enemy and ourselves. Do you have any instructions?"
It turned out that Rusuf stood here in a daze for too long. He was seen by the ninth company commander who was leading the soldiers to clean the battlefield. He felt that he needed to report his work to the commander.
"Take a break!" Rusuf asked the ninth company commander: "How long have you been working here?"
"About seven or eight minutes, comrade commander." The ninth company commander reported respectfully: "We followed the battalion commander's order to collect the bodies of both sides and bury them properly."
After hearing this, Rusuf nodded and said: "Comrade Lieutenant, hurry up, we will evacuate here soon."
Hearing what Rusuf said, the Ninth Company Commander couldn't help but be stunned, and then asked: "Comrade Commander, are we going to give up here?"
"We are not giving up here, Comrade Lieutenant." Rusuf patiently explained to the other party: "Friendly forces will soon come to take over our defense. Once the handover of defense is completed, we will withdraw to the original landing site. Those who will take over the defense will Friendly troops are not familiar with the situation in the town. Cleaning the battlefield is best done before they arrive. You have to bury all our fallen comrades, do you understand?"
"Understood, Comrade Commander." The Ninth Company Commander replied loudly and asked tentatively: "Can I go back and continue working?"
Rusuf continued to walk forward, and there were more signs of fighting here. There were collapsed buildings, craters one after another, the remains of tanks that were still burning after being destroyed, and various destroyed weapons.
Not far away, a guard suddenly said to Rusuf in surprise: "Comrade commander, look quickly, why are there so many people surrounded in the trenches? They are crowded together. Aren't they afraid of being shelled by the German army?" ?"
Rusuf looked in the direction of the guard's finger, and sure enough he saw a large number of people crowded in the trench dozens of meters ahead. If a German artillery shell landed nearby and exploded, at least half of the men could be reimbursed.
"What's going on?" Rusuf led the guards quickly to where the crowd was gathering and asked loudly: "So many of you are crowded here because you are worried that the German shells will fall and the people who will be reimbursed will be too many." Is it missing?"
When the commanders and fighters crowded in the trench heard Rusuf's voice, someone immediately said in surprise: "Comrade Commander is here!" As Rusuf entered the trench, the crowded commanders and fighters dispersed slightly to make room for him. There is room for a foothold.
"Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander." Rusuf looked left and right and saw clearly that the Deputy Battalion Commander of the Second Battalion was standing not far away with a bandage on his head. He frowned and asked, "What happened? Why are there so many people crowded here? Do you all want to be the target of German artillery?"
"Comrade Commander, let me introduce you." The deputy battalion commander pouted at the three officers wearing blue hats standing next to him and said with disdain: "They are officers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Come to us. To eliminate possible traitors and cowards."
