Facts soon proved that Kirillov's judgment was correct.
Not long after, bullets were fired from the entrance to the basement with billowing smoke. There were no Soviet soldiers standing near the entrance, so the enemy's bullets hit other places.
Seeing this scene, Victor couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. If he rashly ordered the troops to attack, I'm afraid all the commanders and soldiers who rushed in would fall under the enemy's gunfire.
After the gunfire in the smoke became sparse, Kirillov said to Victor: "Victor, order the anti-tank crew to fire another rocket inside. You must pay attention to your own safety."
Soon, the anti-tank man aimed at the hole and fired another rocket. When another explosion came from the cave, both Kirillov and Victor felt the ground shaking.
Victor originally wanted the anti-tank man to fire another round, but the vibrations on the ground made him change his mind. If the blast was too strong and the basement collapsed, they would also suffer disaster.
Just when Victor wanted to remind Kirillov not to fire rockets into the basement again, Kirillov turned to him and said: "Victor, let your people shout to the bottom, saying that as long as they put down their weapons , we can ensure their personal safety.”
"Okay, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel." Victor nodded and said, "I will immediately find a comrade who understands German and ask him to speak to the people below."
Soldiers who knew German were quickly found, but to Kirillov's surprise, it was none other than Lokima who had brought him here. While shaking hands with the other party, he asked in surprise: "Lokima, I didn't expect that you actually understand German?"
"Yes, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I spent a year in the Brest Fortress and learned German there."
"Brest Fortress?" Kirillov repeated the place name and said with emotion: "I had an old subordinate who served as a regiment commander there before the war, but on the day the war broke out, he never got his information."
"His name is Gavrilov."
Unexpectedly, as soon as Kirillov finished speaking, Lokima exclaimed: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, you are talking about Major Gavrilov, the commander of the 44th Infantry Regiment. Right?"
"That's right." Seeing that Lokima actually told Gavrilov's military rank and position, Kirillov's face showed an expression of surprise: "Comrade Lokima, do you know he?"
"That's right, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel." Lokima nodded and said in a positive tone: "I am a soldier in his regiment and have accepted his leadership for almost two years."
Hearing what Lokima said, Kirillov couldn't help but frowned: "Comrade Lokima, as far as I know, the Brest Fortress was occupied by the Germans shortly after the war broke out. I want to ask Let me ask you, how did you escape from the German encirclement?"
"The reason is very simple." Lokima shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "On the day the war broke out, I was not at Brest Fortress."
"Then where did you go?"
"Visiting relatives." Lokima said: "I am Mrs. Kuibyshev. At that time, Major Gavrilov gave me a month's leave so that I could stay with my family for a while. Who knew that I had just arrived in Kuibyshev? The damn war broke out the next day. I sometimes wonder, if I had not gone home to visit my relatives, but stayed in the Brest Fortress, would I still be alive today?"
Kirillov learned some about the fate of the Brest Fortress defenders from relevant personnel when he was in Moscow. He knew that most of the defenders of the fortress had died in the battle with the German army. The captured personnel were basically wounded. As for the whereabouts of Major Gavrilov, no one knows now, and it is unclear whether he died or became a prisoner of the Germans.
Although he knew that he couldn't ask about Gavrilov's situation from Lokima, Kirillov still asked reluctantly: "What do you think?"
"I think unless Major Gavrilov is injured, he will definitely fight the enemy to the last man and use up the last bullet." Lokima said with a solemn expression: "According to what I know about him , even if he runs out of ammunition and food, even if he chooses to commit suicide with the last bullet, he will never become a prisoner of the Germans."
Facts soon proved that Kirillov's judgment was correct.
Not long after, bullets were fired from the entrance to the basement with billowing smoke. There were no Soviet soldiers standing near the entrance, so the enemy's bullets hit other places.
Seeing this scene, Victor couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. If he rashly ordered the troops to attack, I am afraid that all the commanders and soldiers who rushed in would fall under the enemy's guns.
After the gunfire in the smoke became sparse, Kirillov said to Victor: "Victor, order the anti-tank crew to fire another rocket inside. You must pay attention to your own safety."
Soon, the anti-tank man aimed at the hole and fired another rocket. When another explosion came from the cave, both Kirillov and Victor felt the ground shaking.
Victor originally wanted the anti-tank man to fire another round, but the vibrations on the ground made him change his mind. If the blast was too strong and the basement collapsed, they would also suffer disaster.
Just when Victor wanted to remind Kirillov not to fire rockets into the basement again, Kirillov turned to him and said: "Victor, let your people shout to the bottom, saying that as long as they put down their weapons , we can ensure their personal safety.”
"Okay, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel." Victor nodded and said, "I will immediately find a comrade who understands German and ask him to speak to the people below."
Soldiers who knew German were quickly found, but to Kirillov's surprise, it was none other than Lokima who had brought him here. While shaking hands with the other party, he asked in surprise: "Lokima, I didn't expect that you actually understand German?"
"Yes, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I spent a year in the Brest Fortress and learned German there."
"Brest Fortress?" Kirillov repeated the place name and said with emotion: "I had an old subordinate who served as a regiment commander there before the war, but on the day the war broke out, he never got his information."
"His name is Gavrilov."
Unexpectedly, as soon as Kirillov finished speaking, Lokima exclaimed: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, you are talking about Major Gavrilov, the commander of the 44th Infantry Regiment. Right?"
"That's right." Seeing that Lokima actually told Gavrilov's military rank and position, Kirillov's face showed an expression of surprise: "Comrade Lokima, do you know he?"
"That's right, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel." Lokima nodded and said in a positive tone: "I am a soldier in his regiment and have accepted his leadership for almost two years."
Hearing what Lokima said, Kirillov couldn't help but frowned: "Comrade Lokima, as far as I know, the Brest Fortress was occupied by the Germans shortly after the war broke out. I want to ask Let me ask you, how did you escape from the German encirclement?"
"The reason is very simple." Lokima shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "On the day the war broke out, I was not at Brest Fortress."
"Then where did you go?"
"Visiting relatives." Lokima said: "I am Mrs. Kuibyshev. At that time, Major Gavrilov gave me a month's leave so that I could stay with my family for a while. Who knew that I had just arrived in Kuibyshev? The damn war broke out the next day. I sometimes wonder, if I had not gone home to visit my relatives, but stayed in the Brest Fortress, would I still be alive today?"
Kirillov learned some about the fate of the Brest Fortress defenders from relevant personnel when he was in Moscow. He knew that most of the defenders of the fortress had died in the battle with the German army. The captured personnel were basically wounded. As for the whereabouts of Major Gavrilov, no one knows now, and it is unclear whether he died or became a prisoner of the Germans.
Although he knew that he couldn't ask about Gavrilov's situation from Lokima, Kirillov still asked reluctantly: "What do you think?"
"I think unless Major Gavrilov is injured, he will definitely fight the enemy to the last man and use up the last bullet." Lokima said with a solemn expression: "According to what I know about him , even if he runs out of ammunition and food, even if he chooses to commit suicide with the last bullet, he will never become a prisoner of the Germans."
Facts soon proved that Kirillov's judgment was correct.
Not long after, bullets were fired from the entrance to the basement with billowing smoke. There were no Soviet soldiers standing near the entrance, so the enemy's bullets hit other places.
Seeing this scene, Victor couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. If he rashly ordered the troops to attack, I am afraid that all the commanders and soldiers who rushed in would fall under the enemy's guns.
After the gunfire in the smoke became sparse, Kirillov said to Victor: "Victor, order the anti-tank crew to fire another rocket inside. You must pay attention to your own safety."
Soon, the anti-tank man aimed at the hole and fired another rocket. When another explosion came from the cave, both Kirillov and Victor felt the ground shaking.
Victor originally wanted the anti-tank man to fire another round, but the vibrations on the ground made him change his mind. If the blast was too strong and the basement collapsed, they would also suffer disaster.
Just when Victor wanted to remind Kirillov not to fire rockets into the basement again, Kirillov turned to him and said: "Victor, let your people shout to the bottom, saying that as long as they put down their weapons , we can ensure their personal safety.”
"Okay, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel." Victor nodded and said, "I will immediately find a comrade who understands German and ask him to speak to the people below."
Soldiers who knew German were quickly found, but to Kirillov's surprise, it was none other than Lokima who had brought him here. While shaking hands with the other party, he asked in surprise: "Lokima, I didn't expect that you actually understand German?"
"Yes, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I spent a year in the Brest Fortress and learned German there."
"Brest Fortress?" Kirillov repeated the place name and said with emotion: "I had an old subordinate who served as a regiment commander there before the war, but on the day the war broke out, he never got his information."
"His name is Gavrilov."
Unexpectedly, as soon as Kirillov finished speaking, Lokima exclaimed: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, you are talking about Major Gavrilov, the commander of the 44th Infantry Regiment. Right?"
"That's right." Seeing that Lokima actually told Gavrilov's military rank and position, Kirillov's face showed an expression of surprise: "Comrade Lokima, do you know he?"
"That's right, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel." Lokima nodded and said in a positive tone: "I am a soldier in his regiment and have accepted his leadership for almost two years."
Hearing what Lokima said, Kirillov couldn't help but frowned: "Comrade Lokima, as far as I know, the Brest Fortress was occupied by the Germans shortly after the war broke out. I want to ask Let me ask you, how did you escape from the German encirclement?"
"The reason is very simple." Lokima shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "On the day the war broke out, I was not at Brest Fortress."
"Then where did you go?"
"Visiting relatives." Lokima said: "I am Mrs. Kuibyshev. At that time, Major Gavrilov gave me a month's leave so that I could stay with my family for a while. Who knew that I had just arrived in Kuibyshev? The damn war broke out the next day. I sometimes wonder, if I had not gone home to visit my relatives, but stayed in the Brest Fortress, would I still be alive today?"
Kirillov learned some about the fate of the Brest Fortress defenders from relevant personnel when he was in Moscow. He knew that most of the defenders of the fortress had died in the battle with the German army. The captured personnel were basically wounded. As for the whereabouts of Major Gavrilov, no one knows now, and it is unclear whether he died or became a prisoner of the Germans.
Although he knew that he couldn't ask about Gavrilov's situation from Lokima, Kirillov still asked reluctantly: "What do you think?"
"I think unless Major Gavrilov is injured, he will definitely fight the enemy to the last man and use up the last bullet." Lokima said with a solemn expression: "According to what I know about him , even if he runs out of ammunition and food, even if he chooses to commit suicide with the last bullet, he will never become a prisoner of the Germans."
Not long after, bullets were fired from the entrance to the basement with billowing smoke. There were no Soviet soldiers standing near the entrance, so the enemy's bullets hit other places.
Seeing this scene, Victor couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. If he rashly ordered the troops to attack, I am afraid that all the commanders and soldiers who rushed in would fall under the enemy's guns.
After the gunfire in the smoke became sparse, Kirillov said to Victor: "Victor, order the anti-tank crew to fire another rocket inside. You must pay attention to your own safety."
Soon, the anti-tank man aimed at the hole and fired another rocket. When another explosion came from the cave, both Kirillov and Victor felt the ground shaking.
Just when Victor wanted to remind Kirillov not to fire rockets into the basement again, Kirillov turned to him and said: "Victor, let your people shout to the bottom, saying that as long as they put down their weapons , we can ensure their personal safety.”
