Ten minutes later, in front of a battalion's simple position, apart from the corpses of German soldiers, there were a group of prisoners with their hands raised high.
"This batch of reinforcements arrived just in time." The instructor said to Yakuda with emotion: "If they had arrived a few minutes later, our battalion might have been wiped out."
"Yes," Yakuda nodded and said: "Now there are less than 150 people left in the entire battalion, including the wounded. If the friendly forces arrive a few minutes later, we may really be annihilated by the enemy. .”
"Where is the commander?" At this time, a second lieutenant ran over from a distance and asked loudly while running: "Where is your commander?"
Seeing that the person coming was an unknown officer, Yakuda immediately understood that the other party was a friendly force, so he went up to him and said, "I am the battalion commander, Major Yakuda. Comrade Second Lieutenant, who is your commander?"
"We are from the 15th Regiment of the 4th Guards Airborne Division." The second lieutenant knew that salutes were not allowed on the battlefield, so he could only nodded to Yakuda, and then said: "The regiment leader is Lieutenant Colonel Pavel, he is waiting for you in front. .”
Yakuda and his instructor followed the second lieutenant and came to a small slope. The second lieutenant stopped, turned around and said to the two of them: "The regimental commander is observing the enemy's situation above. You guys wait here while I go up to report."
Soon after the second lieutenant went up the mountain, he walked down the hillside with a lieutenant colonel.
Still far away, the lieutenant colonel took the initiative to greet him: "I am Major Yakuda of the 98th Guards Division. I am Lieutenant Colonel Pavel, commander of the 15th Airborne Regiment."
"Hello, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel." Yakuda stepped forward and held Pavel's hand, and said excitedly: "Thank you for arriving in time for reinforcements. If we had arrived a step later, we might have been annihilated by the Germans."
"Major, you fought well." Pavel said: "I just took a look at the terrain on the hillside. Your position is easy to attack and difficult to defend. It is really not easy to be able to block the enemy's attack."
After pausing for a moment, he asked tentatively: "By the way, how many people are left in your camp?"
"Less than 150 people." Yakuda said sadly: "After repeated fierce battles, our battalion has almost exhausted its ammunition. We have repelled the German attacks several times, always fighting with their bayonets."
Pavel was stunned, and then said: "It's really not easy for you to rely on bayonets to block the enemy's attack when the terrain is so unfavorable to you."
The two were talking when suddenly a soldier on the hillside shouted: "Comrade Commander, a troop has come from the north. It seems to be my friendly force."
"Troops coming from the north?" Pavel heard the soldier's report and thought to himself: "Could it be the friendly forces from the north who knew that the Yakuda Battalion was in danger and came here specifically to support them?"
"Comrade Major," Pavel said to Yakuda, "accompany me to the hillside to see if you recognize the troops coming."
When several people came to the top of the mountain, Yakuda raised his telescope and looked north. After only looking for a while, he excitedly said to Pavel: "Lieutenant Colonel Pavel, here are our regiment commander, Lieutenant Colonel Shamrih, and Two other battalions.”
"Since it's your group leader who's here, why are you still standing there? Why don't you hurry up and greet them?"
A few minutes later, Pavel and Shamrih met.
Shamrih shook hands with Bavel and thanked him, then looked at Yakuda standing next to him and asked: "Major, how many people are left in your battalion?"
"Report to Comrade Head of the Regiment." Yakuda replied truthfully: "Including the wounded, there are less than 150 people."
After listening to Yakuda's report, Shamrih couldn't help but take a breath. You must know that the first battalion is a reinforced battalion with more than 600 people. Now only less than a quarter of the people are left. How not to make him feel sad.
He organized the vocabulary in his mind, and then asked: "Major, please explain to me why your battalion deviated so far from the direction of action?"
When Yakuda heard this question, he couldn't help but blush, and then replied with some embarrassment: "Comrade leader, there may be something wrong with the compass, which is why our battalion got lost in the forest and seriously deviated from the plan. line of defense."
"What about the radio station?" Shamrih asked through gritted teeth, "Why can't I contact you all the time?"
"The radio was damaged during the battle." Yakuda said: "I found that there was a problem with the radio and when I could not contact the regiment headquarters, I promptly sent several communication soldiers to the regiment headquarters to deliver the message. Regiment Commander Comrade, haven't you seen them?"
"No, I haven't seen anyone." Shamrih asked angrily: "How can you prove that you have sent communications troops to the regiment headquarters?"
"Lieutenant Colonel Shamrih, I think I can vouch for them on this matter." Pavel, who had remained silent, suddenly said, "Only I can fight for them."
Shamrih was confused: "Lieutenant Colonel Pavel, I don't quite understand what you mean. Can you explain it more clearly?"
"Lieutenant Colonel Shamrih, why do you think our regiment is here?"
Pavel's words really stopped Shamrih from asking. He thought about it for a while, but he couldn't come up with an answer. He could only shake his head and said: "Lieutenant Colonel Pavel, I don't know."
"The reason is very simple." Pavel said with a smile: "Two lost communications soldiers entered our regiment's defense area by mistake. After interrogation, I found out that they were sent by Major Yakuda for help. I immediately reported the matter to the division headquarters. Soon, I received an order from my superiors to rush over to rescue the Yakuda Battalion."
"So that's it, Major Yakuda, I'm sorry, I wrongly blamed you." After figuring out what happened, Shamrih expressed his apology to Yakuda: "When I learned that your battalion was missing, I immediately informed the division commander. I made a report and asked him to send someone to look for you, but he refused. Fortunately, after Lieutenant Colonel Ponejelin learned about the matter, he personally called the commander to report it, and the division headquarters ordered our regiment to come to this area. Find your whereabouts."
"Thank God, although you paid a heavy price, the organization of the army is still intact. After this battle is over, I will ask my superiors to provide you with additional troops as soon as possible."
Yakuda did not doubt what Shamrih said. After all, the regiment commander was the person Commander Sokov valued. He believed that the next supply would give priority to the battalion that suffered heavy losses.
"Lieutenant Colonel Shamrih, what are your next plans?" Pavel asked.
"Lieutenant Colonel Pavel," Shamrih replied: "The mission of our regiment is to find the missing battalion. Now that the mission has been completed, our next step is to return to the division's station."
"There is a German defense area not far from us." Pavel asked Shamrich: "How is it? Are you interested in taking it down?"
Hearing that he was going to attack the German stronghold, Shamrich couldn't help but feel a little scared: "With just this few troops, can we capture the enemy's position?"
"I have just been on the hillside and carefully observed the movements of the enemy's defense area." Pavel said: "The enemy has about one regiment of troops, and now there are at least one battalion casualties. If our two regiments cooperate, we may be able to give Germany People get hit hard.”
After Shamrich stared at Pavel for a while, he suddenly made up his mind: "Okay, I think with the strength of our two regiments, there shouldn't be much problem in seizing the German position."
However, before taking action, Shamrih felt that the matter was of great importance and must report it to the division commander Chuvashov: "But before taking action, we must report this matter to our superiors. In case the superiors are not clear about what is going on here after the battle begins, what's going on."
"Lieutenant Colonel Shamrih, what you said makes perfect sense." Pavel said, "I also need to report this to the division commander, General Rumyantsev." Ten minutes later, in front of a battalion's simple position, except for the German troops, The corpses are just a group of prisoners with their hands raised in the air.
"This batch of reinforcements arrived just in time." The instructor said to Yakuda with emotion: "If they had arrived a few minutes later, our battalion might have been wiped out."
"Yes," Yakuda nodded and said: "Now there are less than 150 people left in the entire battalion, including the wounded. If the friendly forces arrive a few minutes later, we may really be annihilated by the enemy. .”
"Where is the commander?" At this time, a second lieutenant ran over from a distance and asked loudly while running: "Where is your commander?"
Seeing that the person coming was an unknown officer, Yakuda immediately understood that the other party was a friendly force, so he went up to him and said, "I am the battalion commander, Major Yakuda. Comrade Second Lieutenant, who is your commander?"
"We are from the 15th Regiment of the 4th Guards Airborne Division." The second lieutenant knew that salutes were not allowed on the battlefield, so he could only nodded to Yakuda, and then said: "The regiment leader is Lieutenant Colonel Pavel, he is waiting for you in front. .”
Yakuda and his instructor followed the second lieutenant and came to a small slope. The second lieutenant stopped, turned around and said to the two of them: "The regimental commander is observing the enemy's situation above. You guys wait here while I go up to report."
Soon after the second lieutenant went up the mountain, he walked down the hillside with a lieutenant colonel.
Still far away, the lieutenant colonel took the initiative to greet him: "I am Major Yakuda of the 98th Guards Division. I am Lieutenant Colonel Pavel, commander of the 15th Airborne Regiment."
"Hello, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel." Yakuda stepped forward and held Pavel's hand, and said excitedly: "Thank you for arriving in time for reinforcements. If we had arrived a step later, we might have been annihilated by the Germans."
"Major, you fought well." Pavel said: "I just took a look at the terrain on the hillside. Your position is easy to attack and difficult to defend. It is really not easy to be able to block the enemy's attack."
After pausing for a moment, he asked tentatively: "By the way, how many people are left in your camp?"
"Less than 150 people." Yakuda said sadly: "After repeated fierce battles, our battalion has almost exhausted its ammunition. We have repelled the German attacks several times, always fighting with their bayonets."
Pavel was stunned, and then said: "It's really not easy for you to rely on bayonets to block the enemy's attack when the terrain is so unfavorable to you."
The two were talking when suddenly a soldier on the hillside shouted: "Comrade Commander, a troop has come from the north. It seems to be my friendly force."
"Troops coming from the north?" Pavel heard the soldier's report and thought to himself: "Could it be the friendly forces from the north who knew that the Yakuda Battalion was in danger and came here specifically to support them?"
"Comrade Major," Pavel said to Yakuda, "accompany me to the hillside to see if you recognize the troops coming."
When several people came to the top of the mountain, Yakuda raised his telescope and looked north. After only looking for a while, he excitedly said to Pavel: "Lieutenant Colonel Pavel, here are our regiment commander, Lieutenant Colonel Shamrih, and Two other battalions.”
"Since it's your group leader who's here, why are you still standing there? Why don't you hurry up and greet them?"
A few minutes later, Pavel and Shamrih met.
Shamrih shook hands with Bavel and thanked him, then looked at Yakuda standing next to him and asked: "Major, how many people are left in your battalion?"
"Report to Comrade Head of the Regiment." Yakuda replied truthfully: "Including the wounded, there are less than 150 people."
After listening to Yakuda's report, Shamrih couldn't help but take a breath. You must know that the first battalion is a reinforced battalion with more than 600 people. Now only less than a quarter of the people are left. How not to make him feel sad.
He organized the vocabulary in his mind, and then asked: "Major, please explain to me why your battalion deviated so far from the direction of action?"
When Yakuda heard this question, he couldn't help but blush, and then replied with some embarrassment: "Comrade leader, there may be something wrong with the compass, which is why our battalion got lost in the forest and seriously deviated from the plan. line of defense."
"What about the radio station?" Shamrih asked through gritted teeth, "Why can't I contact you all the time?"
"The radio was damaged during the battle." Yakuda said: "I found that there was a problem with the radio and when I could not contact the regiment headquarters, I promptly sent several communication soldiers to the regiment headquarters to deliver the message. Regiment Commander Comrade, haven't you seen them?"
"No, I haven't seen anyone." Shamrih asked angrily: "How can you prove that you have sent communications troops to the regiment headquarters?"
"Lieutenant Colonel Shamrih, I think I can vouch for them on this matter." Pavel, who had remained silent, suddenly said, "Only I can fight for them."
Shamrih was confused: "Lieutenant Colonel Pavel, I don't quite understand what you mean. Can you explain it more clearly?"
"Lieutenant Colonel Shamrih, why do you think our regiment is here?"
Pavel's words really stopped Shamrih from asking. He thought about it for a while, but he couldn't come up with an answer. He could only shake his head and said: "Lieutenant Colonel Pavel, I don't know."
"The reason is very simple." Pavel said with a smile: "Two lost communications soldiers entered our regiment's defense area by mistake. After interrogation, I found out that they were sent by Major Yakuda for help. I immediately reported the matter to the division headquarters. Soon, I received an order from my superiors to rush over to rescue the Yakuda Battalion."
"So that's it, Major Yakuda, I'm sorry, I wrongly blamed you." After figuring out what happened, Shamrih expressed his apology to Yakuda: "When I learned that your battalion was missing, I immediately informed the division commander. I made a report and asked him to send someone to look for you, but he refused. Fortunately, after Lieutenant Colonel Ponejelin learned about the matter, he personally called the commander to report it, and the division headquarters ordered our regiment to come to this area. Find your whereabouts."
