Chapter 978

Several German machine gunners on the other side may have found our tanks driving in the street, and they fired more wildly in our direction, regardless of the danger of being destroyed by gunfire when the tank stopped at the bridge was found. Listening to the bullets whizzing over my head, in order to prevent being hit by stray bullets, I had to lie down and squat in the trench to explain the task to dubrovsky.

I said aloud to dubrovsky, who was squatting opposite me: "Captain, the number of German troops on the other side is limited. If we attack harder, the enemy will not be able to defend. Now that our tanks have come up, I'll give you an hour to take down the opposite position. "

As soon as I finished, akhromeyev, who squatted behind me, added in a loud voice: "Comrade captain, can your battalion complete the task? If you can't finish it, just say it, and I'll give the task of attack to another battalion immediately. "

Although akhromeyev's tone could tell that this was an obvious provocation, dubrovsky was still trapped. He stood up straight and said in a high voice with his head down, regardless of the bullets flying over his head: "commander, commander, please rest assured that even if my battalion is all gone, I will take down the enemy's position."

With that, he pulled out his pistol from his waist, climbed all over the trench and stood in front of it. Looking around at the officers and men still in the trench, he opened his voice and yelled, "follow me in a row!" Then, holding a pistol, he ran forward. A company of officers and men quickly climbed out of the trench, shouting and following.

I raised my hand and looked at my arm. It was exactly 8:30. I turned to ahlomeyev and said, "major, do you think captain dubrovsky and they can make it?"

After listening to my question, akhromeyev nodded his head vigorously and replied positively, "please rest assured, comrade commander, that the first battalion is the most effective unit of the third regiment. I believe that since captain dubrovsky has personally led the charge, we will soon have a good rest."

As we were talking, two tanks rumbled past us, but I was stunned when I saw the car following us. It took me a while to recover. I patted akhromeyev on the shoulder and asked in a loud voice, "Hey, comrade major, did I catch a glimpse of the car following the tank? It seems to be our army's Katyusha rocket?"

Akhromeyev nodded like a chicken pecking rice and replied, "yes, comrade commander, it's really our Katyusha rocket."

Although I got a positive answer from akhromeyev, I was still puzzled by the sudden appearance of the rocket: "hell, where did they get the rocket from?"

"I think the German captured it from our army." Akhromeyev frowned and analyzed for me: "maybe they saw only one, thought it was useless and left it in the warehouse. It's probably major perskin who recaptured the rocket from the warehouse after they captured kaniv

By this time, dubrovsky's leaders had rushed to the north section of the bridge, but they were blocked by the enemy's intensive fire, and they were suppressed on the ground and could not look up.

At the moment, I focused on the two tanks that had just arrived at the bridge, and the Katyusha rocket. I wanted to see how they supported the infantry in the front with artillery fire.

Two tanks stopped next to the original tank, three tanks lined up, firing towards the opposite German position, one by one destroying the machine gun fire points that were frantically spraying death.

When he saw the Katyusha rocket staggering to the side of the tank and stopped, the soldiers in the cab got out of the car. While preparing for the launch, akhromeyev couldn't help exclaiming: "God, they don't want to shoot like this, do they? At such a close distance, the blast wave of the explosion will hurt our own people. "

Before akhromeyev jumped out of the trench to stop the artillery's risky action, the rocket on the rocket launcher flew out in flames. Soon after that, the rocket with its long tail flew in the air for only a second or two, and then plunged into the position on the west side of the German army. Then there was an earth shaking explosion. The hit area was immediately shrouded by smoke and fire, and countless pieces of cement, parts of weapons and human limbs were thrown into the air.

As the explosion site is too close, we not only feel the ground shaking, even the huge explosion sound, but also my eardrum shaking pain. Akhromeyev was shouting at me. My ears were filled with cotton. His voice seemed to come from a distant place. I couldn't hear what he was saying.

I quickly rubbed my ear with my hand and listened to him closely. Then I heard him saying: "Comrade commander, we can't let the rocket fire. You see, although they destroyed the German positions in one breath, the wide killing area of the rockets and the huge explosion sound will hurt our own soldiers by mistake. They have to stop shooting. "

After hearing what he said, I waved to him and said aloud, "go, comrade major. Tell major perskin that Rockets will not be involved in shooting any more than tanks continue to provide artillery support for our infantry. "

"Yes After a loud promise, akhromeyev climbed out of the trench and bent forward.

As soon as akhromeyev left, Yushchenko, who had been following us all the time, quickly persuaded me: "Comrade commander, it's too dangerous here. We'd better go back to the temporary headquarters."

I looked at the smoke on the other side, the sound of guns, and the stray bullets still passing overhead from time to time. I really wanted to return to the relatively safe temporary headquarters immediately. Just as he was about to nod his head, he suddenly saw that there were still many officers and men of the third regiment in the trench. He immediately changed his mind and felt that he could not leave here for the time being. If you go back to the command post in the building in front of so many commanders and soldiers, it will still affect the morale of the army.

Thinking of this, I quickly waved to Yushchenko, pretending to be calm and said: "Comrade captain, I will not go anywhere until major akhromeyev and they seize the opposite position." Seeing that he still wanted to persuade me, I stopped him immediately. "In the shelling just now, the enemy in the position has been severely damaged, and they will not last long. I'll go back to the headquarters as soon as the fighting here is over. "

When Yushchenko saw that I was so stubborn, he did not dare to continue to persuade me. He only agreed wrongly and stood by honestly, fulfilling his duties.

On the west side of the German ring fortification, under the attack of rockets, the recalcitrant officers and soldiers inside were in a mess of death and injury. Almost all the firepower points were destroyed, which no longer constituted a threat to us. Only the German troops in the trenches and fortifications to the north and East were still shooting at us.

Although we have three tanks firing at the enemy's position, the artillery on the enemy's position is not to be outdone. The concentrated artillery fire is bombarding our tanks. Sporadic shells fell on our tanks around the explosion, flying shrapnel from time to time to cut down the nearby commanders and fighters.

Captain dubrovsky and his men were still lying on the north part of the bridge and did not move. I don't know if the explosion just happened, which made them temporarily lose the ability to attack. When I was hesitating whether I should send someone to call dubrovsky back and let the Rockets fire two more rounds of coverage to wipe out the German troops in the position, and then launch an attack.

Yushchenko, standing at the back, suddenly grabbed my arm and exclaimed excitedly: "Comrade commander, look, look, there seems to be chaos on the east side, on the east side of the German army. It seems that someone is fighting with them. "

After hearing Yushchenko's warning, I murmured in a low voice: "nonsense, our people are still lying on the bridge and dare not move. Where will anyone rush into the German position and fight with them?" As soon as I finished speaking, I suddenly remembered that the group led by Captain Rosenberg, the second company commander, was missing. I thought they had all died in the river. Did they successfully land on the other side last night and hide behind the enemy? At the thought of this possibility, I quickly turned the telescope and looked in the direction Yushchenko showed me.

From the lens of the telescope, I can see that in the trench on the east side of the opposite bank, there is a close combat going on. Several of them were desperately shooting machine guns that were suppressing our troops at the end of the bridge, but suddenly they were silent, and the enemy in the trench was in chaos. After a while of observation, I found that some of the helmets swaying in the trenches were of our own standard, so I immediately determined that the unit that was engaged in an exchange of fire with the German army must be captain Rosenberg's team.

Not only did I find the difference in the German position, but also dobrovsky, who was suppressed at the end of the bridge. The officers and men who had been lying on the ground stood up Hula and bravely rushed to the front of the enemy's position in the face of the enemy's bullets.

The German army, which was suppressed by our army's artillery fire, was already struggling to support. Unexpectedly, a small detachment of our army would suddenly rush out of their side, and they were in chaos. Seeing that the commanders and fighters, who were suppressed by their firepower at the end of the bridge, rushed like a tiger down the mountain, they were immediately out of breath. They either turned around and climbed out of the trench to the north, or they stayed in the trench and obediently raised their hands to surrender.

After the battle, I took Yushchenko to the bridge. At this time, the health team, with the assistance of some commanders and soldiers, carried down the bodies of the wounded and martyrs in front of them one after another.

Standing at the bridge, I first saw the remains of our army officers and soldiers on the bridge, and then saw the wounded lying on the stretcher covered with blood, carried by my side. What worried me most was a second lieutenant who was lifted down. His skull was lifted by shrapnel or bullet, and his white brain was flowing down the stretcher with bright red blood. When I saw this scene, I shivered and looked away.

Fortunately, at this time, I saw akhromeyev with dubrovsky and captain Rosenberg, who had just established his meritorious service, coming towards me quickly. I hastened to meet them. Far away, I took the initiative to extend my hand to them and said aloud, "major, I congratulate you. Congratulations on your successful capture of the enemy's position. "

The three stopped in front of me, straightened up and said, "serve the Soviet motherland!"

When I went to shake hands with them one by one, especially with Captain Rosenberg, I said in a friendly way, "Comrade captain, I'm glad to see you still alive. By the way, since you successfully crossed the Dnieper River last night, why didn't you send a signal to the regiment according to the regulations? And your commander, major akhromeyev, thought you had died. " When Captain Rosenberg heard my question, he replied with a wry smile, "report to the commander..." at this time, akhromeyev interrupted him and reminded him, "now we should not call the commander, but the commander. Our commander was promoted to commander of the new campaign group yesterday. " On hearing what ahlomeyev said, Captain Rosenberg immediately brightened his eyes and immediately reported to me again, "Comrade commander, please allow me to report to you the situation of crossing the river last night." Seeing that I nodded my permission, I went on to say, "when our boat was in the middle of the river, it was smashed by ice floes. The officers and men swam desperately to the north bank with the broken boards in their arms. As for why I didn't send a signal according to the regulations, it was because my flashlight fell into the river, so I couldn't send a signal to the regiment according to the regulations. "“ So it is. " After listening to what he said, I immediately understood the whole story, and then asked with concern, "how are the casualties of the detachment?"“ When crossing the river, one of the soldiers was missing. It is estimated that he died. " Rosenberg said that when he was crossing the river with himself, when he died in the river, he had a sad expression on his face: "in the battle just now, two soldiers were injured and three died."“ Whether it's martyrs or survivors. " As soon as captain Rosenberg finished speaking, I immediately said, "they are all our heroes. I want to record their merits and honor them. I also want people to record their deeds and let our children and grandchildren remember them forever. Captain, you will give me their names later, and I will let the political commissar follow up the matter in person. "“ Yes Answered captain Rosenberg in a loud, excited voice. When akhromeyev and I returned to the temporary headquarters, we saw that the ground floor had become a temporary hospital. Almost all the wounded people who were brought back were lying here, and the only few health workers were busy dressing their wounds nervously. I stood there for a while and saw a health worker who had used up bandages and tourniquets in his medicine box. He tore his shirt into strips to bandage the wounded. Seeing this, I turned to akhromeyev and said, "major, send someone to the hospital in the city immediately to see if we can find enough bandages and tourniquets, as well as the necessary medicines, and send them here immediately. Since our soldiers have not died on the battlefield, we can not let them die here. Do you understand? "“ Yes, "akhromeyev replied in a low voice," I'll arrange the staff to do it immediately. "