Although Sokov was the first to charge, many soldiers still surpassed him during the charge. They rushed to the church first, kicked open the rickety door, and rushed in with guns in hand.
From the church door to the prayer hall, there is a corridor two meters wide and fifteen meters long. The German officers and soldiers guarding the hall saw the Soviet troops breaking through the door and immediately opened fire. Amidst the dense rain of bullets, the soldiers crowded in the corridor
Everyone fell down in response, and the soldiers behind stepped on their dead or injured comrades who had fallen to the ground and continued to rush inside.
Brave soldiers braved the hail of bullets, rushed into the prayer hall, rushed towards the German troops hiding behind pillars or piles of rubble, and engaged in shooting or hand-to-hand combat with them. The officers and soldiers howled and fought fiercely with each other,
Neither side had any fancy tricks. They used bayonets, gun butts, fists, and teeth to bite. They did everything they could to kill the other party.
As Sokov arrived with a large group of troops, the situation in the church tilted in favor of the Soviet army. Some short-sighted German soldiers rushed towards Sokov with shining bayonets, but they were not asked.
Cove was knocked down with a single stroke, and was stabbed to death by the guard squad soldiers who were protecting him.
After the battle, Sokov inspected the hall and found that the highest rank of the German officers and soldiers lying on the ground was only a captain. Seeing this situation, he couldn't help but frowned slightly and said to himself: "Is the intelligence wrong?
, the German headquarters is not here?" But then he thought, there was a car that was blown up by artillery fire, and two three-wheeled motorcycles outside the church. If it was just a company-level headquarters, it should not be qualified to equip these vehicles.
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At this moment, several gunshots were suddenly heard from the altar, and then a soldier shouted loudly: "There is someone in the basement!" As soon as his shout ended, several more gunshots were heard.
When Sokov heard the gunfire and the soldiers' shouts, he didn't think much about it. He shouted to Oleg and several guardsmen standing aside: "Follow me!" and took the lead in rushing towards the altar.
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Sokov came to the altar and saw an entrance to the basement. Next to the square hole, two soldiers were lying. It seemed that the soldiers had discovered the entrance to the basement and planned to go down to find out. As a result,
He was shot coldly by the German soldiers hiding inside.
When Oleg saw this, he was about to rush forward with his gun, but Sokov stopped him: "Wait a minute, Oleg." He looked at the dark hole and continued, "Say
There may be seven or eight guns pointed at the entrance below. If you rush in like this, you will only end up dead."
Oleg stopped and asked anxiously: "Comrade Battalion Commander, what should we do?"
Sokov took off his backpack, took out two grenades from it, pulled the string, and threw them directly into the hole. He first heard the sound of the grenades rolling down the stairs, and a moment later, two blasts were heard.
There was a dull explosion. When black smoke came out of the cave entrance, there were also bursts of screams from inside. It was probably that the German soldiers who were hiding near the cave entrance and preparing for a cold shot were hit.
Seeing that Sokov's method was good, Oleg also took out a grenade from his backpack, pulled the string and threw it into the hole. The soldiers surrounding him also took out grenades and followed Sokov and Oleg's example.
It looked like it was thrown into the hole.
After countless grenades were thrown into the hole, a series of explosions soon came out, causing the ground under his feet to tremble slightly. Sokov was afraid that too many grenades would collapse the floor, so he quickly stopped them.
A soldier who was about to continue throwing grenades: "Stop, everyone, stop throwing grenades!"
Oleg asked curiously: "Comrade Battalion Commander, why don't you throw grenades?"
"If I throw it again, the ground will collapse. I don't want to fall down and be buried with the Germans." Sokov ordered to stop throwing grenades because of another consideration. He felt that the German command post must be because of the church.
The roof was destroyed by artillery fire and moved to the basement. If we could capture the enemy's headquarters, it would be a great achievement.
"If the Germans hide near the entrance of the cave and shoot coldly, we still won't be able to rush in." Oleg stared at the entrance of the cave and said with some embarrassment: "Then what should we do?"
"Oleg, you immediately go to the commander of the 33rd Guards Regiment. I remember that there are several flamethrowers in their regiment." Sokov looked at the entrance of the cave and gritted his teeth and said: "Since the enemy does not come out, we will
Burn them all inside."
When Oleg was about to leave, a faint shout suddenly came from the black smoke hole. He quickly said to Sokov: "Comrade Battalion Commander, what do the Germans in the basement seem to be shouting?"
Sokov pouted toward the entrance of the cave and told Oleg: "Go over and listen!"
Oleg carefully came to the entrance of the cave and squatted down, listening carefully to the sounds coming from inside. After a while, he heard clearly that someone below was shouting in broken Russian: "Don't throw grenades, we surrender!" It might be!
Afraid that the people above wouldn't hear, the person shouting kept repeating it.
"Comrade Battalion Commander," Oleg heard the shouting below clearly and turned to Sokov and said excitedly: "The Germans are shouting to us, saying that they want to surrender!"
Sokov also heard the Germans' shouting, but he could not confirm whether the Germans were really surrendering or pretending to surrender, so he said to Oleg: "Let them come out and surrender with a white flag!"
"People inside, listen." When Oleg heard what Sokov said, he quickly put his head into the hole at the risk and shouted loudly inside: "Come out and surrender immediately with a white flag!"
Not long after Oleg's shouting stopped, a slowly rising white flag emerged from the hole. A German soldier wearing a helmet slowly walked up the stairs. He saw the muzzles of guns pointing at the black holes all around.
, he quickly waved the white flag in his hand twice, and said in broken Russian with a sad face: "We surrender!"
Sokov walked up to the German soldiers and said with a serious expression: "I am Major Sokov of the Soviet Army. I immediately order the people below to come out and surrender. I guarantee the personal safety of all of you."
The German soldier glanced at Sokov's collar badge and confirmed that he was the supreme commander here. Then he turned and shouted in German below. Not long after, twenty or thirty gray-faced German soldiers came down the stairs dejectedly.
Walking up. Behind them was a group of well-dressed officers. In addition to several school-level officers, Sokov also saw a female second lieutenant.
A German colonel stopped in front of Sokov, raised his hand in salute and said: "I am the regiment commander, Colonel Schwab, and I surrender to you now!" After saying that, he pulled out his pistol and handed it to him with both hands.
Sokov.
Sokov took the opponent's pistol and said with a straight face: "On behalf of the 16th Army of the Soviet Red Army, I accept your surrender! I will ensure the personal safety of all of you."
"Thank you, Mr. Major!" Colonel Schwab thanked him, raised his hand in salute, and followed the other prisoners outside.
After Schwab left, Sokov suddenly realized that the other party was communicating with him in Russian. He quickly stopped the other party and said to him: "Colonel Schwab, I would like to ask you to order the troops to stop resisting.
To reduce unnecessary casualties on both sides!”
In response to Sokov's request, Schwab nodded slightly in agreement, then turned around and said a few words to the female second lieutenant in the crowd. Although Sokov couldn't understand what he said, he could clearly hear the female second lieutenant's words.
Name: Elizabeth.
This chapter has been completed!