Sokov felt much more at ease when he learned that the attack in Murovany Kullivtsi was successful. As long as his troops can occupy two cities at the same time, they can form a protrusion on the right bank of the Dniester River.
This will play a role in destroying the German defense system.
After ending the call here, he immediately called Marshal Konev and prepared to report the results to the other party.
When Konev received Sokov's telegram and learned that Sokyryani had been captured and that the liberation of Murovany Kurilivtsi was only a matter of time, he couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Comrade Sokov,
Your performance is really amazing. I thought it would take some time after forming a new combat group, but I didn't expect to push the front west again so quickly."
"Comrade Marshal," Sokov knew very well that although his troops had moved forward again, they were still far away from the supply point in the rear. If they could not be replenished in time, they would be in trouble once they encountered the madness of the German army.
During the counterattack, troops with insufficient ammunition and supplies may have to retreat. Therefore, he specifically proposed to Konev: "After successive fierce battles, the troops' ammunition consumption is very large. If they cannot be replenished in time, I'm afraid..."
Before Sokov could finish speaking, Konev interrupted him: "Is Colonel Yakov at your place?"
"Yes, he is here with me."
"Doesn't he have a hovercraft unit? The hovercraft he equips can provide supplies to your troops in a timely manner without being affected by the terrain." Konev said: "Now the supplies required by each troop are astronomical, and it is temporarily unavailable.
Deploy a convoy to supply you guys. I think you can only ask Yakov for help and let his hovercraft unit continue to transport various weapons, ammunition and supplies for you."
"If Yakov's hovercraft unit can continue to be used, I will not specifically ask you for help." Sokov said with a wry smile: "The hovercraft is originally a kind of experimental product, and there are various problems in design, materials and manufacturing.
Problem. Due to long-term overload use, these hovercrafts are not far from being scrapped."
He paused for a moment and then continued: "In other words, after the hovercraft completes its replenishment this time, if the engineers' repairs do not work, we can only declare these hovercraft to be scrapped."
When Konev heard this, he realized that this problem was quite serious: "So, before the new hovercraft is manufactured, they will not be able to transport weapons, ammunition and supplies to you?"
"Yes, Comrade Marshal. This is indeed the case." Sokov said while the iron was hot: "According to Colonel Yakov, the manufacture of new hovercrafts should be far away."
"why?"
"It is said that someone raised objections, saying that the manufacturing cost of hovercraft is high and the range of use is not wide." Sokov explained to Konev: "In other words, the hovercraft project will be discontinued."
"That's such a pity." Konev thought for a while, and then said to Sokov: "Comrade Sokov, let me see this. I will immediately order the engineering troops to restore the railway to your place. The transportation of some things
, the effect is better via rail than by road.”
Sokov agrees very much with Konev's statement. Regardless of the road conditions in Russia or Ukraine, let alone now, even half a century later, they are still "covered in gray on sunny days and covered in mud on rainy days." In addition,
Due to German bombing and shelling, the condition of the road was even worse.
It is very difficult to transport the huge amount of supplies required by the two armies through roads in such poor condition. As the front becomes longer and longer, supplies from the rear will come slower and slower, and the quantities will not be able to satisfy the troops.
needs. If this happens, let alone attack the German army, it is still unknown whether the occupied area can be defended.
"Comrade Marshal, I wonder how long it will take to restore railway traffic between us and the rear?"
"It's hard to say." Konev is not a professional. He doesn't know how long it will take for the traffic to be opened. He can only say vaguely: "I think within a week at the earliest, there will be a military train carrying the weapons, ammunition and various weapons you need."
Ship the supplies here."
"By the way, Comrade Marshal, there is another important thing. I almost forgot to report it to you."
"Something important."
"It's about Colonel Yakov." Sokov believed that his troops were able to take down Sokiryani without a fight, and Yakov was indispensable. Now he should apply for a commendation: "This time he served as my
representative, went to Sochiriani to negotiate with the Romani garrison, and successfully persuaded the other party to stop resisting and cooperate with our army. I think this is a great achievement, and I hope that the front army headquarters can give him the due
award."
Konev knew about the friendship between Sokov and Yakov. When Sokov specifically mentioned this matter, he said with a smile: "Colonel Yakov has made a lot of contribution to the establishment this time. But he
After all, he is not a member of our front army, so whether he is promoted or awarded, it is not our responsibility."
Perhaps sensing that Sokov was a little disappointed, he added: "Of course, since Colonel Yakov has contributed to our front army and prevented the sacrifice of thousands of commanders and soldiers, for such a great contribution, the front army headquarters will
In the form of a document, send it to Comrade Ustinov. As for what kind of reward he can give Yakov, I have no way of knowing."
Seeing that Konev was willing to help Yakov, Sokov couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Thank you, Comrade Marshal, thank you so much. On behalf of Colonel Yakov, I would like to express my gratitude to you!"
While Sokov and Konev were talking on the phone, the situation of a unit participating in the attack on Murovany Kurilivtsi became extremely dangerous.
This unit is the 1st Battalion of the 296th Regiment of the 98th Guards Division. The battalion commander, Major Yakuda, was ordered by the regiment commander Shamrih to detour from the flank of the city and prepare to cut off the defenders' retreat.
Unexpectedly, their compass broke, causing the troops to lose their way in the forest, getting further and further away from the city, and accidentally entered a German defense zone.
Shortly after the battle started, the radio station in the camp was hit by a stray bullet and could no longer communicate with the regiment headquarters. Yakov had no choice but to organize manpower to resist the Germans coming from all directions while sending out several communication troops to let
They tried their best to escape from the German encirclement and rushed back to report the matter to the regiment headquarters.
After repelling the German attack, Yakov immediately called the three company commanders in front of him and said to them: "Comrades, our battalion carries a limited amount of ammunition. When the Germans attack again, we must let the soldiers
Save bullets. Once we run out of bullets, we will have to fight the Germans with bayonets."
A company commander had fought with bayonets on Mamayev Heights. After hearing what Yakov said, he immediately stood up and said loudly: "Comrades, battalion commanders, it's not like we have never fought with the enemy on bayonets. That year in Mamayev Hills
Mayev Gang, even though we were at a numerical disadvantage, we defeated the enemy with the help of our bayonets."
"Since we were able to repulse them back then, why can't we do it now? I'm here to make a statement. If the ammunition runs out, our company will be the first to attack the Germans and fight them with bayonets."
"Comrade Captain," Yakov knew that the company commander had fought with bayonets on Mamayev Hill, but the situation now was different from that then. Back then, he was condescending and took advantage of the terrain; now he is in
On the plain, except for some ravines, there are not even trenches. Back then, their opponents were the officers and soldiers of the slave country. Their fighting will was certainly not as good as the Soviet commanders and soldiers who defended their country. But now they are facing elite soldiers.
The German army, in order to destroy this Soviet army that broke into their defense area, they will definitely try their best: "Don't underestimate the enemy. After all, the enemy we face is a well-equipped and well-trained German, but
It’s not like I was an officer and soldier of a servant country who didn’t share the same heart with them back then.”
Just after the meeting here, the German attack began again. The Soviet soldiers hiding in ravines or woods, following the orders of their superiors, did not shoot blindly, but carried out precise bursts of fire, hoping to use the remaining
These bullets will kill more Germans.
However, with insufficient firepower and a numerical disadvantage, the Germans quickly rushed in front of them. The Soviet commanders and soldiers stood up one after another, raised their rifles with bayonets, and charged towards the Germans. The two sides soon collided hard.
together.
The Soviet commanders and fighters, who were numerically inferior, flew up and down with sharp bayonets in their hands, stabbing down one German soldier after another. Although the German soldiers were not as good at bayonet fighting as the Soviet army, they were better because they had more people.
The man fell, and more German soldiers came up again.
Yakuda in the crowd knocked down five or six German soldiers with his pistol. When he was about to change the magazine, a German soldier rushed towards him with a 98K with a bayonet. When a soldier next to him saw this, he
He quickly stepped forward and pushed him away.
Just after Yakuda staggered two steps back to the side, he saw a German soldier stabbing a bayonet into the soldier's chest, and a bloody bayonet tip protruded from the back.
Seeing the soldier sacrifice himself to save himself, Yakuda couldn't help but blood welling up in his head. He threw the pistol with no bullets in his hand at the German soldier, and while the German soldier was ducking, he bent down to pick it up.
He grabbed a rifle with a bayonet on the ground, rushed forward and fought with the German soldiers on the bayonet.
After half an hour of melee, the German army abandoned nearly 200 corpses and retreated, while the Soviet army also paid the price of more than 130 sacrifices.
The company commander who had fought with bayonets on Mamayev Heights breathlessly asked Yakuda: "Comrade Battalion Commander, how long do you think we can sustain if we continue to fight like this?"
Yakov looked around and then replied: "If we don't get reinforcements, we may be completely wiped out by nightfall at best."
Watching the health workers in the battalion begin to treat the wounded, he said to the company commander: "While the enemy will not attack for the time being, you and your company can move the wounded as soon as possible."
"Comrade Battalion Commander," the company commander couldn't help but become a little anxious when he heard Yakuda asked him to move: "We sailors have never had the habit of escaping from battle. You should arrange for other headquarters to send away the wounded. I will stay here."
Keep fighting here."
Hearing what the company commander said, Yakuda remembered that the other party was also a sailor. In the dictionary of a sailor, there is only "forward at full speed" and there is absolutely no such thing as "reversing at full speed". Therefore, he readily agreed to the other party's offer.
Request: "Okay, comrade captain, since you are willing to stay, let your deputy company commander take the wounded and transfer them."
Hearing that he could stay, the company commander agreed and ran to find his deputy company commander, preparing to let him lead the company to escort the wounded back to the rear.
But what he didn't expect was that the deputy company commander refused to carry out his order and plausibly said: "Comrade company commander, you didn't even retreat, how could we retreat? Do you want someone to point at our backbone in the future?"
Scold, are these soldiers just a group of cowards who abandoned their company commander and retreated secretly?"
The words of the deputy company commander aroused the echo of the surrounding soldiers. After the hand-to-hand combat just now, many people saw their familiar comrades falling beside them. Their hearts were filled with hatred for the Germans. How could they withdraw at this time? Therefore.
They all agreed with the deputy company commander's opinion and wanted to stay and fight.
As for the wounded and lightly wounded who were originally intended to be sent to the rear, they found Yakuda and said bluntly: "Comrade Battalion Commander, I am only slightly injured and can continue to fight."
The seriously injured who could not move also asked the health worker to convey his message to Yakuda: "I will not retreat. Although I can't move at the moment, as long as you give me a grenade, I can wait for the Germans to rush up and detonate the grenade."
Die with them."
The reaction of the soldiers and the wounded gave Yakuda mixed emotions. Originally, he thought that his troops were in a desperate situation. If there was a chance to retreat, many people would be eager to leave. But what he did not expect was that when he arrived,
So far, no one in the entire battalion wants to leave. They are all prepared to stay on the position and continue fighting the Germans.
The deputy battalion commander came over and said to Yakuda: "Comrade Battalion Commander, since the Germans are not attacking at the moment, should we seize the time to build fortifications? If there are no fortifications, a barrage of German artillery shells will hit us, which will cause inconvenience to us.
A small loss."
Yakuda felt that what the deputy battalion commander said made sense, so he divided the labor in time. The lightly injured soldiers who were not seriously injured were responsible for collecting weapons that could still be used on the battlefield; while the uninjured soldiers took the time to dig trenches and repair fortifications.
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It was not until the Soviet army occupied and controlled the entire Murovani Kullivtsi that Shamrih discovered that the Yakuda battalion had lost its trace. He asked many troops but did not know their whereabouts. He quickly ordered
The radio station called, but sadly there was no reply at all.
Shamrih was a little panicked. A battalion of troops disappeared silently. He quickly reported the matter to the division commander Chuvashov: "Comrade division commander, I have some bad news to tell you."
.”
After hearing this, Chuvashov couldn't help but feel a little in his heart. He thought to himself that no battalion commander had died, right? Then he asked tentatively: "Lieutenant Colonel Shamrih, what happened?"
"I just discovered that Major Yakuda's battalion is missing." Shamrich reported to Chuvashov: "The order I gave them originally was to bypass the flank to the west of the city and cut off the Germans.
Escape route. But after the battle, I still didn’t see them returning home. I couldn’t contact them on the radio. I asked the troops stationed in the west, but no one saw them. I have reason to suspect that they are missing.”
This chapter has been completed!