When the chief of staff issued this order, he never thought about who called him or what the purpose of the call was. He only knew that if the headquarters was not transferred as soon as possible, the enemy tanks might arrive.
At the door, he didn't want the entire headquarters to become the result of the German army's victory.
What the chief of staff never dreamed of was that the person who called him was the director of the army field hospital. Seeing that the phone was disconnected before he finished speaking, the director quickly ordered the communication soldier: "Check the line immediately, be sure to
Restore communication with the headquarters in the shortest possible time."
After the hospital's political commissar waited for the signal troops to leave, he asked the dean: "Comrade dean, you said that our army is leaving Kharkov. Is this news reliable?"
"Absolutely reliable." The dean replied: "Half an hour ago, I heard from the head nurse that the 19th Infantry Brigade sent a squad of soldiers to pick up their political commissar who was recovering here."
"Even if the comrades of the infantry brigade picked up their political commissar, it wouldn't explain anything." The political commissar of the hospital asked in confusion: "How can it be related to the breakout?"
"Comrade Political Commissar," the director of the hospital said with a serious expression: "Although I have been staying in the hospital, judging from the sudden increase in the number of wounded in the past two days, the battle outside is very cruel, and our army's casualties are very heavy.
The political commissar of the 19th Infantry Brigade had just undergone surgery the day before yesterday and was still unable to walk on the ground. If the situation was not critical, how could the soldiers of the brigade have taken him back?"
Hearing what the dean said, the political commissar also realized the seriousness of the problem. He asked in a panic: "Then what should we do?"
"That's why I called the headquarters." The director sighed softly and said: "There are more than 1,500 wounded people in the hospital now. If they are not transferred as soon as possible, I am worried that they will
into the hands of the Germans."
Although the director did not say what would happen if the wounded fell into the hands of the Germans, the political commissar knew very well that the Germans would definitely not waste precious medicines to treat their enemies, so the captured wounded would
Either they were killed, or they died painfully without medical treatment.
"Comrade Dean!" the political commissar asked anxiously: "Then what should we do? How do we move all the wounded out of the hospital?"
"There are only more than a hundred medical staff in the hospital, plus a security company, the total number of people is only more than two hundred." The director said with a serious expression: "With just the few of us, we cannot evacuate all the wounded.
.The only way is to ask the Army Group Headquarters for help and ask them to send troops to help us evacuate the wounded."
After the communication corps restored the line, the director called the Army Headquarters again, but the call could not be connected. At this moment, the Army Headquarters was already under the cover of the troops directly under the Army Group and was breaking out from the east of Kharkov.
There is no way of knowing the current predicament of the field hospital.
Seeing that he could not contact the army headquarters, even the dean was panicked. At this time, a nurse rushed in from outside and said anxiously to him: "Comrade dean, there is a seriously injured person, a member of the tank army."
Battalion Commander, his injury is serious and you need to perform an operation yourself."
Hearing that there were wounded people who needed to be operated on by themselves, the director decided to leave the transfer to the political commissar: "Comrade political commissar, there are also officers and soldiers of the 17th and 19th Infantry Brigade operating near the hospital. Please contact them, please.
Assist us in evacuating the wounded in the hospital, and we must not let them fall into the hands of the Germans."
"Don't worry, Comrade Dean." Since the Dean was going to operate on the wounded, the political commissar knew that he had to contact friendly forces, so he had to do it himself. He patted his chest and promised: "I will definitely treat these wounded people."
Move them out one by one."
The tank battalion commander who was sent was injured by a shell while organizing soldiers to block the enemy's attack. The director saw the wounded lying on the operating table covered in blood and couldn't help but frowned. He asked for help.
The head nurse performing the operation: "How is the condition of the injured person?"
"Not very good, Comrade Dean." The head nurse replied: "According to my observation, he has at least twenty wounds on his body. If he doesn't operate as soon as possible, there is no chance of survival."
"Operate immediately." The director said with a solemn expression while washing his hands and disinfecting: "I will do my best to save him. As for whether he can survive, it depends on his luck."
After the operation started, a nurse who was manning the table saw that the wounded man was trembling with blood all over his body. When the director saw this, he couldn't help but frowned. The head nurse standing next to him
Sensing the abnormality of the dean, he quickly explained to him: "Comrade dean, this nurse was just recruited today. It is the first time I see this kind of scene. It is inevitable to feel scared. Please don't mind."
After listening to the head nurse's explanation, the director snorted softly, and then ordered her: "Since she has never seen blood, let her go out, so as not to frighten her. The wounded person's injuries are too serious
, this body is in tatters and needs to be repaired everywhere, let alone her, I look a little scary."
When the director was operating on the wounded in the operating room, the political commissar of the hospital contacted several small units that had been dispersed. He quickly called these small units together and said to them: "Comrades, I know you are preparing to join the team at this moment.
Breakout operation, but there are still more than a thousand wounded in our hospital. Please help us transfer them. We must not let them fall into the hands of the Germans."
Several hundred soldiers who were hastily gathered followed the political commissar into the hospital and began to transfer the wounded who were recovering there. But as soon as the transfer began, the political commissar discovered that this was a difficult task. There were no transport vehicles, and the lightly wounded could still be assisted by others.
Or rely on their own ability to walk, but most of the seriously injured soldiers are lying on stretchers unable to move and must be carried by other soldiers. Two people carry a stretcher, and hundreds of people can lift no more than 200 stretchers.
, plus the lightly wounded who could walk on their own, the number of people transferred at one time did not exceed 500, and the speed was extremely slow, which seriously affected the normal marching speed of the troops.
Not long after the transfer of the wounded started, the 1st Armored Regiment of the Flag Guard Division rushed to the vicinity of the hospital. The guard company responsible for protecting the hospital immediately started a fierce exchange of fire with the rushing German troops. The soldiers in order to protect the hospital
The wounded were particularly tenacious. However, due to differences in weapons and equipment, they did not hold on for long before the Germans broke through the defense line.
Under the cover of tanks, the German soldiers rushed into the hospital compound. After eliminating the resistance in the yard, they rushed into the hospital building one after another. When the soldiers who had been red-eyed for a long time rushed into the ward, although they could see clearly inside
The wounded soldiers were lying down, but they still pulled the trigger without hesitation, killing these wounded Soviet soldiers who had no resistance at all.
The massacre of the wounded quickly spread from the first floor to the second floor. At this moment, Cook, the commander of the second company of the first battalion, entered the hospital. The second-level commando squadron leader saw his soldiers slaughtering the unarmed wounded.
, immediately shouted loudly and ordered everyone to stop these inhumane massacres.
Under Cook's order, the massacre of the wounded was temporarily stopped. The soldiers continued to search the hospital building. Although Cook ordered not to massacre the wounded, the soldiers would still kill the wounded without hesitation as long as weapons were found in any ward.
Kill everyone in the house.
Several soldiers broke into the operating room where the operation was being performed and pointed their guns at the hospital director who was performing the operation. One of the soldiers, who knew a few words in Russian, shouted arrogantly: "Hands up, you are under our control.
Captured."
The nurses who were manning the table were frightened and screamed when they saw the German soldiers rushing in. But the director who was performing the operation said to the soldiers without raising his head: "You didn't see what I was doing."
Surgery? Get out quickly."
The soldier who was scolded became angry, picked up the submachine gun in his hand, and fired at the dean. Amidst the gunshots, several blood splattered on the dean's chest and shoulders.
Under the huge impact of the bullet, the dean fell to the ground on his back without even a groan.
Since a companion fired, it immediately stimulated several other soldiers. They also picked up their weapons and opened fire on the medical staff in the operating room. After the intensive gunfire, the nurses who were already frightened all fell to the ground.
In a pool of blood.
The soldier who fired first walked to the operating table, took a look at the wounded man who was still in a coma, took out a grenade, pulled the string and placed it next to the wounded man. When he saw his companion actually pulled the grenade
The string was broken, and the soldiers standing aside hurriedly fled. As soon as several soldiers escaped from the operating room, they heard an earth-shattering explosion from inside, and the blast of air shattered the glass door.
The German battalion commander who then entered the hospital learned that there were many wounded in the hospital, and immediately issued an order: "Drive all the Russian wounded to the open space outside the building."
Cook, who was standing aside, heard the order from the battalion commander and asked tentatively: "Mr. Captain of the third-level commando team, what are you doing to gather the wounded?"
However, the battalion commander just glanced at him and said nothing.
After almost an hour, an officer came over and reported to the battalion commander: "Mr. Captain of the third-level commando team, all Russian wounded and medical staff have been gathered together. There are 719 people in total. What should we do next?"
"Wait." After the battalion commander said this, he turned around and came to the armored vehicle. He stood in front of the vehicle and said to the radio operator sitting inside: "Immediately report to the division commander that our battalion has captured 719 Russian wounded.
Please tell me how to deal with them."
The reply from division commander Joseph Dietrich arrived quickly: "We have no extra medicine to treat our enemies. Kill them all, kill them all without leaving any trace."
After receiving Dietrich's order, the battalion commander returned to the queue and said to the officers waiting for the order: "The division commander ordered that all Russian wounded be killed without leaving a single one alive. We cannot waste precious medicines."
On the wounded of our enemies."
When Cook heard this cruel order, he quickly came out to stop him and said: "Mr. Captain of the third-level commando team, you must know that these more than 700 people are wounded who have lost their resistance. Is it appropriate to kill them all?"
"
"Cook." When the battalion commander heard what Cook said, his face suddenly turned serious. "This is the division commander's order. Do you want to disobey it?"
Although Cook had not lost his humanity, he did not dare to disobey the orders given by Dietrich. Looking at the female nurse who was taking care of the wounded in the crowd, he couldn't bear it. After the muscles on his face twitched a few times, he
He had the courage to say to the battalion commander: "Mr. Captain of the third-level commando team, the division commander just ordered us to kill the wounded to prevent them from wasting our precious medicines. But those medical staff may still be of use to us, you see.
Shouldn’t you keep them all?”
Regarding Cook's proposal, the battalion commander thought for a long time and felt that what he said was somewhat reasonable. The division commander only ordered the wounded to be killed, but did not say that the medical staff should also be killed. So he ordered his subordinates: "Put the racks around
Machine guns, after the medical staff selected them, they immediately opened fire and killed all the wounded Russians without leaving any trace."
There are more than a hundred medical staff in the hospital. As the political commissar of the hospital left some of them, and some were killed when the Germans rushed into the building and carried out massacre. Now there are less than forty people left. When they were captured by the German
When the soldiers were picked out from the crowd, someone was still saying loudly: "I'm not going anywhere, I want to stay and take care of the wounded."
For such medical staff, the German soldiers aimed their guns at their heads and shot them directly. After killing three nurses, the remaining thirty-five medical staff were taken out of the crowd by the German soldiers.
And take it to another place for custody.
After waiting for the medical staff to be taken away, the battalion commander suddenly waved his hand downwards, signaling that the machine guns deployed around him could fire. The machine gunners who saw his gesture immediately fired at the wounded Soviet soldiers in the open space. For a moment
, gunshots, screams and curses rang out.
After five minutes of shooting, only countless bloody corpses were left in the open space. However, the German battalion commander was still worried that some of the wounded were still alive, so he sent a platoon to stab each corpse with a bayonet.
After all this was done, an officer came over and reported to the battalion commander: "We have killed all the Russian wounded. What should we do with their bodies?"
"Just put them here." The German battalion commander said proudly: "Anyway, we will catch a lot of Russian prisoners soon. Then let the prisoners dig holes and bury these corpses."
Seeing what was happening in front of him, Cook felt extremely heavy. He said to the battalion commander: "Mr. Captain of the third-level commando team, please hand over these captured medical personnel to our company for care."
"Okay, Cook." The battalion commander also felt that it would be troublesome to bring this group of medical staff, so he readily agreed to Cook's request: "I'll leave them to your company to take care of them."
