That night Vasily led his troops into the position.
There were also some troubles, because some of the positions expected by Shulka and Vasily were already occupied by the 10th Division. The most troublesome one was a field hospital.
For this purpose, Shulka also made a special trip to the 10th Division headquarters.
The person who answered the phone was a staff officer. Major General Batrakov probably didn't think that Captain Shulka had the authority or the need to communicate with him as a major general.
"I thought Major General Batrakov had given the order!" Shulka said: "But they refused to withdraw!"
"Wait, Captain, I need to ask about the situation!"
After a while, Batrakov's roar came from the phone. Perhaps he was too angry to scold Shulka for being uncomfortable, otherwise he might not even bother to talk to Shulka.
"I did promise to cooperate with you in the fight, Comrade Shulka!" Batrakov shouted on the other end of the phone: "But this does not mean that you can do whatever you want in our defense area, and even ask the field hospital to make room for you...
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"This is not to make room for us, Comrade General!" Shulka retorted: "This is a combat necessity!"
"Oh, really?" Batrakov said sarcastically: "I remember you asked that you will enter the battlefield immediately! And the battlefield you mentioned is the field hospital we set up in the rear? Is this your bravery? You
Do you know how many sick and wounded patients are waiting for treatment in that field hospital? You are committing a crime, understand? A crime!"
Therefore, there are some things on the battlefield that are difficult to distinguish between right and wrong.
From Shulka's point of view, on the one hand, they did this for combat needs, and on the other hand, they also saved the lives of the doctors and the wounded.
But from Major General Batrakov's point of view, Shulka and his team were just fooling around, trying to gain fame and fame, competing for positions with the field hospital when the battle was hot on the front line.
"Comrade General!" Shulka said: "All this is because we believe that the enemy will launch a fierce attack tomorrow and will hit that place..."
"Oh, really? That's great, you've already started telling fortunes!" Then before Shulka could reply, Major General Batrakov hung up the phone with a bang.
Shulka hung up the phone helplessly, and then shook his head at the people next to him.
After thinking about it, Shulka asked: "How many people are there in the field hospital?"
"There are more than 700 sick and wounded, plus medical staff!" Vasily replied: "It is in the basement of a large warehouse. Because the space is spacious and safe, and it is not far from the front line, it is used as a field hospital.
Best location!”
"Maybe we can talk to the person in charge there!" Shulka said.
"It's useless!" Vasily shook his head: "I asked the person in charge there, but...he was rejected without a doubt, he didn't hesitate at all!"
"Take me there!" Shulka said.
"Yes, Comrade Captain!" Vasily responded and led the way.
Shulka just didn't want to give up the last glimmer of hope.
Because he understood that if his estimate was correct, that is, the German army would launch a counterattack tomorrow morning, then this field hospital hidden in the basement and not far from the front line would probably not have time to evacuate...
Field hospitals are different from troops. When they retreat, they will have a lot of burdens, such as wounded people, medicines, and equipment. Even during the retreat, wounded people will continue to be brought in.
Therefore, it is not a big deal for the student troops to lose a good support point. What is important is that they will probably all be captured by the enemy the next day.
It goes without saying what the consequences will be if a field hospital is occupied by the enemy.
The wounded will definitely not receive the treatment they deserve, because all medicines and equipment will become trophies of the German army, and German soldiers are also in urgent need of these medicines.
It is not difficult to imagine that the Germans will definitely use medicines for their own soldiers and leave the wounded Soviet soldiers aside to fend for themselves... Without enough medicines, no one will pay attention to the "Geneva Convention", let alone this
The Soviet Union had not yet signed this convention.
After following Vasily all the way to the warehouse that was used as a field hospital, Shulka saw that the entrance was exactly what he thought... The entrance to the warehouse was really big, but there were only two entrances to the basement, and the width could only accommodate two people.
People pass side by side.
Although such a basement is large and safe, there is not enough time to evacuate in the event of an emergency.
After entering the dark basement, the first thing I smelled was the smell of blood and putrefaction, as well as screams and moans. Occasionally, I could see a few bloody female nurses carrying bags full of severed hands and feet.
The iron barrel clanged past.
This made Shulka feel nauseous.
This is not because he has never seen dead people or mutilated limbs, but the calmness on the female nurse's face and the indifference in her eyes when she was carrying the iron bucket, as if those parts were damaged and replaced.
Vasily had a similar feeling, so he whispered to Shulka: "So I swear never to marry a female nurse, because one day...she may look indifferent when she holds my stump!"
Shulka smiled, Vasily knew how to create an atmosphere.
After walking around the basement for a while and asking a few people, the two quickly found the person in charge here: Major Zogtanov.
"Comrade Zogtanov!" Vasily walked up to him. At this time, he was performing an amputation operation on a soldier. Perhaps because there was no anesthesia, the poor soldier yelled in pain.
Zogtanov did not stop moving his hands, but glanced at Vasily, and then replied: "Don't waste your efforts, and don't you think you should disturb me again at a more suitable time?"
Shulka walked up and said: "I think now is the right time, because the field hospital is likely to be in danger..."
Shurka looked at his watch and said: "There are still two hours until dawn, so it is too urgent to evacuate now."
"Oh, really?" Major Zogtanov let out a disdainful laugh: "Do you think I will believe you? Just because of your few words, I will withdraw and leave this basement to you? No one is a fool.
,Comrade...you'd better get out of here before I call the guards!"
When it came to this point, Shulka was speechless, because no matter what he said, he seemed to have some ulterior motive.
"You should believe our captain!" Vasily interjected: "Because he is a 'breakout hero', he is not the kind of person you think!"
Zogtanov raised his head in surprise, glanced at Shulka, and asked: "Are you the 'breakout hero'? Do you know Doctor Anatoly?"
"Oh, of course!" Shulka replied: "He saved my life in Moscow!" (To be continued)