Red Moscow

  Chapter 22 Assia Arrives Unexpectedly

Seeing soldiers from one company and two companies begin to **** the prisoners and came out of the church one after another, Ivan quickly asked the communications soldier to connect to the regiment headquarters and reported to Seidulin: "Comrade commander, our battalion has successfully captured the the church."

"Great, Major Ivan, you have done a great job!" Regarding the achievements of the Second Battalion, Xiedulin promptly expressed his approval: "Currently other areas in the city are still fighting fiercely, and the task of your battalion is to hold The occupied area must not be retaken by the Germans. Do you understand?"

   "Understood, Comrade Commander." Ivan quickly replied, "I assure you that our battalion will never give up even an inch of the occupied land to the Germans before receiving the order to switch defenses."

   After Ivan finished making the phone call, he saw the German prisoners being escorted by the soldiers, so he walked to the intersection and looked at the dejected prisoners. The company commander Bukov trotted up to him and said with a smile, "Comrade battalion commander, we caught a big fish in the church."

"Caught a big fish?" Ivan was taken aback when he heard what Bukov said, and then said pleasantly: "Captain Bukov, do you mean that there are many high-ranking German officers among the prisoners? "

"That's right, that's right," Bukov pointed at the German prisoners not far away: "In addition to seventy or eighty ordinary soldiers, there are also a colonel, a lieutenant colonel, three majors, and a dozen lieutenants. Officer. I guess the church is a regiment-level command post of the German army, and maybe the enemies in Kryukovo are under their command."

   Seeing Leskov running towards him, Ivan asked casually: "Comrade Captain, I wonder if these prisoners were captured by your company or by Leskov's second company?"

Regarding Ivan's question, Bukov scratched the back of his head and said with some uncertainty: "It should be caught together. Comrade battalion commander, you should be able to see clearly from behind that our two companies rushed at the same time." into church."

Ivan did not ask who was the captured German officer, but after Leskov came over, he ordered the two of them to say: "I will explain the task now: These German prisoners will be escorted by Bukov's company to the regiment command post; The second company of Captain Leskov is responsible for defending the church, and the Germans must not be allowed to retake the church before friendly troops come to change defense."

Bukov was right about one thing. It was indeed a regiment command post that was taken away by them. The captured colonel was the supreme commander who commanded the Kryukovo garrison. The German army lost its unified command and fell into a chaotic situation of fighting independently, and was defeated one by one by the Soviet army, which had the superiority in strength.

  When the battle in the city came to an end, Xiedulin considered that Ivan's second battalion had suffered heavy casualties, so he withdrew them to rest and let the third battalion take over their defense.

   After Ivan arranged the troops, he took the three company commanders including Lin Hua to the regiment command post to prepare for a new combat mission.

  Xie Dulin was very happy to see Ivan and others coming, and he stepped forward to shake hands with several people one by one. When shaking hands with Lin Hua, he grabbed the opponent's hand tightly and said excitedly: "Lieutenant Sukov, you performed very well in today's battle. If it weren't for the few tactics you proposed, you must have Our attack in the afternoon will not be so smooth. I have already reported your matter to the division commander, and he is full of praise for you, and plans to come here to see you when he has time."

Lin Hua was very excited when he heard Xie Dulin's words. He knew that his series of performances on the battlefield had finally won the approval of the leadership of the Eighth Guards Division, and he would be regarded as his own in this army in the future. .

   Xie Dulin let go of Lin Hua's hand, turned to the chief of staff and said, "Chief of staff, bring Lieutenant Sokov a set of military ranks. He is already a lieutenant and still holds the rank of sergeant. What's the matter?"

  Lin Hua and the others stayed in the regiment command post for more than an hour before they were able to leave. As soon as he walked out of the regiment command post, Bukov pointed to the distance and said to several people: "Look, there is a female health worker there, she is quite pretty."

  Lin Hua looked along Bukov's hand, and saw a young female health worker in a short army coat and carrying a medicine box, walking towards this side. However, she would stop every few steps and pull the soldiers passing by to ask something. But all the soldiers held by him shook their heads without exception, and then walked away without looking back.

  As the female hygienist got closer, Lin Hua finally saw clearly that it was Asiya who came. He thought to himself: "I asked her to follow the wounded to the field hospital, why did she appear here?"

  Just as she was about to step forward, she saw Asiya stopped another five-member patrol team and asked the non-commissioned officer who led the team: "Comrade Sergeant, do you know where the garrison line is?"

   "Defensive platoon?!" The sergeant repeated the number, then shook his head, "I've never heard of it." After speaking, he left with his patrol team.

  Lin Hua, who was standing not far away, saw Assia looking bewildered, pulling people around to ask about the defense platoon, and his nose couldn't help sore. He didn't expect someone to be so concerned about his safety. Regardless of Ivan and the others standing beside him, he yelled, "Assia!" and trotted towards them.

When Assia heard someone calling her, she turned her head expressionlessly. When she saw Lin Hua running towards her clearly, her eyes lit up, and then she called out excitedly: "Misha!" Lin Hua rushed over. The two hugged like no one else on the street.

  Lin Hua hugged Asiya tightly, and asked lovingly: "Little fool, I am not you who went to the field hospital to take care of the wounded, why did you come here?"

Hearing what Lin Hua said, Assia hugged him tightly, and said in a crying voice: "The field hospital is full of wounded sent from Kryukovo, and people are constantly dying. Walk away a corpse, and immediately a stretcher with the wounded will be brought in! I asked a few wounded, and they said that the fighting in the city was very difficult, and our troops sacrificed in whole rows. I am worried that something will happen to you, so just Followed the ambulance. But I asked a lot of people, they didn't know the garrison platoon, I thought you all..."

   "Little fool, that's why you thought we were all sacrificed." Lin Hua patted Asia's back lightly, comforting her and said, "Don't worry, the bullet that can kill me hasn't been produced yet."

   "Misha," Ivan's voice suddenly came from beside the two of them: "Who is this female health worker, can you introduce me to us?"

Hearing Ivan's question, Asiya quickly broke free from Lin Hua's embrace, raised her hand to wipe away the tears on her face, and after a quick glance at Ivan's collar badge, she stood at attention and raised her hand to salute: "Report to Comrade Major , I am Asiya, the health worker of the garrison platoon, and I came from the capital to participate in the battle."

  (end of this chapter)