Struggle in Soviet Russia

Thick billowing smoke billowed over the entire Rudki. This small town that was originally inconspicuous on the border between Soto and Germany has now become a purgatory pieced together with ruined walls and dense smoke and fire.

The two German fighter planes hovering over the city finally turned around and flew westward after raging for nearly twenty minutes. After a while, they turned into two faintly visible black spots.

On Cervonozza Street, a woman with a dusty face and ragged clothes wobbled out of a ruin. Her eyes were dull and her lips were chapped. She only knew that she was clutching a small bucket in her right hand. Staggering along the corner of the ruined street, walked straight to the north.

On the street a few steps away from the woman, a wrecked German tank, still billowing thick smoke, two corpses almost burnt to coke, fell on the side of the tank’s tracks, while in the street On the opposite side, in a small two-story building that was destroyed by the bombing, a German machine gunner was curled up in a window to smoke.

Seeing the woman walking around on the street, the machine gunner was stunned for a moment. Then, he dropped the cigarette in his hand, squatted up, and shouted in the direction of the woman.

The woman looked back blankly, and when she saw the German soldier, she seemed to hesitate for a moment. Although she could not understand what the other party was saying, looking at the other party's gestures, it was obvious that she was retreating.

But the woman only hesitated for a while, and then continued to walk toward the front of the street. The water pipe in the shelter was cut off two days ago. She didn't know where it was blown off. In order to prevent her children and family from being thirsty, She must venture out to find water.

Seeing the woman ignoring himself, still marching towards the crossroads ahead, the machine gunner’s still slightly immature face showed an anxious expression, he poked his head out of the bullet-hole window and looked forward. The building at the northeast corner of the intersection took a look, and then suddenly jumped out of the hidden window and rushed toward the woman's location.

There was dead silence on the broken street, except for the rustling of footsteps made by the machine gunner when he ran, and the light tinkling of a kettle on his waist.

Just when the young machine gunner was a dozen steps away from the woman, the second floor of the building in front suddenly burst into flames. The bullets from the torrential rain chased the machine gunner’s heel and swept over. A puff of blood exploded on him.

In an instant, the originally quiet street was flooded with intensive gunfire. About five or six minutes later, the gunfire gradually ceased, and the machine gunner had already threw himself on the gravel-ridden street, bowed into a ball, and moved. Doesn't move.

The previous woman reappeared. She came out of a ruin opposite the crossroad. The empty bucket that she had carried in her hand was already full of water. She still held two long slings in her other hand. A loaf of bread, walking back in a hurry. As she passed the body of the machine gunner, the woman's footsteps stopped for a moment, but soon she speeded up and returned to the previous ruins in a short while.

On the campus of the Agricultural School, Victor walked out of the concealed basement and looked up at the sky shrouded in dense smoke.

At this time, he looked a little embarrassed. The clean and upright military uniform that had always been packed has changed color at this time. A handsome face is not only dusty, but also unshaven. The whole person looks like a depressed. Depressed middle-aged **** silk.

This is the third day he has been at Rudki. During these three days, the position of the railway station has been captured by the Germans. In the last contact of the Cavalry Army’s heating plant last night, there was only one coal building left. The warehouse is still under Soviet control. Sergeant Krilzeko, who took over the command, applied for the destruction of the radio station after he determined that there would be no more reinforcements, so as not to fall into the hands of the Germans. There were 14 soldiers beside him, including 9 of them. The wounded, it is impossible to stop the next German attack.

The defense of the city of Rudki is not optimistic. The German army has already occupied a city in the southwest corner and is advancing rapidly northward. Their propaganda vehicles are calling for all the resisting Soviet soldiers to surrender 24 hours a day. What they are not are the enemies of the Slavs and the people of all nationalities in the Soviet Union. Their offensive is only to end the evil rule of the communists.

Propaganda like this does not work for most people, but some people are still affected, especially those militiamen who were recruited hastily. Last night, more than a dozen people fled the defensive position. , Surrendered to the Germans.

People are afraid of death. When death really comes before them, many people can put everything else behind in order to live, no matter what family, what stand, what morality, everything is not a problem.

The escape and surrender of the militia is another lesson for Victor, that is: in the face of a cruel war, the choice of soldiers is really expensive, just like those who choose to surrender and escape when the war is unfavorable, even if they are. What about one million? It's not a waste.

Touching his trouser pocket, he took out a pack of distorted cigarettes from it. Victor carefully took out one of the two remaining cigarettes, first put it under his nose and sniffed it carefully. Then he hesitated and clicked on it, ruthlessly. Take a deep breath.

These are the only two cigarettes left on him. According to his plan, one can be smoked today, and the remaining one will be saved until tomorrow. If the cigarette is finished tomorrow, and he cannot leave Rudki, then he There is no chance to draw another one.

Now, the only good news is that the contact between the regiment headquarters and the 4th Mechanized Army has not been interrupted. Perhaps his channels for the battle situation are basically smooth.

Just this morning, he was informed from the military that the 4th Mechanized Army had expelled the German forces that had penetrated into the fortification area, but the problem now is that the German forces have broken through the Soviet defense line in the direction of New Volensky. , They are heading south along the Stir River, outflanking Lviv from the left. If the Soviet troops in the direction of Lviv do not retreat, they will be made dumplings by the Germans in the next two to three days.

Major General Vlasov has made contact with the headquarters of the 6th Army, and General Muzichenko conveyed to him the order of the Kiev Special Military District. This order required the 4th Mechanized Army to retreat in the direction of Brody and Dubno and join forces there to prepare to launch a large-scale counter-assault operation against the Germans.

For this reason, the military requested Victor to continue to stay in Rudki for one day and try to get in touch with the 159th Infantry Division. Tomorrow evening, he will break out of the siege in the direction of Lviv. Major General Vlasov promised that at that time, he A mechanized force will be sent to respond.

"Breakthrough?"

Yes, break through. Victor and his troops have been besieged by the Germans in this small town of Rudki. Since the railway station’s line of defense was lost, the Germans have detoured from the south wing to the north of the town and moved this small little town. The town was surrounded.

Victor did not dare to believe Vlasov’s promise. He knew very well that in this complicated situation, the higher-level commander’s promise was not credible, but he had to place all his hopes on this promise. Above, because if there is no rescue from the friendly army, with the existing strength in his hand, it is impossible to carry out a breakthrough operation.

"boom!"

An artillery shell exploded on the sandy playground 100 meters away, and the overwhelming dust rose tens of meters high, and the momentum was astonishing.

The Germans launched another offensive.

Victor took a puff of cigarette greedily, until the cigarette **** was hot, he reluctantly threw it away and turned back to the underground command post.

At the moment when he returned to the dimly lit underground, Ji Ana's figure appeared in his mind for no apparent reason. He didn't know where the woman had moved now, let alone if there would be a chance to meet her again in the future. And Anrina, where is she now? Compared to Ji Ana, the chance of meeting her again in the future is even smaller.

Oh, why do you still want to do so much, let's live it first.

The underground command post was empty, only the correspondents were still busy trying to get in touch with the **** 159 infantry division. In the past three days, this effort has not been interrupted, but there is no trace of this infantry division in the wave frequency. , Perhaps, they were wiped out by the Germans a long time ago.

As an internal guard, the regiment commanded by Victor is a bit pitiful. He has no regimental staff, no chief of staff, no political commissar or administrative officer. There is only one Culkin acting as the deputy head of the regiment, in addition to the combat command. External affairs.

Victor considered that if he could escape the disaster, next time, when he commanded the troops, he must have all the personnel of the entire regiment headquarters.

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As night fell, the sound of guns and guns rang out in Rudki town for nearly an afternoon gradually ceased, and in the southwest of the suburbs, a Soviet army, with the help of night and jungle cover, quietly appeared in almost become The outskirts of the Cavalry Army’s heating plant in ruins.

The situation of this Soviet army did not seem to be very good. The soldiers were covered with dust and some of them were wounded. Their number was about a hundred. They were commanded by a second lieutenant. They sneaked into the space silently in the night. Ruins, carefully searched forward.

Despite a brutal day of fighting, the German army's vigilance was still very high. In the dark, I don't know who touched the tin cans hanging on the wire isolation net. Amidst the clanging noise, the battle started quickly.

At first, this seemed to be a small-scale sneak attack. The Soviet army that launched the attack was just a small group of troops that didn’t know where it came from. But soon, more and more troops appeared in the jungle, and they even carried them. Cannons dragged by livestock and several trucks that can be moved.

The small number of German troops stationed in the heating plant was quickly defeated, and this sudden appearance of the Soviet army immediately began to attack the city.