Struggle in Soviet Russia

Therefore, for a person, one should not fall into despair at any time. The emotion of "I have no way to go" and "give up" will not only add to the situation that is already bad enough. To any other effect.

This Soviet army that suddenly killed Rudki not only interrupted the deployment of the German army, but also gave Victor, who was in trouble, the hope of escape.

To Victor’s surprise, this Soviet army that had retreated from the border fortification area did not belong to the 159th Infantry Division that he had never been able to contact, but to the 97th Infantry Division. More precisely, it was. Belongs to the remnant of the 97th Infantry Division.

This unit is a garrison in the fortified area. They were destroyed by a sudden attack by the Germans on the first day of the battle three days ago, and even the division was destroyed. The soldiers who broke down were gathered up by a major named Mikhail Grigorievich Vasilyev in the process of retreating, and they re-formed their combat effectiveness.

Originally, Major Vasilyev intended to lead the remnant to retreat in the direction of Lviv, but he didn't have a map in his hands and couldn't tell where he was. In the end, he lost his way in the Sambor jungle. They failed to retreat to Lviv in the northwest according to the established route. Instead, they circled in a circle to the southwest, and joined the internal guards led by Victor at Rudki.

When Victor met with the commander of the remnant of the Soviet army, he did not see that Major Vasiliev, the former staff officer of the 97th Infantry Division, who had died in the German bombing during the day today, succeeded him. Commanding this force was a captain named Oleg Alexandrovich Bobrowski.

After determining Victor’s only weak force and the actual fighting situation in the border area, Captain Bobrowski firmly advocated an overnight retreat. He didn’t want to stay in Rudki for even a minute, and just wanted to fight with the big team as soon as possible. The troops rendezvous.

Of course, Victor didn’t want to stay here anymore. Although the 4th Mechanized Army’s command gave him to hold on until tomorrow night, he knew very well that it might be his last chance to leave Rudki alive. .

Perhaps it was the attack at night that made the German army a little confused, too late to make a quick deployment. The Soviet army's overnight retreat organized very smoothly. During this period, apart from sporadic exchanges of fire, there was no large-scale fierce fighting.

In the early morning, when the first rays of sunlight appeared, along the road to Lviv, a long group of Soviet troops was slowly advancing in the direction of Lviv along the dividing line of the jungle.

This is a unit that has been exhausted to the point of losing its fighting spirit. Each soldier’s military appearance is very sloppy, and each of his faces is full of fatigue and confusion. Their marching will not discern the direction at all, but just follow the front mechanically. The people of the people took steps, which is also the reason why the collapsed troops can easily lose their way.

Victor also followed the team. His jeep had been handed over to the seriously wounded. This was not a deliberate promotion of style, but a natural choice under the current environment. In addition, because of fear of being bombed by German fighters, the jeep, like the soldiers, did not dare to travel on the flat road, and also on the grass on the edge of the woodland. The strong turbulence made people feel very uncomfortable. And it's easier to get tired, so it's better to let the wounded with mobility problems ride.

There was a faint roar of airplanes in the sky again, and Captain Bobrowski, who was walking beside Victor, raised his binoculars, glanced in the direction where the sound came from, and then blew the whistle on his chest.

The whistle sounded three long and one short, indicating that the air raid would soon come. Everyone quickly sought concealment. The lifeless soldiers moved quickly and quickly sank into the jungle.

However, the three rushing fighters still discovered the situation here. They scattered over the woodland, and then swooped in and swooped in. While the machine guns were shooting, they dropped one bomb after another.

The harassment methods of these German fighters were cruel. They hovered in the sky like a windmill, swooped, strafed, dropped bombs, and then pulled up, dived again, round by round, cruelly harvesting targets on the ground.

Although Captain Bobrowski is not a firm commander, he has rich combat experience. He risked further exposure of the troops and gave the order to move forward. According to him, the reason why the three German fighter planes above attacked their unequipped unit was not to waste ammunition, but to mean that there should be a large number of German troops not far from the rear. The harassment was not only to kill the soldiers, but also to delay their march, and at the same time, to guide the direction of attack for the German army's follow-up troops.

In desperation, the troops can only carry on the attack from the sky and continue to move forward with the help of the jungle. At this time, some people will definitely be injured, some will be left behind, and some people will even consciously leave the large troops and escape in all directions. But no one cares about these anymore, even Victor is no exception.

The sunset fell west again.

On the outskirts of a jungle, Victor with his tired legs trembling raised his binoculars and looked at the direction that Captain Bobrowski was pointing at.

In the telescope's field of vision, under a sloping hill with billowing smoke, more than a dozen destroyed tanks slumped there. Looking at it from a distance, there were both Soviet tanks and German tanks.

Victor frowned, he put down the telescope in his hand, took out the map in his bag, and spread it out on the grass in front of him.

"We are currently at this location," he looked at the map carefully, then pressed his finger to a place, and said, "Three kilometers east from here is the village of Olejinsky, and 19 kilometers northeast is Livo. husband."

Captain Bobrowski squatted across from him and looked at the map with a serious expression. After a long time, he said: "The battle ahead should have happened an hour ago, not more than two hours at most, and it was a very serious battle. Sudden encounter, or our people played an ambush here."

"Why?" Victor asked curiously.

Captain Bobrowski pointed to the direction of the battlefield and said, "Look, the spare oil drums of the German tanks were not removed. Obviously they were put into battle in a hurry. Moreover, their triangular oil drum capacity It is 20 liters. After the damage, the burning time of the oil leak is limited, and there are still some oil drums burning, which means that the time for the end of the battle is not long."

Victor was suddenly stunned, and at the same time he couldn't help feeling that some knowledge about combat could not be learned from books anyway. Compared with the dead knowledge, experience is more important than that.

"Comrade Captain Victor," said Captain Bobrowski, staring at the map for a while. "My suggestion is that we can't continue to retreat towards Lviv. If nothing happens, the large forces may have already withdrawn. There, and the Germans have come in front of us. Now, our best choice is to go east, which is the direction of Olejinsky Village. If we don’t rest tonight, we should be able to hurry up tomorrow morning. To Winnipeg."

Victor didn't speak, he got up from the ground with his hands on his knees, and walked straight to the bleak battlefield.

The scale of this battlefield is not large. There were six Soviet tanks destroyed, all of the T26 type. In addition, three transport trucks were destroyed on the edge of the woodland, and ten German tanks were destroyed. Three, obviously, the German army suffered a big loss here.

Victor climbed up the top of the **** and held up a telescope to check the direction of the jungle. Sure enough, there were some felled trees. Just as Captain Bobrowski had guessed, the Soviets should be the first in this battle. An ambush was set up in the jungle, and this somewhat paralyzed German army was ambushed.

The problem is that today’s German troops are well-trained, and it’s not easy to be paralyzed in their troops. Victor guessed that it is possible that Captain Bobrowski’s judgment was correct. The German troops have already entered Lviv. They and The Soviet troops that launched the ambush all fell behind the main German troops.

Standing on the top of the slope, Victor held his binoculars and looked towards the east. He did find a large number of track tracks extending eastward. It was obvious that the Soviet army that launched the ambush was facing the east. went.

At this moment, Victor finally determined one thing, and that was that he was indeed abandoned by Vlasov and the 4th Mechanized Army under his command. Not only that, they even wished that they would even want to ensure the smooth retreat of the troops. Continue to hold on to Rudd Quito for a day, even if it is destined to put him to death.

However, Victor didn’t feel much complaint in his heart, let alone hatred. This is war, and command is like a game of chess. Whether it’s a **** or a cart, anyone can be topped when needed. Go up and die. And this kind of death is called sacrifice, for the sake of the overall situation is to kill oneself.

Of course, Victor is actually not qualified to complain about anything, otherwise, what should the soldiers of the inner guard who were arranged to defend the railway station and defend the cavalry heating plant to say? Do you want to hate and curse him?

Therefore, if you don't want to be easily pushed out to sacrifice, the best way is to climb as high as possible. After all, pawns are easy to be sacrificed, but carts, horses and guns need to be cherished a little more.

A few minutes later, the stretched team started back on the road, heading northeast from the original, turning to the east, avoiding Lviv, and heading towards Winnicky.

Victor walked in front of the team with a cigarette in his mouth. This was collected by Varenka from the body of a German officer. The appearance of this pack of cigarettes eased Victor's tight nerves.