Chapter 10 The dawn here is quiet (1)
The sound of gunfire in the north of Blaevsky was like heavy snow flying in the sky, and it was not resting all night. On the front battlefield, the nearly exhausted 27th Division, after completing the crossing of the river, rose up Yu Yong, and before dawn, he took down the No. 1 and No. 2 defensive positions of the German military commander Yihe in one fell swoop, thus completely clearing a large landing ground for the subsequent crossing of the river for the 13th episode.
Behind the German military advisor, the 33rd Division attacked in a sharp knife-like manner, opening a breakthrough in the connection between the German military advisor and its rear guard, and surrounded the German military advisor in one fell swoop, between the main force of the Finnish army and the Sverri River, on a narrow strip less than five square kilometers.
Starting from midnight yesterday, in order to support the breakthrough operations of the German divisions in the interior, the Finnish army in the north had launched several charges at the defensive positions of the 33rd and 29th divisions of the Soviet army, but they were all repelled without exception. The battle continued until dawn, and was forced to stop due to heavy snow and sudden drop in temperature, which also gave the Soviet troops a breathing time.
Facing the slight skylight at dawn, Chu Sinan led a guard squad to leave the temporary command of the group army. He was going to the other side of the river to take a look. Meletskov left the command an hour ago. He was going to the position of the 29th Division to inspect the battlefield. Before leaving, he issued an order, which was to push the 30th Division under his control and take over the defensive position of the 27th Division, which had suffered huge losses.
The 30th Division is already the last reserve division directly under Meletskov's 13th episode. From the end of 4 o'clock yesterday to dawn today, the entire thirteenth episode has been forced to use all its troops, which can also show the cruelty of the entire war.
The invasion of the cold current appeared completely in the first ray of morning light after the war.
Chu Sinan was wearing a thick winter coat, and was wrapped in a military coat outside, and he could not feel any warmth. The Soviet-style double-curtained winter military cap on his head seemed to have no effect. His ears covered with hair were numb from the cold shortly after leaving the command center. He breathed out and the white air mass condensed into tiny ice crystals almost the moment he left his mouth, which were densely occupied on the beard on his lips.
The heavy snow like goose feathers was still scattered densely in the north wind. People said: It was not cold when it snowed, but it turned cold. Chu Sinan could not imagine how cold the damn weather would be if the snow stopped. Fortunately, the army command realized the arrival of the cold current in advance, so last night, the 30th Division, which had not yet been put into battle, was ordered to implement military control on Blaevsky and collected a large number of bedding and furs. I believe these things were enough to make the front-line troops survive this stage of cold cold.
Stepping through the snow that had not crossed my ankles overnight, Chu Sinan, under the escort of the guard squad, came to the bank of the Sviri River. Everything he could see in front of him was like a hellish scene on earth.
I saw that on the river that stretched for several miles, small boats were working hard to break the ice. At the same time, they also brought the corpses that were buried in the ice layer to the ship one by one. Because they were soaked for too long and experienced ultra-low temperature freezing, they became extremely fragile. Occasionally, if you accidentally break the ice or move it, your arms would be torn off. These people were alive soldiers yesterday, but in a blink of an eye, they became such a miserable and cold corpse.
On the river bank, the corpse burial team trucks came one by one, they came empty and returned with a full load, but the return in this sense could not give anyone joy. All it brought was endless sadness and pain. Chu Sinan looked at the soldiers of the corpse burial team with a numb face and silently restrained their bodies, and he was confused and thought of a sentence: In the war, the one who suffered the most mental trauma was not the fighters who charged into battle, nor the people who endured the scattered sons and husbands behind, but the corpse burial teams responsible for restraining their bodies. No one could see more deaths than they did.
"The war is over in the future, and a monument will be erected here," Chu Sinan looked at the scene in front of him for a long time, and after a while, he said to Lukoongi behind him, "The inscription must be put on: No one knows your name; your achievements will be immortal!"
Lukoongi, behind him, nodded silently, obviously deeply agreeing with Chu Sinan's idea.
Along the temporary bridge that had just been built, Chu Sinan and a group of guards crossed the Svery River, filled with corpses, and came to the former German river defense position on the north bank. The scene here is also cruel. Under the cover of thick snow, humanoid bulges with different postures appeared on the vast earth.
In the empty field that was obviously just cleared, the soldiers of the corpse burial team were working hard to separate the bodies. Because the two sides of the battle had had cruel hand-to-hand combat, many corpses were held in groups. The corpses of German soldiers in dark uniforms were twisted and entangled together with the corpses of Soviet soldiers in gray-brown uniforms. After the cold current was frozen, they could no longer separate them.
Chu Sinan looked away with difficulty and looked at the front of the northern position. There were teams of exhausted Soviet soldiers retreating there. There was no doubt that they were the remaining soldiers of the 27th Division who had just handed over the defense. Last night's battle caused heavy losses to the reorganized division. In just a few hours, thousands of people stayed on this land less than three kilometers in radius. The entire division's combat reduced by 60% and was basically considered to have been crippled. However, on the other hand, this battle undoubtedly provided a severe and cruel training for the entire 27th Division. Chu Sinan had reason to believe that when this team completed the recruitment of new recruits and fit training, they would become a mighty and unyielding lion again. With the veterans who experienced the cruel test of life and death, there was no battle that could not be withstood for them.
"Comrade Chu Sinan," Lukoongi came up and said beside Chu Sinan, "Look, that's Comrade Baditsky, and he was also injured."
Following the direction of Lucoongi's finger, Chu Sinan looked forward and saw that in the front of a retreat team with about a thousand people, a weak officer with his left arm was walking towards this side with a dejected look.
"Let's go, let's go." Chu Sinan's expression became serious at this moment. He said lightly, then took a big step forward to meet him.
"Comrade Chu Sinan." Beginning, Baditsky, with a tired face, gave a military salute first, and then said, "Twenty-seventh..."
Chapter completed!