Red Moscow

  Chapter 427 Competition at the Station (Part 2)

Holding the MG34 machine gun, the officer who led the charge upstairs was Lieutenant Vovazov, the deputy commander of the second company of the first battalion. , Shooting at the black shadow emerging from the front. With a gunshot, the 7.92mm bullet casings jumped out one after another and landed on the steps of the stairs, making a series of crisp impact sounds.

  The sailors of the Second Company followed Vovazov and rushed up the stairs. They fired with the rifles in their hands and occasionally threw a few grenades, blowing up the shadows in the corridor.

  The machine gun in Vorvazov’s hand uses a fifty-round ammunition belt. Even if he has been using single shots or bursts, the bullets are still quickly emptied. Vovazov threw the machine gun to the ground, bent down to pick up the submachine gun from the body of a German soldier, and continued to shoot at the shadows shaking in the corridor.

  However, just as he was on the rise, a wounded German soldier who was shot and fell to the ground and who had not died fired several shots at Vovazov. Although the wounded German soldiers were quickly stabbed to death with bayonets by the soldiers following him, Vovazov swayed a few times on the spot before falling headlong to the ground. Just when the sailors thought that their deputy company commander had died, unexpectedly he stood up while leaning on the wall, covered the wound with his left hand, held the submachine gun with one hand, and continued to shoot forward.

   With such a heroic sailor, it was a matter of course to successfully recapture the station building. But before they could catch their breath, the German army rushed towards the station building from various places in the station, trying to drive the sailors away from here. While organizing the manpower to fight back, Lemusev sent a messenger to inform the company occupying the nail factory building to attack from the German flank to crush their attack.

The second company commander bent down and ran to Lemusev, who was standing by the window, shooting downstairs, and said loudly to him: "Comrade battalion commander, we have too few people, and I'm afraid we won't be able to withstand the enemy's attack." attack."

   "Second Company Commander," Lemusev shrank back after hitting the window out of the window, and asked, "How many people are left in your Second Company?"

   "Including the wounded, there are still more than 20 people." The commander of the second company said with a bitter face: "The situation of the third company is slightly better, and they still have more than 80 people left."

  The words of the second company commander made Lemusev's heart sink suddenly. He only had more than a hundred troops at full strength, and the enemy attacking outside the building had at least three hundred people. Can he stop it?

   "Comrade Battalion Commander," the Second Company Commander saw that Lemusev was silent, and continued, "We have too few people. If we continue to fight like this, we will definitely not be able to withstand it. We should ask our superiors for help!"

"Help?!" After changing the magazine, Lemusev shot out the window again, retracted his body, and said to the second company commander with a bitter face: "Don't forget, we are here to attack the station. Do you think the brigade commander will send us reinforcements without the permission of the superior?"

"But, didn't the liaison officer from the Army Group Headquarters say that he could report our situation to the brigade commander?" After thinking about the guard platoon brought by Klimov, the second company commander asked Remusev again. Suggestion: "By the way, didn't the liaison officer bring a platoon of more than fifty guards? We can ask him to send troops to reinforce us."

"Can the combat effectiveness of the army be compared with our sailors?" Regarding the proposal of the second company commander, Remusev immediately vetoed it, "What's the use of bringing this platoon up, their combat effectiveness can only be as high as our squad at best. Second company commander, stop talking nonsense here, go back and command your troops quickly."

  Although the Soviet army seized many German submachine guns or machine guns after occupying the station building, for most sailors, they were not as good as their commonly used rifles. This created an embarrassing situation. The sailors had to pull the bolt once they fired a shot, while the German soldiers who used submachine guns could fire more bullets at the same time. Due to the difference in firepower, the defense arranged by the sailors on the north side of the station building was quickly broken by the German army, and groups of German soldiers rushed into the building along the platform.

  Seeing the enemy rushing into the building, the third company commander immediately led two platoons of soldiers to meet him, and started a hand-to-hand melee with the enemy. All of a sudden, in the waiting hall of the station, officers and soldiers from both sides collided violently, and started a face-to-face fight. Don't look at the large number of German troops, but when it comes to night combat and close combat, they are no match for well-trained sailors. Among the corpses that fell on the ground, the German army accounted for at least two-thirds. Seeing that the Soviet army fought so tenaciously, the German officers and soldiers knew that if they continued to fight, they would not be able to take advantage of it, so they hurriedly withdrew from the station building.

The German army's attack on the station building did not go smoothly. The German army attacking from the flank was shot by machine guns from the roof of the nail factory. Rush out from the factory building, killing the enemy and fleeing.

  After repelling the enemy's attack, Lemusev finally breathed a sigh of relief, because the next German attack will be at least a few hours later, and the sailors under his command can use this time to take a good rest.

  He ordered the messenger to find the two company commanders, and asked bluntly, "How many people are there in your two companies?"

   "Fifteen people, eight of them are wounded." The second company commander replied.

  After a moment of silence, the commander of the third company replied: "There are more than 50 people in my company, and half of them are wounded. Comrade battalion commander, do you think that the first company should also be transferred here?"

"No." Remusev shook his head and said firmly, "If they continue to stick to the nail factory building, they can contain the German troops and prevent the enemy from attacking us with all their strength. Once they are concentrated in the station building, we will Our equipment, facing the ferocious attack of the German army, will soon wipe out the troops."

   Just when the three of them were depressed, the soldier Holol hurried over and said out of breath, "Comrade battalion commander, reinforcements, our reinforcements have arrived!"

   "What, reinforcements are here?" The three of them stood up abruptly when they heard Holol's report, and asked in disbelief, "Holol, you read that right, how could there be reinforcements?"

"That's right, it's our reinforcements." Holol said confidently: "They are coming towards us. To prevent misunderstanding, they are advancing while shouting 'full speed forward'." His voice just At the end of the day, there was a loud shout outside the station.

Lemusev listened for a while, and the people outside were shouting "Full speed ahead!" Hearing such a shout, his eyes couldn't help getting wet: "Yes, it's our people, only our sailors are attacking. That’s why we shouted such slogans! Let’s go, let’s go out and see which troops are here.”

   Lemusev took the two company commanders to the entrance of the station building and saw a group of sailors in navy uniforms pouring in. The commander of the second company had sharp eyes and immediately recognized a few acquaintances among them. He couldn't help saying excitedly: "Yes, they are our people. I know some of them. They are all from the second battalion."

   "Where is your commander?" Lemusev grabbed a passing sailor and asked loudly, "What are you doing here?"

"Comrade Lieutenant," the sailor did not know Lemusev, but he recognized the rank on his collar badge, so he took the initiative to report: "We are from the second battalion, and we were ordered to come here to reinforce the first battalion. As for the commander, it should be at the behind us."

   Lemusev ordered the two company commanders to take these newly arrived sailors to take over the defensive position of the troops, while he stayed at the door full of ruins, waiting for the commander of the second battalion to come.

   After only waiting for a moment, Lemusev heard someone shouting loudly: "Captain Lemusev, where are you?" He hurriedly replied, "I am here."

   Soon, several officers and soldiers in army uniforms appeared in front of Remusev. The major who walked in the front and wore a big-brimmed hat was the commander of the second battalion. He proudly said to Remusev: "Comrade Captain, the task of your battalion has been completed, please hand over the defense of the station building to our battalion as soon as possible, and then retreat to the back to rest."

"No, Comrade Major, we can't retreat." Seeing that the other party came, Lemusev asked himself to hand over the station building that was occupied by countless sailors with the last drop of blood. Naturally, he refused to agree easily, so he retorted: " In order to seize this station building, we sacrificed more than 200 sailors. If we just withdraw like this, how can we be worthy of those comrades who died?”

Don't see that the second battalion commander is a major, but since both of them are battalion commanders, he really can't command Lemusev, so he can only say helplessly: "Okay, Captain Lemusev, since the station building is Your battalion captured it, so you must be very familiar with the environment here. Please order your subordinates to assist my subordinates to familiarize themselves with the environment here so that in the next battle, they can make full use of these terrains and fight hard. hit the Germans."

  The two were talking, when Holol hurried over again and reported to Remusev: "Comrade Battalion Commander, something happened, please come."

"What happened?" Remusev couldn't help but thumped when he heard Holol say this. He thought it was something wrong with the line of defense he had set up, or that there was a conflict between his subordinates and the sailors of the second battalion. Kind of like that, and quickly told Holol: "Hurry up and take me to have a look."

  On the way, Remusev asked Holol: "Holol, what happened? Could it be that our soldiers had a conflict with comrades from the Second Battalion?"

"No, Comrade Battalion Commander." Seeing that Lemusev had misunderstood, Holol quickly explained to him: "I found a few figures on the platform and shouted at us, saying that they were our own people. Let's not shoot."

"Our own people?! How is this possible?" Remusev frowned when he heard Holol say this, "The enemy has been occupying the station for a long time, how come there are still our own people? I Look, maybe it's a German in disguise."

"Captain Remusev," as soon as he finished speaking, he heard someone beside him echoing: "You are right, those people on the platform outside must have been faked by the Germans, they just wanted to get in The station building, and then cooperate with the Germans who are about to attack next."

If the commander of the second battalion hadn't said this, maybe Lemusev would really think that the figures on the platform were all Germans preparing to attack. The reason why they pretended to be Soviet commanders and fighters was to sneak into the station building and wreak havoc. . But after hearing what the second battalion commander said, he changed his mind. He felt that the German attack had just been repelled. According to the usual practice, it was impossible for them to launch another attack within a few hours. At such a time, even sending a few people to sneak into the station building pretending to be his own would be useless. He could completely disarm these people and send special personnel to guard them.

Lemusev followed Holol to the exit leading to the platform, and came behind a sandbag fortification. Sure enough, he heard someone shouting in Russian on the platform: "Don't shoot, don't shoot, we are My own people!"

  From the pronunciation of those people, Lemusev could tell that they were out-and-out Russians, and they also had a little St. Petersburg accent. After confirming that the other party was a Russian, Lemusev shouted loudly towards the platform: "I am the battalion commander of the defenders, Captain Lemusev, which part do you belong to?"

  Remusev spoke very skillfully. He showed his position and military rank without revealing the real number of the troops. If the other party was really his own, they would know how to answer. After a while, the voice rang again: "We are from the 42nd Guards Regiment of the 13th Guards Division of General Rodimtsev."

During the march of the troops to this place, Remusev heard that the troops standing in this area were the 13th Guards Division of General Rodimtsev. After getting in touch, I didn't expect his troops to exist here. Remusev shouted to the opposite side: "Come here, move slowly, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings."

   Those who called themselves Guards soldiers, after hearing Lemusev's shout, came out of their hiding places on the platform and walked slowly along the platform towards the entrance of the station building.

  When they entered the station building, a group of sailors immediately surrounded them and pointed their black muzzles at them. Lemusev counted and found fifteen people. He went up to them and said in a loud voice: "I am Captain Lemusev. Who is the commander here?"

  As soon as he finished speaking, a sergeant walked out of the crowd and said somewhat cautiously: "Comrade Captain, I think I have the highest rank here. If you have any questions, you can ask me directly."

  (end of this chapter)