After a brief period of panic, the German soldiers fell to the ground and opened fire on each other. Holding the submachine gun was the commander of the sixth company, Captain Belikov, and the bullets fired by the Germans hit him, constantly splashing clouds of blood mist, but he didn't seem to feel the slightest pain, just kept pulling the trigger.

When the submachine gun ran out of bullets, he threw the gun to the ground, pulled out his pistol and continued to shoot until the last bullet was fired, and Captain Belikov, who had been hit by dozens of bullets, fell to the ground with a bang. Although Belikov had already died, the Germans did not dare to step forward easily, and they still used their weapons to shoot at the captain's body for a long time, before they got up from their hiding place in fear and cautiously stepped forward to check.

In order to clear the village of Soviet troops, the Germans strafed the collapsed buildings with machine guns and threw grenades into the wooden houses that had not yet completely collapsed. After all this was done, and it was confirmed that there was no longer a single living Soviet commander and fighter in the village, they began to hastily build fortifications at the east end of the village to block the Soviet troops that might arrive.

Before the German fortifications were repaired, the battalion headquarters of the 2nd Battalion, as well as the 4th and 5th companies, arrived. They did not know that the commanders and fighters of the 6th Company had been sacrificed, but they only saw a large number of enemies in the village in front of them, so they launched an attack without hesitation. The German soldiers, who were staying in the single bunker, hurriedly used their weapons to shoot at the rushing Soviet troops. Despite the fact that soldiers were constantly falling in the way of the charge, they managed to break through the hastily constructed fortifications of the Germans, rushed into the village, and engaged in a melee with the enemy who had crowded here.

The commanders and fighters of the Soviet army showed great courage and fought tenaciously. However, due to the fact that the Germans were dozens of times stronger than theirs, the battle lasted less than an hour, and all the commanders and fighters who rushed into the village died heroically.

However, the telegraph operator of the 2nd Battalion, who remained outside the village, promptly reported the situation here to the regiment commander, Lieutenant Colonel Inozemtsev. The regiment commander was taken aback when he learned that there were nearly 10,000 German troops in the nameless village, and he knew that attacking with his remaining two battalions would be tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, so he hurriedly reported to the division commander, Colonel Rozhkin.

Knowing that the German army was strong, Rozhgin was deeply afraid that the 117th Regiment would suffer losses, so he hurriedly ordered: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, let your troops temporarily stop the attack, arrange defenses near the village, and wait for the main forces of the division to arrive, and then attack the enemy." ”

Half an hour later, Colonel Rozhkin arrived to the east of the nameless village with the divisional headquarters, the 89th and 225th infantry regiments, and the 211th artillery regiment. As soon as he saw Inozemtsev, he asked loudly: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, report on the situation." ”

"The German breakout force is passing through the village in front." Lieutenant Colonel Inozemtsev hurriedly reported to Rozhkin: "In order to prevent an attack by our troops, they have deployed about 2,000 troops to the east of the village. ”

As soon as Lieutenant Colonel Inozemtsev finished speaking, the commander of the 89th regiment, Colonel Barashov, opened his mouth and asked: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, have you made a tentative attack on the enemy?" ”

"Yes, Colonel Barashov, we attacked at one time." Inozemtsev said with a bitter face: "My second battalion has been completely wiped out in the battle. ”

Inozemtsev's words made the other regiment commanders realize that this battle was not easy to fight, don't look at the Germans are running for their lives, but their combat effectiveness is still not to be underestimated, so everyone focused on Rozhkin's body and waited for him to assign combat missions to everyone.

"The Germans hastily abandoned the fortress to break through, and there was snow everywhere along the way, and I believe they must not have carried any heavy weapons." After a short period of thought, Rozhgin spoke: "Therefore, we first bombarded the village occupied by the Germans with artillery, and then the 89th Infantry Regiment detoured back to the north of the village, and the 225th Regiment detoured back to the south of the village, cutting off the enemy's escape route and completely encircling them. ”

A few minutes later, more than a dozen 76.2-mm guns of the 211th Artillery Regiment opened fire on the village where the Germans were entrenched. Don't look at the caliber of the artillery, but it was still a disaster for the Germans who did not have strong fortifications, and the entrance to the village was quickly blown up into a sea of fire by shells. From time to time, soldiers were pulled out of the foxhole by the blast of the explosion, flew into the air with their hands in dance, and fell in pieces.

Colonel Rozhkin, who was watching the battle from a distance, saw that the enemy was being beaten by artillery fire, and could not help but exclaim: "Well fought, well fought!" Then he turned to the operator standing behind him and said, "Order the 89th and 225th regiments to attack immediately, and be sure to surround the village while the enemy is in chaos." ”

While the telegraph operator was giving orders to the two regiment commanders by radio, the chief of staff of the division asked Luo Zhijin for instructions: "Comrade division commander, the enemy has too many troops, and it is difficult for one of our divisions to eat them. ”

"No need," Luo Zhijin waved his hand and said: "At present, the main force of the group army is attacking the fortress of Thorn, and the only ones who can carry out the interception mission are our division and the 136th division, even if we ask for help, the superiors will not be able to provide us with more help." ”

Markus saw that the village was being shelled by the Soviets, and that two Soviet troops were making a detour from the north and south, and guessing that the Soviet commander wanted to encircle his troops in the village, immediately gave an order to the troops below: "Except for those who are blocked, the rest of the troops will speed up their march and pass through the village quickly." ”

After the division chief of staff waited for Marcus to finish speaking, he cautiously reminded him: "Your Excellency, division commander, we still have quite a few wounded, and their presence has affected the speed of the troops' march. ”

"Then throw them all down." As soon as Marcus waited for the chief of staff to finish speaking, he said without hesitation: "Leave them to the Russians, I believe the Russians will not watch them die." ”

In order to quickly pass through the village, which was about to be surrounded by Soviet troops, the Germans discarded the wounded who were accompanying them, and a pair of stretchers with the wounded lying on them were randomly placed in the snow. The wounded realized their fate of abandonment, except for those who were too wounded to move, lying on stretchers and tossing and moaning in pain; The wounded were slightly lighter, and the wounded, who were able to move, rolled over and got off the stretcher, followed the marching procession, and crawled forward with difficulty.

Some of the German soldiers who were marching saw the wounded being left to fend for themselves on the side of the road, and when the rabbit died and the fox was sad, they could not help but feel compassion. Just as they were about to help the wounded, the officer's voice came from behind them: "Leave them alone, pass through the village quickly, or you will end up like them." ”