The tanks that stormed the station, due to the lack of cover from the infantry, were quickly blown up by the fighters with cluster grenades. Two tank crews who fled from the tank in a hurry became prisoners of the Soviet army.

The commander of the first battalion, who was on standby in the station, saw Yegor and the others coming out of the water tower, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask for instructions: "Comrade regiment commander, do you want our battalion to attack again and teach these Germans a hard lesson." ”

"Nope." Yegor and Blicori said in unison: "The enemy outside the station is covered by tanks, and if we rashly attack, it will inevitably cause unnecessary casualties, so you should stay and be a reserve." ”

After sending away the commander of the first battalion, Yegor said to Blicory: "Comrade division commander, it is too dangerous here, you better go to the station hall first." When I occupied the station, I took a closer look, and it was full of solid stone buildings and bomb shelters, which could be completely withstood even if the Germans were bombarded with heavy artillery. ”

Blikori did not object to Yegor's proposal, but before he went to the station hall with the guard company, he repeatedly told Yegor: "Comrade Colonel, the task of your regiment is to hold the station until the main force of the division arrives. Do you understand? ”

"Don't worry, Comrade Division." Yegor confidently said to Brikori: "We will hold off the Germans, even if they want to storm the train station, unless they step on our corpses." ”

After waiting for Yegor to finish speaking, Blicori said with a straight face: "Comrade Colonel, I don't want your corpse, I only want the corpse of the Germans, I want you to live well and live until the day of victory." Do you understand? ”

"Understood, Comrade Division Commander." Hearing Blicori say this, Yegor hurriedly replied with a smile: "We will definitely live to the day of victory." ”

Blicory came to the station hall with the fighters of the guard company, and after arranging the defenses, he ordered the operator to contact the 23rd and 28th Cavalry Regiments to confirm where they were now. Fortunately, the two cavalry regiments were on the march, and the walkie-talkies were turned on, so they quickly gave a reply, saying that at the moment they were only five or six versts away from the station, and that they could hear the sound of artillery coming from the direction of the station, and that they would be able to reach the station in half an hour at most.

Half an hour later, just as the Germans attacking the station were in a dilemma, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly rumbled from their flanks, and the commanders and fighters of the 23rd and 28th Cavalry Regiments, brandishing their sabers, rounded their flanks. Seeing that the situation was not good, the Germans hurriedly turned around and ran, if it were not for the cover of tanks to stop the momentum of the Soviet cavalry, it is estimated that at least half of the German soldiers would have died outside the station.

Just as the two commanders of the 23rd and 28th Cavalry Regiments came to the station hall to report the results of the battle to Blicori, the whistling sound of shells was heard in the air, and the next moment, the shells fell one after another inside and outside the station and exploded. It turned out that the German commander saw the arrival of Soviet reinforcements and felt that it was almost impossible to successfully recapture the munitions in the station, so he decisively ordered the artillery to cover the station with fire, preparing to burn the Soviet army.

Due to the main forces of the cavalry division, which were crowded in the station, the German shells fell in the dense crowd and exploded, blowing up the cavalry commanders and fighters. In order to hide from the enemy's shelling, the cavalry ranks fell into chaos.

Hearing the explosions outside, Blicori's face turned pale, and he immediately ordered the commanders of the 23rd and 28th Cavalry regiments to immediately evacuate their troops outside the station, so as not to be consumed by enemy fire.

Not long after the two regiment commanders left, a major hurriedly ran over, gasped and reported to Blicory: "Comrade division commander, the commander of the artillery battalion, Major Paplev, reports to you that the second and third companies of our battalion have been ordered to arrive, please instruct!" ”

"The artillery battalion has arrived?" Knowing that it was the unit that received the heavy artillery, Blicori couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Where are the other artillery commanders and fighters?" ”

"As soon as we entered the station, we were shelled by the Germans." Pavlev replied with some breathlessness: "I asked the fighters to hide near the platform for the time being to hide from the German shelling." ”

"Comrade Major, the situation is like this, we captured a batch of German heavy artillery a few hours ago." Seeing the arrival of the artillery, Blicory suddenly felt full of confidence, and hurriedly ordered: "You immediately take people to receive this batch of artillery and start shelling the German army." ”

"Comrade division commander," Paplev heard that the captured heavy artillery flashed a look of embarrassment, he stood still and did not move, but continued to ask: "Can I ask, what kind of heavy artillery are there?" ”

"When the commanders and fighters of the 25th Cavalry Regiment occupied the station, they captured six 105-mm field guns and eight 150-mm heavy guns." After reporting the number of captured artillery, Blikori urged Paplev: "Comrade Major, the Germans are shelling the station, our troops are suffering casualties every minute, hurry up and organize a counterattack to suppress the enemy's artillery fire." ”

Papleev was dumb at this time, and he couldn't speak, don't look at the artillery he commanded, but he used to use light artillery, and now he suddenly uses heavy artillery, and in a hurry, the soldiers are still difficult to adapt. It's like a driver who can only drive a small car, and suddenly one day he is asked to drive a heavy truck, and it will definitely be no problem on the road, but the safety factor cannot be guaranteed. However, since the division commander had already given the order, he could only carry it out.

Paplev left the station hall, dodging the shells that fell in the station, and somewhat embarrassed came to the place where the artillery battalion fighters were hiding. When the two company commanders saw him coming back, they hurriedly bent down and ran out of their hiding place, and asked with concern: "Comrade battalion commander, you are back, what did the division commander say?" ”

"After the capture of the station by the 25th Cavalry Regiment, a dozen German heavy guns were captured." Paplev, who frowned, said to the two company commanders: "The division commander ordered us to immediately use these heavy artillery to suppress the German artillery positions. ”

"Comrade battalion commander," the second company commander immediately reminded Paplev as soon as he finished speaking: "We have always used light artillery, but now it has suddenly been replaced by heavy artillery, and the fighters still need time to get used to it." ”

"It's too late, let's explore while fighting." Paplev pointed to the commander of the second company with his hand: "From now on, your company will be changed to a 105-mm field artillery company, which will be responsible for shelling the enemy in the northeast direction; And your company," he then pointed to the commander of the third company, "changed to a 150-mm heavy artillery company, and your company's task is to suppress German artillery fire from the east. ”

The captured artillery had long since been removed from the flatbed cart and placed in an open field next to the tracks. The fighters of the artillery battalion only needed to fix the guns, adjust the angle of fire, and then they could start shelling. But even with such a simple job, under the fire of the German artillery, it took the fighters almost a quarter of an hour to make all the preparations before the shelling.

After getting ready, two artillery batteries simultaneously opened fire on the exposed German artillery positions, and the heavy artillery rang out, causing the enemy artillery fire to stagnate. However, the German artillery soon launched a counterattack, and the German artillery, which had the advantage in numbers, fired only a few volleys to dumb the two artillery positions that had just been established in the station, causing heavy casualties to the soldiers of the artillery battalion.