The church was built so sturdily that it could not stand in such a situation, but it was only for a moment, and just as everyone was relieved, the church collapsed from the bottom up, and the spire of the top floor even stood faintly in the ruins when it fell to the ground.

As soon as the church fell, the Soviets attacking on the opposite bank lost cover, so shells whistled and smashed into the river, and then burst into the sky with a roar.

The originally calm Bug River was suddenly full of "stormy waves", some rafts were directly blown to pieces by shells, some were shaken apart by shock waves, and some were overturned...... Before long, the river was littered with corpses, raft fragments, and wounded soldiers struggling to call for help.

Major Gavrilov tried to organize a rescue of fighters, but the sound of gunfire and artillery soon stopped them.

When the sound of the artillery stopped, the whole river turned red, and only a dozen of the more than 200 people with good water quality swam back.

At this time, there are many more lights of cars and motorcycles on the other side...... It was clear that another group of German reinforcements arrived, and they further strengthened the defenses along the coast.

"Retreat!" Major Gavrilov commanded loudly.

The retreat, of course, was correct, now it is no longer possible to break through from here in such a situation, and any attempt is a waste of life.

But......

Where can you retreat?

At this time, even the Kobrin fortress was occupied by the Germans, that is, the Soviet troops were firmly encircled in the central fortress and could not move.

The basement of the officers' club, one of the three basements of the central fortress where shells were sheltered.

The air was filled with fear and the smell of blood, and the manpower generator "sizzled" not far away, causing the only chandelier in the basement to flicker on and off to illuminate the nearby Soviet soldiers......

The soldiers' faces were full of despair, they knew that it was basically impossible to break through now, so they were all silent and thinking about their thoughts, except for the orders of the doctors of the deepest temporary hospital and the shouts of the wounded.

Directly below the chandelier was a table, in front of which Commissar Fumin paced back and forth, while Major Gavrilov stared silently at the map on it, as if trying to find a way out of it.

Shulka leaned against the wall with his rifle in his hand.

Shulka didn't dare to imagine, he always thought that he could leave here with his comrades with advanced knowledge, but he didn't expect that things would be worse because of various unexpected circumstances...... If, as was the case before, Major Gavrilov's troops held the Kobrin fortress and Commissar Fomin's troops held the central fortress for a little longer, after all, there was more room for the two fortresses to echo each other.

But now, more than 1,000 people, including their families, are surrounded in the central fortress, and even basic food and drinking water are in question.

"Shulka!" After a long time, Major Gavrilov shouted.

Okunev touched Shulka, who was in a daze, and Shulka came to his senses and hurriedly answered the call and ran to the major.

"I'm sorry, Major!" Shulka said: "The plan failed, and I caused it all!" ”

"No, Shulka!" Major Gavrilov replied: "It's none of your business!" ”

Seeing the puzzled eyes of Commissar Fumin, Major Gavrilov explained: "This is the soldier who made the plan to break out!" ”

Commissar Fuming said "oh", then stepped forward and straightened Shulka's collar, patted him on the shoulder and encouraged: "The major is right, Comrade Shulka, this has nothing to do with you. Your plan was good, and we almost succeeded...... Defeat only because, we have a shameful traitor! ”

"Don't worry, Shulka!" Major Gavrilov said: "I did not call you to hold you responsible, but to find out if you have a backup plan!" ”

Shulka shook his head helplessly.

Strictly speaking, Shulka was not a soldier, let alone a qualified commander, so he did not think in advance what to do if something arose, as Major Gavrilov thought.

In fact, Major Gavrilov is also a dead horse doctor, and he also knows very well that there can be no plan in this situation.

"There is no other way out if you stick to it!" Commissar Fuming said.

Major Gavrilov nodded in agreement.

In fact, what should be done in this case is to surrender...... There is no point in continuing to fight, except for the death of a few more people on both sides.

But they were Soviet troops, and the Soviet army would never allow the discussion of the option of "surrender" at any time.

At this time, the voice of the Germans amplified by a loudspeaker was heard outside the basement:

"Soviet soldiers, lay down your arms and surrender, we guarantee your safety. Otherwise, I promise that more 'super bombs' will be launched on your heads, giving you an hour to ......"

"Bang" a gunshot came from the basement.

Looking in the direction from which the gunshots came, a soldier committed suicide with a rifle, which was so long that he even pulled the trigger with his foot, and he held a bloody photograph in his hand.

"What's going on?" Political Commissar Fuming couldn't help jumping up, and then shouted angrily at several soldiers next to him: "Why don't you stop him?!" ”

"Comrade Commissar, we didn't realize that he wanted to do this!"

"We thought he was just getting up and stretching!"

……

This is indeed not to blame them, if they are determined to commit suicide, there is nothing they can stop.

It can also be seen from this what kind of despair they are in, and slowly being tormented by despair is the most difficult, so some people choose to make a decision.

"Don't do that!" Major Gavrilov ordered: "This is an evasion, we will fight the enemy to the end even if we die, and the servicemen should die under the enemy's guns and kill at least a few enemies!" Do you understand? ”

"Yes, Comrade Major!"

The soldiers replied one after another.

But these words don't do much, because everyone knows in their hearts that these things don't mean anything after death.

Just as Major Gavrilov was about to walk back, there was an objection.

"I can't agree, Comrade Major! Let me end it all like him! ”

Following the voice, there was a wounded man lying on the ground.

Major Gavrilov couldn't help but be stunned, if there was a glimmer of hope for the others, or if they could fight to the end and kill a few more enemies, then there was no hope for these wounded.

Major Gavrilov looked at the medic, who shook his head slightly.

There is a lack of medicines, there are no medical equipment, and there is nothing military doctors can do.

The wounded had only one result, they were tortured and died.