At 2:20 p.m. on the east bank of the Dnieper, Zolotonosa Central Hospital. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In the corridor outside Operating Room No. 2, four orderly soldiers sat on a bench staggeringly, staring at the door of the operating room.

Captain Shevchenko walked up and down the corridor with his hands behind his back, his gloomy gaze sweeping over the operating room from time to time.

As Lieutenant General Vlasov's aide-de-camp, Captain Shevchenko's heart was full of nervousness and fear.

It was the safety of Lieutenant General Vlasov who was nervous, and as for the fear, Captain Shevchenko thought that when the tragedy struck, Mr. Lieutenant General, because he had not eaten breakfast, felt hungry early before noon, and sent himself to the kitchen to get something to eat.

As soon as he walked into the kitchen of the group army headquarters, before he could explain his intention to the kitchen cooks, he heard a violent explosion outside, and the walls of the kitchen were trembling.

When he rushed out of the kitchen and looked in the direction of the explosion, he saw that the headquarters was enveloped in a thick cloud of gunsmoke.

With a blank brain, he ran to the location of the headquarters, and before he could ask about the specific casualties, another explosion came, and then looked at the location of the shells, Shevchenko was horrified to find that the kitchen building he had just left was gone, and only a cloud of gray-black smoke remained.

Recalling those two shells, when Captain Shevchenko was afraid, he subconsciously silently thought in his heart, thank God, thank the late Comrade Lenin for his blessing, and in just a few minutes, he brushed shoulders with death twice in succession.

After those two shells, shells continued to fall, but there was a distance between the shells and the headquarters, so that the rescue of the wounded could begin.

On the way to the hospital, Captain Shevchenko saw that the entire city was under German shelling, which, judging by the power of the shells, was at least 150 mm of large-caliber artillery.

While cursing the Germans for indiscriminate artillery, Captain Shevchenko prayed to the Germans not to let the shells fall to the hospital.

Perhaps it was the sacred work of the angels in white in the hospital that moved God, and the doctors and nurses were left intact except for the sudden shelling.

Soon after, Shevchenko and Lieutenant General Vlasov appeared at the hospital.

Seeing the unconscious Vlasov being admitted to the operating room, Captain Shevchenko and four orderly soldiers began a long wait.

When the time advanced to 2:50, the door of the operating room suddenly opened, and two nurses pushed a medical cart out of the operating room, on which was Vlasov lying on the cart.

Captain Shevchenko saw at a glance the white bandage around Vlasov's neck, as well as a thick neck under the white bandage.

Avoiding the cart, Captain Shevchenko stopped the doctor who was walking behind and asked anxiously: "Doctor, how is the condition of Mr. Lieutenant General?" Will it be life-threatening? ”

The doctor frowned and said, "Mr. Lieutenant General's situation is a little complicated, let's send him to the ward first." ”

Captain Shevchenko could only take the orderlies and follow the cart to the ward.

"Be careful, hold his neck, slow down, slow down・・・・・・"

At the command of the doctor, Lieutenant General Vlasov was transferred to a hospital bed.

After watching the nurse put Vlasov on a drip, the doctor took Captain Shevchenko to the office and patiently talked about Vlasov's injuries.

"Mr. Lieutenant General has many injuries on his body, and only two are more serious. One is a piece of glass in the lungs," the doctor said, raising his left hand and gesturing to the thumb of his left hand.

"A glass shard as the size of my thumb nail pierced his right lung, the glass shard has been taken out, and his condition is stable at present, as for whether the wound will be infected, we have to continue to observe, fortunately, the weather has begun to get cooler, and the possibility of infection is becoming smaller."

"Where's the other injury? Neck? Shevchenko asked.

"You're right, he's got a broken neck." The doctor nodded bitterly.

"We all know that there are nerves in the cervical vertebrae that lead to the brain, and a broken neck can easily injure the nerves, and then lead to high paraplegia, and if this happens, Mr. Lieutenant General will lose consciousness from the neck down."

Seeing Captain Shevchenko's gloomy face, the doctor comforted: "This is only the worst-case scenario, everything will have to wait for Mr. Lieutenant General to wake up and observe, and then draw conclusions." ”

Captain Shevchenko sleepwalked out of his office, and in the hallway, began a second long wait with the orderlies.

It wasn't until nearly four o'clock that Vlasov woke up slowly, and Shevchenko immediately called a doctor, and after some gentle questioning and examination, he saw that Vlasov followed the doctor's instructions and hooked the fingers of his left and right hands, and Captain Shevchenko secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The ability to move his fingers indicates that Mr. Lieutenant General's nerves have been preserved and he is far away from the consequences of high paraplegia.

After examining Vlasov, the doctor returned to the office and again told Captain Shevchenko.

"Comrade Captain, we have not yet reached the time of real optimism, and Mr. Lieutenant General's injuries still need to be kept in the hospital for observation, especially in the last week, as for what you said about being sent to the rear, it is not yet time. The bumps in the journey could easily make Mr. Lieutenant General's injuries worsen again, and if he didn't get it right, he would die on the way to the evacuation. ”

Shevchenko left the doctor's office disappointed.

After sending an orderly to report Vlasov's wounds to the army group headquarters, Captain Shevchenko hastily ate dinner and stayed in the hospital as an escort.

Captain Shevchenko spent the whole night in a half-asleep and half-awake until the early hours of the next morning.

Shevchenko suddenly opened his eyes, stared at the ceiling and listened intently for a few seconds, then sat up straight on the bed.

The explosion of the shells was close, and there were also gunshots mixed in, and the gunshots were also very close.

Did the Germans enter the city? Shevchenko hurriedly jumped out of bed.

The orderlies who were laying on the floor also woke up from their sleep at this time.

"Did you hear it, the gunshots ・・・・・・," Shevchenko asked.

The three orderlies nodded in alarm.

By this time, the panic had spread throughout the city and throughout the hospital.

"The Germans are in town・・・・・・ the Germans are in town・・・・・・"

The screams of men and women spread throughout the hospital, and the panic in the hearts of the medical staff and the wounded grew by the second.

"Comrade Captain, it's really dangerous to do this, if you do this, Comrade Lieutenant General may die at any time."

Faced with Captain Shevchenko, who wanted to forcibly transfer Vlasov, the doctor refused and did not give Shevchenko any hope.

"The Germans have already entered the city, and if we stay here, we will be captured by the Germans, and we must transfer." Captain Shevchenko shouted with a glare.

"You can take him away, I won't stop you, but I can't sign for you."

The doctor's old-fashioned answer almost drove Shevchenko crazy.

At this time, a voice suddenly came from the loudspeaker of the hospital, and a somewhat old, but strong voice shouted: "I am the director of the hospital, Nicholas Bergovsky, and I order that all medical personnel must stick to their posts and not leave their posts without permission, otherwise they will be arrested immediately." ”

The radio looped and the doctor stretched out his hands to Shevchenko, saying that he could not help.

Faced with a doctor who did not eat oil and salt and had only one tendon in his brain, Shevchenko felt that his head was about to explode.

Without the doctor's signature, in the event that Vlasov dies on the way to transfer, he will bear an inescapable responsibility.

In the midst of the entanglement, Shevchenko suddenly noticed that the glass of the window was shaking regularly and making a pleasant humming sound.

There were heavy tanks in close proximity, and Shevchenko drew conclusions with experience.

A orderly, who had been sent by Shevchenko to arrange a vehicle, trotted to Shevchenko's side.

"Found the car?" Shevchenko asked.

"Yes, the car is right in front of the hospital, and the Germans' tanks are on the street in front of the hospital's main entrance, it's that kind of big tank, and the Germans have hit this street."

Shevchenko stared at the frightened orderly for a moment, and then silently pulled out the pistol at his waist.

"Pick up your weapons and follow me."

"Captain, what are you and your men going to do?" An old voice came from behind Shevchenko.

When Shevchenko looked back, he saw an old man with a white beard and a white coat, followed by two doctors, standing behind him.

Sensing the majesty of the old man, Shevchenko replied honestly: "I am going to fight, to defend the city." ”

"The Germans have already fought outside the hospital, are you going out at this time to bring the flames of war into the hospital?"

Captain Shevchenko grimaced and glared angrily at the old man.

"I'm Director Bergovsky, you have to follow my command, and now the safety of this hospital and all the people in it is our most important task."

Belgovsky ignored Captain Shevchenko's gaze and said lightly.

Walking up to Shevchenko, Belgovsky patted him on the shoulder.

"Captain, in 1914, as a captain and military doctor, I participated in that tragic war, and you know the outcome of the war. Believe me, the war is not going well, it is not something that a captain can reverse, we just have to do our duty. As for our current responsibility, it is to ensure the safety of the hospital. ”

"Put away your guns and now go on a mission."

"What task?"

"I went and got in touch with the Germans outside and told them that this is the hospital."

Two hours later, in the eastern part of the city of Zolotonosa, Rommel had just moved into the newly established headquarters when he received a report from a janitor.

Seeing Bergovsky, who took the initiative to see him, Rommel asked: "I am General Rommel, the conqueror of the city, tell me what you mean." ”

"Mr. Admiral, I am Nikoas Belgovsky, director of the city's central hospital, and I am here to make a request to you.

"Is it to ensure the safety of the hospital?" Rommel asked.

"Yes, Mr. Admiral."

"All the hospitals in the city, along with the wounded and medical staff inside, are protected by the German army, and you don't have to worry about harassment. It's just that you need to free up part of the ward as soon as possible to prepare for the German wounded and the German medical staff to be stationed. I will also try to divide a batch of medicine to you, so that all the wounded can be treated in time. ”

Bergovsky bowed and greeted Rommel.

"I thank you so much for your kindness and generosity."

Rommel smiled and accepted Belgov's thanks, and then said, "Mr. Dean, you also need to help me with something." ”

"What's the matter? The people who assisted me in investigating the identities of the wounded in the hospital. ”

Two hours later, Rommel received a report.

Of all the prisoners captured in the city of Zolotonosa were forty-two officers, among whom were two generals, one lieutenant general and one major general.

Rommel called his adjutant and advised: "Go, inform the hospital and the military doctor, we must take good care of the seriously wounded lieutenant general, and we must not let him die, these are our military merits." ”

After watching his adjutant leave, Rommel looked back at the map.

In one night, without the harassment of the Soviet air force, the speed and scale of the German troops crossing the river increased rapidly.

With an order from the Wolf's Lair, the Reichsmarshal Panzer Division and the Greater German Motorized Rifle Division, which were originally part of the 11th Army, were assigned to Rommel's command.

With the arrival of new troops, new tasks were also assigned to Rommel.

Turning back to the north, he joined forces with the troops of Army Group Center moving south, and encircled the Central Front.