Hitler wanted to take Minsk and attack Murmansk quickly, and then open the way to attack Moscow, so as to break the Soviet Union's determination to resist before the cold came. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoBut the stubborn counterattack of the Western Front and the people of Minsk had already put the Germans in a difficult position by the beginning of October: from October 7 to 24 alone, the average daily casualties of the German army were close to 5,000 people! But they still can't take the whole city, and they can't move forward once the strikers arrive in the factory area! After a night attack on the 22nd and fierce fighting the next day, the Germans retreated 500 to 2 kilometers along the entire front in the city of Minsk.

The morale of the German army was declining day by day, and the German soldiers lamented in letters from home: "We will soon occupy Minsk, but it is still in front of us -- so close and at the same time as far away as the moon!"

The German officers roared there: "We have not men in front of us, but a pack of wild beasts!" Monster! "But hysteria is useless, the burning Minsk is like an incomparably strong fortress, firmly in front of the Germans!

After the deployment of new fortifications along the river bank, the rescue of the wounded, the transport of corpses, and the arrival of the German artillery fire on the opposite side, Pavlov really felt the horror of the cluster shelling! It's completely different from watching your own artillery bombardment, the violent explosions are exploding all around, overhead, and the dense density seems to be endless!

This generation was a sturdy building, mostly made of reinforced concrete and old-fashioned stone, and although it was riddled with holes, the basic frame was still there, providing the soldiers with "natural" fortifications - the best fortifications as long as they were simply deployed according to the structure. But that's it, except for a small number of observation posts, there are no firing points above the fourth floor: howitzer shells are beckoned overhead, more than they hit the outer wall on the west side, and on the top few floors they are looking for their own death!

The 7th Company was temporarily withdrawn to the east 200 meters away as a battalion reserve, and the soldiers were already exhausted after a short period of fighting-compared to the reconnaissance squad as sharp knives, the overall casualty ratio of the 7th Company was relatively good, and there were still 102 people who were fighting in combat.

The focus was on the pontoon bridges that controlled the river - the Germans did not have time to destroy the pontoons and did not set up pre-set blasting points, so that dozens of heavy machine guns on both sides were pointed at the opposite part of the pontoon bridges, all trying to prevent the opponent from rushing across the river bank through the pontoons.

Serov and his men pushed the 76.2-mm anti-tank gun up and hid it in a building, with the muzzle facing the pontoon

-- If there were German tanks, the Germans would definitely know how powerful the Red Army's anti-tank guns were!

The rain in the sky suddenly stopped, but the sky was still cloudy as it was about to fall, the humid air and the standing water on the broken streets were uncomfortable, but fortunately the house was still dry.

Rodimtsev directly selected the division headquarters at a leading edge of 300 meters from the Svisloch River, and the operators were busy quickly wiring the lines to connect with the headquarters of the regiments and battalions. As the commander of the division, Rodimtsev arrived at the vicinity of the river bank after the front-line battles were basically over, and personally observed the situation on the opposite bank - although part of the city on the west bank of the river to the north was in his own hands, he could not break through the barricades reinforced by the Germans in a short time, and the only option for him to reach Lenin Square as soon as possible was to cross the Svisloch River from the front.

"It is necessary to find out the general deployment of the German troops on the opposite bank, and have at least one bridgehead before dawn to cover the crossing of the river!" Rodimtsev had already made up his mind: fortunately, the Germans did not bombard the pontoon bridge with heavy artillery, and probably the Germans were also playing the idea of the pontoon bridge, and did not want to break up in two.

When he returned to the division headquarters, he first found Colonel Ye Lin, the commander of the Fourth Regiment, and told him what he had planned.

"Give it to the third battalion, Captain Zhukov will have a way."

Crossing the river in the dark, right under the noses of the Germans, was an impossible task at first glance. But the Red Army had the ability to work miracles, and it was better than a massive storming of pontoon bridges: such a price was simply unacceptable!

"Come on, I will award medals to the comrades who built the bridgehead!

Yelin immediately called for Captain Zhukov, and Comrade Captain thought of the 7th Company, and when Captain Nauyingv heard about the plan, the first choice that came to mind was Pavlov's reconnaissance squad. But when they saw that there were only four people left in the reconnaissance squad, the three officers wanted to reconsider their countermeasures.

"Comrades commanders, if you want to cross the river to reconnoiter from any point in the frontage with a width of one kilometer, you can't count on those pontoon bridges and destroyed original bridges, you can only go through the water, and there can't be a large number of people. Occupy a building as a base point to make a front stop for troops to cross the river. I observed for nearly an hour in the afternoon, and the number of German troops on the opposite side was not very large, most of them were concentrated near a few bridges, and some buildings were not well defended. ”

Seeing that the commanders did not seem to agree with their opinions, "Comrade commander, my people and I can swim through, if not, we will think of other plans." ”

If the armed swimming across the river is found by the Germans, there is basically no possibility of survival, that is, it is in the past, and it is unknown whether the number of people is too small to achieve the expected results! The greater difficulty lies in the fact that the river is now very cold, and the armed swimming will be an extremely severe test for the warrior's body!

"Find a suitable spot and concentrate your fire as much as possible to prepare for the cover of the swim crossing, Pavlov, what do you want?" Ye Lin finally made up his mind.

"I want four assault rifles with wooden pallets, four half-filled bicycle tubes, two large cans of butter, and I have the rest." Pavlov was confident: the assault rifles of the reconnaissance squad were all of the Tito-type type, and they had to be replaced with wooden ones; The inner tube of the bicycle is wrapped around the body to increase buoyancy, otherwise it can carry too little ammunition and too much physical exertion; After the butter melts away, it can play a good role in keeping out the cold in a short time.

The regimental headquarters immediately went to prepare, and when Pavlov led people to observe the movements of the German troops on the opposite bank, the equipment he needed was already as follows: the inner tube of the bicycle was not found, but the comrades found a better substitute in the shipping administration: a bunch of life jackets.

Of course, the yellow life jacket could not be put on directly, and the comrades immediately sewed a layer of gray cloth on the outside, and even those ties were replaced with backpack straps that could be quickly untied - this is the advantage of the Soviet army, if it were changed to American troops, where would they find needle and thread?! American GIs generally did not carry sewing kits, although many troops distributed them, and at least one out of ten Red Army soldiers carried needlework in their backpacks.

It's just that the appearance of the life jacket is not very good, the handiwork is rough, but it works! Aleksandrov, Glushchenko, Chernogorov and Pavlov checked their equipment, each carrying two magazine packs, plus a total of 210 rounds of ammunition from their guns, two grenades each, and a defensive flashlight: he had learned how to communicate with light signals.

If it rains, the swimming time is set at 1 a.m.

Pavlov himself chose the place to cross the river - there seemed to be no German activity in the buildings on the opposite side of the riverbank, and there were clearly German garrison houses more than a hundred meters away.

Is it a trap? Even the trap has to be passed! At 0:30, Pavlov took off only a pair of underwear, and he was covered in butter in the building of the forward position, and when he was finished, he wore only a cotton military uniform outside, and the people on the side put on a military coat for them.

The less you wear when crossing the river, the better, otherwise the clothes will greatly increase the physical consumption, and the military coat must be taken off before going down the river. The comrade brought piping hot beef broth, plus a kettle of vodka. After the four warriors drank the beef soup, they suddenly felt feverish - Pavlov tied the kettle to his body and prepared to cross the river.

At this time, the Svisloch River was no longer a calm scene in the golden autumn, but the current was not very fast, and there were still a lot of debris floating on the water, which was a by-product of the battle, and now it became the best cover for the reconnaissance group to swim across. Just as Pavlov's four men were in the water, a whole company of the Red Army was hidden in the building on the east side of the river, with hundreds of guns pointed at the opposite side! There are also a few mortars and several rocket launcher launch groups hidden on the roof, once the swimming crossing is discovered, this side will cover the fire of Pavlov and force the crossing!

Everyone understood that strength was nothing more than the worst-case scenario, and that it would have no effect - the four of them had no chance of succeeding. But if it is discovered on the west bank, the firepower on this side can block the threat of the German troops on both sides of the target building to the reconnaissance group, and the four Pavlovs can resist for a while as long as they resist the attack on the west side, but the possibility of establishing a bridgehead is extremely small.

It's unlikely, but it's better than nothing!

God also seems to be helping the reconnaissance team, and the rain that began to fall again an hour ago will get heavier and heavier, and the water splashes on the river in the dark night, and the vision is also affected. Half an hour earlier, the division's artillery had planned to carry out harassing artillery bombardments in order to distract the Germans on the opposite bank. The water was so cold that it felt biting as soon as it came out, and military uniforms, equipment and life jackets hindered paddling: the reconnaissance group was still rushing diagonally downwards despite the advance measurements.

Can't paddle desperately, grit your teeth and persevere! 30 meters, 20 meters, 10 meters! The Germans did not find out! Finally, Pavlov's foot touched the riverbed. The four of them quietly gathered together under the river embankment, covered each other, took off their life jackets that were in the way, and waited quietly for a while.

There was no movement of the Germans above, and as soon as Pavlov made a gesture, Alexandrov was the first to touch along the half-collapsed embankment.

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