The women of the 588th once rescued a besieged Soviet garrison by airlifting food supplies through heavy German machine gun fire for 40 days until their male comrades on the ground escaped.

• 588团的女兵曾一度冒着敌人高射机枪的阻击,连续40天向一个被德军围困的苏军阵地空投食品，直至阵地守军的同志们胜利突围。