The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Just as Qinchuan imagined, the Soviet army quickly organized another attack, and this time they successfully crossed the Lovaj River defense line.

But crossing the Lovaj River defense line does not mean that the Soviet army will be able to split the German defense area into two.

Although the Soviet army and even Matevich thought so, the fact was not the case.

On the one hand, the reason is that the German army built underground fortifications in Holm, so the Soviet army always had to be prepared for a group of enemies to suddenly appear around or even behind them to kill them... In this regard, it should be said that snow would be a good choice. Many tunnel entrances only need to be covered with a wooden board and piled with snow from the outside. It will be difficult for the Soviet army to discover the location of the tunnel entrance.

On the other hand, Holm is full of ruins blown up by Soviet artillery.

Everything has two sides: after the building was blown down, the German troops could indeed lose their place to keep out the cold (in fact, this strategic purpose was not achieved), but at the same time, there were craters several meters deep on the street and the entire building collapsed on the street. The reinforced concrete in them played a very good interception role... First of all, it was difficult for tanks to pass through, and secondly, German soldiers could use these ruins as bunkers or fortifications to fight the Soviet army.

As a result, the Battle of Holm soon turned into brutal street fighting and tug-of-war. The Soviet army had to fight with the German army repeatedly in the ruins and dilapidated walls.

But the situation is not optimistic for the German army.

"Mainly because we don't have enough troops!" Qin Chuan said with a frown at the meeting: "Although each of our soldiers can be exchanged for two, three or even more enemies, the problem is that our total strength is only more than 5,000. There are only about 4,000 people now, but there is an almost endless supply of Soviets!”

"Yes!" Gerhard continued: "As the captain said, we have achieved victory after victory, but at the same time we are getting closer and closer to defeat, especially since we only have a strategic depth of a few miles wide. Once we let go The Soviets cut us off in the middle...The situation will get worse!"

Colonel Slain nodded: "By then, I'm afraid there won't even be enough space for the glider to land!"

This is the most important thing. If even the glider cannot land, the German army will have to use stones to fight the Soviet army in two days.

"The key point is the Lovati River defense line!" Colonel Slain continued: "That line of defense can prevent us and the Soviets from falling into this stupid tug-of-war and war of attrition!"

"The problem is that the Lovati River defense line is a thing of the past, Colonel!" said Bazel: "They used construction trucks and snow to fill in the height difference, and there is nothing we can do about it!"

There was silence in the conference room.

"Perhaps we can ask for air support!" Major General Hartmann said: "The Stuka bombers can blow them up!"

"This may be a way!" Colonel Slain said: "We can indeed do this, but it is meaningless!"

Major General Hartmann raised his hands in dissatisfaction and asked, "Colonel, I would like to know why this makes no sense?"

"Because this is not a long-term solution, General!" Colonel Slain replied calmly: "First of all, you have to know that it is difficult for Stuka bombers to accurately explode the entire snow layer laid by the Soviets on the Lovati River. . Secondly, even if we send out a large number of bombers and blow them all up with countless bombs... for the Soviets, it is just a matter of piling up another layer of snow or sending a few more bridge-building trucks. So. , do you really think we should do this?”

Major General Hartmann was speechless after hearing this.

"So!" Gerhard agreed: "What we need is a long-term method that can completely destroy these snow accumulations and even prevent the Soviets from using this tactic again!"

"Yes!" said Colonel Slain, "but we can't do it!"

"Maybe we can do it!" Qin Chuan said.

"How to do it?" Colonel Slain turned his attention to Qin Chuan.

"The Soviets always focus their attacks on the ground!" Qin Chuan said.

"Yes, we know!" Colonel Slain replied.

The Soviets' thinking was very straightforward. They believed that the battle on the ground was the key, so if they found any tunnel, their approach was to use explosives to blow it up and seal it.

In fact, their approach was correct, because the German army relied on gliders on the ground for supplies. As long as the Soviet army successfully compressed the German army's living space on the ground, the German army underground would have no choice but to starve to death.

"So our underground fortifications have not suffered much damage!" Qin Chuan continued.

"We know that too!" Colonel Slain replied: "What do you want to say, Captain?"

"Then why don't we dig the tunnel to the drop line?" Qin Chuan said, "That way we can directly use explosive packs to blow up the snow!"

The officers couldn't help but look at me and me at you. None of them thought that tunnel warfare could be used in this way.

But this is obviously feasible. The reason is that there is a height difference of more than five meters on the east bank of the Lovaj River. The Soviet army used snow to pile up this height difference into a slope... which means that the tunnel can be dug all the way there. Go on the slope and do whatever you like.

"A very good idea, Captain!" Colonel Slain nodded: "But we must be careful not to let the Soviets discover that we are digging tunnels underground. They will definitely not like this!"

"That's not a problem at all!" Lieutenant Colonel Gerhard said: "We can dig during the day while fighting the Soviets, or if we dig at night, we can also use gunfire and artillery fire as cover!"

"That's right!" Colonel Slaine said, "But be careful not to hit your own tunnel with the shells fired! Does anyone else have any problems?"

"No problem, Colonel!"

"If there's no problem, just go ahead with the captain's plan!" Colonel Slain said, "It's time to give the Soviets a little surprise!"

When Qin Chuan and Lieutenant Colonel Gerhard walked out of the conference room together, Major General Hartmann chased after them.

"Captain, can I talk to you alone?"

"Of course!" Qin Chuan replied, but he had some doubts in his heart... What is there to talk about between the police force and the National Defense Force? !

"Captain!" Major General Hartmann said when the two walked into a corridor next to the hospital: "I have heard your name a long time ago. I'm sorry, before that I always thought it was just... you know , a means of publicity!”

"I can understand, General!" Qin Chuan nodded.

In order to boost morale or for other reasons, every country does such things as falsely reporting military exploits or erecting a heroic image, even the United Kingdom and the United States are no exception.

"You know, Captain!" Major General Hartmann said: "I think people like you should not stay on the front line, but should join a unit like ours!"