The decisive battle against the Third Reich

"For victory!" the soldiers cheered, holding their kettles high, and then poured spicy vodka down their throats.

At this time, a kettle filled with vodka was already standard equipment for soldiers. They generally had two kettles, one for water to take to the battlefield, and the other for wine to keep at the base.

Of course, there are some who like wine among them, and they can't help but replace their water bottles with wine. Yacop once did this, but Qin Chuan left him at the base and was not allowed to go to the battlefield.

This punishment would have no effect on other troops... Being unable to go to the battlefield is a good thing for them. In fact, it is a good thing for any army, including the First Infantry Regiment.

The problem is: the First Infantry Regiment still has honor. It is considered a shame here not to go to the battlefield. If you come here a few more times, you will be kicked out of the team, let alone these German soldiers who have a deep sense of honor. desired.

Therefore, there is such a saying: "An army must have a sense of honor."

This sense of honor includes overall and personal. Just imagine, if a soldier has no sense of honor, the officer cannot cure him at all... In addition to honor, what punishment can be compared with life?

Sometimes Qin Chuan felt that these German soldiers were stupid, because Qin Chuan believed that this so-called honor was hollow, without any real meaning, and was not worth mentioning compared with life, but they were willing to risk their lives to fight for it.

So it's really silly, but cutely silly.

"Major!" Werner said: "Next time, should we catch Stalin here and end this war?"

The soldiers couldn't help laughing after hearing this.

This is of course a joke. Not only is Stalin far away from Moscow and beyond the range of helicopters, but the Kremlin where Stalin is located cannot be easily entered and exited by helicopter. It is not easy to even find the Kremlin, although it covers an area of ​​28 hectares... In order to prevent Germany The Air Force bombed the Kremlin, and the Soviets painted all the Kremlin buildings in camouflage colors. The buildings were covered with cloth, and the shining gold on the top of the church was also covered up with paint.

However, the German soldiers had enough capital to make this joke, because Qin Chuan knew that what they did was enough to shock the Kremlin thousands of miles away.

While the soldiers were celebrating, the communications soldier next door reported to Qin Chuan: "Major, the colonel asked you to go there!"

The colonel here refers to Alexander, and Qin Chuan had a vague feeling that this would not be a good thing.

Sure enough, when Qin Chuan rushed to the interrogation office in the base, he saw Alexander shaking his head and saying: "Major, Stekov committed suicide!"

The German soldiers were fully prepared, but in order for Stekov to speak, they had to remove the cloth in his mouth, and then Stekov bit off his tongue... If a person has If Courage bites off his own tongue, then there will be nothing valuable information for him to tell.

"Where is the other major general?" Qin Chuan asked.

"He is the chief of staff of the 97th Infantry Division, his name is Seninovich!" Alexander replied: "Although he is very willing to cooperate..."

As he spoke, Alexander made some room and raised his head toward a lighted room on the left.

Qin Chuan leaned over and saw that Seninovich was already drinking tea at the table and "having a lively conversation" with the German officer who was interrogating him.

There is a saying that "a barking dog never bites". When he was arrested, Seninovich seemed very fierce and cursed, but he immediately gave up as soon as he entered the interrogation room.

"He knows nothing about the offensive plan!" Alexander spread his hands: "We believe that the Soviets know the offensive plan and are at least the chief officer at the division level. We have arrested the right person and the operation was successful, but..."

Alexander shook his head helplessly.

So the plan hit a dead end... As Alexander said, everything was done right, but the result was a wasted effort.

"Are you sure?" Qin Chuan asked reluctantly.

"decide what?"

"Are you sure this Seninovich doesn't know the attack plan?"

"Yes, we are sure!" Alexander replied: "Because he has no way out, you know... Document No. 227, he only needs to confess some useful information, or even just needs to be a prisoner, then he is a traitor to the motherland '. He has no need to hide anything from us!"

Alexander is right. This is why captured Soviet officers and even Soviet soldiers usually behave in two extreme ways: either committing suicide or fully cooperating with the German army.

The reason is simple. The moment they became prisoners, they knew they could not go back. This is one of the reasons why the German army can instigate some of them to rebel and safely release them back to collect intelligence.

"It seems we have to think of other ways!" Alexander said.

Qin Chuan knew what Alexander meant. The road of capturing prisoners and looking for evidence seemed to be dead. The Soviet army would definitely be more prepared after this incident, and the commando team would not have time to prepare for another operation.

Because it was already November and the river had begun to freeze, the Soviet army might launch a counterattack at any time.

After thinking about it, Qin Chuan said to Alexander: "No, he knows the plan!"

"What?" Alexander looked at Qin Chuan in confusion.

Qin Chuan didn't say anything, but took Alexander into another room, then took out a map and spread it on the table. After observing it for a while, he pointed at the map and said: "The Soviets will attack from two directions at the same time, that is, they will attack immediately." River and Volga River, the breakthrough points are in the defense areas of the Romanian 3rd Army and the 4th Army respectively..."

"How do you know this?" Alexander asked.

"I don't know!" Qin Chuan replied: "It was Seninovich who confessed!"

Alexander couldn't help being stunned when he heard this, and then as if he understood something, he looked in the direction of Seninovich and then turned back, then nodded slightly.

"That's right!" Alexander said: "This guy said he didn't know anything at first, but under our questioning, he finally revealed the attack plan."

"Yes!" Qin Chuan pointed to the map and continued: "The one responsible for attacking the Romanian 3rd Army's defense area is the Soviet Union's newly formed Southwest Front. The one responsible for attacking the Romanian 4th Army's defense area is the Soviet Stalingrad Front, which is engaged in the attack. The total strength of the army is about 1 million. After breaking through the defense lines of the two armies, they will attack along the roads and railways, and finally join forces in Karachi to surround the 6th Army! "

Alexander couldn't help but be stunned after hearing this.

"You scared me, Major!" Alexander said in a low voice, "You said it as if it was true!"