The decisive battle against the Third Reich

This chapter is the fifth update from yesterday, monthly ticket, monthly ticket, monthly ticket...

The Lauter area is one of the strongest fortification areas in the "Maginot" line of defense, the other is the Metz area.

These two areas were built to withstand direct hits from 420MM caliber mortar shells. The defense lines were filled with anti-tank trenches, cliffs, cliffs, and metal and concrete piles, and were reinforced with minefields. For anti-infantry defense, there is a layer of electrified barbed wire combined with mines. It can be said that it is more difficult to get through here than to climb to the sky.

Lieutenant General Lu Manlin was right, Lehman was assigned to this fortification area.

When Qin Chuan saw Lehman, he was stunned by the rank of second lieutenant on Lehman's shoulders.

"I remember you were a corporal last time I saw you!" Qin Chuan said, "Now you are a second lieutenant?!"

Qin Chuan looked back at Lieutenant General Lu Manlin.

Lieutenant General Lu Manlin shrugged and replied: "Don't look at me like that, Lieutenant Colonel, this is what Lehman deserves!"

"Please, sir!" Lehman protested: "I have always been the best in the army!"

"Of course, Lehman!" Qin Chuan replied: "I didn't mean anything else, you did a great job!"

Qin Chuan felt a little ashamed of his previous doubts. After all, the troops stationed in the "Maginot" defense line were a new army. If Lehman performed well, he might indeed become a second lieutenant.

Of course, this does not rule out the fact that Lehman is valued more highly by his superiors because he is the younger brother of the "Legendary Sergeant".

"I hope you can meet someone, sir!" Lehman said nervously.

"Who?" Qin Chuan was a little confused.

Lehman pulled out a nurse from a row of people standing behind him who didn't even dare to take a breath... Because the light in the underground fortification was dark, Qin Chuan never noticed her.

"Her name is Dinisha, sir!" Lehman said: "She is a nurse in the medical team. I met her when I was injured!"

"Are you injured?" Qin Chuan was more concerned about this.

"Yes, Lieutenant Colonel!" Dinisha answered on her behalf: "It was an accident. The ammunition depot caught fire for unknown reasons. Lehman bravely put out the fire. He saved us all!"

At this time, Qin Chuan felt ashamed from the bottom of his heart.

"Sorry, Lehman!" Qin Chuan patted Lehman on the shoulder: "I wrongly blamed you!"

"No, sir!" Lehman replied, "You're not blaming anything wrong!"

"What's the meaning?"

"Because I was promoted because of you, sir!" Lehman replied: "I was completely frightened at that moment. I didn't know what to do because the ammunition depot could explode at any time... But, I thought that I was you. My brother, I thought about what you would do if it were you, so I did what I should do..."

Qin Chuan nodded appreciatively.

This may be what Rommel asked Qinchuan to do, to set an example among the new recruits and even among the German soldiers on the entire line of defense, so that they can explode into stronger combat effectiveness.

"Nice to meet you, Dinisha!" Qin Chuan joked: "My younger brother will always cause some trouble, and you will have to bear it in the future!"

The soldiers in the dormitory couldn't help but laugh out loud, making Dinisha feel a little embarrassed.

Only then did Qin Chuan realize that Dinisha was a very beautiful girl, and secretly said that Leman had good taste. On the other hand, he also felt that Leman had grown up without knowing it.

Just when Qin Chuan was about to say goodbye to Lehman, there was a sudden "boom" explosion, followed by a burst of gunfire, and the lights above his head flickered on and off.

"What's going on?" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin asked the guard beside him.

"I don't know, General!" the guard replied, and then immediately separated two people to check the situation. But as soon as he walked out, he was knocked to the ground by a hail of bullets.

"Close the door!" Qin Chuan shouted.

The guard immediately closed the door after hearing this. Before he could lock it, he heard an explosion of a grenade from outside... Apparently, the grenade hit the door and bounced back.

If Qin Chuan hadn't reacted quickly, the grenade would have been thrown into the dormitory.

"What's going on?" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin shouted: "This is inside the defense line. How did the enemy sneak in?"

"Did you not replace the French technicians?" Qin Chuan asked.

Lieutenant General Lu Manlin couldn't help being stunned, and after a while he answered: "They said they want to work here, they need this job... I think what they said is true!"

"God!" Qin Chuan, while moving the bed with Lehman to hold the door, ordered to the others: "Everyone, listen to my command!"

"Yes, sir!"

"What should we do?" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin asked.

"They should be coming for me!" Qin Chuan said.

"Why?" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin asked.

"Because they know that I will definitely come to see Lehman!" Qin Chuan replied: "So they set a trap here!"

Lieutenant General Lu Manlin was speechless for a moment.

Qin Chuan looked around and saw that there were only seventeen people in total including Lieutenant General Lu Manlin.

Lehman handed Qin Chuan a gun and asked, "What should we do, sir?"

"Guard the door!" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin said: "Our people will come soon after hearing the gunshots!"

"No!" Qin Chuan said, "We have to rush out! All of us are squeezed into this small space. It only takes one grenade to kill us or stun us, and then they can do whatever they want!"

Lehman nodded in agreement. It was indeed not difficult to guard the door, but it could not prevent the enemy from throwing grenades inside... The enemy only needed to blow the door open, and then the grenades would fly in like raindrops.

The only good thing was that the dormitory door was a solid iron door and they couldn't blow it open so easily.

"But...how can we rush out?" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin's voice was trembling: "God, I really shouldn't believe these French people!"

Looking around the dormitory, when he saw a faucet in the corner, Qin Chuan ordered: "Turn on the water!"

"What?" Lehman couldn't help being stunned when he heard this.

"Open the faucet!" Qin Chuan ordered: "Let the water flow out, quickly!"

"Yes, sir!" Lehman opened the faucet without saying a word, and then found a few wooden boards to block the other direction to make it easier for the overflowing water to escape through the crack in the door.

"Why do you do this?" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin asked: "Can we wash them away with water?"

However, Lieutenant General Lu Manlin understood when he saw Qin Chuan pulling out the wires from the ceiling.

"God, that's a good idea!" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin jumped onto the bed.

Qin Chuan pulled out the exposed wires from the light and whispered to the soldiers: "Listen, everyone get on the bed and keep the soles of your feet dry. When the door is blown open, I will put the wires into the water, and then charge according to my orders." ,Understand?"

"clear!"