USSR 1941

"Yes, there is a lake behind us, what's the problem?" the instructor asked.

"Where is it?" Shulka asked, trying to poke his head out to look out, but quickly pulled his head back... He didn't want the enemy to shoot him in the back of the head.

"Two miles away from us!" The instructor looked at Shulka puzzled: "Is this very important?"

Shulka didn't answer. He just took out a map from his pocket and spread it in front of the instructor, saying, "Can you draw its location?"

"Of course!" replied the instructor.

As he spoke, he took out his pen, searched for a while on the map, and then roughly drew it.

"Are you sure?" Shulka asked.

"Yes!" The instructor replied: "The unit I was in was stationed by the lake for more than a month, and I am very familiar with it!"

"Great, Comrade Instructor!" Shulka said, "I think we are saved!"

"Is it saved?" The instructor looked at Shulka: "You mean... use that lake defense?"

"Yes!" Shulka nodded.

"I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed, Comrade Shulka!" The instructor shook his head: "As I said, the lake has been frozen, and it's hard for them to use it!"

"The lake is frozen, so that means people can get through, but tanks can't, right?"

"Of course, the lake isn't frozen enough for tanks to go through!" the instructor replied, "I know what you're thinking, Comrade Shulka! But the Germans certainly aren't stupid enough to drive tanks up there, I mean...although It's covered in thick snow, but you can tell it's a lake at a glance!"

"Then don't let them see that it's a lake!" said Shulka.

"What?"

"Why can you tell it's a lake at a glance?" Shulka asked back.

"Because... although it is covered with snow, there are no plants!" The instructor replied: "It is also very flat, there are no stones or other things, and the banks are slightly protruding!"

Shulka nodded and said nothing.

Then the instructor understood: "You mean, put some camouflage on it?"

"Yes!" said Shulka, "it's not difficult, is it? I mean, 'grow' it some plants!"

"Yes, it's not difficult!" the instructor replied: "We just need to cut some small trees from other places, and then 'plant' them in the ice and snow!"

"Another example is to pile some stones on it!"

"Of course, we only need to transport it by car!" The instructor said, "I think the ice surface can still bear the weight of the car..."

"We can use lighter wagons!"

"Yes, it's safer to use a carriage!"

"We can also create some undulations!"

"Of course! You only need to use snow to make it!"

...

The instructor's expression slowly changed, and finally he patted Shulka's shoulder excitedly and said: "Great, Shulka, we will give the Germans a surprise!"

"It's to let them take a bath!"

The instructor laughed loudly: "Yes, let them take a bath!"

Shulka immediately reported this plan to Major Gavrilov.

This plan will be rejected for no reason,

After all, this is neither a retreat nor an escape. It may also kill and injure the vital forces of the German army to attack the enemy to a certain extent, which is beneficial to the situation of the war and not harmful to the Soviet army.

However, Rokossovsky still issued an order: "Retreat two miles, we must ensure that we can take back these two miles after the counterattack!"

"Yes, Comrade General!" Major Gavrilov replied confidently.

If the German army is fooled, let alone recapture these two miles, I'm afraid they can counterattack.

Of course, in this case, there is no need for the Soviet army to counterattack.

So the operation quickly started. Rokossovsky transferred two companies from the 1075th regiment to Dubosekovo to fill up the defense area of ​​the first battalion and replaced Shulka and others.

The first battalion drove to the rear under the leadership of Captain Venyakov... In fact, the so-called total strength of a battalion is only more than 100 people, which is almost the strength of a reinforced company.

It didn't take long for the first battalion to arrive at the lake mentioned by the instructor.

Sure enough, as the instructor said, some obvious landforms make it obvious that it is a lake at a glance, but this will soon change.

"We need some carriages!" said Captain Venyakov.

"Leave it to me!" Davydov of the Second Company replied, "Next to us is the defense area of ​​the 3rd Cavalry Army. They should be able to find the carriage there!"

Captain Venyakov nodded, and then ordered: "Other people are responsible for other things, no matter what they do, as long as this is arranged like land, understand?"

"Yes, Comrade Captain!"

So the soldiers quickly got busy.

In fact, camouflage is what soldiers are good at. The daily routine summer training of the Soviet army includes building fortifications and camouflage, and even the Soviet army has special sniper training... For this reason, the Soviet army even made a training video , This film once became a textbook for German sniper training.

It's just that these sniper trainings are a bit outdated at this time.

These are not what Shuerka needs to care about. Shurka only knows that his subordinates are much more expert in this aspect than his company commander, even the instructor.

Not far away, they sawed down some trees of different sizes at the same root, and then dragged them to the lake with horses, and then shoveled away the snow layer on the lake, dug an ice hole in the ice, and "planted" the trees...

Of course, at this time the tree cannot stand upright by itself.

The Soviet soldiers would bring a bucket of burnt water and pour it into the ice bucket, and the water would soon freeze, so that trees would "grow" on the lake in a patchwork manner and in good spirits.

Even after a while, the snow piled up on these branches even more seamlessly.

"The size of the tree must be particular!" The instructor explained to Shulka while directing the soldiers to work: "They can't be the same thickness, so that it is easy for the enemy to notice the difference, but they can't be too thick. Too thick will give us The work brings great difficulties! It's better to be like this..."

As he spoke, he raised his head towards the tree as thick as a fist, and said, "We can plant a large area in a very short time!"

There are also shrubs, stones, and even a small wooden house built by a few soldiers.

These things looked a bit awkward at first, because there were human footprints everywhere and traces of horses dragging.

But after a while the snow covered them and everything fell into place.

"We forgot one more thing!" Shulka said.

"What?" the instructor asked.

"You only want to deceive the Germans, but have you never thought about what to do after the Germans are tricked here?" Shulka asked: "Don't you just wait for their tanks to crush the ice?"

The instructor couldn't help but slapped his head... He actually forgot the explosives.

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