The decisive battle against the Third Reich

The night sky is very clear, and there are stars everywhere in the sky, reflecting the smooth snow on the ground and shining like a mirror.

But Gerhard told Qinchuan that the colder the weather is, the colder it is. On the contrary, it will be warmer if it snows.

Apparently, he was right.

The mercury column of the thermometer was dropping rapidly. Qin Chuan looked at it and saw that it had dropped to minus 36 degrees.

Everyone was huddled in a corner shivering, even in the house.

No one can sleep in this situation, and it can even be said that if they fall asleep, they will freeze to death accidentally. They can only put all the clothes they can find on themselves and fight against the cold in the dark. .

Due to extreme fatigue, Qin Chuan only felt groggy, and his standing collar was already covered with ice crystals condensed from exhaled water vapor.

Qin Chuan touched his backpack with trembling hands, and there was a piece of bread in it.

Although he lost his appetite and even shuddered when he thought of bread as hard as ice cubes, Qin Chuan knew that his body needed food, so he could only muster up the courage to take it out and break off a small piece with some effort. Put the piece into your mouth, slowly melt it, chew it a few times and swallow it.

When Qin Chuan saw Gerhard tearing up newspapers and picked up flyers, he couldn't help but ask: "What are you doing?"

Gerhard rubbed his hands and stuffed the newspapers and leaflets into his clothes and said, "Try it, Captain, it will keep you warmer!"

Qin Chuan couldn't help but was stunned, and soon realized that this was indeed a method... Paper is a poor conductor of heat, and it can keep heat.

So without saying a word, Qin Chuan also followed Gerhard's example.

"Is it always so cold here?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Tonight is special!" Gerhard replied: "Because we usually light a fire in the room and sleep next to the warm fire!"

"Uh-huh!" Qin Chuan nodded.

But that was just "usual", "usual" Holm was on the second line, and there wasn't much danger in starting a fire, but this was different from the past.

However, what Qin Chuan didn't know was that although he had conveyed the order that no one was allowed to light a fire, there were still people who were disobeying the order out of luck or because they couldn't stand the cold.

In an abandoned house, several German soldiers carefully covered the windows with ponchos, and then poured some gasoline on a small pile of split and piled firewood.

"I've had enough of the cold here!" one soldier said, "If this continues we will die!"

"Yes!" Another soldier agreed: "They say there is danger, but what is the difference between being frozen to death and being bombed to death? I would rather be bombed to death!"

"As long as we are careful, our position will not be exposed!"

"Yes, the Soviets must be sleeping in their beds now!"

…

Then they looked at each other and finally mustered up the courage to strike a match and light the wood. They carefully looked outside and waited for a while. When there was no movement, they laughed "hehe" and the next second they put their hands close to the fire to greedily absorb the heat.

"I just said it would be okay!"

"Keep your voice down, don't let others find out!"

…

Before he finished speaking, the whistling sound of artillery shells was heard in the air. The soldiers' faces changed drastically. They were about to escape but it was already too late. "Boom" a swarm of artillery shells hit hard near the house where they were, and then " With a "swelling" sound, a wall collapsed.

Qin Chuan and Gerhard walked out of the room and saw that there was still a little unburned flame at the explosion site, so they understood.

"These bastards!" Gerhard said: "The order has been conveyed several times!"

"I think we should go on a patrol!" Qin Chuan said, "There will always be people who can't help it!"

"Hmm!" Gerhard agreed: "Maybe it will be warmer if we take a walk!"

Qinchuan and Gerhard patrolled in two directions. When they passed the maintenance shop, they heard a "clang" knocking sound coming from inside, and there was also a faint light coming from inside.

Qin Chuan couldn't help but frowned, lifted up his poncho and ducked in.

"Captain!"

"Captain!"

…

When several German soldiers saw Qin Chuan, they couldn't help but hurriedly stopped what they were doing and stood aside.

Qin Chuan looked at a kerosene lamp lit in the room and said dissatisfiedly: "It seems that the lesson I learned from the cannonball just now was not enough!"

"Report to the captain!" A soldier with a greasy face replied: "We are repairing the tank!"

Qin Chuan knew that they were not lying, because under the light of the kerosene lamp, he could see that they still had tools in their hands.

"Why don't you wait until tomorrow to repair it?" Qin Chuan asked.

"We're worried we won't be able to make it in time!" the soldier replied.

"What's too late?"

"Captain!" the soldier explained: "This tank cannot move. It is very close to the front line, and this area is the area we want to abandon..."

Then Qin Chuan understood.

As the soldier said, the repair shop is very close to the front line. The Soviets can reach here with just one charge. In other words, if it is not repaired as soon as possible, this tank will fall into the hands of the Soviet army at any time.

"Captain, please understand our feelings!" Another soldier said: "We are tank soldiers, and we do not want to be just infantry on the battlefield... I'm sorry, Captain, I don't mean to look down on infantry..."

"I understand!" Qin Chuan interrupted him and asked, "Is it possible to repair it?"

"Kurutz said it won't take long to move, Captain!" the oily soldier replied.

"Kulutz?"

"That's him, Captain!" The greasy soldier turned his attention to a small German soldier in the corner.

"Hello, Kurucs!" Qin Chuan greeted him, but the strange thing was that he looked confused and looked to the side with a confused look.

"Sir!" the greasy soldier explained: "Kurutz is a Latvian. He can't understand German, but he knows some English. We communicate more with gestures!"

Qin Chuan couldn't help but say "oh".

It is not surprising that there are Latvians among the German soldiers. From a modern perspective, Latvia is a member state of the Soviet Union, but it actually became independent during World War I. It was not until 1940 that the Soviet Union sent troops to occupy Latvia and annexed it. Entered the Soviet Union.

Similar to Latvia, there are several countries such as Lithuania and Estonia.

Wherever there is oppression, there will be resistance. The first thing these countries hated was the Soviet Union for annexing them for no reason. This made Germany considered a "liberator" when it attacked the Soviet Union and drove the Soviets from their territory.

In fact, the German army took advantage of this and gained the support of many local people.