The decisive battle against the Third Reich

I have something to do today so I can only update once. I will make up for it tomorrow. Sorry.

After entering April, the breath of spring is getting stronger and stronger. The temperature rises and the ice and snow melt. This may be a good thing for the German army, because they no longer have to face the severe cold. At the same time, the Lovat River will soon become a moat for the defense line.

But this will also bring trouble to the German army... The snow wall defense line built with ice and snow in winter began to melt and disintegrate. The German soldiers who lost their cover were forced to dig down to build earthen fortifications.

However, this does not mean that the problem is solved, because the melted snow water will soon fill the newly dug trenches. Although the German soldiers seized all their free time to use various tools to drain the accumulated water in the trenches, it still did not help.

And this is still fatal to defense. The temperature at this time is still below zero. Soldiers stationed in the trenches mean getting themselves wet, so the environment has changed from the previous severe cold to damp and cold.

The only thing that makes people feel fortunate is that the Soviet army also faces such a problem, and they are more urgent... Because if it continues like this, there will soon be a piece of swamp around Holm that is impossible to stand on and pass.

"We should dig drainage ditches for the trenches!" Qin Chuan said, "The same goes for the accumulated snow, otherwise it will flood everywhere after turning into water, and may even flood into the tunnel!"

"Yes!" Gerhard said, "It is best to pile up a few sandbags at the entrance of the tunnel to prevent water leakage, otherwise you may find yourself in the water when you wake up!"

The soldiers said they would start immediately.

"Lieutenant Colonel!" said the baker, "Easter is coming soon, should we have some different supplies?"

"Uh-huh!" Gerhard replied, "I will report this issue to the colonel!"

Gerhard kept his promise, and after the meeting he reported this request to Colonel Slaine.

Colonel Slaine then applied to the headquarters for special supplies: 10,500 cooked eggs.

Supplies were dropped by bombers that afternoon. In addition to eggs, there were dozens of bottles of wine in iron barrels (the reason for using iron barrels was to worry that the bottles would break during the airdrop). The bomb-shaped supply boxes were painted with cartoon Easter bunnies and "Happy Easter" was written in colored pens, adding a festive atmosphere to Holm.

This also shows that Holm's supply had improved greatly at this time, which was obviously due to the V1 missile.

However, this situation will be weakened for a while. Colonel Slaine received a telegram from the Central Army Group Command: Because the ice and snow melted, the airport was muddy and unusable, and various types of aircraft had been transferred to the Baltic Sea, which was farther away, and the supply might be interrupted.

Colonel Slaine's answer was: "We can handle it!"

Colonel Slaine had enough confidence to say this, because the German army had already stored food and ammunition for five days at this time. Colonel Slaine believed that the Soviet army would not be able to hold on until their ammunition ran out.

Not only Colonel Slaine thought so, but all the German soldiers stationed in Holm also thought so. They were now waiting for the Soviets to leave.

Qin Chuan was not so optimistic because he learned from Colonel Slaine that the Soviet army still had at least five divisions of troops west of Holm that had not withdrawn, which was unreasonable.

If the Soviets knew that they could not take Holm, they should withdraw to the east of Holm before the ice and snow melted completely to avoid being surrounded, otherwise they would have no way out.

But these five divisions did not do so. They still attacked the German defense line from the west.

Colonel Slaine explained it as "Bolshevik madness."

This may make sense, because the Soviets always do things that make people feel incredible, and the Germans are used to it.

But Qin Chuan thinks there may be another possibility, that is, the Soviets believe that they can capture Holm.

What else can the Soviets do?

Qin Chuan stared at the map in a daze. He racked his brains and couldn't think of any other offensive methods that the Soviets could use to threaten Holm.

On the other side, Conrad was playing the Easter egg game with several researchers and cheering... This is a Western tradition. They paint the cooked eggs with colors, then roll them on the ground or on the slope. The one who finally breaks wins, and the winner can get all the eggs of the players.

Conrad's luck seems good today, because there are dozens of eggs in his hat.

"Captain!" Conrad waved to Qin Chuan from a few meters away: "Aren't you joining us?"

"No, Colonel!" Qin Chuan shook his head.

Conrad came forward and handed Qin Chuan an Easter egg: "Maybe you are right, Captain. As you said, the Soviets may have some plan to attack Holm, but we are not God, we can't always guess the enemy's plan." "You are right, Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied: "But you think things are too simple. Sometimes, winning or losing is determined by seizing a little advantage on the battlefield. Failure is nothing for you researchers, because you can gain experience and lessons from failure again and again and finally succeed, but for us soldiers, even if we succeed a hundred times, as long as we fail once... we may lose our lives!"

"I didn't know you were so afraid of death!" Conrad laughed, took an easter egg and cracked it on the table while peeling the egg shell and said: "Relax, Captain, today is Easter, the Soviets will never Would that their dead soldiers could come back to life and attack us like Jesus did!"

Qin Chuan smiled, but the smile froze on his face the next second.

"You're right, Colonel!" Qin Chuan said: "The Soviets may really want to resurrect their soldiers!"

"Are you kidding?" Conrad replied while stuffing the egg into his mouth: "With all due respect, this joke is not funny at all!"

"No, no!" Qin Chuan replied: "We have overlooked a problem...the number of Soviet prisoners is too many, they even exceed half of our total strength!"

At this time, there were more than 2,600 Soviet prisoners in Holm, and the total strength of the German troops in Holm until now was only 5,000.

"You mean..."

"This is a big threat to us, isn't it?" Qin Chuan replied: "The Soviets may not be able to resurrect their dead soldiers, but they can resurrect these prisoners!"

Conrad was stunned when he heard this, then nodded and said: "Captain, I think you may have found a way for the Soviets to attack!"