The decisive battle against the Third Reich

On the morning of the fifth day after the Holm siege was lifted, an artillery observer spotted a German Panzer IV tank appearing to the west of Holm through his telescope. Although it was moving very slowly due to the muddy road, it was undoubtedly on the right track. Heading towards Holm little by little.

The artillery observer then ran back to Holm excitedly and shouted: "Our men, our tanks, they are coming!"

But the German soldiers in Holm didn't react much, because they had been fooled enough in the past few days... From time to time, sentries or artillery observers would rush towards the soldiers who were working hard to build fortifications or clearing the accumulation in the mud. Soldiers as water drained from the trenches shouted: "Our men are coming!"

Then, when the soldiers excitedly threw down their engineering shovels and ran to the west, they saw nothing, only a group of sentries laughing behind them.

Originally, this could be regarded as a kind of "lying about military information", but Colonel Slain believed that this kind of joke would help relieve the pressure of the soldiers and their eagerness to wait for friendly forces, so he let it go.

The result was that everyone regarded the artillery observer's cry as "another rumor." Some people even shouted at the artillery observer:

"You should be an actor, Sergeant!"

"They should give you a prize for that!"

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But it didn't take long for the German soldiers to quickly discover that they had mistakenly blamed the artillery observer, because the "rumble" of the tank's motor could be heard to the west of Holm.

The soldiers were suspicious and ran to the west with their weapons in hand. Sure enough, they saw several tanks and a group of German troops appearing in their sights.

When a German lieutenant saw this scene, he sighed: "The arrival of these people really surprised everyone in Holm, as if they were creatures from another world. Then, everyone cheered, They hugged each other to celebrate, and some people took off their white cloaks and waved them wildly in the direction of the friendly forces, for fear that they would not notice that Holm had missed it... However, there was only one way for Holm here, and it was impossible for the friendly forces to miss it. of!"

The first batch of German soldiers to arrive was not many, a platoon of engineers, a tank company, and some artillery observers.

But their arrival was like a shot of stimulant for the German soldiers in Holm, making them convinced that they had relieved the siege and could evacuate this hell in the near future.

Sure enough, the follow-up troops rushed to Holm one after another. Because the road conditions were poor, they were supplemented by small groups. This made the exhausted and exhausted soldiers originally stationed in Holm only a small group. The withdrawal of a small group.

The order of troop withdrawal is as follows:

The first group were glider pilots who risked their lives to voluntarily deliver supplies to Holm. Holm's soldiers always remembered this sentiment, so they were the first to evacuate.

This includes Thomas.

Before leaving, Thomas held Qin Chuan's hand tightly and said, "Captain, I'm sorry, I realize what you said is right. I shouldn't come here so rashly, because it will not only harm myself but also drag me down." other people!"

"I'm glad you realize this, Sergeant!" Qin Chuan said, "I hope you'll be ready the next time you step onto the battlefield!"

Thomas nodded, then hugged his comrades one by one before jumping into the car.

The second group is scientific researchers like Conrad.

It goes without saying their importance, and their contribution to Holm was no less than that of the glider pilots. The reason why the second batch was withdrawn was because they finally directed a batch of V1 missiles to shoot at the Soviet positions. .

"Then, see you later, Captain!" Conrad hugged Qin Chuan: "I'm waiting for your other idea. I'm looking forward to it now!"

"As long as I'm alive, Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied.

"Don't worry!" Conrad replied: "No one can defeat the 'Legendary Sergeant', I firmly believe this!"

The third group consists of scattered combat units other than the police force.

They were actually disbanded, that is, all soldiers from 60 units returned to their own units.

Qin Chuan felt a little pity about this, because after the Holm Defense War, they had actually grown into veterans capable of fighting, but after they returned to the army, they would become engineering troops, transportation troops and even cooks. soldiers.

However, the Germans pay more attention to overall combat coordination, so there is nothing wrong with doing so.

Gerhard and Qin Chuan saluted each other, and then held their hands tightly together.

"It's an honor to fight with you, Captain!" Gerhard said: "I hope we have the opportunity to meet again in the future!"

After a pause, Gerhard continued: "I have decided that I will apply to join your army to fight when I get back!"

"Have you decided?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Yes!"

"Do you know what you will face after joining our army?"

"Of course!" Gerhard replied: "I may be demoted, or worse, I will encounter more dangers."

"So, you still want to do this?"

"Yes!" Gerhard replied: "Because I found...it would be too boring to go back and do those things as engineers now!"

Qin Chuan couldn't help but smile with Gerhard.

Qin Chuan could understand Gerhard's thoughts. It was like "when you return from the Five Mountains, you don't see the mountains; when you return from Huangshan, you don't see the mountains."

Fighting on the front line is indeed dangerous, and it is also accompanied by hardship and pain, but it is also exciting, which will make the whole person nervous and stay excited at all times, especially the sense of satisfaction when finally defeating a seemingly invincible enemy after going through hardships , pride and fulfillment that second-line troops can never experience.

It would be okay if Gerhard didn't have this experience, but now that he has this experience, he won't be able to be a good engineer again when he goes back.

The fourth group to be evacuated was the police force.

They stayed until then because they needed to maintain order before other troops retreated.

Major General Hartman got a jeep from nowhere. He parked the car in front of Qin Chuan, wrote the phone number in his notebook with a pen and handed it to Qin Chuan. He made a gesture of calling and said, "Call." Call me, Captain!"

"Okay, General!" Qin Chuan replied, "If I need your help in any way!"

"Of course!" Major General Hartmann said: "Come to me anytime!"

The last to retreat was, of course, the 1st Infantry Regiment.

That's because the 1st Infantry Regiment was larger in number and was the backbone of Holm's defense.

Therefore, the 1st Infantry Regiment must wait until the German 218th Infantry Regiment, which came to take over the defense, arrives and transfers all defense points and the information it has to the 218th Infantry Regiment before it can withdraw.

By then it had been ten days since the first batch of troops had withdrawn.