The decisive battle against the Third Reich

The reconnaissance plane detected nothing.

But in fact, the reconnaissance plane had already detected some movements by the Soviets at the upstream shipyard. The reconnaissance plane even swooped down and fired a few rounds of bullets, but the pilot did not realize that this had anything to do with the Soviet army's plan to attack the sandbank... If If it has anything to do with it, it is to produce some small boats for attack. This is not something that needs to be reported and should be very normal.

What the pilot didn't expect was that the thing he ignored was the key to the problem.

Qin Chuan and others realized this that afternoon.

At that time, Qin Chuan was on the phone with Conrad... Conrad had wanted to say a few words to Qin Chuan for a long time, but because the military situation was urgent and Conrad was not allowed to have such a meaningless phone call, he never had the chance to do so. .

Now that he was free, Conrad hung up the phone at Qin Chuan's headquarters.

"Hey, Major! I'm finally allowed to talk to you!" Conrad said, "God, I never knew it would be so uncomfortable not to be able to talk!"

"I think you want to tell me about the helicopter!"

"Of course!" Conrad said: "It's unbelievable that you succeeded! Only two helicopters were lost in the entire battle!"

"We haven't succeeded yet, Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied.

"Of course!" Conrad replied: "I am referring to the helicopter rappel. Can this tactic be used in other places?"

"Of course!" Qin Chuan replied.

"I'm wondering..." Conrad asked: "Will there be any restrictions on this? For example, now we can't carry out a second rappel on the sandbar!"

"Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied: "You have to know that the reason why we were unable to carry out the second rope descent on the sandbar is because the enemy already knows our destination!"

Conrad couldn't help but said "Oh" and agreed: "It makes sense. If we choose different locations to rappel, then the enemy will not be able to guard against it at all, because the sky is huge and our flight path can be changed at will, right? "

"Yes!" Qin Chuan replied.

This is one of the reasons why modern special operations always choose helicopters as vehicles.

To be precise, the greater role of helicopters is to achieve quick attack and quick withdrawal...deliver special forces to the target location, achieve the strategic goal as quickly as possible, and then immediately rely on helicopters to withdraw.

The difference in this "October Plan" is that the commandos stayed stationed on the sandbank, so there was a lot of trouble in the future.

"Major!" Conrad asked again: "So, we should mass-produce this helicopter, right?"

"Indeed!" Qin Chuan replied: "Because it can quickly deliver troops in special terrains that are difficult for airborne troops to reach. It is also safer than parachuting and can form combat effectiveness faster!"

Needless to say why, paratroopers are easily attacked when hanging on their parachutes, and their forces are relatively scattered when they fall to the ground, requiring time to gather. Helicopters don't have these problems at all.

Conrad wanted to say something else, but Qin Chuan said with some dissatisfaction: "Colonel, don't you know that we are besieged on the sandbank and could die at any time? And you don't seem to care about this at all!"

"Kill you?" Conrad on the other end of the phone couldn't help laughing: "Please, Major, who can kill you? The Soviets? I don't think so!"

Qin Chuan couldn't help but laugh and cry. This Conrad really had confidence in himself.

At this moment, Kun ran up to Qin Chuan nervously and said, "Major, I think you should come and take a look at this!"

Qinchuan hung up the phone without saying a word, followed Kuhn and ran along the traffic trench for a while, and then came to the north of the sandbank. There was a highland with an altitude of tens of meters. The Soviets built a watchtower here. However, it has been destroyed by artillery, but this does not prevent this highland from becoming an observation point... The reconnaissance squad responsible for monitoring the central ferry is arranged here.

"Over there!" Kuhn pointed to a black spot upstream and handed over the telescope.

Qin Chuan originally thought it was a ship, but when he raised the telescope and took a look, he found that it was not the case... It was a combination of many small boats. It was more like a pontoon than a ship. , a moving floating bridge.

Obviously, the Soviets added power to the pontoon bridge so that it could move in the river. Although it moved slowly, it was moving down the river, so it would not take long to reach the sandbar.

"I think this is what the Soviets have prepared!" Kuhn said: "Floating bridges, and it seems there are more than one!"

Qin Chuan put away the telescope and nodded.

This is indeed a good way to use pontoons to solve the water problem between the sandbar and the east coast.

Not to mention anything else, at least such a pontoon-type "big ship" has much better anti-sinkability than the previous wooden ship... It is composed of many small boats, and a few ships will not be damaged at all if it is penetrated. What an impact it has.

Qin Chuan was right, this was Yeremenko's idea.

Even in order to fight against the German anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns, Yereomenko connected a specially made 60MM steel plate to the end facing the German army.

(Note: The Soviet M1 anti-aircraft gun can penetrate 46MM thick steel plate at a distance of 500 meters)

In addition, Yereomenko also recruited three other fishing boats of larger tonnage, and then lifted a T34 tank on each and converted it into a simple gunboat... However, this modification later proved to be ineffective.

This is partly because the accuracy of the T34 tank itself is poor. On a ship that fluctuates all the time, the accuracy can only depend on luck.

On the other hand, because the fishing boat has poor anti-sinkability, if the fishing boat is sunk, the tanks on it will naturally not be able to function.

Qin Chuan and others soon saw this kind of gunboat, because they protected the "floating bridge" and drove up, and then fired a shell in the direction of the sandbank with a "boom".

Although the shell failed to hit the target, it still shocked the Germans... The Soviets actually had warships? !

"Prepare for battle!" Qin Chuan shouted, and at the same time ordered Eberhard: "Contact the Air Force immediately!"

"Yes, Major!" Eberhard responded and ran towards the walkie-talkie.

The Soviets obviously would not let the Germans prepare calmly like this, so rows of artillery shells were quickly fired from the other side, and the sandbank was suddenly plunged into a hail of bullets and water mist.

On the other side, several pontoons floated towards the sandbank one after another, getting closer and closer...

Qin Chuan realized that what he was facing was likely to be an unprecedented fierce battle.