"Yes, there's 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 retracted his head...... He didn't want an enemy to shoot him in the back of the head.

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

Shulka didn't answer, he just took out the map from his bosom and spread it in front of the instructor, and said, "Can you draw its location?" ”

"Of course!" The instructor replied.

With that, he took out his pen and searched for a moment on the map before drawing it roughly.

"Are you sure?" Shulka asked.

"Yes!" The instructor replied: "My former unit has been stationed by the lake for more than a month, and I am familiar with it!" ”

"Great, Comrade Instructor!" Shulka said: "I think we have been saved!" ”

"Saved?" The instructor looked at Shulka: "You mean...... Take advantage of that lake defense? ”

"Yes!" Shulka nodded.

"I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed, Comrade Shulka!" The instructor shook his head: "Like I said, the lake is already frozen, and it will be difficult for them to take advantage of it!" ”

"If the lake is frozen, it means that people can pass, but tanks can't, right?"

"Of course, the lake hasn't frozen enough for tanks to pass through!" The instructor replied: "I know what you are thinking, Comrade Shulka!" But the Germans are certainly not stupid enough to drive tanks up, I mean...... Although it is covered in a thick layer of snow, you can tell at a glance that it is a lake! ”

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

"What?"

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

"Because...... Although it is covered in snow, it has no plants! The instructor replied, "In addition, it is very flat, there are no stones or anything else, and the two sides of the bank are slightly protruding!" ”

Shulka nodded, not speaking.

And then the instructor understood, "You mean, give it some camouflage?" ”

"Yes!" Shulka said: "It's not difficult, is it? I mean, 'plant' it with some plants! ”

"Yes, it's not difficult!" The instructor replied, "We just need to cut some small trees from somewhere else and 'plant' them in the snow and ice!" ”

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

"Of course, we just need to transport it by car!" The instructor said, "I think the ice is still strong enough to hold the weight of the car......

"We can use lighter wagons!"

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

"We can also create some undulating terrain!"

"Of course! You only need to make it with snow! ”

……

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

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

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

Shulka immediately reported the plan to Major Gavrilov.

There is no reason for this plan to be vetoed, after all, this is not a retreat and an evasion, and it may also kill and injure the living forces of the German army against the enemy to a certain extent, which will be beneficial to the war situation and the Soviet army.

However, Rokossovsky still gave an order: "Retreat two miles, we must ensure that we can recapture these two miles after the counterattack!" ”

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

If the Germans are fooled, let alone recapture these two miles, they can only counterattack for fear of counterattack.

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

So the operation was soon launched, and Rokossovsky transferred two companies from the 1075th Regiment to Dubosekovo to fill the defense area of the 1st battalion and replaced Shulka and others.

The first battalion was driven to the rear under Captain Venyakov...... In fact, the total strength of the so-called 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 reach the lake that the instructor had spoken.

Sure enough, as the instructor said, there were some obvious features that made it easy to see at a glance that it was a lake, but that soon changed.

"We need some wagons!" Captain Venyakov said.

"Leave it to me!" Davydov, the second company 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!" ”

Captain Venyakov nodded, and then ordered: "The others are responsible for other things, whatever they do, just arrange this like land, understand?" ”

"Yes, Comrade Captain!"

So the fighters quickly got busy.

Camouflage is actually what the soldiers are good at, and the Soviet army's daily routine summer training includes fortifications and camouflage, and even the Soviet army has special sniper training...... For this reason, the Soviet army also made a training film, which once became a teaching material for sniper training of the German army.

It's just that this sniper training is a bit outdated at this point.

These are not Shulka needs to be concerned, Shulka only knows that his subordinates are much more expert in this area than his company commander, even the instructors.

Not far away, they sawed down trees of different sizes, dragged them to the surface of the lake by horses, and then shoveled the snow on the lake, cut an ice hole in the ice, and "planted" the trees......

Of course, at this point the tree will not be able to stand up straight on its own.

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 the trees would "grow" on the surface of the lake.

Even after a while, the snow piles 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 keep themselves busy: "They must not be of the same thickness, so that the enemy can easily notice the abnormality, but they must not be too coarse, because too coarse will bring great difficulties to our work!" It's better to be ...... like this"

As he spoke, he raised his head at the fist-sized tree and said, "We can plant a large area in a very short time!" ”

There were also bushes, stones, and even a small log cabin built by a few warriors.

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

However, after a while of snow covering them, everything fell into place.

"There's one thing we've forgotten!" Shulka said.

"What?" The instructor asked.

"You only thought about fooling the Germans, but didn't you think about what to do after you deceived the Germans here?" Shulka asked, "Are you just waiting for their tanks to crush the ice?" ”

The instructor couldn't help but pat his head...... I forgot about the explosives.

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