The subsequent effects of the mines were increasing, as the Germans bought time and laid more and more mines.

The main force in which Shulka is located is not bad, because there are reconnaissance troops and auxiliary troops in front to clear mines, and Shulka and others will generally not be in danger of hitting mines as long as they do not leave the road.

It's just that when the car is staggering forward, from time to time you will see a few more wounded or a few corpses on the side of the road, and occasionally you will see a car or even a tank that has been blown up.

What made Shulka strange was that there were still fighters who had been injured by the "wooden shell mine" lying on the side of the road...... It's easy to see that the wound is covered with pieces of wood that are difficult to clean because a small part of it breaks into the muscle and causes infection.

"What's going on?" The thief also found out: "How could the Germans have a wooden shell mine?" ”

"That could have been captured by them!" The veteran replied: "You know, they captured a lot of our equipment during the attack!" ”

It is a fact that many Soviet troops fled before they even had time to detonate their ammunition depots, so a large amount of equipment fell into the hands of the Germans.

Of course, this equipment was mostly useless to the German army, who usually distributed the captured equipment to the rebels...... As mentioned earlier, there are many rebels in Ukraine and elsewhere who are dissatisfied with Moscow.

Except for mines.

At this time, the Germans lacked mines, and mines did not have the problem of ammunition inconsistency, so of course they would use mines here.

Use Soviet mines against Soviet troops...... The thought of this warrior was embarrassing, or rather humiliating.

However, this seems to be a normal thing, just as the captured artillery of the Soviet army will also hit the heads of the Germans.

At this point, the car stopped again.

The fighters are accustomed to it, and the speed of demining at the front is always not able to catch up with the marching speed of the main forces, so the troops are always stop-and-go.

But this time it's not because of that.

Shulka jumped out of the car and found the convoy parked outside the village.

The villagers seemed to hear the noise coming from the road but did not come out, and occasionally a few windows would poke their heads out to look around, and then slam the windows shut.

Looking at the front of the convoy, Shulka noticed that several people had come to greet him, who seemed to be the person in charge of the place, with a smile on his face but a little panic in his eyes.

This made Shulka a little unbelievable, knowing that these were the people of the Soviet Union, and this was the Soviet army.

After thinking about Shulka, it became somewhat clear: the Germans had occupied this place, and the villagers were likely to have a welcoming attitude towards the German army, who knew that now the Soviet troops were back......

However, the fears of these civilians were unnecessary, and the 9th Army was now busy pursuing the enemy, and they only wanted to ask the Germans about the situation.

"Shulka!" At this moment, a German-style barrel car passed by Shulka and stopped, from which jumped an officer wrapped in a raincoat.

Shulka looked at it and saw it as Major Gavrilov.

"Look!" Major Gavrilov raised his head behind him and said, "My new car, not bad!" ”

"From the Germans?"

"Of course!" Major Gavrilov replied.

It is true that German-style barrel cars are better than civilian cars used by the Soviet army, especially on such muddy roads with potholes everywhere.

"Then you have to worry, Comrade Major!" Shulka said: "You know, we have a lot of recruits in our unit, and they are likely to mistake this car for an enemy car!" ”

"So I only use it on the march!" Major Gavrilov replied with a smile.

After a pause, Major Gavrilov said, "You know what? The Germans intensified their offensive on Odessa! ”

"What?"

"Odessa!" Major Gavrilov said: "They transferred a large number of bombers in that direction, both Romanian and German, and they laid mines in the harbor and bombed the harbor and warships in spite of the dangerous rain......"

The weather is not suitable for fighter jets due to poor visibility, but it is a little different if the target is a large warship.

"Plus!" Major Gavrilov said: "They also sent at least one more division to Odessa!" ”

"German division?"

"Yes, German division!" Major Gavrilov nodded: "We haven't found out their numbers yet, we only know that this German division is very strong in combat, and the middle defense of Odessa was broken through by them in just one day!" ”

"How did they get to Odessa?" Shulka asked.

"Glider!" Major Gavrilov replied: "Landing on a glider, have you ever heard of that thing?" ”

Shulka looked dazed.

But of course, this was pretended, and he, as an ordinary Soviet soldier, should not have known this.

Although Shulka knew that the Soviet Union at this time was even trying to create a tank that could fly into the sky...... The USSR wanted to combine tanks and gliders, and then let the tanks fly directly to the battlefield instead of maneuvering like a snail from land.

Of course, this attempt ended up being unrealistic.

"Ignore this!" Major Gavrilov said: "In short, the Germans rushed to Odessa, although I am sure that they will pay no small price, you know...... Flying gliders in this weather, but they arrived and played a role in Odessa! ”

After a pause, Major Gavrilov continued: "We estimate that Odessa is likely to fall in the next three days!" ”

Shulka was a little confused when he heard this.

Historically, Odessa was not captured by the Germans so quickly...... In fact, the Battle of Odessa was fought by the Romanian army, and there should not have been German troops, but also German troops brought by gliders.

Then Shulka understood.

This should be some kind of chain reaction: the historical Soviet army should not hold Kyiv or even organize the 9th Army to launch a counter-encirclement, Kyiv should be surrounded by the German army and fall into a bitter battle.

Now Shulka has changed all this, so that the Germans, in response to the counter-encirclement of the 9th Army, had to speed up the offensive on Odessa......

"So we have to get to Odessa before that, right?" Shulka asked.

"Yes!" Major Gavrilov replied: "Otherwise, we will have to deal with a Romanian army group plus a German division, and ...... The Italian expeditionary force also changed the direction of their march, and they rushed to Odessa. What's more, Odessa is an easy place to defend and difficult to attack! ”

So the situation became very serious for the Soviet army.

"But now!" Gavrilov looked ahead and smiled bitterly: "It's almost impossible to get there before they capture Odessa!" ”