The battle for the Connecting Gate soon reached Colonel Lucas's headquarters...... The Volyn Fortress was garrisoned by a battalion of Lucas's 135th Infantry Regiment, and the Volyn Fortress was also a supply base for the 135th Infantry Regiment.

At that time, Lucas was staring at the map of the central fortress, and there were two Soviet traitors next to him...... Two Soviet officers with stars on their shoulders, Lucas wanted to find the weakness of the central fortress and defeat the Soviet army once and for all.

It is clear that Colonel Lucas has lost patience, not only because of the accountability of his superiors, but also because the casualties have exceeded projections by more than twice as much.

Fighting a war is no longer a matter of strategic goals.

In fact, in terms of strategic objectives, the German army had already achieved its main force successfully crossing the fortress and attacking the Soviet hinterland, and the 45th Division surrounded the fortress so that the Soviet army could not move...... Despite the fact that the Brest Fortress was an extremely important point on the German supply line, the Soviets could no longer pose any threat to the German supply line.

Here's the problem...... When other German units surrounded and annihilated the Soviet regular army with whole regiments and divisions, the 45th Division, known as one of the most outstanding corps, was actually dragged by a rabble in the Brest Fortress and could not get out, and even suffered heavy casualties.

This has become a joke for the German army.

So, for the honor of the 45th Division, for the honor of the 135th Infantry Regiment, Colonel Lucas must end this battle as soon as possible.

In fact, Colonel Lucas's wish has been granted...... The battle was over, but he didn't know it was also the "end" he had hoped it would be.

"Colonel!" At this time, the adjutant hurried to Lucas's side and reported: "We have just received a report that the connecting bridge has been lost!" ”

"Connecting bridges?" Colonel Lucas looked up at the adjutant suspiciously: "How is this possible?" ”

You must know that the Soviet forces have been crushed by the German army, which means that there will be no enemy on the perimeter, on the other hand, the only remaining Soviets are surrounded in the central fortress, and they are separated from the entire Volyn fortress by the connecting bridge, and it is impossible that they occupied the connecting bridge!

"Is it a guerrilla?" Colonel Lucas's first reaction was to be partisans.

"No, Colonel!" A little bead of sweat appeared on the adjutant's forehead: "I think that the Russians in the central fortress have most likely broken through...... Because, at the same time, we lost contact with the Holm Bridge......"

Colonel Lucas was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "No, it can't be. Send someone to scout on the Holm Bridge! ”

"It's already done, Colonel!" The adjutant replied that he was not as optimistic as Lucas, because he had more specific information from the front, and there were Soviets who had crossed the bridge from the inside out...... Suffice it to say that the Soviets were likely to have successfully broken through.

"Then let's wait!" Colonel Lucas said, "Maybe it's just Lieutenant Colonel Hans's radio that has a problem!" ”

But soon Colonel Lucas's inference was denied.

A communications soldier handed the adjutant a piece of information, and the adjutant glanced at it and his face turned snow-white.

"Colonel!" The adjutant said: "Lieutenant Colonel Hans has been killed, his headquarters has been attacked by the Russians, and all the communications equipment has been destroyed!" ”

Colonel Lucas looked at the adjutant in disbelief, and he even took the information from the adjutant and checked it, but it was exactly as the adjutant said.

Another telegram came up.

"We've caught a couple of Russians!" The adjutant sighed when he saw the information, and he reported as he handed over the telegram: "They admit that it is from the central fortress, that is, the group of people we are besieging us!" ”

Colonel Lucas was stunned for a moment before he said, "How did they do it?" ”

"Attack half an hour ago, Colonel!" The adjutant replied: "Now we know that it was only a feint, and that our artillery provided cover for their attack on the Holm Bridge, and they captured the Holm Bridge Command at the first opportunity, so that Lieutenant Colonel Hans could not warn us. Then, the bridge was attacked unsuspected......"

This explanation is very reasonable, the only thing that I don't understand is how the Soviets unknowingly crossed the Holm bridge and appeared in the German headquarters.

But whatever it was, the fact is that the Soviets have already done it.

"I'll let Sanlian intercept it right away!" Said the adjutant.

Colonel Lucas shook his head and said, "It's too late, Andrei. Their goal is the Pripyat swamp, which is only five kilometers from the Volyn fortress, and we are still on the way, and they are already in the swamp! ”

Hearing this, the adjutant stopped talking.

The Germans excelled at mechanized troops, and mechanized troops were obviously not able to maneuver in swamps unless they were willing to send men into the swamp to continue tracking...... But this is clearly unwise, because it does not make any sense, except to find face for the 45th division.

After a long silence, Colonel Lucas raised his head at the interpreter and said, "Ask them, who is the commander?!" ”

"It's Major Gavrilov!" The interpreter replied: "In addition, there is the commissar of Fuming!" ”

Colonel Lucas's face was cloudy, he had already investigated the two men before, and he did not think that these two would come up with such a solution.

One of the Soviet prisoners said a few more words.

The interpreter reported to Colonel Lucas: "Colonel, this Russian, he thinks what you want to know is probably a man named Shulka!" ”

"Shulka?"

"Yes!" The interpreter replied: "The Russian prisoner said that he was a communications soldier of Major Gavrilov, and that he knew something about the war. He said that most of the plans were made according to Shulkati's suggestion, and he was the one who had deceived us into moving our troops to the northern forests! ”

"Shulka?" Colonel Lucas nodded, he believed what the Soviet prisoner said, because this time the Soviets broke out very similarly to the previous ones, the same sound and the west, and just as clever.

After a pause, Colonel Lucas asked again: "His rank?" Why didn't we have a little bit of information about this Shulka beforehand?! ”

"Of course we won't have any information about him, Colonel!" The interpreter replied: "Because he is only a private...... I mean, unless we investigate every Russian person! ”

"Private?" Colonel Lucas, whose mouth was half open, was speechless for half a day.

He couldn't believe that he might well have lost at the hands of a private.

But the battlefield is like this, it is very realistic, whether Colonel Lucas believes it or not, in short, the Soviets escaped from the heavy encirclement of the German army, and it took only half an hour.