Desertion is inevitable.

This was expected by Shulka, or perhaps perhaps by Major Gavrilov and others.

It is human nature to be afraid of death, and the reason why the Soviet soldiers held on to the fortress before was because they believed that there were reinforcements, believed that the Soviet army would come back quickly, and even some people wanted to take advantage of this time to behave well before the large army came back to become the capital in the future...... That's what the instructor thinks about more in his head.

After knowing that there were no reinforcements, there would inevitably be some people who estimated that there was little hope of victory, so they chose to surrender.

Now the situation is even more serious: not only are there no reinforcements and even the battle plan is known to the enemy in advance, but even worse, the Soviet army is forced by the situation to change the plan.

So breaking out is almost equivalent to death.

Under this premise, there will be more hesitants who will decide to surrender to the Germans, even if the process is just as dangerous.

After receiving the news, Major Gavlov and the instructor came to the front to give another righteous speech, and the instructor even opened his voice and told him a great truth.

But none of this mattered, the important thing was that the deserters actually brought another important message to the German army...... The Soviets will continue to break through to the forest to the north as originally planned, and there will be no other choice.

On the other side, the commander of the German 135th Infantry Regiment, Colonel Lucas, who was in charge of the assault on the Kobrin fortress, was looking at the fortress opposite with a telescope in the setting sun.

Before the war, the Germans had sent Brandenburg troops to infiltrate the Soviet defense line and reconnoiter the Brest fortress, they knew that the Soviet troops did not have many troops left in the fortress, and the officers also returned to Brest for vacation, and more importantly, the Germans even reconnoitred the various warehouses in the fortress and marked them one by one, ordering the air force to blow them up at the first time.

However, even so, the Brest Fortress stood like a boulder in front of it.

This was a disgrace for the 45th Division, which had been the first to break through into war-torn Warsaw and Paris, France, and had lost 153 men in two days in front of a fortress that was completely disproportionate in strength and preparation, which was already more than the total number of casualties of the division in the Polish campaign.

Putting away the binoculars, Colonel Lucas looked at the fortress in the distance and asked the adjutant beside him, "How much time will Carl need?" ”

"It's going to take more than half an hour, Colonel!" The adjutant replied.

Colonel Lucas nodded slightly.

The so-called "Karl" is a German super-large-caliber mortar, which weighs 124 tons in battle, which is equivalent to two heavy tanks, and even the weight of the shells reaches 2.17 tons.

Colonel Lucas was confident that under such mortar bombardment, everything on the Brest Line would be wiped out

"Colonel!" The adjutant asked, "Do we need to get them to speed up their deployment so that we can ...... before they break through?"

"Do you think they'll break through at seven, Andre?" Colonel Lucas interrupted the adjutant: "The Soviets are not fools, they know that the deserters will give everything, so this information is worthless!" ”

The adjutant nodded in agreement.

But just then, the correspondent handed a telegram to the adjutant.

The adjutant glanced at it, then his eyes widened and he handed the information to the colonel, saying, "Colonel, I think you should take a look at this!" ”

Lucas read the contents, and then immediately ordered, "You're right, Andre, let them speed up." In addition, immediately transfer the second battalion to the north to reinforce the third company! ”

"Yes, Colonel!"

It is clear that Shulka's strategy worked.

To be precise, it was the intelligence that the second group of deserters brought to the Germans worked, and the Germans moved a large number of troops to the north instead of other directions, which gave the Soviets an opportunity.

On the other side, Shulka was nervously looking at the sky, he desperately needed a watch, and he was used to knowing the time at any time, and he couldn't adapt to this state of time guessing...... For the Soviet Union, which was backward in light industry, watches were very expensive, and of course they were also a luxury for Shulka.

Although this doesn't change anything, knowing the time is the same as not knowing the time, but it makes Shulka feel at a loss.

At this time, the battalion commander, Captain Venyakov, appeared in front of the soldiers, and then ordered in a low voice: "Soldiers, follow me!" ”

The soldiers picked up their guns and stood up, but when they saw the battalion commander leading them to the south, they were puzzled.

"What's going on?"

"We're not going north!"

……

"Where are we going, Comrade Battalion Commander?" One of the soldiers asked.

"You don't need to know!" Captain Venyakov replied coldly.

This was agreed in advance by the officers, who until now did not dare to tell them the truth for fear that someone would surrender during the battle and reveal the plan to the Germans.

Okunev whispered to Shulka: "We seem to be going to the Bright Bridge, I understand, we are going to meet the comrades of the central fortress!" ”

"Perhaps!" Shulka replied.

Okunev only guessed half right, they were indeed going to the Bright Bridge, but not to meet the central fortress, but to fight back to the central fortress.

Ten minutes later, the troops came to the vicinity of the Bright Bridge...... The bridge had already been occupied by the Germans, who had set up reverse trenches and reverse fortifications at both ends of the bridge.

The so-called reverse fortifications refer to the fortifications that provide fire cover on the other side of the river, and this fortification is especially useful for garrisoning bridges, because there is no advantage in stationing the bridgehead with conventional fortifications, not only has no advantage but is even in a weak position, because behind them is a bridge and a river, which is equivalent to a backwater battle with no way out.

However, it is not the same if the opposite bank is built with reverse fortifications, and the fire on the opposite bank can be effectively deployed to cover each other, that is, the fortifications on one side of the bridge are mainly aimed at the other side, and vice versa.

The advantage of this is that once the enemy is attacked, it can flexibly retreat along the bridge deck and use the narrow space of the bridge for effective defense, which makes it difficult for the enemy to break through its defenses.

Of course, if both sides are attacked by the enemy at the same time...... This tactic would be ineffective.

There was a dead silence at the head of the bridge, there was not a single spark or conversation in the darkness, not even the German sentries could be seen, only the "whooshing" sound of the river.

Obviously, the Germans here received information that the Soviets were going to attack the bridge, and they even knew the exact time, so they were ready for battle early in the morning.

It's just that what they didn't expect was ...... It will not only be the Soviet troops attacking here, but also the main force of the Soviet army.