In the evening of another day, in the east of the town of Hongkut, Major Weber, commander of the first battalion of the 31st Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment under the 11th German Air Force Field Division, after dinner, as he had done the other day, took a car to walk around the positions of the Romanian Sixth Infantry Division.

The 11th Air Force Field Division had nine anti-aircraft artillery battalions, which were assigned to four infantry divisions under the Romanian Infantry Corps, each infantry division was assigned two anti-aircraft artillery battalions, and one anti-aircraft artillery battalion was left in reserve at the military headquarters.

The 1st and 2nd Battalions under Major Webb, as well as the regimental headquarters of the 31st Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment, were reinforced to the 6th Infantry Division.

Major Webb's anti-aircraft artillery battalion had three light, medium, and heavy anti-aircraft gun companies, with 12 88-mm anti-aircraft guns and 18 37-mm and 20-mm single-barreled anti-aircraft guns.

After inspecting the emplacements of each anti-aircraft gun and confirming that the fortifications dug by the gunners were well completed and not as sloppy as the infantry positions of the Romanians in front, Major Weber was relieved.

The troops have been stationed here for nearly a week, and now that the day after tomorrow is about to enter July, the troops have nothing else to do but dig trenches.

The battlefield here seems to be calm on the surface, but the attentive Major Webb smells something unusual about some details.

In the town of Red Coot, where the battalion headquarters is located, German servicemen wearing camouflage uniforms and M35 steel helmets have visited in recent days.

Their epaulettes and collar badges indicate that they belonged to the Waffen-SS.

When the Waffen-SS officers arrived in the town of Red Coot, they did the same thing, which was to run to the east of the town and spy on the Russian positions to the east.

These Waffen-SS divisional insignia indicate that at least two Waffen-SS field divisions were attacking the opposing Russian positions.

It's a pity that my level is too low to know too much.

In short, it was clear that the Waffen-SS behind was planning an offensive operation.

When exactly will the offensive be launched? What do you need your troops to do? Major Webb was curious.

Major Webb had just returned to the battalion headquarters when he received a call from the regimental headquarters asking him to come to the regimental headquarters for a meeting.

Half an hour later, Major Webb returned from the regimental headquarters with a face full of excitement.

The regimental headquarters gave the latest instructions that the troops would launch an offensive the day after tomorrow, on July 1, in conjunction with the Waffen-SS troops.

The first task of the troops was to follow behind the Waffen-SS panours, to pour into the breach in the enemy position, and then to support the Romanian 6th Infantry Division in capturing the town of Weasley to the east.

My judgment is really right, we still have to attack after all.

Major Webb excitedly opened a bottle of French red wine, drank a third of the bottle, and then fell asleep drunk.

If you can lead your troops to perform well in the next battle, the Knight's Iron Cross is beckoning to you, hoping that the next battle will be larger and longer.

I don't know how long I slept, Major Webb opened his eyes in a daze, got up and got out of bed to go to the toilet.

After urinating, Major Webb did not return to the bedroom, but stood by the toilet and listened quietly.

After listening carefully for a while, Major Webb's face was full of suspicion, and he seemed to feel the ground trembling slightly, which was very similar to the feeling caused by the movement of a large tank force.

But now that the tremor is gone, is it my own delusion?

Thinking that the troops would attack the day after tomorrow, Major Weber suddenly realized that if there were really armored units moving, it would also come from the rear, and the Waffen-SS troops were moving closer to the front.

Thinking of this, Major Webb relieved himself and went back to the bedroom to lie down again, but quickly sat up again.

No, it doesn't make sense. If the troops had moved forward for the offensive, it should have been tomorrow night, not this evening.

Thinking of this, Major Webb jumped out of bed, woke up the herald, and hurried out of the town, to the running position of the FLAK 36 88mm anti-aircraft gun to the east of the town.

After finding the gun commander, Major Webb asked, "Did you just hear anything?" Ever feel the ground shaking? ”

The gun commander nodded and said, "Major, I was just sleeping, and I was indeed awakened by the tremor of the ground, but after I woke up, the tremor of the ground had disappeared. ”

Major Webb said, "Call the sentry standing guard." ”

A private was quickly called to Major Webb, who asked the question he had just asked.

"I also felt a tremor on the ground, obviously, but it was quickly gone, and I didn't care," the private said. ”

After confirming that he was not hallucinating, Major Webb hurriedly returned to his residence, woke up the battalion headquarters communications officer, and asked the communications department to give the battalion a combat readiness order.

After issuing a warning to the regimental headquarters, Major Webb had the battalion headquarters move to the basement.

If the Russians were really planning an offensive operation, they would definitely be well prepared for artillery fire, and the battalion headquarters in the town of Hongkut was completely exposed to the Russians' guns and had to be guarded against.

No sooner had the relocation of the battalion headquarters been completed than Major Webb received a call from the regimental headquarters.

The regimental commander's voice was urgent.

"I have just confirmed with the division headquarters and the Waffen-SS units behind me that they have not moved tonight. Be prepared to fight, and if the Russians on the other side do anything unusual, return fire immediately. ”

Putting down the phone, Major Webb looked at his watch, and it was close to three o'clock in the morning.

Looking out the window at the darkness of the night, Major Webb thought that if the Russians wanted to attack on their own initiative, they would have to wait a little longer until the visibility was enough for tanks and planes to fight.

While Major Webb waited patiently, the order for combat readiness was quietly spreading, centered on the town of Red Coot.

First the anti-aircraft gunners of the 11th Air Force Field Division, then the alarmed Romanians.

In the trenches in front of the anti-aircraft artillery positions, the soldiers of the Romanian units were woken up from their sleep, took up their weapons with sleepiness and went into combat readiness.

In the basement, Major Webb made a hot cup of coffee to refresh himself.

Sips, sipping coffee, a cup of coffee was drunk for almost an hour.

Major Webb picked up his almost bottomed coffee cup and was about to drink coffee again, but he stopped.

"Here they are, here the Russians are."

Major Webb said, putting down his coffee cup and staring up at the roof of the basement.

An eerie whistling sound fell from the sky, piercing through the walls of the building, penetrating the roof of the basement, and burrowing into Major Webb's ears.

Katyusha rockets rained down from the sky and landed on the Romanian positions east of the town of Red Kut, and the sound of explosions broke the silence of the early morning and swept away the sleepiness of all Axis soldiers.

122-mm howitzers, 152-mm howitzers, mortars of various models and calibers, successively joined the ranks of shelling.

In the sky, the PE-2 bomber burrowed through the thin clouds, swooped down, and swooped down to the Romanian positions on the ground.

At low altitude, the Il-2 attack aircraft quickly lowered its altitude, swept over the battlefield, and dropped rockets and heavy aerial bombs.

In an instant, shrapnel flew across the entire position of the Romanian Sixth Infantry Division, flames rose and smoke billowed.

Not only the infantry positions outside the town, but also the town of Red Kut behind the positions were not spared.

Major Webb hid in the basement, feeling the ground tremble violently, listening to the explosions continue to penetrate his ears, and raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.

Fortunately, he hid in time, and if he hadn't moved to the basement, he would not have been able to get this round of shelling and bombardment, and he would have been able to reimburse himself and the battalion headquarters.

Heavy shelling and bombardment continued for nearly half an hour, and groups of tanks drove out of the east of Weasley, through the fields south of the town, across Soviet positions, and straight to the Romanian positions to the west.

Half an hour was enough to bring the news of the Soviet army's attack to Chen Dao's ears.

In the city of Bataisk, Chen Dao received the report, and instead of being angry that the enemy attacked first, he said with a smile: "Great, the fish has finally taken the bait." However, instead of attacking Vlasov's troops, the Russians attacked the Romanians' troops, which was much more than I expected. However, both the Romanians and Vlasov's troops played the role of bait. Whichever bait the Russians bite, the consequences are the same. ”

Although Chen Dao and friendly forces such as Italy and Romania formally proposed the "Captain Hook Plan", he never said that in this plan, the German army played the role of a hook, and the Romanians, Italians, and Vlasov's troops all played the role of bait.

Now, the first fish is seduced by the bait, and the bite is going to the hook, and you must not let go.

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