"I think magnetic mines are effective against all iron floats!" Shulka said.

Shulka of course had to use "I think", because he wasn't supposed to know that much about this little soldier.

"That's right!" Admiral Kirponos said: "But what is the use of this? ”

"Gasoline barrels, General!" Shulka said: "We can demine with gasoline barrels!" ”

Admiral Kirponos couldn't help but let out an "oh", then nodded heavily.

It's a simple and easy way to do it.

This method is not very feasible if it is in the sea, because the direction of the sea is uncertain, and the sea surface is too wide, and the gasoline barrels are thrown into the river, and they quickly disperse and cannot be seen.

The river is different, it is just a river, and the direction of the water flow is the same, that is, from top to bottom.

For example, the section of the Dnieper in Kiev is 864 meters wide and is not difficult to operate.

The army may be short of other things such as bullets, food, and fuel, but there is no shortage of empty gasoline barrels...... Iron and steel is a heavy industry, and gasoline barrels do not have high requirements for steel, so these empty barrels are often discarded everywhere after they are used, or used to remove the cover and fill the soil on the front line for building fortifications.

Collecting these things can be said to be a no-brainer.

As a result, truckloads of gasoline barrels were soon transported to the Kiev bridge...... Although the bridge was blown into two sections, this did not hinder the plan.

Then, one by one, the gasoline drums were thrown into the river.

These gasoline drums were filled with half a bucket of water...... This is to sink the oil drum deep enough, on the one hand, so that the magnetic mines sinking at the bottom of the river can better sense the oil drums, and on the other hand, to detonate ordinary mines...... The mines laid by the Germans were not necessarily all magnetic.

"What's the use of that?" A Soviet soldier asked suspiciously: "Do they think that they can defeat the Germans in this way?" ”

"I don't know!" Another Soviet soldier replied, pushing the oil drum down the river: "But this is an order, you just have to do it!" ”

This was perhaps a shortcoming of the Soviet army, the soldiers did not know much about the situation, and sometimes they did not even have the necessary information.

Conversely, German soldiers often knew from top to bottom what they were going to do or why they were going to do it, and this proved to be very important at critical moments, because every soldier knew what was the right thing to do.

These are the afterwords.

At this time, under the work of the Soviet soldiers for some reason, after a while, I saw that the entire river was covered with oil drums, and these oil drums were floating downstream from time to time under the drive of the river, like an army, going straight downstream.

What happened next is needless to say.

From time to time, there is a loud "boom" on the river, and with the loud noise, there are columns of water rushing to the sky.

The Germans stationed on both sides of the river did not know what was going on at first, but when they saw the floating gasoline barrels, they understood.

"General!" The adjutant immediately reported the situation to Admiral Kleist: "Our mines may not work, they threw gasoline barrels into the river!" ”

"Gasoline drums?"

"Yes!" The adjutant replied: "Thousands of gasoline barrels, which detonate mines along the way!" ”

"Very good way!" Admiral Kleist couldn't help but applaud.

After a pause, he added: "However, if they think that this way, the shallow water ships will be able to pass through the river, they are wrong! ”

Admiral Kleist was right, the Soviet shallow ships still could not pass, because both sides were full of German artillery, and they would blow any shallow water ship that appeared on the river to pieces with artillery fire.

But soon, the adjutant sent another telegram to Admiral Kleist.

"Your Excellency, General!" The adjutant reported: "Pontoon Bridge No. 1 has been blown up!" ”

"What? How did they do it? Admiral Kleist asked.

"Gasoline drums!"

"I don't understand, those gasoline cans are used to detonate mines, how can they blow up the pontoon?"

"Not exactly!" The adjutant replied: "Some are loaded with explosives and gasoline!" They float until the pontoon bridge is blocked, and then they ......"

Needless to say, what happened next was that the pontoon bridge was blown up or burned in bursts of explosions and flames.

It would be fine if it was just a few gasoline barrels, but the gasoline barrels were in patches, only some of them were mixed with bombs and gasoline...... So that's the hard part.

After thinking about it, Admiral Kleist ordered: "Order the 29th Panzer Division to cross the river immediately!" ”

Admiral Kleist may have been right, as they could not cope with this gasoline drum attack, but it would take time for the gasoline barrels to blow all the way to the pontoon bridges downstream, and if the 29th Panzer Division had acted quickly, it would have been possible to cross the river before the pontoons were blown up, or at least partially (it was very difficult for tanks to cross the river on rainy nights).

But Admiral Kleist soon found out that he was wrong again, for after a while the adjutant hurried up again and reported: "General, pontoons No. 5 and No. 6 have been blown up!" ”

Admiral Kleist was speechless when he heard this, and after a long time asked, "How did they do it?" There are also three pontoon bridges ahead! ”

"Yes!" The adjutant replied: "It was the partisans, who laid gasoline barrels and mines ...... downstream of pontoon No. 4"

So, in the respect, the large quantities of gasoline barrels upstream were more of a sound attack, and when everyone was focused on the upper reaches and thought that the Soviet fleet would attack, they blew up the key pontoon bridge with only a batch of gasoline barrels and mines filled with explosives.

In fact, Shulka's preparation is not only that.

The scouts sent by Admiral Kirponos still had diving equipment in their hands, and if the gasoline canisters and mines didn't work, it was time for the divers to come out.

This is the hardest thing to prevent, because any point in the river can be a place for divers to enter the water, and when they dive into the water, especially in the dark of night, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

It's difficult to build a pontoon, but it's easy to destroy one, it's just a matter of putting a waterproof time bomb on the bottom of the pontoon.

These were done by the sailors of the Dnieper detachment...... Divers are not available in all units, and this requires professional training.

At this point, Admiral Kleist knew that his previous judgment was correct, the Soviets would not so easily return the tanks of the 1st Panzer Group to the west bank of the Dnieper, even if it was only an armored division.

As a result, Admiral Kleist could only pin his hopes on the 11th Army, which was a mixed German and Rogue army.