The soldier is a teacher, and at the end of the term, he needs to invigilate the exam, revise the papers, etc., and he will add more after a few days, thank you!

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"The problem is that Holm doesn't play such an important role!" Colonel Slein said: "The Soviets have completely surrounded us!" There is only so much we can do, in fact, we have a problem with self-preservation! ”

"No, we're more important than anyone could have imagined!" Qin Chuan replied.

"Why?" Colonel Slane asked.

"Because Holm is a transport hub......"

"It used to be!" Gerhard interrupted Qin Chuan's words: "I'm sorry, Captain. It may have been a transport hub before, as it was surrounded by impassable swamps, and the small plateau of Holm was like a springboard on the swamps. But now...... The swamp has been frozen, and the Soviets can pass at will! ”

"You're right!" Qin Chuan said: "But I don't know if you have thought about it a little, what if we can stay here for a month, two months or even longer?" ”

Hearing this, the officers couldn't help but be stunned.

Although the previous victory had given the German officers and men confidence that they would be able to hold off the Soviet offensive, there was little intention of holding off the Soviets for a month, two months, or even longer.

In their minds, the Germans were just a defeat...... It is also true that the German army won brilliant victories again and again before the defeat in the Battle of Moscow, and each victory was able to defeat or encircle dozens of Soviet divisions, such as in the pincer attack in the direction of the Brest fortress, the German army annihilated 300,000 Soviet Red Army.

Compared to these victories and the total strength of the German army, the defeat at the Battle of Moscow did not break the German army.

Therefore, Holm's officers and men had the idea that the main German forces would soon launch a counteroffensive, and Holm only had to hold out for a while until the main forces arrived to relieve them.

In fact, the command commanded the same: hold Holm and wait for reinforcements.

But Qin Chuan knew that this was not the case, and the main German army could not send reinforcements to Holm at all, because they were retreating at this time, at least 150 kilometers away.

Gerhard swallowed hard and said, "We'...... Staying here for a few months? ”

Qin Chuan realized that he seemed to have made a mistake.

If they didn't know this, they thought that the main forces would soon counterattack...... Day after day, months passed before you knew it.

But now, months of time are thrown out suddenly to freak them out.

"No, that's not what I meant!" Qin Chuan said: "I want to say that this can be used as a bargaining chip, if the command is made aware of the importance of Holm, then they will increase the delivery of supplies to us!" ”

These words made the officers' faces look better.

After a while, Bazel agreed: "I think the captain is right, we can assume with them (the command) what the Soviets will do if Holm can hold on forever!" ”

"Yes!" Colonel Slein looked at the map and said: "Holm is like a thorn in the Soviet people, which will directly lead to their fear of interspersing, for the simple reason that if a large number of Soviets cross Holm to the west, and Holm is always in our hands, it will lead to a serious problem...... As soon as the snow melts, the Soviet interspersed forces will all be surrounded because of Holm, which is obviously extremely dangerous for them! ”

"Also because of that!" Lieutenant Colonel Gerhard continued: "The Soviets had to throw a large number of troops and supplies into Holm instead of pursuing ......"

"Yes!" Colonel Slane said, "So it's totally worthwhile for the command to give us more supplies!" ”

"Of course!" Qin Chuan nodded.

This can also be said to be a kind of sadness...... It is said that only interests are talked about between countries, but in fact, the same is sometimes the case within the military, especially when the troops retreat in a big way.

Just imagine, if Holm had no interest and no value in the retreat of the German army, I am afraid that it would have been abandoned by the command long ago.

But there seems to be nothing wrong with that...... It has always been the norm for large corps to fight, sacrificing small units to save large troops.

In fact, the commander of Army Group Center also seemed to notice the strangeness of the Soviet army.

"The Soviets were not interspersed as quickly as we thought!" Kruger said, "It's kind of weird! ”

"Is it because of our air strikes?" Tlesko asked.

The German air force has always had the upper hand on the Eastern Front, and when the three Soviet armies interspersed with the two German army groups, the German air force devoted almost all its strength to bombing the Soviet army indiscriminately.

"No!" Kruger shook his head and said, "You know the Soviets, if they don't want to stop, even if we are dropping bombs on their heads every minute, they will keep going!" ”

"What could be the reason for that?" Tlesko said: "It can't be that these Soviets are soft-hearted!" ”

"No, of course not!" Kruger looked at Holm and said, "Could it be Holm's fault?" ”

"Holm? Why? Tlesko asked.

"I'm not sure!" "But the Air Force side reports...... The Soviets surrounded Holm with more and more troops! ”

At this moment a correspondent handed Kruger a telegram and said: "Marshal, Holm's telegram! ”

Kruger took the telegram and looked at it, then nodded and handed it to Tlesko, saying, "I think we already know why!" ”

Tlesko's eyes couldn't help but light up after reading the telegram: "In this way, Holm is likely to be a good chess piece for us to contain the Soviet interspersed troops!" ”

"Yes!" Kruger replied, "So we're stupid, aren't we?" I only thought about stopping the Soviets in front, but I didn't think that I could drag them from the rear...... Fortunately, it's not too late! ”

"Yes, it's not too late!"

"Kick up the airdrop on Holm now!" Kruger ordered: "At all costs!" ”

"Yes, Marshal!"

So, if a fleet of transport planes is unable to successfully drop supplies to Holm, the command will send two teams.

But even this airdrop was not ideal, because the Soviets would fire smoke grenades at Holm before the transport plane reached the sky over Holm, which prevented the pilots from dropping at the exact location.

Later, the German army used signal flares to guide the pilots, and as a result, the Soviets also put many signal flares of the same color around the perimeter to interfere with it, which made Holm's supply difficult for a while.

In the end, the command even resorted to the forced landing of transport planes with drag-gliders with supplies to Holm.