Three days later, the tunnel was opened.

When the German soldiers cheered in low voices with excitement, Qin Chuan said to Gerhard: "I think we have to do two things!" ”

"What two things?" Gerhard asked.

"First of all, we should find all the bridge-building vehicles!" Qin Chuan said: "Because it is the most difficult to bomb, blowing it up can not only reduce the enemy's attack surface, but also prevent the enemy's tanks from landing!" ”

Gerhard nodded in agreement.

"Secondly!" After a pause, Qin Chuan continued: "I don't think we should simply blow up the snow and forget it!" ”

"But what else can we do?" Gerhard's face was full of puzzlement.

"Look at this ......" Qin Chuan pointed to the map and said, "The Soviets have already pushed the battle line two miles forward from the defense line of the Lovati River, and they have also concentrated their main forces and almost all their energy on the east of the Lovati River!" ”

"You're right!"

"That means ......" Qin Chuan said, pointing to the west of the Lovati River, "their defenses to the west are very weak!" ”

"God!" Gerhard looked up: "You don't want to raid the Soviets, do you!" ”

"Why not?" Qin Chuan said: "We assume that they did not find out that we had opened the tunnel to the Lovati River, so we did not expect that we would appear on the west bank, which would catch them by surprise." On the other hand, because their main force is already on the east bank, they are left on the west bank with some logistics troops! ”

Gerhard looked at Qin Chuan with a shocked gaze: "But Captain, this is just your guess, we don't know anything about their arrangement, and at the same time, our troops are much smaller than theirs......"

Gerhard's words are understandable.

The main point of this was the lack of German troops.

The lack of troops led to the problem that the Germans could not afford to lose their troops.

What if the Soviet troops on the west bank of the Lovati River were sufficient? What if the Soviet troops were prepared? In case of...... There are too many uncertainties, as long as one is confirmed, or the Germans win but themselves suffer heavy casualties, the result is that Holm loses and the entire German army collapses.

"Fighting is always risky, isn't it?" Qin Chuan said: "This is a good opportunity for a sneak attack, let's think about what will happen if the sneak attack is successful...... Holm was surrounded by a flat area, and the Soviets, fearing that they would be bombed by our warplanes, would likely store supplies on the west bank. ”

As he spoke, Qin Chuan looked at Lieutenant Colonel Gerhard.

Lieutenant Colonel Gerhard nodded in agreement, after all, air supremacy was in the hands of the Germans, but the Germans didn't have many fighters to bomb them.

"Same reason!" Qin Chuan continued: "They will also attach artillery to the vicinity of the buildings on the west bank, so that it is not easy to be bombed by air power. ”

Lieutenant Colonel Gerhard nodded again, this is common sense, and the previous Soviet bombardment of Holm also confirmed this. Otherwise, the Soviet artillery would have been blown up by German bombers.

"What's more important is ......" Qin Chuan continued: "The buildings on the west bank are the only places nearby where you can shelter from the wind and cold, where do you think the officers of the Soviets will hide?" ”

Hearing this, Lieutenant Colonel Gerhard's eyes couldn't help but light up.

After thinking about it, Lieutenant Colonel Gerhard said, "You convinced me, Lieutenant Colonel! ”

Of course, it was not enough for Lieutenant Colonel Gerhard to agree.

In fact, it doesn't matter at all whether Lieutenant Colonel Gerhard agrees or not, what matters is Colonel Slain.

In order not to leak information...... This is very likely to happen, because the ground is already partially occupied by Soviet troops, and it is very likely that the Soviets overheard German phone calls or telegrams.

So Qin Chuan went to the headquarters again to discuss with Colonel Slein.

Colonel Slain was not a conservative commander himself, and he agreed without thinking.

Colonel Slein commented on the sneak attack plan: "Perhaps, even if the sneak attack is successful, we will not be able to change anything, the supplies that the Soviets have concentrated in Holm may be only a small part, but we can strike at the enemy and boost the morale of our troops, which is very important to us!" ”

Colonel Slein was right, the plan did not change much for Holm in principle...... Blow up supplies, crush artillery, or capture some Soviet officers.

Knowing that there were three army groups outside Kholm, these losses suffered by the Soviet army would soon be replenished or even more.

But it is important to know that this is a lone army besieged in Holm, and such a lone army is not only not beaten to the death of the Soviet army, but also launched a counteroffensive and achieved a brilliant victory, and the potential impact on a unit and even the German army on the Eastern Front, which had just fought a defeated battle, is immeasurable.

"Do you have any plans?" Colonel Slane asked Qin Chuan.

"No!" Qin Chuan shook his head and replied, "All we have to do is drill out and then launch an attack on the west bank!" ”

Qin Chuan was telling the truth, they didn't know anything about the hostile situation on the west bank, and even if they wanted to make any plans, they couldn't make any plans.

However, the absence of a plan for the West Bank does not mean that there is no plan for other directions.

"If you have to have any plans!" Qin Chuan said: "We can do a feint...... For example, if the Soviets in the east launch a feint attack on the Soviets, pretending to break through, so that the Soviets going deep into Holm will increase the pace of the attack to increase the pressure on us, and then we will ......"

As he spoke, Qin Chuan's fist smashed on the west bank of the Lovati River.

"Good!" Colonel Slein said, "I await your good news! ”

At two o'clock in the morning, several red flares rose into the cold night sky of Holm, followed by the roar of mortars, and even a few tanks were moved east to attack the Soviets.

A correspondent hurriedly ran into the headquarters and reported to Fontewicz, who had been awakened and was getting up in a padded jacket: "Comrade commissar, the Germans have suddenly launched an attack on the 82nd Infantry Regiment, and the fire is very fierce. And tanks, Comrade Sokovsky asked for reinforcements! ”

Fontevich couldn't help but stop listening to the report, and then he laughed: "The Germans finally can't hold on!" ”

Soon Petronoev also rushed over, and he had the same idea as Vontevich.

"Comrade Commissar!" Petronoyev said: "It seems that the Germans are going to abandon the Holm breakout!" ”

"Yes!" "But they obviously don't know that they might be able to live a few more days in Holm, and that a breakout will only make them die faster," Vontewich said. ”

"Do you want to stop them?" Petronoyev asked.

"No!" Vontewicz said: "We should hurry up the attack on Holm, Holm certainly doesn't have many troops left at this time!" ”