However, Yeremenko's other two methods were not so useful, or it could be said that the next battle was not as easy as they thought.

One was to bombard the sandbar with artillery regiments.

There are no problems with the bombing itself, the sandbar is very close to the Volga, only more than three hundred meters, it can be said that the sandbar can be hit with mortars on the east bank, not to mention howitzers with a range of several kilometers. (Note: The range of the M1910 howitzer equipped by the Soviet army is 7.7 km)

But the problem is that the overall shape of the sandbar is elongated, like a willow leaf.

A sandbar of this shape is inherently capable of dodging shells, because whether the shells hit far or close, they will fall into the river, and only a small number of shells will fall on the sandbar, and even worse, these shells that fall on the sandbar may not explode normally, and there are many reefs on the sandbar...... This is one of the reasons why the sandbar can form in a large area, because the reef blocks the flow of water, and the sand and soil in the river slowly deposits in this area, and over time it becomes a huge sandbar.

Because these reefs have been washed by the river and rain for a long time, the surface is very smooth, and the shells fired from the direction of the Soviet army will appear ricochet, that is, jump and fall into the river on the other side and explode.

Therefore, the Soviet artillery seemed to be fighting very powerfully, and pieces of shells exploded near the sandbar to stir up a mist of water, but in fact, there were not many shells that could really hit the sandbar, especially since the Germans were already hiding in the reinforced concrete fortifications, so they took the storm outside as a pleasure.

The other is the build-up of Soviet troops attacking the sandbank.

It is true that the Southeastern Front in Yeremenko's hands does not lack troops or equipment, but it is short of ships......

At this time, the Battle of Stalingrad had been going on for more than two months, during which the South-Eastern Front had never stopped reinforcing Stalingrad, and the South-Eastern Front was separated from Stalingrad by a Volga River, so both the reinforcements of troops and supplies were all needed by ships.

In fact, this can also be said to be a weakness of the Soviet defense.

As mentioned before, the Caspian Sea is an inland sea that is not connected to the outside world, and the Soviet Caspian Sea Fleet is called a "fleet in a fish tank" because it has no strategic needs, and the Volga River leads to the Caspian Sea and connects the Caspian Sea as a whole, which makes the Soviet army in other directions such as the Black Sea Fleet, the Northern Fleet, the Baltic Fleet, etc., empty of armed armored ships but unable to reinforce the Volga.

During this period, the South-Eastern Front had to collect fishing boats along the Volga for reinforcements to Stalingrad, and even then there were not many of these fishing boats left.

It was not a problem for the Soviets to assemble their forces, and in less than half an hour they had assembled two Guards Infantry regiments, but it was not possible to assemble ships that could transport troops to the sandbank.

In a hurry, Yeremenko ordered the Soviet soldiers to build their own logging, and at the same time sent Soviet soldiers who could swim to form a commando to swim across the ...... Later, it turned out that the effect of armed swimming would be better than attacking with logging, because at least the target would not be so big.

But even then, the first attack organized by the Soviets was two hours later.

At this time, Qin Chuan and the others had already made a series of preparations on the sandbank.

The M1910 howitzer is of little value to the commandos...... This was not only because of its short range, but also because it was not very accurate, and the commandos had a total of only one hundred and sixty-five men (thirty-five casualties in the occupation), and even if they were all used, they would not be able to make up an artillery battalion.

On the other hand, it is the purpose that can be achieved with the M1910 howitzer, which the commando team can easily do by only contacting the rear, such as the le. THE FH 18 105MM HOWITZER HAS A RANGE OF 10 KILOMETERS, AND AS LONG AS IT REACHES THE OUTSKIRTS OF STALINGRAD, IT CAN REACH THE EAST BANK OF THE VOLGA RIVER TO PROVIDE COVER FOR THE COMMANDOS, AND THE COMMANDOS CAN ALSO CONTACT FIGHTERS AND BOMBERS.

Therefore the commandos are completely unnecessary with the use of these artillery.

So with Qin Chuan's order, these howitzers were all dragged to a crater and piled up so as not to get in the way, not to mention the howitzers in the pillbox fortifications, all of them were dragged out to make room.

They were replaced by anti-aircraft machine guns and small-caliber anti-aircraft guns captured by the Germans from Soviet anti-aircraft artillery units...... These things may not work to fight planes, but when they fight infantry, they are the harvesters of life.

To Qin Chuan and the others' great surprise, they found several underground warehouses under the bunker fortifications, which stored an uncountable number of anti-aircraft artillery shells and anti-aircraft machine gun bullets.

This seems to be expected, since the Soviet positions on the sandbar were mainly used for air defense, or arguably to provide some necessary cover for ships going to and from the Volga, and to accomplish this task required a large amount of ammunition, which had to be properly preserved, otherwise it would be blown up by enemy bombers in a few blows.

After getting ready, Qin Chuan and the others still had a little time to rest.

The baker took out the chocolate tin box hidden in the chest bag, opened it and took out the chocolate inside, opened the plastic seal, carefully broke off a little and put it in his mouth, then closed his eyes and enjoyed it slowly.

This is chocolate from the French supply front, it is produced into the size of a biscuit, eight small pieces in a circle, and it also has a special tin box for preservation, so that the chocolate will not melt due to the influence of body temperature or sewage during the battle.

Although this chocolate is exclusively for the front, it is still rarely seen on the frontline...... This is mainly due to the fact that there are too many soldiers on the front line, and in the case of difficult transportation, even if the rear production is enough for the soldiers at the front, the logistics department will not transport them.

The reason is simple, a truckload of chocolate can't feed anyone, but a truckload of grain is not.

As a result, the logistics units were more likely to exchange them for ammunition or food, especially in the tense Stalingrad direction, which at one time made chocolate a luxury that only high-ranking officers were entitled to at the front.

But during this operation, Alexander deliberately gave each member of the commando team a piece of chocolate.

In Alexander's words: "Gentlemen, it is likely that you will not be able to receive reinforcements on the sandbank for a considerable period of time, and when you are tired, I hope it will help you a little!" ”

However......

Werner rolled his eyes and said, "God, I ate it all on the fly!" ”

"You should have kept some!" The baker said, "Like now...... You'll regret it! ”

"Why?" Werner asked: "We don't know if we will ever have a chance to enjoy it!" ”