The soldiers were well fed and drunk, and lay down in the "bed" by the fire and fell asleep...... The so-called "quilts" were overcoats taken from the Soviets, most of which were stripped from the bodies of killed Soviets, many of which were made of animal skin, so they kept much warmer than the Germans.

Unfortunately, these coats could not be worn on the body, because they could easily be killed by one's own people, so they were placed in the cellar as bedding.

At this moment, there was a sudden burst of bombardment outside.

Originally, Qin Chuan didn't want to pay attention to it, thinking that this was just a routine bombing by the Soviet army, and the German soldiers in Holm had long been accustomed to it.

After a while, Qin Chuan felt that this bombing was a little unusual...... The bombardment lasted for a long time and was concentrated along the Lowati River line.

Qin Chuan immediately jumped up from the "bed", and the soldiers realized this almost at the same time, jumping up one by one and preparing nervously.

"It's finally time to attack!" Kuhn said.

"Yes!" Qin Chuan replied while stuffing two grenades into his belt: "I think they are admitting that the 'blockade' of us has failed!" ”

"Uh-huh!" Kuhn nodded in agreement.

"So!" Qin Chuan continued: "I seem to have made a mistake! ”

"Error?" Werner looked at Qin Chuan in confusion.

"We should pretend that their 'blockade' works!" Qin Chuan replied: "Then they will continue to wait until we collapse, but now ......"

Kuhn couldn't help but laugh: "You're asking too much of yourself, Captain! ”

"It's better if they come up early!" Werner patted the Teposha submachine gun: "I've always wondered what they can do to break through the Lovati River defense!" ”

"There's no line you can't break through, Timo Werner!" The baker answered.

It turned out that the baker was right, and when the artillery stopped, the soldiers entered the position that had been beaten by shells along the communication trenches, and saw several engineering vehicles driving out from the direction of the Soviet troops......

Seven of these vehicles are armoured bulldozers, which are obviously used to shovel snow, and they only need to shovel the snow under the defense line of the Lovadi River, and then they can use the snow to pile up the height difference of more than five meters into an inclined plane, which can be directly walked on if the surface is sprinkled with a layer of soil or fur or something.

There were also eight bridge-erecting vehicles, with the chassis of the tank underneath and a slope more than two meters wide supported by steel above...... Obviously, this slope can provide a direct passage for soldiers or tanks to cross the Lovati line by driving below the line.

"Wow!" Werner said: "They've found a way! ”

Before the words fell, the Soviet troops rushed up with a loud roar, and with them were the carriages...... At first, Qin Chuan didn't understand what these carriages were used for, until they turned the carriage around, and a Mark-stealing machine gun appeared in front of the Germans on the sleigh in the rear, and then a rain of bullets poured down towards the German position.

This move is really good, the Mark's machine gun and mortar suppression made the Germans on the defensive line almost unable to raise their heads, while the Soviets could charge and build bridges on the defensive line...... It is conceivable that as time goes on, more and more inclined planes will be erected on the Lovati River, and then Soviet tanks and soldiers will continue to charge the Lovati River defense line from any point of energy.

"Fire!" Gerhard ordered loudly.

The German defensive battle began at that moment, and the bullets flew towards the Soviet troops below with a "whoosh" sound, knocking down the Soviet troops rushing towards the Lovati River one by one.

But the Soviets ignored this sacrifice and continued to rush up the two bridges and a relatively gentle defensive line in the middle.

The goals of the Soviet army were clear...... Cover the engineering units with human lives to set up slopes on the Lovady River defense line, as long as there are enough slopes, then the greater their impact on the German lines.

A bridge-erecting vehicle hitched a ride on the east bank of the Lovati River, the height of which was apparently calculated, and the height of the bridge deck was about half a meter higher than that of the east bank.

This height can be said to be just right, because if it is exceeded too much, then it will be difficult for people and tanks to get off the bridge deck.

If it was level with the east bank, then the German machine guns could easily block the entire bridge deck.

But now, most of the machine gunner's bullets are blocked by a load that exceeds the bridge deck, and the same is true of the range of the bazooka.

This surprised Qin Chuan, because most of the Soviets' personalities were rough and leafy, they would rush forward without a head, and they could also use rough parts to assemble a near-perfect tank, but they never paid attention to the details, just like most of their tanks were not equipped with communication equipment.

But now, the Soviet commander in front of him clearly took this into account.

What Qin Chuan didn't know was that Matevic even did two drills for this attack...... He led his troops to build a defensive line similar to the Lovati River on a high ground thirteen kilometers away from Holm, and then had his troops conduct offensive and defensive drills there, so that he gained some experience.

"We don't have many opportunities!" Matvich said to Petronorev while watching the battle on the battlefield with a telescope.

"I don't understand, Comrade Commissar!" Petronorev replied: "We have absolute superiority!" ”

"Perhaps!" Matevich replied: "But you haven't studied their examples!" ”

"You mean ......"

"I transferred from the British the combat experience of the German 1st Corps, Comrade Petronorev!" Matevich raised his head in the direction of the battlefield where the smoke was rising: "In Africa and Sicily, they used 'tunnel tactics' several times to defeat the British and Americans with inferior forces, and there was no way to do it!" ”

Petronorev laughed: "That's because the British Americans are timid!" ”

"Maybe!" Matevich replied: "But maybe it's because we have an unusual opponent!" ”

After a pause, Matevic said to himself: "I have a hunch that if we can't knock Holm down in a few days, they will probably find a way to deal with it!" ”

Matevic put down his binoculars and continued: "At that point, we will have to attack Holm in another way!" ”

"Put it down, Comrade Commissar!" Petronorev said: "Look at the situation now, in a few hours their line of defense will be history!" ”