As Qin Chuan imagined, the Soviets soon organized another attack, and this time they successfully crossed the Lovati River defense line.

But crossing the Lovati line did not mean that the Soviets would be able to split the German defense zone in two.

Although the Soviets even Matvich thought so, this was not the case.

On the one hand, the reason is that the Germans have built underground fortifications in Holm, so that the Soviets always have to guard against the sudden emergence of a group of enemies next to them or even behind them...... In this regard, it should be said that the snow will be a good cover, and many tunnels only need to add a wooden board and then use the snow from the outside, so it will be difficult for the Soviet troops to find the location of the tunnels.

On the other hand, Holm is full of ruins that have been blown up by Soviet artillery.

There are two sides to everything: the collapse of a building can indeed deprive the Germans of a place to protect themselves from the cold (in fact, this strategic purpose is not achieved), but at the same time, the craters in the streets a few meters deep and the reinforced concrete piled up in the streets when the entire building collapses are a good interception...... The first was that tanks were difficult to pass, and the second was that German soldiers could use the ruins as bunkers or fortifications to fight the Soviets.

The Battle of Holm soon turned into brutal street fighting and tug-of-war, with the Soviets having to fight the Germans in ruins and ruins.

But the situation was not optimistic for the German army.

"Mainly because we don't have enough troops!" Qin Chuan frowned at the meeting and said: "Although each of our soldiers can be exchanged for two, three, or even more enemies, the problem is that our total strength is only more than five thousand, and now there are only more than four thousand, while the Soviets are endless and almost endless!" ”

"Yes!" Gerhard continued: "As the captain said, we have won victory after victory, but at the same time we are getting closer and closer to defeat, especially since we are only a few miles wide in strategic depth, once the Soviets cut us off from the middle...... The situation will deteriorate dramatically! ”

Colonel Slane nodded: "At that time, I'm afraid that even the glider won't have enough landing space!" ”

This is the most important thing, if even the glider could not land, the Germans would have to confront the Soviets with stones two days later.

"The focus is still on the Lovadi River line!" Colonel Slain continued: "That line of defense will prevent us from falling into this stupid tug-of-war and war of attrition with the Soviets!" ”

"The problem is that the Lovati line of defense is a thing of the past, Colonel!" "They filled in the height difference with construction trucks and snow, and there was nothing we could do about it!" ”

There was silence in the conference room.

"Maybe we can call for air support!" Rear Admiral Hartmann said, "Stuka bombers can blow them up!" ”

"This might be the solution!" Colonel Slane said, "We can do this, but it doesn't make sense!" ”

Major General Hartmann spread his hands dissatisfiedly and asked, "Colonel, I wonder why this doesn't make sense?" ”

"Because it's not a long-term solution, General!" Colonel Slain replied calmly: "First of all, you must know that it is difficult for the Stuka bombers to accurately blow up the entire snow laid by the Soviets on the Lovati River. Secondly, even if we sent a large number of bombers and blew them all up with untold bombs...... For the Soviets, it was only a matter of piling up snow again or sending a few more bridge-building trucks up. So, do you really think we should do that? ”

Major General Hartmann was speechless when he heard this.

"So!" Gerhard agreed: "What we need is a long-term method that can completely destroy these snow accumulations and even make it impossible for the Soviets to use this tactic again!" ”

"Yes!" Colonel Slein said, "But we can't! ”

"Maybe we can do it!" Qin Chuan said.

"How?" Colonel Slane set his sights on Qin Chuan.

"The Soviets always focused their offensive on the ground!" Qin Chuan said.

"Yes, we know!" Colonel Slane replied.

The Soviets were straightforward, they thought that the battle on the ground was the key, so if they found any tunnels, they would blow them up with explosives packs and seal them up.

In fact, they were right in doing this, because the German army relied on gliders on the ground for supply, and as long as the Soviet army succeeded in compressing the living space of the German army on the ground, then the German army underground would only be starved to death.

"So our underground fortifications were not damaged much!" Qin Chuan continued.

"We know that, too!" Colonel Slein replied, "What the hell do you want to say, Captain?" ”

"Then why don't we dig the tunnel to the drop line?" Qin Chuan said: "In this way, we can directly blow up the snow with the explosives pack!" ”

The officers don't want you to look at me, I look at you, none of them thought that tunnel warfare could be used like this.

However, this is obviously feasible because there is a height difference of more than five meters on the east bank of the Lovati River, which the Soviets have piled up into an inclined plane with snow...... That means you can dig all the way up to the slope and do whatever you like.

"Very good idea, Captain!" Colonel Slain nodded: "But we must be careful not to let the Soviets find out that we are digging tunnels underground, they definitely don't like this!" ”

"That's not a problem at all!" Lieutenant Colonel Gerhard said: "We can dig during the day when we are fighting the Soviets, or if we are going to dig at night, we can also use gunfire and artillery as cover!" ”

"That's right!" Colonel Slain said, "But be careful, don't hit your own tunnels with shells!" Do anyone else have questions? ”

"No problem, Colonel!"

"No problem, just go according to the captain's plan!" Colonel Slane said: "It's time to surprise the Soviets!" ”

When Qin Chuan and Lieutenant Colonel Gerhard walked out of the conference room together, Major General Hartman chased after him from behind.

"Captain, can I talk to you alone?"

"Of course!" Qin Chuan replied, but there were some doubts in his heart...... And what is there to talk about between the police force and the Wehrmacht?!

"Captain!" As the two walked into a corridor next to the hospital, Major General Hartman said, "I've heard your name for a long time, sorry, I always thought it was just a ...... You know, a propaganda ploy! ”

"I understand, General!" Qin Chuan nodded.

In order to boost morale, or for something else, every country is doing things such as false reports of military exploits or erecting heroic images, even Britain and the United States.

"You know, Captain!" Major General Hartman said: "I don't think people like you should stay on the front line, but even more so join troops like ours!" ”