Maybe it was because he was too sleepy, and Qin Chuan barely slept for a while until it was almost dawn.

Sleeping in such freezing conditions is never a pleasant experience, because you will also feel the cold penetrating through the voids and even pores during your sleep, allowing your body to reflexively shiver to keep itself a little warm and energetic.

Then, when you wake up and stand up, you will find yourself stiff like a dried corpse that has just been dug up and has been sleeping in the ground for thousands of years...... At this point, you should be glad that you woke up in time.

When Qin Chuan broke off a piece of bread with his frozen hand and put it in his mouth, Gerhard opened the door from the outside and walked in, he shook the snow off his body and complained: "Damn the hell weather, it's snowing again!" ”

"Is it okay?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Yes!" Gerhard jumped on the spot like a spring, then replied, "We had thirty-five casualties last night, but you know what? Fifty-six people suffered frostbite in the second half, and eleven of them froze to death! ”

Qin Chuan couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, frostbite attrition was greater than combat attrition.

If more than 100 people are attribution every day, it won't take more than 5,000 people in Holm to finish playing in two months.

At this moment, the whistling of cannonballs was heard in the air.

These shells were somewhat different from the previous fire preparation of the Soviet troops...... Before, the shells were all in pieces, but now they are blowing up little by little.

Qin Chuan looked at the explosion of the shells, and then realized that the Soviets were targeting buildings on the east bank of the Lovati River.

Obviously, the Soviets wanted to destroy the buildings one by one, so that the Germans would lose the little space they had to protect themselves from the cold.

Qin Chuan and Gerhard couldn't help but glance at each other, and they both saw the fear in each other's eyes...... After such bombardments, the east bank of Holm would soon be in ruins, suffering thousands of people living in Holm, most of whom were Soviets.

"Captain, lieutenant colonel!" A correspondent reported: "Colonel Slein has asked you to come to the command for a meeting!" ”

This was completely expected by Qin Chuan, and it was time to hold a meeting to discuss countermeasures.

The headquarters is located at the central hospital in Holm.

The hospital is located in the eastern center, and in the recess of the high ground, it is difficult for shells to hit here, making it an ideal point of defense.

It took Gerhard and Qin Chuan fifteen minutes to get here...... Heavy snow made everything difficult.

"Gentlemen!" Seeing that everyone had arrived, Colonel Slain said: "I think it's time for us to discuss the difficulties, we can't make fires, the soldiers can't eat hot food, the non-combat attrition is serious, and now it's ......."

Saying that, Colonel Slane quieted down, listened to the rumbling of artillery outside and said: "The Soviets are bombing their houses one after another, yes, this is their house, and their people, but they don't care!" ”

And at this moment, the sound of artillery stopped.

Then came the stiff German shout over the radio: "Soldiers of the First Infantry Corps, there is no way out for you!" Germany has abandoned you, you have no food, no ammunition, no reinforcements, and we will blow up all your houses! Surrender, come to our side, there is hot food and warm bedding......"

Colonel Slain couldn't help but spread his hands and said, "Great, how did they know our number?" ”

"It could be a captive, Colonel!" Gerhard said: "Several of us were missing in last night's fighting! ”

"Or maybe the guerrillas!" Colonel Slane turned his gaze to Major General Hartman.

"What?" Major General Hartman spread his hands.

"General!" Colonel Slane said, "I remember that your police force was in charge of policing!" ”

"That's right!" Major General Hartman replied: "Is there something wrong?" ”

"But a few of my soldiers were assassinated last night!" Colonel Slein said: "They were stabbed to death from behind while they were asleep in the room, and this ......"

Saying that, Colonel Slein raised his hand at the shouts of the Soviet troops outside, and said: "They have our information in time, and last night's attack on the west side of Lieutenant Colonel Gerhard's garrison instead of the east side of our garrison. What does this mean? I don't think you're doing your job in this part! ”

Major General Hartman's face was ugly, but after a while, he nodded and said, "I'll deal with these problems, put on his hat and turned around and left!" ”

The police battalion then conducted a thorough search of the town, which resulted in two radio transmitters and several receivers, as well as several Russian-made Tokarev pistols, and five people were confirmed to be in secret contact with the Soviet army, one of whom was a woman, yes, a woman, so thin and hungry that she was only skinny and bone-lining.

"We've got the guy you want, Colonel!" Hartman brought the five men to Slain: "I wonder what you want to do with them?" ”

"Lock them up!" Colonel Slane said, "Let's see if we can get some information out of their mouths!" ”

"No, Colonel!" Hartman said, "I think we should make an example!" ”

It was clear that Major General Hartman was demonstrating to Colonel Slain, and he was telling Colonel Slain in another way that it was within the purview of the police to dispose of these people.

Of course, this also meant to warn the people of Holm.

Colonel Slain was powerless to stop it, and could only watch as Major General Hartman slowly erected a gallows outside the hospital, and Major General Hartmann even had the people of the town drive to the square to watch.

Then, with an order, five people were hung on the noose.

The woman, perhaps because the noose was not properly tied, or because the noose was frozen and could not be tightened, hung on the noose and struggled for a long time without dying, her legs hanging in the air kicking and shaking, as if trying to reach for something to step on.

After a while, it seemed that even Major General Hartmann could not stand it anymore and motioned for a soldier to come up and help.

The soldier stepped forward and grabbed the woman's legs and pulled them down with his own weight, and the woman struggled a few times to stop moving.

Colonel Slain closed the window and sat back in his seat.

Although he knew that the ruthless execution of these captured intelligence agents was inevitable, he was somewhat unaccustomed to Hartman's behavior.

Looking at the corpse still hanging on the rope outside and shaking with the wind and snow, Qin Chuan couldn't help but sigh...... The rules of war are brutal, and you can sometimes have a hard time distinguishing which ones are enemies and which are civilians.