Himmler then looked down at the SS officer's report and found that he did not say whether the Soviet "KV-1" heavy tank had been destroyed, much to his disappointment, and he assumed that the tank had probably escaped from the SS unharmed.

The image he wanted to see most was actually the scene of the bullet burrowing into the beautiful girl's body and splattering blood.

After reading the report, Himmler came to the conclusion that the Waffen-SS, his Black Knights, had not been cold and precise enough in dealing with the enemy, and that he should continue to strengthen the spiritual center of the SS in order to adapt to "ethnic cleansing", which was "the most difficult task for the nation and the fatherland."

Himmler was so engrossed in his work that he did not give much thought to the report, but simply skipped it into the many documents that he had already read.

What Sun Hui didn't expect was that this huge "T-34" multi-turret tank would be repaired in only ten days.

When the heavy tank, which had been disposed of as waste, was brought back to the fort by the recovery team, all officers with some combat experience considered it useless, "and a German '4' tank could easily destroy it." Captain Ivar said to Sun Hui half-jokingly and half-seriously, "It is absolutely impossible for our tank platoon to want it, even if someone is willing to drive it." ”

But Sun Hui didn't think so, he thought that in the field battle, this huge but thinly armored tank was easy to become a moving target, but in urban defense battles, it should be a good defensive weapon.

His idea was supported by Lieutenant Ulano Lasov, a midshipman who had never been on the battlefield before, had received very little military training, and had only participated in a few skirmishes, and who had just thought it would be a pity that such a large tank could not be repaired and put to use, so he took on the task of repairing the tank.

After reporting to the regimental commissar and getting approval, he called for some Soviet officers and soldiers who had been rescued by the 117th tank platoon, several of them were technical officers, and he asked them to check the situation of the "T-35" tank, these people thought that the damage to the tank was not large, and it was easy to repair, but a few key parts were broken, plus there was a lack of fuel, so they were abandoned by the officers and soldiers who drove him. Knowing that there was a warehouse of mechanical spare parts in the arsenal of the fortress, Ulanorasov led people to find the parts they needed there, and after hard work, it took only ten days for the "T-35" tank to be repaired.

In line with the instructions of the regimental political commissar that "everything that can be used must be used on the battlefield", at the suggestion of Sun Hui, this "T-35" tank was assigned to the infantry regiment, and then the tank was named "Red Fortress" by the regimental political commissar and commanded by Lieutenant Ulanor Lasov, 5 of the 11 members of the crew were from maintenance personnel, 3 from partisans, and 3 from the navy.

The "T-35" multi-turret heavy tank was added to the fort's defenses as a mobile fortress. After it entered the defensive position, at the invitation of Lieutenant Ulanorasov, the "521" crew also came to visit, which really opened the eyes of the girls, who had never seen a multi-turret tank.

Although there were no major battles these days, Sun Hui had learned some about the war from Ulannorasov and was not optimistic about the situation of himself and the girls.

He had figured out from the people around him that they were now in December '41 at the "Karava-Eastleg" fortress on the outskirts of Leningrad, which was originally an ancient fortress that had been converted into a military fortress by the Soviet army before the war, and was one of the many fortresses that defended Leningrad. The fortress had abundant military reserves and forage, and was fortunate not to be destroyed by the Germans in previous battles, but as the German offensive on Leningrad intensified, other nearby fortresses fell one after another, and the fortress gradually became isolated and became an isolated island in the sea of war.

The fortress now maintained only a limited number of access routes to the main Soviet forces in the rear, including a railway line, which was in danger of being cut off by the Germans at any moment.

This is also the reason why Sun Hui wants to help strengthen the defense of the fortress as much as possible. The "T-35" multi-turret tank was certainly useless in the field with the German tank, but it was quite effective against infantry in defensive operations.

Sun Hui was pleased that the commanders of the Soviet army had not forgotten the fortress, and after learning that the fortress had survived the onslaught of the Germans and was actively fighting against the Germans, they began to find ways to support the defenders of the fortress.

Soon the defenders of the fortress received a direct order from Marshal Voroshilov: "Go to the defense in place and not give up anywhere." ”

Prior to this, there was also an order from Marshal Voroshilov, who demanded that the troops assembled here actively launch a counteroffensive against the enemy, so the troops formed battle formations in an attempt to break through the enemy's line in one fell swoop. But the fighters struggled with constant attacks, and there was a shortage of artillery and ammunition. The attempt to charge failed. The infantry was still lying on the wet ground under enemy fire and the spring rain mixed with snowflakes. The telephone operator listened to the fierce instructions and scolding of the superior commander: "Break through it!" Unleash infantry to crush the enemy! The 117th Tank Platoon also helped the infantry in the attack, but after several failed charges, the order to "dig trenches" was given.

War is a giant groundhog. Taking advantage of the light of the colorful German signal flares, and the light of the raging fires caused by the German shells in the nearby villages, the work of digging trenches was carried out overnight. An intricate labyrinth of large and small beast dens is expanding underground. The terrain quickly changed. It is no longer the wooded banks of a small river overgrown with reeds and algae in the summer, but a "front edge" that has been torn apart by fragments and cannonballs, divided into many layers like Dante's inferno, bare and without vegetation, it has been dug up and dug up, and it has lost its original character. The cold wind blows from here.

Soviet scouts sat every night on the banks of the original river (also known as the "neutral zone"), listening to the sound of German axes and the conversations of German sappers who were also consolidating the front.

However, there is suffering and joy. The logistics troops were gradually mobilized, and horse-drawn wagons were brought in ammunition, rations, and canned food. Eventually, the health camp, the field post office, the exchange house, and the veterinarian station also arrived, and they were stationed somewhere in the town adjacent to the fortress, camouflaged in the forest not far away.