Chapter 474: Scattered Sand
The units with combat effectiveness were quickly gathered in the hands of Colonel Slane, and then Colonel Slain worked with Qin Chuan and others to make some quick and reasonable configurations of these units.
Of course, this meeting was also attended by Major General Hartmann, who was after all the highest-ranking major general here, especially since the German police force often did not take the Wehrmacht seriously...... This is a characteristic of the German army, for example, the "Gestapo" is a police force, and their role is not only to maintain law and order, deal with partisans, and arrest Jews, but also to investigate and supervise the army.
As a result, the IDF did not like the police force, but now they had to sit at the same table and discuss how to deal with the war.
"You should contact your superiors!" Rear Admiral Hartman said: "Come and bring us as much equipment and supplies as possible while the airport is still in our possession!" ”
When the Germans occupied Holm, they built an airfield in the open area to the north to facilitate the German operations on the front line.
"They won't do it!" Colonel Slein replied: "If I guess correctly, the entire Army Group North and Army Group Center need to retreat, and the retreat requires air cover...... General, do you think they will draw up limited air power for us in their busy schedules when they are threatened by two army groups? ”
"Colonel!" Major General Hartmann replied, "I hope you understand one thing...... I am your commander, so what I say is not a request, but an order! ”
"General!" Colonel Slein replied without showing weakness: "I also hope you can understand one thing, you are a major general of the security division, not of the Wehrmacht, if there is someone here who is willing to obey your orders......"
Colonel Slane spread his hands and said, "Please!" ”
"So!" Hartman gritted his teeth and said, "Colonel, should you try it, after all, we are in need of equipment and supplies?" I think that's what all of us think! ”
"Probably not!" Qin Chuan looked at Major General Hartman and said, "Maybe it's because if the transport plane can be airborne here, it can bring some people back!" ”
Colonel Slane couldn't help but realize when he heard this: "Of course, why didn't I think of it? Well, the general ......"
Colonel Slain deliberately stood in front of Major General Hartman and asked, "Who do you think we should take with us?" ”
"Of course, the people who were ordered to retreat go back!" Major General Hartmann replied: "We still have tasks in Velikiye Luki!" ”
"Of course!" Colonel Slain spread his hands, then motioned for the correspondent to contact the command.
At the same time, he said to Major General Hartmann: "Sorry, General. If you said that earlier, it would be fine, because I would also like you to get out of here, there are some people who are not good for Holm's defenses! ”
Major General Hartman "snorted" and did not speak.
However, the result did not satisfy Major General Hartmann, and the command's answer turned out to be as Colonel Slane had said, that it was temporarily impossible to provide reinforcements to Holm, and Holm did not have the conditions to be airborne.
This is actually true, the Holm airport is in the far north of the town, and it is still in the open area of the low, and it can be blocked with a few mortars, and it is only a fool's dream to let the transport plane land.
"General!" When Colonel Slain was about to go out, Colonel Slain said, "If you can't leave, you should also take some precautions!" ”
Major General Hartmann didn't answer, but said to a major officer beside him: "Ullman, you stay!" ”
"Yes, General!" Major Ullman stepped forward, then walked back to Colonel Slain.
"Here's how it was armed!" Colonel Slein pointed to the map and said, "We are going to fortify along the edge of the town, with the first regiment as the main force to garrison the east, and the rest of the units to garrison the west, so that the law and order in the town ......."
Colonel Slain glanced at Major Ullman and said, "Major, I hope that you can centralize the wounded for management, and form a medical team to manage the wounded in a unified manner, and at the same time be ready to receive new wounded. Is there a problem? ”
"No, no problem!" Major Ullman replied that this is what police forces often do.
"Other units!" Colonel Slane took the document from the adjutant and distributed it to everyone, saying, "The document details the area and duties of your garrison, as well as the command of your superior unit, if you have any questions, you can ask Captain Flick!" ”
As he spoke, Colonel Slane set his eyes on Qin Chuan.
"Colonel, I'm ......" Hearing this, Qin Chuan couldn't help but be stunned, these troops were miscellaneous, but many of them had officers with higher ranks than Qin Chuan, such as Ullman was a major, and there was also a lieutenant colonel of an engineer division.
"They need someone to command!" Colonel Slane glanced at the group of officers and said, "And it needs to be coordinated with the 1st Infantry Division...... You won't have a problem! ”
"Colonel!" The lieutenant colonel stood up and said, "I think you can give me the command!" ”
"Tell me why!" Slain asked.
"Because I'm more experienced in commanding!" The lieutenant colonel replied: "As a battalion commander, I independently commanded two battles, although it was an engineer battalion!" ”
"Uh-huh! Is that why you think you can command a force of 60 different units, Lieutenant Colonel Gerhard? Colonel Slain asked rhetorically.
"Yes, Colonel!" Lieutenant Colonel Gerhard stepped forward and replied: "I think you can trust me!" ”
"So, gentlemen!" Colonel Slain pulled Qin Chuan in front of the officers and said, "Let me introduce, Captain Flick, who participated in the command of the Gabes Line, defeated the British Eighth Army with the strength of one division, and participated in the command of the British and American armies with the strength of two armies in Sicily, and if that was not enough, he also participated in the command of the battles for the capture of Alexandria, Tobruk, and oh, and captured a fleet from the French!" I'm sure you've heard of him! ”
The officers were all stunned, and after a while someone said, "God, he's the 'legendary sergeant'!" ”
"Unbelievable, the 'Legendary Sergeant' is right in front of us!"
"Yes, the first regiment, it's them! We should have thought of it a long time ago! ”
……
Colonel Slain asked, "So, is there any more problem?" ”
"No, no problem!" Lieutenant Colonel Gerhard replied and walked up to Qin Chuan and saluted, "It's an honor to meet you, Captain, please give us orders!" ”
Qin Chuan looked at Colonel Slain and found that he seemed to be being used by Colonel Slain...... Using oneself to inspire the soldiers is also to unite the scattered sand in front of them.
And Colonel Slane raised his eyebrows at Qin Chuan with a little smugness, as if to say that he could finally suppress Qin Chuan.