Five days later, news came from Alexander's side that he had found a suitable target.

"Their name is the Southwestern Front!" Alexander handed Qin Chuan a document and said: "This Southwest Front is newly formed, and it is completely different from the previous Southwest Front!" ”

Alexander didn't explain too much, after all, this was not the point, but Qin Chuan understood the meaning of this...... The Southwestern Front was formed last year, and this year because of the attack on Kharkov, most of them were surrounded by the Germans and annihilated, so the Soviet Supreme Command revoked the name of the Southwestern Front, and the surviving troops were incorporated into the Stalingrad Front and the Southeastern Front.

Many people thought that this name that was revoked because of the defeat was unlucky, for example, Germany also tabooed this, so it no longer used the name of historical figures after the failure of the "Barbarossa Plan".

(Note: Frederick I, also known as "Redbeard" or "Barbarossa", was the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in the Middle Ages in Europe, and a famous politician and military strategist in German history)

But the Soviets did not seem to care, and Zhukov decided to reorganize this Southwestern Front when it was used to prepare for the counteroffensive, although the troops were completely different.

"This Southwestern Front is under the jurisdiction of the 21st and 63rd Armies, as well as the 5th Tank Army and the 17th Air Force Army!" Alexander flipped through the documents and said: "The specific troops and equipment have not yet been detected, but these are not what we need to relation, what we need to care about is ...... This one! ”

Saying that, Alexander pointed to a photo and said: "This village is called Nizhny Tasker, most of the villagers have been requisitioned to build fortifications on the Don River, leaving only dozens of old people and children, because it is only thirty kilometers away from the Don River defense line, it is fortunate to become the division headquarters of the 21st Infantry Division of the 97th Army, and the division commander, Major General Stepkov, has set his headquarters in ......"

Alexander took out a photograph from the file and said: "In this two-story house!" ”

Qin Chuan looked at the aerial map of the village and compared it with the reconnaissance data, and couldn't help but praise: "Very ideal target, there is only one guard company, and the nearest unit to it is also five kilometers away!" ”

"Yes!" "It is clear that the Soviets were so busy amassing troops and supplies that they neglected the security of the command, or rather, they thought it was safe thirty kilometers from the line of defense," Alexander said! ”

"They'll regret it!" Qin Chuan said as he looked at a few aerial charts with interest.

The next thing to do is to build some buildings or models based on these villages for the commandos to practice in, until they can find their goals in this village with their eyes closed and walk out smoothly.

"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, Major!" Alexander said.

"What?"

"We can't be sure if these officers are insiders!"

Qin Chuan nodded, he had actually thought of this a long time ago...... Unless it is torture, it is difficult to determine whether the target knew about such and such a plan.

"So, we need luck in this operation, don't you say?"

"Yes!" Alexander replied: "But it cannot be said that it is all about luck...... The Southwestern Front is a newly formed front army of the Soviets, compared to the Don Front, they are not familiar with the fortifications of the Don River, and the Southwestern Front also has a tank army and an air force army, it is obvious that this front is used for offensive! ”

"That's right!" Qin Chuan said: "Since this front army is used to attack, it is very likely that the officers of one of the division headquarters will know the detailed attack plan!" ”

"Yes!"

"So what are we waiting for?" Qin Chuan said: "It's time to make preparations!" ”

The preparations were made in detail, and Alexander transferred a regiment of engineers to rebuild the target village specifically for the commandos...... Of course, the reconstruction here is not a complete reconstruction, but a large-scale reconstruction of the piece. With the exception of a few buildings that are extremely important, most of the houses are built quickly with a few piles, covered with ponchos and then painted with colour. Otherwise, it would not have been a week and a half to build, but a month and a half.

For the sake of secrecy, this engineering regiment was even placed under custody or house arrest after doing this...... Alexander was worried that the Engineer Corps would spread the word about their rebuilding of the village, and then the Soviets would know where they were aiming.

Then, Qin Chuan deployed "Soviet soldiers" in it according to the intelligence...... In order to be more vivid, these "Soviet soldiers" even wore Soviet uniforms and carried Mosin Nagant.

The German soldiers on this mission joked: "You should communicate well with the other troops, otherwise they will call in artillery fire or even bombers to blow us to pieces if they see us in the binoculars!" ”

This almost made him right, when a fighter plane flew over the training ground, he saw the heavily armed Soviet soldiers in this village and couldn't help but be surprised...... Luckily for the pilot, the pilot was a sloppy recruit, and his bullets hit nothing but a few holes in the canvas.

Commandos train on this model.

What made Qin Chuan feel a little distressed was that during the training of the commando, the information from Alexander's side was constantly changing, and the strength of the village had increased from one guard company to two companies, and a howitzer battalion was stationed a kilometer away.

On the other hand, as time went on, the weather became colder and colder, and floating ice has appeared on the Don and Volga rivers.

This made Qin Chuan realize that he couldn't drag it out any longer.

Otherwise, there will be too many variables, such as the possibility that the target village may increase more troops, or the possibility that the Soviet offensive will be launched before the operation, and more importantly, ...... If it continues to drag on, even if Qin Chuan succeeds in getting "evidence" to prove everything, in the end it will be useless because the Germans do not have enough time to react.

So, after training this day, Qin Chuan said to Alexander: "It's time to act!" ”

"Pick a name for this operation!" Alexander said.

After thinking about it, Qin Chuan replied: "How about the 'rat hunting operation'?" ”

"Very good name!" Alexander said: "We are the eagle and the enemy is the mouse, and the eagle will fly over the mouse in the night, and then show its claws to catch the mouse back to its nest!" ”

"I just don't know ......" Qin Chuan said, "Will the eagle become food for mice?" ”