The reconnaissance aircraft did not detect anything.

But in fact, the reconnaissance plane had already detected it, and the Soviets made some moves in the upstream shipyard, and the reconnaissance plane even dived and strafed a few shuttles of bullets, but the pilots did not realize what this would have to do with the Soviet army's plan to attack the sandbank...... If anything, it's to produce some small boats to attack, which is not something to be reported but should be normal.

What the pilot didn't expect was that it was the thing he ignored that was precisely the crux of the matter.

In the afternoon of the same day, Qin Chuan and the others realized this.

At that time, Qin Chuan was talking to Conrad...... Conrad had long wanted to say a few words to Qin Chuan, but because the military situation was urgent, Conrad's call that had no substantive meaning and was just a chat was never allowed, so he never had a chance to say it.

At this time, when he was free, Conrad hung up the phone to Qin Chuan's headquarters.

"Hey, Major! I'm finally allowed to talk to you! Conrad said, "God, I never knew it would be so uncomfortable not to be able to speak!" ”

"I guess you're trying to tell me about the helicopter!"

"Of course!" Conrad said, "Unbelievable, you have succeeded!" Only two helicopters were lost in the whole battle! ”

"We're not successful yet, Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied.

"Of course!" Conrad replied, "I mean helicopter rappelling, can this tactic be used elsewhere?" ”

"Of course!" Qin Chuan replied.

"I'm wondering ......," Conrad asked, "will there be any restrictions on this?" For example, now we can't rappel the sandbar a second time! ”

"Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied: "You must know that the reason why we can't carry out the second rappelling on the sandbar is because the enemy already knows our destination!" ”

Conrad couldn't help but let out an "oh" and agreed: "It makes sense, if we choose a different place to land down, then the enemy can't guard against it at all, because the sky is big and our flight path can be changed at will, right?" ”

"Yes!" Qin Chuan replied.

This is one of the reasons why modern special operations always choose helicopters as vehicles.

To be precise, the greater role of the helicopter is that it can achieve quick combat and quick withdrawal...... Deliver the special forces to the target location, achieve the strategic goal as quickly as possible, and then withdraw by helicopter.

The difference between this "October Plan" is that the commandos left a garrison on the sandbank, so there will be a lot of troubles in the future.

"Major!" Conrad asked again: "So, we should mass-produce this helicopter, right?" ”

"That's true!" Qin Chuan replied: "Because it can quickly project troops in special terrain, that is, places where it is difficult for airborne troops to reach, and it is safer than parachuting, and it can form combat effectiveness faster!" ”

Needless to say, paratroopers are easily attacked when they are hung on parachutes, and when they fall to the ground, their forces are relatively scattered and take time to gather. Helicopters are completely free of these problems.

Conrad wanted to say something, but Qin Chuan said with some dissatisfaction: "Colonel, don't you know that we are besieged on a sandbank and will die at any time?" And you don't seem to care about that at all! ”

"Killed?" Conrad on the other end of the phone couldn't help laughing: "Please, Major, who can kill you?" Soviets? I don't think so! ”

Qin Chuan couldn't help laughing, this Conrad was really confident in himself.

At this moment, Kuhn ran to Qin Chuan with a nervous expression and said, "Major, I think you should come and see this!" ”

Qin Chuan hung up the phone without saying a word, followed Kuhn along the traffic trench for a while, and then came to the north of the sandbar, where there is a high ground tens of meters high, where the Soviets built a watchtower, but it has been blown up by artillery, but this does not prevent this high ground from becoming an observation point...... The reconnaissance squad responsible for monitoring the central ferry crossing was arranged here.

"There!" Kuhn pointed to a black dot upstream, then handed the telescope over.

Originally, Qin Chuan thought it was a ship, but when he raised the binoculars and looked at it, he found that this was not the case...... It was something that was made up of many small boats, and it was more of a pontoon bridge than a boat, a pontoon that moved.

Apparently, the Soviets added power to the pontoon bridge so that it could move in the river, and although it moved slowly, it was downstream, so it didn't take long to reach the sandbar.

"I guess that's what the Soviets prepared!" Kuhn said: "There are more pontoon bridges, and there seems to be more than one!" ”

Qin Chuan put away the binoculars and nodded.

This is indeed a good way to use pontoon bridges to solve the problem of the water between the sandbar and the east coast.

If nothing else, at least such a pontoon-style "big ship" has much better sinking resistance than the previous wooden boats...... It was made up of many small boats, and being pierced by a few ships would not have much of an impact on it at all.

Qin Chuan was right, this was Yeremenko's idea.

EVEN IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO FIGHT THE GERMAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT MACHINE GUNS AND ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS, YEREMENKO ATTACHED A SPECIAL STEEL PLATE WITH 60MM AT THE END OF THE SIDE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE GERMAN ARMY.

(Note: THE USSET M1939 37MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN CAN PENETRATE 46MM THICK STEEL PLATES AT A DISTANCE OF 500 METERS)

In addition to this, Yeremenko recruited three other fishing boats of larger tonnage, and each lifted a T34 tank to convert it into a simple gunboat...... However, this one modification turned out to be ineffective.

On the one hand, this is because the accuracy of the T34 tank is inherently poor, and the accuracy on a ship that fluctuates with the waves all the time can only depend on luck.

On the other hand, because the fishing boat has poor sinking resistance, if the fishing boat is sunk, the tank on it will naturally not be able to play a role.

Qin Chuan and the others soon saw this kind of gunboat, because they drove up next to the "pontoon bridge", and then fired a shell in the direction of the sandbar with a "boom".

Although the shells failed to hit the target, they still frightened the Germans...... The Soviets still have warships?!

"Ready for battle!" Qin Chuan shouted, and at the same time ordered Eberhard: "Contact the Air Force immediately!" ”

"Yes, Major!" Eberhard answered, and ran in the direction of the walkie-talkie.

The Soviets obviously would not let the Germans prepare so calmly, so rows of shells soon came from the opposite bank, and the sandbar was suddenly plunged into a rain of bullets and mist.

On the other side, several pontoon bridges drifted towards the sandbar one after another, getting closer and closer......

Qin Chuan realized that what he was facing in front of him was very likely to be an unprecedented vicious battle.