The night sky is very clear, the sky is full of stars, and the snow that reflects the flat ground glows like a mirror.

But Gerhard told Qin Chuan that the more this weather, the colder it became, and it would be warmer if it snowed a little.

Obviously, he was right.

The mercury column of the thermometer was dropping rapidly, and Qin Chuan looked at it, and it all dropped to minus 36 degrees.

Everyone was huddled in a corner, shivering, even in the house.

No one can sleep in this situation, and it can even be said that if they do, they will freeze to death if they are not careful, and they can only put all the clothes they can find on their bodies and fight the cold in the dark.

Due to extreme fatigue, Qin Chuan only felt groggy, and the collar that stood up was already full of ice crystals condensed by exhaling water vapor.

Qin Chuan touched the backpack with a trembling hand, and there was a piece of bread in it.

Although he lost his appetite and even shivered at the thought of bread as hard as ice cubes, Qin Chuan knew that his body needed food, so he could only muster up the courage to take it out, break off a small piece with some strength and put it in his mouth, slowly melt it, and then chew it a few times and swallow it.

When Qin Chuan saw Gerhard tearing up the newspaper and the leaflet he had picked up, he couldn't help but ask, "What are you doing?" ”

Gerhard rubbed his hands together and stuffed the newspaper and leaflet into his clothes as he said, "Try it, Captain, this will keep you warm!" ”

Qin Chuan couldn't help but be stunned, and soon realized that this was indeed a method...... Paper is a poor conductor of heat, and it can keep warm.

So without saying a word, Qin Chuan also followed Gerhard's example.

"Is it so cold all the time?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Tonight is special!" Gerhard replied: "Because we usually make a fire in our room and sleep by a warm fire!" ”

"Uh-huh!" Qin Chuan nodded.

But that's just "usual", "usual" Holm is second-line, and there is not much danger of starting a fire, but this is not the same as in the past.

However, what Qin Chuan didn't know was that although he had already conveyed the order so that no one was allowed to light a fire, there were still people who were lucky or could be said to be so cold that they couldn't stand it and disobeyed the order.

In an abandoned house, several German soldiers carefully covered the windows with ponchos, and then poured some gasoline on a small pile of split firewood.

"I've had enough of the cold here!" One soldier said: "If we continue like this, we will die!" ”

"Yes!" Another soldier agreed: "They say it's dangerous, but what's the difference between freezing to death and being blown up?" I'd rather be blown up! ”

"As long as we are careful, we won't reveal our location!"

"That's right, now the Soviets must be sleeping in their beds!"

……

Then they looked at each other, and finally mustered up the courage to light a match and set it on fire. They cautiously looked outside and waited for a while, and when they saw that there was no movement, they laughed "hehe", and the next second they put their hands close to the fire and greedily absorbed the heat.

"I'll just say it's going to be fine!"

"Be quiet, don't let anyone find out!"

……

Before the words fell, the sound of cannonballs whistling in the air was heard, and the faces of the soldiers changed greatly, and they were about to flee but it was too late, and a "boom" shell smashed hard near the house where they were, and then with a "bulging" sound, a wall collapsed.

Qin Chuan and Gerhard walked out of the door and saw that there was still a little unburned flame at the explosion site, so they understood.

"These bunnies!" Gerhard said: "The order has been conveyed several times! ”

"I think we should go on a patrol!" Qin Chuan said: "There will always be people who can't help it!" ”

"Uh-huh!" Gerhard agreed: "It might be warmer for a walk!" ”

Qin Chuan and Gerhard patrolled at two ends, and when they passed by the maintenance shop, they heard a "sonorous" knocking sound from inside, and there was a faint light inside.

Qin Chuan couldn't help frowning, lifted the poncho that was blocking the outside, and got into it as soon as he got into it.

"Captain!"

"Captain!"

……

Several German soldiers couldn't help but hurriedly stop their movements when they saw Qin Chuan and stood aside.

Qin Chuan looked at a kerosene lamp lit in the room, and said dissatisfiedly: "It seems that the lesson given by the cannonball just now is not enough!" ”

"Report to the Captain!" An oil-stained soldier replied: "We're repairing tanks!" ”

Qin Chuan knew that they were not lying, because in the light of the kerosene lamp, he could see that they still had tools in their hands.

"Why don't you wait until tomorrow to fix it?" Qin Chuan asked.

"We're afraid it's too late!" The soldier replied.

"What's too late?"

"Captain!" The soldier explained: "This tank is inmobile, it's close to the front line, and this area is the area we want to abandon......"

So Qin Chuan understood.

As the soldier said, the repair shop is very close to the front line, and the Soviets can hit here with just one charge, which means that if it is not repaired as soon as possible, this tank will fall into the hands of the Soviets at any time.

"Captain, please understand our feelings!" Another soldier said: "We are tank crews, and we don't want to be just an infantry on the battlefield...... Sorry, Captain, I didn't mean to look down on the infantry......"

"I understand!" Qin Chuan interrupted him and asked rhetorically, "Is it possible for it to be repaired?" ”

"Kuruc says it won't be long before he moves, Captain!" The oil-stained soldier replied.

"Kuruc?"

"That's him, Captain!" The oil-stained soldier set his eyes on a small German soldier in the corner.

"Hello, Kuruc!" Qin Chuan greeted him, but strangely enough, he looked at the side with a blank look and a somewhat overwhelmed look.

"Sir!" "Kuruc is Latvian, he doesn't understand German, but he knows some English, and we communicate more with gestures!" ”

Qin Chuan couldn't help but let out an "oh".

It was not surprising that there were Latvians among the German soldiers, Latvia was a member of the Soviet Union from a modern point of view, but it became independent during World War I until 1940, when the Soviet Union occupied Latvia and incorporated it into the Soviet Union.

Similar to Latvia are several other countries such as Lithuania and Estonia.

Where there is oppression, there is resistance, and the first thing these countries hated was the Soviet Union, which had no reason to annex them, which made Germany considered "liberators" when they attacked the Soviet Union and drove the Soviets out of their territory.

In fact, the German army took advantage of this, so it was supported by many local people.