After a night of rapid marching, the 1st Mountain reached the west of Sudak in Crimea in the early hours of the next day and formed a defensive line there...... It made sense to arrange the 1st Mountain Division to build a defensive line in the mountains west of Sudak, first of all, because they were mountain divisions and were suitable for fighting in the mountains. Secondly, with them stationed behind the defense line of the German army, the retreat of the German 42nd Army would not be pursued by the Soviet army all the way and turn into a rout.

This would not have happened to the Germans, whose retreat would have been heavily defended and blocked.

The problem was that it was the 42nd Army, a unit composed mainly of Romanian soldiers, that carried out this task.

Romania was Germany's main oil supplier, but the country was in a state of vacillation for a long time, that is, on the one hand, it was unwilling to offend the Allies and Germany on the other, and it was not until the defeat of Britain and France that it had to choose sides to avoid annihilation.

In fact, this is the fate of small countries, just like Switzerland, Sweden and other countries, no matter how rich they are, they will not be able to become a strong country in the end, and they can only be the fat on the board to be slaughtered in the face of great power disputes.

Because of this mentality, the Romanian army did not have much operational needs, and of course its combat effectiveness was vulnerable.

But even so, their quality was slightly better than that of the Soviet army...... The Soviets lost about a million troops in the Battle of Moscow, and the Soviets at this time were filled with a large number of untrained recruits, while the Romanian army was at least trained.

As a result, the Romanian army fought poorly in the ensuing battle, with two infantry divisions and one cavalry division (the cavalry division had arrived at the Crimean Island with reinforcements later) covering each other and fighting and retreating to the Sudak area.

The scenario of Feodosia is a different story entirely.

The Soviets rushed towards the German defense line one by one, and one by one fell in front of the defense line...... The Germans hardly needed to set up mines, barricades, or barbed wire, as the muddy roads made it difficult for the Soviets to charge.

Qin Chuan once went to the front line to observe the situation of the next engagement, and in the aperture of his telescope, it was almost very difficult for the Soviet army to advance, because everything was deep in the mud, the tanks made a "rumbling" sound in the artillery fire but could not advance half a step, and the artillery was trapped in the rear and pushed slowly by manpower, because the car towing the cannon was also trapped.

The Soviet soldiers had helplessness and confusion on their faces, they were slaughtered and had no idea what they were doing or what the point of doing it was.

There were no foxholes or trenches in front of them, and there was no cover on all sides, only bullets and shells fired by the Germans.

It was even worse when the Soviets launched a cluster charge...... Perhaps the Soviets hoped to break through the German fire network in this way, but all this was obviously in vain, because more than a dozen batteries and dozens of huge guns in Sevastopol had already been used by the Germans and aimed their guns here.

Hearing a loud "rumble" like thunder, a cloud of smoke erupted in front of the German position, completely drowning the charging Soviet soldiers.

When the smoke cleared, I saw the corpses of Soviet soldiers lying in various positions and stumps and severed arms lying on the bright red soil, and many of them had even been blown into pieces and disappeared.

Such an offensive by the Soviet troops, of course, was stupid, and they did not achieve anything except the consumption of ammunition from the Germans.

But it was not the fault of the Soviet soldiers.

It is not difficult to imagine that the Soviet command must have staged another scene of admonitions, but was rejected or even directly removed from his post by Mehris without the right to do so, and the result was that the Soviet troops still had to rush forward one by one as if they were on the execution ground.

These do not need Qin Chuan's concern, what Qin Chuan needs to care about is that the Soviet army on the left flank has already advanced and extended 5 to 6 kilometers, and the Soviet army, which will only attack in front of Feodosia, will not be able to replenish for a while because of heavy casualties, so a gap of 2 kilometers wide has been opened between the 47th Army on the left flank and the 51st Army on the right flank.

"Here's your chance!" Manstein looked at Qin Chuan: "Everything is as you said, Captain." Your analysis is much more accurate than the weather forecasts of meteorologists. ”

"I've fought in Africa, General!" Qin Chuan said: "The Africans there believe in the gods more, so they have witch doctors in their army, and before the start of each battle, the witch doctors will tell them on behalf of the gods that the battle will be won or lost!" ”

"Uh-huh, and then what?" Manstein asked.

"You may ask me if this battle will be won or lost!" Qin Chuan said.

Manstein was stunned for a moment, then laughed, and said side by side on Qin Chuan's shoulder: "Very funny joke, Captain, you are very humorous!" ”

It's a joke, but a more traditional and aristocratic man like Manstein likes it.

"But now!" Manstein continued: "I don't need to ask you this 'witch doctor', I believe that we will win this battle, and even if we don't reach the end, our spirit will definitely take Kerch Harbor!" ”

Qin Chuan understood what Manstein meant, and he planned to personally lead this mobile force to carry out a surprise attack.

The "spirit" in Manstein's words can be said to be a portrayal of himself, and it can also be said to be an encouragement to the morale of the whole army.

This mobile unit has a total of two infantry divisions and one armored division.

The German 30th Army had three divisions: the 28th Chasseur Division, the 50th Infantry Division, and the 132nd Infantry Division.

Manstein combined the 28th Chasseur Division, the 50th Infantry Division and the 22nd Panzer Division to form a mobile unit...... Among them, the chasseur division refers to the lightly armed and fast mobile infantry, equipped with many side three-wheeled and automobiles.

In fact, the 50th Infantry Division was similar, because Manstein collected all the means of transportation that could be used during this time, and even temporarily requisitioned a thousand horses from the Romanian Cavalry Division.

The remaining 132nd Infantry Division was placed in Feodosia to continue to pin down the Germans.

Manstein also gave this mobile unit a resounding name: the "Grodk" motorized brigade.

Originally, Qin Chuan didn't know what this "Grodek" meant, but after asking Colonel Slain, he learned that it was a poem written by a poet named Trakl, and the poem was written about the spirit:

The spirit is the flame,

And perhaps only as a flame,

The spirit is an ephemeral thing.

It illuminates and makes things shine,

But at the same time, it can constantly devour and turn everything into white ashes.