It was not yet eight o'clock in the time, and I entered the trench system and headed to the command hub of this area. These communication trenches behind the pen www.biquge.info are not as good as the concrete-reinforced trenches on the first line, but they are much more elaborate and solid than the field trenches.

The nightmare of trench warfare in the First World War is still fresh in the memory of the commanders of all Western countries, rats, stagnant water, trench feet! The trenches of the "Stalin Line" were all made with great effort, that is, the walls on both sides of the communication trenches were specially designed: every other meter or so, a log more than ten centimeters thick was nailed down against the wall, and two layers of slightly thinner logs were used to fill the wall horizontally between every two vertical logs and the earthen wall to prevent the wall from collapsing in battle.

The most unique design of the trench is underfoot: a thick layer of gravel, which is compacted, has good water permeability and allows the person dragging the wheeled gun mount Maxim machine gun to pass easily. Of course, it would be a torment to walk on it in cloth shoes, but the Red Army commanders and fighters wore high boots, so it was not a problem.

Because he had already entered the trench, Lin Jun took off his raincoat, and the Red Army commanders and fighters he met along the way were saluting him, and the soldiers consciously gave way to both sides. Lin Jun didn't come back with a salute, just nodded slightly, didn't speak, everything was very in line with his identity.

After being in a high position for a long time, you are used to this kind of momentum, or sometimes you can return the gift and make you dizzy - even a slight nod has already made the warriors very excited!

Around the corner was a line of soldiers, all with their lunch boxes in their hands: it was not yet eight o'clock in the morning, and it was estimated that they were the last to come and get breakfast.

Lin Jun stopped and walked among the soldiers.

"Hello Deputy Commander!" Such greetings continued, and Lin Jun habitually said: "Hello comrades." Go ahead and leave me alone. ”

The soldiers stood straight, no one listened to the phrase "leave me alone", and looked at the Soviet god of war in their hearts with reverence!

The two comrades cooks also stopped what they were doing, a large iron bucket was steaming, and a pile of coarsely cut black bread was placed on the table next to it.

"What's for breakfast?" Lin Jun could already smell a unique fragrance.

"Report to the deputy commander-in-chief, barley, pork porridge and brown bread." The young cooks were a little nervous.

"Yes, it's very nutritious."

Of course, there is nutrition, Lin Junke is very clear about barley, and it is estimated that there are really few Soviets who know barley better than him, because in the Soviet Union it is generally used as food: commonly used traditional Chinese medicine. It is also a common and commonly eaten food, with a sweet and slightly cold taste, which has the effects of reducing swelling with water, strengthening the spleen and removing dampness, relaxing tendons and removing paralysis, clearing heat and draining pus, etc., and is a commonly used water dilution and dampness drug. Barley is also a kind of beauty food, which is rich in vitamins B1 and B2 can maintain the luster and delicate skin of the human body, eliminate acne, spots, age spots, pregnancy spots, butterfly spots, and have good effects on scaling, acne, chapping, rough skin, etc.

Barley is also a good tonic for medicine: barley contains 16.2% protein, 4.6% fat, and 79.2% carbohydrates. In winter, pork knuckles, pork ribs and chicken are stewed with barley, which is a nourishing food; In summer, barley is used to cook porridge or make cold drink iced barley, which is a good tonic for cooling off the heat and fitness.

Warriors don't know what "beauty" benefits it has, as long as it fills their stomachs, and its good taste when cooked is most popular, not to mention that it has some diced meat in it.

Lin Jun borrowed a big iron spoon and tasted it from the iron bucket: it was quite hot, very thick, salty and salty, and he also ate some diced meat.

He returned the spoon to the cook and asked, "Is there enough food in the granary?" What about the water source? ”

"At least a month, Deputy Commander-in-Chief. We have special cisterns and wells, drinking water is not a problem. ”

"Try to boil more boiling water for comrades."

"Yes, Deputy Commander."

Turning around, he asked a young private, "How many meals do you eat a day?" Can you eat enough? ”

"Report to the deputy commander-in-chief, you can eat three meals a day, and if you can get more bread on duty, you can basically eat enough."

"There is still a month's worth of food here, but it is impossible to guard the periphery for a month." Lin Jun thought in his heart, and said to the officer who led the way: "During this time, the soldiers can eat as much as they want, as long as it is not wasted, the logistics are insufficient, and the command will find a way." ”

"Deputy Commander, then the stock here will probably meet the supply for 25 days."

"It's arranged like this, during this time, the soldiers have a lot of physical exertion, so eat more." When Lin Jun said this, he had other considerations in his heart: this place will definitely suffer the most fierce attack, and no matter how much food there is, it will be useless, and there will only be fewer and fewer heads to eat.

It would be better to leave it to the Germans than to make the soldiers more comfortable to eat - according to their own estimates, once the Germans carry out a general attack, it will be a miracle that they can hold out here for a week.

The Germans will launch a general offensive by the middle of this month at the latest, and it will be hellish if it drags on any longer - of course, in the event that the Germans are short-circuited and stalemate, the soldiers will not go hungry after "eating and drinking", and supplies will be brought in from the rear.

In short, it was a decision -- comrades could eat as much as they wanted!

"The stored vitamin pills were also distributed to the comrades, and now the supply of vegetables is not available, so it cannot be ignored."

"Yes, Deputy Commander!"

Lin Jun, the "logistics manager", is used to it, and he has a lot of experience in logistics supply - although Russians are used to meat, they can't stand it if they don't eat vegetables and lack of livelihood!

Leaving the kitchen, you can turn a corner and you will see several tank turrets and firing points built on the base of a reinforced concrete structure. Lin Jun casually walked to one of the rear entrances and saw that the steel plate bunker door was closed from the inside.

"The bunkers on duty from the front-end time are like this, ready to fight at any time."

Lin Jun was very satisfied and nodded: "I want to take a look inside." ”

The door was opened, and it was a bunker with a Makqin water-cooled machine gun, and three fighters were on duty. Let the comrades come out, and after entering, Lin Jun saw that there were explosion-proof electric lamps that could provide illumination, and a Makqin was fixed on a semi-circular rotating firing mount made of wrought iron and steel plates, with a firing range of about 120 degrees, and it could also pitch to a certain extent.

The nearly square muzzle is about 40 centimeters in diameter and is surrounded by cast steel. Below the gun carriage is a reinforced concrete wall with a thickness of more than 40 centimeters. The view from the firing port was excellent, as the entire armoured bunker was seen from the outside on a gently sloping mound nearly a metre high, and a few metres to the west there was a simple circular defence of steel and barbed wire to prevent enemy infantry from touching it.

With this heavy machine gun, the shooter can pose a lethal threat to an incoming enemy at a frontal distance of one kilometer and a width of more than one kilometer, and such solid firing points are cross-deployed, interconnected and provide cover for each other. The Germans could only rely on tanks and heavy artillery to break through such defenses, but there were many shelters in the crossfire with 45 mm and 76.2 mm anti-tank guns hidden, and with the bunkers of tanks and artillery in the back, the Germans had to pay a considerable price to occupy this line of defense.

Exiting the bunker, the flanks are reinforced concrete trenches - this is not a rudimentary trench with open heads to shoot, the fighters have "tooth platforms" to support their arms, and every other section there are machine gun platforms for machine guns with some protection, in which the fighters are relatively safe as long as they are not directly hit by shells.

Bent over a long distance: this was already at the front line, and had to be on guard - although there were minefields and barbed wire in front, no one could guarantee that there would be no German observation posts or snipers who had approached the plain lurking in front of them in the darkness of the night last night.

Lin Junke knows very well the ability of those snipers, he can hide himself well with only a small umbrella stand and a pile of thatch, and he can't see it from a very close distance in front of him on the plain, and it is useless to use a telescope, because there are several people in his guard who are good at this: if he lets the Germans find out, it is estimated that not to mention the snipers, the artillery of the entire Ninth Army will also bombard this place even if it is desperately exposed!

Noticing that Vasily had been paying attention to the terrain and fortifications here, and knew that they had itchy hands, Lin Jun didn't plan to leave a few of them here - although snipers could provide great help to their own defensive operations on this kind of terrain with good visibility, no matter how powerful the four of them were, it was better to have a Makqin here: you are one shot, and Makqin is a large sweep!

Snipers of their own guards, wait until the defense of the city begins to send out.

Several of the firing points on the front line were circular and rectangular bunkers, which were much larger than those with only one heavy machine gun, and were also used as front line observation posts and company headquarters.

Lin Jun walked into a rectangular bunker - this bunker, like the others, has a gentle slope to the west, and the top of the reinforced concrete structure is covered with a thick layer of earth, which has been well integrated into the environment from the outside, and from a distance to the west should be a mound of grassy soil.

This is a forward observation post: three firing ports, an artillery mirror in the middle, a telephone in the bunker that can communicate with the rear at any time, and can indicate the target for the rear artillery, and the telephone lines are buried deep underground - less than 300 meters in front is the original national border.

Lin Jun observed for a while with the 20-fold artillery mirror, but he didn't see any targets: it seemed that the Germans were very well hidden, and they were not moving their troops up now. (To be continued.) )