The starlight in the first half of the night was still clear, and Lynn walked carefully in the footsteps of her companions, the first twenty or thirty meters was ordinary flat land, followed by a relatively abrupt steep slope. Seeing that the position of the soldier's head in front of him was rapidly lowered, he was prepared in advance. I lowered my center of gravity and descended the slope cautiously and as quickly as I could, and the feeling of softness under my feet suddenly became stronger, and the murmur of the river was close at hand.

Do you want to wade directly across the river?

Winters in eastern Germany are milder than in the vast wilderness of the Soviet heartland, and the rivers have begun to thaw, meaning that spring is approaching. However, the temperature at night is still several degrees below zero, and even if the river is not wide, you can wade through the water in two or three minutes, and the boots and pants wet by the water will test people's will and the ability of their limbs to resist cold and frost for a long time to come.

That's it, that's it, watching his companions continue to move forward without hesitation, Lynn comforted himself: Anyway, the body is still not dry or wet, and full wet is a pleasure. Compared with those German soldiers who froze their hands and feet in the Soviet Union, what is the point of suffering from rheumatoid joint pain in middle age?

Hearing the sound of rushing water brought by the wading and walking of his companion in front of him, Lynn couldn't help but clench his submachine gun with both hands, clenched his teeth, and took a deep breath through his nose. Soon, additional resistance was felt under the feet, and a palpable chill was transmitted to the feet through the leather surface of the boots. With the quality of military boots, if it only flows through shallow water, it will not leak, but as the sense of resistance increases, the cold and biting river water finally invades from the laces and the cuff of the boot. Lynn could clearly feel the coldness spreading down his calves, ankles, the surfaces of his feet, and then the soles of his feet, and in the blink of an eye, the two feet that were still a little warm were completely cold.

The taste of soaking their feet in ice water was unspeakable, but both the well-armed "Night Warriors" and the ordinary "Miscellaneous Soldiers" remained silent, and they followed one after the other, trying to keep their bodies balanced without making too much of a sound of water. The river spilled from the calf to the knee, and then continued up to the thigh, and just as Lynn began to worry about the "little brother" being lost, the river began to become shallow, and the obstruction to the leg also decreased. Although crossing the river was such a process, Lynn, a rookie on the battlefield, relaxed as the water level dropped. The good times didn't last long, and the cool breeze of the night blew, and the legs soaked by the river water then produced a feeling of being frozen, and also "sucked" the heat from other parts of the body. By the time he walked up to the riverbank, Lynn's whole body trembled uncontrollably, and he muttered in his heart: My God, how can you survive this!

The opposite bank of the river had a roughly equal slope, and several German soldiers slipped and fell on the way ashore without the same amount of enemy interference, and Lynn was not spared. This can objectively be understood as the boots are soaked by the river, but Lynn noticed that none of the "Night Warriors" walking in front of him slipped off, is this the difference between elite soldiers and miscellaneous soldiers?

After going ashore and walking thirty or forty meters into the woods, Lynn was a little curious why the Soviets did not choose to cross the river here, although there were more detours, but it was always less than the price paid by the German defensive positions!

The length of the river not only increases the difficulty of the defender to resist the enemy's attack, but also makes the attacker have more factors to consider and weigh when choosing a breakthrough.

There is no regret in the war, and there is no way to recover from a wrong step.

From the moment they entered the woods, the Night Warriors deliberately slowed down, and although they did not enter the combat mode, the two who walked in front still raised their guns frequently. Thinking about the plot in the movie and television, Lynn understands: they are using infrared night vision devices mounted on assault rifles to observe and warn. Although this relatively primitive night vision equipment cannot detect the terrain and landforms, it can find the human body and vehicles with obvious differences in heat from the environment at an effective distance, and can also be accurately aimed in night battles when installed in the sound of guns. Although this scene subverted Lynn's original impression of World War II, just like every new weapon developed by Germany at the end of the war, even if it broke through the limitations of the times, it was still limited by technology, manpower, material resources and command skills that stayed at the traditional level. As a result, they failed to change the direction of the war as the original intention of their creators, and only left endless regrets and imaginations for future generations of military fans.

Armed with a traditional hand-held rifle, Lynn followed the Night Warriors in a skirmish formation with the other Miscellaneous Soldiers. Not long ago, this was an area of their own control, and the possibility of the enemy laying mines here was relatively low, but the silence of the forest still made everyone move cautiously. Everyone knows that with every step forward, they are one step closer to the enemy.

Infrared night vision devices, automatic weapons, crossing rivers into the forest. By this time, Lynn was becoming more and more curious about the intentions of the trip. Such a combat team of more than 50 people far surpassed the average German infantry team in terms of melee firepower, and it was especially advantageous in night battles. However, they were not equipped with any anti-tank weapons or the usual light machine guns, and retreat would be the only option in the event of an encounter with Soviet armoured troops, which meant that they had to avoid the main Soviet forces as much as possible and retreat through the woods as quickly as possible after the operation was successful.

Baggage convoys, field fuel and ammunition depots, artillery positions, field hospitals, field headquarters, Lynn speculated on which one of the combat squads would be the primary target. If he was the commander himself, the field hospital would definitely be ruled out first, which would only provoke the furious mood of the Maozi. Raiding artillery positions looks valuable, but destroying artillery is not an easy task, and given the number of Soviet tanks and self-propelled guns, even a successful destruction of a Soviet artillery position may not make much sense. In contrast, destroying or even destroying the Soviet army's baggage convoys, field fuel and ammunition depots, and even field headquarters is a relatively ideal result of a surprise attack under the current situation, and even if it can only slightly delay the Soviet army's offensive plan, it can still play a positive role in gathering the remnants of the German army and consolidating the defensive line.

The woods on the south bank were like the boundless sea, half an hour passed, and then another half hour, and the legs and feet became numb and sluggish unconsciously, but the open space at the end of the woods could still be seen. This couldn't help but remind Lynn of the battle during the day, if it was still the same woods, then at the current speed of travel, it was estimated that it would be two or three hours before she could get out. However, the concealed night walker could not blindly pursue speed, and in case of unprepared collision with the Soviet troops, this combat squad of 50 people was not enough for the other side to stuff their teeth.

Squinting his eyes to search for the officer's figure, but from behind, several "Night Warriors" carrying large boxes were carved out of a mold. The huge box they carried on their backs must be the battery of the infrared night vision device, and Lynn, who used to have a headache for the standby time of the mobile phone, suddenly thought: How long can these large batteries maintain the normal use of the night vision device?

In fact, even in the era of Baidu God, Lynn can't find the answer to this question. Domestically, the information about World War II is incomplete, and many are even contradictory. Considering that before the fall of the Third Reich, the high-level instructed the technical department to destroy a large number of materials and samples, and the United States and the Soviet Union [***] teams kept the information secret after seizing the materials and capturing the technicians, the information about the later stage of the war is even more confusing.

Lynn did not have the ability or the heart to do research and refinement in this area, but the Creator had given him this unexpected opportunity, and if he was still alive after accompanying this legendary military empire on its last journey, he felt that he might be able to try to be a military historian and study the mysterious equipment related to the end of the empire from a unique perspective. In the past three days or so, Lynn originally just regarded surviving the purgatory-like end of the empire as the top priority in front of him, but when these "super era warriors" equipped with infrared night vision devices appeared, he suddenly felt that since God had given him an unimaginable opportunity, he should do something for his dream buried deep in his heart.