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"The problem is that Holm does not have such an important role!" Colonel Slein said: "The Soviets have completely surrounded us! The role we can play is very limited. In fact, we are all problematic in self-protection!"

"No, we will be more important than everyone can imagine!" Qin Chuan replied.

"Why?" asked Colonel Slain.

“Because Holm is a transportation hub…”

"Once it was!" Gerhard interrupted Qin Chuan: "Sorry, Captain. It may have been a transportation hub before, because there were inaccessible swamps around it, and the small highland of Holm was like a springboard on the swamp. But now... the swamp has been frozen and the Soviets can pass at will!"

"You are right!" Qin Chuan said: "But I wonder if you have ever thought about it. What if we could stay here for a month, two months or even longer?"

Hearing this, the officers were all stunned.

Although the previous victory allowed the German officers and soldiers to establish confidence that they could block the Soviet attack, they had almost no intention of resisting the Soviet army for one month, two months or even longer.

In their minds, the German army only lost one time... It is true that the German army won brilliant victories again and again before the defeat of the Moscow Battle. Each victory could defeat or encircle dozens of Soviet divisions. For example, in a clamp attack towards the direction of Brest Fortress, the German army annihilated 300,000 Soviet Red Army troops.

Compared with these victories and the German army's total strength, the failure of the Moscow Battle did not hurt the German army.

Therefore, Holm's officers and soldiers all had an idea, that is, the main German army would launch a counterattack soon, and Holm only needed to hold on for a while until the main force came to rescue them.

In fact, the command was also the same: stick to Holm and wait for reinforcements.

But Qin Chuan knew that this was not the case. The main force of the German army could not send reinforcements to Holm at all, because they were retreating at this time and had to retreat at least 150 kilometers away.

Gerhard swallowed hard and said, "How many months do we...we will stay here?"

Qin Chuan realized that he seemed to have made a mistake.

If they didn't know this, they thought the main force would counterattack soon... day after day, a few months passed without realizing it.

But now, it will scare them after a few months.

"No, I don't mean that!" Qin Chuan said: "I want to say that this can be used as a bargaining chip. If the command center realizes the importance of Holm, then they will increase the delivery of materials to us!"

These words made the officers look a little better.

After a while, Bazer agreed: "I think the captain is right. We can assume from them (command) what would the Soviets react if Holm could keep guarding!"

"Yes!" Colonel Slein looked at the map and said: "Holm was like a thorn to the Soviets, which would directly cause them to intersperse with confidence. The reason was very simple. If a large number of Soviets crossed Holm and penetrated the west, and Holm was always in our hands, it would lead to a serious problem... Once the ice and snow melt, the Soviet interspersed troops would be surrounded by Holm, which was obviously extremely dangerous for them!"

"Same because of this!" Lieutenant Colonel Gerhard replied: "The Soviets had to throw a large amount of troops and supplies into Holm instead of pursuing..."

"Yes!" said Colonel Slain, "so it is totally valuable to provide us with more supplies!"

"Of course!" Qin Chuan nodded.

This can also be said to be a kind of sorrow... It is said that only interests are discussed between countries, but in fact, the same is true within the army, especially when the troops retreat.

Just imagine, if Holm had no interest in the German retreat and no value, he would have been abandoned by the command center long ago.

But this seems to be understandable... It has always been the norm for large corps to fight, sacrificing small troops to preserve large troops.

In fact, the commander of the Central Army Group seemed to have noticed the strangeness of the Soviet army.

"The Soviets were not as fast as we thought!" Kruger said: "This is a bit strange!"

"Is it because of our air strike?" Tresco asked.

The German air force had always had an advantage on the Eastern Front battlefield. When the three Soviet armies interspered into the two German armies, the German air force almost devoted all its strength to bomb the Soviet army.

"No!" Kruger shook his head and said, "You know the Soviets. If they don't want to stop, even if we are dropping bombs on them every minute, they will continue to move forward!"

"What's the reason?" Tresco said: "It's probably these Soviets who are ruthless!"

"No, of course not!" Kruger turned his eyes to Holm and said, "Can it be Holm's reason?"

"Holm? Why?" asked Tresco.

"I'm not sure!" Kruger said: "But the Air Force reported... the Soviets surrounded Holm with more and more troops!"

At this time, a correspondent handed a telegram to Kruger and said, "Marcedes-Master, Holm's telegram!"

Kruger took the telegram and looked at it, then nodded and handed the telegram to Tresco, saying, "I think we already know the reason!"

After reading the telegram, Tresco's eyes lit up: "So, Holm is likely to become a good chess for us to restrain the Soviet Union's interspersed troops!"

"Yes!" Kruger replied: "So we are stupid, aren't we? We just wanted to stop the Soviets in front, but we didn't expect to hold them from behind... Fortunately, it's not too late now!"

"Yes, it's not too late!"

"Increase the airdrop for Holm right away!" Kruger ordered: "At any cost!"

"Yes, Marshal!"

Therefore, if a fleet of transport aircraft cannot successfully drop the supply air into Holm, the command will send two teams.

But even so, the airdrop effect was still not ideal, because the Soviet army would shoot smoke bombs at Holm before the transport plane arrived at Holm, which prevented the pilot from airdropping at the exact location.

Later, the German army used signal flares to guide the pilots, but after discovering this, the Soviet army also used many signal flares of the same color to interfere with it, which made Holm's supply in a difficult situation.
Chapter completed!