The battle at the connecting gate soon spread to Colonel Lucas' headquarters... The troops stationed at Warren Fortress are a battalion of Lucas's 135th Infantry Regiment. At the same time, Warren Fortress also serves as a supply for the 135th Infantry Regiment.
base.
At that time, Lucas was looking at the map of the central fortress in a daze. There were two Soviet traitors beside him... two Soviet officers with stars on their shoulders. Lucas wanted to find the weakness of the central fortress from them and defeat them completely.
This Soviet army.
It was obvious that Colonel Lucas had lost his patience, not only because of the accountability from his superiors, but also because the casualties had exceeded twice the expected number.
Now that the war has begun, it is no longer a question of strategic goals.
In fact, the German army has achieved its strategic goal. Its main force successfully crossed the fortress and launched an attack into the hinterland of the Soviet Union. The 45th Division surrounded the fortress and prevented the Soviet army from moving... Although the Brest Fortress was a German
An extremely important point on the supply line, but the Soviet army could no longer pose any threat to the German supply line.
The problem is... while other German troops were encircling and annihilating the Soviet regular army in whole regiments and divisions, the 45th Division, known as one of the most outstanding regiments, was actually held back by a group of rabble in the Brest Fortress and was unable to escape and even suffered casualties.
heavy.
This has become a joke in the German army.
Therefore, for the honor of the 45th Division and the 135th Infantry Regiment, Colonel Lucas must end this battle as soon as possible.
In fact, Colonel Lucas's wish has been fulfilled...the battle is over, but at this time he does not know that it is not the "end" he hoped for.
"Colonel!" At this time, the adjutant hurriedly ran to Lucas and reported: "We have just received a report that the connecting bridge has been lost!"
"Connecting bridge?" Colonel Lucas looked up at the adjutant in confusion: "How is this possible?"
You must know that the Soviet people's army has been defeated by the German army, which means that there will be no enemies on the periphery. On the other hand, the remaining Soviets are surrounded in the central fortress. They are separated from the connecting bridge by the entire Warren Fortress.
There's no way they captured the connecting bridge!
"Guerillas?" Colonel Lucas' first reaction was guerrillas.
"No, Colonel!" A little sweat appeared on the adjutant's forehead: "I think the Russians in the central fortress may have broken through... because we lost contact with Holm Bridge at the same time..."
Colonel Lucas was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "No, this is impossible. Send someone to Holm Bridge to conduct reconnaissance!"
"It's been done, Colonel!" the adjutant replied. He was not as optimistic as Lucas, because he got more specific information from the front line, and the Soviets also built the connecting bridge from the inside out... This is enough to explain
The Soviets may have succeeded in breaking through.
"Then let's just wait!" Colonel Lucas said, "Maybe there's just something wrong with Lieutenant Colonel Hans' radio!"
But Colonel Lucas's inference was quickly rejected.
A communications soldier handed a piece of information to the adjutant. The adjutant glanced at it and his face suddenly turned white.
"Colonel!" the adjutant said: "Lieutenant Colonel Hans has been killed in action. His headquarters was attacked by the Russians and all communication equipment was destroyed!"
Colonel Lucas looked at the adjutant with disbelief. He even took the information from the adjutant's hand and checked it again, but it was indeed as the adjutant said.
Another telegram was delivered.
"We captured a few Russians!" the adjutant sighed after reading the intelligence. He handed over the telegram and reported: "They admitted that they came from the central fortress, which is the group of people we besieged!
"
Colonel Lucas was stunned for a while before he said: "How did they do it?"
"The attack half an hour ago, Colonel!" the adjutant replied: "Now we know that it was just a feint attack. Our artillery provided cover for their attack on Holm Bridge. They captured the Holm Bridge headquarters immediately.
This prevented Lieutenant Colonel Hans from warning us. Then, the connecting bridge was also attacked without warning..."
This explanation is very reasonable. The only thing I don't understand is how the Soviets crossed the Holm Bridge and appeared at the German command headquarters without anyone noticing.
But whatever it is, the fact is that the Soviets have done it.
"I'll send the Third Company to intercept immediately!" the adjutant said.
Colonel Lucas shook his head and said: "It's too late, Andre. Their target is Pripyat Swamp, which is only five kilometers away from Warren Fortress. They have already entered the swamp while we were still on the road!
"
The adjutant stopped talking after hearing this.
What the German army is good at is mechanized troops, and mechanized troops obviously cannot maneuver in the swamp, unless they are willing to send people into the swamp to continue tracking... But this is obviously unwise, because it makes no sense, except to give the third
Division 45 finds face.
After a long silence, Colonel Lucas raised his head towards the translator and said, "Ask them who the commander is?!"
"It's Major Gavrilov!" the translator replied: "There's also Political Commissar Fomin!"
Colonel Lucas had a gloomy expression on his face. He had investigated these two people before and did not think that they would come up with such a method.
One of the Soviet prisoners said a few more words.
The translator reported to Colonel Lucas: "Colonel, this Russian, he thinks that what you want to know about is probably a person named Shulka!"
"Shulka?"
"Yes!" the translator replied: "The Russian prisoner said that he was Major Gavrilov's signal corpsman and that he knew something about combat. He said that most of the plans were based on Shulkati's suggestions.
It was formulated, he was the one who deceived us into transferring our troops to the northern forest by attacking in the east and west!"
"Shulka?" Colonel Lucas nodded. He believed what the Soviet prisoner said, because this time the Soviets' breakout was very similar to the previous one. They were also attacking in the east and in the west, and they were just as clever.
After a pause, Colonel Lucas asked again: "His military rank? Why don't we have any information about this Shulka in advance?!"
"Of course we won't have information about him, colonel!" the translator replied, "because he's just a private... I mean, unless we investigate every Russian!"
"Private?" Colonel Lucas opened his mouth for a long time and was unable to speak.
He couldn't believe that he might have been defeated by a private soldier.
But the battlefield is like this. It is very realistic. Whether Colonel Lucas believes it or not, the Soviets escaped from the heavy siege of the German army in only half an hour.