The first thing the troops hit after advancing was the Soviet artillery... Because the German army was advancing very quickly, and the artillery was firing shells at the German-occupied area one after another, the sound of artillery covered up the gunshots from the field hospital, so the Soviet artillery had not even discovered any abnormalities.

It was not until a gunner was knocked to the ground by a bullet that the Soviet artillery stopped and looked back in shock. When they realized that the troops behind them were enemies, their first reaction was to reach out to get the gun.

But it was too late at this time. The German soldiers pulled the trigger without hesitation, and the Soviet artillery fell to the ground one by one.

Among them, a famous Soviet artillery was injured in the leg, but he still did not give up on running away. He dragged his injured leg and limped in the opposite direction... But this was obviously useless. A German soldier caught up with him and aimed at his head with a rifle only half a meter away and shot him and killed him.

So it is a good thing to have artillery, which made the Soviet army on the West Bank realize that they were being attacked by someone almost when the German soldiers arrived, and this situation continued until the battle was about to end.

Similarly, Mattevich and Petrolev did not notice anything unusual. They were also analyzing the battle situation in the command center, calculating the escape route after the German army broke through and where the Soviet army should intercept it.

At this moment, there was a sudden panic outside. Just as Matvic and Peter Nolev were surprised, a blood-covered guard pushed open the door and shouted: "Comrade Political Commissar, the enemy is coming, retreat quickly!"

Mattevich and Peter Nolev looked at each other and realized that they had been fooled. The Germans had no intention of breaking through. That was not a cover to divert their attention. Their real purpose was actually to raid the rear of the Soviet army.

"Retreat!" said Mattevich.

He knew that there was no hesitation at this time, because he knew in his heart that the Soviet army on the west bank of the Lovati River was too weak to stop the Germans even for a while.

"But what should I do if the documents are done?" Peter Nolev hurriedly put aside his armed belt.

"Don't worry about it!" Mattevich blew out the kerosene lamp and said, "It's too late to destroy it. I hope it won't leave anything useful to the Germans!"

As he said that, he opened the back door and ran away.

Mattevich was very smart. The direction he chose to escape was the Lovati River, which was the front line. He knew that the Germans' purpose was the west bank of Holm, and he knew that the Germans would inevitably set up many ambushes at the exit of the town, so the safest one was the front line.

Mattevich was right, so he and Peter Nolev safely escaped from the German army's pursuit. Other officers... a large number of colonels, captains and regiment-level political commissars were all rushing to the German guns. There was even a major general who passed Holm to rest here and was captured alive. He was the commander of the 31st Infantry Brigade.

However, Qin Chuan did not think he could provide any useful information. On the one hand, it was because the Soviet army's combat intentions were already very obvious at this time. On the other hand, the Soviet army's command system was very chaotic. Sometimes even the senior generals didn't know what role they played in the battle. They only knew to advance according to the orders and wiped out the enemy when they encountered it.

In addition, Qin Chuan and other commandos also captured an arsenal.

Of course, the German army would not easily blow up this arsenal. They first took out the mines from the arsenal and laid them inside and outside the town at the fastest speed... At this time, the most commonly used mines in the Soviet Union were a square wooden-shelled thunder.

This should be said to be another initiative of the Soviets. First of all, the production of wooden thunder is very simple and very cheap, which is that two wooden boxes are turned upside down. This advantage is obviously very important to the Soviet Union, because the industrial capacity of the Soviets was greatly damaged by the invasion of the German army, and thus there was a shortage of materials. The cost of the wooden thunder collection was almost negligible.

Secondly, because this kind of landmine uses wood, ordinary metal mine detectors are basically ineffective against it, which can make it have a good effect of blocking the enemy.

The German army was fed up with the pain of this mine when attacking the Soviet Union. Because the wooden thunder was rectangular, the German army called them "small coffins".

Now, they are just used on the Soviets.

While burying landmines, the German army replenished a lot of ammunition from the arsenal... The most of these were pistol bullets and grenades. Many soldiers in the German army were using Poposa submachine guns, which needed ammunition.

Finally, it was the explosives on the ammunition depot to blow it up.

It took only thirty-five minutes before and after the entire battle, the Germans retreated from the west bank of Holm, leaving only blood, corpses and ruins on the west bank.

What made the Soviet army who arrived immediately suffer was that although they already knew that there were no Germans in the town, they still had to face landmines that could exist everywhere. What's worse was that these mines were their own and could not be detected.

Matvich watched the advancement of Soviet soldiers and screaming one by one in the mines, and a sense of powerlessness arises in his heart.

"Where did they come out?" Peter Nolev couldn't help but complain, "Is it the German reinforcements? Why didn't our peripheral troops notice it at all?"

"No, they are not reinforcements!" Mattevich opened the body of a German soldier who was dragged to the front of the Soviet soldiers and said, "Look at the boots they wore... they were our leather boots, and the rags and shreds of paper in the cotton jacket..."

(Note: The Soviet army's boots and cotton jackets are better than those of the German army. Due to the identification problem, German soldiers dare not wear the Soviet army's cotton jackets, but often take off the boots from the dead bodies and replace them.)

"Are they Germans on the East Coast?" Peter Nolev couldn't believe it.

"Yes!" said Mattevich: "They are the Germans on the East Coast, they came out of the tunnel. We thought they were going to defeat them, but now it seems... they are far from being beaten!"

"I don't think so!" Peter Nolev said in a furious manner: "We have captured the Rovati River defense line. Their sneak attack will not change anything, as long as we..."

Before he finished speaking, an explosion came from the Lovati River defense line. Peter Nolev looked back and saw that the inclined surface they had piled up on the Lovati River defense line had been blown to pieces, including those bridge vehicles that could allow tanks to pass through.
Chapter completed!