On the morning of the fifth day of Holm's rescue, an artillery observer found a German-style "4" tank that appeared west of Holm in a telescope. Although it was moving slowly due to the muddy road, it was undoubtedly moving towards Holm little by little.

Then the artillery observer ran back to Holm excitedly and shouted: "Our people, our tanks, they are here!"

But the German soldiers in Holm did not react much, because they had been tricked in the past few days... Sentinels or artillery observers would occasionally shout at the soldiers who were working hard to build fortifications or draining water from the trenches in the mud: "Our people are here!"

Then, when the soldiers excitedly left the engineer's shovel and ran to the west, they saw nothing, only a group of sentries laughed behind them.

Originally, this could be regarded as a "lie to the military situation", but Colonel Slain believed that this joke would help alleviate the pressure on soldiers and the urgent mood of waiting for friendly troops, so he let it go.

The result is that everyone regards the call of the artillery observer as "another rumor". Some even shout at the artillery observer:

"You should be an actor, Sgt.!"

"They should give you a prize for this!"

...

But not long after, the German soldiers soon discovered that they had wrongly blamed the artillery observer, because the sound of a tank "rumbling" motor came from the west of Holm.

The soldiers ran to the west with weapons skeptical and looked at it. Sure enough, they saw several tanks and a team of German troops appearing in their sight.

When a German lieutenant saw this scene, he sighed: "The arrival of these people really surprised everyone in Holm, just like they were creatures from another world. Then, everyone cheered and hugged each other to celebrate. Some people took off their white cloaks and waved wildly in the direction of friendly forces, fearing that they did not find Holm missed... However, there is only one road here, and friendly forces cannot miss it!"

There were not many German soldiers in the first batch, including a platoon of engineers, a tank company, and some artillery observers.

But their arrival was like giving Holm's German soldiers a shot of stimulant, convinced them that they had rescued and could withdraw from this hell in the near future.

Sure enough, the subsequent troops arrived at Holm one after another. Because the road conditions were poor, they were supplemented by small teams, which exhausted the exhausted soldiers who were originally stationed in Holm could only withdraw from one team after another.

The order of withdrawal of troops is as follows:

The first group were glider pilots, who risked their lives to voluntarily send supplies to Holm. Holm's soldiers always remembered this love, so they were the ones who evacuated first.

This also includes Thomas.

Before leaving, Thomas held Qin Chuan's hand tightly and said, "Captain, I'm sorry, I find you're right. I shouldn't come here like this, because this will not only harm myself but also drag others down!"

"I'm glad you realized this, Sgt.!" Qin Chuan said: "I hope you will be ready next time you walk on the battlefield!"

Thomas nodded, then hugged his comrades one by one before jumping into the car.

The second batch is Conrad and other scientific researchers.

Needless to say, their importance is more important, and they have made less contributions to Holm than glider pilots. The reason for the second batch of withdrawal was that they finally commanded a batch of V1 missiles to be launched into the Soviet positions.

"Then, there will be a time later, Captain!" Conrad hugged Qin Chuan: "I'm waiting for another idea for you, I'm looking forward to it now!"

"As long as I am still alive, colonel!" Qin Chuan replied.

"Don't worry!" Conrad replied: "No one can defeat the 'Legend Sergeant', I firmly believe in this!"

The third batch is a scattered combat force except for the police force.

They were actually disbanded, that is, all soldiers from 60 units returned to their own troops.

Qin Chuan felt a pity for this, because after the Holm defense battle, they had actually grown into veterans who could fight well, but after they returned to the construction, they would become engineers, transportation units, and even cooks who cooked fires.

However, the Germans pay more attention to overall combat coordination, so it is understandable to do so.

Gerhard and Qin Chuan saluted each other, and then held their hands tightly together.

"I'm honored to fight with you, Captain!" Gerhard said: "I hope we have a chance to meet in the future!"

After pausing, Gerhard continued, "I have decided to apply to your troops to participate in the battle after I go back!"

"You decided?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Yes!"

"Do you know what you will face when you come to our army?"

"Of course!" Gerhard replied: "I may be demoted, and worse, there will be more dangers."

"So, do you still want to do this?"

"Yes!" Gerhard replied: "Because I found that... it would be too boring to go back to do the engineering work now!"

Qin Chuan couldn't help but smile with Gerhard.

Qin Chuan could understand Gerhard's thoughts, which was like the feeling of "I don't look at the mountains when I return to the Five Mountains, and I don't look at the mountains when I return to the Huangshan Mountains."

Fighting on the front line is indeed dangerous, and it is accompanied by difficulties and pain, but it is also stimulating, which will make the whole person's nerves collapse and remain excited at all times, especially after going through hardships, you finally defeat the seemingly invincible enemy. The feeling of satisfaction, pride and fulfillment are something that the second-line troops will never experience.

It would be fine if Gerhard didn't have this experience. Now that he has this experience, he will not be able to be a good engineer when he goes back.

The fourth batch of evacuated was the police force.

They stayed until this time to retreat because order was needed to be maintained before other troops retreated.

Major General Hartman got a jeep from somewhere. He parked the car in front of Qin Chuan, wrote the phone number in his notebook with a pen, handed it to Qin Chuan, made a phone gesture, and said, "Call me, Captain!"

"Okay, general!" Qin Chuan replied: "If I have anything to do, I need your help!"

"Of course!" Major General Hartman said: "Come and find me anytime!"

The final retreat was of course the First Infantry Regiment.

That's because the First Infantry Regiment is large in number and is also Holm's defense backbone.

Therefore, the First Infantry Regiment must wait until the German 218th Infantry Regiment, who came to take over the defense, arrive, and forward all the key points of defense and the information they have mastered to the 218th Infantry Regiment before they can withdraw.
Chapter completed!