Transportation of oil barrels is relatively simple for supply. After all, supply does not require air. Just put ammunition and firearms into the oil barrel and seal it. It is important to note that you should not put too much stuff to cause it to sink to the bottom of the river and cannot float.

It is more troublesome to ship a soldier. The problem is that people need air, and they cannot guarantee that the oil barrel will always keep one end upward and drift in the river... But this problem was quickly solved, the method is to load some ammunition at the bottom of the oil barrel and fix it with a partition to the bottom.

In this way, even if people get in, they will always stand upright in the water like a tumbler because the center of gravity is lower, and then a few small holes are opened on the lid of the oil barrel above for breathing.

Of course, the relatively smooth flow of the Volga River is also one of the conditions for the success of this method. Otherwise, the oil barrel may be knocked over and rolled in the water in the turbulent water flow.

However, the smooth flow of water can be said to be a good thing or a bad thing.

Good things are safer.

The bad thing is that it takes more time to float from Renoke to the sandbank... The average flow rate of the Volga River is about 2 meters per second. The distance between Renoke and the sandbank on the river channel cannot be accurately calculated. It can only be calculated using the distance between Renoke and the central ferry of Stalingrad, one by one, and it takes three hours to get from Renoke to the sandbank.

"Three hours?" Qin Chuan didn't expect it would take so long. He couldn't help asking: "Can they do it?"

"This is not a problem, Major!" Alexander replied: "Everyone thinks it is a good way, like lurking in the position for three hours without moving, it's no big deal!"

Qin Chuan nodded.

In fact, Qin Chuan knew that this mission would not be as easy as they said. On the one hand, it was because the oil barrel had to float past the enemy's nose, and there were many other unknown dangers. On the other hand, although the oil barrel could stand upright in the water, it inevitably spins. This is completely different from lurking on the position for three hours. After a few turns, it was dizzy, especially if a person would be seasick... it was not a good thing to spit out in the oil barrel, because as long as one person had movement and was discovered by the Soviet army, other people, including supplies, would be in danger.

But the fighting spirit and will of the German soldiers were speechless. Although they knew the dangers, they still resolutely participated in the plan.

The first batch of oil barrels were transported to the middle of the Volga River at 10 o'clock in the evening and placed secretly. There were a total of 150 barrels, of which 100 barrels were filled with people and fifty barrels filled with ammunition. To facilitate salvage, these oil barrels were tied together with ropes for every ten barrels, which means that if one hooked, they would bring a string.

Then everyone was waiting anxiously.

In fact, it cannot be said that it is waiting, both sides have started to make some preparations.

On Qinchuan, we have prepared signal flasks, fish nets, long poles and other things to facilitate the fishing of oil barrels flowing through the sandbank. Qinchuan even organized a salvage team with good water properties to prepare to salvage oil barrels with a longer distance.

Alexander sent a reconnaissance plane to reconnaissance over the Volga River. If there were any Soviet fishing boats, they would immediately send fighter planes to bomb, strafuse, and drive away... The German Air Force also did this normally, but tonight was special.

Because Alexander was worried that the Soviets would salvage these oil barrels after they found them... The Soviets were short of oil, especially Stalingrad, so it was not surprising that they would do this.

Later I learned that such a thing was indeed happening, and a bunch of oil barrels was caught by a Soviet fishing boat.

Unfortunately, these ten oil barrels contained ten German soldiers... The dozen Soviets responsible for salvage on the fishing boat were armed people, and they were not surrounded by their rifles when they were salvaged.

So the result can be imagined. The German soldiers easily occupied the fishing boat and sunk it, and then continued to float down in the oil barrel again... It is said that they wanted to drive the fishing boat to the sandbank, but after discussing for a while, they felt that it was too dangerous before giving up.

Their approach is correct. The fishing boat is too big. When it approaches the sandbank, it will arouse alertness from both sides. It is likely that the enemy and we will be shot and killed by both sides of the enemy and we will also consider it to be the enemy.

It was finally three hours later. Qin Chuan ordered three flares to be fired in the direction of the Soviet army, and also fired a mortar, and anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft cannons also fired in a row to the opposite side.

On the one hand, this is to send a signal to the drifting army in the oil barrel, and on the other hand, it is also to cover the sound of salvage with guns and cannons, or it can also be said to attract the attention of the Soviet army.

Everything went very smoothly, with 150 oil barrels scooping up 130... A bunch of oil barrels containing supplies leaked. Although the bunch of oil barrels containing people were not salvaged, the soldiers inside took the initiative to crawl out and swim to the sandbank.

So from this point of view, it is easier for a lucky person to succeed.

Because they have subjective initiative and can interact with soldiers who come to search, they are easy to discover even in the dark.

Therefore, the next batch will immediately change the transportation method. Each batch of supplies is mixed with two oil barrels filled with people, so that even the supplies will not be missed.

That night, the German army transported three batches of reinforcements in this way, each batch of 100 people plus fifty barrels of supplies. They did not dare to transport them more because they were worried that too many oil barrels would float over the river and would arouse suspicion from the Soviet army.

So the personnel and supplies on Shazhou Island were immediately enriched.

When the two friendly troops met on the sandbank, the situation was even more close than the brothers... They hugged each other tightly as soon as they met, and their excitement was silent.

It is easy to understand that they will have such a mood.

For the reinforcements, these German troops on Shazhou Island are heroes and role models of the German army. It is undoubtedly a pride that they can come here and fight with them.

For the former commandos, these reinforcements solved the problems of their survival and whether they could persist until the final completion of the task.

This relationship of life and death determines the solid friendship between them, not to mention that they have the same goal... Stalingrad.

After counting the list of materials and personnel received, Qin Chuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Although the personnel received were the 115th Infantry Regiment stationed in Reynolds, and their quality was not as good as the 1st Infantry Regiment, the supplement of 300 people injected a fresh blood into the sandbank and solved the problem of insufficient troops in the sandbank.
Chapter completed!