Chapter 525 Infiltration

In fact, the potential safety hazard of prisoners should have been discovered long ago, because the school used to hold prisoners had been bombarded several times and the walls were severely damaged. Some places were just nailed shut with wooden boards, and there had been several incidents of prisoners escaping collectively before.

The reason why it has not been brought up for discussion until now is, on the one hand, because the battle on the front line was very intense and the German soldiers had no time to take care of the rear, and more importantly, because Major General Hartmann had been holding on and not reporting to Colonel Slaine.

Major General Hartmann's mentality is understandable.

First of all, it was difficult for him to accept Colonel Slaine's command psychologically... The rank of major general was higher than that of colonel, and the police force itself was superior, which made Major General Hartmann unwilling to accept it. But reality forced him to bow his head. Major General Hartmann also knew that if it was a regular battle, it was indeed Colonel Slaine who was more suitable to command. If he seized the command by force, not only would he not get support, but even if he succeeded, it might kill everyone, including himself.

Secondly, Major General Hartmann had a sense of inferiority.

Just as Colonel Slain said before, the Wehrmacht was fighting the vicious Soviet army face to face on the front line, while the police force was only maintaining public order and other work in the rear, but they still made mistakes again and again, and even let dozens of Soviet soldiers hide among the people and assassinate German officers.

When Major General Hartmann thought of this, he couldn't help but secretly wipe his sweat... You know, the target of the Soviet assassination was the "legendary sergeant".

As the commander of the security division, Major General Hartmann certainly knew what kind of influence the "legendary sergeant" had in the rear. If the Soviet assassination was successful, he would be held accountable... Then he, the major general, would be in trouble.

Major General Hartmann, who was leisurely tasting wine by the stove, was glad that none of this happened. The "legendary sergeant" saved his own life and also saved Major General Hartmann's life.

Thinking of this, Major General Hartman could not help but sigh secretly. He found out from the Soviet people that the assassination team sent by the Soviets was an elite team that had undergone special training. Hartman was a little confused about how this "legendary sergeant" could defeat the assassination team and survive under such circumstances.

From this, it can be seen that this "legendary sergeant" is indeed good at both strategy and individual quality and reaction speed.

"General!" The adjutant pushed the door open and reported, "Captain Frick wants to see you!"

Hartmann said absentmindedly, "Hmm", and then suddenly remembered that "Captain Frick" was the "legendary sergeant", so he turned around and asked, "Are you talking about Captain Frick?"

"Yes!" The adjutant nodded, "That's him!"

"Let him in!" Major General Hartmann said, and stopped the adjutant the next second: "No, no, I think it's better for me to go and greet him in person!"

That night, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse. The Soviet army did not attack Holm, contrary to its usual practice, but the front line was not easy at all, because the German soldiers found that many Soviet soldiers were lurking on the front line... Lurking on the front line was one of the Soviet tactics, which was mainly to shorten the forward route during the charge and increase the suddenness of the battle.

At 11 o'clock in the evening, as several red flares rose into the air, gunfire suddenly broke out on the defense line. The Soviet army launched a fierce attack on Holm from all sides. There was at least one tank battalion on the east and west sides of the main attack direction, and infantry also came one after another like a tidal wave.

Unlike usual, the Soviet army did not prepare artillery fire this time.

This was of course meaningful. Pukayev was worried that the smoke and dust after the artillery preparation would reduce the visibility of Holm, making it difficult for the glider to find a suitable landing place.

"Where is the glider?" Pukayev asked the staff officer beside him.

"Twenty kilometers away!" The staff officer replied: "Preparing to unhook!"

"Fire the flares!" Pukayev ordered.

"Yes!"

Flames were fired at Holm one by one.

From the perspective of the German army, these flares may be for the Soviet army to attack, but in fact the real intention is that the Soviet army indicates the direction of the gliders and transport planes. Even at this time, the Soviet army's attack is to attract the attention of the German army.

"They have determined the position!" the staff reported: "The target is clear!"

Pukayev nodded, then raised the telescope and cast his sights on Holm.

Pukayev had mixed feelings about Holm. Before this, he never thought that such a small town would become a major concern for his entire army or even an army group.

So war is a very strange thing. Only after the outbreak of war can some places truly show their value.

"The glider is unhooked!" The staff continued to report: "Twelve kilometers away!"

"Continue to fire flares!" Pukayev ordered: "Air defense forces take action!"

"Yes!"

Soon, a shrill air defense alarm, searchlight beams and anti-aircraft guns sounded outside.

Of course, this was just the Soviet air defense forces doing something... German gliders often made such moves before reinforcing Holm. Pukayev was telling the Germans in another way: German gliders were approaching them.

To be honest, Pukayev's plan was quite detailed, which was rare for a Soviet general who always used simple and crude tactics to launch attacks. However, what Pukayev did not realize was that he was facing a master, so everything he did was doomed to fail.

"Five kilometers!"

"Two kilometers!"

...

With the shout of the staff officer, gliders appeared over Holm. In order to deceive the Germans, the gliders had a "swastika" symbol on the bottom of their wings, just like the German gliders.

Then, these gliders dived down to Holm one after another.

"Artillery cover!" Pukayev ordered.

The purpose of firing at this time was to suppress the German army, and the smoke from the explosion could also provide cover for the Soviet airborne troops who had infiltrated Holm. Then the flares also fell silent at this time, and the surroundings suddenly fell into darkness, with only the flashes of light like lightning during the bombing.

Pukayev put down the telescope, with a look of relief on his face... At least everything was going well so far.

Pukayev was right. Even Qin Chuan didn't expect the Soviet army to use gliders to infiltrate Holm, so this really caught the German army off guard.

However, Qin Chuan always believed that the Soviet army's target was the prisoner-of-war camp, and everything else was just a decoy.