Chapter 588 Plan

I lost my temper with my child today, so I only have one update, sorry!

However, things did not go as smoothly as Werner and others imagined.

In the early morning of the next day, as the German soldiers were advancing non-stop, it suddenly started pouring rain.

"This is not a good thing!" Qin Chuan said as he took out a poncho from his bag and put it on himself, and the soldiers followed suit.

But this is actually unnecessary, because the soldiers will soon fall into a puddle of water, and the poncho will have no effect at all.

Sure enough, the convoy stopped after traveling for more than ten minutes. The driver stuck his head out of the cab and shouted back: "The front is blocked. It is said that the road was washed away by mud and water!"

"When can we move on?" Werner asked.

"Who knows!" the driver replied, "just wait in the back!"

The baker couldn't help but complained anxiously: "Are all our engineers and soldiers asleep?"

"This has nothing to do with the engineers!" Qinchuan replied: "The peninsula was already wet and muddy, and now it's raining heavily. The engineers can't do anything unless they can build a bridge directly to Kerch Port!"

Hearing this, the soldiers became silent.

Facts proved that what Qin Chuan said was right, because the rain with yellow mud quickly spread to the feet of Qin Chuan and others, but at this moment, the convoy slowly started to move.

"Keep going!" The soldiers heard Bazel's voice in the rain ahead.

The most important thing about blitzkrieg is speed, so no matter it is day or night, whether it is windy or raining, there will be no time to rest, even if it is difficult to move even an inch.

The car started and drove forward slowly. From time to time, a car would get stuck in the mud beside the road and need to be pushed forward by soldiers. Occasionally, a tank would get stuck, so just give up... No one can push the tank, usually In this case, one should use another tank or two tanks to tow it, but now, everyone knows that if you do this, the other tanks will get stuck in the mud at the same time.

These scenes made the soldiers a little frightened, because they knew that this meant that the car they were sitting in would not be spared.

Sure enough, within a few minutes the car skidded in the mud and sank deeper and deeper.

"Get out of the car, boys!" The driver stuck his head out and shouted to the back: "The car has carried you through the first half, now it's time for you to carry it through the second half!"

This seemed to make sense, so the soldiers got out of the car silently and pushed the car forward.

The putrid muddy water splashed everywhere under the rotation of the car's wheels, and soon everyone pushing the cart was in a mess.

The sad thing is that the car always comes out of this pit and falls into another pit. The soldiers can only do this seemingly meaningless action over and over again.

"Why don't we just leave the cars on the side of the road and walk to Kerch Port?" Werner complained.

"Because our ammunition is in the car!" Qin Chuan replied: "If you can carry these ammunition on your shoulders and move forward or think that you can capture Kerch without these ammunition, then you can choose to do so!"

"Okay!" Werner replied: "I'm just worried that if this continues, when we get in front of the enemy, we won't have the strength to launch an attack!"

"Don't worry!" Dominic replied: "You just need to have the strength to accept their surrender!"

The soldiers laughed.

But Qin Chuan was not as optimistic as the soldiers.

If it hadn't been for this rain, the scene Dominic mentioned might indeed have happened... The Soviet 46th Group Army stationed at Kerch Port was attacked by the "Grodek" Motorized Brigade without any preparation. , it won’t be long before everything collapses.

But now, the heavy rain gave the Soviet army time to prepare.

Qin Chuan's guess was correct. Kozlov, who had originally planned to give up, saw hope after the heavy rain. He immediately cheered up and said to Mehlis: "Comrade Mehlis, this may be our This is the last chance. I need to transfer a tank brigade from the Taman Peninsula, and I also need air force support. Only in this way can the 46th Army stop the German attack! "

Mehlis was silent for a while. After receiving Stalin's telegram, he knew that he could not be separated from the Crimean Peninsula campaign, which meant that his fate was tied to the Crimean Front, so he clicked He nodded and said: "Tell me your plan, Comrade Kozlov!"

"Build a line of defense in front of Kerch Port!" Kozlov said: "The 46th Army has 60,000 people. Our military strength is comparable to that of the Germans. The Germans' advantage lies in aircraft and tanks. If we can There is a trade-off with the Germans on both sides. What I mean is...as long as we hold on for a while, the Germans will soon lose their combat effectiveness due to lack of ammunition!"

"Yes!" Mehlis looked at Kozlov with shining eyes: "Although our three armies cannot get supplies, the Germans will also not be able to get them. By then, not only will we not be defeated, but we will be able to encircle and annihilate the Germans. Three divisions broke into our defense line!"

"Yes, Comrade Mekhlis!" Kozlov replied: "In fact, our three armies are not completely without supplies. We have the Black Sea Fleet. Intelligence shows that the Germans have transferred the main force of their fighters to the direction of Kharkov, which means that the Germans do not have enough fighters in the Crimea direction. Moreover, their fighters have to deal with our aircraft on the one hand, and coordinate the attack of the troops on the other hand, so they have no time to take care of the sea... In this way, the Black Sea Fleet can provide us with fire support and even transport supplies to the three besieged armies by sea. In other words, as time goes by, As time goes by, the balance of victory will tilt towards us little by little! "

"Very good, Comrade Kozlov!" Mehlis said: "It's a good plan. As long as we unite and face the enemy bravely, we will be able to annihilate these fascists. I will report to Stalin immediately and ask him to reinforce us. You are responsible for organizing the defense of the 46th Army. Of course, I will also report your performance to Comrade Stalin!"

These words made Kozlov's blood boil, and he instantly felt that the clouds and fog had been cleared and the sky was cleared. Without saying a word, he began to organize the 46th Army to build fortifications according to Mehlis's order.

Kozlov was still too naive in politics.

Of course, Mehlis would not report Kozlov's performance to Comrade Stalin... Although Mehlis would try his best to ask Stalin for reinforcements for his own interests, these performances, these plans and these efforts became Mehlis's in a blink of an eye.