"Now, let's talk about the defense line!" Colonel Slain calmed down and said, "The good news is that the command has agreed to airdrop supplies for us, but because the air force wants to do its best to help Army Group North get out of trouble, the strength of airdrop supplies is limited for the time being!" ”

The officers breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, which at least showed that the command had not given up on Holm.

At this time, the Soviet army had three army groups interspersed with the rear of the German Army Group North, and once the penetration was successful, it would mean that the German Army Group North might be completely annihilated, and the air power would of course first assist Army Group North in retreating.

"Every day from the afternoon, they will airdrop weapons, ammunition and 4 tons of flour for making bread for us!" "We can assume that the problem of supply has been resolved, and the focus is on...... We don't seem to have a place to shelter from the cold, you know, the Soviets are going to destroy all the floors, and the attrition caused by the cold is predictably getting worse and worse! ”

"Yes!" Gerhard nodded and said, "They don't even need to do that, they just need to attack every night when it's the coldest time!" ”

"We don't even have a place to make bread!" Bazel said.

The officers couldn't help but fall silent, these questions are indeed very tricky.

"Colonel!" Qin Chuan said: "The fundamental reason for this problem is that the Soviet army has a large number of artillery but Holm does not, or the Soviet army has an absolute advantage in artillery, so the enemy can fire at night but the German army can't!" ”

Colonel Slain nodded in agreement: "But what can we do?" Captain, do you want them to be suppressed by airborne artillery? It's almost impossible! ”

"No, Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied: "Maybe we can make a fire in a safe place, such as a cellar, almost everyone here has a cellar!" ”

"No, Captain!" Colonel Slain shook his head and said, "Someone has done this, although it can avoid the fire leaking out, but the cellar is not ventilated and the fire can easily cause a lack of oxygen, and some people even got a chimney out of the cellar, but do you know what happened?" The Soviets fired at the sparks coming out of the chimney...... They're all buried in it, and even though we dug it up, it doesn't seem to work! ”

"Uh-huh!" Qin Chuan said: "They fired according to Mars!" ”

"Yes!" Colonel Slain said, "Maybe it's not just sparks, they can see the black smoke coming from the burning!" ”

"So...... Why don't we make the chimney a little longer! Qin Chuan said: "I mean, let these black smoke and sparks come out from somewhere else." ”

Hearing this, the officers couldn't help but be stunned, and then they became energetic:

"That's right, why don't we take the chimney somewhere else? For example, a house that has become a ruin! ”

"So that the enemy's shells will fall on these ruins!"

"We can even add a few more chimneys, so that if one chimney is blown up, the other can be used again!"

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"I have a question!" Lieutenant Colonel Gerhard asked Qin Chuan, "Captain, we know...... The Soviets are blowing up our buildings one by one, which means we're still going to be buried in the cellar after all! ”

"I don't think so, Lieutenant Colonel!" Qin Chuan said: "The cellars built by the Soviets are very strong, and often the buildings on the ground are blown down, but the cellars are intact!" ”

"That being said, the exit will be buried!"

"Why can't we dig an exit outside the house!" Qin Chuan said: "In this way, even if the building is blown down, the cellar can still be used normally, and even because there are many bricks and tiles on the ground, it will be stronger!" ”

After a pause, Qin Chuan added: "We can even dig through the two adjacent cellars and connect them into one, or open up to the trenches and connect them to form a kind of defense system!" ”

The officers were stunned when they heard this.

It was a long time before Colonel Slein said, "Captain, you seem to have moved the tunnel fortifications here!" ”

"Why not?" Qin Chuan said.

"Yes, why not?" Colonel Slain smiled and said, "We are a force with experience in building tunnels, why can't we think of this!" ”

"Maybe ......," said Bazel, "maybe it's because there are a lot of houses here, and we built them on high ground, so we ...... them."

"So, what are you waiting for?" Colonel Slein said, "Do it, for the warmth and sleep of the night!" ”

The officers couldn't help but laugh.

Then the Germans did what they said, and assigned the task in a slicing and contracting manner, with each platoon responsible for a cellar...... The Germans had a full platoon of 48 men, but there were usually only about 30 people in the disengagement.

Even so, a cellar of more than thirty people seems crowded.

However, it should not all be crowded into it, there must be a part of the men in the trenches to guard it, and then rotate, so that a dozen people live in a cellar is not too much and no less.

The first thing to be renovated was the chimney.

In order to ensure the bearing capacity of the cellar, the chimney is not drilled from the top, but a diagonal passage is dug from the side wall of the cellar to the ground, and then the ruins are connected to the ruins 100 meters away with a thick drainage pipe...... The distance must be at least 100 meters, otherwise the Soviets will even affect themselves after discovering the smoke with a shell.

The ventilation hole is connected to two other pipes, which is relatively simple, you only need to expose the ground and then get an air outlet at the pipe interface...... The so-called air outlet refers to making a turn in the direction of the wind, so that on the one hand, the air can be poured into the ventilation pipe by the force of the wind to make the ventilation better, and on the other hand, it can also avoid snow and muddy water from cannonballs to block it.

This is also thanks to the fact that there is a plumbing factory on the east bank, and the warehouse has all kinds of iron pipes of all sizes.

After the soldiers had modified these, they couldn't wait to try, that is, to build a small fire in the cellar.

They even made a simple stove out of gasoline drums, with a large opening above the oil drum for a pot, the lower part of the chimney, the lower part of the rectangular opening for the firewood inlet, and a ventilation pipe on the side, which could be used as both a stove and a cooking utensil...... It was just perfect.

Then a fire soon burst into flames in the oil drums, and the soldiers greedily put their frozen hands in front of the flames as they listened.

Soon a volley of shells hit, but judging by the shock, it was clear that it was not the location of the cellar.

Immediately there was a burst of cheers in the cellar, as if a battle had been won.