The decisive battle against the Third Reich - #960 - Chapter 957 A battle of wits and courage

Immediately there were screams on the river. People were drowning, burned to death, burned, and the amphibious boat was leaking and about to sink. There was all kinds of chaos and people calling for help.

But no one could save them, because no one could extinguish the sea of ​​​​fire burning on the water. The American soldiers on both sides of the strait could only watch their comrades struggling and wailing in the sea of ​​​​fire.

Only a few of them were lucky enough to swim to the shore. U.S. soldiers rushed up to extinguish the flames, but even so, they lost half their lives and were about to die… In fact, for both the enemy and us, such wounded people are actually It is more beneficial to the German army, because not only can they not provide combat power, but they also need more care and supplies, such as medicine.

The German soldiers cheered, although most of them didn’t know what was going on at this time… They thought it was just an accident during transportation by the US military. Some even thought it was an accidental bombing by US artillery, because the German soldiers were all Knowing that they had very little artillery left to provide such firepower, and more importantly, there was no movement of their own artillery being fired.

But the soldiers organized by Colonel Becker to directly handle the production of “wooden stake shells” quickly spread the news one by one:

“That was done by our people. They used the water flow to flow the artillery shells to the enemy’s transport river section, and then this ‘bombing’ happened!”

“What a great way to reuse old cannonballs!”

“Who came up with this idea?”

“God, do you even need to ask?”

“You mean ‘Legendary Staff Sergeant’?”

“Of course! No one would come up with such a method except him!”

…

Then there was another burst of cheers from the German camp.

This is a very strange phenomenon, because no matter who comes up with this method, there is actually no difference. The result is to hit the US amphibious landing ship force and block the river and cut off the US military’s transportation line.

But this method was thought up by Qin Chuan, which made the trainees even more excited.

Qin Chuan didn’t know how to explain this phenomenon. It might be a kind of star effect, or it might be that Qin Chuan had failed to live up to the expectations of the cadets. What’s more, the cadets believed that no matter what difficulties they encountered in the future, they would be able to succeed. “Legendary Staff Sergeants” can find simple and practical ways to deal with it.

Therefore, in this mentality, they have the mentality of winning.

War is sometimes a strange thing. If everyone believes that they can eventually win this battle, then this battle will really have a little more hope of victory.

On the other hand, if no one thinks the battle will be won, it will be very difficult to win.

The baker also had this mentality when reporting to Qin Chuan on the phone.

“They stopped attacking, Lieutenant Colonel!” said the baker: “I knew you would find a way, and they believed it too!”

What the baker didn’t say was… because they firmly believed in this, they did not lose heart when they were isolated and helpless. On the contrary, they were able to fight to the death against enemies several times more powerful.

Otherwise, Chambier Island would have been captured by US armored forces at this time.

The news soon reached the 3rd Army headquarters.

“General!” the staff officer hurriedly handed the phone to Patton and said, “Our transport troops suffered heavy casualties under the enemy’s bombing!”

“Bombing?” Patton, who was bent over looking at the map, replied without raising his head: “They won’t have any bombing. Our artillery and planes have been waiting for them! Tell them that they can transport with confidence. As long as the German artillery fires one shell, we will give them ten shells in return!”

“But General…” the staff officer said, “We can’t pay back!”

“No way, what do you mean?” Patton raised his head and looked at the staff. The first thing he thought of was that these guys must be making some joke, or that today was that stupid April Fool’s Day.

“General!” the staff officer replied: “Their shells are not fired by artillery, but floated down the river from upstream!”

Barton couldn’t help being stunned when he heard this: “Drifted down?”

“Yes!” the staff officer replied: “They tied the shells to wooden stakes and threw them into the river… I believe they installed delay fuses on the shells, which made them automatically float when they floated to our landing point. Explosion! We lost thirty amphibious landing ships!”

Barton’s expression changed, and then he immediately found the river on the map, walked upstream along the river, pointed at a point, and said, “Little Solsey Island?”

“Yes, Little Sorsey!”

“These bastards!” Barton couldn’t help but curse.

“Colonel Nathan reports that they do not have enough ammunition to launch an attack on Chambier Island!” the staff officer continued to report.

“Let the transportation team continue the transportation!” Patton said.

The staff officer immediately conveyed this order, but after a while the staff officer replied: “Colonel Torres refused to execute this order. He believed that it would only cause meaningless casualties!”

“Tell him, this is my order and it must be carried out!” Barton almost shouted, slamming the table.

Patton’s order seemed understandable, because he knew what it would mean if supplies could not be transported… An armored regiment of more than a hundred tanks and an infantry regiment that landed on the east bank of the Moselle not only failed to complete the designated task of taking Chambier Island, Instead, they will be deeply surrounded by the Germans due to insufficient supplies.

More importantly, all of this was caused by Barton.

When the order reached Colonel Torres, he was in trouble.

After thinking about it, Colonel Torres ordered: “A group of ten amphibious landing ships will pass through when the upstream warning is safe!”

“Yes, Colonel!”

Torres’s method was also very simple. He had several soldiers equipped with walkie-talkies for reconnaissance upstream. When they saw that there were no wooden piles flowing down the river, they sent the information down. Then ten amphibious landing craft took advantage of this gap to pass quickly.

Although this reduces the transportation volume to a great extent, it ensures the safety of the amphibious landing ship.

But the situation is not as simple as Colonel Torres thought.

There are wooden piles floating down from above, some will explode and some will not, so reconnaissance is useless…

Qin Chuan didn’t need to remind him about this. It was a method that the German soldiers came up with spontaneously. It was aimed at the US military’s tactic of reconnaissance and rapid passage.

To put it simply, the German soldiers almost constantly threw wooden stakes into the river.

Of course, some are fake and some are real…the fake ones are those without cannonballs tied around them, while the real ones have cannonballs tied around them.

But no one can tell the difference when thrown into the water. They look almost the same on the surface.

This perfectly explains the saying “The Tao is as high as the Tao is as high as the Demon is as high as the Demon”.

The enemy and we engaged in a battle of wits and courage on the battlefield, but it was clear that the Germans had the upper hand in this regard.