The decisive battle against the Third Reich - Chapter 943

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This chapter is the fifth update of yesterday, monthly ticket, monthly ticket, monthly ticket…

The Lauter area is one of the strongest fortified areas in the “Maginot Line”, and the other is the Metz area.

These two areas are built to withstand direct hits from 420MM caliber mortar shells. There are anti-tank trenches, cliffs, cliffs, metal and concrete piles everywhere in the defense line, and they are reinforced with minefields. The anti-infantry area has a layer of electrified barbed wire and mines. It can be said that it is harder to pass through here than to climb to the sky.

Lieutenant General Lu Manlin was right. Leiman was assigned to this fortified area.

When Qin Chuan saw Leiman, he was stunned by the second lieutenant rank on Leiman’s shoulder.

“I remember that the last time I saw you, you were still a corporal!” Qin Chuan said, “Now you are a second lieutenant?!”

Qin Chuan looked back at Lieutenant General Lu Manlin.

Lieutenant General Lumanlin shrugged and replied, “Don’t look at me like that, Lieutenant Colonel, this is what Leiman deserves!”

“Please, sir!” Leiman protested, “I have always been the best performer in the army!”

“Of course, Leiman!” Qin Chuan replied, “I don’t mean anything else, you did a good job!”

Qin Chuan felt a little ashamed of his previous doubts. After all, the troops stationed in the “Maginot” defense line were a new recruit unit, and Leiman could indeed become a second lieutenant if he performed well.

Of course, this does not rule out the fact that Leiman was more valued by the commander because he was the younger brother of the “legendary sergeant”.

“I hope you can meet someone, sir!” Leiman said nervously.

“Who?” Qin Chuan was a little confused.

Leiman pulled out a nurse from a row of people standing behind him who didn’t even dare to breathe… Because the light in the underground fortifications was dim, Qin Chuan had never noticed her.

“Her name is Denisa, sir!” Leiman said, “She is a nurse in the medical team. I met her when I was injured once!”

“You are injured?” Qin Chuan was more concerned about this.

“Yes, Lieutenant Colonel!” Denisa answered on his behalf: “It was an accident. The ammunition depot caught fire for some unknown reason. Leiman bravely put out the fire and saved all of us!”

At this time, Qin Chuan felt ashamed from the bottom of his heart.

“Sorry, Leiman!” Qin Chuan patted Leiman on the shoulder: “I blamed you wrongly!”

“No, sir!” Leiman replied: “You didn’t blame anything wrongly!”

“What do you mean?”

“Because I was promoted because of you, sir!” Leiman replied: “At that moment I was completely frightened. I didn’t know what to do, because the ammunition depot could explode at any time… But, I thought that I was your brother, and I thought about what you would do if it was you. So I did what I should do…”

Qin Chuan nodded in appreciation.

This may be what Rommel asked Qin Chuan to do, to set an example among the new recruits and even among the German soldiers on the entire line of defense, so that they could burst out with stronger combat effectiveness.

“Nice to meet you, Denisa!” Qin Chuan joked, “My little brother always causes some troubles, you will have to bear it in the future!”

The soldiers in the dormitory couldn’t help laughing, and Denisa was embarrassed.

At this time, Qin Chuan found that Denisa was a very beautiful girl. He secretly thought that Leiman had good taste. On the other hand, he also felt that Leiman had grown up unknowingly.

Just when Qin Chuan was about to say goodbye to Leiman, there was a sudden “boom” explosion, followed by a burst of gunfire, and the lights above his head flickered.

“What’s going on?” Lieutenant General Lu Manlin asked the guards around him.

“I don’t know, General!” The guard replied, and then immediately sent two people to check the situation. But as soon as he walked out, he was knocked to the ground by a burst of bullets.

“Close the door!” Qin Chuan shouted.

The guard immediately closed the door after hearing this, and before he could close it, he heard a grenade explosion outside… Obviously, this grenade hit the door and bounced back.

If Qin Chuan hadn’t reacted quickly, the grenade would have been thrown into the dormitory.

“What’s going on?” Lieutenant General Lu Manlin shouted: “This is in the defense line, how did the enemy get in?”

“Did you not replace all the French technicians?” Qin Chuan asked.

Lieutenant General Lu Manlin was stunned, and after a long time he replied: “They said they hope to work here, they need this job… I think they are telling the truth!”

“God!” Qin Chuan and Lei Man lifted the bed and held it against the door while ordering others: “Everyone, listen to my command!”

“Yes, sir!”

“What should we do?” Lieutenant General Lu Manlin asked.

“They should be coming for me!” Qin Chuan said.

“Why?” Lieutenant General Lu Manlin asked.

“Because they know I will definitely come to see Lei Man!” Qin Chuan replied: “So they set a trap here!”

Lieutenant General Lu Manlin was speechless for a while.

Qin Chuan looked around, and there were only seventeen people in total, including Lieutenant General Lu Manlin.

Leiman handed Qin Chuan a gun and asked, “What should we do, sir?”

“Guard the door!” Lieutenant General Lu Manlin said, “Our people will come here soon after hearing the gunshots!”

“No!” Qin Chuan said, “We must rush out! All of us are squeezed in this small space, and it only takes one grenade to kill or stun us, and then they can do whatever they want!”

Lehman nodded in agreement. It was not difficult to guard the door, but it was impossible to stop the enemy from throwing grenades in… The enemy only needed to blow the door open, and then the grenades would fly in like raindrops.

The only lucky thing was that the dormitory door was a solid iron door, and they could not blow it open so easily for a while.

“But… how can we rush out?” Lieutenant General Lu Manlin’s voice was trembling: “God, I really shouldn’t trust these French!”

Looking around the dormitory, when Qin Chuan saw a faucet in the corner, he ordered: “Turn on the water!”

“What?” Leiman was stunned when he heard it.

“Turn on the faucet!” Qin Chuan ordered: “Let the water flow out, quickly!”

“Yes, sir!” Leiman turned on the faucet without saying a word, and then found a few wooden boards to block the other direction so that the overflowing water could more easily flow out from the crack of the door.

“Why do this?” Lieutenant General Lu Manlin asked, “Can we flush them away with water?”

But when Lieutenant General Lu Manlin saw Qin Chuan pulling out the wires from the ceiling, he understood.

“God, that’s a good idea!” Lieutenant General Lu Manlin quickly jumped onto the bed.

Qin Chuan pulled out the exposed wires from the light and whispered to the soldiers, “Listen, everyone get on the bed and keep your feet dry. When the door is blown open, I will put the wires in the water, and then follow my orders to charge, understand?”

“Understood!”