Chapter 317: lake

Chapter 317 Lake

"Yes, there is a lake behind us, what's the problem?" the instructor asked.

"Where is it?" Shulka asked, he wanted to stick his head out to look out, but quickly drew his head back... He didn't want the enemy to shoot him in the back of the head.

"Two miles away from us!" The instructor looked at Shulka puzzled: "Is this important?"

Shuerka didn't answer. He just took out the map from his pocket and spread it in front of the instructor, saying, "Can you draw its location?"

"Of course!" the instructor replied.

As he spoke, he took out his pen, searched for a while on the map, and then roughly drew it.

"Are you sure?" Shulka asked.

"Yes!" The instructor replied: "The unit I was in before was stationed by the lake for more than a month, and I am very familiar with it!"

"Great, Comrade Instructor!" Shulka said: "I think we are saved!"

"Is it saved?" The instructor looked at Shulka: "You mean... use that lake defense?"

"Yes!" Shulka nodded.

"I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed, Comrade Shulka!" The instructor shook his head: "As I said, the lake has been frozen, and it's hard for them to use it!"

"The lake is frozen, which means that people can pass through, but tanks cannot, right?"

"Of course, the lake isn't frozen enough for a tank to go through!" the instructor replied, "I know what you're thinking, Comrade Shulka! But of course the Germans aren't stupid enough to drive a tank up, I mean...although it It's covered in thick snow, but you can tell it's a lake at a glance!"

"Then don't let them see that it's a lake!" said Shulka.

"What?"

"Why can you tell it's a lake at a glance?" Shulka asked back.

"Because... although it is covered with snow, there are no plants!" The instructor replied: "It is also very flat, there are no stones or other things, and the banks are slightly protruding!"

Shulka nodded, but said nothing.

Then the instructor understands: "You mean, put some camouflage on it?"

"Yes!" said Shulka, "It's not difficult, is it? I mean, 'grow' it some plants!"

"Yes, it's not difficult!" The instructor replied: "We just need to cut some small trees from other places, and then 'plant' them in the ice and snow!"

"Another example is to pile some stones on it!"

"Of course, we only need to transport it by car!" The instructor said: "I think the ice surface can still bear the weight of the car..."

"We can use a lighter wagon!"

"Yes, it's safer to use a horse-drawn carriage!"

"We can also create some rough terrain!"

"Of course! You only need to use snow to make it!"

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The instructor's expression slowly changed, and finally he patted Shulka's shoulder excitedly and said: "Great, Shulka, we will give the Germans a surprise!"

"It's for them to take a bath!"

The instructor laughed loudly: "Yes, let them take a bath!"

Shulka immediately reported this plan to Major Gavrilov.

This plan will be rejected for no reason. After all, this plan is neither a retreat nor an escape. It may also kill and injure the German army’s vital forces to attack the enemy to a certain extent, which is beneficial to the war situation and the Soviet army.

However, Rokossovsky still gave an order: "Retreat two miles, we must ensure that we can take back these two miles after the counterattack!"

"Yes, Comrade General!" Major Gavrilov replied confidently.

If the German army is fooled, let alone recapture these two miles, even a counterattack is fine.

Of course, in this case, there is no need for the Soviet army to counterattack.

The operation soon started. Rokossovsky transferred two companies from the 1075th regiment to Dubosekovo to fill up the defense area of ​​the first battalion and replaced Shulka and others.

The first battalion drove to the rear under the leadership of Captain Venyakov... In fact, the so-called total strength of a battalion is only more than a hundred people, which is almost the strength of a reinforced company.

It didn't take long for the battalion to arrive at the lake the instructor said.

Sure enough, as the instructor said, some obvious landforms make it obvious that it is a lake at a glance, but this will soon change.

"We need some carriages!" Captain Venyakov said.

"Leave it to me!" Davydov, the second company company, replied: "Next to us is the defense area of ​​the 3rd Cavalry Army. They should be able to find the carriage!"

Lieutenant Venyakov nodded, and then ordered: "Other people are responsible for other things, no matter what they do, as long as this is arranged like land, understand?"

"Yes, Comrade Captain!"

So the soldiers quickly got busy.

In fact, camouflage is what soldiers are good at. The daily routine summer training of the Soviet army includes building fortifications and camouflage, and even the Soviet army has special sniper training... For this reason, the Soviet army even made a training video, This film once became a textbook for German sniper training.

It's just that these sniper trainings are a bit outdated at this time.

These are not what Shuerka needs to care about. Shuerka only knows that his subordinates are much more expert in this aspect than his company commander, even the instructor.

They sawed down some trees of different sizes not far away, and then dragged them to the lake with horses, and then shoveled away the snow layer on the lake, dug an ice hole in the ice, and "planted" the trees...

Of course, at this time, the tree cannot stand upright by itself.

Soviet soldiers would carry a bucket of burnt water and pour it into the ice bucket. The water would soon freeze, and the trees would "grow" on the lake in good order and in good spirits.

Even after a while, the snow piled up on these branches even more seamlessly.

"The size of the tree must be particular!" The instructor explained to Shulka while directing the soldiers to work: "They can't be the same thickness, so that it is easy for the enemy to notice the difference, but they can't be too thick. Too thick will give us The work brings great difficulties! It's better to be like this..."

As he spoke, he raised his head towards the fist-thick tree and said, "We can plant a large area in a very short time!"

In addition, there are bushes, stones, and even a few soldiers built a log cabin.

These things looked a bit awkward at first, because there were human footprints everywhere and traces of horses dragging.

But after a while the snow covers them and everything falls into place.

"We forgot one more thing!" Shulka said.

"What?" the instructor asked.

"You only want to deceive the Germans, have you never thought about what to do after the Germans are deceived here?" Shulka asked: "Don't you just wait for their tanks to crush the ice?"

The instructor couldn't help but slapped his head...forgot the explosives.

(end of this chapter)