Especially when he saw artillery fire extending southward and Soviet tanks and infantry appearing on the battlefield, he immediately understood that he had fallen into Sokov's trap. His troops could break through the defense line set by the opponent, but it was just a trap.

, and he stupidly got in.

"Your Excellency, Commander!" Merinjin also climbed into the armored vehicle. He asked loudly to Holt: "It seems that we have fallen into the Russian trap. What should we do next? Should we withdraw to the direction of Oboyan?"

"Chief of Staff," Holt put down his telescope and looked at Merinjin and said, "Do you think I can still withdraw to Oboyan?"

"Then what should we do?" Seeing the continuous artillery fire ahead, Merlin was anxious. Now it is death to advance and death to retreat. What should we do? We can't stay here as prisoners, right? Because he is anxious, he thought so in his heart

As he spoke, the words came out unconsciously.

"I will never be a prisoner." Holt has the arrogance of a German soldier. Even if he is at a disadvantage, he is not willing to admit defeat easily: "If the Russians really rush over at this time, I will shoot myself in the head."

Gun, and will never be their prisoner."

"Your Excellency, Commander," Mei Linjin, as the chief of staff, was already confused at this moment. He anxiously asked Holt: "Then what should we do? Please come up with an idea quickly."

Holt looked at the surrounding environment and said to Merinjin: "Chief of Staff, if we retreat southward, we will either be killed by Russian artillery fire or become their prisoners; and retreating in the direction of Oboyan will also face

Same fate."

After a brief pause, he said to Merinzin: "The only way is to go west through the forest, via Bogatoye and Red Yaruga, and take a detour to Kharkov."

"But, Your Excellency, Commander." Although the route via Hongyaruga had been considered before, it was later rejected because the road condition was not ideal and not suitable for large troops to pass. Now I heard Holt mention this again.

Mei Linjin quickly reminded him: "If we want to take this route, we must pass through more than ten kilometers of forests and swamps. Our tanks and armored vehicles cannot pass."

After hearing what Merinjin said, Holt gritted his teeth and made the most difficult decision: "Throw away all the tanks and armored vehicles, and everyone turned west on foot, passed through the forests and swamps, and jumped out of the Russian encirclement."

"Do we need to blow up all the tanks, armored vehicles, and the barrel trucks we are riding in?" Merinjin reminded Holt: "Even if we leave, we cannot leave these things to the Russians."

"There is no time, my chief of staff." Holt was in a hurry to move at this moment. He was worried that if he blew up these abandoned tanks, armored vehicles and barrel trucks, his target would be exposed. Even if he wanted to leave, he might not be able to leave.

"If we blow up these vehicles, we will definitely alert the Russians. If they discover our whereabouts, we will not be able to escape."

"There are still many wounded in the army. Taking them along for the march may slow down our march." Mei Linjin had an idea in his mind to deal with these wounded, but it was too cruel, so he hesitated for a long time before tentatively

Question: "Should they be disposed of on site?"

Holt understood in his heart what Merlinjin meant by dealing with the situation on the spot. It was nothing more than giving each wounded person a shot in the back of the head to give them a good beating. But after thinking about it carefully for a while, he shook his head and said: "Forget it.

Let's leave them to the Russians. I believe Sokov will never massacre our prisoners at will. After all, compared with the SS, the discipline of our troops is quite strict."

Not long after, all the vehicles and wounded were abandoned on the spot. Holt and Merinjin led more than two hundred German officers and soldiers into the vast forest. They planned to pass through the forest and swamp, and there was no Soviet garrison.
Chapter completed!