Five days later, news came from Alexander that he had found a suitable target.

"Their number is the Southwest Front!" Alexander handed a document to Qin Chuan and said: "This Southwest Front is newly formed, completely different from the previous Southwest Front!"

Alexander did not explain much, after all, this was not the point, but Qin Chuan understood the meaning of this... The Southwest Front was formed last year. This year, because of the attack on Kharkov, most of them were encircled by the German army, so the Supreme Command of the Soviet Army revoked the number of the Southwest Front, and the surviving troops were all incorporated into the Stalingrad Front and the Southeast Front.

Many people think that this number was revoked due to defeat is unlucky, for example, Germany also taboos this, so it no longer uses the naming plan of historical figures after the defeat of the "Barbarossa Plan".

(Note: Frederick I, also known as "Red Beard" or "Barbarossa", was the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in the Middle Ages in Europe, and a famous politician and military strategist in German history)

But the Soviets didn't seem to care. Zhukov decided to reorganize the Southwest Front when he was preparing for a counterattack, although the troops were completely different.

"This Southwest Front Army is under the jurisdiction of the 21st and 63rd Army, the 5th Tank Army and the 17th Air Force Army!" Alexander said while flipping through the documents: "The specific forces and equipment have not been reconnaissed yet, but these are not what we need to do. What we need to care about is... this!"

As he said that, Alexander pointed to a photo and said, "This village is called Xia Tusk. Most of the villagers have been requisitioned migrant workers to build fortifications in the Don River, leaving only dozens of elderly people and children. Since it is only thirty kilometers away from the Don River defense line, it is fortunate to become the command of the 97th Infantry Division of the 21st Army. The division commander Major General Stekov set up his command center in..."

Alexander took out a photo from the document and said, "In this two-story house!"

Qin Chuan looked at the aerial photos of the village compared the data they were reconnaissance and couldn't help but praise: "The ideal target is only one guard company, and the troops closest to it are five kilometers away!"

"Yes!" said Alexander: "It is obvious that the Soviets were busy assembling troops and supplies so they ignored the safety of the command, or they thought it was safe at thirty kilometers away from the line of defense!"

"They will regret it!" Qin Chuan said while comparing several aviation pictures with interest.

The next thing is to build some buildings or models based on these villages for the commandos to practice in them until they can find their respective goals in the village with their eyes closed and walk out smoothly.

"I'm afraid you'll be disappointed, Major!" said Alexander.

"What?"

"We cannot be sure if these officers are insiders!"

Qin Chuan nodded. He had actually thought of this a long time ago... Unless it was severely tortured, it would be difficult to determine whether the target knew a certain plan.

"So, our operation still requires luck, do you think so?"

"Yes!" Alexander replied: "But it cannot be said that it depends entirely on luck... The Southwest Front is a newly formed front army by the Soviets. Compared with the Don Front, they are not familiar with the fortifications of the Don River. Moreover, the Southwest Front also has a tank army and an air force army. It is obvious that this front army is used for offense!"

"You're right!" Qin Chuan said: "Since this front army is used for attack, then the officers of one of the division commands are likely to know the detailed offensive plan!"

"Yes!"

"So what are we waiting for?" Qin Chuan said: "It's time to prepare!"

The preparations were done in detail, and Alexander transferred a corps of engineers to rebuild the target village specifically for the commando... Of course, the reconstruction mentioned here is not a complete reconstruction, but a rebuilt it according to the proportion of the film. Except for the extremely important buildings, most of the houses are quickly built with a few piles, covered with raincoats and then painted with colors. Otherwise, it would not have been built in a week and a half, but should have been a month and a half.

In order to keep it secret, the engineer regiment was even under supervision after doing this or could be said to be under house arrest... Alexander was worried that the engineer regiment would spread the news that they rebuilt the village, and then the Soviets knew where their target was.

Then, Qin Chuan deployed "Soviet soldiers" in it according to the information... In order to be more vivid, these "Soviet soldiers" even wore Soviet military uniforms and held Mosinnagan.

The German soldiers on this mission joked: "You should communicate well with other troops, otherwise, they will call us in the telescope and even bombers to blow us to pieces!"

He almost made him say this. When a fighter was flying through the training ground, he was shocked to see the fully armed Soviet soldiers in the village. He dived without saying a word and shot in one stroke... Fortunately, the pilot was a frivolous recruit, and his bullets were not fired except for leaving a few holes in the canvas.

Commando trains using this model.

What made Qin Chuan feel a little distressed was that during the commando training, the information coming from Alexander continued to change. The strength of the village increased from one guard company to two companies, and a howitzer battalion was stationed one kilometer away.

On the other hand, as time goes by, the weather becomes colder and colder, floating ice has appeared on the Don and Volga Rivers.

This made Qin Chuan realize that he could no longer drag it on.

Otherwise, there will be too many variables in this, such as the target village may increase more troops, and the Soviet offensive may be launched before the action. More importantly, if Qin Chuan continues to drag down, even if Qin Chuan successfully obtains "evidence" to prove everything, it will be useless in the end because the German army does not have enough time to react.

So, after training that day, Qin Chuan said to Alexander: "It's time to act!"

"Give this operation a name!" said Alexander.

After thinking about it, Qin Chuan replied: "How about the 'Rat Catching Operation'?"

"A good name!" said Alexander: "We are eagles, the enemy is rats. The eagle will fly over the rats in the night, and then show its sharp claws to catch the mouse back to the nest!"
Chapter completed!