On that day, the Caucasus became quiet, including the Kazbek Peak.

The Soviets were unable to launch another attack because they had insufficient supplies and insufficient ammunition. If they attacked again, they would probably not even have the possibility of surviving the Caucasus Mountains.

The German army was also unable to launch a counterattack because the Soviet army occupied the fortifications of the Kazbek Peak and some of the supplies. On the other hand, the German army was seriously insufficient, including the first Infantry Regiment's reinforcements, and there were only more than 500 people left in a company with combat effectiveness.

Under such circumstances, although the Soviet army was very fragile, it was almost impossible for these more than 500 people to counterattack and regain their fortifications.

Colonel Freko once considered using helicopters to continue transporting reinforcements to launch a counterattack, but eventually gave up... The Soviet army occupied a high place and was equipped with anti-aircraft machine guns. In this case, it was undoubtedly very dangerous to send reinforcements on Kazbek Peak with helicopters. At that time, I was afraid that the reinforcements would be wiped out before they could send enough helicopters.

So, the enemy and us stopped fighting at the same time, just like two exhausted beasts, no one dared to take action easily, and each hid in his nest, licking his wounds and waiting for another fight next year.

However, the Soviet army's nightmare did not stop there.

It should be said that their nightmare has just begun... Because the airport was bombed, the Soviet army had completely lost air supremacy. German fighter jets could fly unscrupulously over the Caucasus Mountains. In addition, the German army also established radar warfare on the Caucasus Mountains, so the Soviet army did not even dare to take off the fighter jets that dropped air supplies.

This made the Soviet army only use manpower to transport supplies to the Soviet army on the Caucasus Mountains, but the difficulty of transporting snow-capped mountains is beyond everyone's imagination... A person carried a large bag of supplies and transported them upwards, and the person might have consumed it before he could reach the supply.

Unable to do so, Zhukov had to order the troops on the mountain to be removed halfway. Of course, before going down the mountain, bullets, rifles, etc. were left on the mountain.

But it is not so easy to withdraw, so countless people froze to death, starve to death, and lost to death on the road. Only more than 20,000 people were able to withdraw.

On the other hand, the Soviet army guarding the Caucasus was still unsustainable. In the words of Soviet soldiers, there was no hope of survival.

Sometimes they can't stand the pain of slowly starving to death, and they still charge towards the German positions like crazy... either killing the enemy and robbing their food, or dying in battle, which is better than starving to death.

In the end, Zhukov thought of a solution. He recruited people from the people and the troops who were good at climbing and familiar with the terrain to form a transportation team, and built supply roads with ropes one by one... that is, he kept ropes on the edges of some cliffs and lifted food up, which saved a lot of manpower and material resources.

But even so, the Soviet army barely maintained that starvation and freezing events still occurred from time to time.

For this victory, Marshal Manstein personally called the 1st Mountain Division Command to commend Qin Chuan.

"Good job, major!" Manstein said: "Last night I was thinking about how to seize air supremacy and how to defend the Kazbek Peak. I even thought about how to deal with it if the Soviets broke through the Kazbek Peak and went around the rear of Baku, but today... all the problems are no longer a problem!"

After pausing, Manstein continued, "Do you know? Major General Lorenz, our Air Force Commander, protested to me!"

"Why?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Because this was their job!" Manstein said: "But now you have finished it. You have blown up at least 600 Soviet fighter jets that day... So Major General Lorenz and the air force he led are going to lose their jobs!"

Manstein laughed as he said that.

"Just a joke, Major!" Marshal Manstein said: "I think they should be glad that they have you, the comrade-in-arms, the 1st Mountain Division, the Air Force, and of course me!"

Qin Chuan couldn't help but feel a little moved because he knew that Manstein was different from Rommel. Manstein was a nobleman. The nobles of this era generally had a sense of superiority in their hearts, especially a nobleman who was capable, talented and in high positions like Manstein, especially Manstein was also the nephew of former German President Von Hindenburg.

But Manstein would say he was glad that he had Qin Chuan, a "comrade-in-arms" rather than a "subordinate", which shows that Manstein had a very high evaluation of Qin Chuan and could even be on par with him.

After Qin Chuan hung up the phone, Major General Freco gave Qin Chuan a box and said, "Major, this is what the marshal ordered me to give to you..."

Qin Chuan opened the box and saw that it was a set of military ranks and lieutenant colonel.

Qin Chuan looked at Major General Freco in confusion. Major General Freco nodded and said, "You are already a lieutenant colonel, major! No... you should call you a lieutenant colonel."

Colonel Slain couldn't help but protest: "General, the rank of the major should be completed by the 21st Armored Division!"

"But you are still under my command now, right?" Major General Freco replied.

"That's only temporary!" said Colonel Slain, "And now the war has been finished, and it will be no longer there soon!"

"So..." Major General Freco said: "I just want to take advantage of this time!"

Then Major General Freco patted Qin Chuan on the shoulder and said, "I am honored to grant you the rank of lieutenant colonel, Lieutenant colonel. Oh my God, I personally awarded the rank of 'Legend Sergeant'. It's exciting to think about it. I have more capital to brag about, right?"

Qin Chuan and Colonel Slein couldn't help but feel a little ridiculous.

"Oh, there's this!" Major General Freco took out an armband from the box and put it on Qin Chuan's right arm.

When Qin Chuan saw that it was a black edelixir flower, each of the First Mountain Masters wore one.

Qin Chuan knew what this meant...Edelweiss is not just a symbol of the mountain master, but also a symbol of courage. It is a flower of courage.

The reason is that it is usually found in the Alps, at an altitude of more than 1,700 meters, and only grows on very rare rocky surfaces. Those who can get it must have extraordinary courage and perseverance.

Qin Chuan stood up and saluted Major General Freco.

For Qin Chuan, things like military ranks have no meaning much, because the reputation or energy he now has far exceeded his military rank or military position.

For example, Major General Lex had fallen into Qin Chuan's hands.
Chapter completed!