Benefiting the US military means being unfavorable to the German army, especially the vast majority of those stationed in Xiangbier Island are logistics forces, so the prospects are worrying.

"We can reinforce Shanbier Island!" Colonel Becker said anxiously in the command center: "Half of our ammunition is concentrated there, and it is still our rear. If it is occupied by the Americans, we will be completely surrounded!"

"No, we can't do it!" Qin Chuan replied: "The three of us are isolated from each other by canals. The interconnected bridges have been blown up, which means that we have to cross the Two-Kong River to reinforce Xiangbier Island, and the Americans will not allow us to do this. They will destroy us in the river when we cross the river, just like we do!"

"Lieutenant Colonel is right!" said Colonel Slain. "What's more, they have tanks. The Americans only need to put a few tanks on the bank, and we can't cross the river!"

"So...we can only watch the enemy attack Shanbier Island and then cut off our transportation line?" asked Colonel Becker.

There was silence in the conference room, because reality seemed to be as Colonel Becker said, and the Germans could do nothing.

The key to this is that the Germans do not have sufficient anti-tank equipment and air supremacy. In addition, the fortress does not have enough artillery, so although they have natural dangers, they cannot play their role at all... If they have enough artillery, or if the artillery in the fort was not removed, just the artillery of the three islands hit the US tanks concentrated in the middle, they would be unable to take it.

"What are they doing now?" Colonel Slain asked: "I mean Americans, why haven't they launched an attack yet?"

"They are repairing!" Qin Chuan replied: "Some of the amphibious tanks need maintenance because their enclosures may be penetrated by bullets or shrapnel, and it will be dangerous to go into the water again!"

"They need not be in a hurry!" said Colonel Becker: "We have no choice but to do anything to them!"

"How much ammunition do we have?" Colonel Slain asked again.

"There are still a lot of ammunition!" Colonel Becker replied: "But there are not many ammunitions available!"

"What does it mean?" asked Colonel Slain.

"This place was originally a fortress for the French!" Becker explained: "They stored a large number of shells in the underground warehouse, including anti-aircraft guns and howitzers, and various models! But... we only have shells but no cannons!"

As mentioned before, most of the fortress' artillery were removed and used elsewhere. The remaining batch of artillery was only used for teaching purposes. In the previous battles, they were jointly suppressed by US aircraft and artillery, and not many were available at this time.

This is a very embarrassing situation. There are countless shells but they cannot be used. On the other hand, the weapons held by the Germans face the point where there is no ammunition available.

"How is the reinforcements?" Although he was not hopeful, Qin Chuan still asked unwillingly.

Colonel Slain shook his head helplessly: "It's not that they don't send reinforcements, but that the Allies have air supremacy. They use air supremacy to block us! If there are reinforcements, they can only reach a small part at night... They plan to use helicopters to transport some troops nearby, and then reinforce us in the night. However, if the island of Xiangbier is lost, we will not even have this reinforcement!"

So the problem returned to Shanbier Island again... It was not until it had a problem that it realized that it was so important.

Just then, a burst of cannons suddenly came from outside the command center.

The officers looked at each other, knowing that the US attack on Xiangbier Island had begun.

Sure enough, the baker then called and said, "Lieutenant Colonel, the Americans are starting to attack, we need reinforcements!"

"Sorry, Lieutenant!" Qin Chuan replied: "You know, we cannot implement reinforcements on you! You can only rely on yourself!"

With the sound of cannons, the baker on the other end of the phone said, "There must be a way, right? You must have a way!"

As he said that, the baker hung up the phone.

The battle on Xiangbier Island was very fierce, and the dense gunfire and cannon sounds from that direction could be heard.

Qin Chuan, Colonel Slein and others were anxiously waiting for the result in the command center, although the result was no longer suspense.

Finally, after more than half an hour, the gunshots and cannons gradually subsided.

"Lost?" Colonel Becker asked.

However, what was surprising was that... the phone call came, it was the baker.

"Lt. Col.!" said the baker: "We repelled their attack!"

The command center couldn't help but cheer, although there was nothing to be happy about, because they just repelled an Allied attack, and they would have a second and third time.

"We suffered more than 600 casualties!" The baker's next words shocked everyone.

The total force of Xiangbier Island is only more than 3,000. If this continues, they will be exhausted soon.

"They are accumulating ammunition!" said the baker. "I think it's hard for us to stop their next attack."

"Wait!" Qin Chuan asked: "You said...they are accumulating ammunition?"

"Yes!" replied the baker: "Their ammunition must be transported from the west bank of the Moselle River, but they have amphibious transport ships, which is not a big problem for them!"

"Continue to stick to it, Lieutenant!" Qin Chuan replied: "I think I have thought of a solution!"

When Qin Chuan put down the phone, Colonel Slein said in confusion: "I hope you are not comforting him, Lieutenant Colonel!"

"No, of course not!" Qin Chuan replied.

"What's the way?" said Colonel Becker: "Attack their supply lines? As I said before, we can't do that, because we have to cross the canal!"

Although the defense of Metz Fortress is strong, its disadvantage is that it cannot attack freely because of the existence of the "moat".

"No, we don't need to attack!"

"How can we cut off their supply line if we don't attack?" asked Colonel Slein.

"I remember Colonel Becker just said..." Qin Chuan said: "We have many shells in the warehouse!"

"Yes!" Colonel Becker replied: "But we have no guns!"

"We don't need guns!" Qin Chuan replied.

"God, how can we shoot those shells without guns?" Colonel Becker asked Qin Chuan a little crazy: "Are we rushing towards the enemy with guns in our arms?"

"Of course not!" Qin Chuan replied: "We can throw them into the river and let the river water bring them to the middle of the enemy. All we have to do... is to set time for them and then tie them up with floating objects!"
Chapter completed!