The adjutant's nervousness did not affect Major General Ellen, because he knew that the enemy's bombing, whether it was artillery fire or bombers, would not change much the situation in Sulovkino at this time.

The reason is just as Shulka and others considered, the visibility is poor, the buildings are scattered, and the water level flowing over the first floor can also protect the foundation of the building from being blown up by bombs... The most terrifying thing about aerial bombs is that

The reason is that if it is equipped with a delay fuse, it will plunge into the ground and explode inside. In this way, all the energy will be absorbed by the ground and produce strong vibrations. This vibration will sometimes be like an earthquake, even if it does not directly hit the building.

It can also collapse nearby buildings.

However, if there is water more than two meters deep, the situation will be different.

In this case, it is difficult for the aerial bomb to penetrate into the ground, and the energy of its explosion will be absorbed by the water, causing water waves to rise into the sky.

This may seem scary, but apart from being able to blow up fish and shrimps in the river, it won't pose much of a threat to the German soldiers in the building. Those fish and shrimps can even become food for the Germans... The Germans need this very much.

, when they were flooded, the first thing they thought of was to take out their equipment and bullets, and basically left everything they ate in the water. At this time, they were starving due to a severe lack of food.

Therefore, Major General Ellen seemed very calm. He even glanced at the adjutant and thought that the adjutant was not good enough to take over his position.

Major General Ellen's reaction was to go upstairs and use a telescope to observe the enemy aircraft flying in the sky.

There were many enemy aircraft, and although the visibility was not high, one could still see the dark sky.

Then the sound of the engine got louder and louder...almost overhead.

"General!" shouted the adjutant, "we should go downstairs!"

The adjutant is right about this, because no matter whether the bomb explodes in water or in the soil, the shrapnel will fly from bottom to top, so the lower the place, the safer it must be.

However, Major General Ellen ignored the adjutant.

This is not because Major General Ellen is brave, but because the building he is in is a reinforced concrete structure... This is the municipal government office building located in the center of Surovino.

If the shrapnel flew from bottom to top, it would have to penetrate dozens of centimeters of the concrete floor beneath Major General Ellen's feet, which is almost impossible for a bomb that explodes in water unless it hits directly.

In other words, as long as Major General Ellen takes a few steps back and leaves the window, he will be basically safe.

This made Major General Ellen despise his adjutant even more.

However, this was useless, because in this case he had no candidates for other adjutants, and it was not necessary, because the 9th Panzergrenadier Division at this time was actually unable to command effectively.

Major General Ellen secretly decided that if he could successfully break out of the encirclement or return alive this time, the first thing he would do was to drive the adjutant out of his sight.

At the same time, Major General Ellen took a few steps back and lay down on the cold floor. He did not want to die so inexplicably under the enemy's indiscriminate bombing.

However, Major General Ellen soon discovered that all this was just a cloud, because what fell from the sky were not bombs, but oil barrels... oil barrels with holes all over the side walls.

This is the invention of Air Force Major General Khryugin of the Eighth Army of the Air Force.

There is another problem when oil barrels are dropped from the air to the target area: if the oil barrels are sealed, even if they are dropped into Surovino, barrels will float on the water. This is actually sending gasoline to the German army without being able to spread.

And a fire broke out.

So Khryugin also used his creativity. When modifying the oil drum hanging points, he ordered the soldiers to drill a few holes near the oil tank hanging points and plug them with wooden plugs.

Because these holes are located next to the hanging point, that is, facing upward, fuel will not leak when hanging under the wing or even flying in the air.

The other end of the cork plugging the holes is tied to the hanger with a rope.

Therefore, once the pylon is unlocked and the fuel tank falls down, the rope will pull open the cork... When the fuel tank falls to the ground, the gasoline inside will naturally flow out along the opening.

Major Ellen lay on the ground and stared blankly at an oil drum that fell from the sky and rolled in the water dozens of meters in front of him for a while, and then said: "Oil drum, what they threw down was actually an oil drum!"

"They..." the adjutant said with difficulty: "They plan to light it on fire? What should we do, general!"

Major General Ellen shook his head and replied: "We can't do anything, we lost!"

If Major General Ellen did something else, it was that he finally reminded Manstein: "Surovino is over, I think you should hurry up and prepare for defense!"

Manstein was shocked when he heard this.

Because the reinforcements he sent had not even reached their destination at this time, the railway lines and highways from Karachi to Sulovkino had been bombarded and attacked by the Russians... At this time, the Soviet army's "Il

"The benefits of the attack aircraft have been shown. They attacked everywhere, bombing and machine-gunning cars, tanks, trains, etc. on roads and railways. This caused the troops who rushed to reinforce Sulovkino not only to suffer heavy casualties but also to advance quickly.

Also very slow.

"What's going on?" Manstein asked.

"Your Excellency, Marshal!" Major General Ellen helplessly looked at the sky where another batch of oil barrels fell, and said, "Have you ever thought that the enemy will attack with fire after attacking with water?"

"Fire attack?"

"Yes!" At this time, Ellen may have known that his death was approaching, so he relaxed and showed a sense of humor: "I think the 9th Panzergrenadier Division may be the most magical unit, because it also

After experiencing the torture of being flooded and burned, if there are still people who can survive in the end... Your Excellency, Marshal, please be kind to them!"

Then Major General Ellen hung up the phone and walked quietly to the window.

His men were busy removing all the flammable items in the house and throwing them out of the window. Some people also tried to block the cracks in the wall with towels and other objects, because they found that the gasoline floating on the water was penetrating through the cracks in the wall.

The river water seeps into the house together.

However, Major General Ellen knew that all of this was useless, and none of them could get out alive from here.

Major General Ellen even thought of surrendering if possible.

This is normal. If the situation of the war cannot be changed, surrender is not a shame for the German army.

The problem is...because of the need to light the gasoline, the Russian army has already avoided this area and no longer attacks, so the German army cannot see anyone if they want to surrender.
Chapter completed!