Humans in World War II: Army Defeated by Beacon Fire

Chapter 12: Lack of supplies, searching the corners of the city like wasteland

After becoming an official second lieutenant officer, Edward has officially entered the official career.

After replacing the troops in the front, they began to find a place to rest.

A half-destroyed factory building became Edward's third company rest area.

After everyone entered the abandoned factory, they all found a place to sit down and rest.

The moment the door was opened, the rats living inside were so frightened that they fled in all directions.

The mice were having a meeting, and they were wondering if they should move. Now that they were done, they hurried back to the cave in the middle of the meeting.

The soldiers didn't care and found a place to rest on the spot.

It's perfectly normal to see rats on the battlefield.

Many corpses that are too late to be disposed of will be constantly eaten by rats.

The soldiers sat down and took out cigarettes from their pockets the moment they sat down.

After the big battle, you have to relax your mind and focus on each other.

The factory was filled with smoke, and even Edward was puffing away in the mist. It was more than 600 meters away from the frontline battlefield, and there were too many obstructions.

Even if it is discovered, so what, it has no strategic significance.

He took out the dagger from his waist and casually rubbed it against his trouser leg.

When everyone saw it, they immediately took out the kerosene lamps used to make coffee and lit them.

Because Edward can open a box of fine beef cans.

In this icy and snowy environment, it would be great to have some beef soup.

A box of just 120 grams of canned beef is definitely impossible to share.

So I can only cook some beef soup and drink it warmly.

Even if it's one mouthful per person, that's not enough. It's not enough to fill one's teeth.

The only way is to have three bowls of secret beef soup, and then drink half a bowl per person, so that six people can taste the beef soup.

Each row took out kerosene lamps for making coffee and lit them, with stainless steel bowls placed on them and water poured into them.

A box of high-quality canned beef was divided into three parts and he started to cook soup. As for the box of canned beef, Edward added some water to make his own beef soup.

According to the supplies provided by the German army, life should not be that bad.

But the supply lines stretching for thousands of kilometers require millions of troops to be supplemented at the same time.

As an offensive force, it is definitely not possible to obtain the latest supplies as soon as possible.

It would be great to be able to get supplies of bullets, guns and artillery shells as soon as possible.

As for food and drink, it would take a lot of money. Unless you are stationed in the army, you can have extra rations on a regular basis.

The amount of supplies obtained each time is limited, so the rest are used directly as substitutes.

Now that the cold winter has arrived, the supply lines are even more shaky. Once the peripheral battle situation is defeated, it is basically impossible to obtain supplies from the land.

"Bucky, please arrange the defense mission. I met the elite commando soldiers of the Soviet Army during today's battle. I was almost killed by them. It seems that an elite Soviet army team has sneaked into Stalingrad."

Edward looked at the tumbling beef soup, picked up the rag, poured half of it and gave Bucky instructions.

"Don't worry, boss, I will arrange defense."

Bucky nodded, then blew on the beef soup and started to take a sip.

"Well, it's really good. I didn't expect that this kind of instant can can actually make such a good soup. It tastes good when soaked in some bread."

Bucky couldn't help but praise, then he took out a piece of hard bread, dipped it in the beef soup and started chewing it.

The others also followed suit and started eating and drinking.

Other soldiers were waiting for the supply truck to arrive.

They also want to learn how to cook.Edward applied for four large oil drums to be transported together with the oil drums.

After the supply truck arrived, everyone got up and started carrying ammunition.

Everyone looked happy, after all, supplies were being distributed.

However, after asking for a kiss, everyone felt bad, and the supply was one-third less than the expected supply.

"Brothers, do you see the problem?"

Edward looked around at everyone and said.

"Boss, this supply is one-third short. Isn't this too much?"

Bucky said a little indignantly.

"In any case, we fought well in this battle. Logically speaking, the regiment headquarters will not reward us, but at least there will be no shortage of supplies. If the supplies are running low, it means that the battle situation is getting more and more tense, and winter is coming. !Bucky, Bill, and Bobby all three of you escaped from the outskirts of Moscow together last winter. This place is no worse than there, so we now need to allocate all resources during wartime to get out of Stalin alive. Just listen to me!"

Edward looked at everyone and said.

"Everything is up to you, boss. I have no objection. If it weren't for you, we would have died in last year's Winter War."

The rest of the people also knew to some extent what the situation was like during the last winter's war.

Today's situation is not bad at all compared to the last winter war, and it is even worse.

Although there are only two-thirds of the supplies, if you start saving from now on, you will be in a real freezing state in two months.

If you want to escape from the freezing world of ice and snow, you have to run at night and lurk during the day.

Being able to run ten kilometers a day is considered good, but consumption is a big problem.

If you don't have food for a while, you will die without a burial place.

So you need to stock up on food and drink for at least five days to have any hope of escaping from this hellish place.

Whether they can really escape is another matter, as long as Paulus declares surrender.

At that time, the entire Sixth Army will be in a state without any management.

If you can get a batch of supplies, you can still try to escape.

Some foods that are difficult to preserve should be eaten first, while bread and the like should be reserved.

At the same time, search the surrounding areas. Even if you rob, you still have to get rations from the ordinary population.

Arriving at this field, Edward just wanted to take his brothers and run out alive.

As for ordinary people, if I don’t shoot you, you should thank me.

A kind-hearted person, after experiencing too much on the battlefield.

You will also find that he has long since ceased to be a human being or a ghost.

Nowadays, people don't even blink an eye when it comes to killing people.

It's a direct kill. At this point, it's pretty good to be able to keep from killing people wantonly.

After arranging everything, the soldiers began to search around in groups of three.

The rooms in the ruins contained supplies that were too late to retrieve, including all useful rooms.

Carpets, quilts, cloth, clothes, food, everything was looted.

This has been like a wasteland, and the search after the end of the world has begun.

Edward, who had no way of knowing the consequences, had to make plans in advance.

The rest of the troops do not have this sense of crisis. That is because they have not yet completely surrounded the entire Stalingrad, and it is only November.

After entering mid-December, the end will come.

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