Chapter 0371: Hell Highway

"Big Bull" Randlemann wanted to cover the corpses of the German soldiers with wheat straw, but was dissuaded by Zheng Yingqi shaking his head and saying:

"Don't leave the body here, or you'll implicate the owner here."

Randallman thought about it, yes, and tried to cooperate with Zheng Yingqi to drag the corpse out, but his shoulder was injured and he couldn't use his strength at all, and said self-deprecatingly: "If my shoulder wasn't injured, just this guy, I can kill them with three." ”

From the nickname "Big Cow", you can see how strong Randallman's physique is - however, the hairless phoenix is not as good as a chicken, and he was almost "sent home" by the skinny German in front of him when he was injured, Zheng Yingqi smiled and did not answer, dragged the body outside and threw it into the ditch, and then hurriedly covered up the blood stains in the warehouse.

"I'll carry you away."

The real big bull Randallman's physique is indeed very good, but the disadvantages are obvious - it is very heavy after carrying it, it feels like a mountain, and he used to show off how strong he is. ”

"You can't lose weight even if you drink cold water." Zheng Yingqi said a word heartbreakingly, and the depressed bull sadly wiped the sweat on Zheng Yingqi's forehead, and never said anything again.

The Germans went to pursue the paratroopers who had evacuated in the direction of Nunan, so that the two of them could leave the village in peace and quiet, and Randallman, who came out of the shadow of "too strong", returned to his true character of talkative, and complained vigorously about the unreliable British tanks, and he complained:

"Damn the Cromwell tank, if you can't beat the Tiger, I can bear it, but it almost crushed me!"

It turned out that this guy was so miserable because he was injured and was pitted by a destroyed Cromwell tank - it was a slope, and the destroyed Cromwell tank chased Randallman for more than 20 meters under the action of inertia, and was almost frightened by this guy.

"I swear, I won't get close to damn British tanks when you kill me in the future, these Brits, it's too bad!"

Listening to Randallman's gambling curse and swearing, Zheng Yingqi gasped and said: "The British we met are not bad, in the Asian battlefield, the British have pitted a Chinese expeditionary force, it is said that the Chinese expeditionary force rescued these British in the encirclement of the Japanese, and as a result, the British turned around and gave the Chinese expeditionary force to the Japanese devils!" ”

Zheng Yingqi likes to introduce China to the people around him in his daily life, and over time, many people in E Company have a good feeling about China - at least these people now know that on the Asian battlefield, there is a country fighting against the damn Japanese devils, and even has been fighting with the Japanese devils who killed a thousand knives for 13 years!

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The evacuation of E Company had nothing to do with the hasty defeat and escape - after all, the ambush circle prepared by the Germans did not fool E Company, nor did it inflict heavy losses on E Company, but the British tank company was destroyed by four tanks.

The Germans wanted to expand the results of the battle and wanted to leave a few more tanks, but how could the Cromwell tanks that ran up allow the Tiger to catch up?

Even......

The tank company entered Nunan earlier than the paratroopers in the trucks.

Fortunately, after entering Nunan, the tank company had no face to run anymore, and the remaining tanks shrank in the city, using the buildings in the city to plan to fight with the German tanks, and after the E company withdrew into Nunan, it also built a position on the spot, and asked the battalion headquarters and regiment headquarters for reinforcements, intending to block the German army in Nunan - this wave of German troops is a German army belonging to the 107th Armored Brigade, they were originally stationed in Herdmont, where the 506 Regiment was originally the target of the attack, but the 506 Regiment has not yet hit it, and people have already called.

even prepared a big meal for E Company, but unfortunately E Company was cautious and did not eat this big meal of the German army, and even made the wisest choice after contact, the German army was naturally chasing and killing, preparing to start from here, cover the past all the way, and regain all the lost territory.

The Battle of Nunan thus broke out as the Germans pursued it.

More than an hour earlier, the Allied forces had entered Nunan with great vigour, and the Dutch people in Nunan, like the Dutch people in Thorne and Eindhoven, warmly welcomed the entry of the Allied troops, and they also hung up the orange flags that the Germans were strictly forbidden to fly, and humiliated those "own people" who served the Germans.

But when the Allies hastily withdrew into Nunan, the people of Nunan, who realized that the situation was not good, hurriedly tore off the orange flag that had not been hung for a long time, turned out all the German flags and signs that had been thrown into the garbage can, and closed the door of their house, for fear that the Allied troops would withdraw into their homes......

The British tank company wanted to withdraw from Nunan at this time, and their company commander approached Winters and said, "Man, we can't fight here!" The Netherlands is our friend, and the higher authorities ordered us not to destroy too many buildings, and we should give up Nunan and fight the Germans outside! ”

Winters pondered: The Germans' Tiger couldn't catch up with the British Cromwell tank in the field, so the guy in front of him said to fight outside.

"What you said is very reasonable, so let's do it, my men are guarding the city of Nunan, and your tank company can go outside to meet the German Tigers."

"Man, you know, that's not what I meant!" The British tank company commander hurriedly brushed it off, and then said euphemistically: "We should not stop this wave of German troops in Nunan." ”

"This is an order, you can go and bargain with your superiors!" Winters threw the order on the table, and then left the finger in a rage - these Brits, what a shame!

E Company built a simple position in the city with the help of buildings, ushered in the German attack, the attacking Germans, but not like the British "care" about the buildings in the city, all kinds of artillery to all the places that can be bombarded on the bombardment, but E Company's will to fight is far from the British can be compared, from four o'clock in the afternoon to dark, the Germans have never been able to capture Nunan, after dark, the Germans can only give up the attack, retreat a few kilometers and wait for the next day to attack.

Zheng Yingqi returned to Nunan at more than 11 o'clock in the evening with the help of the "big bull" Randallman, and the two took a long detour to avoid the German soldiers, but when they entered Nunan, they were almost killed by their own people - the second class Private Cobb was frightened by the daytime battle, and when he was in the night, the wind and grass made him think that it was the German army.

After discovering his own people in the night, Zheng Yingqi made a noise, intending to contact the friendly forces in the night in a low voice, but even if he shouted that it was his own person who did not shoot, Cobb still decisively pulled the trigger, usually when shooting targets, Cobb's marksmanship is very watery, after E Company can be ranked to 100, but this time Cobb hit very accurately, and the bullet grazed the cheek of the "big cow", leaving a terrible wound, so that the big cow was scared to death.

Afterwards, the bull said, "I thought I was finishedβ€”do you know how desperate I was?" Jacob and I had made such a detour that Jacob almost died of exhaustion, and was beaten to death by his own men at the door. ”

can say this afterwards, it is obvious that Da Niu is not dead, he, like Brewer, after returning from injury, has left an indelible memory for his "unforgettable" and "unforgettable" bastard.

Welsh sent a few men to send the cow to the medic, put his arm around Zheng Yingqi's shoulders and said, "Jacob, I knew you couldn't die." ”

"So you left me in the Germans with confidence?" Zheng Yingqi angrily pushed away Welsh's greasy hands: "I thank you eight generations of ancestors!" ”

"By the way, thank them for me," Welsh didn't care, and grabbed Zheng Yingqi's shoulder cheaply: "Eat, and then sleep well, I'll call you later, we have a small task?" ”

"Small tasks?" Zheng Yingqi said disdainfully: "It's 'beautiful difference', right?" ”

Welsh smiled and rubbed his hands, not feeling ashamed of treating Zheng Yingqi as an animal, but said eloquently: "No way, I trust you the most." ”

Compared with Welsh's upbeat words, Winters was much more sympathetic, and after seeing Zheng Yingqi, who was dragged by Welsh, at three o'clock in the morning, he said, "Why is Jacob?" He was so tired. ”

"Sir, who can surpass Jacob in the whole company on the means of capturing prisoners? I can only work hard for him. ”

"Alright, Jacob - I'm giving you a long vacation when this mission is over! Let you get a good taste of the warmth of the Dutch people. Winters' words made the other two people laugh, and they both understood what it meant.

The Germans have been able to do many, many things in one bite where they have ravaged, and they have known since the evening of September 18th – well, the Dutch people are welcoming.

Zheng Yingqi didn't bother to pay attention to these guys with sperm worms.

"Go, bring me a prisoner, I need to know the enemy in front of me."

With two guys still laughing, the arrest team set off in the dark, and they stepped on the corpses of British, Americans, and Germans, and walked through the fiercely fought places, carefully shuttling through the battlefield, until it was nearly four o'clock, when they saw a looming figure.

Zheng Yingqi said: "Hide on the spot, I will come when I go." ”

The old birds of E Company like to go on missions with Zheng Yingqi, even if it is the worst "beauty difference", as long as Zheng Yingqi is there, they can always live comfortably, this is everyone's experience - a quarter of an hour later, Zheng Yingqi, who quietly crawled past, came behind the German who was on guard, and after the dagger was attached to the other party's neck, the other party chose to follow Zheng Yingqi without any struggle.

After returning to the position, by the light of the fire at the back of the position, everyone looked at the trembling captive - this was a very young German, an American of his age, who should still be in school, but not only had he been on the battlefield, but he also learned from him that he had served in a concentration camp for a year.

"Look, the damned Germans don't have much manpower left! They don't even spare 16-year-olds! ”

"Hitler is finished! This time we entered Germany, and I would like to ask the madman who started the war for himself, why on earth he has drawn countless people into a damned war! ”

A group of paratroopers who couldn't sleep began to speak freely under the night of Nunan, despising the madman who started the war, but at this time, Zheng Yingqi had already curled up and fallen asleep, and the voice of the paratroopers floating into his ears, he couldn't help but hang a mocking smile:

This problem, a few years later, many countries ...... I probably want to ask the United States that, right?

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Compared with the bloody battle at Rumle, Nunan, who was supported by the entire 2nd Battalion the next day, was not difficult to defend after that, but the number of German troops was steadily increasing, and after another day, Strayer reported the situation to the above, saying: "The German reinforcements are coming in a steady stream, and tomorrow we may have to face the attack of the entire 107th Armored Brigade!" ”

Given that Nunan was not fit to hold on, Strayer's request was granted and the 2nd Battalion was allowed to retreat to Tongerjee in front of Eindhoven - but the regimental headquarters ordered that 2nd Battalion must not abandon Tongergeon, and that they must secure the road from Eindhoven to Nijmegen.

This highway was called "Hell Highway" by the paratroopers!

The entire Market Garden operation can be simplified to understand that there is only one road in the war zone that can go from the south end to the north end, that is, this "hell road", during which there are many bridges, and the troops will be finished if they are blocked anywhere on the road, and the core of this battle is this damn road! Ensuring the safety of the road, the ground troops fought along the road until the Arnhem bridge, and the battle ended - the goddess of victory threw herself into her arms.

Therefore, all the battles of the troops airdropped into the Netherlands were carried out around this bridge, and the German army in front of them was also aimed at breaking through the defenders in front of them and then cutting off the road.

The 101st Division widened the battlefield, and if the Germans in front of them wanted to cut off the road, they had to fight all the way, from Nunan to Eindhoven, and then fully occupy there and cut off the road.

That's the key to the battle now and beyond.

Taking advantage of the darkness, Strayer ordered the troops to evacuate, leaving the unsuitable town for defense, and retreating to Tongirge to continue the battle with the Germans, but the Germans soon discovered the anomaly of the defenders of Nunan, and after sensing that the defenders were trying to evacuate, they launched an attack regardless of it.

Countless flares illuminated the night sky of Nunan as if it were day, and in order to carry out the evacuation plan smoothly, Company E was left behind by Strayer, who said to everyone in Company E:

"You are the most elite, bravest, combative and trustworthy company in the entire 101st Division, and I am sure that you will ensure the safety of the troops!"

The blocking battle that night was very fierce, although the Germans lacked large-caliber artillery, but the armored troops caused a lot of losses to E Company, from 11 o'clock in the evening to a little more, Zheng Yingqi in front of the paratroopers, at least 7 fell, just that bazooka, changed three owners, his last master was only 19-year-old Private James Miller, but he only fired two rockets, was half of his body knocked off by three machine gun bullets.

Company E finally completed the task of breaking off and broke out of the battle with 1 platoon, at this time the Germans were also exhausted, and finally let the 1st platoon evacuate - several trucks returning from Tongirge with a platoon, with a platoon, left Nunan with a send-off from the Germans, and just as they were evacuating, Compton was shot.

The car has already started, several people in the broken car gave up their positions under the shouts of the paratroopers on the car, and chased to the starting car, Compton was shot at this time, he fell to the ground and bled profusely, Zheng Yingqi, who was running wildly, turned around after hearing the exclamation, and saw Compton fell to the ground, so he could only turn around to save people, and in the end there were only four people after the break, and the other two either did not hear the shouts of the paratroopers in the car body, or ...... It's that they don't dare to turn back at all.

Compton saw that the car had started and left, and after seeing that Zheng Yingqi was the only one who turned back, he shouted in despair:

"Leave me alone! I'm finished! Let the Germans take care of me! ”

Zheng Yingqi checked Compton's injuries and said, "The Germans will only shoot you in the head!" Hearing this, Compton was instantly dumbfounded.

He was a little wounded, and he didn't know how the bullet hit, so he came in from his right butt and flew out from his left buttocks, leaving four holes.

"Man, you're the only lucky guy I've ever seen with a bullet hitting four holes, and with your luck, believe me, you're definitely not going to die!" Zheng Yingqi humorously mocked, while carrying Compton up, chased to the truck that had increased speed, under the violent shouts of the paratroopers on the car, the driver finally slowed down, so that Zheng Yingqi, who was carrying a burden, caught up with the truck, Compton was savagely thrown into the car body by Zheng Yingqi, and he himself climbed into the car under the tearing of several paratroopers.

Compton threw his ass on the car body, and he screamed in pain, and while being watched, the guy yelled at the man, "Damn German, your grandfather will take revenge sooner or later!" ”

"Alright, let's not shout - I said earlier, your big ass is too much of a hindrance, and sooner or later you will suffer."

"It's all your curse - when I can stand up, I'll be done with you!" Compton threatened the paratrooper who spoke, and finally laughed himself, and then grabbed Zheng Yingqi's hand and said:

"Jacob, you're my savior, I swear, you turned around and ran towards me, and you were prettier than an angel."

"Alright, don't be numb." Zheng Yingqi said indifferently: "We are a comrade-in-arms." ”

"Well, we are comrades-in-arms, we are brothers!"

Because of Zheng Yingqi's rescue, E Company's loss in Nunan was reduced by one - but the overall loss was still not small, more than 150 people when they parachuted, and when they returned to Tongjire, there were only more than 110 people.

The truck stopped behind the British tank, the driver obviously wanted to use the tank as his shield, when everyone got out of the car, Compton lying in the car body saw the tank, endured the pain and said excitedly: "See? That's the fastest tank! I bet there is no faster tank in this world than the Cromwell! ”

"Yes," a British major happened to be passing by, and after hearing Compton's words, he nodded in agreement, "That's right, this is the fastest tank in the world!" ”

"I mean, it runs faster than a cannonball!" Compton mocked, "It's the first time I've seen a tank with infantry broken!" ”

The British major's face turned blue and white for a while, and finally he could only speak with that rank: "Sergeant, is this how your American troops talk to officers?" ”

"I'm just telling the truthβ€”" Compton muttered softly as he was carried down by his comrades, and when the British Major had gone farther, he added: "Unreliable British fool!" ”

One sentence made everyone laugh, and the British major may have known that he was at a loss, and he walked quickly, and did not bother with this gang of outlaws.

Zheng Yingqi shook his head silently, this airborne, I really have to "thank" the British, thank the British for their stubbornness and "greatness" - on this hellish road, the British paratroopers parachuted into the most dangerous and difficult north, hoping that their airborne troops will not be as pitted as the army!

At most, their ground troops will pit their allies, and if those paratroopers do, they will lose themselves!