The British Guards Panzer Division, where the 506th Regiment was about to converge, was blocked by the Germans a few kilometers south of Eindhoven, and a bunch of 88 guns made the Guards Panzer Division not dare to charge easily, and the 506th Regiment, which was separated from the Guards Panzer Division by a city and was not in a clear situation, had to stop advancing three kilometers away from the place when it was dark, and at the same time sent a reconnaissance force to reconnoiter Eindhoven's city defense forces.

The so-called investigation is naturally tongue grabbing and interrogation.

This task fell to the 2nd Battalion, and the 2nd Battalion handed over the task to Company E, and Winters, as the company commander, did not hesitate to hand over the task to the platoon - Velsh also sent Zheng Yingqi out without hesitation.

Zheng Yingqi, who was carrying four people, touched Eindhoven, which had a population of only 100,000, on this dark night.

When groping his way forward in the dark night, Ali couldn't help but say to Zheng Yingqi: "I always feel that the 'beauty difference' is ours." ”

"It's good to get used to it." Zheng Yingqi can only be calm about this, he is very unaccustomed to the complaints of the comrades-in-arms of E Company about the mission, although he knows that these guys are all addicted, even if they don't like the damn task anymore, but as long as it hits their heads, they will accept it and find a way to complete it, but the complaints on their lips will never disappear.

Anyway, in the U.S. military, he has never seen a fight for a main attack task or a difficult task, usually speaking, this kind of task is directly assigned by the above, rather than the people below scrambling to fight for it.

"Yes, just get used to it...... It's just a goddamn habit. Ali continued to complain, and the others chuckled in the back, the heroes who won the "Cross of Distinguished Service in the Field" were actually no different from them!

Under the leadership of Zheng Yingqi, a team of five people touched into the dark city, which has not changed into a paradise for street fighting, and did not find a German after looking for a long time.

In the previous story, the soldier liked to throw a few pieces of candy to the child to deceive some useful information, and then at a certain moment he changed his face and became a demon from hell, killing the child who was still eating candy a moment ago, but Zheng Yingqi obviously will not blacken, and after a few candies coaxed the child, he got the news he wanted to know from the adult mouth of this family.

The Germans ran away after nightfall, and from his mouth, Zheng Yingqi also judged that the German army in the city before was actually only a battalion of strength.

One battalion frightened an airborne regiment and an armored division into not successfully joining up that day, and even delayed for a night, allowing them to use the night to leisurely evacuate where they should have been buried.

"Shit!"

Several people in the squad cursed the damn situation, Zheng Yingqi glared at a few people helplessly, and these guys kept the bird of American soldiers in front of the Dutch people, and then with the attitude of not bothering the two masters, they used the cigarettes, chocolates and K-grade dry food they carried to deceive other people's meals.

After eating and drinking, the five-member reconnaissance team returned to resume their lives.

This kind of reconnaissance mission is what everyone likes - the skills are praised from above, and they can also get a big meal in the reconnaissance area, and the three people who followed Zheng Yingqi and Ali, after receiving the praise of the company, said excitedly that if there is such a good thing in the future, remember to call them, this good thing is too enjoyable.

September 18 was an unforgettable day for Zheng Yingqi, but it was not a nostalgic day for the 506th Regiment parachuted into the Netherlands, if there must be any, it was the 506th Regiment and the Guards Panzer Division, a British tank company equipped with Cromwell tanks, and E Company joined forces and acted together.

Before Operation Market Garden, Colonel Zinke had specifically told the paratroopers of the regiment not to fight the Cromwell tank as a Tiger - but after joining up with the tank company of the Guards Panzer Division, the soldiers of Company E almost died of laughter.

This cruiser tank of the British, even if it follows it, makes people feel insecure, and I don't know why the stubborn British are engaged in this kind of cruiser tank - is it to run fast?

Well, this tank was the fastest tank in World War II, and it was fast.

On 19 September, Company E and the tanks were connected to the order and marched eastward, widening the battlefield of contact with the Germans, and by the way, picking up the Germans they could encounter on the road.

The paratroopers who walked on two legs, this time took turns sitting on the tank, heading in the direction of Nunan, and when leaving Eindhoven, several paratroopers were very reluctant to have a super-friendly relationship with a few bald women, and Zheng Yingqi, who was sitting on the tank, shook his head - the military discipline of the US military in this regard is really bad, as long as there is no forced behavior, the officers rarely pay attention.

And how can these women who have been shaved be forced to eat for a bite?

The procession passed through Nunan and was welcomed by the Dutch as liberators, but this time, with their previous experience, the team did not delay long in Nunan and passed through.

And the real war also came quietly at this time.

After passing through Nunan, the first row was replaced by the third platoon, and the deputy platoon commander of the third platoon, Brewer, walked in front, probably because he couldn't stand the roar of the tank, he slowly walked faster and faster, and finally broke away from the group, alone like the head of a flock.

"What is that kid doing?" Lying on the tank and letting the sound of the engine destroy his ears, Ali noticed Lieutenant Brewer in the front and poked Zheng Yingqi to ask.

Zheng Yingqi, who was observing both sides, looked in the direction pointed by Ali, and was stunned when he saw Brewer, and then shouted: "Lieutenant Brewer! Stop it! Come back! ”

Zheng Yingqi's shouting made the rest of the people realize something, and they shouted at Brewer one after another, but Brewer was more than forty meters away from the first tank, and the shouts of the paratroopers were completely covered by the roar of the tank, and they didn't hear the shouts of concern from the workers behind them.

"This is a bad pen!" When Ali cursed, Zheng Yingqi jumped out of the tank, intending to pull the stubborn lieutenant in front of him back - although Lieutenant Brewer, like Lieutenant Piacock, the platoon commander of the third platoon, was the kind of object that was deeply valued by the officers above but disgusted by the people below, this did not affect Zheng Yingqi's move to pull the other party back.

But......

It's late.

When Zheng Yingqi crossed the first tank, the gunfire rang out, and Zheng Yingqi clearly saw the flash of gunfire in a house more than 200 meters away.

"At 2 o'clock! Wooden house! Sniper! ”

Zheng Yingqi, who was holding Thomson, was helpless against such a goal, so he could only shout the point and rush to Brewer who fell to the ground while bending over.

Under the influence of the dogmatic platoon commander and deputy platoon commander, the response standard of the 3rd platoon was almost blameless, so they first launched a defensive formation and suppressed the fire on the place where Zheng Yingqi reported the point, and Zheng Yingqi at this time had already pounced in front of Brewer, who was in the end.

This guy is really miserable - the bullet hit him in the jaw, the blood is gushing out, and the person is also in pain and struggling helplessly against the wound, after seeing this wound, Zheng Yingqi gave up his intention to rescue, while shouting for the medics, while dragging Brewer to the other side of the road, at this time Gordon and Ali with a row of several people also pounced.

After seeing Brewer's injuries, one of the paratroopers on guard shook his head and said, "Forget it! He's finished! ”

"Shut up!" While Alli scolded the paratrooper who spoke, he repeatedly pulled the trigger on the wooden house where the guns were flickering, and Gordon and Zheng Yingqi dragged Brewer to the other side of the road.

The paramedics also pounced at this time, and immediately launched first aid after seeing Brewer's condition.

"Hope it holds." Gordon said with some sadness.

Zheng Yingqi didn't say anything, hoping that the medical soldiers could get the unlucky guy back from the hands of death.

In fact, Brewer was eventually rescued, and when he returned to the company from injury, he said, "Forget it!" He's finished! The paratroopers cleaned up a few times, and this guy left a lifetime of memories.

Just as the third platoon was covering the battle formation, a string of machine-gun shells came out of a slope, and the infantrymen, who were still on the tank, pounced at the first time, and then hid on the side of the tank.

"There it is!"

The paratroopers spotted the target, a Cromwell tank rotated its turret and fired a shot at the ramp, and although it did not destroy the attacker, who only missed half of its body, the other side was startled, abandoned the ramp, and ran wildly in the direction of the village - it was a half-track armored vehicle, and it did not seem to be running slowly.

rumble

The barrel of a tank retracted, and less than half a second later, the frantically running half-track armored vehicle was hit by a bullet and ignited a flame, and then the flames turned into a raging fire, and the whole two armored vehicles relied on inertia to advance for more than ten meters before stopping.

The crew members who were alive inside pounced on them, but they were slaughtered by paratroopers and tanks, and one of the lucky guys dodged the numerous bullets and plunged into the village.

"There are Germans in the village! Take over there! ”

Following Winters' orders, the paratroopers of Company E swooped down on foot to the small village.

The whole village fell silent, and just as they rushed in, an old man opened the window on the second floor and shouted, "Get out of here!" After shouting a few times, he was dragged back by an aunt and closed the window again.

Gordon poked Zheng Yingqi and asked the well-known "language expert": "What is that old guy shouting?" ”

"Let's get out of here quickly......" Zheng Yingqi motioned to Gordon to shut up, this seems to be a trap?

But whether it was a trap or not, they had to push this place flat and kill the Germans here, so the squads carefully entered the village at this time with the help of various obstacles.

A row of sharp knives was naturally a few people led by Zheng Yingqi, Gordon and Ali followed behind Zheng Yingqi, advancing quickly in the small village, after bypassing a house, Zheng Yingqi saw a tank covered with wheat straw and even the barrel was camouflaged, from the appearance, it seemed to be his old "acquaintance" - Tiger.

This is indeed an ambush circle!

Zheng Yingqi motioned for the others to take cover, and then used his gesture to report the discovery to Wersh, who was pressed up behind him.

"! Another Tiger? Wersh cursed in a low voice, just now there was news from the 2nd platoon, they found two camouflaged Tigers, plus the one found by Zheng Yingqi, these are all three - there should be a Tiger tank company arranged by the Germans here, right?

In fact, the Germans had not a tank company here, but a tank battalion, except that their ambush ran into the cautious E Company.

The convoy of Cromwell's tanks rumbled into the village, and when Welsh saw the tanks emerging from the corner, he immediately asked Zheng Yingqi in front to withdraw, saying: "Go and tell the British tank the location of the Tiger and kill it in advance!" ”

"Yes!"

Zheng Yingqi rushed over quickly, rushed directly to the turret, and called out the commander: "Five meters to the left of the house in front, there is a camouflaged tiger, can you kill it?" ”

The commander took the binoculars and looked at it and shook his head: "No, I can't see that the damn tree can't block the view!" ”

"It's on the left side of that house!"

"I know, but I can't see it. Don't worry, man, we'll drive over and kill it! ”

Zheng Yingqi is completely speechless, when you can see the tiger style, people will also see you - I hope you can be confident to the end.

The tank continued to move forward, and finally, the commander saw the Tiger disguised in Zheng Yingqi's mouth, but before he could remind the gunner, the opposite Tiger made a preemptive strike, and then his Cromwell tank was directly destroyed.

The tiger's roar forced the hidden Germans to open fire, and for a while, a large number of Germans came out of chimneys, windows, and other positions, and launched an attack on E Company.

The Germans also knew that they needed to kill the opponent the most, a few Tigers crashed through all the obstacles in front of them, and rumbled in front of the British tank company, and the two sides started a duel between tanks, but the situation was very bad, the Cromwell tank was like a little kid with a machete against a fully armed hoplite, and the Tiger's 88 gun could often take away a Cromwell tank that the British had vigorously researched and produced.

The duel between tanks is rough, violent, and straightforward, while the duel between infantry is much more "interesting" - only this one is interesting, but it is more bloody.

Winters gave the order to resist at the first time, trying to weigh the weight of this wave of German troops, and E Company also faithfully carried out Winters's order and confronted the Germans in the town.

A machine gun team hiding behind a chimney suppressed a platoon behind several houses and could not move, just when Zheng Yingqi detoured and tried to climb on the roof to solve the other party, a grenade solved the machine gun team, and just as the platoon deployed its forces to prepare for defense, a bright tiger crashed through a building and appeared on the flank of a platoon.

Welsh was just about to give the order to find a way to take out the lone Tiger when two more tanks emerged from the surroundings and pressed down in a zigzag pattern.

"Withdraw!"

Welsh had to change the order, just one of their platoons, if they were bullied by three Tigers in this wide area, they couldn't see a way out at all, and they were still counting on the British Cromwell tanks to withstand it, but the British tanks lost three tanks one after another, and at this time they didn't dare to fight hard with the Tigers, and they all began to reverse straight - worthy of being the fastest tank, even if it was reversing, the speed was faster than the attacking German Tigers.

The vulnerability of the British tanks made Winters also extinguish his determination to fight, without the cover of the tanks, his paratrooper company, in the face of the invincible Tiger, could not take his life.

"Retreat! Remove! Remove! ”

Company E began to retreat in disarray, but fortunately they did not plunge headlong into the German encirclement because of their caution, and it was too late to retreat.

Zheng Yingqi because he wanted to go around the German machine gun crew at the chimney, the position was out of the whole platoon, after the German army pressed, he became the vanguard against the German army, and he was holding a gun to press a dozen Germans in front of several houses and couldn't move forward, when he was fighting, he suddenly felt that the gunfire behind him stopped, and turned around after the battle, almost died of anger, and couldn't help but scold out of his mouth:

"Grass!"

The whole company had withdrawn, and he was thrown by a platoon on the front line more than fifty meters away, and when he looked again, many Germans had rushed out of the surroundings, and many infantry were following the tanks to press the retreating paratroopers.

Zheng Yingqi, who was almost killed in the pit, turned his head and ran.

At this time, if you want to catch up with E Company, you have to face more than a dozen roaring German Tiger and more infantry, Zheng Yingqi does not think that he is made of pure steel, so he can only find a place where there are no Germans to rush over and die - Zheng Yingqi at this time, the only extravagant hope is not to bump into the German brigade.

Fortunately, he was lucky, and after savagely passing through three buildings in succession, after dodging a wave of pursuing German infantry, he went around to the other side, and just as he was about to make a detour to leave here and evacuate in the direction of Nunan, a cautious search of German infantry caught his attention.

The other party should be looking for someone.

Zheng Yingqi was worried that the other party was looking for his own people, he looked at the German brigade chasing outside the village, gritted his teeth and rushed over, the German infantry touched into a warehouse at this time, and then there was a sound of fighting, Zheng Yingqi pulled out the dagger and rushed in, and saw Randallman fighting with the German army.

The sudden appearance of Zheng Yingqi made the two people fighting realize the gap between heaven and hell at that moment, Randallmann thought that he was another German at first, and after seeing clearly that it was Zheng Yingqi, he instantly rose from hell to heaven, while the German infantry was the opposite, after seeing the comer, he fell from heaven to hell in an instant.

The dagger plunged into the heart of the German infantry, and the other side closed his eyes with despair.

Randallman gasped heavily, pointed to his shoulder, and said, "You're going to have to make a cameo appearance as a medics." ”

"Let's run away first, it's not a smart choice to stay here to heal your injuries."