Section 4: "Retaliation of the Germans"

On the day that E Company entered the island, the Germans suffered a big loss, and of course the Germans will not rest on their laurels, they intend to take revenge on these damned Yankees!

"You have to be careful in the past two days, the Germans have suffered such a loss, but they won't swallow this breath easily!" Winters constantly warned his men that not only would he send out patrols every night, but also combat teams would set up mobile positions near the embankment to deal with possible German retaliation.

But in the next two days, the Germans only increased the time and intensity of the daily shelling, and did not send retaliatory troops, which made the nervous E Company couldn't help but relax, and by the time of the 5th, because of the high-intensity alert in the past two days, the platoon commanders couldn't help but reduce the patrol and let the soldiers have a good rest.

Although the platoon commanders' actions were agreed by Winters, Winters himself still did not dare to take it lightly - the area that E Company had to defend was too large, and only one person could be counted dozens of meters on average, and it was impossible for all the people with all faces to work endlessly, and in fact, the position of E Company was inverted at night, and only a few hundred meters could there be one person.

Even if there is a patrol team that constantly patrols, the loopholes that can be exploited during the period are large enough, and Zheng Yingqi also said:

If the Germans send elites, they can quietly ambush a patrol in the dark, resulting in a certain period of warning gaps in an area.

Winters could have thought of the consequences with his eyes closed, so tonight, when the platoons had all relaxed their vigilance, Winters had to draw in manpower and make a second line of insurance - their task was to act as a secret guard and keep an eye on the situation of the patrols.

The manpower drawn by Winters was the eight people who played the prestige of E Company on the day of the 2nd, and Zheng Yingqi and they were divided into four groups, two by two, and took turns to act as a secret whistle.

Zheng Yingqi and Lesniuwski - Henry and Ali both want to be in a group with Zheng Yingqi, so that they can be legitimately lazy, after all, partnering with Jacob on duty means that it is completely possible to stuff the letter in his stomach, because Jacob will be a hundred times more dutiful than them.

But it was precisely because of this that Winters intervened in the grouping, and put the honest people Lesniuwski and Zheng Yingqi in a group, in Winters's words: "Since you are on duty, then don't think about being lazy - I don't like you to squeeze Jacob like this!" ”

Well, in Winters's eyes, a person like Zheng Yingqi, who is honest and reliable, and can rest assured that he will hand over his life and death to the other party, must be an honest person!

Fortunately, Zheng Yingqi didn't know that he had become an honest man in the eyes of Winters, otherwise he would definitely protest - an honest man? Doesn't seem to be a good prefix!

In the night, Zheng Yingqi suddenly said to Lesniuwski: "The patrol of the 3rd platoon has not appeared for forty minutes!" ”

"It's been a bit of a long time—Jacob, I think they must be lazy." Lesnyuski smiled and whispered that the reason why he thought so was because in the past few days, they had also seen through the capabilities of the German army on the other side, and the Germans had only one impression on them: cowardice!

So many people died last time, but it only increased the time and density of the shelling, not even a tentative attack was launched, let alone retaliation, plus the German army in front of him was not the most capable of reaching several units in the German sequence, so everyone in E Company had a tacit understanding:

The Germans on the other side, what a coward!

"You wait here, I'll take a look at the embankment, and by the way, see what the patrol of the three platoons is doing—if they're really lazy, I'll have to talk to Lieutenant Peacock." Zheng Yingqi muttered dissatisfiedly, although he knew that everyone was tired, and it was human nature to be lazy, but the premise was to divide the occasion, and if he was lazy on weekdays, he could pretend to ignore it, but not here.

This is the front line of the confrontation, and they have lost almost 200 men to the Germans before, what if the Germans retaliate?

This is tantamount to opening the door to the thief!

"I'll go with you!" Honest man Lesniuwski said busily. Zheng Yingqi waved his hand, signaling the other party to continue to lurk here as a secret whistle - eggs cannot be put in a basket, it is the only rule for soldiers to survive on the battlefield, and the more battles they fight, the more people will be in awe of such a law.

"Okay." Lesniuwski shrugged, this Jacob is more serious, just like those officers, but unlike officers, officers are often only responsible for assigning tasks, and Zheng Yingqi is a hands-on execution—which will also be the reason why others like to partner with Zheng Yingqi.

Zheng Yingqi left the hidden sentry position, climbed to the embankment, and subconsciously looked at the opposite side, but vaguely saw the shadows of small boats crossing the river.

In an instant, Zheng Yingqi realized what was happening: the revenge of the Germans was coming.

Section 5: Upper bayonet!

Zheng Yingqi quickly lay on the embankment, nervously observed, below the embankment, you can see that the German soldiers who have crossed the river are nervously pulling the rope to pull the boat back and forth, not far away, the Germans are carefully climbing the embankment, the nearest German army, has reached the highest point of the embankment.

After seeing this scene, he immediately evacuated, rolled down directly from the embankment, and then quickly pounced on Lesniuski's hiding place, Lesniuwski realized that something was wrong after seeing Zheng Yingqi rushing wildly, and subconsciously loaded the weapon.

"The Germans crossed the river! I guess at least one company! Inform Company Commander Winters! Let him bring people here to support, and I'll keep an eye on the Germans here first - don't shoot! Get back and report the news! When Zheng Yingqi spoke quickly, Lesniuwski subconsciously aimed at the faintly visible embankment position, but Zheng Yingqi organized it, and shooting it now would force the Germans to cross the river faster, and his own side was too scattered, so he would definitely not be able to stop the German army in the first place, so it was better to run back to deliver the letter and let Winters bring people to support.

The advantage of this was that the Germans, in order to conceal themselves, did not dare to cross the river without regard to it.

"Yes!"

Lesniuwski turned around and ran towards Winters and a platoon stationed in the village of Fujie, while Zheng Yingqi hid here and continued to observe the movements of the German troops.

In order to avoid the German shelling, a platoon was stationed in the village of Fujie, and for the sake of safety, a platoon built a "safe sleeping place" under the village of Fujie, which was indeed foolproof, but the distance between Fujijie Village was too far, a distance of one kilometer, even if Winters could gather people as quickly as possible, it would take at least 13 minutes to add the time to come and go.

And in these 13 minutes, how many Germans will cross the river?

Zheng Yingqi remembered the dense German troops under the embankment, and there was only one thought in his mind: Come here quickly!

Time passed little by little, Zheng Yingqi seemed to be able to see the officers rushing into the underground fortifications and shouting the paratroopers who were sleeping, as if he saw the paratroopers rushing towards this side with weapons and ammunition, but he never saw the trace of support.

However, at this time, the German army made a move that made Zheng Yingqi jaw-dropping - they had dozens of people who had crossed the embankment, but they did not seize the advantageous position to guard and cover for the follow-up personnel, but gathered in a wheat field under the embankment, watching their moves, waiting for the people behind to come up together.

I don't know whether to say that the Germans are fearless or that these Germans are stupid, looking at the death arrangements of these Germans, Zheng Yingqi can't wait to have a few submachine guns around him, so that a round of strafing can cause desperate losses to the Germans.

While Zheng Yingqi was waiting anxiously and hesitating between firing or not firing, a patrol appeared from a distance—it was a patrol from the direction of the 2nd platoon, not the 3rd platoon patrol that was supposed to patrol this side.

The leader of the team was Sergeant Duckerman of the 2nd Platoon, and the reason why he came to the patrol range of the 3rd Platoon was because he had been meeting with the patrol of the 3rd Platoon for a while—the habit of the patrol team was to wait for a while at the edge of the patrol and talk a few useless words with the bitter force next door, so that his tired body could get a little rest.

But the patrol team led by Duke Man has not seen the fools of the 3rd platoon for more than an hour, so Duke Man plans to come over and take a look, if the fools of the 3rd platoon are lazy, he doesn't mind making a small report to Winters - the 3rd platoon of dogma brought by Lieutenant Peacock has forgotten even the basic dogma of patrolling, and must complain!

But Duke didn't expect to see something like this:

Germans like ants are climbing up the embankment, and in the wheat fields below the embankment, there are piles of Germans!

Durkman's reaction was quick, and he pretended not to pay attention to the front and shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Yoman, when will you pay me back the $100 you owe me?" ”

He had to do this - because they were on an embankment, a two-lane wide shop, with a flat surface that could take off planes, which also meant that they couldn't find an obstacle to stop the bullet, and they didn't have the skills of Zheng Yingqi to dare to roll down the seven-meter-high embankment without hesitation, so Duke used this way to stall for time.

The bet is that the Germans don't want to be exposed, and will find a way to hide and secretly attack them.

And there were only three people in the patrol group he led, including him, and there was no soldier named Yuman in the 2nd platoon - the moment Duke shouted out, the two soldiers realized that something was wrong, and after ruling out the possibility that Duke Keman's brain was in the water, there was only one possibility!

There is a case!

This is the tacit understanding that E Company has developed after more than two years of training and training to get along day and night, while a soldier responds indiscriminately, he also sees a faint shadow lying down in front, gasping for air at the same time, the soldier immediately thinks of a way, at this time Dukman already has an idea, he slowed down, waited for the two comrades in the back to approach, grabbed the two, and then rushed straight to the slope of the embankment.

The German shouts rang out, and it was clear that the Germans understood that they had been tricked, and someone pulled out a grenade and threw it at the place where Duke and the others had disappeared, someone pulled the trigger into the darkness, and the submachine gun began to fire.

Bang bang bang

The moment the gunshot rang out, Zheng Yingqi was excited, realizing that the patrol must have collided with the Germans, and seeing that the Germans were subconsciously moving after knowing that they were exposed, he decided to buy time for the reinforcements who had disappeared until now.

At that moment, Zheng Yingqi didn't think much about it at all, and his only thought was to buy time and not let the Germans deploy, so that after the reinforcements came, they could inflict heavy losses on the German army.

Bang bang bang

He pulled the trigger, and the Thomson submachine gun began to roar, and several Germans who stood up and subconsciously rushed in the direction of Duke and their jump, and then fell to the ground.

The German army, which was originally deployed, subconsciously lay on the ground - on the battlefield, the less area exposed under the muzzle, the less likely it is to be shot, but the only problem is that when lying down, it will lose the ability to maneuver quickly.

At this time, what the Germans should do was to disperse, occupy a favorable position, and arrange machine gun fire to cover, but Zheng Yingqi's strafing made the Germans lose the only chance to react.

"Quick! Fast! ”

Winters shouted for reinforcements pulled out in a hurry - including Lesniuwski and him, there were only 15 men in total, this was a half-squad of troops, and a platoon could draw all the manpower in a hurry, and the rest of the men needed to be brought out by Welsh in the position, but that would be at least 15 minutes later, and Winters didn't dare to wait!

A company of German troops crossed the river and touched it, the situation was too critical!

Just as they were about to reach the vicinity of the embankment, gunfire and explosions rang out, and even if they did not make out the familiar Thomson shots, they could guess that it was Jacob, who was alone with a company of Germans, and the paratroopers in a platoon ran more quickly.

"Mortar! Get ready right here! Machine gun! Get around! Others, follow me! ”

This was what Winters liked most about the paratroopers of Company E, who often shouted to rush at me instead of me—just as he had taken out a German artillery position on D-Day, Winters was brave and resourceful, and deserved to put everyone's lives in his hands.

Lesniuwski saw the tracer bullets fired by the Germans, and the tracer bullets dragged their extra-long tails to the south, and he instantly understood that the Germans were shooting indiscriminately, and they didn't realize that Zheng Yingqi's location was at all, and they didn't realize that there was only one person who fired at them.

"Captain! The Germans are shooting indiscriminately! They must be panicking! "When Lesniuwski told Winters about his discovery, Winters immediately ordered to stop the advance, and the paratroopers were surprised, it was less than 300 meters from the embankment, why did they stop?

But Winters did not explain, but pounced on the reconnaissance, and from the flickering gunfire of the German troops, he estimated the position of the German troops, and compared with the terrain of the embankment that was incomparably familiar to his mind, he had an idea, and after prostrate retreat, he ordered:

"Listen! Let's go to the left! Can't make a single sound! Withdraw the mortars too! Let's go around and keep ourselves down as we go! ”

Under the leadership of Winters, the reinforcements began to march with the skirmishers on their waists, and it took them about three minutes to finally come to the left of the German army less than 30 meters - the Germans also realized at this time that there was only one person firing at them, and they were preparing to move their troops forward, but at this time, Winters's order was given:

"Machine gun crew! Aim at the left machine gun of the Germans! Mortars, aimed at the German machine gun on the right side! Others, get ready! Aim! Fire! ”

The gunfire reached its peak again in an instant, and a stubble of German troops was shot down.

The Germans were even more panicked, and their panic was caught by Winters under the indiscriminate fire of tracer bullets, and after a minute of firing, Winters made an absolutely bold move:

"Get on the bayonet!"

The paratroopers subconsciously obeyed Winters's orders, but only after they stuck their bayonets in their guns did they realize what was going to happen - a bayonet duel, which was only possible in the last war!

"Follow me!" Winters roared and rushed out with guns in his hand, and the others, seeing this, jumped out of their positions and followed Winters to charge.

There are only a dozen or so people, rushing out of the momentum of tens of thousands of people!