Chapter 0347: Scarlet Rumler (Center)
(accidentally...... It's a riot again. )
Generally speaking, after a battle, the wounded and killed are always about the same.
But after the end of the battle, only nine new wounded were added to the medical clinic behind the east bank of the bridge, and these nine wounded were seriously wounded and incapacitated, while the rest who could still fight, did not live in it, but still returned to their positions - the shortage of manpower was so tight that the colonel had to treat the wounded in this way.
In order to stabilize the wounded, the colonel deliberately arranged them on the edge of the west bank of the bridge, and at the same time he moved forward the command headquarters, which had only a single digit number, in front of the wounded position, in the words of the colonel:
"Children, when the Germans step over my corpse, you remember to teach me a hard lesson to those Germans who are not sorry to die!"
After calming the wounded who were holding their positions with words and deeds, the colonel summoned the remaining nine officers and convened a meeting.
At the meeting, the colonel said: "Reinforcements will arrive on the fourth day at the latest, so we may have to hold out for three more days, and if the Germans can react more slowly, tomorrow we may have a rather wonderful battlefield holiday, but the day after tomorrow and the last day will certainly be our nightmare." ”
"We're all going to die here."
The colonel's calm and honest words caused an uproar among the officers.
No one wants to die, the age of the officers here is only 30 years old on average, they have wives, children, parents, maybe not rich but happy families, they responded to the call of the United States to abandon their wives and children to the battlefield, but they dreamed of stepping on the ship to go back.
An officer immediately said, "Sir, let's just blow up the bridge and get out of here." We now have less than 200 men, reinforcements are delayed, we have no tanks, no heavy artillery, no support, we fight alone, only the end of the total annihilation - another German attack like this, we are finished! ”
"Blowing up the bridge is the last resort, and it will even affect the advance of the follow-up troops, and we can't blow up the last two bridges on the Medlett River unless it is absolutely necessary, understand?"
"But we don't have reinforcements! We've been hit hard! ”
The colonel said, "But we can still fight!" ”
"Yes, we can still fight, and when the Germans attack again, we can still hold our necks and let the Germans fight, but we will be finished! We're all going to be finished! "The officers who spoke were a little out of control, they had experienced the worst battle in today's fierce battle, and when the tiger rumbled and crushed, everyone thought they were ......
Never going home again!
"Captain Moore, this is an order! It's the command that gave us the order! The colonel emphasized: "This is during the war!" ”
No matter how many reasons there are, no matter how justified you may be, but this is wartime, this is an order - nothing can oppose it under these two unreasonable preconditions.
The captain named Moore understood the meaning of the colonel's words, but he could not help but say:
"Shit-like orders! Damn the bureaucrats of the command, they will just hide behind and point fingers on the map with rulers and compasses......"
The Colonel's gaze grew colder, and Moore's voice gradually stopped.
After Moore stopped complaining, and the others didn't dare to complain, the colonel knocked on the table and said, "To get back to business, I hope that in the battle that follows, everyone will not think of retreating, evacuating, we must drive here like nails, either wait until reinforcements arrive, or, at the end, let the last few men blow up this bridge." ”
……
Welsh came back from the meeting, but his mood was not very high, but he still had to hold on to communicate with the newly assigned paratroopers - these were two platoons of paratroopers, of course, referring to before, after the previous battle, these two platoons lost all their officers, originally two platoons of more than 40 people, now there are only 17 people left, they were organized into the Welsh squad of only four people.
Yes, Welsh's squad, including Welsh, only four people remained, Arley, Jung Young-ki, Ryan and Welsh, and the others all fell in the brutal battle just now.
This is the hardest and most fierce battle that Zheng Yingqi has endured since he entered Lao A, including the period when he was in the Liangjian plot, and it is even more difficult than Zhao Jiayu's time - the military quality of the German army is not blown, although the personal combat ability is much worse than Yamamoto's special attack team, but the cooperation between each other and the density of firepower are far from being comparable to the devils who only hold submachine guns and grenadiers.
Especially the 57-ton Tiger Style, which rumbles and walks with the breath of death - several times Zheng Yingqi feels that he is going to be reimbursed here.
Alive......
Taking a deep breath of the air full of the smell of gunsmoke, Zheng Yingqi looked at his side blankly, he had seen too many deaths, under the hostage of the fucking thing of the system, he had experienced more deaths than ordinary people, but at this moment, looking at the empty side, Zheng Yingqi had the urge to smoke hard.
"Jacob, are the companies of the 101st Division as capable as you?"
"Jacob, why do you say that our airborne troops are not assigned on the spot after being discharged from the hospital? If I could be like an ordinary army and be able to distribute troops on the spot after recovering from my wounds, I would really like to come to your 101st Division and your 506th Regiment E Company. ”
"Jacob, how good do you think the Germans have surrendered now? So we don't have to continue fighting, we can go home, eh, when we go back, you must come to my house, and I will take you to find my sister......"
"Jacob ......"
Zheng Yingqi stared blankly at the empty side, it had only been a few days, but now that there was no chatter in front of him, how could he feel so empty all of a sudden?
"Hello, you're the Tiger Tamer?" Suddenly, there was a surprise voice around him, and Zheng Yingqi looked at a young man who looked less than twenty years old - his military uniform was full of filth like everyone else, but his face was specially washed and exceptionally clean.
"Tiger tamers? What do you mean? ”
"It's the honorific title for the Tiger tank crew in the armored forces," the other party explained first, and then said excitedly: "In the armored forces, it is the supreme glory to be able to solve one Tiger, but you have solved 2 directly and indirectly alone!" I swear, as long as your achievements are passed back, you will be the pride of our paratroopers! ”
Proud?
Zheng Yingqi was disdainful in his heart, and pointed at Ali and Ryan who were sleeping until they were looking at the sky, and Ryan who was in a daze, and said: "The two of them killed a Tiger Style, and Roman of C Company solved a Tiger Style, and there are other Tiger Tamers, but you can't see them anymore!" As for me? I'm a soy sauce ......."
Soy sauce?
The young man looked puzzled.
Zheng Yingqi looked at the young man who seemed to have plenty of energy, and said, "Do you want to live?" ”
"Of course, I will live until the end, I will go to Germany, so that the Germans can also see what war is!" The young man said confidently: "We must let the Germans know that we will be the result of the war waged by the invaders!" ”
"Since you want to live, let's go around the ruins and get acquainted with it, maybe it can save your life at a critical time."
The young man's eyes lit up, and he felt that what Zheng Yingqi said was very reasonable, and he stood up as soon as he left, intending to familiarize himself with the ruins that had become unfamiliar again, and just as he was about to leave, he remembered that he hadn't introduced himself, and turned back and said:
"It's a pleasure to fight with you in the same platoon, my name is Julian Martin."
Zheng Yingqi watched the little young Martin energetically walk into the town that had become ruins, and shook his head gently, he, he didn't want to make a friendship with anyone here.
This is the reason why veterans are always very indifferent to recruits and unwilling to accept recruits - every time they are damaged in battle, they lose their familiar faces around them, that kind of feeling, it is very uncomfortable.
The young man left, and Ali, who fell asleep and stared at the sky, said expressionlessly: "A young man who is very energetic, I hope to live to the end." ”
Hearing Ali's words, the people in the position fell silent.
They...... Who will survive to the end?
……
The colonel expected that the Germans would give the paratroopers a day off from the battlefield, but the Germans were so stingy that they would not even give them a peaceful night - and when it was about to get dark, the Germans came again.
More than 100 German troops, plus an infantry company, accompanied by several armored vehicles, appeared three kilometers outside the town.
"There is no Tiger style, it should be the best news!"
Ali commented with a wry smile on the arrival of the German army - the weak armor of the armored vehicle is a joke under the roar of Bazooka, which is like a tiger, and dozens of rockets are smashed in the front, which may not make the tiger lie down!
At this time, Welsh entered the position, and after hearing Ali's words, he said humorously: "There is good news, the Germans will not attack tonight." ”
Of course, the Germans will not attack, they know that the Allied troops are still dozens of kilometers away, and they are not worried that the Allied troops will come with reinforcements, in this case, why are the Germans not ready to sleep well, so that they can recharge their energy and be ashamed before the next day?
"However, the colonel felt that he could not let the Germans sleep under our noses so comfortably," Welsh looked at the crowd and said, "The colonel intends to send several assault teams to harass the Germans at night, and we have been allotted a place, Jacob, this matter will be left to you, you can watch and pick people." ”
As soon as Zheng Yingqi replied yes, many paratroopers around him subconsciously dispersed - it sounds like a good job to trouble the Germans at night, but the Germans are not a rabble, they dare to camp three kilometers away from Rumler, and they must be ready to deal with the attack of the paratroopers in the town.
Seeing everyone's reaction, Zheng Yingqi shook his head speechlessly, and the only people who can be trusted are those who are fighting side by side with you - just like Arley, like Ryan, and of course, the young Martin who is not afraid of tigers is a newborn calf.
"Ryan come with me."
Zheng Yingqi chose Ryan one.
"Just him?" Velsh was a little surprised.
"It's just a night attack, two people are enough." As soon as Zheng Yingqi's words fell, Martin raised his hand and said, "Sir, I want to go too." ”
Welsh waved his hand and said, "This is according to Jacob's wishes, Jacob, we have received the German troops who are harassing the camp from the southwest, and you can take Ryan after dinner." ”
The Germans camped southwest of Remle, and harassing the Germans from the southwest would have to bypass the entire German camp.
"Sure enough, all you get is 'beauty difference'." Zheng Yingqi said angrily, Welsh sneered, this is an irrefutable fact - since he was recruited by the colonel, the best "beauty difference" has fallen on the head of his team, reconnaissance, advance position defense, and key position defense, all of which are errands on his side......
"Jacob, take me with you." Ali stood up and said, "You, me, Ryan, a standard iron triangle, it's not good to have any of them. ”
"Well, let's be together." Zheng Yingqi nodded, and Martin on the side shouted, "Sergeant, why don't you take me?" I can go too! ”
Zheng Yingqi said perfunctorily: "Next time." ”
Martin disappointed, how could there be a next time?
……
Why not bring Martin? Of course, it's because you can't trust him - although Martin can become a paratrooper and already prove his personal courage, but after all, he has never fought in the same position, how dare Zheng Yingqi believe it?
Just like in the previous battle, Zheng Yingqi personally saw a scene where a machine gunner was almost killed by his deputy:
The machine gunner shifted his position with a machine gun, and one person stuck the way of a group of German soldiers, but after the bullets were fired, he did not wait for the deputy to send the bullets over, if it was not for Zheng Yingqi and they arrived at the critical time, this machine gunner would have to become a dead number in the last battle, and the reason why the deputy did not send the bullets was not because he died, but because he wanted to send the bullets, he needed to run under the guns of the Germans - after the war, the deputy said that he could not rush over, and the Germans would kill him.
Zheng Yingqi was unwilling to be killed by an unfamiliar person in a night attack with many enemies.
As night covered the land and the world was in dead silence, Zheng Yingqi took Ali and Ryan out of the devastated town, determined the direction, and made a detour towards the camp where the Germans were stationed - with their eyes closed, they could imagine how many dark sentry the Germans would sprinkle within the three-kilometer range, waiting for the paratroopers to sneak attack at night.
Therefore, it is better to take a detour for two or three hours than to run into the muzzle of the German army.
Without saying a word all the way, at about 12 o'clock in the evening, they came to the back of the German camp - and the back?
Because of the detour, the three of them went around the wrong place, until more than 11 o'clock, the sound of gunfire came to point out the direction for the three people, and it took more than half an hour for the three people to come to the battlefield where the gunfire was sometimes sparse and sometimes fierce - the Germans and the three attack teams were chasing and fighting in the night of the black hole, and the light marks drawn by tracer bullets appeared from time to time, and the grief and helplessness of the three attack groups could be felt from hundreds of meters apart.
The Germans only divided less than a platoon of men to block them at a distance of 300 meters from the camp, and they also needed to guard against the hidden posts hidden by the Germans - harassment failed!
"It seems that the other three harassment groups have failed, and they have been blocked by the Germans, and they have not achieved their purpose at all." Ryan whispered.
Zheng Yingqi nodded: "What is expected, it depends on us next." ”
"Jacob, I don't think you're a good idea." Ali said with a worried face: "I don't believe that the Germans would be so stupid and fooled." ”
"Bet ten dollars?" Zheng Yingqi said with a smile.
"Yes...... Too dangerous, right? Ali said worriedly. Ryan on the side also nodded in agreement: "I don't think it's necessary to take such a risk." ”
"Don't worry, I'm sure." Zheng Yingqi said and began to put on the German military uniform, Ryan gritted his teeth and said, "Why don't we touch it together?" ”
"Do you speak German?" Zheng Yingqi asked rhetorically, the two were speechless, and Zheng Yingqi immediately said: "Okay, just answer me outside, remember the password and the reply order, don't get together between the two of you." ”
"Jacob, we'll wait for you to come back, you...... Don't get away with it! ”