(Brothers and sisters, I asked for a five-star praise for the monthly pass recommendation ticket.) The weather is so cold, I'm still in the wild, use my mobile phone to code words for everyone! ）

5:32 min.

If there is no fog, it should have dawned in the east by this time.

Yan Zhi took Fan Xiaosi and Zhong Jiagen, and after many times, he quietly touched the small building not far away.

The focus of the German defense of the entire position was now the line of defense near the river bank at the forefront, which had always existed, except that before the fog, snipers took over to monitor the opposing side.

In the rear of the German army, about five or six hundred meters away from the river bank, it was relatively loose and chaotic, probably because of the surprise attack of the Tiger tanks, but the infantry was not yet fully in shape.

So Yan Zhi and the others easily came to the small building not far away, and they didn't encounter trouble along the way.

Except for the rumbling of the Tigers and Leopards, and the fire, the German positions north of the river bank remained dark for the most part.

And under the fire of German tank artillery, the Allied positions were already in flames.

The Germans could faintly see the disorganized soldiers on the Allied positions with binoculars.

This was very bad for the Allies, who were exposed to enemy fire but were powerless to counter.

The Allies prepared to attack at dawn and never thought about defending, let alone the Germans attacking first.

Therefore, the Allies did not repair the damaged foxholes and trenches in the occupied positions.

"Conceal and conceal, pay attention to concealment, the enemy has artillery fire!" Some of the officers, after the initial panic, began to calm down, shouting to their soldiers, "Look for the foxholes, get into the trenches......

At this time, the soldiers were panicked under the attack of the opposing tanks, and fled from the small buildings where they temporarily lived, looking for the mutilated bunkers or foxholes.

Although it is a broken bunker and foxhole, it is better than nothing.

Some small buildings were hit by shells, and the soldiers inside were immediately killed and wounded, and the wailing sound was heart-wrenching.

Some soldiers who were lucky enough to escape rolled on the ground to extinguish the fire on their bodies, while those soldiers who were injured and unable to escape were mercilessly engulfed by the fire, and the terrible cries for help were transmitted to the positions of the German devils on the opposite side.

A shell landed not far from the temporary headquarters of the Allied 101st Airborne Division, tilting the small building that served as the temporary headquarters sharply, loosening the floor and crumbling in the constant shock waves.

No one ran out of the colonels, and now, God knows where the next shell of the Germans will fall.

Brigadier General Mariano Rivera La Paz continues to complain that if the Independence Company had taken several of the commanding heights that the Germans had placed along the river, the soldiers would now be able to cross the river.

There were several officers of the 101st Airborne Division who wanted to tell Brigadier General Mariano Rivera La Paz that the Germans did not spit out tongues of fire on those commanding heights, and perhaps, those commanding heights had been taken by the Independent Company and E Company.

But no one dared to say this, Brigadier General Mariano Rivera La Paz was once Eisenhower's adjutant, a brigadier general who was single-handedly promoted by Eisenhower, and even the commander of the 29th Airborne Division, General Rondo, had to give him three points.

The commander of the 101st Airborne Division, Major General William C. Lee, did not have time to fight Brigadier General Mariano Rivera La Paz, and he ordered the engineers to rush to build an improvised bridge with all their might, and the whole division must cross the river to attack, otherwise his side would only be at a disadvantage of being beaten.

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Yan Zhi and the others had been hiding in a thorn bush behind the three-story building for a while.

Not only were there German devils in the three-story building in front of them, but there were also German devils in the houses next door to the west of them.

It may be that the Germans took the initiative at this time, watching the artillery fire on the other side of the river, while their own positions were still safe, so German soldiers lit cigarettes from time to time in these buildings.

They hadn't taken off their clothes and gone to bed for days, and when the fog rose, the two sides ceased fighting, they drank some wine, wrapped themselves in coats, and several people huddled together to keep warm, and were awakened by the sound of artillery in their sleep, and after some panic, it was normal to light a cigarette to suppress the panic for themselves.

In this damn, cold, dark night, the light of the cigarette is small, but it can also bring a touch of warmth and comfort to their hearts.

The German soldiers believed that the other side could not see the riverbank at all, and that there were people in their building who lit cigarettes.

Of course, the German soldiers were right, and the Allies looked at this place from the other side of the river, and even in the face of artillery fire, they could only see shadows of black buildings, and they could not even see what this building looked like and how many floors it had.

Yan Zhi said in a low voice: "Little Four, when do you think this fog will dissipate?" ”

Fan Xiaosi's eyes never left the small buildings in front of him, and when he listened to the chief's question, he carefully identified the fog: "The old people often say that if the fog does not disperse, it will turn into a light rain, and if the fog disperses, it is a sunny day with the sun."

If it rains, at five or six o'clock in the morning, which is often the thickest time under the fog, it is twisted into a mess;

If it is sunny, the fog will be very uniform at this time, and it will look delicate.

So I think that after an hour, the fog will gradually disperse and the sun will be revealed. ”

Like Zhao Fugui, Fan Xiaosi is also an old fritter on the battlefield, and he said that the fog will disperse after more than an hour, and it will definitely be.

This is also the reason why Yan Zhi used bandits, old fritters on the battlefield, and death row prisoners to form an independent company, they have rich battlefield experience and can come in handy at critical moments.

The death row inmates were pulled back by Yan Zhi on the verge of death, they were grateful to Yan Zhi, loyal to him, and cherished their hard-won second life.

The soldiers of the independent company all knew that Yan Zhi was honored and they were honored, so every time they fought, they assisted Yan Zhi with all their might, and they gave full play to their battlefield experience.

The Germans knew that the commanding heights on their forward positions were very important, although these small buildings behind the positions could also be regarded as commanding heights, but they had no ability to defend against artillery shells, as long as a shell or even a grenade, the entire small building could be turned into a pile of ruins, so there were not many soldiers in the small building, only two machine guns.

These small buildings exist to support the death elevation on both sides of the commanding heights, and can contain the allied fire that wants to attack the commanding heights from both sides.

The firepower responsible for defending the death elevation angle on both sides of the commanding heights exists as covert firepower, and it is easy not to fire, as long as the commanding firepower on the front position is enough to cover the opponent's attacking troops, the firepower of the death elevation angle on both sides will not appear easily.

Only when the opposing attacking soldiers want to detour back to the sides of the commanding heights and attack the commanding heights, then the firepower of the two defenses of the death elevation angle will be turned on.

Or, when the fire power of several commanding heights in front is insufficient, the soldiers responsible for the defense on both sides will provide fire support.

Yan Zhi said: "I'll kill the devils in the three-story building, and the three of you will go and kill the devils in the two-story building in the west next door, you can use guns and knives as you like."

But remember, after killing the devils in the building, you will stay inside for the time being, and don't fire at the devils outside the building unless you have to, so as not to expose yourself. ”

Fan Xiaosi and the three of them nodded, got up and bent their waists, and walked towards the two-story building together.