244. The morgue of the German army
At this time, the 18th Airborne Corps of the United States, the 1st Polish Parachute Brigade, the 1st and 6th British Airborne Divisions, and the 52nd Scottish Airborne Regiment were all successfully landed because the German air defense units on Omaha Beach were cleared.
Among them, the 17th and 82nd Airborne Divisions quickly captured Yinsini, which was 12 kilometers away from Malang Tang, after successfully landing in the air.
Carentham, which guards the road from Cherbourg to Caen and Saint-Giuliaul, is a military stronghold that is highly valued by both warring sides.
Since the German 6th Airborne Regiment had lost the heights north of Carentan and could now only withdraw from the fortification at CarentΓ£o, Erwin? Field Marshal Rommel gave the German army an order to hold Carentan in this area.
And a brigade of the 101st Airborne Division and the 29th Airborne Division faced a disabled infantry division of the German army at this time.
Although there are only more than 3,000 people left in the German army that have been crippled, their combat effectiveness is still tenacious and good, and Marshal Rommel also gave this division an order to defend to the death, once this infantry division is lost, the Allies will open up this corridor of the German army's defensive line, form a fan trend, and form a siege on the German army's in-depth defensive formation.
Therefore, although there were only more than 3,000 people left in this infantry division, they could only hold on to the death and could not retreat.
In the face of such an opponent who could not retreat and could only defend to the end, the 101st Airborne Division and the 29th Airborne Division were likely to suffer heavy losses if they attacked strongly, because these two airborne divisions did not have heavy weapons.
After the 101st Airborne Division landed in Normandy and Omaha to assist the Allied landings, they had to face heavily armed German infantry divisions.
At this time, the Allied forces that landed in Normandy were engaged in fierce offensive and defensive battles with the Germans everywhere, and although the Allies took the initiative, the casualties far exceeded the German army.
Because of the lack of heavy weapons in the Allied weapons, although they had the advantage in numbers, the Allied casualties were extremely heavy in the face of the German troops with heavy weapons in the defense.
Although the Normandy landings were a turning point in World War II, the price paid by the Allies in this battle was so painful that they could only knock out their teeth and swallow them secretly. Many airborne divisions were beaten to pieces, they were airborne with light weapons, but they had to attack the German troops defended by heavy weapons, machine guns, artillery, tanks and armored vehicles, and open the corridors for the follow-up troops, and only the Allies themselves knew how heavy the casualties were.
At present, the heavy task of opening up this defensive corridor of the moral army can only be entrusted to a brigade of the 101st Airborne Division and the 29th Airborne Division.
Now, they are facing three dilemmas: first, lack of sufficient heavy weapons and artillery; second, in the face of the combat skills and heavy weapons of the German defenders, and their determination to defend to the end; Three; On the side of the German defensive position, many inhabitants did not evacuate, and on this side of the riverbank, there were bush fences, which grew very high, and the narrow ground between them was like a trench, which was somewhat impossible to use even if it was encountered by tanks, and behind each fence there was a row of buildings to hide the enemy infantry. What's worse was that the Germans had tanks and armored vehicles, while the Allies didn't even have a single mechanized motorcycle, although the Allies had a numerical advantage.
On the whole, the positions occupied by the Germans on the other side of the river were easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Zhao Fugui is like a knowledgeable and alert old dog, with his experience in homespun, he took Yan Zhi and Winters to walk secretly between those extremely difficult bush fences, and seemed to be so at ease, his nose seemed to be able to smell danger, and he could always skillfully avoid the German sentinels hiding in the shadows.
Li Dazui wandered behind the three, as a drag defender.
In the walking, some of the buildings that closed the courtyard door, from time to time there was a dog barking, so Zhao Fugui also learned the dog barking back, strangely, these dogs heard Zhao Fugui's dog barking, immediately stopped barking, it seemed that Zhao Fugui was quite jealous.
Yan Zhi thinks that it may be because Zhao Fugui eats too much dog meat, so there is an extra layer of evil energy that can be felt by dogs.
There is a saying that the wicked have to be grinded by the wicked, but I didn't expect the vicious dog to be more afraid of the wicked who eat dog meat.
Suddenly, Zhao Fugui stopped in the shadow of a building and stretched out his hand to make a stop gesture.
Yan Zhi, Winters, and Li Dazui immediately stopped, followed Zhao Fugui's appearance, half-squatting in the shadows on the side of the building, holding guns in both hands, and making a more balanced posture.
Zhao Fugui's right elbow was at 90 degrees, and he beckoned four fingers of his right hand forward.
So Winters and Yan Zhi came to Zhao Laojiao's side left and right, and Li Dazui was on guard in a shadow.
Zhao Fugui half-squatted, bent over, and whispered: "I smell the smell in the air around here, there is a heavy evil aura, there should be a place near here where the Germans temporarily store their bodies." β
Evil?
Yan Zhi listened to a trace of cold air in his heart, and this evil air was picked up by Zhao Lao a little supernatural.
Yan Zhi translated to Winters.
The two of them pouted their noses and sniffed the air.
The air was filled with the smell of blood, ammunition, gunsmoke, and fireworks, and the two of them couldn't tell the evil smell of Zhao Fugui's corpse.
"Most of the places where the bodies of soldiers killed in battle are stored are on all sides, relatively safe places, and it is difficult for shells to fall in this place, in order to prevent the corpses from being blown into pieces.
Therefore, the place where the corpses of your own soldiers are stored is often the location of the battlefield headquarters.
So I judged that this should not be far from the division headquarters of the German devils. β
Zhao Fugui rubbed his nose a few times with his palm, and then pouted, his upper lip constantly hitting the tip of his nose, vibrating and sucking fine air into his nasal cavity.
"That~~" Zhao Fugui pointed towards a shadowy building a hundred meters away, "If my judgment is right, there are corpses of German devils parked there." Let's go over and see. β
Mike? Second Lieutenant Winters didn't understand why Zhao Fugui went to see the place where the German devils parked their bodies.
Winters, though bold and careful, felt a little tingling in his scalp when he went to the place where the Germans had laid their bodies on such an eerie night.
These German devils who died in the war were either mutilated by bullets and shells, or they died ugly, and it really took a lot of courage to go to such a place at night.
Yan Zhi knew that since Zhao Fugui was going, he must have his intentions, so he whispered to Winters: "Let's go over and have a look?" β
Winters listened to Yan Zhi's thoughts, and he thought that since he could judge that there was a morgue for German devils here, he should go to find the German division headquarters that was very close to the morgue, instead of wasting time going to the morgue, where the blood was too heavy.
Winters admits that going to the German morgue on such a dark and terrifying night made his scalp tingle.
Yan Zhi also felt that since Zhao Fugui could judge that the German morgue was nearby, their top priority was indeed to find the location of the German division headquarters.
Yan Zhi was not afraid of the morgue where he went to stop the German army, he was worried that the soldiers of the two companies were still on the bank of the river, and once they were discovered by the Germans, they would be in a dilemma, and they would not be able to attack or retreat.
If we can quickly find out the German Rao Division now, we can go back and bring the soldiers over.
Zhao Fugui saw Chief Yan's doubts, and he said in a low voice: "Sir, if we find the location of the division headquarters of the army and go back and bring the brothers over, where do you want to hide the brothers?" β
Yan Zhi was stunned, he really hadn't thought about this question.
Zhao Fugui's eyes were sharp, and he walked back and forth around the several houses in front of him: "It's still far from the light, once the brothers don't hide well, they will be besieged by the enemy." Even if it is lit up, it is impossible for us to rely on just these more than 100 people to attack the enemy's division headquarters with heavy troops and heavy weapons. β
Yan Zhi's eyes lit up: "You are ......"
"Yes!" Zhao Fugui nodded, "Find the devil's morgue, and our two companies are hiding in the devil's morgue."
The German devils would never have dreamed that we would be hiding in the room where their bodies were kept.
After daybreak, when the Allies were attacking head-on, we quietly went out of the morgue to give the enemy division headquarters a surprise attack. β
Yan Zhi was overjoyed: "Sure enough, bringing your old things out can come in handy." β
Yan Zhi told Winters about Zhao Fugui's intentions.
After hearing this, Winters nodded again and again and gave Zhao Fugui a thumbs up.
"Let's go!" Yan Zhi said, "Let's go over and have a look." β
Zhao Lao nodded, looked around, bent his waist, and slipped along the shadow of the building to the building more than a hundred meters away, he was indeed like a cunning old dog when he walked, without making a sound, Yan Zhi followed him five meters behind, and he couldn't hear a trace of footsteps.
Gunfire was constantly heard on both sides of the river, and listening to the gunfire, they were at least four or five hundred meters away from both sides of the river, where there might be the enemy's division headquarters.
In the distance, Yan Zhi and the others smelled a heavier and heavier smell of blood, coming from the buildings in front of them. 166 Reading Network