292. You are truly ignorant
Before the crossing, Yan Zhi had read a lot of information, during World War II, German soldiers rarely killed prisoners after invading other countries~~ captives, especially the residents of the places they occupied, as long as they did not resist, they treated each other with courtesy, which is why there are still many residents in this farm who have not left.
Compared with the notorious Japanese devils, the German soldiers were more arrogant, they generally believed that the Germanic people were the best people in the world, their soldiers had an iron will, they represented the modern civilization of the West, they were of noble blood, and they would not easily kill unarmed residents. They are going to conquer the people of the occupying country with civilization, and they are not like the barbaric, brutal, and inhumane Japanese devils who are bloody... Fishy Town... Press.
Therefore, Yan Zhicai promised the silver-haired old man to hide for the time being, which would be good for himself, the silver-haired old man and his family.
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The headquarters of the commanders of the 101st Airborne Division, Major General William C. Lee and Brigadier General Mariano Rivera La Paz, moved forward, standing on a small three-story building with binoculars in hand, keeping an eye on the battlefield ahead.
By now, the Allies had mostly crossed the river and launched a fierce attack on the enemy forces on the other side of the river.
The German Tiger and Leopard tanks covered the infantry, which caused great damage to the Allies, and the soldiers paid a great price, and several attacking companies lost more than half of them and had to withdraw to rest.
The battlefield was littered with wounded, corpses of soldiers on both sides were everywhere, and smoke filled the air.
The flames of war burned many small buildings mercilessly.
There are a lot of foxholes, trenches, as well as fire support points left by the Germans on the ground.
In wartime, foxholes were a favorable barrier for soldiers to hide from artillery fire.
Foxholes are divided into single-person foxholes and multi-person foxholes.
Some foxholes were hit by a grenade, and several German soldiers did not have time to climb out, and all of them were killed inside, and their flesh and blood were blurred.
The blood stained the entire foxhole red, and the M35-style steel helmet, which had been blown into a hornet's nest, rolled down to the edge of the pit, with a few strands of bloodstained hair hanging down from it.
U.S. medics shuttled back and forth among the wounded.
Because there were so many wounded soldiers, the medics had to save bandages and amiodarone powder for lightly wounded soldiers, allowing them to de-inflammatize and bandage their wounds.
The screams of the seriously wounded made people's hearts furious, and the medics could only save the seriously wounded and dying soldiers first.
The Allied soldiers continued to attack, and many soldiers saw their comrades wounded and fell to the ground, so they could only drag him to a relatively safe place, shout for the medic to come and save his life, and then comfort his brother with a few words, and he still had to fight forward.
For those brothers who died in battle, the soldiers could only ignore them.
The battlefield is cruel, there is no warmth and coldness, just life and death, victory and defeat.
During World War II, all countries had steel military regulations, and in the fierce battle, all soldiers were not allowed to stop for wounded soldiers.
Brigadier General Mariano Rivera La Paz's 3rd Airborne Brigade, the 306th Airborne Regiment, as a breakthrough forward, encountered stubborn resistance from the Germans after crossing the river and suffered heavy losses.
The German army, which was on the verge of rout, was suddenly supported by strong artillery fire from Tiger tanks and Leopard tanks, and immediately stabilized its position, rebuilt its fortifications, and used the tanks' continuous displacement and bombardment to temporarily resist the attack of the Allied forward troops.
Brigadier General Mariano Rivera La Paz ordered all the rockets of the 3rd Airborne Brigade to rain down on several German tanks, and to quickly take out the German tanks so that their infantry could not breathe.
The Germans knew that they were relying on these seven or eight tanks, so the infantry built layers of defense for their tanks.
Under the collective blow of Allied rockets with high morale and a wave of offensives, the German tanks lost more than half, but they also blocked the Allied offensive and temporarily stabilized the rout.
Watching the 306th Airborne Regiment fight very hard, Brigadier General Mariano Rivera La Paz was heartbroken, and let the paratroopers who are known for their rapid assault with light weapons and are good at penetrating the rear of the opposing side enter the positional battle and storm the integrated infantry division of the German army, which is the scene he does not want to see, although the 306th Airborne Regiment has achieved good results in advancing forward, but it has also suffered heavy losses.
"Report to the General!" A signal soldier quickly ran into the third floor of the temporary headquarters, "Forward battle report, the commander of the German 702nd Infantry Division, Major General Jaran Richardson, was killed by our troops. ”
"What? The commander of the German major general division was killed by our troops? ”
Major General William C. Lee, who was holding a telescope to observe the battle ahead, immediately turned around and asked the signal corps in surprise and delight.
Brigadier General Mariano Rivera La Paz was even more overjoyed, and his 306th Airborne Regiment served as the attack vanguard, most likely because they took out the German Major General division commander.
That's a lot of work! If it had been his 306th Airborne Regiment that had taken out the German major general, then he would have become famous in the first battle.
"Which unit took out the German division commander of the major general?" Brigadier General Mariano Rivera La Paz immediately asked.
The signal soldier said: "According to the report of the forward scouts, the German major general division commander was killed by Yan Zhi, the commander of the Chinese Independent Company, alone, and many soldiers saw it, and Captain Winters of E Company also proved this. ”
Brigadier General Mariano Rivera La Paz was greatly disappointed when he heard this, shut up and stopped talking, and the Chinese Independence Company, which he had repeatedly looked down upon, was out of the limelight this time, directly suppressing the limelight of his 3rd Air Brigade.
"This Chinese army is really powerful, especially their major company commander Yan Zhi, who is deeply appreciated by the president, and this person has a bright future!"
Major General Wilhelm C. Leigh said meaningfully, "How did he kill the German Major General and Division Commander by himself?" ”
"Many soldiers have seen with their own eyes that the commander of the Chinese Independent Company, Colonel Yan, used an M1903 sniper rifle to kill the German major general division commander one thousand meters away, three shots in a row, the gun hit the key parts, and the German major general division commander must not survive!"
"Hahahaha!" Brigadier General Mariano Rivera La Paz laughed a few times after hearing the words of the signal soldier, "A thousand meters away? Killed the German division commander with an M1903 sniper rifle? Are you joking? The maximum range of the M1903 sniper rifle is about 1,600 meters, and its sniper accuracy is only 600 meters.
You told me that the major of the Chinese Independent Company had no live gun within 800 meters, and I put up with it, but when you said that he could snipe and kill the enemy from a distance of 1,000 meters, I can only say that you are too ignorant. ”
Commander William C. frowned, Brigadier General Mariano Rivera La Paz said this very badly, although it was said to the signal soldiers, but it was uncomfortable to hear.
In fact, Major General William C. Leigh was also a little skeptical about the communications soldier's claim that Yan Zhi had killed the German Major General division commander with an M1903 sniper rifle a thousand meters away, but what Captain Winter said was honest and credible, and he had to believe it.
But in any case, the defeat of the German major general division commander by the commander of the Chinese independent company is very beneficial to the development of the war situation, and if the enemy knows that his division commander has been killed, it will definitely be in chaos.