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Located eight kilometres south of the village of Burson, the main part of the village sits on a dirt slope, the steeper northern slope is not covered with vegetation, and the visibility is high, overlooking the Maas River Valley.

Due north, northwest, west and southeast of the village of Stoney are all large wooded areas, with only open meadows and cultivated land to the east and southwest.

At the edge of the woods just north of the village of Stoney, Captain Thomas, commander of the 9th Infantry Company of the 3rd Infantry Battalion, lay behind a dirt slope and held a telescope staring closely at the four black dots on the D24 road.

Route D24 is the only way to enter the village of Stoney from the northwest, and this road passes through dense woods into the village of Stoney.

Colonel Martin of the 213th Regiment, after carefully inquiring about the armament and quantity of the German troops of Pierre and Richard, came to the conclusion that with the strength of one battalion of his own could not hold the village of Stoney under any circumstances, especially on the premise that the village of La Bersas to the east had to divide one of his own companies.

Colonel Martin finally made the decision to use the dense woods around the village of Stoney to ambush and hold off the Germans until reinforcements arrived.

The heavy task of using the woods to ambush the Germans on Highway D24 fell on the shoulders of Captain Thomas, looking at the four armored vehicles that were getting closer and closer, Captain Thomas couldn't help but clench the binoculars in his hand, to fight or not to fight?

The Germans in these four cars were clearly here to reconnoitre, and if they attacked them themselves, they would certainly expose their troops, and then the task of ambush would not have been possible.

After some hesitation, Captain Thomas decided to let these Germans pass and then ambush the large forces behind them.

Thomas sent his lieutenant to radio Colonel Martin of his intentions and told them to be on guard. No sooner had the lieutenant left than something happened to Thomas's chagrin.

The four armored vehicles drove to a place more than 200 meters away from the edge of the woods and stopped, the hatches behind the cars opened one after another, and twenty or thirty German soldiers jumped out of the carriages, and then dispersed to the side of the road to find a suitable place to set up machine guns to conceal themselves.

Seeing eight German soldiers walking towards the woods with guns in their hands, Thomas immediately understood the intentions of the German army, they must have wanted to use the woods to get close to the village of Stoney and then conduct reconnaissance.

Understanding the intentions of the Germans, Thomas immediately waved his men to retreat deeper into the woods.

Seeing that the eight soldiers walked into the woods safe and sound, the German troops outside the woods were also relieved to boldly follow the woods. Four armoured vehicles stood still.

Deep in the woods, Thomas lay behind a half-man-tall pile of bushes, watching the German soldiers get closer and closer.

It wasn't until one of the German soldiers at the front was about thirty meters away from him that Thomas raised the revolver in his right hand and fired the first shot.

There was a "bang" of gunshots, and the German soldier was shot in the chest and fell.

Thomas's gunfire opened the gates of hell, and the French soldiers who had been in ambush in the woods for a long time opened fire one after another, and more than a dozen FM-29 light machine guns and Hatch Chase M1914 heavy machine guns spat out tongues of fire one after another, and the light of fire and gunfire instantly broke the darkness and silence in the woods.

None of the eight German soldiers at the forefront were killed. Seven or eight of the two dozen soldiers who were walking behind were also hit, and the surviving German soldiers panicked and each looked for concealment to avoid the French fire.

"Toot ・・・・・・" Thomas blew the whistle, and the riflemen immediately loaded their bayonets and charged, trying to annihilate the dozen or so surviving German troops in one fell swoop.

Contrary to his wishes, a German sergeant with an MP38 submachine gun hid behind a large tree surrounded by two people, let out a series of shouts, and then flashed half of his body from behind the tree and opened fire on the charging French soldiers.

The MP38 submachine gun in his hand swept back and forth twice, sweeping the French infantry who could not dodge in the charge, and the corpse of the nearest French soldier was only three meters away from him.

The other surviving German soldiers opened fire on the charging French soldiers, and the dense gunfire was punctuated by the sound of the m1 semi-automatic rifles in the paratroopers' hands popping out of the chambers.

Thomas was stunned to look at the French infantry who were instantly suppressed by German fire, and scolded in his heart, what the hell is that rifle, the rate of fire is so fast?

Moments later, Thomas reacted and immediately ordered the light machine gunners to follow up and suppress the German fire.

Previously, because of the charge of the French infantry, the light and heavy machine guns of the French army stopped firing, so as not to accidentally injure the comrades in the charge, and the result was that the German soldiers were given the opportunity to use their firepower. Now that the French infantry, blocked by the semicircular net of fire hastily constructed by the German soldiers, fell to the ground to take refuge and gave them a firing range, the machine guns immediately roared again.

Machine gun bullets hit tree trunks and bushes, crackling and splashing countless sawdust and branches, and the German fire was instantly suppressed again.

Seeing that he had regained the upper hand, Thomas immediately sent heralds to inform the third platoon, asking the third platoon to send people to outflank the retreat of the German army.

It was still the same German sergeant, and he hid behind a tree and let out a few more roars. Hearing his shout, arms stretched out from behind tree trunks, behind dirt slopes and behind bushes, and more than a dozen M24 grenades emitting white smoke flew out.

The German soldiers, who were pinned down by French machine-gun bullets, also did not dare to show their heads, they simply hid behind their bunkers and threw grenades outward.

The exception was the German sergeant, who hid behind a tree and held a rear-view mirror that had been removed from nowhere in his left hand. Holding the metal rod on the rearview mirror, he stretched the rearview mirror out of the tree, and the mirror clearly showed the battle situation outside.

The white smoke from the explosion of the grenades thrown by the German soldiers filled the woods, and the vision in the woods became even more blurred.

It's time to flee, or the army will be wiped out, the sergeant thought to himself.

There was a crisp "pop", and the rearview mirror in the hand of the German sergeant was hit by a bullet and flew out of his hand.

Shaking his left hand, which was bleeding from the tiger's mouth, the German sergeant turned to his comrades and shouted: "Throw another round of grenades, and then retreat." ”

After shouting four or five times to make sure everyone heard, he saw his comrades throw a fourth round of grenades.

Right now, the German sergeant held a submachine gun in his right hand and fired indiscriminately at the outside of the tree, and then followed his teammates all the way around, using the cover of the trees to escape out of the woods.

Seeing that he was about to escape from the woods, the bright sun outside the woods was already close in front of him, and countless bullets were fired on the left flank of the German squad, and three or four German paratroopers were shot and fell to the ground one after another.

The German sergeant did not care about the wounded soldiers, nor his left arm, which was bleeding from the bullet, and jumped out of the woods with a flying movement.

After rolling behind the dirt slope, the German sergeant turned around and crawled behind the dirt slope to hide, then turned his head to look at the road, and when he saw the four armored vehicles that were in full formation, he pointed to the woods and shouted: "Fire, fire quickly." ”

The four armored vehicles on the road had already discovered the battle in the woods, but they did not dare to open fire because they did not know the situation inside.

Now that they finally saw their comrades escaping from the ambush circle, they hurriedly joined the battle. Three MG34 machine guns immediately began to fire into the woods, suppressing the French pursuers.

Under the cover of the fire from the armored vehicles, the surviving dozen German soldiers bent over and fled to the road in an S-shaped route, plunging into the rear compartment of the armored vehicle.

Seeing the German sergeant leaning on the carriage and panting, a corporal at the front of the car who was directing a 37mm gun to shoot into the woods said happily: "Steiner, it's so nice to see you, I thought you were finished." ”

"Great, still alive." Sergeant Steiner said weakly to his nemesis, Meyer. (The novel "Eagle of the Third Reich" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! )

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