That's it for today, sorry!

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In the end, the 17th Panzer Regiment was unable to organize an attack on the third line of defense on the island of Shanbier.

Objectively speaking, Colonel Torres's plan was correct.

It was a fact that the 17th Panzer Regiment was exhausted, but the garrison of Shanbir Island led by the baker was not much better, especially during the daytime fighting, and the German soldiers stationed on Shanbir Island barely managed to do it at the cost of more than 800 casualties in order to withstand the onslaught of American tanks.

This casualty figure, combined with the casualty figures from the first battle, has already killed more than half of the garrison on Shanbir Island, leaving only more than 1,000 remaining...... Even if a unit is a regular army, more than half of the casualties will mean collapse, not to mention that the army led by the baker is still a logistics force.

Therefore, if the 17th Panzer Regiment and the 15th Infantry Regiment were able to strike an all-out attack on the third line of defense, even at night, even if the Germans had arrived from all directions to reinforce them, and even if the Americans were severely short of ammunition, it would almost certainly be ...... The third line of German defense will still collapse.

The U.S. forces would then be able to use German supplies to defend the moat of Chamberier Island, as Colonel Torres had said.

This defense was almost fatal for the Germans without amphibious landing ships.

It's a pity that the American soldiers don't have the courage at all...... They were accustomed to fighting the enemy with adequate supplies, and the lack of supplies made them unsure of the enemy's strength in the first place.

They simply did not know that in this battle, they only needed to follow the tanks and rush forward with bayonets to win.

In addition, they thought that they were surrounded by the enemy from all sides, so they finally broke down and fled desperately to the rear, that is, west of the Moselle.

"We can't run back!" Colonel Nathan shouted at the scattered soldiers: "The Moselle has been blocked by the enemy!" We had no other choice......"

"No, Colonel!" One of the guards replied: "The bombs of the Germans blocked only the middle part!" ”

"What do you mean?" Colonel Nathan asked.

"As long as we go downstream or upstream!" The guard replied, "That is, avoid the middle, even if we touch the logs with bombs tied to them, they will not explode!" ”

"Yes, Colonel!" Another guard replied: "Those bombs are equipped with time-delay fuses, they only explode in the middle of the river!" And in the dark the Germans do not yet see our movements......"

Then Colonel Nathan understood why the soldiers were rushing in the direction of the Moselle.

Colonel Nathan set his sights on Colonel Torres.

Colonel Torres looked at the defeated soldiers around him, and said helplessly: "Retreat, sir!" In a few minutes we will have no troops! ”

"But our tanks can't go back!" Colonel Nathan said.

As mentioned before, even if a tank turns into an amphibious tank to cross the river, it must be reconnoitred in advance to determine the landing site, otherwise the amphibious tank with a deep draft will not be able to go ashore.

In this case, it is almost impossible to want to take away the tank.

"Forget about them, sir!" Torres said, "We're just going to have to leave them here!" ”

"No!" Colonel Nathan said: "At least we should blow them up and not leave them to the Germans!" ”

But Colonel Nathan looked around, it was difficult to find the tank in the dark night, so name the tank crew to blow up the tank...... Many of the tank crews had long since abandoned their vehicles and fled.

At this moment, heavy gunfire rang out in front of him.

The Germans, seeing that the American forces were disintegrating, were demoralized and immediately launched a counteroffensive, even though they had only a thousand men.

In the end, Colonel Nathan also failed to fulfill his wish, and he could only drop the tank and retreat under the cover of the guards.

Even so, the withdrawal of the American troops did not go smoothly, because the Germans had already set up several machine guns there, and the "Hitler's chainsaw" fired bullets frantically, knocking down the fleeing American troops in batches on the bank of the river.

There are even many U.S. troops who can't figure out the direction and get lost...... Caught in the Metz Fortress will indeed encounter such a problem, especially in the dark night, a river on the left and a river on the right, and there are rivers in front and behind, and those with a slightly worse sense of direction will not be able to tell which one is which, and after swimming hard, they will find that they have hit the enemy's gun and thrown themselves into the net.

"General!" The staff officer hurriedly walked into the headquarters and reported to Patton: "The 17th Panzer Regiment and the 15th Infantry Regiment have collapsed on all fronts!" ”

Barton jerked his head up, and it took a long moment before he let out a long sigh.

The staff officer understood what General Patton meant...... This sigh means that there is nothing he can do.

Patton was really powerless, and it was pitch black across the river, and even if he wanted to provide firepower reinforcements to the opposite side, he couldn't do it.

All Patton could do was wait where he was, for the two regiments of American troops to escape and treat the wounded.

In the end, the two regiments of the American army attacked the Metz fortress with a total strength of more than 5,000 people, and only more than 1,200 people were able to escape, and the rest either died in the chaos or became prisoners of the German army.

But for the Germans, none of this mattered...... Prisoners did not mean anything to the Germans, and to some extent increased the difficulty of supply.

Importantly, they captured sixty-three Sherman tanks and thirty amphibious landing ships on the battlefield.

From the current point of view, the amphibious landing ship will be more important than the "Sherman" tank, because the "Sherman" tank is basically without shells and cannot participate in the battle, and it will be difficult to capture tank shells and put these tanks into service in the foreseeable future.

But from the perspective of the cadet soldiers, it was the first time that so many tanks were captured, and everyone was happy as if they had found a treasure, and evacuated and hid these tanks overnight.

When Qin Chuan saw the baker, he almost didn't recognize him...... He was bandaged with a head injury, while his right hand was hanging from his neck.

Seeing Qin Chuan coming up, the baker stood up with a happy face and said, "Sir, I know you can save us!" They believe in it, too! ”

Qin Chuan nodded and said, "No, Lieutenant." It was you who saved yourselves, and you could even say ...... You saved Mace, you saved everyone! ”

The baker didn't understand what Qin Chuan said.

But Qin Chuan didn't exaggerate...... From a tactical point of view, it was indeed Qin Chuan who thought of the way to save Xiangbier Island. But from a strategic point of view, why didn't the baker lead a group of logistics personnel to resist the attack of the US army and save the Metz fortress?

Qin Chuan looked behind the baker and saw German soldiers who were like bakers, more or less wounded and bleeding.

With such soldiers, there was hope for Germany.

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