Chapter 52: Sacrifice
"Thunder!" Christenson hastened to reply. At this time, several figures sprang out of the grass, and the person at the head couldn't help but lower his voice in surprise when he saw Parks: "Parks?!" ”
It turned out to be Walter Gordon, and at this time several other people gathered around. Parks knew these three men: Private Tom Burks, John Eubanks, and Forest Guth. Now there were six of them, and they were completely formed into a combat group, and the leader was Sergeant Major Parks.
"My gun is off!" Guth looked a little frustrated.
"Do you still have any weapons?" Parks asked in a low voice.
"Yes!" The rest nodded.
Parks nodded, then handed the MP38 submachine gun in his hand to Guth: "The German submachine gun, and the bullets." At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the farmhouse. Parks hurriedly gestured to the rest of the group, hiding behind the haystack.
Two German soldiers came out the front door of the farmstead and looked around with their guns in hand. They seemed to be a little suspicious of the back of the haystack, and shouted loudly with their guns, and walked in the direction of the haystack step by step.
Parks hurriedly gestured, and several people quickly dispersed, leaving the haystack and hiding in the nearby grass. At this moment the two German soldiers turned to the haystack, looked around for a while, muttered a few words, and then walked back.
Gordon raised the rifle in his hand, but saw Parks gesturing to him, and then beckoned to himself, hurriedly stopped, quietly climbed over and whispered: "Parks, there are Germans here, are we going around?" ”
Parks looked at the farmhouse, then at Gordon, "We traveled all the way from the United States to England, and then landed in this damn plane for more than two hours, just to see the German devils and go around the road?" Gordon, now that we're here, there's no choice. ”
"I see!" Gordon nodded.
"I'll go to the farmhouse with Berks, it seems that this is a meeting point, the Germans control here, I'm going to check it out in detail, maybe we can occupy it, and this place will be handed over to your command, I'll go with Berks, wait for my order, and then you will attack!" Parks looked at Gordon, "Confidence?" ”
"Okay!" The battle was about to begin, and Gordon was sweating a little as he pulled the gun in his palm.
Parks patted Berks beside him on the shoulder: "Follow me later, we will separate, you go around the haystack, along the back wall of the farmhouse to the edge of the fence and I will be with you, I will go directly from the farmhouse." Do you understand? ”
Burks nodded quickly, his tongue licking his chapped lips vigorously.
"Let's go!" Parks suddenly rolled over, bent over, and swooped forward like a cat. Burks skirted the haystack and moved toward the fence as well, clearly nervous, still panting for breath, though only for a short distance. Parks had already waited for him at the edge of the fence, and then raised one hand to his head, bent his elbow, and covered the top of his head with his palm. It's for Burks to cover him. Burks nodded vigorously. Parks had already rolled over the fence, then rolled on the spot, and hid by a large tree by the wall of the farmhouse, and then under the cover of the tree, he saw the general situation of the farmhouse.
About ten German soldiers, one of them was a second lieutenant. The farmhouse has been converted into a fortress, and there is an intersection in front of it, in front of which the Germans have erected an MG42 machine gun, which is surrounded by sandbags as shelter.
Parks crept back to the fence and whispered to him, "Gather the rest of the brothers." Then the fence door was opened, and Gordon and four others came over.
"Gordon, you take Guth and Christenson behind the fence, from here you can see the machine gun positions of the Germans, and you use grenades to deal with them." Parks began to give orders in a low voice, "Eubanks and Burks rushed out of the fence with me, drawing out the Germans, and after Gordon disposed of the machine guns, he moved towards the wall of the farmhouse, and I flanked the Germans in front and back, and then we converged in the farmhouse!" ”
"Let's do it!" Gordon nodded, then gestured to Guth and Christen.
"Let's go!" Parks waved at Eubanks and Burks, and the three of them burst out of the fence and opened fire on the two Germans who had just been patrolling and had come out of the farmhouse.
"Poof!" "Poof!" …… The bullet made a dull sound as it hit his body, and the two Germans fell headlong. Then I heard someone screaming inside the farmhouse. Three German soldiers ran towards the machine-gun position, and a few more fired desperately at Parks.
Parks yelled, "Hide! ”
The three of them hurriedly lay down, and at this time the three of Gordon immediately got up and threw three grenades at the machine gun position. Then the three of them moved quickly towards the wall of the farmhouse.
"Boom-" There were three loud bangs, and before the MG42 machine gun could fire, it was blown up, and the three Germans who went to grab the machine gun screamed and fell to the ground and rolled and wailed.
As soon as the three left, the fence was beaten to pieces by the Germans. But no one cares about being afraid, and runs desperately. They knew that only if they ran on their own would they not be easily hit by the Germans.
As soon as they reached the wall, Parks opened fire, and the Germans were caught between the two ends, and in a blink of an eye three fell. The remaining two saw that the situation was not good, and one turned and fled towards the farmhouse, and the other ran towards the avenue in front of the farmhouse.
"Da Da Da!" A volley of bullets swept against the wall, and then hit the German who ran towards the farmhouse, who fell to the ground. It was Guth who fired with a submachine gun.
"Bang" "Bang" "Bang" At this time, Berks raised his rifle and shot at the German, but he was so nervous that he missed several bullets in a row, and at this time, there was a "ding" sound, and the magazine popped out.
"Damn it!" Burks cursed, and hurriedly changed the magazine. I heard a "pop" of gunfire next to me, and the German in front of him fell straight to the side of the road like a stake. When I turned my head, it was Parks who fired the gun.
"Hey, Germans, what does it taste like to eat German-made guns?" Guth held an MP38 submachine gun and rummaged through the barrels of the two Germans he had swept away. Then he looked at Burks and smiled.
Burks knew what he was laughing at, a little embarrassed, and said to Parks, "I'll clean up the house." With that, he turned his gun and walked towards the gate of the farmhouse.
"Guth," Parks cried, "gather the corpses of the Germans, and blow up the machine guns here, and we're going to clean up the battlefield before the other Germans rush over for reinforcements." Parks, who couldn't get used to seeing Gusi triumphantly and making Burks deflated, found him a little work to keep him idle.
"Alright! Listen to you, now you're the head! Guth shrugged his shoulders helplessly.
"Bang-" A gunshot rang out in the room, and Gu Si withdrew his hand and threw down the body of a German who was dragging it in fright, "Berks, can you take care of your rifle?" He shouted loudly.
But Parks didn't feel right, it wasn't the sound of the M1 in Burks' hand, it was the German 98K, he rushed in, pulled out his pistol, and a German was running out.
Without hesitation, Parks fired, and a shot hit the German in the head, splattering blood on the wall and spilling it on the wall beside him, and he fell like a bag of potatoes with a loud bang. The whole body is convulsed, and I can't live when I see it.
"Burks!" Parks looked forward and saw inside the room, a man lying on his back on the ground, legs apart, one hand on his lap, one hand on his head, beside him, an M1 rifle that had fallen to the side, and a bloody hole in his head. It was Burks, who had just entered the house to clean up the battlefield. His eyes were open, but they had lost their lustre.
"He's dead!" Parks' voice was a little heavy.
"Oh-God!" Gu Si suddenly squatted down, his face painful.
Parks walked over and put a hand on Guth's shoulder, "It's not your fault. ”
"No, no!" Gu Si shook his head, his eyes were a little red and swollen, "I know, I laughed at him just now, if it weren't for that, maybe he wouldn't have gone in, I killed him!" ”
"Alright, Guth, I said it wasn't your fault!" Parks couldn't help but frown, "It's war!" It was I who undercounted the Germans. Then he squatted down and carefully examined the face, which was covered in blood, but it could be seen that he was still very young. There seems to be childishness on his face. He narrowed his eyes, then reached out and ripped off the badge around his neck.
"Let's go!" Parks turned and walked out.
"Don't leave him here!" Guth suddenly stood up and faced Parks in an almost pleading tone, "Don't leave him to the Germans, please!" ”
"Let's bury him under that tree!" Gordon walked over at this time, and then beckoned to Christenson, "Do me a favor and carry him out." ”
Parks didn't stop him, he knew that this was the first time they had seen their comrades fall, and they could understand their feelings. But what about later? In the future, maybe they themselves, maybe they will expose the corpses in the wilderness, who can control whom? In the war.
The first time I died, it started in Normandy, and at this time, the night of Normandy seemed to be a monster that devoured life!
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