The German attack was repulsed, and in this attack, both the German and British troops suffered huge losses. The Germans did not give up easily, and later they attacked again, this time changing the tactics of the charge, and the Germans became cautious after the defeat and heavy losses of the morning, and after using artillery and mortars to strike hard at the British paratroopers' strongholds, they sent their troops to engage the remaining paratroopers in the strongholds. However, more than 600 British troops led by Brigadier General John Forlouster resisted valiantly, using every building as a fortress for them to attack the Germans, causing the Germans to suffer heavy casualties again. The fierce fighting between the two sides gradually thinned as night fell. But Brigadier John Fogster's troops were confined to a handful of houses, and some of the soldiers hid in windows or basements, ready for a last-ditch resistance.

Brigadier John Forloster's face was scarred, he was in the basement with some of the wounded, and Lieutenant Colonel David was shot in the leg and was unable to move, lying in the basement with a dusty face and looking a little depressed.

"I've contacted the Division!" At this time, a signal soldier suddenly shouted, he turned to Brigadier General John Forlouster and shouted excitedly, "General, we have made contact with the division headquarters, it is Admiral Urquhart!" Are you going to talk to him? ”

"Oh, of course!" The news gave Brigadier General John Frost a stimulant. He picked up the telegraph and said loudly, "Admiral Urquhart?" I'm Brigadier General John Frost, and we're holding on to the Arnhem Bridge right now, hoping to get your reinforcements! There is a very urgent need, we lack everything here, anti-tank weapons, mortars, machine guns and food. A lot, we need a lot. ”

"I'm afraid I won't be able to bring this for you! Brigadier General John Frost! "We are already surrounded by the Germans, and the Polish paratroopers were routed by the Germans when they landed at noon, and they threw down some material and fled, and I don't know now whether to meet you or you to meet me!" ”

The smile on John Forest's face suddenly froze, and he hesitated for a while before saying, "That'...... General, what else can you bring us? ”

"I'm afraid there will be nothing but courage to inspire you!" Admiral Urquhart's tone was very helpless. They had been surrounded by the Germans in the small village of Ousterbeck, and under the heavy fire of German tanks and artillery, they could no longer take care of any other troops. The entire division headquarters is gathered here, and there are less than 5,000 people.

"Is there any good news?" John Forloster, disappointed, asked again.

"Good news? Well, the Poles will send their 1st Airborne Brigade to our aid again, but only if they are able to cross the Rhine. Of course, if that's good news! Admiral Urquhart said with some helplessness. The Poles, in fact, are not very reliable. They had gathered west of the Rhine and were trying to cross it, but in reality they had nothing to do.

"God bless the Emperor!" Urquhart said something after a while.

"God bless the Emperor!" John Forloster was stunned and said. Guts? The division headquarters could not bring anything to themselves, not even courage, and now all the remnants of the army were only more than 400 people.

Night has crept in. The Germans did not attack, they surrounded the few remaining strongholds of Brigadier John Forloster, so that the British could not slip away quietly, and by daytime they would be able to easily crush them.

"When the day comes, you will surrender to the Germans with the rest of your soldiers!" John Sloft looked at Lieutenant Colonel Davy, who was lying across from him, a little sadly, and said, "We've had enough dead." But it still failed. ”

"General, let's cover your breakthrough!" Lieutenant David suddenly sat up and said to Brigadier General John Fogster, "Or take advantage of the darkness now, and we will cover your breakthrough to the village of Olderbeck, where there is still the division headquarters." ”

"Impossible!" John Forloster said, "Then we will have to break through the two layers of encirclement, and it is clear that the Germans will not let us succeed easily, and I cannot let my brothers die for me again." They have done their best, and the British Empire will be proud of them. People will remember theirs, definitely! ”

"I'm sorry, General, I'm afraid I can't promise you such a thing!" Lieutenant Colonel David shook his head, "Let's prepare for the last battle!" In this way, when someone talks about us in the future, they will definitely say, don't blame them, they have done their best. ”

John Forlouster didn't speak. He acquiesced to Lieutenant Colonel David's words, and then looked around the basement, where many wounded, sick and soldiers who had taken refuge looked at him, with no fear in their eyes, and they were very calm. Yes, they have experienced such a brutal battle, and when they see their brothers falling in front of them one by one, what are they afraid of?

On the south side of the bridge, a patrol car patrols the vicinity of the bridge, with a huge searchlight installed on it, constantly strafing the bridge deck and the Rhine River. Occasionally, a squad of German patrols cruised around.

"We were targeting ammunition depots and oil depots for the Germans." Parks looked at the brothers gathered around, and then pointed to a hand-drawn drawing, "This is the lifeblood of the Germans, without these, the German tanks and artillery are just a pile of scrap metal, the Dutch marked the position correctly, I have double-checked with Webster and Liegotte." ”

"How many Germans are guarding?" Wales raised doubts.

"About the strength of a platoon," Parks glanced at Wales, "the strength of the ammunition depot and the oil depot are about the strength of a platoon each, not very specific, and it will definitely change these days." The Germans fought the other side of the bridge, the casualties were quite large, and perhaps the number of them would be reduced! ”

"Well, here's our chance! We'll take them by surprise and take them out won't be a problem! Wales nodded, "I'll take care of the ammunition depot, I'll take care of it!" He raised his hand as he spoke.

"Very good, you lead a team to do it, Li Gaot is under your command, he can speak German, and he is familiar with the road, he can come in handy!" Parks nodded, "Harry, note that every brother you lead has an anti-tank bazooka, and it will be very interesting for the Germans to destroy the German vehicles with their weapons." ”

Wales nodded and smiled: "I agree!" ”

"After we blow up the German oil depot and ammunition depot, the Germans will definitely fight back frantically, we will move in the opposite direction with them, the defense of the bridge will be weak, we will occupy the southern end of the bridge. In this way, the German troops attacking Qiaobei will be attracted to come back and successfully rescue the British in Qiaobei. ”

"Great idea!" Wales smiled, "When will the action begin?" ”

Parks looked at his pocket watch and said with a slight smile: "Operation Zero, what we ask for is speed, just like a panther, agile and fast, give the opponent a fatal blow, and then quickly evacuate." Don't fight with the Germans in offensive and defensive battles. So this time our operation is Operation Panther. ”

"Got it, Lacey!" Wales was excited, "I know what to do. Operation Black Panther? A good name, it will definitely scare the Germans into peeing their pants. "Then we started to gather people. But he forgot one thing, that is, what would they do with themselves after the Germans in the north of the bridge returned to help? To fight the Germans to the south of the bridge, and then suffer from the two-sided attack of the Germans who woke up from behind?

"Will this plan work?" Webster whispered to Lee Gotte with some concern.

"Listen to the lieutenant." Although Li Gaot didn't know if he would succeed, now he thought that he might succeed by following the lieutenant's command.

"Everybody understands?" Parks said to the brothers around him.

"Got it!" The voices of the thirty or so people were scattered, and it was clear that their confidence was not very high, although they trusted Parks enough, after all, this was the territory of the Germans, and it was their lair.

Little by little, each of the brothers in the row changed their disguises, they wore their hats with grass and twigs and leaves, and then lay quietly on their stomachs, waiting for the final order. The wait seemed like a long time to them, but it seemed like it was coming soon.

Parks took one last look at his pocket watch, then put it in his arms and said to Wales, "It's all right! First bomb the medicine depot, then the oil depot. Then he shouted in a low voice: "Action, brothers, cheer up!" So saying, he took the lead and ran out of the woods.

Landowman followed behind Parks, and despite a violent run, he didn't look very tired, which was where the brothers of Company E were too strong against the other companies. It is also the result of Parkes' training being fruitful.

The German oil depot was in an open area, surrounded by a forest, and a road winded through the woods to reach the oil depot. Parks and the others had left the road and advanced from the woods, and were soon approaching the oil depot. The oil depot was about a hundred meters from the wooded open area, and around the oil depot were machine-gun emplacements of the Germans. There was a dim light there. The Heavy didn't stay on the sandbag-barred position, standing on the sidelines chatting and swaying.

"What stupid Germans!" Parks shook his head and chuckled, "Obviously, they don't know how to cover themselves. That's a good target, isn't it? ”

"Why did they do that? Do they really think there is no danger here? Goneri asked in a puzzled whisper.

"Obviously they're not as smart as we are!" White's voice came from behind him.

"Rifle!" Parks said, "Listen to my orders, Goneri, you take a few men to aim at the Heavy on the left, Landowman, you lead a few brothers, aim at the Heavy on the right." White was the first to the left, the second to the left of Pacondy, the first to the right of Hubrough, and then listened to my gunfire, fired, and took the machine gun fort, and the rest of the brothers followed Lieutenant Martin and stormed the barracks to the right of the oil depot, first storming with grenades. ”

After Parks finished speaking, he raised his M1 Garand rifle and slowly aimed, and the Germans under the muzzle in the middle looked more clear in the dim light, and they were laughing and laughing at each other, very leisurely. Under the crosshairs, the figure grew larger and larger in Parks's pupils, and then he decisively pulled the trigger.

"Bang-" The crisp sound of the Garand rifle stood out in the night sky. The German had a bloody head and fell headlong, and the German who was talking to him was overwhelmed and was about to shout, but a dense "bang" of gunfire rang out all around, and soon they were hit and fell.

A German tried to run towards the machine-gun fortress, but as soon as he took a step, he was shot in the back and fell headlong. The machine gunners in the three machine-gun positions were all killed under a burst of gunfire.

"Let's go!" Parks shouted. The brothers who had just opened fire rushed towards the machine-gun position, while Sergeant Martin and the remaining brothers ran towards the barracks with their lives. The Germans were awakened, the barracks lights were on, and then there was their noisy shouting.

"Grenades!" Martin shouted loudly, and already Germans had rushed out of the barracks with rifles.

(To be continued)