Everything seems to be dramatic. Parks could not have imagined that a battle for the bridge would turn out like this. Night raids on ammunition depots and oil depots doomed the Germans to possibly defeat. But the Germans showed themselves unexpectedly in a series of battles at Arnhem. While losing their support, they attacked the besieged British army with all their might, causing a large number of British casualties, and then retreated decisively, leaving the British and Poles unable to pursue, so that they calmly escaped.

It was precisely because of the success of the Parks surprise attack that the German army contracted its defensive line in various theaters. They adopted the same tactics as Arnhem, and were ready to retreat while striking a desperate blow. And it also prompted Marshal Moder, who was originally reluctant to blow up the Nijmegen and Arnhem bridges, to order the blowing up of the bridges in advance. As a result, the Nijmegen Bridge, which was not blown up, was injured in the sky, and the Arnhem Bridge, which had been controlled by the Germans, was not successfully blasted and was successfully occupied by the British and Polish troops. The Germans could only withdraw from the Arnhem Bridge in disgrace. And in the Battle of Nijmegen Bridge, the American army, known as "Little Omaha", was still heavily damaged, and the losses exceeded the original history, and the number of casualties was close to the real landing battle on Omaha Beach.

These were things that Parks learned about only after he had retreated. Now the entire Allied forces have stopped, and they have no way to cross the Nijmegen bridge. And if a pontoon bridge is built there, a lot of equipment will not be successfully transported there. And they also did not know what was going on with Arnhem, the Allied headquarters and the British 1st Airborne Division and the Polish 1st Airborne Brigade had lost contact.

Company E succeeded in capturing a battalion of the remnants of the German army that had attacked Wigherr and then attempted to retreat to Doyden. Colonel Zinke did not meet Lieutenant Pikak until half an hour after the battle was over. Looking at the long line of German prisoners who were being escorted by the soldiers of Company E, Zink was visibly taken aback by Winters's achievement.

"Where's Captain Winters now?" Colonel Synke, after listening to Pikak's account of the entire battle, asked him that there was only one platoon of Pikak here.

"The captain has gone to Yudeng, there is still one of our recruit platoons there, he is afraid that the Germans will attack Deng again, and he has led the third platoon to Yuden to hold on!" Pikak replied. To be honest, the results of this battle really surprised him, before this, they had been pressed and beaten by the German army, as if they had no chance to get ahead. The transformation is just too great.

"Very good!" Colonel Zinke nodded at him, then said, "Keep up your work, Lieutenant!" Escort them to Wigherr, where we had a German prisoner of war camp. With that, he walked to the back of the line and beckoned to Lieutenant Colonel Stryll.

"Looks like you've found a very good commander!" Lieutenant Colonel Stryll smiled at him, "Captain Winters is a very good officer, as you can see from his enlistment. It is now witnessed that this foresight is quite accurate. ”

Zink nodded, then smiled at Streil, "I know what you're going to say. Major Horton was attacked by the Germans at Wigherr, resulting in the absence of officers in the 2nd Battalion, who do you think I should add to the 2nd Battalion as Lieutenant Colonel Chase's assistant to his assistant? Captain Winters? His rank is enough, and he also has enough combat experience, which makes him a good choice. ”

Striele nodded and smiled, "I knew you were going to do so." ”

Colonel Sink smiled slightly, and then said, "Can you recommend me a good officer to be the company commander of Company E?" ”

"Lacey? Lieutenant Parks! "I can't think of anyone more qualified for this position." He was an outstanding tactician, a model among officers! ”

Colonel Zinke couldn't help but laugh: "Stryll, I didn't expect you to think so highly of him. Rarely would you utter such admiration for a junior officer. ”

"That's true, Zink!" Lieutenant Colonel Strell smiled at him, "Don't you think so?" ”

Zink nodded, he looked up at Yuden, and then said slowly to Streil, "Lacey? Lieutenant Parks would also be my first choice, but the only question now is, where is he now? Is he alive? ”

Obviously, this problem bothered not only Captain Winters, but also the Supreme Commander of the 506th Regiment, Colonel Hink. After all, Parks is an officer he admires very much, after all, Parks leads a platoon of soldiers, and if all of them are killed, it will also be a very huge loss, for the 506th Regiment.

Winters led the third platoon back to Huden. They joined up with a platoon of recruits from Halig who was said to be in the year of Dendu. Nickerson told the brothers in the platoon the news of the victory, and they burst into cheers. Nickerson understands them well. If they do not win, they will face a frenzied German attack, and with their men, it is clear that they will not be able to stand Deng.

Winters greeted Lieutenant Haliger with a smile, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "In the next day, we may be a little better, a regiment of the German army has been wiped out, and all we have to do is to be vigilant." The chances of a fight are slim. Then he looked at Hailig's expression, and couldn't help but say, "Hailig, is there anything else you want to say?" ”

"Captain Winters, is there any news of Lieutenant Parkes?" Halig thought for a moment and finally looked up at Winters and said, "You know, the brothers are very concerned about this. ”

Winter fell silent for a moment, he glanced meaningfully in the direction of Arnhem, then looked at Lieutenant Haliger, shook his head and said: "To be honest, we have completely lost contact, even the regimental headquarters and the entire Allied army, they have lost contact with the British army and the Polish army in the Arnhem area. ”

Halig took off his helmet, then kept turning his hands on it, was silent for a while, lowered his head, and turned to leave.

"Hey, Helrig!" Winters stopped him.

"What's the matter?" Haliger leaned slightly sideways and looked at Winters.

Winters walked over and patted him on the arm: "Have a good talk with the brothers." ”

Haliger nodded. That's when he left. In fact, just behind him, all the brothers in the row were paying attention to their every move, and then relying on Hailig's expression, they obviously looked very disappointed.

"That's it?" Nickerson and Winters glanced at Halig and the brothers in the row as they walked, "I mean, what would the brothers in the first row think?" ”

Winters smiled bitterly, "Nick, what else can I do now?" ”

yes, what else can I do now? Nickerson himself knows what to say. Arnhem lost two of his friends, Parks and Wales. This is an emotion built on the battlefield of blood and fire, and once lost, there is really an indescribable feeling of depression, which makes people feel suffocated and heavy.

While many people in the 506th Regiment were paying attention to Parks, he was in the temporary headquarters at the southern end of the Arnhem Bridge, where he met with Admiral Urquhart, Admiral Sushabowski, and Brigadier General John Frost, as well as several colonel-level officers in the command. They're busy, gesturing on a map or fiddling with their communication devices.

"Damn it, this shit!" As Parks entered, he saw a British admiral yelling and swearing frantically, and it was clear that this must be Admiral Urquhart. Parks looked at him, then guessed.

At this time, Lieutenant Colonel David walked over and said to Admiral Urquhart: "General, Lieutenant is here!" ”

Lieutenant Colonel David's words attracted the attention of everyone in the command. They all stopped, then looked at a lieutenant of the American army who walked in at the door, their eyes flashing with various emotions, surprise, suspicion, and even jealousy. Apparently this battle was rewritten because of this man.

Admiral Urquhart strode over to Parks, laughing and giving Parks a big hug. His arms were strong, as if he wanted to unleash all his strength. Parks sensed that he genuinely wanted to thank himself.

"What can I say?" Admiral Urquhart laughed, then let go of him, "I can't say anything I want to express my gratitude. Truth be told, I've never been so grateful to an American. Even when they joined the ranks of our allies, they were not so grateful. Lieutenant, this time is different. ”

"Well, I can't say anything anymore. Words of thanks, Admiral Urquhart has already said, I mean the same thing as him. Admiral Sushabowski, who was on the side, also walked over, looked at Parks and smiled, "But I still have to say, thank you, young man!" ”

"Me too!" Brigadier General John Forlouster also raised his hand and smiled, "Well done, young man, you saved us and hugged the Arnhem Bridge." That's all that matters. ”

The whole process of Parks' sortie, Admiral Sushabowsky had already talked to Admiral Urquhart. The two were amazed by Parkes' tactics and bold approach. To tell the truth, not a single unit or general in the Allied forces dared to carry out such a surprise operation, and even if Parks carried out the rescue mission before, in their opinion, it had a very big accidental surname, and it could not be entered into the military textbooks, and it was not elegant. But now they have to look at it with a new light.

"Honestly, your tactics are astonishing!" Admiral Urquhart said to Parks, "But it's very effective. ”

"Thank you, General!" Parks smiled and nodded, "But it's also worrying, isn't it?" ”

"Worried?" Brigadier General John Forlouster suddenly laughed, "Yes, now the entire Allied army is worried about us. Then he looked at the soldiers who were busy trying to repair the communication equipment and smiled bitterly, "The Allied Command asked us to hold out for two days, and now we have held out for four days, but where is the 30th Army?" ”

"Looks like they're in trouble when they take the bridge!" Admiral Urquhart nodded, "We may be alone by now. The Germans were repulsed by us, and we succeeded in taking the bridge, but the Germans could get the material directly from home, and soon they would make up for the losses they had suffered, and we were in a bad situation! Guys! ”

"Are we going to retreat?" Admiral Sushabowsky was obviously a little unwilling, and it was really difficult for people to make a decision about the bridge that they had so hard to take, and now they had to give it to the Germans after paying huge losses.

Seeing that they were starting to discuss the military situation, and not knowing whether it was suitable for him to stay here, Parks hesitated for a moment and said, "Well, I'll take my leave first, General!" He said to General Urquhart, "Maybe I'll come back later." ”

Urquhart couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Parkes's voice, and then quickly understood what he meant, and couldn't help laughing: "No, no, let's discuss it together, now we are three armies in one, and there are already representatives of the British army and the Polish army, and you, the representative of the American army, let's go together!" ”

(To be continued)