"Huh-" The shrill whistling of cannonballs finally broke the quiet bridge. The sound of explosions spread around the bridge, and the Germans were already attacking, and shells rained down on the British and Polish positions, throwing dirt and stones high into the air, and then falling on the heads of the brothers behind the positions.

"It looks like the Germans are going to carry out a massacre!" Goneri shrank his head, then leaned on his stomach against the ground. Fortunately, the location of the foxhole they chose was relatively far back, and even so, they had to lie on their stomachs tightly, not daring to move in the slightest. And the English and Poles were even more unhappy.

"Posture down, posture down!" Wales yelled loudly from the sidelines, and he was optimistic about his brothers, and not to steal the limelight from the British and Poles. However, judging from the current situation, the brothers are basically very willing to put their posture very low.

The entire defensive position near the bridge turned into a sea of fire, and from time to time there were screams and calls for doctors. When a German bomb explodes, people are thrown out of position and turned into corpses.

"God, God!" Before the bomb exploded, Kaber involuntarily shrank in the foxhole and shouted God. He had never experienced such an offensive position, even Normandy, compared to now, it was too far away.

Webster was also lying tightly in the foxhole, holding his rifle, and the loud explosion almost broke his eardrums. From time to time, the voice of the Welsh lieutenant came from time to time, and he was shuttling between the foxholes of his brothers, constantly reminding them of their attention. He suddenly felt some affection for this not tall guy.

No one wants to climb out of the foxhole, shuttle through the fire, and constantly remind their brothers in the face of heavy artillery fire. Suddenly, a cannonball exploded not far from Wales' side, and a huge wave of air tossed him to the ground.

"Lieutenant—" Landowman shouted, crawling out of the foxhole and running towards Wales.

"Are you hurt? Lieutenant! "Landorman groped for this on Wales, trying to find the wound.

Wales coughed violently for a while, then raised himself and said, "No, Landauman, I was just knocked down by the air wave, damn it, the Germans have paid for it this time." I don't know if we'll make it until Lieutenant Parks returns. ”

"Martin!" Landauman yelled, "Come and help!" ”

Sergeant Martin crawled out of the foxhole and then sprang towards the two men, the explosion almost suffocating.

"We're going to get the lieutenant to the foxhole!" Landowman and Martin lifted Wales up and ran towards their foxholes.

Another shell flew over with a sharp whistling and exploded around them with a thud. The wave of air swept all three of them over. Wales was rolled over and rolled on the ground.

"Damn it!" Martin muttered to himself, got up and shouted at Wales, "Lieutenant, are you hurt?" ”

"Damn, why do you keep asking me such a stupid question?" A Welsh voice came from there, "I'm not hurt, all right, I'll crawl over myself, and you all go back to your foxhole, stay well!" ”

Then Wales crawled up again, and then fell headlong into Landowman's foxhole. Another pulled Landowan inside. The bodies of the two were crushed together, and it was not easy to adjust.

"Big Bull, you almost crushed me to death!" Wales shook his head.

"It's better than being blown up by the Germans!" Landauman smiled and yelled out of the foxhole, "Martin, hurry up and get back to your foxhole." Then he kept an eye on Martin until he hid in the foxhole.

At this moment, the roar of airplanes suddenly came from the sky, gradually moving from far to near, and then the sound was quickly drowned out by the explosion of shells.

"God, JU-87 Skathu dive bomber and Heinkel HE111 bomber." Welsh lay in the foxhole and looked up at the sky, and then exclaimed, "The British and Poles are finished!" He groaned almost in despair.

"That's terrible!" The big bull Lan Daoman couldn't help but say a word.

"The bridge is over!" Wales added. Obviously, with the 50 kg bombs carried by the Heinkel bombers, the Arnhem Bridge would be reduced to ruins, and the retreat of the British and Polish troops would be completely cut off.

"Damn it, why didn't the British set up a position north of the bridge as well?" Randolphman felt a chill in his heart, it was obvious that he had suddenly understood when he heard Wales's words, and watched as Henkel's plane flew over the bridge and dropped a bombshell.

"Boom-", the huge explosion sound from the bridge made Admiral Urquhart's heart shake, and then his heart was cold. It seems that he still greatly underestimated the determination of the Germans to attack. Their troops now lacked anti-aircraft fire, and could only watch as the bridge was reduced to a sea of fire under repeated bombardment by German planes.

The Stuka bombers, on the other hand, repeatedly wreaked havoc on the British and Polish positions, emitting heart-rending screams, dropping bombs, and then reaping lives.

Urquhart moved the command into an underground bunker abandoned by the Germans. Even so, the occasional explosions caused dust and rocks to fall from the bunker.

Admiral Urquhart looked through the observation hole of the bunker and watched the Arnhem Bridge behind him turn into ruins under the bombardment of German bombers, and could not help but lament: "It is great that we are besieged again!" ”

Admiral Sushabowsky also stood beside him, dumbfounded, and muttered: "Are we going to swim back?" "It's clear that the bridge has been blown up, and there is no point in staying here any longer than to increase the casualties of your own people. Everyone understands this.

Even if they had to swim through, there was still the question of when the German offensive would stop. The current defensive positions of the British and Polish troops had been bombarded by the Germans. It was believed that the infantry of the Germans would attack under the cover of tanks. At that time, it was a desperate situation for the British and Polish armies.

"Contact Allied headquarters, right away! Let them support us in any way they can. Admiral Urquhart suddenly walked over to the radio and shouted at the second lieutenant, "Damn the order, don't say four days, it's a day, and we're going to be hard to hold now." ”

General Browning listened to Urquhart's report and obviously realized that the Arnhem Bridge had been blown up, and the whole plan had been ruined, and his hands couldn't help but tremble slightly. The Allies paid a huge price for this offensive, and now the British 1st Airborne Division, which suffered the greatest losses, was still trapped south of Arnhem, suffering heavy casualties.

"We were devastated by the Germans!" General Browning responded truthfully to the situation to General Briryton, the Supreme Commander of the Allied 1st Airborne Corps, "Now most of the 1st Airborne Division and the 1st Airborne Brigade of the Poles are trapped on the Arnhem Bridge. The bridge has been blown up. ”

"Oh my God!" General Britton gasped, the blowing up of the Arnhem Bridge North meant that all the armies blocked by the Rhine would become a meal on the plate of the Germans, and the Germans would want to have a delicious meal.

"What can we do to think of it?" General Britton looked at Browning. Now he was a little annoyed with Browning, because of his negligence and lack of attention to German intelligence, which led to the continuous heavy losses of the Allied troops by the Germans throughout the operation, especially the staggering losses of the British 1st Airborne Division.

"Maybe we could provide planes to support them in suppressing the German bombing, but I'm not sure how effective that would be. But we'll have to give it a try. God willing, for the rest. Browning was a little sneering, he knew that General Briryton was now in some trouble with his attitude, "Perhaps we can send someone to take advantage of the night time and bring them in a boat." ”

"God, how long is this going to take? The only means we have available to cross the river now are rubber boats, and there are not many of them! General Britton patted his head in annoyance, and he suddenly hated his indecision and the loss of his own ideas for balancing the relationship between the American and British armies. General Taylor of the 101st Airborne Division of the US Army has warned himself a long time ago. But because of the balanced leadership, he had to choose to compromise.

"General—" Browning exclaimed as he watched General Briryton wander a little.

General Briryton nodded and said to him, "No matter what, by all means, they must be rescued." I'll explain the situation to Marshal Montgomery, you go and prepare, the sooner the better! ”

"Yes, General!" General Browning gave a rare salute to General Briryton, and then withdrew. It is clear that everything now has to be tilted towards the battlefield of the Arnhem Bridge.

But it is clear that it will take a long time for a plane to take off from a British airfield to reach the Arnhem Bridge, and the fighter planes have a relatively short range, and it is impossible to provide long-term combat support in the air, which is clear to everyone, but since they are doing everything they can, then nothing can be cared about.

"Welsh Lieutenant, what shall we do now?" When the German artillery fire had ceased for a while, Guarelley climbed into the foxhole where Wales and the Bull were together, and said to him, "We must not die here with the English and the Dutch." Honestly, it felt terrible. ”

Wales nodded, "Of course, Lieutenant Parks left us a way out, right here." Saying that, Wales took out the map, and then pointed to the map, "This is a crossing, the Germans have withdrawn from this crossing, we will occupy them, and then cross the Rhine and meet the US 82nd Airborne Division at Nijmegen." ”

"Oh my God, the boss is really a good man, he's thinking about a way out, isn't he?" Goneri couldn't help but exclaim happily, "So what about the boss?" ”

"He'll meet us at the ferry!"

Gurnerey was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "That's great, God bless the leader!" To be honest, I really don't know how the boss did this. I hope he can kill that son of a son of a girl with one shot! ”

"What about the British and Poles?" The big bull Landauman couldn't help but say.

Wales shrugged his shoulders and said, "I'll inform them, and if they're not that stubborn, I wouldn't mind taking them along!" ”

(To be continued)