Chapter 147: Operation Black Panther (Part II)
"Boss, will the Germans come back to the bridge?" Martin asked softly as he leaned over Parks. He was now a little worried that once the Germans returned to the bridge, then they would be surrounded by the Germans.
"The Germans are still searching for us, and they must have thought that it was a small force of British nuisance, and they would not have thought that we would turn back to the bridge. Even if they come, it's not now, they're busy putting out fires over there! "Parks and his troops lurked near the bridge, waiting for the arrival of Wales, without their anti-tank weapons, if they wanted to capture the bridge, they would definitely pay a lot of casualties.
Parks took out his pocket watch again and looked at it, having been waiting for half an hour.
"Will the Welsh lieutenant be on time?" Goneri said softly, "Will you meet the Germans?" β
Parks shook his head and laughed: "If you don't hear gunshots, it means that they haven't encountered the Germans." We are waiting for ten minutes, and after ten minutes, if they do not arrive, we will attack alone. β
Goneri glanced at Parks, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Well, sir, I'm not very optimistic, but I'll be up to you. He feared that there were too few of his side, and that it might just become a meal for the Germans. But he also believed in Parks a little blindly, many seemingly impossible tasks, under the leadership of Parks, they were able to complete excellently, which is the source of confidence.
"Who? Welsh lieutenant? At this time, the voices of soldiers on the flank behind the ambush came from the flank.
"It's me, we're here!" A voice came, and Parks could hear, it was a Welsh voice. The man he led had arrived, and the two teams would become one.
"Harry!" Parks walked over, smiled at him, then shook his hand and said, "Nice to see you back." Then he glanced at the panting brothers behind him and said, "Are the brothers injured again?" β
Wales nodded: "Clinken is dead, Frank and the glider pilot Lisbon are injured, Lisbon has injured his thigh, and it is difficult to walk, if we ask for speed, it is obvious that we can't take them with us." β
Parks nodded, then turned around and called out, "Second Lieutenant Pell." β
Second Lieutenant Pell was one of the two glider pilots, and he stepped forward and said, "Lieutenant, what are your orders?" "To be honest, after this battle, he still admires Parks.
"You stay with Frank and Lisbon, find a place to hide, and note that the Germans have begun a widespread search. You have to stay away from this area. We can't take care of them, so we can only ask you! β
Pell couldn't help frowning, he wanted to say something, but he didn't say it after all, he actually wanted to follow Parks to witness this great sneak attack tactic, but he still obeyed Parks' orders.
"Bazooka?" Parks took a look at Wales.
Wales nodded and said, "Ten bodies, we can't bring one per person, otherwise our speed will slow down, the Germans have already come, so ......"
"No problem, ten is enough!" Parks smiled, "Now we're starting to take the bridge." Let the Germans remember this day! As he spoke, he quickly hid in the darkness with his brothers.
In the darkness, dozens of figures were rapidly approaching the bridge. They moved swiftly, quickly, and with a dangerous aura, they approached the Germans on duty on the side of the bridge.
"Toyce, is there any hope for our battle?" A German on duty at the bridge's machine-gun fort said to another German beside him, his tone full of frustration and disappointment.
"There is hope!" The German soldier named Tois nodded, "I believe in the FΓΌhrer." Eugenko, you're too pessimistic. β
Eugenko shook his head and said, "No, no, Toyce, we all know what happened to the big explosion tonight." The despicable British sneaked up on our oil depots and arsenals. We're done, we can't hold on here. β
"No, we also have transport lines, we can transport ammunition materials directly from Germany." Tois patted Eugenko on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry. The British are at the end of their rope, sooner or later they will be finished, even if we have no weapons and gasoline, we can still defeat them, they are now only a few remnants of the army, no fighting spirit! β
Eugenko obviously didn't believe in such words, if he didn't have fighting spirit, why couldn't he capture the British fortress north of the bridge after so many days? Although their side had gained the upper hand, the British just didn't surrender, they still fought to the end, and they were not the unmotivated remnants of Tois's mouth at all. I believe that this battle will be extremely cruel.
Eugenko wasn't talking anymore. He sat down against the fortress, then took out a notebook and pen from his pocket, and in the dim light, began to record his feelings for the past few days. It's his habit. In his notebook, there was also a picture of his younger brother, a very handsome young man, fourteen years old. Now he has left school and entered the factory, desperately working overtime to produce materials and ammunition for this war.
"Write a letter?" Tois looked at Eugenko and smiled, "For a girlfriend?" β
"Nekov." Eukinko laughed, "My brother, now in an arsenal, produces ammunition. I hope that after this battle, I will be able to go home, and I will give this book to him. It's all stuff I wrote to him. β
"You're so sentimental!" Tois smiled, "Don't write about it yet, we have to keep an eye on it, we have been attacked, the British will definitely know, we have to watch their actions." They're not good. β
"Okay, I'll write it after this battle is over!" Eugenko stood up, then closed the notebook, just as it was in his pocket. But his figure was gradually enlarged and clear under Parks's muzzle crosshairs.
"Bang-" The crisp sound of gunfire pierced the silence by the bridge.
Eugenko suddenly covered his neck with his hand, and streams of blood gushed out from between his fingers and dripped onto the notebook he had dropped on the ground, and he reached out to pick it up, but it was dark in front of him. He collapsed limply on the edge of the fortress, he didn't touch the notebook, but the blood on his hands dripped on the notebook.
"Enemy ......," Tois shouted in horror, but he could only utter a single word before he was shot and thrown, and the blood mist dispersed in the air. He was like a bag of potatoes thrown off his shoulder, falling heavily to the ground.
In the fortress on the bridge, machine guns immediately roared. But soon a rocket with a puff of smoke flew towards it, and then there was a loud explosion, and the fortress was blown off by rockets, and the machine guns were dumb.
Some German soldiers reacted, and when they wanted to resist, machine gun bullets and rifle bullets rained down like a rain of bullets, and they couldn't hold their heads up. What then awaited them was the charging American GIs, who opened heavy fire on them at close range.
The battle ended quickly, the Germans were mobilized by the explosion, and only one platoon was left here, and most of the German troops stationed at the northern end of the bridge besieging Brigadier General John Forlouster could not be reinforced. In just a few minutes, the southern end of the bridge changed hands.
"Kill the pretty!" Brigadier General John Forlost, who was besieged north of the bridge, lurked among the ruins, and it was clear that he had seen what had happened at the southern end of the bridge, and although it was not known which force it was, it was certain that the southern end of the bridge by the Germans must have been attacked by their own men.
"Will they succeed?" Lieutenant Colonel David sighed, then a little uneasy.
"Yes, definitely!" Brigadier General John Forlouster nodded and smiled, "It's a really good tactic, and it can be written into a military textbook." First attacked the German oil and ammunition depots, then moved most of the German troops defending the bridge away, and then turned back to occupy the southern end of the bridge, which was already weakly defended, while the Germans were still searching there. This commander must have been an outstanding tactician! Who will he be? β
Lieutenant Colonel David was obviously not as optimistic as Brigadier General John Forlost, he shook his head and said: "General, if the German troops at the southern end of the bridge hear the gunfire, they will definitely come desperately to attack the occupied southern end of the bridge, and the German troops besieging us will definitely send reinforcements, in this case, the sneak attackers will definitely be attacked from the back, they are really dangerous!" They can't hold the bridge. β
Brigadier General John Forloster heard this, and immediately fell silent, then nodded and said, "Yes, they are in trouble." The number of this team must not be very large, otherwise it would not have easily infiltrated the German defenses. Now if they are attacked on both sides, they are in danger. He sighed, and the turning point that had finally appeared, looked like it was about to disappear.
"Can we strike back at the Germans and delay the Germans here, so that we can relieve their pressure?" Lieutenant Colonel David tried to suggest to Brigadier General John Forloster.
"No, if we fight back, then we will expose ourselves to the Germans in its entirety. They may not be able to reinforce the south side of the bridge, but they will quickly destroy us, so that they will have no worries and will be more bold to try to reinforce the south of the bridge. Then the team south of the bridge will only be destroyed faster! β
Lieutenant Colonel David immediately closed his mouth. Obviously this is not a good idea.
"Pray for them!" Brigadier General John Forlouster shook his head, "God bless them!" β
David wanted to say something, but Brigadier John Slofort had already gone from his hidden place to the basement. Obviously, the situation here is clear, and while there is good news, there will certainly be bad news.
As Brigadier General John Forlouster had expected, the Germans besieging them were drawn and quickly rushed south of the bridge. The troops who had been transferred at the southern end of the bridge heard about the battle on the bridge and rushed to the aid of this side.
The fastest to come were the Germans north of the bridge. Within a quarter of an hour of their occupation of the bridge in Parkes, they rushed over. The current one is a Leopard tank. Behind it were several armored vehicles and a Tiger heavy tank.
"Be careful, wait until you get closer. We want to hit with one blow, the first echelon attacks, and if it doesn't work, the second echelon attacks again. Parks lay on the edge of the fortress built by the Germans, and repeatedly admonished his brothers who were holding bazookas.
"Steady!"
"Wait a minute."
"Now, fire!" Parks gave the order decisively.
A few rockets flew towards the advancing tanks and armored vehicles with tail smoke, "Boom!" Several explosions, smoke rose from the Leopard tank at the head, and two armored vehicles in the back were hit and caught fire. The Tiger heavy tank in the back tried to rush towards it with its heavy armor, but several more rockets flew towards it, and then exploded one after another. It hit his head on the railing of the bridge, igniting a fire.
(To be continued)