Chapter 242: Master Tactician
"Lieutenant, we've got in touch with them!" Stroh suddenly exclaimed, and then the whole person got up from the bunker, and when he turned around, he even knocked down the rifle standing next to him, but he was not there at all, he was shouting at Wales, "Sir, I contacted them!" ”
"Got in touch with them?" Wales was startled, then turned his head and stared at Straud, "You can be clear, is it a row?" Give me the walkie-talkie, God! He clutched his chest, quickly took the walkie-talkie handed over by Stroth, and his first action was to yell at the walkie-talkie: "Damn it, Lacey, where are you?" If you don't come back, I'll kill you!" ”
Captain Winters and Captain Nickerson, who were on the sidelines, also stared at him closely, wanting to hear first-hand from his conversation. Is Parks back? Are the brothers all back? What happened to them?
"Okay, okay, you're in German trucks, I see!" Saying that, Wales suddenly said to Stroth, "Go and tell the brothers that the company commander Parks will appear in our line of three German trucks, so that the brothers don't miss by mistake, and also, eliminate the squad reconnaissance, meet the captain in the early stage, and let Lieutenant Spierre take the people!" ”
"Yes, sir!" Strour looked excited, it was clear that Captain Parks had returned, which was a guarantee of the confidence of the brothers of Company E, and judging by the situation, they seemed to have done a very good job again, and the Germans should have suffered a great loss! Maybe those explosions were caused by the captains.
When Wales and Parks talked, his whole face was full of smiles, and he let out laughs from time to time, and although the call was short, it could be seen that his mood had risen to the extreme in a short time.
"Alright, Harry, you can tell me now, how are they doing?" Captain Winters looked at Wales, who put down the walkie-talkie with an excited expression, and showed a helpless look.
"Dick, he's going to blow your mind!" Wales smiled, looked at Captain Winters and Captain Nickerson beside him, and said, "He always surprises us, and this time is no exception, God, why did I miss this patrol this time?" This is a very stupid and unforgivable mistake. ”
"Alright, Harry, you haven't told me yet, what happened to Lacey?" Winters looked at Wales and shook his head, while Nickerson next to him also winked at Wales, "Harry, don't annoy Dick, it's still quite uncomfortable when he's angry, but I haven't seen it once, maybe you're an exception!" ”
Winters gave Nickerson a helpless smile.
"Okay, okay! That is true! "Lieutenant Wales finally spoke," said the Welsh lieutenant, "and Lacey broke through the German lines, and annihilated two platoons of German men, and they blew up all the artillery and their shells on the opposite side of our lines, and he said that he would bring us Christmas presents, but what gifts, I don't know yet!" That's the case! ”
"Oh God!" Nickerson exclaimed, then stunned and couldn't help but exclaim, "Oh my God! ”
"What else?" Winters had to ask.
"Why don't we go and meet them on the line and make it clear to him face to face?" Wales looked at Winters and said, "They're almost there now, it's almost dawn, Dick!" ”
Yes, it's almost dawn! Parks led a platoon of brothers in front of the line of E-Company and met an outpost sent by Wales, brothers from a third platoon led by Lieutenant Spierre.
"I really didn't expect it!" Spiel hugged Parks as he got out of the car, "I knew you'd be back, Captain, we've been waiting for you here for a long time!" Saying that, Spear said to the people around him: "Go and inform the entire defense line, the captain is back!" ”
Captain Parks is back!
The news spread quickly, and the entire E Company's defense line was boiling. All ran out of their bunkers, they were not afraid that the German shells would suddenly fall on their heads, they had been informed by the Welsh lieutenant that for some time before the German artillery would no longer be a threat to them.
Three German trucks swaggered into the line of E-Company, and first the brothers of the third platoon, which was the outpost, jumped out of the cars, and then the brothers of the first platoon came down. Although they have experienced an unprecedented battle, they are still full of spirit, and their spirit is still in high spirits.
"Oh, it's good to see you!" Pankara was the first to rush forward, hugged Luz who jumped out of the car, he patted Luz on the shoulder vigorously, and laughed, "I thought I would never see you again, Luz, you guys are really risky this time!" ”
"But it's well worth it!" Lutz smiled and said excitedly to Pankara, "We beat the Germans to the ground, we killed two platoons of them, blew up their cannons and bombs, and of course, brought you Christmas gifts!" ”
"Oh my God!" Pankara was still stunned by Lutz's words, they guessed that the patrol might have a good result, but they didn't expect it to be like this, at this time, they heard Captain Parks shouting: "Brothers, we have brought you gifts, we can have a comfortable Christmas, one truck per platoon, sent by the Germans, they wish us a Merry Christmas!" ”
At this time, someone had already unloaded the truck's full load, which deeply shocked the brothers who had been living without food and clothing for a long time. Boxes of good wine, food, thick blankets, etc., and even cigarettes were unloaded from the trucks.
"Oh God, his old man has a good heart!" Some people couldn't help but exclaim as they watched the items unload from the truck, in fact, many people like him were full of amazement at all this, and at the same time, their eyes on Parks became more shining, and this was the one who could lead them to victory!
Spiel finally knew why Parks didn't let him lead the patrol, because he would never be able to achieve such a result, and only such a result could greatly boost the morale of his brothers and make their confidence in the whole battle stronger and more confident. Now that he didn't have any desire to compare himself with Parks, what would it be like if he could win some battlefield victories under the command of Captain Parkes? It was the thing on his mind right now.
"Oh, look at our captain!" Wales walked briskly over to Parks, hugged him, and laughed, "I've never felt your face so pleasing to the eye as it is today!" ”
"Me too, Harry, to see you today, I feel like I'm alive again!" Parks replied with a merciless "salute", and the two of them laughed out loud as Parks saw Captain Winters and Captain Nickerson approaching. He let go of Wales and stepped forward, took Winters' hand and smiled, "I told Harry that you must not know about this mission, otherwise, I would not have had such an opportunity to slaughter the Germans!" ”
"But he told me anyway!" Winters smiled slightly, but soon the expression on his face became a little serious, "Lacey, remember, if you want to do such a mission in the future, you must let me know first!" ”
"Okay, I'll try!" Parks smiled, knowing that this was Winters' concern for himself.
"It's an order! Les! Winters said to Parks in all seriousness.
Parks was stunned for a moment, and then he quickly understood from Winters's serious face that he really cared about himself, that he was his friend, and that he treated himself as the most intimate friend.
So he replied solemnly, "Yes, sir! Nickerson laughed and said, "God, can you not do this?" For God's sake, let's stop talking in the snow like this, let's go to the camp headquarters and let Spear distribute these things and set up the brothers' defenses! ”
"Lieutenant Spierre!" Parks yelled at Spiel, "I'll leave it to you, let the brothers divide the matter, leave me a few bottles of good wine, and remember to send it to the battalion headquarters!" ”
"Yes, sir!" Spiel replied loudly that it felt good even to enjoy Parks' victory.
Spiel sent Corporal Piper to deliver a dozen bottles of fine French wine, which were originally the good goods left by Major Treschel, but now it was the officers of the American Army who enjoyed it. Of course, along with the good wine, there is also German pastrami, which is rare.
"What a hearty breakfast!" When Winters said this, the sky was already bright, the white snow reflected the sky very brightly, and the German side was already quiet, maybe they were gathering men and rearranging the defensive line, maybe they were asking for supplies and weapons for assistance, but all this indicated that they could no longer fire unscrupulously at the American defense line. Now the German army has no artillery to fight.
"I'd love to know what happened!" Captain Winters looked a little impatient, "I want the story of this patrol before you make a formal report. Obviously, this was very surprising to me! ”
"Well, as you wish!" Parks said, by this time Nickerson had opened a bottle of wine and poured it into everyone's glass.
"Actually, we just played some tricks at night! We ran a lot of roads in one night, but we managed to stay through it thanks to our training at the Tacoya Barracks. The role models played by the veterans! Parks picked up his glass, then took a sip and began to tell the story of the patrol battle.
From disturbing the German army's hearing and hearing in the entire defense line, to running back and forth from different defense lines to cause the German army's wrong judgment, mobilizing German reinforcements to run on the defense line non-stop, taking advantage of the time difference and German reinforcements to dispatch, when the defense line is empty, luring the enemy head-on, making a detour to attack from behind, and finally encircling the ambush, and using the time difference and location difference between the German reserve company to insert into the rear of the German army, taking advantage of the emptiness of the German rear, taking advantage of the emptiness of the German rear, taking advantage of the surprise attack on the German artillery positions and shell storage depots by car, and finally capturing the German army's supplies, Bypassing the German lines and entering the line of Company E.
These are just talking in Parks's mouth, and there is nothing to add fuel to the description, but in the eyes of a commander like Winters who is good at tactics, this is undoubtedly a very classic infiltration operation, which can be used as a model for the whole US military to enter the teaching materials of military schools. In the end, after Parks finished speaking, he just looked at Parks quietly and sighed: "Lacey, I have to say, you are indeed a real master tactician, there is no one!" ”
(To be continued)