The Americans infiltrated.

The door of the battalion headquarters was suddenly pushed open, and a German sergeant rushed in, shouting at Major Trischl in a hurry: "Sir, we have been infiltrated by the Americans, and they are attacking us!" ”

"Damn it!" Major Treshel scolded, and he said harshly to the sergeant, "How many Americans?" How far did they penetrate our line of defense? How far are they from the battalion headquarters? ”

"I don't know!" The German sergeant was stunned for a moment, then realized that he had lost his temper. He quickly straightened up, saluted Major Tryscher, and then steadied himself and said, "We have received attacks from the Americans, not only one point, but almost every part of our defense line has been attacked by the Americans, and they seem to be everywhere. Sir, I can't tell how many of them there are, but I can estimate that there is no less than one company! ”

"A company?" Major Trischel couldn't help but stand up suddenly, and the other three company commanders all stood up, all staring at Major Trischle, waiting for his order.

"This can't be, the Americans are not capable of attacking us!" He almost roared, the attack of the Americans ruined his good mood, and what he thought impossible was happening, "Did they get reinforcements?" No, it's absolutely impossible! Connect me to the regiment headquarters, and I want to talk to the regiment headquarters. How much strength do the Americans have to attack our defenses. ”

"Sir, what now?" The sergeant stammered as he looked at Major Trischle.

"Damn, you guys go back to your respective companies, immediately organize a counterattack, no matter how many Americans come, be sure to keep them out of the line, if our line of defense allows them to break through, God will not forgive us!" Major Trischel yelled at the three company commanders, "Go, go, don't stay here, this is not the place for you!" ”

"Yes, sir!" The sergeant and the three captains and company commanders hurriedly sorted out their uniforms, and then hurriedly left the battalion headquarters, they had to return to their own defense line immediately, if the American troops broke through from the place they defended, then Major Trischel would definitely not let him go.

The gunfire outside became more intense, sandwiched between the characteristic sound of the American machine gun and the MG42 machine gun on his side, and the sound of grenades and mortar shells exploding from time to time.

"What the hell do the damn Americans want to do?" At this time, the communications corps of the command headquarters had already connected the regimental headquarters for him, but the regimental headquarters did not know anything, they did not even know whether the US troops had reinforcements, and they did not know what the current arrangement of the US troops was. In short, he didn't know anything, which made him angry.

"Lieutenant Rykel!" Colonel Treschel walked out of the battalion headquarters, stood in the snow, and shouted, it was the staff officer of the battalion headquarters, and he was trotting all the way towards Colonel Treschel.

"Sir!" Lieutenant Rykel saluted him.

"Tell the two companies on the defensive line to hold the line and not attack easily, we also have a reserve company, and we will not let the Americans break through easily." Treschel ordered loudly, and seeing that Lieutenant Rykel was about to leave, he felt uneasy, and quickly stopped him, "Wait, tell the companies that if they find the direction of the main force of the attacking force, they can support each other!" ”

Lieutenant Rykel quickly departed in the direction of the defensive line, and after a series of orders were given, he felt a little relieved. But there was always something unstable that wandered in his mind. He knew that Company Commander Redett was right, and on the opposite side of their line was a company led by a captain named Parkes, and it was this Parkes who inflicted heavy losses on the Germans in a row, and even almost made the Germans fall short in Operation Market Garden. Moreover, in trench warfare in the Netherlands, there were also cases of leading a platoon to defeat an SS battalion.

"No, no, I'll have to go to the line for myself!" Major Treshel was not at ease after all. The other party's name is too big, so he has to be cautious, if once the defense line is broken by him, then the American army may use this as a gap and get a lot of assistance from the rear, which the German army does not want to see.

Captain Redett cursed along the way, and the surprise attack of the American army was unexpected, but the unceremonious and obviously vindictive words and actions of Major Treschel at the dinner table made him unhappy, and he felt that he was being slighted by the major, which made him very uncomfortable. He walked as fast as he could, and soon reached his line of defense, where he could see bullets flying through the air with a bright white glow.

"What happened to our people?" His first words were yelled at the deputy company commander on the defensive line.

"I don't know, we can't get in touch with the others, but our firepower is fierce, and the Americans haven't attacked yet!" The deputy company commander confidently said to Captain Redett, "They're just bluffing. Or they were suppressed by our fire, and so far I have not seen a single American rush in front of us! ”

"Be careful!" Captain Redett nodded at the deputy company commander and said, "Tell the brothers, the firepower is fierce, don't be stingy with ammunition, what we have is ammunition, the key is that we have to hold the line!" ”

"Got it, Captain!" The deputy company commander carried out this order very faithfully, and the firepower here suddenly increased to a level, and all kinds of weapons and artillery fired fiercely at the front, and the fire of the explosion reflected the trees in front of him red.

"Come here, Parks!" Captain Redett looked at the violent explosion in front of him, and couldn't help but smile on the corner of his mouth, in front of such a firepower network, wanting to break through the defense line is tantamount to a dream.

On the other line of defense, the German fire did not appear to be very fierce, and they stared at the front with wide eyes. A platoon commander turned to the company commander, a lean man named Prece, and said, "Sir, the exchange of fire on Captain Redett's side is fierce, and it seems that the Americans have made their side the main point of attack. Shall we support them? ”

"No, no, we're guarding our defenses!" Company Commander Press looked at the firefight on Captain Redett's side, shook his head and said, "Captain Redett, their firepower is very fierce, and the Americans will be suppressed by them." ”

The gunfire here was really not intense, only the occasional machine gun strafed over, but it could quickly cause the MG42 machine gun to return fire, and the MG42 machine gun was completely able to suppress the firepower of the American army.

Gradually, the gunshots fell silently. Occasionally, an explosion can be heard. It seems that the battle on Captain Redett's side is over, and there is no news of a request for assistance from this side, so the Americans should be repulsed.

"The Americans should retreat, and I hope they don't come again!" Company Commander Press looked at the front of the line and muttered.

But as soon as his cause fell, a barrage of bullets came at him and almost hit him. And the deputy company commander next to him was not so lucky, the bullet that Priss had let hit the deputy company commander in the head, and suddenly a cloud of blood mist exploded in front of him, splashing all over his face.

"Americans!" Captain Press shouted, then quickly lay down on the snow, rolling and crawling into a foxhole next to him, "The Americans are coming, fire, fire!" ”

Suddenly, all kinds of weapons began to shoot at the front of the defense line of the entire company, and the fierceness was no less than that of Captain Redett's company.

The counterattack of the American forces was unexpectedly fierce, and they concentrated almost all their firepower here.

"Damn, how did the Americans get here?" Could it be that they have been hiding their firepower just now? How many of them are there? Captain Press thought quickly about the question, and he was even considering whether or not to ask Captain Redett for backup.

Flares kept rising, and they could see the looming figure of the American military running around in the woods. And their marksmanship is very accurate, every time the flare is raised, there will be a brother on their side who is hit, and then screaming for help. And this kind of screaming is the most capable of destroying people's will to resist.

"Ask for support, want Captain Redett to ask for support!" Captain Press finally couldn't take it anymore, and the screams of the Germans after being hit, and the fear that the deputy company commander had sprayed his own blood after being hit just now, made him finally start to ask for help from Redett.

Major Treschl felt that the battle on Redett's side had stopped while the battle on Captain Pres's side had begun, and it was just as fierce. And the soldiers sent by Captain Press for help also arrived.

"Damn, what the hell are the Americans doing a surprise over there?" Major Trischl said angrily to Redett, "Go, go, go help Captain Pres, make sure to wipe out the American troops there." I can command you to strike at the right time, and we will crush them! Parks? I'm going to let him suffer a defeat! Let him know I'm awesome! ”

But when Captain Redett with two platoons of troops felt Captain Press's line, the Americans suddenly stopped fighting as if they had never been here. The flares kept flashing in the sky, and then the light of the flares, and in the vast forest, there was not a single American figure in sight.

"Damn, where the hell are the Americans?" Captain Press scolded fiercely, and the exchange of fire just now, as if it had never happened, the Americans seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.

Where are the Americans? Major Treshel was also asking. Two platoons of Redett rushed to the defensive line, but there was nothing to do, but they did not dare to withdraw easily, they were afraid that the Americans would launch a bigger attack! The battlefield in the middle of the night presents a strange phenomenon. To the bewilderment of the Germans, they had only one question in their minds.

Where are the Americans?

(To be continued)