Colonel Gmünt decided to surrender. The firepower of the American ambush was very fierce, the hit rate was very high, and the German soldiers kept falling, making him mistakenly think that he was ambushed by heavy troops, but where did this group of American troops come from? This is no longer important, the important thing is that if you do not surrender, the whole army may be annihilated.

"It looks like you're right." As the Germans laid down their arms and raised the white flag, Nickerson smiled at Winters and said, "If we collide with them head-on, I don't know what the outcome will be!" ”

When Winters appeared before the Germans with two platoons of his brothers, who had laid down their arms, Colonel Gmünter showed great chagrin, and it was clear that if he knew that there were only two platoons, he would have to pave a way even with corpses.

"You are a real officer!" He walked up to Winters, straightened his body, even if he surrendered, he had to show what little arrogance he had, in the hearts of the Germans, they never thought that the American army would have outstanding commanders, but this time Grmünter affirmed Winters, it was not easy, "Please accept my surrender." As he spoke, he pulled out the Luger pistol from his waist, held it upside down, and handed it to Winters.

Winter smiled slightly, took Colonel Gmint's pistol, and then shouted behind him: "Sergeant Tybert, take the three platoons of brothers to escort the prisoners to the regimental headquarters." Then he shouted to Pikak, who was cleaning the battlefield not far away: "Pikak, with the brothers of the second platoon, let's go to Yuden." ”

When Tybert appeared with a battalion of German troops in front of Colonel Zink, who had caught up all the way, he was really taken aback. He had no idea that it would be such an outcome - a battalion of Germans met two platoons of E Company and surrendered.

Hell Highway was reinstated in the hands of the 101st Division. The material supplies of the Allies were not interrupted. But this quick battle made the Germans very nervous. They concentrated on Arnhem from various areas, tightening the defensive line.

The British 1st Airborne Division finally survived to the last moment. The Germans suddenly retreated, abandoning all sorts of armored vehicles and tanks along the way and speeding away in trucks. After successfully blocking and wounding the British, they galloped all the way, making it impossible for the British 1st Airborne Division, which lacked transportation, to pursue them.

"God, General, the Germans can't stand it, they finally can't stand it." The colonel couldn't help but exclaim excitedly.

"Yes, we got through it, but at a great cost!" Admiral Urquhart was depressed. Obviously, it was their own side that won, but they suffered more losses than the German army. And he was not able to quickly pursue the Germans. This feeling made him completely devoid of the joy that followed the victory. He only ordered the troops to quickly approach the north of the bridge, join the troops of Brigadier General John Forlost, who were trapped north of the bridge, and then occupy the north bridge in one fell swoop, and finally achieve the preparation to control the entire bridge.

Brigadier General John Forlouster also felt the dawn of victory at the same moment. The German offensive suddenly stopped, and they also dropped heavy weapons such as armored vehicles and tanks, and then quickly retreated to the southern end of the bridge.

"The Germans retreated!" Lieutenant Colonel David breathed a sigh of relief that under a burst of German onslaught, there were fewer than four hundred British paratroopers guarding the bridge, and even fewer were combat-capable. They had no ability to pursue the Germans at all, and could only watch the Germans calmly retreat to the south of the bridge.

"It was the Poles south of the bridge who attacked!" Brigadier General John Forlouster raised his binoculars and looked at the bridge on the opposite bank, and said with some concern, "The Germans have no ammunition and no fuel, so they may be desperate." Perhaps it will prompt them to make up their minds to blow up the bridge. ”

"So do we need to do something about it?" Lieutenant David asked a little nervously when he heard this. If the Germans blew up the bridge, then the sacrifice made by the British 1st Airborne Division would be worthless.

Brigadier General John Forlouster couldn't help but look in the direction of Olsterbeck and said slowly: "All we can do is stay here and wait for Admiral Urquhart to arrive, and we can't do anything else." ”

John Forloster's analysis makes a lot of sense. The Germans had already begun a full-scale retreat, and the first thing they had to do after the retreat was to blow up the bridge, not only the Arnhem Bridge, but also the Nijmegen Bridge, which had not been occupied by the Allies.

The Nijmegen Bridge, which the 82nd Airborne Division of the US Army was attacking with all its might, was still in the hands of the Germans. The British Janissary Panzer Division and the 505th Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division of the US Army fought for a day until midnight, when they were finally blocked by the Germans at a distance of 400 meters from the southern end of the bridge. The 3rd Battalion of the 504th Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division of the US Army ran to a mile away from the southern end of the bridge and tried to cross the river by rubber boat, thus threatening the Germans on the flank north of the bridge and cooperating with the frontal attack south of the bridge, but they were sniped by the Germans in the middle of the river and suffered heavy casualties, so they had to give up.

The battle at the Nijmegen Bridge is at a stalemate. Until the fourth day, this situation did not change. Obviously, the Allied generals were already in a hurry, if the Nijmegen Bridge could not be captured for a long time, then it would be impossible for the British 1st Airborne Division, which had lost contact with the Allies on the Arnhem Bridge, to resist the German attack alone.

But on this very day, the situation changed abruptly. The Germans began to retreat in general and shrink their defensive lines, much to the bewilderment of the Allied generals. But they saw this as a great opportunity to start an all-out offensive against the Germans.

The 505th Parachute Regiment of the 82nd Division and the British Praetorian Panzer Division launched the largest attack of the day, and they wanted to capture the Nijmegen Bridge in one fell swoop, but the German resistance was also very stubborn. The Germans were so heavy that they poured almost all their ammunition on the Allied attacking troops.

"Damn, do the Germans want to use up all their ammunition?" James? General Gavin was in front of the division headquarters, looking at the tragic battle situation not far away with a telescope, and couldn't help frowning. Then he suddenly remembered the unusual and abnormal behavior of the German army in a total retreat and contraction, and could not help but cry out, "Oh no, the Germans want to slip away." ”

"Colonel Tucker, take your men to reinforcements at once, the sooner the better, we must capture him before the Germans blow up that damn bridge, hurry! Don't let the Germans gasp! General Gavin quickly issued the order, "Let the 505th Regiment attack with all its might." Something must have happened in the rear of the Germans, damn it, why can't we still contact the British on Arnhem's side? ”

Major General Gavin was clearly correct in his estimate, but he did not know that the Germans had lost their ammunition and oil depots.

Colonel Tucker led a battalion of soldiers to reinforce the attack of the 505th Regiment, and the American troops attacking the bridge, supported by British tanks, fought their way forward, but if they did not take a single step, they would pay heavy casualties.

"Damn, let them rush, don't lie on the bridge, there is no cover on the bridge, they lie there and wait for death!" Colonel Tucker almost roared. But at this moment, the British tank that rushed in front was suddenly hit by anti-tank weapons, and a fire broke out, which made the charging American soldiers all lie down and dare not move forward again.

"God, I don't want to die here!" An American soldier was lying on the bridge with a steel helmet on top of his head, and he let out a hoarse cry at his partner who was also lying on his stomach, "Arrow, damn it, let's retreat, the Germans are so fierce that we are going to die." ”

He nudged the American soldier next to him, but Ari didn't move.

"Ari!" He gave another push, and then the soldier named Ari rolled over, his eyes bulging out, and the corners of his mouth hung with a thin line of blood from reaction, and he died.

"Oh my God!" He suddenly gasped for breath, and then couldn't help but howl and cry, "God, I'm going to die here, I don't want to stay here, I'm going back!" Then he got up as fast as he could, turned around and ran to the back.

Behind him, a lieutenant lying on his stomach yelled at him: "Damn, come back quickly, you will be a target for the Germans!" As he shouted, he raised his head, and suddenly he felt that something had hit his head, and his head drooped. He was shot in the head by the Germans. And the soldier didn't go far before he was caught up by German machine-gun bullets, which turned him into a honeycomb.

"Hurry up! Damn it, hurry up, don't pout your ass, pick up that damn rifle! Colonel Tucker couldn't help himself, and he rushed up from behind, kicking the ass of the American soldiers who were lying on their stomachs.

"Soldier, pick up your gun!" Colonel Tucker tugged at a soldier by the collar, lifted him up, and then pushed him forward with all his might, not knowing where he got that much strength.

"Tank, cover!" He yelled at the several tanks behind him, "Soldiers, don't lose the face of the American Airborne Troops, follow behind the tanks, let's beat those damn Germans!" ”

The British tanks rejoined the attack, which added some courage to the Americans, and with Colonel Tucker's frantic urging, they climbed up from the bridge deck, and then cautiously followed behind the tanks and launched an attack on the bridge.

"Boom-" Another British tank was destroyed.

The attacks of the American forces stopped again. It was clear that they could not stand the torrential rain of the Germans, and after paying heavy casualties, they retreated again. Outside of the Moral Army's assault, no matter how much Colonel Tucker pushed, it was useless.

The gunfire on the German side also stopped for the time being. The battle seemed to enter a strange state. Quietly, if it weren't for the fire of the destroyed tanks, the smoke of gunpowder from the places where the shelling had been shelled, and the groups of dejected soldiers, I really wouldn't have thought that this would be the battlefield.

"Oops!" General Gavin held his binoculars and observed the German troops on the other side of the bridge, and he saw the German soldiers behind the bridge packing up their equipment. There were signs of retreat, which meant that the Germans might be blowing up the bridge.

Major General Gavin didn't care much more, he grabbed a rifle and ran towards the bridge, shouting at the American and British soldiers along the way as he ran: "The Germans are going to flee, guys, follow me, follow me, hurry, hurry!" ”

Everyone looked at General Gavin in amazement, and then suddenly came to their senses, grabbed the weapons and equipment around them, and followed Gavin and ran towards the bridge.

"Colonel Tucker, hurry up and get your men on! We can't let the Germans blow up the bridge! Major General Gavin shouted loudly, behind him and in front of him were the crowd driven by him, the British tanks drove up again, they pressed up with all their might, it was obvious that Gavin used this charge to completely crush the Germans and hold the bridge.

They rushed up the bridge again, and the British tanks cleared the way in front. Unexpectedly, the Germans did not fight back violently, or rather, they only fought back symbolically. Then I saw that the British tank drove quickly to the center of the bridge.

"Boom-" The sound of continuous explosions sounded on the bridge, and the masonry in the center of the bridge was lifted up by the air wave of the explosion, tumbling in mid-air, and then "crackling" and falling on the bridge, followed by several huge explosions, the bridge deck suddenly collapsed, and the four or five British tanks that rushed on the bridge deck fell, rolled in the air, and fell into the big river, splashing snow-white waves.

(To be continued)