Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Rear

The German tank was hit and caught fire, but it was not Christen's fire, and before he could even rush to the right position, he suddenly saw a loud explosion from the German tank.

"Hello, 2nd Panzer Division!" There were cheers from the positions of Company E.

"Pretty, Sherman!" Hubl rushed at the rolling steel chariot and let out a heartfelt admiration. Like the huge cheers of his brothers beside him.

Six tanks of the 2nd Panzer Division, supported by some infantry of the 29th Division, which had just been transferred, charged the Germans. Seeing that the situation was not good, the remaining two German tanks quickly reversed and tried to slip away. But the Sherman tanks did not miss the best opportunity they could attack in reverse, and all six tanks opened fire almost simultaneously, hitting the two tanks that were trying to escape, and the fire broke out instantly.

"It's our tank!" Gordon, whose face was covered in blood, patted Strow on the shoulder and laughed.

Paikanti stood up, picked up his gun, and fired at the retreating Germans, and then laughed and shouted at the German soldiers who were retreating, rushing up and fleeing, "Hurry up, you poor wretch!" ”

"Now is the time to fight back!" Winster shouted loudly as he shuttled, "Shoot, shoot, don't let them go." Let them know we're awesome. ”

The Germans were on the offensive fast, but now they retreated faster. There were constantly German soldiers falling, then trampled by those behind them, and then being hit and falling, and from time to time there were screams from the rain of bullets and explosions.

"The defense line is over!" Haight, who was behind the German position, raised his glasses and looked at the troops in front of him who had been beaten by the American army, and couldn't help but sigh. Then he slowly lowered his glasses.

"Colonel, did you order them to withdraw to the second line of defense?" Major Andris looked at Haight's face, which was a little gloomy, and the tone seemed to be a kind of helplessness after the strength had been exhausted.

Haidt nodded, ignored Andris no more, and walked straight into the regimental command post, where there was a huge map, and his eyes were fixed on the map, just watching quietly, doing nothing.

Andris tried to call the forward positions, but the phone line was broken, and it was already a mess. He decided to go there himself, remove the remnants of the defeated army, and maybe play some role in the second line of defense.

The Germans, who had already charged, quickly retreated to their positions under the attack of American tanks. After entering the position, they began to organize some resistance, but their formation was chaotic, the effective resistance was not strong, and the Sherman tanks had already begun to storm their barrier, which was the barrier of their first line of defense, and once they broke through, the line of defense would be wiped out, under the sweep of the Sherman tanks.

Bloy crawled out of the foxhole, and the battle almost exhausted his energy. The brothers of Company E began to advance with the troops of the 29th Division.

After advancing more than ten meters, Bloy raised his rifle again, looking for the figures behind the fence that suddenly swayed. Although he had lost a few magazines, he understood that the chances of him hitting the Germans were very small, and that was just emboldening himself.

A figure clearly appeared in his crosshairs. It was a major, and he was shouting something at the scattered Germans, as if directing them to retreat.

He stopped, the German major stopped, and it was a very good timing. Bloy muttered, "Forgive him, God." With that, he pulled the trigger.

"Bang!" With a bang, Bloy could still see the major in the crosshairs, shaking his body, trying to steady. However, soon, it was hit by a bullet fired by the American army from behind.

"Well done! Bloy! "As Parks was advancing, he saw a German major, and was about to raise his gun to aim, when suddenly he heard a gunshot, it was the voice of M1, and the German major was shot. He turned his head to see that it was Bloy who had fired a shot, and gave him a thumbs up and a loud thumbs up.

The German major finally fell. The Sherman tank finally broke through the German fence and swept the remaining Germans out of their positions.

"Bloy, go and see, maybe that major has Ruger!" Parks yelled at Bloy.

When Bloy heard this, he immediately perked up and ran towards the place where the major had fallen. The Luger pistol is a temptation that no soldier in the US army can resist, not only because Luger is a very good pistol, but also because the Luger pistol represents an identity and a symbol of nobility in the German army. Then for the American soldiers who captured it, it was an incomparable honor.

Bloy was already crouching next to the major and began to rummage, when another figure ran towards the major and shouted at him, "Hey, Bloi, I hit him." ”

It's Marachi, who's yelling at Bloy.

"No, don't even think about it, I hit it first with my first shot." Bloy turned over the body of the lying German major, a handsome face, lifeless, and his eyes devoid of light. He was dead, but the handle of a pistol was clearly visible from the holster of the pistol around his waist. Bloy reached for it.

"Ruger!" Bloy screamed in surprise, then pulled out the pistol.

"Damn it!" Malaki looked helplessly at Parks, "I hit him too." ”

Parks shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "It was Bloi who hit it first." It seems that you will have to wait until next time, and hopefully you will move a little faster and don't let people take the lead. ”

Maraki muttered, and began to rush forward again.

Bloy put Ruger in his pocket, and began to rummage through the German major's pocket, hoping to find something inside. This is a major, which means that there must be no shortage of valuable things. And in fact, the body of the major did not disappoint him either, he found a pocket watch, pure gold, and then his hand still touched something thin in the arms of the German major.

It's a photograph. When Parks took it out, he saw a picture, a family photo. A demure woman, a handsome officer, and a lovely girl. He flipped through the photos one by one, looked at the back of the quilt, and there was a line of words. But he didn't know it.

Bloy suddenly felt his hands tremble, and his heart felt as if something had hit him hard, making him feel a little painful. He didn't know what to do, and looked at Parks, who had already walked up to him, with a look of confusion in his eyes.

Parks took a look at the photo and just sighed inwardly. What about the families who died in the war? Germans, Americans, French, British...... I don't know how many families have been crushed into powder in this way.

"Wife Emma, daughter Lina, Andris in July 1943." Parks read a sentence.

"What?" Bloy looked at Parks.

"It's written on the back of the photo!" Parks smiled wryly. After talking, he saw that Bloy's eyes seemed to dim a little, and he knew what was going on in his heart.

"It's not your fault, Bloi!" Parks could only say to him, "Forget this, think about the families of Americans who were destroyed in this war, and of course those families of other countries, this is war!" Parks returned the picture to him, then patted him on the shoulder, took his rifle, and continued forward, attacking the German position. Bloy froze for a moment, then put the picture in his arms, picked up his rifle, and followed Parks.

"Boom-" Suddenly a huge explosion sounded over the German position, lifting the dirt and fence branches high on the position, and then a huge explosion sounded.

"The shelling of the Germans!" Parks yelled, "Get down! One flew and crushed Bloi to the ground. All the attacking American GIs dodged and took cover.

"Boom!" With a bang, a Sherman tank was hit by a shell, which ignited a fire. The tankmen tried to drive the tank away, but soon the shells inside were directed, making a loud explosion and completely destroyed, along with the tankmen inside.

The rest of the tanks retreated, trying to escape the German shelling. But the shelling was sudden and intense, and then another Sherman tank was hit and caught fire.

"Steady, steady!" Winters shouted loudly, "Take cover." He shuttled through the artillery fire, as if he didn't see it, even though there were constantly flying stones and mud and branches flying around him.

The brothers of Company E began to hide in the German positions, and the 29th Division, with follow-up troops, began to move in a steady stream of troops into the positions, which were supported by Company E, who came to take over the defense of Company E.

After a round of shelling, the American offensive was contained. Occupying the first line of defense of the Germans, they entered their defensive positions and began a confrontation with the German second line of defense.

Colonel Haight slowly lowered his glasses, and he didn't sigh. He knew that if he ordered the artillery bombardment of the position, he would not be able to avoid killing his own men, but without the shelling, no one could stop the charge launched by the Americans to the second line of defense with the support of the Sherman tanks.

After Major Andris went out to make contact, he never returned. Haight knew that Major Andris would not return. When he gave the order to shell, his hand couldn't help but shake slightly.

But he knew that he had to do it, and he tried to attribute the tremor of his hands to agitation rather than pity. If it is pity, it will be one's greatest weakness.

Suddenly, he rang out the picture of Major Andris.

"Colonel, the offensive of the Americans is blocked by us!" At this moment a captain came running up and shouted to Haight. Because this means that they may also organize a counteroffensive or a defense.

"yes, we've got them out, and that's great news!" Haidt tried to make his tone as relaxed as possible, he didn't want to make his subordinates nervous, which was not good for morale.

"Yes, Colonel!" The captain nodded, "We have time to free up our hands and teach those megalomaniacal Americans a lesson!" ”

(To be continued)