Toy was transported to the hospital in the rear, and Parks patted the jeep on the hood and watched as the jeep left the place. Malachi, as well as Muk and Pankala, all took refuge in bunkers. Captain Winters and Lieutenant Compton were lying on their stomachs in the snow, shells still exploding everywhere with a deafening sound, and Captain Parks crawled over to Winters, gesturing to him and motioning for him to take refuge in a nearby bunker.

The German artillery fire was fierce, and the sky was constantly shining with fire, like the flash of a thunderbolt in a time of thunder and lightning. Parks had taken refuge in Malachi's bunker, Captain Winters had taken refuge in Toy's original bunker, and Goneri had run back from the bunker next to him. The shells exploded behind him, and the waves of air tossed him to the ground, and he kept crawling forward, trying to crawl into his bunker.

Winters leaned out, half of his body bounced out of the bunker, grabbed him by the collar with one hand, and dragged him into the bunker, while Compton on the side also came to help, and hurriedly pulled Goneri in, and the three of them just fell into the bunker together, and a cannonball exploded near the bunker, and the dirt and air waves set off the three of them to the ground.

"Hell!" Goneri cursed, then smiled sheepishly at Captain Winters.

"How's the brothers?" Winters grinned at Goneri, "I heard that someone is singing again, and staying in the bunker is a little unbearable!" "It's Vito and Gordon!" "I've warned them!" ”

"Well done!" Winters nodded, and Compton suddenly turned his head to look at Winter, then at Gunnelly, and shook his head, "They are all veterans of Takoa, and they can't stand it, so the rest of them can be imagined." This damn Germans, they have the advantage of artillery fire, and they are outnumbered, it seems that we will have a more difficult day! ”

"Have a good talk with your brothers!" Winters patted Goneri's arm, then shook his head at Compton and said, "Buck, let's take a look elsewhere." If the Germans don't attack tomorrow, then they will choose a different point of attack! With that, he beckoned Compton to crawl out of cover.

"Sir?" Suddenly Goneri said in the back, "What you said is true?" Will the Germans choose another location as a breakthrough site? Their main force is leaving here? ”

Winters paused, looked back at Guneri, and said with a slight smile: "Yes, if they don't attack tomorrow, then they will choose another place, which is good news!" As he spoke, he nodded slightly at Gurnelly, and then crawled out of cover. Winters was right in his judgment, if the Germans did not attack, they would never be able to waste time here, and they had to open the Bastone road as quickly and in time as possible, so as to gain the strategic initiative.

After this round of heavy shelling by the Germans, there was no more movement. Perhaps this was the largest artillery bombardment they had before retreating, of course they couldn't all withdraw, they still had troops to maintain the threat to the defense line of E Company, they also had to hold their own defense line, and they had to constantly send people to infiltrate the defense line of E Company.

The sunlight gradually spread on the snow, like a curtain opened, and it was full of brilliant golden light. The snow seems to be coated with a layer of gold, and the snow becomes a more vivid and dazzling color. The sunlight shone through the observation port, and Heflon woke up early! He rubbed his eyes, and then looked outside, the brothers of E Company woke up one after another, some of them had come out of cover without shelling, and staying here every day made people really moldy.

The Germans did not attack, and a very peaceful day came. Goneri had a good night's sleep, and when he opened his eyes and looked at the already bright sky outside, he suddenly remembered Winters's words, and his mood suddenly brightened. He couldn't help but touch his face with his hand, he hadn't shaved in a long time, and his face was full of beard.

But when there is no attack, it is necessary to prevent the penetration of the Germans, if you are not careful, the penetration often causes much more damage than their attack, especially under this kind of cover, the actual damage caused by the attack is not very large, but the sneak attack after the infiltration may kill the brothers who are sleeping in the bunker. Although this kind of bunker can achieve a viewing angle without blind spots, no one can guarantee that no German troops will sneak in.

"Sergeant Martin! Martin—" Sergeant Major Tybert shouted, "come here, we're on a mission again." ”

Martin walked towards Sergeant Tybert with his submachine gun on his shoulder, he shook his head and said with a serious face, "I know you're definitely not going to be a good thing, let's say, what's the task?" ”

Sergeant Major Tybert nodded at Martin and said, "Gather your brothers, and we're going to patrol along the line of defense." As General McAuliffe said, the Eighth Army was caught off guard by a large-scale German attack on 16 December because of its lack of manpower and lax patrols, causing a panic. The general decided to intensify combat patrols on all defensive lines. ”

"Who's leading the way?" Sergeant Martin asked.

"Captain Parks sent Lieutenant Pickak to lead the team, and he thinks he is the best choice for the first team!" Sergeant Major Tybert shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands, "Martin, gather your brothers together and take good care of them." Lieutenant Pikak—" he paused in his tone, "you know, he's always like that! ”

Martin nodded and said, "I see!" With that, he began to call the soldiers of his squad one by one in a row of bunkers, and then waited for Lieutenant Pikak to arrive.

"Oh God, I started praying to God early this morning, and I didn't expect good luck to befall me right away!" Hefflang muttered dissatisfiedly, and then said to Julian next to him, "I think it must be because I didn't wash my hands when I ate breakfast today, God blame me for not respecting him!" ”

"I didn't dream of God last night, so today I was chosen!" Julian smiled, "Don't worry, baby, I'll follow you, just follow me!" ”

"No, no, I'm not worried! Julian, if you are unfortunate enough to be hit by the Germans, I can greet your mother on your behalf! Hefflang gave Julian a displeased look. Julian shrugged his shoulders indifferently, not minding that there was anything wrong with Heflang's words.

"Pikak leading the team?" Lutz carried the walkie-talkie on his back, he placed his rifle diagonally on the trunk of a tree beside him, shook his head and laughed, "This idiot, he can't find anything, he's just a guy who only obeys orders, and now we have to follow his orders, it's really bad!" ”

"That's the order, Rutz, there's nothing to complain about! Good thing we still have Martin, don't we? Christenson, with his machine gun on his back, sat on a tree trunk lying across the snow on the side, and yelled at Martin, "Hey, Martin squad leader, will Lieutenant Pikak lead the team in the front?" Or did he walk last? ”

Martin glanced at Christenson and said, "You'd better ask him yourself!" ”

Some people were talking about it when suddenly a voice shouted, "What are you discussing?" But no one answered him, so he continued as he approached, "We know that the German devils are in the woods in front of our main line, but we don't know how many of them there are and where their main line and posts are located. Now, our task is to figure out the situation and, if possible, capture a few prisoners. ”

But it is clear that the brothers have a stomach of questions to ask, after all, going out on patrol with Pikak, if he does not figure out some questions in advance, then he may be confused at any time when he comes into contact with the Germans.

Sergeant Christensen asked, "What was the plan for the attack?" ”

"Where do you brothers?" Hevron asked.

"What do we do when we lose contact in the woods?" The squad leader, Sergeant Martin, asked.

"Okay, okay, don't ask about this, who's leading the team?" Pikak couldn't answer, so he said angrily, "You'll know when we get to the trees." ”

"Raised by a son of a bitch, knowing so little about the situation, it must be another messy operation." Christenson cursed in his heart.

"We're leaving at 10 a.m." Seeing that the brothers were a little embarrassed, Peacock didn't want to say more, so he ordered, "Go and prepare weapons and ammunition!" ”

Watching Pikak leave, Hefflang couldn't help but scold: "Damn, I already knew it wasn't a good errand!" ”

At 9:30 a.m., the brothers on patrol gathered a few meters behind the main line of defense and gathered around Pastor Maloney. He chanted the prayer before the sacrament, declared that all sins of believers would be forgiven, gave holy bread to those who wanted communion, and finally said to the brothers, "Good luck."

"Amen!" All of them made a cross on their chests, then stood up and began to pack their gear.

At this time, Julian brought his equipment, walked to Martin's side and said, "Martin squad leader, I'll be a top soldier!" ”

Sergeant Martin looked at Julian, then nodded and said, "Okay, you be a scout!" After saying that, he looked at Pikak on the side, Pikak didn't say anything, and his face was even a little unnaturally flustered.

"Let's go! Well, brothers, here we go! Pikak just said something like that, and then he didn't say anything.

Martin couldn't help but shake his head, and then shouted at his brothers, "Guys, let's keep going until we encounter the Germans, and we are scouting the positions of the Germans," Martin then added loudly, "Okay, that's it, let's go, in a tactical column, brothers!" ”

A group of people began to walk forward with a curse, Julian holding his rifle and walking in the front, Martin and Pikak walking in the rear. At this time, Doctor Luo also stepped forward and wanted to walk with the team, but was stopped by Martin.

"Doctor, doctor, this is a combat patrol, why don't you step back so as not to get into trouble?" Martin nodded at Doctor Law.

"Alright, sir!" Doctor Law looked at the backs of the patrol members who had already hit the road, and then stopped.

Sergeant Martin hurried two steps to keep up with the group, and someone was shouting, "Lutz, hurry, keep up with the group!" ”

The group walked in the vast forest, and behind them were a mess of footprints on the snow......

(To be continued)