Chapter 55d

Parks took out the luger and carefully withdrew the bullet before putting it in his pocket. He didn't want to be as unlucky as Hubler would be. But the capture of Ruger made Parks very happy. After all, the Luger pistol is now or in the future, it belongs to the world's famous guns, this will not change, and even the current German [***] team is relatively less equipped, only the more senior non-commissioned officer chief or some senior military officers are equipped, and it is also an honor to be able to capture the Luger pistol on the battlefield.

"You're in luck!" Lutz watched enviously as Parks put away Luger's pistol. It was clear that it wasn't just him, almost everyone was envious and jealous that Parks was able to capture Ruger on the first day of landing.

"There's nothing to envy, Lutz, I'll capture it later!" Guth crooked his mouth.

Parks laughed, "yes, but Ruger is really precious!" It's the prettiest baby in the world! He continued to rummage through the German officer's body for a while, and in addition to some German banknotes, there was also a photograph of a somewhat beautiful woman, and beside her was a little boy of seven or eight years old, with a smile on their lips, and they looked very quiet.

Parks found his ID and a pocket watch in his other jacket pocket.

"Captain Jillette Raymond of the 6th German Paratrooper Regiment?" Parks smiled, then put it all away.

"It's a captain!" Guth approached at this point, "Hey, Parks, can you show me Ruger?" ”

Parks smiled, then took Ruger out and handed it over, "Take a good look, there will be a chance in the future!" Then he beckoned to Gordon.

Gordon walked over: "What's the matter, Parks! ”

"When you shoot in the future, listen to my orders, even if someone finds out!" Parks said seriously. It turned out that it was Gordon who shot first. He was caught by the Germans with a flashlight, but he didn't know that he had found out that he didn't, and the shots were completely knee-jerk.

Gordon's face was a little unpleasant, but he still agreed: "I'm sorry, I know!" ”

"Let's go!" Parks' face looked a little better, and he said to Gu Si, who was still squatting on the ground and rummaging on the corpses of the Germans, "If we don't leave, we won't be able to go, the Germans will come soon, and we can't go this way anymore, we have to find another way out." ”

Lutz found a few bills on the body of a German soldier, shoved them haphazardly into his pocket, and then got up to keep up with the group. Kaber looked at him from the sidelines and couldn't help but say something.

"What's the use of asking for German money?"

Lutz smiled and said, "When we parachute into Berlin one day, I can still use it to buy bread!" ”

Kaber pursed his lips and did not speak. The group left aside the main road and walked to a side path. The path is next to a river, which is not wide, but it is very long. A few people walked along the river, and the path was not suitable for the Germans to chase, which was a wiser choice.

Along the way, there were no more German troops, not even small German troops. The people in the group began to relax, and after a night of tension, everyone's nerves tensed. In particular, Parks and Christenson, who exchanged fire with the Germans three times in one night, were a little tired, not to mention that they had carefully hurried such a long way.

The sky gradually brightened, and although it was only cloudy, the distance around it was getting farther and farther away. The sound of sporadic gunfire could be heard faintly all around, far away from them.

"Whoa—"

A shrill whistle pierced the dawn that had just broke, shaking the river all around. A frog jumped up from Luz's feet and fell into the pond with a "thud".

Apparently, Luz was taken aback, and he stomped his foot in a huff.

"Boom-" There was a loud explosion, and everyone subconsciously hurriedly lay on the ground.

The sharp whistling of cannonballs in the sky was as dense as the "buzzing" of mosquitoes in the grass in summer, and even the ears could not even bother.

A series of huge explosions were heard one after another, and the firelight still reflected the dawn of the Normandy sky red. The point of explosion was still far from Parks.

They got up, and then looked at the sky in unison.

"It's the Navy!" Kaber's voice was a little excited, "They're so punctual!" ”

"I hope they can blow up the Germans!" Guth raised his hand to Parks and said, "I'll be the striker, I'll go ahead." As he spoke, he felt the front of the line in a few steps.

Colonel Haight also felt St. Mary de Monte at this time, and he had a battalion of troops here, and the battalion headquarters was located in a church. Although he was ambushed by Parks, he keenly judged that there were not many Americans who ambushed them, so after he took a platoon of German troops, he still rushed the same way, and this time he went smoothly.

However, on the way to the ambush, Colonel Haight met Captain Raymond, who was already dead. He asked two soldiers to stay and dispose of the bodies of the fallen soldiers, and he didn't stay any longer.

"Major Huffman, you accompany me to the tower!" When Colonel Haight arrived at the church of St. Mary de Monte, he gave orders directly to Major Huffman, who had come to meet him.

"Yes, Colonel!" Huffman was a very rigid man, there was no smile on his thin face, but he would resolutely carry out every order of the colonel, and it was evident from his eagle-like cold gaze that he was strong-willed.

The church tower was fifty or sixty meters above the ground, and Haidt climbed up it, raised his binoculars, looked at Utah Beach, and then was speechless for a long time. Yes, it was the first time he had seen a fleet of such size.

As far as the eye can see, the beach is full of landing boats, hundreds, and the beach is densely packed with heavily armed soldiers who have already set foot on the beach. Behind them were countless huge warships. The cannons on the battleship were firing fiercely, and he could even see the fire when the cannonballs flew out, like the starlight in the sky was flickering, but it was brighter than the starlight.

Haight controlled the shock in his heart, slowly lowered the binoculars, and did not speak for a long time. Then he looked at Major Huffman beside him, and his eyes gradually became serious.

"Sir, do you have any orders?" Major Huffman felt that he should ask directly.

"Listen!" Haight said a word, and then frowned.

"It's the sound of enemy artillery, sir!" Huffman replied honestly.

Colonel Haight shook his head: "It's already dawn, but isn't it strange that the enemy's paratroopers parachuted here last night, and there is no conflict until now?" Also, the enemy's artillery is roaring, but what about ours? Where is it? ”

Huffman couldn't answer, but he already felt that not many of the artillery on his side participated in the counterattack, at least compared to the enemy's army, it was too far away.

Colonel Haight pointed to a place about a mile to the north, "That's the Brecout, and we've deployed four cannons there, but so far, why haven't they moved at all?" There's an artillery battery there. But now not a single cannon fired even a single shell. Is that why? Major? ”

"I know! Captain! "It is clear that the artillerymen abandoned their positions," Hefman replied without hesitation. ”

Colonel Haidt was a little angry, almost yelling: "Yes, send me to Carentan at once, and let a battalion attack the manor, and gather the scattered artillery." Unleash the power of those 105mm cannons, give the arrogant enemy a little color, hurry! ”

Huffman did not dare to slack off, he immediately called the herald and gave the order. At this time, Haight breathed a sigh of relief and walked down from the tower, he knew in his heart that the Allies were now strong, and the German forces deployed in Normandy were too weak, and it was only a matter of time before they were broken through, and he was now just doing his duty as a soldier.

Huffman accompanied Colonel Haight, but he was obviously still a little puzzled: "Colonel, why don't you let our battalion attack the Brekut manor?" We're going to move a little bit faster. ”

"Your duty is to guard St. Mary de Monte." The colonel said only one sentence and did not explain it again. Let Huffman swallow his next words alive.

"Whoa!" The waves rippled gently, and a pair of leather boots trudged forward in the shallow ditch. Pax: They were almost to St. Mary de Monte, and they saw a village in the distance.

Parks took out the pocket watch in his arms and looked at it, it was already 7:15. He had reached out the map, and he had made a comparison on the map, and had determined the location of the village, which was only two miles away.

"Grange Simon?" Parks muttered to himself.

Lutz leaned in and glanced at the map: "Is that the name of this village?" Pretty good! ”

"You're optimistic, Lutz, if there were Germans in the village ahead, I don't think you would say that!" Gordon made a joke, "Or you can yell at the Germans 'Hey, this village has such a nice name, don't you guys shoot at me?' ”

The crowd couldn't help but laugh, and Parks added: "It's a Frenchman's name, not a German!" ”

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