Chapter Seventy-Six: The Battle of Carrington (Part I)

Soon Karber, who had gone with Goneri, returned and told him about the reconnaissance and that the Germans had retreated. When Parks reported the situation to Winters, he was instructed to move on to the northeast.

"God, finally get out of this damn place!" Tibo lay on the ground, finally breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, and said to Ramirez beside him, "Look, if we're not careful, we'll have to move forward with these two dangerous goods, which can blow us up at any time." ”

Ramirez laughed, knowing he couldn't say anything, he had to listen and learn his lesson next time. However, this is also the reason why he has participated in less actual combat, and he also returned to E Company after the battle of Ingville Oplein.

"Let's go, let's go." Tippo picked up the bazooka and beckoned to Ramirez, who was still scrambling to clear the magazines, "Don't be left behind. ”

The brothers of E Company finally breathed a sigh of relief, and their tense nerves were instantly relaxed. They continued to move forward in the dark, and some even made jokes in whispers.

"Are you sweating?" Brown glanced at Donnett.

Donnatt smiled at him a little embarrassed: "A little nervous, you know, I lack combat experience, so it is inevitable that I will be a little nervous, I really envy you!" ”

"Envy that I wasn't killed under the bullets of the Germans?" Brown smiled, "All I know is that in battle, the only thing I can trust is the brother next to me, and you should be the same." ”

When Donnatt heard this, his face was a little ugly, and now many brothers were not interested in him, and he muttered, "But...... You know, I did something stupid, brothers......"

"It's nothing," Brown glanced at him, knowing what was going on in his heart, "No one is going to make mistakes, don't worry about that, once in battle, they won't let you be isolated, you're a brother of Company E, that's not going to change, but the point is, you have to treat them as brothers." Well, don't think about it, the brothers will change their opinion of you. ”

"I see!" Donnell was still a little discouraged, but he was still a little more comfortable.

By 5:30 a.m., the entire 2nd Battalion had moved into the position to capture Carrington. Their target was the T-junction, which was guarded by German troops. The road leading to the last 100 meters or so of the intersection is straight and gently downhill, with two shallow ditches on either side of the road.

"Company E advanced directly along the road, Company F responded on the left flank, and Company D acted as a reserve." Major Horton assigned the wartime mission, "We are going to storm into Carrington and join the 327th Regiment from the north. Do you understand? ”

"Attack at 6 o'clock!" Horton looked at his watch.

"Got it!" Lieutenant Winters also looked at his watch, then nodded. This time, it seems that E Company is the vanguard again, and this is a tough battle. He knew his mission and turned to leave.

"Hey, Lieutenant Winters!" That's when Horton called out from behind.

"Sir?" Winters turned and looked at him.

"It's been a tough fight, Winters." Major Horton's face was a little solemn, "I know that Company E has always been the best company in the regimental headquarters, so your task is a little harder. ”

The corners of Winters' mouth twitched, and he wanted to smile, but he couldn't laugh, such an errand is not good, but you have to carry it out, Major Horton's words, just make the heart scratch a little more comfortable.

"I know what to do, Major." Winters saluted, then turned away.

At dawn, it was quiet, and everything seemed to be calm, but under the cover of calm, there was a battle that was about to break out, and perhaps it would be the fiercest battle of Company E since the day of D.

Winters brought in three platoon commanders. He began to distribute tasks.

"Parks leads the second platoon on the left side of the road, where the road straightens when it turns the road," Winters said, pointing to the direction ahead, "Welsh and I lead the second platoon on the right side of the road, and Compton takes the third platoon as the reserve. ”

"Got it!" The three nodded.

Winters looked at Parks and said, "Parks, I ask that once an attack is launched, it should be attacked quickly and without delay, so that our casualties will be much smaller." ”

"Got it, Lieutenant!" Parks led a platoon and began to enter the predetermined left side of the road, ready to attack. The second and third rows also quietly entered the predetermined positions.

Time passed minute by minute. The brothers in the first and second platoons who were in charge of the attack were nervous, they knew that today would be a tough battle, and they stared at the front with nervous expressions, although the front was still a little vague and difficult to see clearly.

"I really don't know what the people at the regiment headquarters think, why do they wait until 6 o'clock to launch an attack, when the sky is bright!" Wales complained to Winters, "Don't they think our Company has suffered enough casualties?" ”

"Wait, Harry!" Winters looked at his watch, "We don't have a choice. ”

The brothers of Company E had no choice, and the bureaucracy of the regimental headquarters made them simply ignore the surnames of ordinary soldiers, which made everyone very annoyed and helpless.

"Donnatt, are you still scared?" Brown looked at him, and Donnatt's face began to turn pale again.

"I'm feeling a little dizzy." Donnatt's voice trembled.

"Don't worry, you'll be behind me." Brown frowned, "You take a deep breath first and keep your heartbeat steady." Don't worry, when attacking, don't stop, just run fast, then they won't be able to target. ”

"Got it, thank you! Brown. Donnat took a deep breath.

6 a.m. sharp.

"Let's get moving!" Winters gave the order to attack.

"Follow me, guys!" Parks jumped out first, and rushed towards the T-junction about 50 meters away with his brothers, "Run, don't stop, be fast!" He shouted loudly as he ran.

White, Guaery, Paikanti, Kaber, and Rutz leaped up behind him, running as fast as they could. At this time, the German machine guns also rang out, and they strafed along the road, and immediately cut off Parkes's platoon into two sections, and more than thirty people behind them were lying face down in the ditches on both sides of the road.

"Damn," Tybert cursed loudly, but the machine-gun bullets hit the ground and the flying dirt poured into his mouth, causing him to stop immediately.

"We have to crawl forward to get close to that point of machine-gun fire!" Donnatt was a little frustrated, watching the machine-gun bullets "rattle" overhead.

Annoyed, Winters ran over and jumped into the middle of the road and shouted, "Get moving!" Let's get started! But it was useless, and the soldiers remained motionless, lying in the ditch with their heads bowed.

At this time, Lieutenant Colonel Striety, Major Horton, and the rest of the battalion shouted discontentedly: "Winters, what the hell are they doing, let them go, Winters!" Get them on! ”

Winters was in a hurry, he threw away his equipment, picked up his M1 rifle, ran to the right side of the road, and shouted hoarsely: "Hurry up, damn it, hurry up!" He kicked Donnet's ass as he lay next to him. Then he grabbed him by the collar and lifted him up, "Fuck off, get me out of front quickly." ”

Parks led the five men to the front, and they found a dwarf breakthrough to hide. Then he saw Winters waving his hands at the intersection like crazy, yelling at his brothers on both sides of the road, kicking their butts. But the rest of the brothers in the first row and the people in the second row were like they were dead there, and no one dared to move.

"We have to do something, or Winters will die!" Parks said to White, "We've got to get rid of that machine gun fire point." ”

Goneri stuck out his head and looked at it, but he couldn't help but shrink back, and said in surprise to Parks, "Are you crazy?" We are on the front of it, and if we rush out, we will die! ”

Parks examined M1's bullets and said, "If I don't, then Winters is dead!" He poked his head out to see that the machine gun had locked onto Winters.

"Remember, use the grenade first, then cover me out, and I'll take care of the rest." Parks whispered to a few people hiding together, "Do what I command!" ”

"Parks, I'm with you!" White interjected at this point.

"No, White, too many people get in the way!" Parks smiled at him, "Trust my marksmanship, White." And my luck, you know, my luck wasn't bad at all! ”

As he spoke, Parks motioned for several people to pull out their grenades, then raised three fingers, silently counted three times, and shouted, "Still!" ”

"Boom, boom, boom—" There were a few explosions, and suddenly the dirt was everywhere, and a wave of disgust arose. Parks jumped to his feet, then avoided the machine-gun fire path and reached the point of machine-gun fire, where he could see clearly that it was three Germans at work.

Before the smoke cleared, Parks quickly raised his M1 Garand rifle, and then fired three quick shots. "Bang bang bang!" The crisp sound came out amid the sound of machine guns, and three blood injections splashed the heads of the three Germans.

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