Chapter 162: Escape
"The Germans are coming up!" Wales held up his binoculars, and he could clearly see that the Germans were coming to a halt, their tanks and armored vehicles. This indicates that the Germans are making the final preparations for the offensive.
"What are we going to do? Do you want to leave now? Sergeant Martin said to Wales.
"No, no, we have to wait, retreat at this time, we will inevitably be chased and beaten by the Germans, and they will take the opportunity to destroy us!" Wales shook his head, wondering when Parks would make a move.
Prior to this, Wales had already told General Urquhart what Parks was going to do, and pointed out the location of the ferry with Vidore, which was not very far away, but if the German attack was disrupted, it would only take four hours for them to occupy the crossing, and they could cross the river. It's just that he doesn't know what General Urquhart intended.
"You should at least consider an opinion." Brigadier General John Forlouster said to General Urquhart, "I think that lieutenant is more reliable, anyway, we have no way back now, why not try?" ”
"I also agree with the Brigadier General's words." Admiral Sushabowsky nodded, "To be honest, I like that kid a lot. And I fully believe that he will give us another miracle. ”
"Miracle?" Admiral Urquhart is not optimistic, but now he is on a desperate road, and he has to try, and the blowing up of the north of the bridge means sitting still, and now there is a glimmer of light in front of him. "However, that ferry port is not indicated on our map, how did he know that there was a ferry there?" Still, he raised his own questions.
"Don't forget, Admiral Urquhart, Lieutenant Parks landed here in a glider before we landed, and they're here to reconnoitre, is there a problem?" Admiral Sushabawski asked rhetorically.
"You're asking me!" Admiral Urquhart didn't know how to answer, and then said to the second lieutenant, "Hurry up and contact the Allied headquarters, tell them where we are, and we will occupy eight miles west of the southern end of the bridge, call the ferry to Vidol, and have them send all the ships to pick us up and provide us with cover." The Germans had planes and heavy artillery and tanks! ”
"I hope this decision is the right one!" Admiral Urquhart couldn't help but sigh.
"God bless us!" Brigadier General John Frost made a cross on his chest.
"I'm going to the front and have a look." Urquhart grabbed the binoculars and military hat on the table, and walked quickly towards the forward position. He was followed by Brigadier General John Frost and Colonel Sushabowski.
The German tanks could be clearly seen with telescopes from a kilometer away. Admiral Urquhart had very good reason to be worried, because the anti-tank weapons on his side were almost exhausted, and there was no heavy artillery, so he was completely powerless to stop those moving steel monsters.
"The Germans stopped! It seems that the situation is not good! Urquhart said to Admiral Sushabowsky beside him, "They're making final preparations for the attack, damn it, we only have rifle bullets on our side." Damn supplies, no airdropped jeeps, no airdropped heavy weapons, we have only one hope now. ”
At this moment, a shell suddenly exploded not far from Urquhart's side, and Lieutenant Colonel Davy, who was next to Brigadier General John Fogster, pounced on him and crushed the admiral under him. The dirt that blew up in the sky fell one after another, drenching several people's heads and faces.
"I'm fine, I'm okay, Lieutenant Colonel, you can get up!" Urquhart struggled for a moment, trying to crawl out from under Lieutenant Colonel David.
"Are you sure? Checkmate! Lieutenant Colonel David was not reassured.
"Yes, yes! I'm feeling really good right now without any injuries! Urquhart struggled again, and David pulled away from him and looked at him.
"Good, isn't it?" Urquhart smiled at him, then shrugged his shoulders.
"General, over there with the Germans, look!" Brigadier General John Forlouster suddenly shouted at him, "They look panicked, their offensive formation is completely out of order. God, we didn't hear the gunshots just now, but they were in a mess! ”
"They've got it!" Admiral Sushabowsky suddenly said slowly, "I knew he could do it." General Urquhart, hurry up and give orders. We must take advantage of their chaotic time to retreat! ”
In the binoculars, Urquhart saw that the German ranks were in disarray, and they kept shooting in all directions, and then the German artillery turned around and bombarded wildly.
It seems that Admiral Sushabowsky is right, the opportunity is fleeting.
"Well, I order, retreat immediately!" Admiral Urquhart lowered his binoculars and looked at the two of them, then exhaled deeply, "God bless us, guys!" ”
"God bless us!" The two nodded at the same time, and then immediately gave the order to retreat separately. They abandoned all their baggage, went into battle lightly, and took advantage of the confusion of the German army, quietly retreated, and rushed towards the ferry.
Wales led a platoon of brothers in the front, leading the way, followed by the British and Poles. They made no sound, just silently or even trotted along with the line.
"Boom-" The bullet whistled and sank into General Bittelich's uniform in an instant, and then a cloud of red blood quickly soaked his uniform and spread out in all directions. He just stumbled and fell to the ground, motionless. Then the officers around him, who were about to gather the troops, were stunned, and then swarmed up and surrounded Lieutenant General Beatlich in the middle.
The major general only raised his head, and then a stream of blood bloomed on his head and lifted his military hat. He also fell to the ground without saying a word. The larynx makes a "gurgling" sound of dying struggle.
"Sniper!" Someone shouted loudly. It was clear that Lieutenant General Beatlich was shot by enemy snipers in full view, causing panic throughout the troops, and everyone was in chaos. Although the SS was a well-trained unit, if it was an ordinary officer who was shot, someone would quickly fill in and take command. But it was the supreme commander who was shot, and there was also a major general, and they were all shot in front of the German soldiers. The attack, which the Germans were preparing, stopped, and the troops would never have attacked without an order from the Supreme Commander.
"Shoot, shoot now, shoot around!" A lieutenant colonel suddenly shouted loudly, and the basic military qualities of the Germans were revealed, and after a brief panic, they immediately began to return fire, although they did not know the target. Shells and bullets began to fire like a carpet all around.
"Let's go!" Parks slapped Sifodi on the shoulder, got up, and ran behind him. The shells quickly covered the sheltered spot they had just left, kicking up clouds of dirt.
"Quick, quick, quick!" Parks and Sifodi ran for their lives, jumping through the woods, and the good physical strength they usually trained showed at this time. There is a hillside in front of you.
"Jump!" Parks let out a loud shout, and then the whole person fell down the slope. The shell whistled and hurt the top of their heads as they landed down the hillside, exploding not far from the hillside, and the shell was cratered as if it had been plowed all over again.
Seeing the shells continue to fall forward, both of them breathed a sigh of relief.
"Boss, what are we going to do now? Follow the first path? Sifodi looked at Parks nervously.
Parks looked behind him, he could already faintly hear the sound of the Germans' motorcycles, and the constant shouts of soldiers, it was clear that the Germans had sent a large team to search, and he even heard dogs barking.
"No way!" "The Germans will follow our footsteps to the ferry," Parks said suddenly, "and the British and the brothers in the platoon will be finished." Sifudi, we have to go the second way! ”
"Oh God, that's bad news!" Xifudi couldn't help but pat his forehead.
Parks slapped him on the arm, got up, and said, "Hurry up, let's go along the stream!" As he spoke, he ran swiftly in the direction of the second retreat, and it was clear that Parks wanted to get rid of the Germans and then go to the ferry to meet the brothers in a row.
The search party of the Germans scattered in all directions, and they began a carpet search along both sides of the road. The Germans immediately brought in a lot of hounds from the village of Desaikel to hunt down the British who dared to ambush. They still believed that the British were responsible for the destruction of the oil and ammunition depots and the sniping of Lieutenant General Beatrich. Modell was the first to be reported, and the wise marshal immediately fell into a rage. He even suspended the attack on the British, and wanted to find out the sniper first. In order to repay the hatred of the ammunition depot, the oil depot, and the sniping of his own generals.
As Parks said, war sometimes depends on a little luck. Now after Moder was overwhelmed by rage, the British and the Poles and the brothers in the platoon got lucky.
In fact, Marshal Moder already thought that the British and the Poles were incapable of flying. The north of the Arnhem bridge was blown up, cutting off the retreat of the British, and the Nijmegen bridge was also blown up, and the Allied rescue must not be transported across the river by pontoon bridges in a day or two. This is the way he can boldly give the order to stop the offensive in wartime and blindly exterminate this group of assault personnel who have broken his brain.
The hound stopped by a stream. They swirled around the stream.
"Colonel, there seems to be no way here!" A German sergeant reports to the colonel officer behind him.
The Colonel stepped forward with a stern expression, and then crouched on the ground and scrubbed it carefully. Obviously, the footprints by the stream were gone, and there were no footprints on the other side. The stream washed away the breath of the man, and the hounds were powerless to do anything about it, losing their target for pursuit.
"Could it be that the English have been walking in the stream?" The colonel couldn't help but wonder, if the British snipers were walking in the stream, then they would definitely not be able to go fast, and it was very likely that they would catch up with them.
"Keep searching along the stream and keep an eye out for the way forward." The colonel pondered for a moment, then gave the order. The Germans in the brigade searched along the stream.
The barking of dogs gradually faded into my ears, and the Germans had gone far away.
At this time, in a tall grass not far from the stream, suddenly the weeds shook lightly a few times, and a figure came out of it, he bowed his body, looked around, and then beckoned to the grass, and said softly: "Brother Xifu, come out, we get rid of them!" ”
(To be continued)