"Sergey, what's wrong with you?" Climbing into the tank, Mook, who was sitting next to Sergei, wiped the blood of Compton on his pants, and when he saw Sergei shaking there, he couldn't help but ask.

"I didn't ...... What, sergeant! Sergei wanted to answer this sentence in its entirety, but he just couldn't help but shudder.

Mook patted him on the shoulder and comforted, "It's okay, Kevin, don't be afraid, we're about to get out of here." Relax, Kevin, don't be nervous. ”

As he spoke, the tank shuddered and headed in the direction of Zandt. There was smoke behind the butt of the tank, and the brothers of E Company hung as much as they could on the tank, and then quietly looked at the place where the smoke was still rising, and for a while, no one spoke.

By the time of Zeudt, the sky had already darkened, and the German offensive had stopped. In the face of the German tank attack, Winters did not have much confidence that he would be able to resist. Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, he quietly evacuated Zandt and withdrew to Eindhoven. They are still encamped in the eastern suburbs.

After settling the brethren to eat, Winters went to the camp headquarters. He heard bursts of laughter at the door of the camp headquarters. Then he knocked on the door and walked in. I was so angry by the scene in front of me that I couldn't do it.

Major Horton and the staff officers were laughing and eating a hearty dinner, and it was clear that they were in a good mood. Horton saw Winters, turned around in his chair, looked at him and asked with a smile on his face, "Winters, how is it going today?" ”

Winters's face turned cold, and he replied a little stiffly: "Today we have suffered a defeat, twelve brothers were killed and wounded, four British tanks were destroyed, we have no way to hold Zeudt, the Germans have a lot of tanks, as well as infantry, we have no tank cover, so we retreated." Well, that's the case. ”

Suddenly, the atmosphere in the room cooled down. Lieutenant Colonel Horton and the staff officers looked at each other and fell silent. After a long while, Horton put down the knife and fork in his hand that had been stiff for a long time, and said to Winters, "You've done your best, don't worry. Winters, talk to your brothers, it's important! ”

Winters pursed his lips, glanced at Horton, and said, "Anything else?" If it's okay, please allow me to leave first! As he spoke, he turned around and walked out of the camp without looking at these people again. Clearly, after his own company had suffered heavy losses, Winters was not happy with Horton's performance.

That night, everyone in Company E witnessed a massive German air raid on Eindhoven. In Eindhoven were British attack troops, but there were no anti-aircraft guns and no weapons to defend against German air raids. Seventy Luftwaffe planes did not hesitate to drop light yellow flares and then bomb round after round.

The flares illuminated the sky of Eindhoven, and the sound of airplanes whistling and the loud tremors of the bombs could be felt by the brothers in the eastern suburbs. They were stunned at the city of Eindhoven, which was about to turn into a sea of fire, and they couldn't believe what it would be like if they were stationed in the city.

James? Ealie watched Eindhoven in flames, and could not help whispering "Virgin Mary", knowing that he had complained the previous night why he could not be stationed in the city, and then accept the delicious food and wine and the warm hugs of the girls from the enthusiastic Dutchman. Now he was secretly rejoicing.

Company E suffered a terrible battle near Zandert, with a miserable loss of troops. Winters led his brothers back to the eastern outskirts of Eindhoven, and then on the same night, he saw Eindhoven turn into a sea of fire under German air raids. Everyone's heart is not at peace. They no longer have the optimism that has been carried over from the beginning of the war to yesterday.

At a time when Company E suffered a major setback, the British troops at the Arnhem Bridge also suffered heavy losses. Because the three attacks in the previous two days had brought huge losses to the British, now they were completely incapable of attacking the Germans again. But the Germans already had the strength to attack the British.

The death of Lieutenant Colonel Gofu was so devastating to Brigadier General John Forlouster that he even wanted to give up on the bridgehead and retreat back for a while. Four battalions of the British, who participated in the capture of the bridge, have been crippled. There were more than 2,000 of them, and now there are only 500 left. They led the remnants of the 500 troops, and concentrated their forces to retreat to the village of Österbeck, three miles north of the bridge. Brigadier General John Forlouster refused to retreat, and he continued to lead the 600 men of the 2nd Airborne Battalion to hold the bridge.

The Germans were clearly not relenting, and they had also suffered heavy losses in the suicidal attack of the British last night, and although they had suffered fewer losses than the British, they angered the commander William? Lieutenant General Beatlich, he decided to give the British a little bit of a good look, and at the same time to regain in one fell swoop the position north of the bridge, which was still occupied by the British.

In charge of the offensive was Colonel Donner of the 9th SS Panzer Division? Hines, standing in front of the armored car, raised his binoculars to observe the north of the bridge for a while, and then turned to his deputy, Lieutenant Colonel Risborne, and said: "The British are hiding inside the building, and they will definitely be on guard." All we have to do is destroy the buildings one by one and then drive them out. ”

"It's a good idea. The British, who have lost their barrier, are like a flock of ducks waiting to be slaughtered, and we can slaughter them at will! "Lieutenant Colonel Lisbon looks optimistic.

"No, even then, they're not easy to deal with. The British were very stubborn, and they had this astonishing stupidity of bravery. "Colonel Hines clearly paid more attention to the British army, and he did not have the slightest carelessness.

"Tell all the attacking soldiers that the buildings containing the British must be ruthlessly destroyed!" Colonel Hines gave the order, and then boasted about his chariot. Wave your hand forward vigorously. The body of the chariot trembled slightly, and then he took the lead and rushed forward, and behind him were various light armored vehicles and Leopard tanks.

"The Germans are coming! Lieutenant Colonel, get our men ready! Brigadier General John Forlouster said to a lieutenant colonel beside him. Is this Lieutenant Colonel or Price? Davy, an Irishman, was originally Lieutenant Colonel Gofu's deputy, but after Lieutenant Colonel Gofu was killed, Brigadier General John Forlouster decided that he would take over the position of Lieutenant Colonel Gofu.

"Okay, General!" Lieutenant Colonel David nodded, and then passed the order on.

The British paratroopers watched nervously as the German armored vehicles drove towards the bridge. The German soldiers in the armored vehicles and their faces that were hideous because of nervousness made everyone's hearts beat a little faster.

"God, are the Germans going to wipe us out?" A British soldier leaning against the window said to his equally nervous companion next to him, "They're menacing. He licked his lips, then involuntarily tightened his grip on the gun again.

"We'll kill them!" His companion seemed to be cheering himself up. But what he said was obviously a little lacking in qi, and even he couldn't believe it.

"Bang!" Suddenly, a gunshot rang out from the British army, and one guy pulled the trigger out of excessive nervousness.

"Stop, damn it!" Lieutenant Colonel David yelled at the place where the gun had been fired.

The armored convoy of the Germans was already in sight. The sound of rumbling armored vehicles on the bridge deck invisibly put strong pressure on the paratroopers, who closed their mouths tightly and then widened their eyes, just waiting for the order to fire.

It is clear that the Germans also discovered some hidden British troops, and they opened fire.

"Boom-" There was a loud bang, and the cannonball exploded through the wall and inside the room. Several British soldiers hiding in the residential rooms screamed, and the air of the shells was thrown out of the debris of the blast, and they were quickly hit by the machine guns of the armored vehicles and fell to the ground.

"Steady, steady! Wait for them to get close! Brigadier General John Forlouster raised his hand, his mouth constantly reminding. And Lieutenant Colonel David was constantly repeating orders, and the Germans had not yet entered the effective range of anti-tank rockets.

"Boom-" The Germans kept firing, their shells constantly destroying nearby buildings, and the machine guns kept strafing, taking the lives of those British soldiers who had lost their cover.

"Fire!" Brigadier John Forluster finally waved his hand down and shouted loudly. Several rockets were fired at the German armored vehicles from several angles.

"Boom!" A group of Germans on the armored car tried to jump out of the armored car, but were quickly shot by the British. The wrecked armored car blocked the way out of the armored vehicles behind. They were gagged. And this is a good opportunity for the British to fight back.

"Take out that armored car." Brigadier General John Forloster suddenly pointed and rushed to the front, blocking an armored car. It tried to reverse and run back, and Brigadier John Forlouster saw in his telescope that the man with the upper half of his body exposed to the armored car, a colonel commander, and pointed at the armored car at the two bazooka soldiers next to him and shouted, "It's yours, kill it!" ”

"Whoosh!" With a bang, the rockets dragged the smoke and flew towards the armored car. Then there was a loud explosion, the armored car was shot and fired, and the German colonel tried to climb out, at which point Brigadier General John Forlouster grabbed the rifle of one of the soldiers next to him, then took aim, and pulled the trigger.

"Bang!" With a bang, the German colonel fell from the armored car like a stake. Lieutenant Colonel Lisbon in an armored car behind him saw it and ran quickly towards Colonel Hines. He tried to drag him back, but unbeknownst to him, Brigadier John Forloster had a shot in the neck that pierced his artery.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! "A continuous burst of gunfire rang out. Brigadier General John Forlouster accurately hit the Lisbon Lieutenant Colonel who came to the rescue. He watched from afar as the rescuing lieutenant colonel clutched his chest and fell sideways beside the colonel, motionless.

Although the German artillery fire was very fierce, the British stubbornly resisted their attack, and with the death of Colonel Hines and Lieutenant Colonel Lisbon, the Germans finally turned around and ran towards the southern end of the bridge, and they retreated. A dozen destroyed armored vehicles were left behind, which set fire on the bridge and smoked.

"It's crazy!" Wales, who was observing not far away, couldn't help but shake his head, it was obvious that such a tragic battle, even in Normandy, he had never encountered it, it was completely a direct frontal charge, "Do we have to wait?" He said that to Parks.

Parks looked at him, then at his brothers behind him, who were all staring at him nervously, and smiled, "No, it's our turn!" From tonight, the battle will be ours. This time, to make both the Germans and the British remember us, Harry, are you ready? ”

(To be continued)