Chapter 69: The Pursuit

Several counter-attacks on Ingville Oplain were repulsed, and Colonel Haight, who was a little anxious, his front was already under attack from two sides, and the Americans had already begun their assault on St. Mary de Monte. Sainte-Marie-de-Monte is the last piece of high ground overlooking the valley of the Duvo River and the Carentão. If it is also lost, then the remaining Carrington will be a lonely town. Because now the US army has captured Isgni, which is 12 kilometers from Karangtang.

Carrington has about 4,000 inhabitants and guards the Cherbourg-Caen and Saint-Lo highways, as well as the Paris-Cherbourg railway. So Haidt knew that the Americans were going to seize this place.

"Colonel, it's a telegram from Field Marshal Erwin Rommel." A lieutenant intelligence officer will hold up a telegram and say to Colonel Haight. When he said this, he stood upright, showing his respect for the marshal.

Haight glanced at it and set the telegram aside. The telegraph's order was clear, it was for the 6th Parachute Regiment to hold Carrington. Even without Marshal Rommel's telegram, he could have done so himself. But he still hoped for a telegram of aid to him. A paratrooper regiment alone will undoubtedly not be able to withstand the attack of the Americans.

"Colonel!" At this time, a telegraph operator held up the phone to Haight, "It's Major Huffman's call, he's asking for reinforcements!" St. Mary de Monte was attacked by the Americans, and fiercely. ”

"Reinforcements? I still want reinforcements myself! Damn, I put a battalion of troops there for him. Haight roared dissatisfied, now that he is facing a difficult situation, he is becoming more and more anxious and irritable.

"Colonel, are we shrinking our line?" At this time, a staff captain in the command said, "We have too few troops, and we ...... There are so many places we have to defend. ”

Haight already knew, but he had no choice, if he contracted the defensive line, Carrington would be an isolated town, and it would only be a matter of time before it fell. But the current situation has forced him to think about shrinking the line.

"Call me!" Colonel Haight held out his hand.

He hesitated for a moment, then said loudly into the phone, "Major Huffman, I order you to evacuate St. Mary de Monte, move closer to Carrington, and set up a defensive line on the perimeter of Carrington. "Haight finally gave such an order, he knew that he had no choice, reinforcements, this is a very distant word. He knew that the troops in the whole of Normandy were very tight right now.

He put down the phone, pondered for a while, and then said to the captain's staff officer at the command, "Captain Schneier, go and call back the company that attacked Ingville Oplain, we are going to set up a defense at Carrington." There are also some snipers left behind to keep the area uninterrupted and slow down the movement of the Americans. ”

"Yes, sir!" Captain Schneier's mood was not as optimistic, he knew that there was no way to do it, their strength was too weak.

Ingville Oplein, Company E Command.

"This is the sixth time." Winters raised his binoculars and looked ahead, where there were still German machine guns firing, and the Germans, like waves of gophers, charged forward, then lay down, and then jumped up and charged. They appeared to be well-trained and obedient to commands, and were in no way inferior to the brothers of Company E.

"How many times do you think they have the strength to make such a charge?" Nickerson was beside Winters, poked his head out, looked at the Germans charging in front of him, and couldn't help frowning.

"I don't know, the Germans won't give up here easily." Winters looked at Nickerson and couldn't help but smile, "Why don't you stay in the headquarters of the battalion headquarters?" ”

Nickerson took out a wine bottle, then took a sip, and smiled at Winters as he raised the wine bottle, "Lieutenant Colonel Stryll doesn't like people bringing wine bottles into the camp headquarters, you know, this is undoubtedly a great torture for me!" So I came to you, and I know that although you don't drink, you will never forbid me to drink! ”

Winters smiled, he knew that Nickerson was not worried about himself, so he came here on purpose. He didn't say anything, but looked up at the German attack in front of him.

"They seem to be rallying!" Winters frowned suddenly, "Do they want to take a gamble?" ”

The Germans assembled on such a large scale that almost the entire company was mobilized.

"Lieutenant Winters." At this time, Parks suddenly bent down and touched it.

"What's the matter? Parks! Winters looked at him, then looked ahead again.

"The Germans assembled this time, I guess it should be a tentative attack, I think if the attack is not effective, the Germans will retreat immediately, can you let a platoon serve as the vanguard, and when the Germans retreat, they will pursue?" Parks gave his analysis.

"Why?" Winters turned to look at him.

"The Germans have attacked several times without success, and now St. Mary-de-Monte is attacked by the first battalion, I think the Germans must be trying to shrink the line, and if this tentative attack does not work, they will withdraw to Carrington, and we cannot let go of this opportunity." "So I led the first platoon in pursuit, and I could also test the true intentions of the Germans." ”

Winters pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, just do as you say, I will lead the second and third platoons to attack and prepare." ”

Winters appreciated Parkes' advice. When Parks went, he smiled at Nexon and said, "Do you think his plan works?" ”

"That's a great idea!" Nickerson shrugged his shoulders, "Parks isn't just a good soldier, he's a good commander. Winters, you're in luck! ”

Winters grinned, and then began to give orders to prepare.

Parks didn't expect it to go so well, there was only one possibility, and that was that Winters had such a plan.

"Brothers, get ready, when the German attack retreats this time, we will pursue, Christenson, I want you to cover with machine guns, and the rest of the brothers will cover each other in squads." Parks summoned several non-commissioned officers for assignment.

The Germans began with a fierce attack, with heavy mortar and anti-tank artillery bombardment, and then large groups of soldiers began to press forward.

"It's going to blow up!" Private Schroeder felt a huge tremor in the ground, he lay on the ground, covered his helmet with one hand, and shouted, "Are we going to die here?" ”

"Schroeder, shut up!" Parks yelled at White a little unceremoniously, "Hold on, we can repel them, and then we'll go and destroy them, don't say anything discouraged." ”

Parks' words were shouted so loudly that many of the brethren in the platoon heard them, and they lay on the ground, motionless, and most of them were willing to believe Parks' words, as can be seen from the two days of fighting.

As soon as the German shelling stopped, a large number of Germans swarmed in.

"Shoot, brothers, beat these Germans hard!" Parks let out a loud cry, and the first one raised his body, raised his rifle, and with a "bang", knocked out one of the German soldiers who rushed to the front.

"Kill them!" White followed up with Parks and pulled the trigger in his hand. The brothers of Company E opened fire. Mortars and machine guns interact with each other, forming a barrier of fire.

The Germans were really tempting the attack, and after dropping a few corpses, they felt that they would have to break through this line of defense, but they were afraid of paying heavy casualties, so they resolutely retreated. Without hesitation, they retreated to the rear while the Germans began shelling to cover their retreat.

"Don't let them go!" Parks suddenly yelled and rushed out of cover, "Christenson, machine gun cover." We rush out and kill them. ”

"O God, send them to God!" White rushed out after Parks, and then there was the big bull Randolphman......

A platoon of brothers followed Parks out of cover. Parks charged and shot while shouting, "Charge in a ballade, shoot, guys, you don't have sticks in your hands, shoot, hit them hard." ”

The organized retreat of the Germans was disrupted by the sudden charge of a platoon led by Parkes, who did not expect that in the retreat after such a large-scale attack, the Americans would dare to pursue.

As soon as an organized retreat is disrupted, the entire force is thrown into disarray. The Germans are now in disarray under this unexpected blow. Lieutenant Winters was very good at seizing the plane, and in this case, he decisively ordered the second and third platoons to join in the pursuit, rather than the pre-arranged cover for the pursuit.

The Germans, like ducks, abandoned their rifles, mortars and anti-tank guns, and ran away desperately. The constant screams of his brothers falling to the ground only exacerbated their fear.

"Stop shooting, stop shooting!" Parks rushed to the front, had chased a long distance, he decisively terminated the pursuit, this German company, only about a few dozen people escaped, "Enough, brothers, let's clean up the battlefield, and then pursue, we will meet the enemy troops who come to meet them." ”

Company E stopped, everyone began to clean up the battlefield, and in this pursuit battle, one company of the Germans was crippled.

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