Chapter 281: Conflict

There wasn't anything flawed in the Gurion School, and he couldn't see anything wrong. The wounded corporal Byrne could tell which unit was defending the town of Norville, who the commander was, and what their defenses were, all of which should be true. But Gurion was in a dilemma. After all, now that the news of the fall of Norville has spread, it's time to make a decision. The question of what to do with the 48 captives of the American army here.

Captain Gurion waved his hand to Byrne back to his place, while he beckoned to Ensign Elder, "Ensign, now we are faced with a choice. Either surrender to the American troops, or kill these prisoners, and then we break through, we change into the clothes of these American troops, and then there is still a chance to get out. ”

It was clear that Ensign Elder knew that this was not asking for his own opinion, but telling himself that they could not surrender, but that they should kill the prisoners and then put on the American uniform and go out. He knew that the chances of this approach succeeding were almost slim. Americans are not fools, not to mention that not many people here can speak English, even themselves, and they are not fluent, and of course the Gurion school has a serious accent. They will be exposed as soon as they open their mouths. It's clear that there's little hope at all.

"Have you decided?" Second Lieutenant Elder looked at the Gurion School, his brow furrowed slightly. He was reluctant to carry out the order, but now it seemed that there was no room for negotiation.

And Gurion also knew that in order for Ensign Elder to follow him firmly, he had to carry out the order to shoot the prisoners, so that he would not be half-hearted, and the soldiers who carried out the shooting mission must be those who still had illusions and did not carry out the last massacre mission. In this way, all the German troops could be wrapped into a single unit.

"God, we're all done, the Americans are attacking like never before, we're stunned, and in just half an hour, the town of Novel fell, and I managed to escape, but I'm stuck in this damn forest, but it's okay, I finally met you, and many of my brothers are dead, and now I don't know what to do? Will we be able to get out there? Now there are Americans everywhere," Corporal Bourne was surrounded by a group of German soldiers, who were gushing about his fate.

"What are we going to do? Guys," Ritter began to grumble at this time, too, "I don't want to die here, I'd rather be a prisoner of the Americans." You must know that my brother is dead, my mother is dead, and now I have no concern. But guys, do you guys want to go back alive? If we want to go back alive, what else can we do? ”

"Damn, to be honest, I don't trust the Gurion School anymore, he's brought us to a dead end," Ritter suddenly lowered his voice, and then said to his brothers, "I'd rather the Americans take us all prisoner, and then we still have a chance to live." You know? The head of the Americans, General Eisenhower, gave an order that they would severely punish those who shot and killed the prisoners in the town of Malmedy, and this is what Byrne told me, and we are now in a desperate situation, and once the American army shows us, can they be soft on us? ”

"Byrne, tell us if this is true?" Someone started asking Byrne.

Byrne nodded and said, "Yes, yes, I swear by God, it's all true, and while I was defending the town of Norville, the Americans scattered their leaflets, and they said so." Bourne nodded, "You know, some of us have retreated from the Piper battle group, and they defected to us, but even so, the Americans are not willing to let them go, some of them have killed the captive God, I now know why their artillery fire is so fierce and they are taking revenge" said Bourne muttered with a look of fear on his face, "Why are the crimes they committed, let us bear it, it's not fair"

"Damn, didn't the Gurion School once say that if the town of Norville was occupied by the American army, the first thing he would do was shoot all these prisoners? God, if He did, would we still have a way to live? I don't know, damn it, I don't want to die here, we've got to figure out a way," Ritter said angrily, dissatisfied, and turned his gaze to the Gurion School, who was giving instructions to Second Lieutenant Elder.

"Tell me, how can we avoid it?" Some people were already beginning to waver, but it was to be expected, that the German soldiers, who had not participated in the killing of prisoners, were reluctant to participate in the task of shooting the prisoners again.

"Let's each run away and surrender to the American troops" someone came up with an idea.

But it was immediately denied: "No, no, now the Americans can't tell whether we are the ones who participated in the massacre of American prisoners, and when the time comes, we will definitely be judged by them." ”

"It's better to have someone who can reach the U.S. military. But who can do that now? Someone sighed, apparently rejecting his own proposal. Everyone was not optimistic about his attention.

"Guys, don't say surrender, let the Gurion School hear it, he'll definitely shoot us, he's a ruthless guy. We'll have to keep it quiet, it's good for us to keep a low profile," Ritter said at this point.

"I've long since gotten tired of this guy. That executioner is taking us to hell step by step. No one can save us now, we have to rely on ourselves," someone still couldn't help but say indignantly.

"Shhhh

Ensign Elder was walking towards them. Coincidentally, the people around this place were all those who had not participated in the massacre, and of the remaining 8 people, except for himself and the school and the one who had just arrived, there were 9 people here, and the remaining 6 were staunch supporters of the Gurion school, who had participated in the massacre in Malmedy.

"What are you talking about?" Ensign Elder walked over, watched them gather together, frowned, and said, "Guys, we have a mission, it's like this-" He said in a low voice, "We're going to shoot all the prisoners, this task is now on our heads, everyone should be ready" Ensign Elder stood up, and then turned to leave.

"Did you say yes? "Sir," Ritter said suddenly.

Elder glanced back at Ritter and was about to speak, when he saw the corporal Bourne suddenly raise his right hand and said, "Sir, I shouldn't be there on this mission, I'm not a soldier in your team, I don't want to participate." ”

Ensign Elder looked at him coldly and said, "What did you say?" Corporal, this is an order, you know the regulations of wartime, you are now under my control, no matter which unit you originally belonged to, now you are my soldier. So this mission, of course, is up to you. ”

Bourne suddenly stood up and said to the second lieutenant: "Okay, second lieutenant, I know you're right, but you have to put these brothers in their place, think about it, once this order is executed, it will be equivalent to blocking the brothers' retreat, and the Americans will not let us go, and we can't go out of this forest now, even if the weather improves, the Americans have surrounded here."

At this time, everyone in the circle looked at Ensign Elder, their eyes full of distrust. Obviously, they certainly don't want to carry out this mission, which would be tantamount to sending themselves to the path of death or the road of judgment in the future.

"Captain, I know you don't want to, why do we want to listen to the school now? He has left his brothers to a dead end, and apparently he will also kill the only way for them to live, so that we have to die here like him. He is the executioner, the murderer of the captives, do you want to bring us together to bury him? "Byrne's words are a bit aggressive, but anyone here knows he's right.

Ensign Elder suddenly looked at Bourne coldly and said: "Soldier, do your duty, no matter how unwilling I am, I am also a soldier, and soldiers obey orders, there is nothing to say." ”

"Soldiers are also people, I still have parents and brothers at home, I don't want to die like this, right? Who doesn't want to return to their homeland alive, if we follow Gurion's orders, we're all done" Byrne stood up suddenly, and looked at each other with Ensign Elder, not at all afraid.

"Corporal, watch your own words and actions" Elder couldn't help but take a step back, he seemed to want to avoid Corporal Bourne's aggressive gaze, but he didn't want to throw in the towel completely, his gaze dodged.

"Second Lieutenant, why are we still listening to that madman?" Someone raised his voice in the ranks, it was Ritter, and he took the opportunity to say out loud what his brothers were thinking.

"Yes, why should we listen to a school that is leading us to a dead end? We won't carry out this order, second lieutenant, let's surrender to the American army, I want to go back alive" The crowd was already eager to express their opinions, and the leadership of Ritter and Byrne made them unable to bear it anymore and began to express their opinions.

It was evident that the conversation had alerted the Gurion School, and he glanced over to see that the group of GIs were surrounding Ensign Elder, as if they were arguing about something, and their expressions were agitated. He knew that the gang was not willing to carry out such a mission. He originally thought that they would obey orders, after all, as a German ** person, their discipline is still very strong, especially for the SS.

Somewhat worried, Colonel Gurion gestured to the remaining six Germans beside him, then motioned for them to prepare their weapons, and walked over to the group of soldiers with himself.

"What's going on? Ensign" his tone was very stern, and when he walked over, he began to shout at Ensign Elder, "Pay attention to your words and deeds, we are soldiers of the Reich, we are SS, elite soldiers loyal to the leader, not stragglers, nor prisoners of the American army" His voice was very loud, and it also attracted the attention of many people, of course, his majesty made these soldiers who began to make noise feel pressure, and they all closed their mouths.

"Sir, they're just expressing their thoughts—" Second Lieutenant Alder seemed to want to explain.

"Shut up, second lieutenant, soldiers only obey orders" Captain Gurion scolded harshly, he knew that only in this way could possible accidents be avoided, and the characters could be executed smoothly, he looked at all the soldiers sternly, and his eyes fell on the face of one soldier, who hung his head, it was obvious that they were not ready to resist him

"Colonel, I don't want to carry out this mission" At this time, Ritter, who was standing beside Bourne, suddenly shouted loudly to Gurion, "I won't kill the prisoners, Colonel, I won't let myself go to a dead end, this order of yours is unreasonable, I refuse to carry it out"

"Damn bastard," Gurion said, waving at the six soldiers behind him, "Arrest him, and I'll enforce military law against you," and as he spoke, two soldiers rushed towards Ritter. At this time, everyone suddenly looked at the Gurion School with strong dissatisfaction.

The sound of the "bang" shot sounded without warning, causing everyone to startle and grab their rifles, but they saw something incomprehensible: blood suddenly poured out of Gurion's head, falling like a log on the snow