The attacking team still used the cross-attack method that Parks had just done and retreated to the embankment. In order to prevent the Germans from bombing the retreating brothers, Parks has been urging them to maintain a quick evacuation.

The last group were the soldiers of Company D. They were not as fast as their brothers in Company E, and Lieutenant Spierre stood at the intersection of the embankment and the road, shouting at them: "Hurry, hurry, don't let the Germans kick you in the ass." ”

When there were only five men in the end, Spiel himself rushed down the embankment. At this time, German artillery fire hit the intersection and appeared to be very accurate.

"Enemy artillery fire!" Someone shouted loudly.

"Boom" continued to explode, and the stones on the highway were blown in all directions. Some stones flew down and hit the brothers who had been hiding under the embankment, although they only caused abrasions on the flesh, but they still made the brothers cry out in pain.

"Damn, I was hit!" Three of the five people were hit by shells, and one of them shouted loudly. The other two rolled down the embankment, letting out a panicked exclamation.

The three soldiers who were bombed were quickly dragged off the road. But only one of the three moaned. The other two are dead, one of them has his head cut off by a shell, and the other has been plunged directly into the heart by shrapnel. The guy who was injured had his calf blown off. The result of two dead and one wounded made this retreat imperfect.

"D-Company's stupid!" Sergeant Yuman muttered to Mook.

"Don't say that about them. Some of them died! Mook replied to Yuman.

Yu Man shrugged his shoulders indifferently and said, "I knew it was so." I mean, the brothers of Company E ran a little faster than they did. In fact, the brothers of Company E ran faster than the entire company of the 101st Airborne Division. ”

"The results of the company commander's training!" At this time, Muk nodded in response to him, "If it weren't for those magical methods of Company Commander Parkes, maybe we would have been bombed here." This can't be blamed on them, only Commander Zink, why when he was in Takoya, he didn't let Captain Parks promote that kind of training method to the whole regiment. ”

"It was his mistake!" Yuman smiled.

Now the brothers of E Company are more and more aware of the training methods that used to give them a stronger body and skills, and the benefits of this on the battlefield are even more deeply appreciated.

Two of the D companies brought by Spiel were killed in the attack and retreat, and two others were wounded and incapacitated. But this has little to do with Spiel, not because he commanded improperly, but because the physical fitness of the personnel of D Company is different from that of E Company, especially those veterans who came out of Takoya.

"Lutz, call the battalion headquarters, we need an ambulance." Parks yelled at Lutz, "We need at least four ambulances. He looked at the brothers around him, and the wounded and immobile soldiers were the only ones who were taking care of them, but he seemed very skillful, constantly comforting the anxious soldiers.

In this whole battle, whether it was an attack or a retreat, counting F Company, a total of two people were killed and eight were wounded. The result was quite satisfactory, at least for Lieutenant Spierre. He had always believed that since it was a war, there should be casualties, and this was unavoidable.

"We've got to set up a line here!" Lieutenant Spiel came to Parkes' side and then gave his advice.

"Yes, tell the brothers that we need to strengthen the fortifications here at the levee." Parks nodded, he lay on the side of the embankment, looking at the direction of the ferry on the German side, a little helpless. Obviously, they fought well in this attack, but they did not completely cut off the German army, so as to extend the results of the battle. The most important thing is that the ferry was not occupied.

Ellie held his injured leg and walked back slowly. He soon came to an open area. But he was a little worried, he had to cross the area before he could reach the ambulance station.

"Damn it!" He cursed to himself, and the open area in front of him was full of mud and cow dung, as well as some broken barbed wire. The Germans had an observation post not far away, and it was clear that if they were discovered, they would not want to go back alive.

"Why do I still encounter such good things when I go back?" He grasped the rifle in both hands, leaned as far forward as he could, his body pressed against the ground, and with the strength of his elbows, he moved forward, following a gnawing path and trying to crawl through the open area.

"Shit!" His pants were caught in barbed wire again, but he kept going, his face almost touching the ground. Even in training, he would never let his face touch the ground, "It stinks." I wish this was the breath of the Germans after their deaths, and not these damn cow dung! ”

As he crawled, he barely stopped whining. Thinking about his current situation, it seems that this fits well with his embarrassed appearance. But he slowly approached safety. That's about a hundred meters away from him.

"Looks like we're going to have to fight!" He whispered, "Virgin Mary!" Then he quickly got up and limped towards safety. God testifies that this guy was a little lame when he was running, but in fact his speed would not be slower than that of a normal person, and he was very brave. Of course, this is not his self-evaluation, but the stunned evaluation made by the people of F Company after seeing him, which is too surprising.

The German observation post soon spotted him and then let out an exclamation. The 88mm shells whistled sharply, and in the air, the sound almost tore Avery apart. He was so frightened that his running speed was invisibly increased a lot.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! Three successive explosions rang out all around him. One shot landed on his left, one on his right, and one behind him. It seems that three 88mm guns were already aimed at him, but they all missed.

But the dirt from the explosion of the cannonball kept falling on Ellie's head and face, and he even felt the dirt with cow dung in his mouth. But he didn't care about that anymore. He had to flee the place before the Germans adjusted the coordinates.

"Come here, brother!" In the security zone are some of the brothers of F Company, who are responsible for the vigilance and patrolling of the area. Someone was waving desperately at Alley, and they yelled loudly in an attempt to make Alley run faster.

"I know, I know!" Ellie screamed loudly, and as he stepped into safety, he fell to the ground with a thud. The brothers of Company F hurriedly helped him up.

"Oh, brother, you look like you've been hunted down for a long time!" A sergeant from F Company examined his wounds and teased with a smile, "Are you the only one who escaped the pursuit?" ”

Alley couldn't help but reply angrily, "Damn, don't joke about this. Your brothers are still under German fire on the embankment. ”

"Well, it's my fault!" The brother quickly apologized, then smiled at him, "Man, let me take you to the other side of the road." There's a car there, we'll send you back! So saying, he said to another brother of Company F: "Ready, let's help him over." ”

Avery was sent to the side of the road. The sergeant saw a jeep, so he carried Avery towards the jeep, then put him on the hood, patted the hood of the engine, and said to the driver, "This brother is injured, take him to the first aid station." ”

The jeep sped off on the road, which was potholed and bumpy, forcing Ellie to hold on to the edge of the hood with both hands, cursing to himself at the damn road.

The jeep put Eli at the battalion headquarters, and then the driver said to Eli, "Brother, you have to walk to the first aid post by yourself." It's not far from there. I still need a car over there, I have to go back, and my brother is more seriously injured than you. Saying that, no matter what Ellie said, he stepped on the accelerator and flew away.

"Bastard, are you going to let a man with a leg or foot go to the first aid post on his own?" Ellie was visibly enraged by the guy, and yelled at the spot where the jeep had disappeared, "You goddamn bitch! ”

But Avery had no choice, he still had to walk to the first aid station by himself. As he passed the battalion headquarters, he saw Captain Winters and Captain Nickerson coming out of the battalion headquarters. He paused and saluted Winters and Nickerson.

Winters returned the salute, then looked at his legs, frowned, and said, "Need help?" Avery! ”

"No, no, I'll be able to hold on, Captain, and we're slaughtering those bitch Germans at the confluence of the levee and the ferry. They were driven back to the ferry by us. I was a little wounded and was supposed to stay there, but Lieutenant Parks insisted that I come back. So—" said Ellie, making a helpless gesture.

"You've done a great job! Ellie, you're hurt, hurry up and go to the first aid station! Winters looked at Alley and added, "Are you sure you don't need help?" ”

"No, this little injury is nothing, I could have continued to fight!" Ellie babbled, "I don't want to be a supernumerary who has lost my combat effectiveness. ”

"Very good!" Winters looked at his leg and made sure he was out of the way, then nodded, "You've done a great job, Ellie, don't beat yourself, you're great!" We'll see you later! Winters nodded to him, then turned to Nickerson, "Let's go over there, Nick, Parks has got us out of a big problem!" ”

"A big hassle for Colonel Zink, too!" Nickerson laughed, then hopped into a jeep with Winters and sped off toward the embankment.

"Oh, I'm damned. I need help! Ellie suddenly muttered to himself, "It seems that being a hard man is really tormenting!" He then limped towards the medical station, taking every step he couldn't help but gasp and scream like a toothache.

Parks did relieve Colonel Zinke of a big problem, because Colonel Zinke finally took the initiative to attack, and the timing was very correct, so that the German 363rd Division's attack appeared hasty and chaotic. It is clear that they were eventually repulsed by the 506 regiment. Moreover, when they were massing, they were heavily damaged by British artillery, and at least for some time to come, they were not able to attack again. Parks succeeded in sniping at the infiltrated two companies, avoiding the possibility of confusion and heavy casualties caused by attacks on the battalion and regimental headquarters.

(To be continued)