Chapter 275: Lost

The Piper battle group of the 6th Waffen-SS Panzer Corps was near the small village of Baugniez, on the top of a hill halfway between Malmedy and Novell. Here they encountered a small unit belonging to the 85th U.S. Artillery Observation Battalion, and after a brief exchange of fire, the U.S. surrendered, and after being disarmed, they were driven to stand in an open field near the junction with about 5o other American troops who had been captured earlier. Here they were shot by the Germans. This incident shocked the entire Allied forces and made General Eisenhower very angry.

However, Piper's battle group entered the Stavog, where it encountered stubborn resistance from the American defenders. Having failed to defeat the American forces in the area, he left a small support force in the town and forty-eight American prisoners who were later captured, and then led most of his forces to the bridge at Trouvaphorn. And this support force is a battalion of 317 people, and the battalion commander is Riri? At the Gurion School, his last order was to retreat if he could not hold on, and to shoot all his captives.

The Gurion School built a defensive line in the town and placed prisoners of war behind the defensive line, sending soldiers to contact the attacking American forces in the area, who could not guarantee the lives of the prisoners if the American bombardment. These captives are now Gurion's chips. He doesn't care what people think of him. Because this is rare in the German army, threatening the enemy with prisoners is rare, and it will be ridiculed.

But the American army wanted to occupy the town, and then they could tear through the German defense line and achieve the goal of completely relieving Bastogne. The 7th Tank Battalion of the 4th Armored Division of the US Army, mixed with the 5th Armored Infantry Battalion, broke through here desperately. After a hard fight, the Gurion were finally forced to withdraw from the town, and then retreated in the direction of the town of Norville, but they had a problem, they were surrounded by American troops, they were surrounded by American troops, and although they were not present by American troops, their breakthrough became difficult.

They hid in the forested area, and, despite the lack of supplies, reduced their necessary activities, remained in a concave valley, and constantly eliminated reconnaissance crews in all directions, occasionally engaging in brief exchanges of fire with American troops. However, their sporadic exchanges of fire did not attract the attention of the American troops, and instead they would have been perceived as German patrols in the area near Noville.

The U.S. forces did not stay long and continued to advance, which gave Gurion a chance to breathe. In desperation, he even wanted to kill all the prisoners of war and then fight to the death with the American army. But he chose forbearance. The prisoners of war of the American army are his bargaining chips, and he will not give them up easily. But once in a desperate situation, he will not hesitate to do it, as if he were massacring American prisoners of war in Malmedy.

On May 5, 945, Gurion was finally able to continue his operations. The patrol of the small unit he excluded came up with a message. Most of the U.S. forces are moving forward, and the threats around them have been lifted. This means that Gurion, who has been dormant in this valley for many days, can finally take advantage of this opportunity for the American army to advance forward and can return to his own defensive line. But after a battle with the American tank and armored troops, plus temporary casualties and deserted soldiers, they were already only 4 people. And they all seemed depressed.

They lost their maps and had no compass, so they had to keep exploring in the forest, not only to avoid encounters with the American troops, but also to prevent getting lost in the wind and snow. Gurion could only judge the path to the town of Norville by his own experience. All he could do now was pray to God that the town of Norville had not yet been occupied by the Americans, and that he would be able to join up with the Germans in the town, and then retreat to the rear after receiving supplies.

"Gurion School, how far do we have to go?" It's a man named Roger who speaks? Elder's second lieutenant, this is the highest-ranking officer below Gurion, and now he is Gurion's deputy battalion commander, "I have a bad feeling, are we lost?" ”

"No, we haven't lost our way yet, I remember this direction, I have to be careful, don't run into the Americans, it's not appropriate for us to fight them at this time" Gurion was confident in his judgment. But he was only talking in front of his subordinates, in fact they had been wandering around the forest for a long time, and they had no heavy weapons, no machine guns and mortars, and only 98k rifles and a few submachine guns per man, which was far from being able to go into battle. In the past few days, the wind and snow have been filled, and the temperature has dropped sharply, so there are more times when you can't see the direction clearly, and it is easy to get lost. But there is an advantage that it is not easy to be discovered by the US military.

The Germans had a hard time, and the American prisoners were even worse. The only warm clothes they had were also collected by the Germans and used by the Germans to keep them warm, and they could only wrap themselves in a military coat and shiver in the cold wind.

"How far the hell is this?" Ensign Eild looked at the Gurion School, which was leading the way, and for the first time felt confused. He was a staunch follower of the Gurion. Throughout the fighting and retreat, soldiers continued to flee, and officers were the first to abandon their soldiers and flee because they could not control their soldiers. In the harsh environment and the hardship of being surrounded, he stuck to his duty and his beliefs, and he firmly believed that the school would definitely lead him out of this ghost place. But now, when they have overcome one difficulty after another, they finally can't help but waver.

"How far do you get to Norville Town?" This was not only Ensign Elder's doubts, but also the doubts of Kaber, Toy, and Hudson, who came out with Captain Parks. Unfortunately, they caught up with this day, and the wind and snow filled the entire forest area with such a gray color that they got lost. And the jeep in which Parks was riding had been wandering around the forest for a long time, running out of gas, and lying motionless in the snow.

Captain Parks was anxious to get back to Company E, and so were the three of them, so they were on their way even though the weather was bad early in the morning, and they had borrowed a jeep because of Captain Parks. The destination that would have been reached soon is now out of reach.

The four of them walked around the forest and found no way out. They came out of the ambulance station without any combat tools, and the only paratrooper knife was that Toy had with him at all times. And, of course, Captain Parkes' memorabilia - a Luger pistol and ten bullets. And Kaber and Hudson were bare-handed.

"Looks like we'll have to wait for this snowstorm to stop before we can move forward," Parks shook his head as he looked at the snowflakes in the sky and the gloomy sky, "Now let's find a place where we can survive this day." ”

"Doesn't God want me to go back? Damn, if there wasn't a place to cover up, we wouldn't be able to survive here. There is no cover, and there is nothing to cover. Caber couldn't help but mutter, "Looks like we're out of luck."

"Okay, guys, there's a military tarpaulin in the jeep, we're going to prop it up so we can curl up so we can always get through" Captain Parks looked at the jeep and beckoned to the guys, "We're working, Kaber, come over here and get a hand, we need your help"

The tarpaulin was quickly erected to a rudimentary tent, but enough for four people to stay in. The snow in the tent was cleared, and Captain Parks removed the jeep's mats and laid them on the ground. The four of them huddled together, but it also seemed a little warm. Then they looked out at the sky through the open in the tent, and their mood became terrible.

They have nothing now. In addition to a piece of dry food size K that you have with you. It's the only thing that can keep them alive. God knows how long it will take for this snow, as a rule of thumb, until about ten o'clock in the morning the next day. In other words, from five or six o'clock in the afternoon, they will be in the snow for six hours, and the worst thing is that the weather will drop sharply at night.

Captain Parks couldn't do anything about such a situation, if he had a map or a compass in his hand, he could definitely take his brothers out of such a forest, but now he had nothing. Out of desperation, he pulled out the captured Luger pistol and began to wipe it down. He skillfully unloaded the pistol and put it back on.

Hudson looked at Captain Parks with envy, and although Company E had won a series of victories, Hudson had never captured a single Luger. He leaned closer, then watched Captain Parks reassemble the pistol and make an aiming gesture, and couldn't help but smile, "Boss, can you lend me a look?"

Parks looked at Hudson and couldn't help but smile, "Why not?" As he spoke, he handed him the pistol. Hudson was so overjoyed that he took the pistol and rubbed it in his hand.

I saw that the sky was slowly darkening. Captain Parks smiled at Hudson and said, "Alright, corporal, it's time to give it back to me." As he spoke, he took the Luger pistol from his hand, then loaded the bullet and said to the three people inside: "If we want to rest, there must be someone on guard outside." We rotated, starting with me, Calber 2, then Hudson, and finally Toy. Don't stretch the distance too far, we're going to look around."

Karber looked at Parks in confusion and said, "Didn't the Germans be driven out by us?" Why should we worry about them? ”

Captain Parkes glanced at Kaber and said, "Be careful, the Germans can't all be driven away." If there's anything missing, we're doomed. Be careful," he tightened his coat as he spoke, and then walked out with a Luger pistol.

Hudson watched Captain Parks walk out, and couldn't help but smile, "I'd rather be on guard outside with a Luger pistol." ”

"You'd better say that to your head, and then he'll give you the whole night, and then Ruger will give it to you, you idiot," Caber said angrily to Hudson.

Their conversation, as Parks walked farther and farther, gradually blew in the wind and snow. Parks, feeling the cold wind on his neck, stamped his foot, and then cautiously stopped fifty meters from the tent. From here, the tent was indistinct in the wind and snow, and the dull white in front stretched through the deep forest, as if countless pairs of eyes were hiding inside. Parks felt a strange feeling for no reason, this was an occupational disease left over from his previous career, and the hidden crisis often stimulated his sixth sense