Chapter Ninety-Nine: Arrival
The sudden artillery bombardment of the American army broke the silence of the night, and the Germans, after a round of artillery fire, began to counterattack one after another, but the counterattack looked messy again.
In such a fragile counterattack, a German [***] team, taking the initiative from the position, broke through to the position of the American army. Such a strange scene left the other units in the German position somewhat dumbfounded. There were even people who cheered and admired this brave stormtrooper, and it really took great courage to take the initiative to attack under the heavy fire of the American army.
"Take off the German uniforms on your body, hurry up, don't let the brother troops guarding the position misunderstand!" Parks shouted loudly as he ran. He had already thrown away the clothes of the Germans, as well as the rifle.
"White, contact the regimental headquarters, hurry up, we are just about to book the location to move forward, and ask for answer!" Parks issued a series of orders, "Tybert, want to signal the American position, the flashlight shines one short and one long, three times in a row. β
"Chief, the regimental headquarters called back, let us enter the position as originally scheduled, and they arranged for Company A to answer there," White said excitedly, holding up the wireless telegraph receiver.
"Alright, guys, don't stop, we can rush all the way to the position!" With a wave of his hand, Parks followed him and everyone rushed towards the American position.
The Germans finally saw a clue. This German [***] team, which wanted the US army to charge, did not drop a single US bomb, and they also changed into US military uniforms halfway through, and began to signal the US military positions.
"Boom-" The bomb exploded fifty meters from the line, and it was clear that the Germans had reacted, and they began to adjust the muzzle. This was a major test for the commandos.
"Quick, quick! Fast! Parks kept urging, and all he could do now was to get to the position as soon as possible.
Paikanti kept panting, he felt like he couldn't breathe, but he still gritted his teeth and persevered, and the team members who had been captured in the back were even more struggling, although they were not beaten or other torture when they were imprisoned, but the Germans made them hungry, and their physical strength was consumed faster, and some people had already fallen in the continuous running.
"Boss, I can't run." Paikanti finally couldn't help but scream, but he still couldn't stop, stopping meant death, the Germans' artillery fire corrected quickly, and in the second round of shelling, one shell exploded less than five meters next to the team, and the American prisoners of war who followed behind fell two.
"Go and see, Goneri, Landowman, and the rest of the people don't stop!" Parks shouted loudly.
"They're dead!" Landauman said, "Are we still going to take them with us?" β
"It's too late, Landowman, let's go!" Parks said firmly, at this time, he couldn't care about anything, as long as he could escape from this hellish place, he couldn't let the dead drag the living.
Landauman removed their badges, looked at them, and then followed.
"Everyone, throw away your equipment, and weapons, leave nothing behind, let's travel lightly, this will speed us up!" Parks knew what the danger of carrying weights could mean to the players at this point. He decisively ordered all equipment to be abandoned.
The team threw away their equipment, and they kept their trophies, especially the Luger pistols that were later captured.
"Durkman, the position is ahead, go and contact them!" Parks let out a yell, then grabbed Paikanti, who had fallen to the ground, and dragged him forward.
"Yes, sir." Duke nodded.
Duke quickly crossed the crowd and ran first towards the American position. The American artillery fire continued, and the German return fire had a certain order after the initial panic. The tongues of fire that crossed the night sky were interwoven into a colorful picture. But Duckerman didn't have the heart to think about it, he had to quickly cross the last fifty meters to reach the American position.
"Forty meters!"
"Thirty meters!"
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At the last step, Durkman was full of confidence and was about to jump over with a quick step, when suddenly a cannonball exploded beside him. With a "boom-" sound, a huge wave of air knocked him to the ground, and then he felt himself fall heavily on the ground, and he felt a little pain all over his body, especially his legs.
"Oops!" Not far away, Parks saw a bomb explode next to Durkman, and he couldn't help but shake his hand and scream.
Two men sprang out of the U.S. position, and they quickly dragged Dukman into the position.
"Alright, brother, you're safe now, you'll be fine!" A U.S. soldier held down Dukman with one hand while blasting his wounds. Two of his calves were blown off.
"You're good, brother." Another U.S. soldier was giving him morphine, and said to him with respect.
"Thank you, brother." Duke tried to squeeze out a smile, but his smile was worse than crying, "Tell the brothers, pick up our teammates!" Here they are! These were the last words Dukman said before he fainted.
"Boom-" There was another explosion, and the flames were reflected on the faces of the team members, although they were embarrassed, but their faces were full of joy, as long as they took one more step, they would enter the position of the American army.
"Hurry up, guys!" Parks was in front of the position, sending the team members into the position one by one, and then the soldiers of Company A who received them settled them.
"Hurry up and get into position!" Parks shouted to Landowman and Tybert after the last break, and then turned around and was about to enter the position, when suddenly a bullet hit his helmet and made a "dang" sound, and Parks was carried to the ground by the bullet's habitual name, and his whole body fell into the pit in the position.
"Bossβ"
"Ensignβ"
Countless voices rang out almost simultaneously. Landowman, who was the last to enter the position, rushed over with a single arrow, knelt beside Parks who fell to the ground, and then held his head to look around, while scolding: "Damn, where is the injury?" Then he shouted loudly to the side of the position: "Doctor, doctor, damn it, hurry up!" β
"Stop yelling, Landowman, I'm fine!" Parks touched his head and secretly screamed a fluke, it was just a stray bullet that hit the steel helmet, and then was bounced off by the steel helmet.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Landowman looked at Parks cautiously.
"Yes, yes, I'm fine, it was just a stray bullet that hit my steel helmet!" Parks nodded and smiled, "It doesn't matter, Landowman, the important thing is that we're home!" β
We're home! This sentence is more important than anything else. And it hit them in the heart in an instant.
Landowman was in a trance, after a few days of ordeal, in the test of life and death, after tension, anxiety and bloody battles, the feeling of returning made him a little stunned.
For a while, many people were a little stunned.
The doctor came over quickly. He came to Parkes, looked at him, and wondered, "Ensign, are you injured?" β
Parks laughed, "Can you see where I'm hurt?" No, doctor, thank you! After Parks finished speaking, he suddenly remembered Durkman, who was the only member of the team who was injured in this operation, except for the two captured American soldiers who were killed. Dukman had already been taken to the rear hospital, and for Durkman, his war was over.
But what about their own war? Parks looked at the German position, twitched the corners of his mouth slightly, and perhaps continued, he suddenly had a strong desire, which he did not have after his rebirth, that is, he must survive the end of the war until the day of victory, which means a lot to him.
Gradually, the artillery fire of the two armies ceased, and silence returned to the front of the positions of the two armies.
"When will it explode?" Parks asked, "Landowman!" β
Landowan raised his hand and looked at his watch and said, "One minute left!" β
"Alright then, let's wait to see the fireworks before we go back to the company!" Parks seemed calm when he said this.
"Fireworks?" At this time, Paikanti laughed on the side, "I love fireworks, especially fireworks for Germans!" β
"Me too!" His words were echoed by all his brothers.
"Boom-" made the ground tremble a little under his feet, and a huge ball of fire rose from behind the German position.
"It's so punctual!" Landowan looked at his watch, "Not a second, not a second!" β
White rolled his eyes and looked at him, "What a superfluous word!" I should now count my loot. Ruger, look at the guys! As he spoke, he pulled out a Luger pistol from his pocket, one he had captured in the German Legion headquarters.
"I have it too, it's nothing to brag about, but do you still have a gold watch?" Paikanti immediately laughed at White again, pulling up the cuffs of his wrists, and then showing a shiny watch on his wrist, "This was found from that hapless German lieutenant colonel." Look, this lovely thing is much more accurate than his former master. β
"Alright, guys, after watching the fireworks, it's time for us to go back!" Parks spoke, then turned and walked back.
"Hey, Tybert, you didn't capture Ruger this time? It's so unfortunate......" Paikanti's voice staccato over the American positions as he walked farther and farther away, followed by a burst of laughter.
Behind them was a group of soldiers of Company A full of respect.
"I can't believe that they are rushing from the rear of the German army, only a madman would do such a thing!" A GI looked at their backs and shook his head, he couldn't believe it, but he had to believe it.
"They are true warriors in the U.S. military!" At this time, a second lieutenant platoon commander beside him suddenly said with emotion.
(To be continued)