Chapter 278: The Missing Soldier

In the middle of the night, everyone was huddled in the cold, and the Germans dug rudimentary foxholes, but they didn't care about the American prisoners. The American prisoners, who were already in rags, couldn't survive it.

With a "poof", a US prisoner could not support it, and he was sitting on a tree across the snow and suddenly fell into the snow.

"God" Another American prisoner not far from the fallen captive quickly ran towards this side, then helped the fallen man up, touched his neck, and suddenly turned his head to the German soldier guarding them and shouted, "He's still alive, let him take refuge in the foxhole, for God's sake, please" This is a captain officer of the American army.

The German soldiers on guard looked towards the Gurion School, which was not far away. Colonel Gurion was expressionless, as if he hadn't heard the shouts of the American lieutenant, he was staring ahead, thinking about how to get out of this forest area, according to his experience, the heavy snow might stop by tomorrow afternoon, when the weather visibility would be better and it would be easy to judge the direction.

Seeing that the American lieutenant kept pleading, although he couldn't understand what he said, the German soldiers could judge what he meant, he hesitated for a moment, then nodded at the American lieutenant, walked to the side and whispered something to the side of the second lieutenant Elder. Second Lieutenant Elder turned his head to look at the American lieutenant, then nodded.

The German soldier whistled at the American lieutenant, then beckoned him to carry the fallen man over, and Ensign Eyer stood up and gave way to his own foxhole.

The American lieutenant placed the frozen soldier in the foxhole, and then gestured to the German soldier and said, "Blanket, I need a blanket, if not, he won't last long"

The German soldier understood what he meant, as the American lieutenant gestured. He glanced over to Ensign Elder. Second Lieutenant Elder frowned, looked at the American lieutenant and the American soldier in the foxhole, and finally nodded, and handed over a blanket he was draped in.

The American lieutenant gratefully took the blanket and wrapped the soldier tightly. At this time, the German soldier looked at Ensign Eyerd with some puzzlement. It is clear that the second lieutenant gave up his foxhole and blanket to American prisoners, and that he would rather be in the wind and snow, which is incomprehensible.

Ensign Eyder did not explain that he was no longer a high-spirited SS ensign, but was planning for his own future. Colonel Gurion was an executioner, and he killed five American prisoners of war, but Elder was not involved in any of these things. Seeing that the German army was losing and retreating, even this time, the Ardennes attack campaign that had been organized with all its might and effort might end in failure. Their destination was the town of Norville, but now it seems that it is questionable whether the town of Norville is still in German hands. Once the town of Norville was occupied by the Americans, they were completely alone in the American Legion, and it was impossible for them to return to Germany. According to Gurion's intentions, once the American army occupied the town of Norville, he would not hesitate to order the shooting of these prisoners.

Second Lieutenant Eyrd did not approve of this, which was tantamount to cutting off his own way out, once he was surrounded and captured by the American army, then what awaited him could be the trial of the Allies, and he could not escape death. But as a junior officer, he could not say anything about the colonel's decision. Sometimes, he even wanted to use the prisoners to exchange his freedom for the American army, but he wasn't sure if the other people thought the same way. He didn't dare to take any chances, so he could only hide the idea in his heart.

The Gurion School knew everything around him, but he didn't stop it. Although he sat in the foxhole, covered with a blanket, he knew that there were some people in this team who did not think the same way as himself, at least the only officer in his team except himself, Second Lieutenant Elder, was a little shaken in his mind.

In fact, the Gurion School has already made a judgment in his heart, judging from the progress of the war, most of the town of Noville is no longer in his hands, if that is the case, he will not hesitate to carry out the order and shoot all these American prisoners. But he couldn't do it in front of everyone, he had to do it with reliable people he could trust. And those people were SS soldiers who were absolutely loyal to the Reich.

"Ensign," Gurion said, glancing at Ensign Alder, who was standing on the side, "Why hasn't the patrol come back yet?" ”

When Ensign Elder heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and his heart began to wonder, it was time to change the sentry, but the two German soldiers who patrolled the sentry did not return. If it's not lost, something is wrong.

"Okay, sir, I'll send someone to check on right away" Second Lieutenant Eyder nodded, and then shouted at the short distance, "Oak Switzerland, take your people to check, Ritter and Robern haven't come back yet"

"Okay, sir," a tall and burly German soldier got up from the foxhole on the other side, and he whistled at the soldiers who were staying in the foxhole, "It's time to work, you slackers, hurry, hurry"

Just as they were about to get up, they suddenly heard a gunshot, a "bang", which was clearly heard in the silent snow. Gurion suddenly stood up, he could already hear it, it was a 98k gunshot, and according to the current environment, the farthest distance was only two hundred meters away.

Ensign Eyrd, "Sir", had already grabbed his rifle, and all the Germans were awakened by the sound of the gunshot, and they looked around in panic and grabbed their rifles in a hurry. Obviously, they have fled all the way here, and they have become frightened birds.

"Wait, second lieutenant, wait," Gurion thought quickly. There was only one shot, and no more sound came out, and he immediately came up with several possibilities, one of which was that the rifles of the two soldiers sent out to patrol had gone off. But this was quickly ruled out, as both men were veterans, especially Robern, a battle-hardened veteran, and Ritter wasn't a rookie anymore. The second scenario is that they see the trail of the American troops and shoot them. From the fact that there was only one gunshot and no more sound to be heard, he could even conclude that their current American troops were lone or lost. It is also not ruled out that a US military is passing by nearby. Then there was the infighting between the two of them, and one of them fired.

The Gurion School quickly ruled out the first and third possibilities. Now there is only the second possibility. At this time, he made a decision, and said to Eld: "Second Lieutenant, you follow the original plan, eliminate the patrol, and look for two people, although the real situation will be clarified"

Without waiting for Second Lieutenant Eyder to speak, Oak Swiss waved his hand to the four soldiers behind him, and the group walked in a column towards the place where the voice had just been made. Ensign Elder looked at their backs with some apprehension until they disappeared into the woods.

The American lieutenant also heard it, his hands couldn't help but tighten, his guess was actually similar to Captain Gurion's, and he began to pray for the American soldier who might be left alone.

Oak Switzerland walked in front with a gun, and the wind behind him quickly covered up the footprints of the five men. Even after walking twenty or thirty meters, I couldn't see the figure behind me clearly.

"Be careful, guys, we're in columns, so we don't get too far away from casualties, check around well, and don't miss anything suspicious." In fact, Oakry himself doesn't believe this, even if there are any clues, under such a blizzard, everything will be covered up, as long as you see people, it will be much easier

"Shi, why are we every time?" A German soldier walking behind Oakray muttered dissatisfiedly, "I think Second Lieutenant Eyrd has a prejudice against us." The last time we got rid of the American troops, it was also our squad who used them as cover for the retreat, and we lost six brothers that time, and now our only five men have been sent out. If we meet the U.S. military, we're done."

Oakry glanced back at the German soldier and said, "What is there to complain about, if we really fall into the encirclement of the American army, we will be dead, what do we care about?" ”

"I don't think so, today I think there's something wrong with the second lieutenant and the colonel. I was whispered that the second lieutenant might not agree with the Gurion school's plan to kill the Americans," the German continued.

"I don't care so much. Man, it's the Gurion School who counts in the team right now, he's the Supreme Commander, we've got to listen to him, he's going to let us kill the Americans, I'm going to do that, he's going to let the captives go, I'm going to do the same" Oakry continued to walk forward, he said seriously, not like a joke at all.

"Well, you're our head, what are you going to do. We all listen to you," the soldier muttered at the end. This sentence made Oakray smile.

They walked forward for a distance of about two hundred meters, but they did not see any traces, nor did anyone appear, not even the two soldiers on duty.

"Damn, what are we going to do?" The German soldier behind Oakry couldn't help but scold, "Shi, let's go back, we can't see any results here, we can only wander around." ”

Oakray nodded, he knew that there could be no result, he couldn't find anyone, and if he scattered to find it, he might all get lost in the woods. But he turned and walked a few steps, and suddenly he stopped, and looked at everyone in the group in astonishment, his eyes widening.

And the rest of the people also looked at Oakray, looking a little inexplicable.

"Shi" someone couldn't help but shout at him.

"Damn, damn it," Orrick suddenly cried out, "Where's Hamilton?" Tell me, why isn't that damn guy on the team? ”

At this time, all the people came to their senses, and now they were only four people standing in the snow, but when they came out, there were obviously five people, and there was one less guy who called Hamilton to stop.

"Perhaps...... Maybe it's lost," one German soldier cautiously said.

"God, he's behind us, only two meters away, how could he be lost?" Oakray said as he was confused, because this guy had disappeared when it was least likely to be missing. At the thought of this, the four of them all shrunk their necks, feeling that the wind around them was colder, making their cold hairs stand on end.

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