Eight hundred and eighty-five. The darkness before dawn
"Aha! The Yankees have all been driven away, ha, ha, damn tin cans, why are they only here now. Sergeant Starob jumped.
Sergeant Southka ran over with two soldiers, who picked up Thomas.
"Well done two lads. You are the pride of Germany. Sergeant Starob said.
"Alright, alright, hurry up and cheer yourself up and keep charging." Sergeant Southka said.
They charged at the front, and soon reached the entrance of the town. The soldiers stopped advancing and began to rest. Sergeant Southka led them into the white house, which was empty and empty. There was only one table in the basement with some leftovers on it. It seems that this was just the dining room for junior American officers.
Gartel walked over to the table, tore a piece of bread, and handed it to Thomas. I tore another piece and stuffed it into my mouth.
"Damn Yankee, the food is good." Gartel was relieved.
Southka looked at the half bottle of whiskey on the table. I poured it into a glass and took a sip: "It tastes good, but it's not as enjoyable as German Munich beer." ”
The sergeant who had made a bet with Southka also came to the White House with a few soldiers, and when he saw Gattel and them, Haroo Hada smiled: "Brother Southka, you win." Looks like today's wine should be mine. ”
With that, he pulled out a bottle of beer from his waist.
"Ha Luha, I still like beer." Southka unceremoniously snatched the bottle of wine.
Captain Hurne also came to the White House: "You can make it easy for me to find you, I thought you were finished." Not bad. Deutschland is proud of you. We can take a break now. ”
Colonel Vansten outside, shouted, "Assemble, assemble." ”
When the soldiers were assembled, Colonel Versten smiled. "Today is really the hardest day. Let's rest well and continue the attack on the Yankees tomorrow until Marshal Manstein gives the order to stop the attack. ”
The soldiers cheered in unison. I am glad that I escaped death, and also for this victory.
The sound of artillery in the distance rumbled, and Gattel suddenly had a hint of foreboding in his heart.
As night fell, the German soldiers had fallen asleep after a hard day's fighting. Only Colonel Van Sten and a few staff officers were still fighting at night in a house.
"Colonel Van Sten. You don't find that the current form is very bad for us. A staff officer pointed to the operational map and said: "The US troops have broken through from our left and right flanks and will soon enter the city." ”
"Who defends the left and right wings?"
"It's Colonel Shubin's original regiment."
"Damn, it's still the tacit understanding between Shubin and me. Ever since he was beaten to death by the damned Americans......" Colonel Van Sten said with a sigh.
"Colonel. I think we should abandon the town and retreat to the city, or the American army will eat us all. Another staff officer said.
"That infantry regiment in Nesco shouldn't have enough strength to attack."
"Colonel Van Sten, I have heard that the Germans will send a main armored force to reinforce him. Furthermore. He will also have ample air support. ”
At this time, a soldier came in at the door, holding a telegram: "Colonel, the general asks us to continue to hold on, and tomorrow there will be 500 reinforcements here for ......"
Although Colonel Van Sten is brave and good at fighting, he is also fully aware of his own strength, and he knows that if he insists on it, the whole army will be wiped out. But there was no choice but to stick to it, he waved his hand. He said, "Let's all go back." ”.
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US military command.
Colonel Nesco, with his sinister smile, asked the officer behind him: "Have we arrived with four regiments on the left and right flanks?" ”
"Yes. Sir. Those Germans will be wiped out tomorrow. ”
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The next day, 5 a.m.
"Boom—"
"Ah...... Soldiers...... Hurry up, the American army is attacking us...... Yes! "No sooner had one of the lieutenants woken up than a shrapnel shot through his head.
"Damn Yankee, that's fucking unsophisticated." Shostka clasped his steel helmet in his hands and got up with a curse.
The "Phantom" swooped down with a shrill whistling sound and dropped bombs on German tanks with precision.
Gattel had just woken up from his sleep and was blackened by the bomb. Sergeant Strobe was heard shouting at him, "Gattel, pick up your gun and get ready for battle!" ”
Gattel was finally able to see something, and he saw Major Luboff, knocked unconscious, dragged away by his men. A soldier whose legs had been blown off fell right in front of him, screaming in a hairy way.
The U.S. military has already launched a desperate charge. The Germans at the entrance of the town were beaten into a sieve by machine guns.
Captain Urne hid behind the iron barrel and shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Soldiers, we must now launch a counter-charge, or we will surely die!" All with me! Come on! ”
The soldiers rushed out of the building.
The surrounding U.S. troops poured in like a tidal wave. Thomas shot and killed one of the U.S. soldiers who rushed at him, and another U.S. soldier suddenly rushed at him with the butt of his rifle and smashed him unconscious.
Seeing this, Gartel shouted, "Bastard," and then pulled the butt away with his bayonet. But Gattel was a little less powerful than the American soldier, and the soldier tripped Gattel with a kick, then pulled out his sapper shovel and slapped Gattel on the back. Gartel fell to the ground. The other two Germans rushed forward and plunged their bayonets into the chest of the American soldier, who vomited blood and lost his breath.
Another soldier of the American army had been beside him, but he did not dare to shoot for fear of killing his own people, and when he saw that his own people were already dying, he pulled the trigger, and a series of bullets beat the two Germans to blood.
When Gatel saw that two more of his comrades had been killed, he lay on the ground and shot the American soldier in the head.
Thomas woke up, and he got up. Killed an American soldier who turned from the intersection.
"Thomas, Gattell! There's an American M1 tank out there that is slaughtering our brothers, and we should destroy it right away. "Sergeant Southka came running with five soldiers.
At the junction there was an M1 tank driving up. A single shot smashed the German machine gun in the attic.
"Go around behind it!"
Gartel was taking the submachine gun bullet from the corpse of the German. Replace that submachine gun with you.
Gartel and the others went around the road to the corner, where there was a German second lieutenant and six soldiers.
"Second Lieutenant, why don't you blow up that tank?" Southka rushed over and asked loudly.
"Sergeant, what do you think we're doing, there's a machine gun there, we can't get by!" The lieutenant said, and suddenly he saw the machine gun that had just been captured in Gattell's hand
"Sergeant. Don't you have a machine gun there. Take out the enemy's machine gun, and you're good to go. That's an order. ”
"Yes, Ensign! Gartel. Hide behind the broken crates there, and cover us with your weapons. ”
With his machine gun, Gartel rolled forward behind the broken crate. A submachine gun fired at a machine gun blocking the intersection. The two machine gunners fell to the ground on all fours.
The second lieutenant gave a loud order: "Give it to me!" ”
The soldiers rushed over and got behind the tanks, where several American machine guns were taken out.
The second lieutenant took out an iron rod: "See how I use it to pry open the turret cover of the tank." ”
At this moment, the lid of the tower was opened, and a tank crew member came out, and as soon as he raised his gun, a soldier was quick with his hands. A shot hit him, and the tank crew rolled off the tank. The rest of the tank crew hid inside, not daring to show their heads.
The second lieutenant said happily, "We don't have to bother now. ”
Let's talk about it. He pulled out an incendiary flask from a soldier, lit it with a lighter, turned over and rushed into the tank, threw the Molotov cocktail into it, only to see a large fire rise, and the crew of the tank jumped out in flames, and the Germans killed them one by one.
"What a retribution." That's what the soldiers say. They didn't notice that the hand of the crew member who had been knocked to the ground was still moving slowly. Suddenly, the crew pulled out a pistol and pulled the second lieutenant's trigger. The lieutenant screamed and collapsed in a pool of blood.
Sergeant Southka rushed over and shot the hateful crew member.
"Ensign!" Soldiers gathered around. One soldier said: "It's hateful, the second lieutenant is only 26 years old......"
The soldiers were so sad that one was waiting to see if he was dying. They didn't even notice that several more American troops rushed behind them.
The soldiers heard the sound of bullets slicing through the air, and in the blink of an eye, several soldiers fell to the ground, blood splattered everywhere. U.S. machine guns fired hard.
"Oh my God!" Gattel shouted, and several U.S. troops rushed in front of them.
At this moment, a truck drove by, and the American soldiers were knocked into the air, and the driver was Sergeant Starob. Sergeant Starob shouted in the car: "You guys make it easy for me to find it, my superiors have ordered a breakthrough and jump out of the encirclement of the American army." ”
"Get in the car!" The soldiers rolled over and got into the car, and one was killed as he got into the car.
"Ha Lu Ha! It's finally time to get out of this damn place! "The car was speeding away, and there were American troops blocking the road, and they were either killed by bullets fired from the car or knocked into the air. At this time, a tank drove from the mouth of an alley, and the soldiers shouted bad luck. But they always told their fortunes, and a "Leopard VII" destroyed the tank. They have already caught up with the retreating troops.
"Where are we retreating?" Gattell, who was sitting in the car, asked Sergeant Starob.
"I don't know what to do, Colonel Van Sten said that we are going to evacuate to the city."
"Where's the reinforcements?" Thomas asked.
"On the way, I saw God." Southka looked unhappy, after all, the German army was still defeated, and so many excellent German soldiers fell on this battlefield.
Colonel Van Sten was also surprised, he didn't know why his superiors would suddenly order a retreat, but no matter what, the troops were finally saved. It's a blessing that we didn't have all the troops wiped out.
Gatel took the time to write a letter to his family:
"I've been in the army for three months, but the form of the war is getting worse, and the American army is encircling us, which has not been seen in German units in the past. It's really sad. We suffered heavy losses, but my brethren, Sergeant Thomas, Sergeant Southka, and Sergeant Starob, were lucky to survive. It was only after we had arrived that we learned that our order to retreat had been privately ordered by Major General Dornov. He was soon dismissed. But we weren't driven back to the hellish town that had to be defended by men. It's good that the U.S. military has not yet launched its largest attack. But I already had a premonition that it was going to be sooner or later, and most of the outer defenses were struggling to hold on. We don't even know if there are any reinforcements left in the road......
I really hope that the war will end soon, and then I can be reunited with you. In the past few months, I have been lucky enough to always survive death. I only hope that my good fortune lasts, and I don't want this to be the last letter to you.
Best wishes.
Alex. Gartel
September 1965.
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"German officers, soldiers, surrender! This is not your war. This war will only bring you to your death in vain. Join us. You will be treated more favorably, and the Allies will always be kind to their soldiers. You should stand up and rebel against ......"
"Fart." Colonel Van Sten was furious after listening to the radio of the US military force.
"Colonel, the enemy is about to eat us! Our line of defense is about to ......" An officer had just run into the house when a shell hit the Nai Ho Bridge.
Colonel Van Sten didn't say a word. Smoke in large gulps.
"Superior telegram! Colonel, 'Break through from the northeast'. ”
"The order is only given now, it seems a little late, call our soldiers. Get in. Breakthrough! ”
After gathering under artillery fire, the soldiers rushed into the trucks and sped northeast. The loudspeaker on the American tank behind him shouted to them in Russian: "Don't make unnecessary resistance, our officers admire your courage, they will treat you well, surrender......
Then the tankmen shouted: "Fire!" The tank "gifted" a shell to them.
"Ducible Yankees!" Gartel said in the car, and then Sergeant Starob in the car shouted, "Hurry up!" ”
"You've been to Fabaman. Gartel. Thomas stabbed him in the arm.
"That's right. I was there for a week."
"When you get to Fabaman, you have to invite me to dinner. I saved your life this morning. ”
Sergeant Southka leaned on the machine gun mounted in the car and said, "Don't be too happy, boys. U.S. forces have already surrounded the city. Can we break out of the cannon and say two more - the planes of the Americans! Get down! ”
The "ghost" type shot a few shuttle bullets and flapped its wings and flew away. A bomb was dropped not far away, blowing up a Leopard VII tank in the back.
The truck is out of town.
"I don't think the U.S. military will set up any ambush here, it's really time for us to leave, and it seems that the U.S. military hasn't completely blocked this place yet."
"I hope it's the same as you say......."
"Wolfenstein! Fire! Fire! "Suddenly there was a rush of American troops in the woods on both sides of the road.
"Sure enough, there is no complete blockade, the Yankees have just arrived! We were the first to break out....... Yes! "A soldier was hit.
Southka raised his machine gun and fired at the American troops.
The car jerked to the left, throwing the soldiers on board a big shot. A shell exploded in the back of the car. Sergeant Starob somewhere learned his piloting skills, turned left and right, and was able to dodge the shells.
"Brothers! Don't be stunned! Shoot at this American army! ”
The soldiers fired in both directions.
One of the trucks in front exploded.
"Corporal Messili is wounded!"
The car turned to the right again, and the soldiers fell again. When Gartel fell, his rifle suddenly misfired, and the bullet unbiased through the skull of a machine gunner on either side of the road.
"Messili is finished, Sergeant Southka."
"We can't seem to help him, keep shooting!"
The car turned left, this time dodging two shells.
"Turn right! Turn right! Brother Starob, you can't drive ...... Ah...... "Southka has fallen.
"I can't stand on my feet at all, let's shoot on my stomach!"
Thomas took aim at a machine gunner and pulled the trigger, but the bullet was blocked by tanks that burst out from both sides of the road.
"Enemy tanks! Bang! Miserable! ”
A car crashed into a tank and fell apart. But just stopped the tank from firing.
Starob took the opportunity to get the car around the back of the tank. Knocked several American troops behind the tank into the air.
The bullet shattered the windshield. Sergeant Starob reacted quickly and quickly lowered his head to dodge the bullet.
". Let you taste the power of Lao Tzu! Starrob pulled out the submachine gun pinned to his belt. Screaming and shooting wildly out of the window.
"Sergeant! Drive well! Colonel Vansten, who was sitting next to Starrob, hit his head against the glass.
"Riding in Starob's car is exciting!"
"More enemies! More enemies! Gartel shouted. A large number of American troops rushed out of the front of the road.
"Go to Hell to meet your victory." German trucks cut their way with a barrage of bullets, but two more trucks were blown up alive!
"Enemy tanks appear on the left side of the road!"
"Ignore him!"
The barricade that the U.S. military had just set up here was knocked into the air. The car made another sharp turn and dodged the shells. But the truck behind became a substitute for the dead.
"This seems to be the last group of enemies......"
"We're rushing out!" The soldiers on the truck hugged each other excitedly.
"Sergeant! Sergeant, we're rushing out, don't drive so fast anymore. Colonel Van Sten said.
"We lost Bayiza ......," Gartel said.
"Young man, I think we'll get it back sooner or later." Colonel Vansten comforted him.
On Bayiza's side, the red sky gradually turned black. It's getting dark. Probably the psychological effect of the German soldiers, the shape of the night was much like a large "swastika" and expanded to the east. The red daylight is fading.
"We'll be back, Bayiza ......," Gattel thought to himself, sitting in the truck.
"After night, it is dawn, but red dawn!" (To be continued......)