Chapter 140 Forward

The two companies of the British paratroopers finally returned with only 157 people. Their losses reached more than half, but they didn't even touch the south side of the bridge. German tanks and armored vehicles took advantage of the victory to pursue, and they had been on the north side of the bridge before they were repelled by the British-supported soldiers with anti-tank rocket launchers. Four gas-fired armored vehicles and tanks and dozens of corpses were retreated.

It has darkened, and neither side is launching an attack. The British suffered heavy losses. They needed to rest. The Germans did not know the situation in the north of the bridge, and they did not dare to attack the British army rashly. What they didn't expect was that the British were just a battalion in the north of the bridge, and they could never stand their full attack.

The night covered up the blood and corpses left by the fierce fighting during the day. The arrival of the night relaxed the nerves of the British and Germans a lot.

Coloe Sink's 506th Regiment finally crossed the river after dark, but he got another news: the British Guards Armored Division was blocked by German 88 mm guns a few kilometers south of Eindhoven.

"It seems that we are going to spend the night here today!" Sink said to Stryll, "Let the brothers spend the night in the village. We don't know the reality of the Germans in the city. We will attack at dawn.

"Okay, I'll arrange it!" Stryll agreed, and then turned around to leave.

"Strier!" Colonel Sink stopped him from behind his back.

"What?" Stryll looked back at Colonel Sink.

Sink frowned slightly, then looked at him and said, "Have you heard from Lieutenant Parks?"

Stryll shook his head and shrugged his shoulders: "No, Colonel, they have lost contact with us after reporting the final information. Their radio remained silent, and there was no way to know their location and their recent situation.

Colonel Sink nodded and said nothing. His eyes were full of worry.

The command was conveyed, which made many people relieved. Winters arranged for the platoon leaders to set up an outpost, and then the other brothers slept, and they slept on the haystack, in the wood room, or anywhere else they could find.

Winters found a farmhouse and slept in it with Compton, Picker, Heiliger and other officers. There is a middle-aged man in the farmhouse, who looks a little thin, and he also has a seven or eight-year-old girl. Obviously, they are still a little happy about the arrival of Winters. The expression in his eyes can be seen.

"Do you speak English?" Winters said to him, "We just need a bed or a hayt!"

"A little bit!" The man quickly said, "I have two beds at home, and I can sleep with a squeeze. Then she looked at the little girl and said, "It's enough for us to stack it. Anyway, we're used to it!"

Winters didn't say anything and followed the man to a house with two simple beds, but it was much better than a hay stack and boards.

When the man arranged them and was about to turn around and leave, Picak suddenly said, "Is there anything to eat? We are so hungry."

The man was stunned, and then nodded and said, "Yes, yes, you wait!" With that, he and the little girl left the house in a hurry. Obviously, they were looking for food.

"Pikak!" Watching them go out, Winters said unhappily, "This is not a good habit."

Picak smiled with some embarrassment and said, "I will pay attention, Captain!"

Winters nodded and said nothing more. In fact, he is already hungry, and No. K dry food is really difficult to swallow. If there is any food that can be supplemented, it is of course the best. It's just that he is not used to the way of Picak.

Soon the man came back, and he and the little girl borrowed a big bottle in their arms. It is full of marinated meat, peach and cherry sauce. Then he handed these things to Picak and Heilige beside him.

"Thank you!" Hailige smiled and took it over.

At this time, Compton took out a pack of cigarettes from his body and handed it to the man. Hailige gave the bottle to Picak, took a piece of chocolate from No. D, and then squatted down and smiled at him, "Chocolate!"

The little girl took it timidly, then hid behind his father, hugged his thighs, stretched out her little head and looked at Hailige with a smile, revealing a few beautiful teeth.

The man tore open the chocolate wrapping paper, then handed it to the little girl, and smiled embarrassedly at the four people and said, "He has never tasted chocolate. This is the first time she has eaten it!" With that, he stretched out his hand and touched the little girl's head, with a look of love and pity in his eyes.

"Do you want to smoke?" Picac made a gesture to him and then found the match. The man quickly tore the pack of cigarettes, then took out one, burned with the Picak match, and then lit it and took a deep breath. His face looked very comfortable.

"I haven't smoked real cigarettes for five years. It tastes really good!" He smiled embarrassedly at Picak, raised the cigarette in his hand and said, "It's really great!"

The man took another sip, and then smiled at the four people and said, "I won't disturb you. Have a good sleep. The Germans are gone, and we will look forward to this day!" Then he pulled the little girl who nibbled at the chocolate and smiled at Winters and left here.

"He is really a good man!" Picak couldn't help smiling, and then he opened a bottle of pickled meat and couldn't help laughing, "It tastes really good."

To be honest, I have been with the British and the French. They are different from the Dutch. Hailige handed Winters and Compton a bottle each, and laughed, "Comparly speaking, I prefer the Dutch. They are very enthusiastic!"

"Yes!" Winters nodded, "I like them too!" With that, he pried open the bottle, took out a piece of peach from it and put it in his mouth. He nodded and said, "It tastes really good!"

This night, there were no Germans scratching. After a day of running around, the brothers were finally able to sleep comfortably, although there was a faint sound of 88mm cannon from Endhofen not far away.

The next morning, the team continued to move forward, and the 2nd Battalion followed the 1st Battalion south along the road. Aindhofen City is ahead. The city has a population of 100,000 and is surrounded by flat, dark and fertile land. At this time, Colonel Sink launched the whole regiment, sending two battalions to the left, and Company E on the far left.

Winters contacted Lieutenant Compton in the third row by radio: "Buck, let Brewer send a scout."

Brewer arranged three rows to start the search forward. The scouts were in front, and the troops dispersed and moved forward quickly. Three rows passed through the vegetable garden and the fields that had just been ploughed, and walked towards the houses by the city.

However, it was obvious that Brewer had made a big mistake. He walked in the front of the team, with the map box hanging on one side and a binocular around his neck. At first glance, he was an officer. To make matters worse, he stopped at the front of the line, then raised his telescope and wanted to observe in the city, which made him look full of style.

"Where did he learn this?" At this time, Gu Si, who followed, couldn't help saying to Tibert beside him, "He now looks like a marshal who reviews soldiers!"

"He may have learned from General Patton, but this is a good target!" Tybert answered, and then shouted at Brewer in front of him, "Lieutenant, sniper!"

Winters also shouted at the walker: "Low down and bow down! Damn it, hurry up!"

But Brewer didn't hear it. He is still observing. Everyone in Company E, everyone in the camp, knows what is going to happen. Bang!" ( Bang) A gunshot. A sniper fired from a house.

Brewer fell to the ground like a cut wood, straight to the ground. The bullet hit his throat, just under his jaw. It's terrible!" Tybert rushed up with several people and checked Brewer's wound. Blood gushed out of his neck. gushing out. And his whole body is in **.

"Oh, my God!" One person said, "He can't do it anymore. He's dying."

"Hurry up and move forward!" Tybert gave the order, and then turned around and shouted, "Medical, medical, someone is injured. Come here quickly!" His hand pressed tightly on Brewer's neck, and his hands were full of his blood.

Hygienist Eugene? Luo Fei ran over quickly, then pressed Brewer's hand with one hand and shouted, "Sergeant, you can let it go. Leave it to me here!" I can handle it." With that, he quickly took out the bandage from the first aid bar, wrapped Bruer's neck, and shouted, "The stretcher, hurry up, I need to send this person back immediately!"

Brewer's stretcher passed by Winters. He looked at Brewer and couldn't help shaking his head and saying, "What a stupid act!"

"This is the impact of the general effect. I think many middle and lower-level officers are willing to imitate General Patton's behavior. Look at his majesty!" Nixon said aside, "I hope this is a lesson for those officers who are keen on performance to know that if they want to be in the limelight, they have to be shot, which is certain."

"I hope so!" Winters nodded and then shouted at the front, "Buck, you lead the team in person. We are your backup!" Then looking at Compton about to rush up, he quickly added, "There's something else in the limelight!"

"I know, Dick!" Buck smiled and said, "That's not mine!" With that, he took the remaining three rows of brothers forward to meet the brothers in front of him.

After that, the brothers only encountered some slight and sporadic resistance, mainly snipers. Regiment 506 did not encounter any other difficulties on the way to Eindhoven. When they entered the city of Eindhoven, they received a grand welcome from the Dutch, who were as enthusiastic and crazy as the residents of Thorne.

Compared with the 101st Airborne Division, on this day, the British 1st Parachute Divisions struggled in a painful encirclement. The three regiments of the first brigade of the airborne division arrived to the north of the bridge to meet the first battalion, but their troops were greatly damaged. They were either killed by the Germans or captured by the Germans as they advanced. Even among the soldiers who arrived at the bridge, there were still many wounded.

Parks led a row and continued to wait in the woods. In the dark, they retreated to the woods and rested, waiting for the next day. They didn't wait for Parks's order to attack, and after they saw the tragic situation of the British paratroopers on the first day, no one asked Parks again: "What should we do?" They are willing to stay like this until the end of the war.

(to be continued)