Chapter 150 The Death of Horton

In the early morning of September 20, 1944, the air in the sky was still stained with the smell of grass, which smelled very exhilarating. In the eastern suburbs of Eindhoven, the brothers of Company E witnessed the German air raid on the city last night, and early in the morning, the city could see repeated smokes, and the British suffered heavy losses in the city.

Colonel Sink got the news that a German armored force was coming towards Yuden on the hell road. They would capture Yuden and cut off the Allied supply line. The whole 506 regiment will set out for Yu Deng. They will compete with the Germans here and defend the town from being occupied by the Germans and keep the transportation line open. The second battalion was led by Major Horton personally under the command of Company F and Company E, accompanied by three British tanks.

"E Company brothers, hurry up. Let's take a bus to Yu Deng!" After the injuries of Lieutenant Brewer, the deputy platoon leader, and Compton, the third platoon was temporarily under the command of sergeant Tebert. He greeted his brothers loudly.

"Why do we start every time?" Ellie couldn't help complaining to Tybert, "There are so many companies in the 506th Regiment. Why do we always charge forward?"

"I think it may be because Captain Winters didn't complain to Colonel Sink!" Tybert couldn't help laughing and said, "Okay, stop talking nonsense. Get in the car quickly. We're leaving!" With that, he also climbed into the truck. Then with the trembling of the car, he drove forward. But each of them knows that since this operation, every battle has been a hard battle. Obviously, the brothers have no optimism before the beginning of the operation. They don't care about the outcome of the battle, they just want to know when to stop the battle.

The truck passed through Wigherr and entered Yuden. There was no resistance on the way. They successfully began to set up roadblocks on the road to Yuden, and then all the brothers began to dig the periphery of Yuden and establish defensive positions. The F company led by Major Horton was stationed in Wigherr, thinking that it was the backup force of the E company in Yuden.

"Wentes, we have to find an observation point!" After the task of placing his brothers, Nixon suggested to Winters, "We have to understand every move of the Germans, otherwise we will suffer a great loss."

"That's a good observation place!" Winters smiled and pointed to the spire of a church in the town. "We can have a panoramic view of the bell tower there. The Germans can't escape our eyes. Come on, Nick, let's go and have a look! Maybe you can find something." With that, he pulled Nixon and walked to the bell tower of the church.

"Oh, no!" Winters observed with a telescope for a while, and then shouted, "The German tank is cutting the road between Yuden and Wigher. We will lose contact with Major Horton."

"This is really bad. We are surrounded by the Germans!" Nixon also raised his telescope to observe for a while, then put it down and smiled helplessly at Winters, "It's time to start fighting alone again."

Winters smiled at him and said, "Paratroopers are naturally surrounded. Nick, there's nothing to complain about. With that, he raised his telescope again and shouted at Nixon, "Nick, the Germans are coming. They have a patrol of about fifty people. Let's go down and gather people."

Winters ran down the bell tower and saw a soldier head-on. He shouted, "Mook, go find Tybert, Lieutenant Piccock and Lieutenant Heiliger, and let them gather people to guard the position outside the town. We want to give the German patrol a head-on blow. Hurry up." With that, he turned his head and said, "Nick, let's go to the position outside the town."

A team of Germans, formed a formation of scattered soldiers, facing Yu Deng. They seemed to be very cautious, and there were a few sharp soldiers in front of them. They carefully marched towards the position of E's defense.

"Listen to my orders." Winters walked through the position and kept conveying the order in a low voice between the platoons, "Aim, we have to fire fiercely and don't let the Germans gasp."

"Aim, brothers, pay attention and be on time!"

"Wait for them to enter a little more, stay steady!"

"Listen to my gunshots!"

Winters also squatted down, then raised his rifle and aimed at the German army in the front. The German army, with a rifle, kept patrolling around. Winters felt that he had aimed at the German, and he was close enough. Winters took a deep breath, closed his eyes slightly, and pulled the trigger.

" Bang--" There was a gunshot. The German was hit in the chest, and a former servant fell down.

In the defensive position of Company E, there was a fierce gunfire. As Winters said, they hit the Germans hard. There was a popping sound of gunfire in my ear, and then the sound of "ding" jumping out of the magazine after the frequent bullets were fired. As expected, the brothers did not let the Germans breathe, nor did they let themselves breathe.

The German army walking in front of them was suddenly killed by this fierce rainstorm and killed more than a dozen people. The others saw that the situation was not good and turned around and ran away. They didn't even have time to fight back.

" Mortar!" Winters shouted, "Pep, kill them with mortars!"

"Wo!" The sharp roar of the shell sounded in the sky, and then hit the ground and made a huge explosion. Several German troops running in front were killed by the first shot. Then a series of shells landed in the middle of the German army.

"Machine gun, machine gun shooting, don't let the Germans run away!" Winters kept commanding and shouting loudly.

The remaining Germans threw away their weapons and ran back desperately, but soon, mortar shells and machine gun bullets caught up with them, devoured their lives, and made shrill screams and calls for help.

The German patrol of 50 people left 34 bodies and fled back. Company E's brothers cheered loudly. This time they played very well, and the Germans had little strength to fight back. The British tanks that accompanied the battle did not participate. They looked a little embarrassed. One of the majors came over and smiled at Winters, "It seems that you did a good job!"

"Yes, Major!" Winters smiled at him politely. He knew what the British wanted to say, "It's just a small group of German troops. Maybe they have suffered losses, and there will be a brigade of people and armored vehicles soon. We can't keep it here without your tanks. I look forward to your performance! Major!" (d.)

Obviously, Winters's words were a little useful to the British. He gave up the idea of making trouble, and then nodded, "Well, captain, it's useless to deal with these patrols!" With that, he shrugged his shoulders and left.

"This guy likes to take credit, God, it seems that all British [***] officials have such a problem!" When the British major was far away, Nixon shook his head and came over and said to Winters.

"Does it also include General Montgomery?" Winters smiled at Nixon and said, "In that case, you'd better not say it in front of the British. They not only have such problems, but they also have small bellies and chicken intestines! Hey hey, Nick, I bet that if the Germans attack again, he will definitely rush out with his tank.

"I agree!" Nixon raised his hand and smiled.

"Well, the Germans are at a loss. I'm sure they won't give up. Let's go and observe. Come on, Nick, let's go to the Bell Tower!" Winters said and walked to the bell tower.

But Winters was wrong, and the Germans never sent anyone to attack Yuden again. But he saw in the telescope that the brigade of Germans and tanks, several of which were German Tiger King tanks, were driving towards Weigher. The Germans suffered a loss. They must have thought that there were heavy troops here, so they should turn the direction of the attack to Wigher.

Nixon also saw this situation and couldn't help smiling bitterly, "I really don't know whether to be happy or worried!" He said to Winters, "The Germans abandoned us, but went to the trouble of Major Hourton. I guess the Germans have a regiment. It seems that they are fierce.

"If the Germans just knew that we only had one company and three tanks here, I'm afraid we would be trampled to the ground by them." Nixon couldn't help nodding and said, "God bless Major Horton!"

As Winters expected, the Germans were misled by the initial fierce attack of Company E, and they confirmed that there were heavy guards of the U.S. military here. They turned the main direction of the attack to Wigher. Major Horton has only one company in Wigherr - Company F. And there are no tanks and anti-tank weapons. They originally wanted to be the reinforcements of the E Company.

"Boom--" The masonry and earth scattered in the air. The 88mm gun on the German Tiger King tank kept spewing flames. Wigherr has become a place where they are raging everywhere.

"Damn it, call the regimental headquarters immediately and ask for support. We can't stand the German attack!" Major Horton's headquarters looked shaky in the shelling.

"Major, the League Department is connected!" A messenger handed over the walker to He Dun.

"What, you still have to wait for two hours?" When Horton talked to Colonel Sink, he got a piece of news that frustrated him. The main force led by Colonel Sink and the British tank battalion can only arrive in two hours at the earliest.

"God!" Major Horton shook his head distressedly, "Continue to keep in touch with the regimental headquarters and let me know if there is any new news!" He can only do this. The Germans' offensive is fierce, and they will fly F Company in two hours, resulting in disaster. He grabbed a rifle and rushed out with several staff officers from the battalion.

He rushed to the city, but he couldn't even contact someone from the same class. Company F was dispersed by the German army. They had lost contact with their respective squads and platoons and began to fight separately.

"German tank!" Suddenly, a staff lieutenant not far away from him pointed at him, pointed behind him, and shouted loudly, "Major, hide!"

Major Horton subconsciously turned around, and then he saw a German Tiger King tank. Its huge body shook, and the 88mm gun spewed flames at him.

"Boom--" With a sound, Major Horton was directly hit by a shell, and then torn apart in the explosion. A helmet rolled on the ground, making a tinkling sound.

(to be continued)