Chapter 156 U.S. Representative

Everything seems to be dramatic. Parks never thought that a battle for the bridge would turn out like this. In the night attack on ammunition depots and oil depots, the Germans are doomed to fail. But the German army performed unexpectedly in a series of battles in Arnaum. While they lost their support, they attacked the besieged British army with all their strength, causing a large number of casualties to the British army, and then retreated decisively, making the British army and Poles unable to pursue, so as to escape calmly.

It was also because of the success of Parks's surprise attack that the Germans contracted their defenses on various battlefields. They adopted the same tactics as Arham, and were ready to retreat at the same time as a desperate blow. And it also prompted Marshal Mordell, who was reluctant to blow up the Nijmegen Bridge and the Anum Bridge, to order the bridge in advance. The Nijmegen Bridge, which had not been blown up, was injured, and the Arnam Bridge, which had been controlled by the Germans, was not successfully blasted and was successfully occupied by the British and Polish armies. The German army could only withdraw from the Arnam Bridge gloomyly. And in the Battle of the Nijmegen Bridge, the U.S. military, which was originally hit hard, known as "Little Omaha", was still hit hard and suffered more losses than history. The number of casualties was close to the real landing on Omaha Beach.

These situations were only learned after Parks retreated later. Now that the whole Allies have stopped, they can't cross the Nijmegen Bridge. If a pontoon bridge is built there, a lot of equipment will not be successfully transported. And they didn't know what was going on with Anum. The Allied headquarters lost contact with the British First Airborne Division and the Polish First Airborne Brigade.

Company E successfully captured the troops of a battalion of the German remnants who attacked Wigher and then attempted to retreat from Doudon. Colonel Sink met Lieutenant Picak, who had sent the prisoners on the way, half an hour after the end of the battle. Looking at the long list of German prisoners escorted by the soldiers of Company E, Sink was obviously surprised by Winters's record.

"Where is Captain Winters now?" After listening to the whole battle process that Picak reported to him, Colonel Sink asked him that there was only one platoon here.

"The captain went to Yu Deng, where there was still a new platoon of ours. He was afraid that the Germans would attack Deng again, and he had led the third platoon to Yu Deng to defend!" Picac answered. To be honest, the results of this battle really surprised him. Before that, they had been suppressed by the German army, as if they had no chance to get ahead. The change is too big.

"Very good!" Colonel Sink nodded to him and said, "Continue your work, Lieutenant! Escort them to Wigher, where we have a German prisoner-of-war camp. With that, he walked to the back of the team and waved to Lieutenant Colonel Stry.

"It seems that you have found a very good commander!" Lieutenant Colonel Stryll smiled at him and said, "Captain Winters is a very good officer, which can be seen from his enlistment. Now it has also been witnessed that this prediction is very accurate.

Sink nodded and smiled at Stryll, "I know what you're going to say. Major Horton was attacked by the German army in Wigherr, resulting in the lack of officers in the second battalion. Who do you think I should add to the second battalion of Lieutenant Colonel Chase in the second battalion as his assistant? Captain Winters? His military rank is enough, and he also has enough combat experience, which is a good choice.

Stryll nodded and smiled, "I knew you were going to do this."

Colonel Sink smiled and said, "Can you recommend me a good officer as the company commander of Company E?"

"Reese? Lieutenant Parks!" Such a name immediately came up from Stryll's mouth, "I can't think of anyone more qualified to hold this position than him. He is an outstanding tactician and a model among officers!"

Colonel Sink couldn't help laughing: "Strier, I didn't expect you to think so highly of him. It's rare for you to give such admiration to a subordinate officer.

"That's the truth, Sink!" Lieutenant Colonel Stryll smiled at him, "Don't you think so?"

Sink nodded. He looked up at Yu Deng, and then said slowly to Stry, "Reese? Lieutenant Parks will also be my first choice, but the only question now is, where is he now? Is he still alive?"

Obviously, this problem plagued not only Captain Winters, but also Colonel Sink, the supreme commander of the 506th Regiment. After all, Parks is an officer he admires very much. After all, Parks leads a platoon of soldiers. If all of them are killed in the battle, it will also be a very huge loss for the 506th Regiment.

Winters led the third row back to Yuden. They joined a row of new recruits in the year of the year. Nixon told the news of the victory to the rows of brothers, and they immediately cheered. Nixon understands them very well. If there is no victory, they will face the crazy attack of the German army, and with their little manpower, they obviously can't stand it.

Winters smiled and greeted Lieutenant Heiliger, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Next, we may be a little better. A German regiment has been destroyed. All we have to do is be vigilant. The chance of fighting is very small. Then he looked at Hai Lige's expression and couldn't help saying, "He Lige, is there anything else you want to say?"

"Captain Winters, have you heard from Lieutenant Parks?" Hailige thought for a while and finally looked up at Winters and said, "You know, brothers are very concerned about this."

Winters fell silent. He glanced in the direction of Arnaum, then looked at Lieutenant Hailigue, shook his head and said, "To be honest, we have completely lost contact. Even if the regimental headquarters and the entire Allies, they have lost contact with the British and Polish troops in the Arnam area. "

Hai Lige took off the helmet, and then kept turning his hands on the helmet. He was silent for a while, lowered his head, turned around and was about to leave.

"Hey, Hailige!" Winters stopped him.

"What's the matter?" Hellig leaned slightly and looked at Winters.

Winters walked over and patted his arm: "Have a good talk with your brothers."

Heilige nodded. That's why I left. In fact, just behind him, all the brothers in the row were paying attention to their every move, and then leaning on Hailige's look, they obviously looked very disappointed.

"That's it?" As Nixon and Winters walked, they glanced at Heilige and the rows of brothers. "I mean, what will the rows of brothers think?"

Winters smiled bitterly and said, "Nick, what else can I do now?"

Yes, what else can we do now? Nixon himself knows what he can't say. The place of Arme lost two of his good friends, Parks and Wales. This is an emotion based on the battlefield of blood and fire. Once lost, there is really an inexplicable feeling of depression, which makes people feel suffocated and heavy.

When many people in the 506th Regiment were paying attention to Parks, he met General Urkert, Admiral Sushaboski and Brigadier General John Frost in the temporary headquarters at the southern end of the Arnhem Bridge, and there were several school-level officers in the headquarters. They are busy, drawing on the map, or fiddling with communication equipment.

"Damn it, this damn thing!" When Parks went in, he saw a British general shouting and scolding mania. Obviously, this must be Admiral Urkert. Parks looked at him and then guessed.

At this time, Lieutenant Colonel David walked over and said to Admiral Urkert, "General, the lieutenant is here!"

Lieutenant Colonel David's words attracted the attention of everyone in the headquarters. They all stopped and looked at a U.S. lieutenant who came into the door. Their eyes flashed with all kinds of emotions, surprise, suspicion and even jealousy. Obviously, this battle has been rewritten because of this person.

Admiral Urkett strode to Parks, laughing and giving Parks a big hug. His arms are very strong, as if to release all his strength. Parks felt that he really wanted to thank himself.

"What can I say?" Admiral Urkert laughed and then let go of him. "I can't express my gratitude for anything I want to say. To be honest, I have never been so grateful to Americans. Even when they joined our Allies, they were not so grateful. Lieutenant, it's different this time.

"Well, I can't say anything. Thank you, Admiral Urkert has already said that I mean the same as him. Admiral Sushaboski, who was beside him, also came over and looked at Parks and smiled, "But I still have to say, thank you, young man!"

"Me too!" Brigadier General John Frost also raised his hand and smiled, "Well done, young man, you saved us and hugged the Arnaum Bridge. That's the most important thing."

General Sushaboski has talked to Admiral Urgt about the whole process of Parks' attack. The two were surprised by Parks's tactics and bold approach. To be honest, there is no army or a general in the Allies who dares to carry out such a raid. Even if Parks carried out a rescue mission in the past, in their opinion, there was a very big accidental surname, and they could not enter the military textbook. But now they have to look at this problem with a new perspective.

"To be honest, your tactics are amazing!" Admiral Urkert said to Parks, "But it's very effective."

"Thank you, General!" Parks nodded with a smile, "But it's also very worrying, isn't it?"

"Worried?" Brigadier General John Forrest suddenly laughed, "Yes, the whole Allies are worried about us now." Then he looked at the soldiers who were busy trying to repair the communication equipment and said with a wry smile, "The Allied Command asked us to stay for two days. Now we have been holding for four days, but where are the 30th Army?"

"It seems that they were in trouble when they seized the bridge!" Admiral Urqu't nodded and said, "We may be alone now. The Germans were repelled by us, and we successfully seized the bridge, but the Germans could get materials directly from China, and soon they would make up for the losses suffered this time. We are in a bad situation! Guys!" (Guys)

"Are we going to retreat?" Admiral Sushaboski was obviously a little unwilling. After a huge loss, he had to hand over the bridge to the Germans. It was really difficult for people to make a decision.

When Parks saw that they began to discuss the military situation, he didn't know whether he was suitable to stay here, so he hesitated and said, "Well, or I'll leave first, General!" He said to General Urkert, "Maybe I can come back later."

Urkert couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Parks's voice, and then quickly understood what he meant. He couldn't help laughing and said, "No, no, let's discuss it together. Now we are the unity of the three armies, and we have representatives of the British and Polish armies, and you are the representative of the U.S. Let's do it together!"

(to be continued)