Chapter 233 Patrol

Toy was transported to the hospital in the rear. Parks patted the cover of the jeep and watched the jeep leave the place. Malachi, Muk and Pankala all hid in the bunker. Captain Winters and Lieutenant Compton were lying on the snow, and the shells were still exploding everywhere, making a deafening sound. Captain Parks climbed over to Winters and gestured to him, signaling him to hide in a nearby bunker.

The German artillery was very fierce, and the sky kept shining with fire, like the flash of thunder and lightning. Parks hid in Marage's bunker, and Captain Winters hid in Toi's original bunker, and Grenari had run back from the bunker next to him. The shells kept exploding behind him, and the air waves overturned him to the ground. He kept crawling forward, trying to crawl into his bunker.

Winters leaned out, half of his bullets out of the bunker, pulled his collar with one hand, and dragged him into the bunker. Compton beside him also came to help and hurriedly pulled Gernery in. The three of them just fell into the bunker together, and a shell exploded near the bunker, lifting the dirt. The air wave overturned the three people to the ground again.

"Damn it!" Gnari scolded, and then smiled at Captain Winters.

"How's the brothers?" Winters grinned and smiled at Gerry, "I heard that someone is singing again, and it's really unbearable to stay in the bunker!" It's Vito and Gordon!" Gernery smiled and said, "I have warned them!"

"Well done!" Winters nodded, and Compton suddenly turned to look at Winter and then at Gnauri. He shook his head and said, "They are all veterans of Tacoya. They can't stand it, so others can imagine. This damn German army, they have the advantage of artillery, and there are many people. It seems that we will have a more difficult day!"

"Have a good talk with your brothers!" Winters patted Gnelly's arm, then waved his head at Compton and said, "Buck, let's go somewhere else. If the Germans don't attack tomorrow, they will choose the attack point in another place!" With that, he greeted Compton to climb out of the bunker.

"Your officer?" Granary suddenly said in the back, "Are you telling the truth? Will the German army choose another place as a breakthrough? Will their main force leave here?

Winters stopped, looked back at Granari, and said with a smile, "Yes, if they don't attack tomorrow, they will choose another place. This is good news!" With that, he nodded slightly at Granary, and then climbed out of the bunker. Winters' judgment is correct. If the Germans don't attack, it will never waste time here again. They must get through the main road of Bastogne as quickly and in time, so as to obtain the strategic initiative.

After this round of fierce artillery shelling by the German army, there was no more movement. Perhaps this is the largest shelling before their retreat. Of course, they can't withdraw all of them. They still keep the troops to maintain the threat to the E company's defense line. They also have to defend their own defense line and keep sending people to infiltrate the E company's defense line.

The sun gradually spread out on the snow, just like opening a curtain, full of brilliant golden light. The snow seemed to be plated with a layer of gold, and the snow became a more bright and eye-catching color. The sun shined in through the observation mouth, which made Hevran wake up early! He rubbed his eyes and then looked outside. Company E's brothers woke up one after another. Some of them walked out of the bunker without shelling. Staying here every day made people really moldy.

The German army did not launch an attack, and a very calm day came. Gernelly had a good sleep. He opened his eyes and looked at the already bright sky outside. Suddenly, he remembered Winters' words and suddenly became cheerful. He couldn't help touching his face with his hand. He hadn't shaved for a long time, and his face was full of beard.

But when there is no attack, it is still necessary to prevent the penetration of the Germans. If you are not careful, the damage caused by penetration is often much greater than their attack. Especially in this bunker, the actual damage caused by the attack is not very great, but the sneak attack after penetration may make the brothers sleeping in the bunker. I'm desperate. Although this kind of bunker can achieve a blind viewing angle, no one can guarantee that there will be no German troops sneaking in.

"Sergeant Martin! "Martin--" Sergeant Tebert shouted, "Come here quickly, we have another mission."

Martin came to Sergeant Tebert with a submachine gun. He shook his head and said seriously, "I know you're definitely not going to be a good thing. Come on, what's the task?"

Sergeant Tebert nodded to Martin and said, "Call your brothers, we are going to patrol along the defense line. General McAuliff said that the Eighth Army was not understaffed and patrolled, which caught the German army off guard when it launched a large-scale attack on December 16, causing panic. The general decided to let all the defense lines strengthen combat patrols.

"Who will lead the team?" Sergeant Martin asked.

"Captain Parks sent Lieutenant Piccock to lead the team. He thought he was the best choice for the first team!" Sergeant Tiber shrugged his shoulders and spread out his hands and said, "Martin, gather your brothers and take good care of them. Lieutenant Picak--" he paused for a moment, "You know, he's always like that!"

Martin nodded and said, "I know!" With that, he began to call the soldiers in his class one by one in the bunkers, and then waited for the arrival of Lieutenant Picak.

"Oh, God, I began to pray to God early this morning. I didn't expect good luck to come to me soon!" Hefran muttered discontentedly, and then said to Julian next to him, "I think it must be because I didn't wash my hands at breakfast today. God blames me for disrespecting him!"

"I didn't dream of God last night, so I was selected today!" Julian smiled and said, "Don't worry, baby, I'll follow you. Just follow me!"

"No, no, I'm not worried! Julian, if you are unfortunately hit by the German army, I can greet your mother for you!" Hefran looked at Julian with some discompity. Julian shrugged his shoulders carelessly and didn't mind that there was anything wrong with Hevron's words.

"Pikak leads the team?" With the walker on his back, Luz put his rifle diagonally on the tree trunk beside him. He shook his head and smiled, "This fool can't find anything. He's just a guy who can only obey orders. Now we have to obey his orders. It's really too bad!"

"The order is like this, Luz, there's nothing to complain about! Fortunately, we still have Martin, don't we?" With a machine gun on his back, Chris Denson sat on the trunk of a tree across the snow, and then shouted at Martin, "Hey, Captain Martin, will Lieutenant Picak lead the team again? Or is he at the end?

Martin looked at Christenson and said, "You'd better ask him yourself!"

Some people were talking here when they suddenly heard a voice roaring, "What are you talking about?" But no one answered him, so as he approached, he continued, "We know that the German devils are in the woods in front of our main defense line, but we don't know how many people they have and where their main defense lines and posts are distributed. Now, our task is to figure out these situations and catch a few prisoners if possible.

But it is obvious that the brothers have a lot of questions to ask. After all, if he goes on patrol with Picak, if he doesn't figure out some problems in advance, he may be confused at any time when contacting the German army.

Sergeant Christensen asked, "What is the plan for the attack?"

"Where are you guys?" Hefran asked.

"What should we do after we lose contact in the woods?" Sergeant Martin, the monitor, asked.

"Okay, okay, don't ask about this. Who is leading the team?" Picak couldn't answer, so he had to say angrily, "You will know when we get to the trees."

"Fang, I know so little about the situation. It must be another messy action." Chris Denson cursed in his heart.

"We leave at 10 a.m." Seeing that his brothers were a little confused, he didn't want to say more. He ordered, "Go and prepare weapons and ammunition!"

Watching Picak leave, Hefran couldn't help cursing: "Damn it, I knew it was not a good job!"

At 9:30 a.m., the brothers on patrol gathered a few meters behind the main defense line and surrounded Pastor Moloni. He eulogized the prayers before the Eucharist, announced that he would forgive all the sins of the believers, and sent the holy bread to the brothers who wanted the Eucharist. Finally, he said to the brothers, "Good luck."

"Amen!" Everyone crossed their chests, then stood up and began to pack their equipment one after another.

At this time, Julian took his equipment, walked to Martin's side and said, "Martin, I'll be a top soldier!"

Staff Sergeant Martin looked at Julian and nodded, "Okay, you're an investigator!" After saying that, he looked at Picak beside him. Piccock didn't say anything, and his face was even a little unnaturally flustered.

"Let's go! All right, guys, let's go!" Picak just said such a sentence, and then there was nothing to say.

Martin couldn't help shaking his head, and then shouted at his brothers, "Guys, let's keep going until we meet the German army. We are investigating the position of the German army," Martin then added loudly, "Okay, that's it, let's go, tactical column, brothers!"

A group of people began to walk forward with cursing. Julian walked in front with a rifle in his arms, and Martin and Piccock walked in the end. At this time, Medical Officer Luo also stepped forward and wanted to walk with the team, but was stopped by Martin.

"Doctor, doctor, this is a combat patrol. Why don't you step back so as not to get into trouble?" Martin nodded to Medical Officer Luo.

"Okay, sir!" Medical Officer Luo looked at the backs of the members of the patrol who were on the road, and then stopped.

Sergeant Martin hurried two steps and followed the team. Someone shouted loudly, "Luz, hurry up, follow the team!"

A group of people walked in the vast forest, and the snow behind them was a mess of footprints...

(to be continued)