Chapter 252 Unification

The German second attack was a long time apart. This also made the brothers of E Company prepare for a long time. They included preparing a lot of sticky explosives. To be honest, this kind of thing is a very good supplement when there is a shortage of anti-tank weapons.

"Martin was like a overturned wooden stake. His buttocks fell to the ground, and he said to me: It's okay. I don't believe him. His buttocks are as swollen as a woman's plump breasts. Sergeant Lanny witnessed the whole process of the big cow Randolman blowing up the German tank. He proudly spread this message among his brothers. "As the captain said, that thing is really easy to use. Daniel, if you do it again, will you fail? Lanny usually shouted loudly at the big cow lying in front of him.

"Look at your defense!" Daniu Landorman bit the cigar and looked at him angrily. At that time, the situation was really dangerous. Almost at a critical moment, he blew up the tank. If it was a little later, Martin or himself would be killed by the German army, and he would never be as relaxed and happy as Lanny said.

"You'd better check the battlefield manual. I always feel that it was made up by the captain himself. Do you have it?" Lanny looked at Melot and said, "Have you seen it?"

Melot shook his head. Lanny looked at Daniel and Martin again. They all shook their heads. Obviously, even if the field manual was issued, few people really wanted to read it. That's just looking for trouble by yourself. These soldiers, even if they are idle, are much better at reading pornographic pictorials or hero comics than war manuals.

"It seems that I have to find a book in the future. Maybe I will need it!" Lenny muttered, but in his opinion, Captain Parks undoubtedly brought them another surprise.

"I don't want to. When this fight is over, we may be able to enter Berlin. Hitler is going to be caught by us. What else do you want?" Martin shook his head and joked, "If you really want it, maybe it's good to find Webster. That guy likes to collect books, but he's in the ambulance station now."

Position manual, this may just be a reason created by Captain Parks. No one can find a battlefield manual on his body, and no one remembers what will be written in the battlefield manual? In their opinion, those are just a book full of nonsense. What's more, most of them come from different classes, and many of them are at the bottom. There are not many people who can read, and they are not interested in putting their time on a manual. But everyone is willing to believe that this thing was not originally in the battlefield manual, but something created by Captain Parks himself, which came from their confidence in Parks and became a little blind.

Captain Winters came to the defense line of Company E between the German attack, talked to Captain Parks about his views on the German attack, and then left. He took the rear company to assist in the defense of Company F, where he was almost broken by the Germans in the morning. Despite their favorable conditions for the Parks bunker, German tanks were rampant on their lines of defense.

"Okay, that's the way you said?" Captain Winters watched Parks wring up a lubricating sock full of explosives and couldn't help laughing, "It seems that I have to read the field manual well!"

Winters came to learn from this method of bombing tanks. Company E defended the defense line and blew up the German tanks. It turned out that this was their "secret" weapon.

Company F destroyed several bunkers by German tanks and artillery, and four people were killed and more than a dozen people were injured. If it was not the role of a bunker, the casualties would be far more than this. This time, the Germans dropped the offensive forces of two companies on the defense line of Company E, and the offensive power of Company F. Quantity. They took Company F as the key direction to open the gap, and all the cannons fired at Company F, instead of being placed opposite the defense line of Company E. After all, they suffered a great loss on the defense line of E Company and had to show caution again and again.

The Germans finally launched an attack at 3:45 p.m. They didn't prepare for as long as the brothers of Company E, but Major Trisher couldn't make a decision. He knew that the focus of the German attack had shifted, that is to say, as long as he held Company E here, he would basically complete the task, but for him, it basically meant failure. The change in the defense line of the main attack shows that the upper commander has lost trust in him.

In any case, the attack still needs to be carried out, even if it's a show. It's good if you can go deeper. Therefore, the German army began to attack Company E with such a mentality. Therefore, this attack has been delayed for a long time from the last attack.

Major Trisher knew the inadequacy of the anti-tank weapons of Company E this time. He could not let the tank go to Company E to die. The tank was not far from the defense line of Company E, providing fire support for the German attack, and it dared not approach again. But such fire support is obviously much thinner, which can only cause a little trouble.

The battle was not very fierce. After the Germans rushed to the edge of the woods, they often used the cover of the big trees to shoot at the U.S. military. They did not want to move forward and did not dare to move forward. After all, if you enter the crossfire range of the bunker, there is little hope of survive, without tank cover. On the contrary, this kind of shooting with the U.S. military with a big tree as a bunker can save his life and he is indeed attacking, and he does not violate the orders of the officers.

And the officers no longer urged the soldiers to charge forward desperately. They knew that it was futile. There was a strange situation on the whole battlefield of the E Company, which was an offensive battle, but both armies were shooting under cover, and the German army refused to move forward. It is said to be a trench war, and the German army has no trenches. They are at a disadvantage with the help of the cover of big trees.

"What the hell are the Germans doing?" Lieutenant Wales looked at the German attack and couldn't help staring at Parks, "This is really a strange phenomenon. It's the first time I've seen such a battle!"

"Me too!" Parks nodded with a smile and said, "The Germans may be just executing the order now, not considering the result of the order. I believe they will push it down soon. We all stay in the bunker and don't attack. It's no longer necessary. This time, Parks did not attack decisively. First, there were many German soldiers, and second, there was not much favorable situation to rely on. They just need to hold the defense line.

While discussing between Parks and Wales, he suddenly saw a "boom" of the German tank. The fire soared to the sky and was destroyed there. Then he hid behind the tree and retreated like the tide of the Germans shot by the E company brothers, and from the tree on the side. There was a heavy roar and the sound of shells in the forest.

"God, it's the Sherman chariot, it's our Sherman chariot!" Malaki was the first person to shout. Then there was the cheers of the whole E company. After holding here for so many days, they finally saw the arrival of another U.S. army, an U.S. military armored force, which means that they will no longer be isolated.

"Thank God!" Parks shouted, then patted Wales' arm and said, "Harry, it's our turn!" With that, he ran out of the bunker and shuttled across the defense line of Company E and shouted, "Guys, fight hard, don't relax. This is our chance. Come on, Chris Denson, don't stop your machine gun and shoot at those bitches!"

The U.S. armored division finally appeared. But they almost missed Bastogne. On the afternoon of December 25, after a four-day long journey, the Allied 4th Armored Division crossed the German defense lines and reached the vicinity of Bastogne. Its leading forces were the 37th Tank Battalion and the 53rd Armored Infantry Battalion. At about 3 p.m. on December 26, they met at an intersection to Seablatt. Creton, the commander of the two teams? Lieutenant Colonel Abrams and George? Lieutenant Colonel Jacques ordered the troops to stop moving forward and negotiate the next action plan here.

Both of them are full of doubts about the prospect of crossing Siblet. They are worried that excessive intrusion will lead to their troops being surrounded by the Germans and thus losing contact with the follow-up forces.

"Maybe we should stop!" Lieutenant Colonel Jacques is in Lieutenant Colonel Abrams.

"It's hard to say!" Lieutenant Colonel Abrams was a little hesitant. He wanted to move forward, but also worried about being besieged by the German army. After all, there was also the main German defenders in Seabrett.

While the two were discussing, a C-47 was flying to Baston at a low altitude. The two immediately realized that it was more important to rescue Bastoni than to cross the Siebright. Abrams' troops led the way in front, at dusk, six Sherman tanks in Charles? Under the command of Lieutenant Boggs, he drove towards Asseus and quickly crossed Asseus, beginning to cross a forest on the outskirts of the town along the road.

When Lieutenant Boggs' second batch of tanks crossed the forest, Lieutenant Colonel Abrams, the combat chief of the tank sitting on the tank, William? Captain Dwight ordered the tank to drive off the road and shoot the Germans in the forest with machine guns. The U.S. infantry jumped off the vehicle one after another, quickly cleared the mines on the road, and then jumped into the vehicle to catch up with the vanguard troops.

The first to meet Lieutenant Boggs' tank formation was the 326 airborne engineering battalion. They were attacking a German bunker, but when their attack was frustrated, the German bunker suddenly "boom" and was destroyed by a loud noise. On the edge of their 100-yard forest, a formation of tanks composed of Sherman tanks roared towards them. The turret door of a tank has been opened, and a U.S. soldier is waving to them.

"Shuman tank, oh, it's so beautiful!" This was the first reaction of the U.S. troops in the attack, and then they cheered loudly. After many days of hard work, they finally saw a U.S. armored force appear in front of them.

At 4:30 p.m., Lieutenant Boggs's tank formation set off again. They also had follow-up troops to sweep the enemy on part of Bastogne's defense line of the 101st Airborne Division, and they coincidentally appeared on the battlefield of the German attack on the E and F line.

The German army retreated quickly. Not only did they quickly disintegrate their attack on the E Company, but also on the back side, the attack on the F Company also made them no longer have any hope because of the addition of the U.S. armored formation. Their attack was repulsed again, thus hurriedly ending the attack. What will be waiting for them? It's time to consider guarding their own defenses.

At 4:50 p.m. on December 16, 1944, the German siege of Bastoni was completely broken. The 37th Tank Battalion, led by Lieutenant Colonel Abrams, was the vanguard and broke through the enemy's defense line. The 101st Division was finally relieved.

(to be continued)