Chapter 272 Setbacks Down

As the night fell, the temperature was getting lower and lower, and because of the heavy snow, the logistics fell into chaos again, and the brothers of E Company returned to the lack of cold weather. Lieutenant Welsh convened a meeting of officers and all non-commissioned squad leaders.

"We will do it tomorrow morning. The plan is like this, 2 rows on the left and 3 rows on the right. We will have tanks providing support from the right along the Foy-Noville road. Lieutenant Wales said, "The distance from here to the village is about 800 meters. We ask for fast forward. Speed is the most important. Then enter the house and use it as a cover; everyone should use rifles and grenades to fight together to sweep away the enemy in the house; mortars are ready to fire at German tactical strongholds at any time; machine gunners should establish support fire; tell brothers not to gather together. That's what he should say. As a company commander, he arranged such a meeting in detail. Because these sergeants will tell the brothers under their jurisdiction, because they are all veterans and know how to do it!

Captain Winters attended the meeting, and he didn't say anything. Until the meeting ends. When all the officers and sergeants left, Captain Winters looked at the Welsh lieutenant and said, "Are you worried?"

Lieutenant Wales looked at Winters and nodded, "Yes, before we officially launched the attack, our brothers suffered a series of setbacks. Some people were constantly injured and then withdrew from the company. This situation is worrying, so I said a lot, although it sounds unnecessary. But I can't help saying it!"

Lieutenant Winters nodded and said, "Well, you're right, but you're so tense like a spring that others can't help but be nervous. What I have to do is to make my brothers not be so nervous. Harry, I know you're worried. Don't think too much. Take care of yourself when you start the attack tomorrow! " Captain Winters said, patted Lieutenant Welsh on the shoulder and left.

Lieutenant Welsh looked at the direction of Winters' departure, and then silently walked to his splitter pit and sat down. This is the coldest night since the battle of Company E. It's much colder than when I was in Bastogne. Because they can only stay in the simple riot pit now, and there is almost nothing to cover. Moreover, the brothers marched all the way, fighting while marching, and their clothes were sweaty. Now the temperature has suddenly dropped, and they have all turned into ice. Most people are shivering.

Lieutenant Wales was thinking about something and wanted to sleep in a daze. At this time, he suddenly heard a rumbling sound, and then someone pushed him. He suddenly woke up, then straightened up and turned his head to find that it was Sergeant Tebert pushing him.

"Lieutenant, it seems that there is the sound of the tank's motor and the sound of starting!" Sergeant Tebert whispered to the Welsh lieutenant, "I can't tell whether it's our tank or the German."

Lieutenant Wales also listened carefully, and he could not judge. He just whispered to Tybert, "Notify each class and pay attention at any time. Someone must be alert. Don't let the Germans take advantage of it. By the way, is Li Pu there? I need him to come over. We need to patrol here. I think he is a good candidate.

Tybert nodded and left. In fact, there is no need for him to inform every brother. Because it was too cold, even if they fell asleep, they couldn't help waking up with a shiver, so most of the brothers did not sleep. They quietly leaned against the scattered soldiers' pit, and then listened to the continuous roar of the tanks, and their hearts were uneasy.

" Sir, you are looking for me!" Li Pu came over after a while. He squeezed his lips at the Lieutenant Wales, and the scars on his face were scabbed, which made his kind face look a little ferocious.

Lieutenant Wales looked at him and said, "I have a reconnaissance mission. We don't know the situation on the opposite side. I hope you can scout. You don't need a lot of people. Just take the radio soldiers!"

Li Pu couldn't help but be stunned, and then he looked at Lieutenant Wales incredulously and said, "Sir, are you sure? That's the German territory over there!" He couldn't help asking.

"That's why we have to know what we are going to face. Do it, sergeant!" Lieutenant Welsh frowned. He understood that it was really dangerous after all.

"Well, as you wish, sir!" Li Pu didn't say anything more. He nodded and was ready to leave.

"Li Pu, take Luz with you. He is very experienced!" Lieutenant Wales suddenly added.

The night in the snow has a cold light from the snow, and the visibility is a little higher than usual. While tidying up his clothes, Luz whispered in the tone of Lieutenant Welsh, "Li Pu, take Luz, he has a lot of experience! Damn, experienced people should die. Li Pu, it seems that you have a lot of experience.

"Luz!" Li Pu looked at Luz, who was full of resentment, and couldn't help shaking his head and said, "First, you really learn a lot like Lieutenant Wales; second, don't mutter any more. Third, I need an experienced person to follow me. That's all. All right, let's go! The Germans won't find us. There are no searchlights or flares here. What else do you need to worry about? With that, he held a rifle and bowed his body, and began to quietly go to the side of the village.

"There are Germans there! And German-made guns!" Luz muttered at the end, and then followed Li Pu quietly towards the German position.

The two came to a barn on the edge of the village, entered through the back door, and touched another door leading to the yard, which was on the side of a main road across Norville. It's quiet here. Suddenly, Li Pu gestured to Luz, who was following him, signaling him to squat down to look for cover. He quickly touched the hay in front of him, and then turned around and waved to Luz, signaling him to follow.

"Li Pu, have you found anything?" Luz looked around and couldn't see anything here. Everything was like a shadow in the dark, silently here.

"9 o'clock direction, tank, Sherman tank!" Li Pu whispered to Luz.

Luz climbed forward, and he quickly saw the direction Li Pu was pointing to. There were three or four tanks lying there, a Sherman tank made by the United States. They are like huge black monsters lying there.

"Have our people occupied this place?" Luz whispered.

"I don't know!" Li Pu said to Luz, "Contact the lieutenant and ask the lieutenant if our armored forces have taken this town?"

Lieutenant Wales soon gave the answer. He doesn't know. This made Luz very unhappy, and he couldn't help muttering, "I don't know, God, what else does he know?" Li Pu, let us check it out!"

Li Pu nodded and then said to Luz, "You stay here and wait for me!" With that, a cat quietly lurked towards the tanks. Even in the dark, in the light of the snow, it can be clearly seen that these tanks were destroyed. And there are frozen bodies of the U.S. military next to the tank, lying horizontally.

Li Pu suddenly felt a twitch in his heart. He quickly covered his chest, ran back quickly, and gasped on the edge of the haystuff, "Damn it!"

"What did you see?" Luz asked hurriedly.

"The body, which has been frozen for almost a month, should have been left when DeSobery's detachment withdrew from Noville. They fought here at that time." Li Pu suppressed his nausea.

"God, when was that? On December 20, 1944? Luz suddenly jumped up and said, "Let's go back, Li Pu, I hate this damn place!"

The news brought back by Li Pu is of little value. They just know that the village is still occupied by the German army. The attack started at dawn the next day. Lieutenant Wales decided to lead a row of charge in the middle. He knew that to lead the morale of the whole team, he must charge in the front and set an example for his brothers.

When Captain Winters gave the order to attack, Lieutenant Wales jumped up and shouted, "Guys, let's go, hurry up, move quickly, hurry up!" With that, he rushed to the front of the team.

Company E charged forward in a scattered formation, and the team loosened as much as possible to reduce casualties. The third row is on the right, and the second row is on the left, charging at the same time, echoing each other. Everyone ran forward desperately as if they were attacking Fuyi Village. But this process is much farther than Foi Village, which is only 200 meters away, and it is almost four times as far as there.

When Company E was only about 300 meters away from the village, the Germans opened fire. They hid well and suddenly opened fire, and the soldiers of Company E rushed to the front of them fell down one after another.

The Welsh lieutenant quickly dodged the German fire. He wanted to run over to the burned tank next to him, which could be used as a bunker. And beside him, there are people who keep falling down. Their resistance to the German army was the most fierce. The third and second rows of people have cut into the village in weak resistance.

"Boom--" With a loud noise, a German tank suddenly rushed out of the highway. The tank rushed out of the surrounding woods. It was now in front of a row, with a shot at the Welsh lieutenant who hid in the abandoned tank, and immediately lifted him up.

"Lieutenant!" Daniu Landman ran towards him quickly. Lieutenant Wales rolled a few times on the snow and then squeezed screams out of his throat.

Da Niu Landorman dragged him to the back of the burned house next to him, avoiding the realization of German tanks. Wales has been shivering with its calves in its arms.

"The calf is injured, lieutenant, but not very serious!" Landoman tore the Welsh lieutenant's trousers and shouted at the back, "Doctor, doctor, the lieutenant is injured!"

German tanks rampaged on the road, and several brothers were hit by the shrapnel of the tank gun and fell to the ground injured. In the rapid movement, White was also overturned by the air wave of the shell. After talking, he watched the tank raise its muzzle towards him and sit on the ground. He instinctively raised his rifle and shot at the tank. Then he saw that the tank suddenly caught fire and made an earth-shaking explosion. A P-47 lightning bomber dived and roared in an arc in the sky.

"Thank God!" White quickly got up and rushed to the village.

At this time, U.S. tanks had already driven over from the highway, and then turned their guns to shell the German strongholds in the village.

(to be continued)