Chapter 278 Missing Soldiers

In the middle of the night, everyone curled up in the cold. The Germans dug a simple pit of scattered soldiers, but no one took care of the prisoners of the U.S. military. The U.S. military prisoners, who were already ragged, couldn't stand it.

"Poo!" With a sound, a U.S. soldier prisoner couldn't stand it. He, who was sitting on a tree across the snow, suddenly tilted his body and fell into the snow.

"God!" Another American prisoner not far from the fallen prisoner ran this way quickly, then helped the fallen man up, touched his neck, and suddenly turned his head to the German soldiers guarding them and shouted, "He is still alive. Let him escape in the pit of scattered soldiers. For God's sake, please!" This is a lieutenant officer of the U.S. military.

The guarded German soldiers looked at Lieutenant Colonel Gurian not far away. Lieutenant Colonel Gurian was expressionless, as if he didn't hear the shouting of the U.S. military lieutenant. He was staring ahead, thinking about how to get out of this forest area. According to his experience, the heavy snow may stop before noon tomorrow. At that time, the visibility of the weather will be better and it will be easy to judge the direction.

Looking at the U.S. lieutenant's constant pleading, although he couldn't understand what he said, the German soldiers could judge what he meant. He hesitated for a moment, then nodded to the U.S. military lieutenant and whispered something to Second Lieutenant Elder beside him. Second Lieutenant Elder turned his head to look at the U.S. lieutenant and then nodded.

The German soldiers whistled at the U.S. lieutenant, and then waved to signal that he would carry the fallen man over. Second Lieutenant Elder stood up and gave up his scattered pit.

The U.S. lieutenant put the frozen soldier in the scattering pit, and then compared it to the German army, "Crap, I need a blanket. If not, he won't last long!"

The German soldier understood what he meant under the stroke of the U.S. lieutenant. He looked at Second Lieutenant Elder. Second Lieutenant Elder frowned and looked at the U.S. lieutenant and the American soldier in the scattering pit. Finally, he nodded and handed over a blanket on his body.

The U.S. lieutenant gratefully took the blanket and wrapped the soldier tightly. At this time, the German soldier looked at Second Lieutenant Elder puzzledly. Obviously, the second lieutenant gave up his foxhole and blanket to the U.S. military prisoners, and he would rather be blowing in the wind and snow, which is an incomprehensible thing.

Second Lieutenant Alder did not explain that he was no longer a high-spirited second lieutenant of the SS, but planning for his own back. Lieutenant Colonel Gurian was an executioner. He killed 153 U.S. prisoners of war, but Aed was not involved in these matters. Seeing the German army retreating, even this time, the Arden attack battle organized with all its strength, may end in failure. Their destination is the town of Novill, but now it seems that it is still a question whether the town of Novill is still under the control of the German army. Once the town of Novill is occupied by the U.S. military, they will be completely alone trapped by the American Legion, and it is impossible to return to Germany. According to Lieutenant Colonel Gurian, once the U.S. army occupied the town of Noville, he would not hesitate to order the prisoners to be shot.

Second Lieutenant Elder is not in favor of doing so, which is equivalent to his own way back. Once he is surrounded and captured by the U.S. military, waiting for himself may be the trial of the Allies, and he can't escape death. But as a junior officer, he can't talk about the lieutenant colonel's decision. Sometimes, he even wants to exchange these prisoners for his freedom to the U.S. military, but he is not sure if the other 32 people think the same as himself. He didn't dare to take risks and could only hide the idea in his heart.

Lieutenant Colonel Gulian knew what was going on around him, but he didn't stop it. Although he was sitting in the fox and covered with a blanket, he knew that there were some people in the team who thought differently from him. At least the idea of Second Lieutenant Aard, the only officer in his team other than himself, was a little wavering.

Lt. Colonel Gurion has actually made a judgment in his heart. According to the progress of the war, more than half of Noville Town is no longer in his own hands. If that is the case, he will not hesitate to execute the order and shoot all these U.S. prisoners. But he can't do it in front of everyone. He has to let his trusted and reliable people do it. And those people are SS soldiers who are absolutely loyal to the empire.

"Second Lieutenant!" Guriang took a look at Second Lieutenant Elder, who was standing aside, and said, "Why hasn't the patrolman come back yet?"

When Second Lieutenant Elder heard this, he was stunned and began to wonder. Now it was time to change the sentry, but the German troops of the two patrols did not come back. If you are not lost, there is something wrong.

"Okay, sir, I'll send someone to check it right away!" Second Lieutenant Elder nodded and then shouted not far away, "Sergeant Oakley, take your people to check. Ritter and Robborn haven't come back yet!"

"Okay, sir!" A tall and burly German soldier got up from the scattered soldier pit on the other side. He whistled at the soldiers who were staying in the scattered soldier pit beside him and shouted, "It's time to work, you lazy people, hurry up, hurry up!"

Just as they were about to get up, they suddenly heard a gunshot, a "bang" and it came clearly in the silent snow. Gurian suddenly stood up. He had already heard that it was a gunshot of 98k, and according to the current environment, the farthest distance was only 200 meters away.

"Your officer!" Second Lieutenant Elder had grabbed the rifle, and all the Germans were awakened by the gunfire. They looked around in panic and grabbed their rifles in a hurry. Obviously, they have fled all the way here and have become frightened birds.

"Wait, second lieutenant, wait!" Lieutenant Colonel Gurian was calculating quickly in his heart. With only one gunshot, there was no more sound. He immediately came up with several possible surnames in his mind. One was that the rifles of the two soldiers sent out to patrol were caught fire. But this can be ruled out soon, because both of them are experienced, especially Roberne, who is a veteran of many battles, and Little is not a recruit. The second situation is that they found the trace of the U.S. military and fired. From a single gunshot and no more sound, he could even conclude that the U.S. military they found was single or lost. It is not ruled out that a U.S. military passed by nearby. In addition, the two of them had an indul, and one of them fired.

Lieutenant Colonel Gurion quickly ruled out the first and third possible surnames. Now there is only the second possible surname. At this time, he made a decision and said to Alder, "Second Lieutenant, according to the original plan, exclude the patrol and look for two people, although you can find out the real situation!"

Without waiting for Second Lieutenant Elder to speak, Sergeant Oakry waved to the four soldiers behind him, and the group walked in columns to the place where the sound had just been made. Second Lieutenant Elder looked at their backs with some concern until they disappeared into the woods.

The U.S. lieutenant also heard it, and his hands couldn't help tightening. His guess was actually similar to that of Lieutenant Gurion. He began to pray for the possible unicomman's soldiers.

Sergeant Oakleigh walked in the front with a gun, and the snow behind him quickly covered the footprints of the five people. Even after walking 20 or 30 meters, I can't see the figure behind me clearly.

"Be careful, guys, we are in a column, so as to avoid casualties! The distance is too far. Check around carefully and don't miss anything suspicious. In fact, Oakry himself didn't believe this. Even if there were any clues, everything would be covered up in such a heavy snowstorm. As long as he saw people, it would be much easier to do!

"Sergeant, why is it us every time?" A German soldier walking behind Oakry muttered discontentedly, "I think Second Lieutenant Elder has a preoition about us. The last time we got rid of the U.S. military, it was also our class who used the cover to retreat. That time we lost six brothers. Look, now the only five of us left have also been sent out. If we meet the U.S. military, we will be finished!"

Oakley looked back at the German soldier and said, "There's nothing to complain about. If we really fall into the siege of the U.S. military, we will die!" Why do you care about this?"

"I don't think so. Today, I think there is something wrong between the second lieutenant and the lieutenant colonel. Someone quietly told me that the second lieutenant may not agree with Lieutenant Colonel Gurian's plan to kill the Americans!" The German army continued.

"I don't care so much. Dude, now the one in the team is Lieutenant Colonel Gurion. He is the supreme commander. We have to listen to him. He asked us to kill the Americans, and I will do it. He asked me to let go of those prisoners, and I would do the same!" Oakry continued to walk forward. He said it seriously and didn't seem to be joking at all.

"Well, you are our head. What are you going to do? We all listen to you!" The soldier muttered at the end. This sentence made Oakry smile.

They walked forward about 200 meters, but they didn't see any trace, and no one appeared. Even the two sent outpost soldiers couldn't see it.

"Did, what should we do?" The German soldier behind Oakry couldn't help scolding, "Sergeant, let's go back. There is no result here. We can only wander around."

Oakry nodded. He knew that there could be no result. He couldn't find anyone. If he scattered to look for it, maybe he would get lost in the woods. But he turned around and took a few steps, and suddenly stopped. He looked at everyone in the team in surprise and stared wide.

And the rest of the people also looked at Oakry, looking at some inexplicable.

"Sergeant!" Someone couldn't help shouting at him.

"Damn it, damn it!" Orek suddenly shouted, "Where is Hamilton? Tell me, why is that damn guy not in the team?

At this time, all the people woke up. Now there were only four people standing in the snow, but when they came out, there were obviously five people, and one guy called Hamilton was missing.

"Maybe... maybe I'm lost!" A German soldier carefully expressed his speculation.

"God, he followed us at a distance of no more than two meters. How could he follow us?" Oakrey was confused as he said, because this guy disappeared when he was most likely to disappear. At the thought of this, all four people shrank their necks and felt that the wind around them was colder, which made their cold hair stand up.

(to be continued)