Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 2: Pentium (middle)

　　 "Let go of me, Le Dur..."

　　 Duval broke free from Le Durr's hand, and he shouted: "I admit it, you are right, okay, now what is the use of this, we..."

　　"Boom..."

　　 Just then another heavy artillery shell fell and exploded less than ten meters from the fence of the outpost. The powerful explosive shock wave mixed with countless fragments of soil and rock violently impacted the seemingly solid outer wall of the post. With the violent airflow, the mud and smoke rushed into the post from various large and small observation shooting holes and placed them for shooting. The machine gun on the hole was easily blown away by the air current like a piece of wood, and hit the other wall. The air was filled with pungent fire gas and strong smoke, and everyone in the room was stimulated to cough loudly.

　　 The soldiers were frightened by the situation they had never seen before. They were curled up on the ground with their heads trembling, coughing, crying, and screaming loudly. The wooden structure on the upper layer of the bunker made a sour groan, and the dust and sawdust accumulated in the cracks of the logs fell like rain during the violent tremor, causing the soldiers to scream in panic again.

　　 "Don’t panic everyone!"

　　Ledur stood up from the ground shaking, shaking his head vigorously, trying to get rid of the dizziness in his head, he stood too close to the shooting hole, and the shock wave gave him one without hesitation lesson.

　　 "Dewar, Dewar, how are you."

　　Le Dur swayed and bent down and pushed his comrades who fell down beside him. Dewar didn't react at all, he slumped there motionless, Le Dur saw a bright red blood stream slowly dripping from his ear holes. Le Dur was taken aback, and he quickly put his hand on Dewar's neck to test his pulse.

　　 "Fortunately, I was fainted by the shock." Le Dur turned Dewar over and let him lie on his back to prevent him from being injured by the next explosion. Then he stood up and walked towards his young men shivering at the foot of the wall.

　　 "Stand up for me, cowards, all cowards. Look at what you look like now, even a hen is braver than you look."

　　Leval kicked his men vigorously. He pulled the collars of the soldiers and picked them up one by one from the ground.

　　 "You must remember that you are a soldier, and France needs your protection..." Le Dur shook his head, his ears kept humming, making his own loud yelling sound like What was coming from far away was equally untrue. This feeling has not passed for more than 20 years, and he can't help but miss those days in the trenches, when the shelling was really fierce.

　　 "Pick up your weapons, put on your helmets, **** thing."

　　Ledur pushed the soldiers who were still in shock, roaring to prepare them for battle. Suddenly the rough wooden door of the post was slammed open, and then several people rushed into the house embarrassedly. Le Dur drew out the pistol quickly, but when he saw the rushing in, he quickly lowered the muzzle.

　　"You guys are still alive, I thought you were finished. Don’t stand there, Pierce, David, hurry up and take your weapons."

　　Ledur gave a loud order. Those who rushed in were the soldiers who were carrying food, Pierre and David, and two other new logistics soldiers. Le Dur was attracted by the two new faces. They were two tall black soldiers. They were wearing brown uniforms and "Adrian" helmets. Although they had the same gray-headed faces as Pierre and the others, they were two tall black soldiers. There was a nonchalant look on Zhang's shiny black face. There was no panic or fear in their eyes. What made Le Dur even more surprised was that the two men were carrying bread in their hands. Rattan baskets.

　　 "Is the colonial legion? Algeria or Guinea?" Le Dur nodded and asked the two black soldiers.

　　 "Ivory Coast." One of the black soldiers replied loudly.

　　"Very well, do you have any weapons?"

　　 Two black soldiers shook their heads.

　　"Find one here. You may need it right away."

　　Ledur turned his head and shouted at his subordinates: "Everyone brings weapons to their posts. We must fight back."

　　The soldiers had recovered from the panic before, and they promised loudly and ran towards their shooting positions. Le Dur turned around and ran to the phone and picked up the receiver. He shook the handle on the phone.

　　 "Damn, the phone line may have been interrupted." Le Dur fell severely. He turned his head and shouted to the soldiers: "The Germans did not use large-caliber artillery to cover us. Our luck. They may think that using artillery groups to destroy targets like us is a waste. Judging from the current situation, they only used three large-caliber long-range artillery at most. Don’t panic, they won’t hit us so easily. Trust me."

　　 "Boom..." Another shell hit the front of the post, shaking the dust on the wooden roof of the post again like rain.

　　"Bah...Bahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh) The telescope looked towards the other side.

　　 "Damn it, it seems that the Germans have figured it out. It is an infantry cannon." Le Dur screamed, and through the binoculars he saw a group of German soldiers struggling to push two large-caliber infantry cannons out of it. forest.

　　 "Now the situation is different. We are going to retreat, bringing weapons and ammunition that we can carry, and we are going to leave this place." Le Dur showed a look of panic for the first time, and he nervously addressed his men Yelled.

　　 "Sergeant, they are not ready to shoot. We can use 37mm guns against them now." Lafayette called with a machine gun.

　　"Don’t be kidding, it’s a 75mm cannon. They can’t miss a shot at this distance. We can only kill one of them at most, and then the other will be blasted into the sky. Take you Machine gun and ammunition, don’t forget your rifle."

　　Le Dur directed the other subordinates to collect all kinds of weapons and ammunition that could be taken away, and he loudly refuted Lafayette's ridiculous suggestion.

　　 "They only need more than a minute to be ready for shelling. Although I am not afraid of sacrifice, this sacrifice must be worthwhile. I don't like this stupid way of death." Dewar was in a coma, still carrying his rifle in his hand.

　　"Now we have lost contact with the regiment. They still don’t believe the news of the German attack. We must now return to the regiment to report the situation here. Staying here and making unnecessary sacrifices will not stop the Germans. Without our warning, the brothers in the regiment will be suddenly attacked by the Germans.” After Le Durr kicked open the wooden door, he shouted to his men: “Let’s go, follow I, don't hesitate along the way, don't stop your footsteps no matter what happens." Then he rushed out of the post with Dewar on his back.

　　The soldiers hurriedly picked up their weapons and carried heavy ammunition boxes and followed their squad leader desperately towards the truck that delivered meals that was parked behind the hillside. Before they could run 20 meters away, the post behind them flew into the sky with two violent explosions, and large pieces of rubble and logs continued to fall around the team. Among them were the weapon parts and ammunition that were not taken away. The wheel of a 37mm rapid-fire gun rolled and fell in front of them with smoke.

　　 The soldiers remembered what the sergeant said to them, they ran desperately, and none of them looked back or stopped. They headed forward under this heavy rain of wood, stone and steel, their eyes fixed on the broken truck on the road not far away. Everyone has only one belief in their minds. Run, as long as you run to that truck, it is safe. Le Dur rushed to the side of the truck. He opened the door of the driver's cab and squeezed in Dewar, then closed the door and turned to the other side and got into the driver's cab to start the car.

　　 "Hurry up, lads. We are going to get out of here." Le Dur poked his head out of the cab and yelled to his men who were rolling down the slope. The soldiers finally rushed to the side of the truck. They struggled over the fence and rolled into the carriage. Then they threw their weapons and ammunition on the floor of the carriage and began to gasp.

　　 "It seems that you guys usually don't have enough training! Everyone is okay, is anyone injured?" Le Dur shouted loudly through the window behind the cab.

　　 "It's all right, only David's arm was hit by a gravel, but it was just a skin injury and his bones were not broken." Lafayette replied loudly.

　　 "That's good, give him a bandage first." Le Dur pulled the gear, and then said loudly: "Everyone is seated, we are on the road." Le Dur slammed on the accelerator. The truck roared and turned around, picking up a puff of smoke, and then swiftly drove towards the village of Itna.

　　 Guderian stood on the turret of his armored command vehicle and frowned, looking at the calm Somme in front of him. A group of tanks was cautiously crossing the pontoon bridge on the river, while the infantry and tanks who had boarded the opposite bank Arranged in chaos in their respective formations heading inland.

　　 Guderian turned his head to the adjutant standing next to the car and shouted: "Order the engineers to speed up and build the next pontoon as soon as possible. Let the convoy behind slow down and don’t crowd together. It seems we I'm going to fall behind."

　　 "Yes, General." The adjutant quickly saluted Guderian, and then ran to the communication car on the side.

　　"General, we have not fallen behind yet. Both General Kleist and General Reinhardt have encountered fierce resistance. They are fighting the enemy for a breakthrough. I think we are the first force to break through the Somme. "Guderian's chief of staff said with a telegram on the side.

　　"According to the intelligence, the ferry we chose should not have any defense. This is the weakest part of the French defense line. But when our engineering troops arrived, they found that the French were on the slopes. A post was set up on the ground." The chief of staff pointed to a small dirt **** on the opposite bank and said, now there is only a pile of smoking remains on the dirt slope.

　　" As a result, they had to call for long-range artillery support. An artillery reconnaissance and instruction team cooperated with the three 150mm self-propelled artillery of the 20th Artillery Regiment to conduct long-range artillery bombardment of the fortification, but the effect was very poor. In the end, they came back to catch up. The 75mm infantry artillery of the 39th Mechanized Infantry Battalion in China solved the problem. As a result, half an hour was wasted.” The chief of staff faintly reported.

　　 Guderian gloomily turned his head and looked at the engineers who were busy on the bank of the river. Now those engineers are relying on two mechanical air pumps to inflate the huge pontoons. Three or four of the same pontoons have been As they advanced into the river, there were two engineers on each pontoon with a long pole manipulating them. They called out loudly, trying hard to line up the pontoons, so that other engineers on the shore could lay metal bridges on the pontoons. board.

　　"The speed is still too slow. We must occupy the village of Itna before dark, and no more than midnight at the latest. Tomorrow morning, we will attack the French Fourth Army in depth. You must know that the head of state is against me this time The performance in the battle is full of expectations. If I can't complete the combat mission within the specified time this time, I don't know how to face him again." Guderian said anxiously to his chief of staff.

　　"I believe we will be able to complete the mission as planned. Unexpectedly, the Führer has so much confidence in us. He handed over all his directly under the 1st Infantry Division to you to command, and his Cyprus Army was tight. Follow us. The regiment directly under the Führer will hold the battle for you. This honor is not something that anyone can get. I think our soldiers know this very well and they have done enough. General, you are now You should show the aura that you had in the previous stage of fighting, and we have to perform well in front of the head of state."

　　 "I know what I should do, Chief of Staff. Okay, let's cross the river." The team of tanks finally climbed slowly over the pontoon bridge. Now that the pontoon bridge is empty, Guderian turned his head to face him. The subordinates shouted: "All get in the car, we are going to cross the river. The convoy keeps moving forward." Then he got into the turret.

　　 With the roar of the engine, the exhaust pipe of the armored vehicle sprayed a thick blue smoke, and the armored command vehicle slowly climbed onto the highway and drove towards the floating bridge. Behind Guderian is his direct tank battalion, which consists of all three and four tanks, the iron crusader emblem painted on the gray turrets of the steel behemoths and the big white G in the sun. Shining with dazzling light.

　　 Just as Guderian led his huge armored corps across the Somme, Le Dur and his men's truck also stumbled into the village of Itna. The truck was racing along the narrow streets of the village, and with the continuous sound of the horns, the French soldiers on the streets scattered and avoided in panic. Where the truck passed, there was dust and angry curses all the way up.

　　 Crazy truck finally stopped in front of the regiment department. Le Dur opened the door and quickly jumped out of the cab. With the help of his subordinates, he lifted Dewar out of the car. The guards at the regiment gate didn't understand what was going on, and they surrounded nervously and asked these soldiers who looked embarrassed about the situation.

　　 "Quickly get out of the way, I'll report the situation to the lieutenant colonel. You carry Sergeant Duval to the hospital, and wait for you to gather here." After Le Duel explained to the soldiers, he hurried forward. Walked inside the regiment headquarters.

　　"I think you don’t need to go to the hospital. You two should just carry Sergeant Dewar, and David, you should also check your arm. Others helped me unload the weapons and ammunition from the car. Come down, the car can’t be parked here, we have to move it away.” When Le Dur entered the regiment headquarters, Lafayette turned his head and said to his comrades in arms, now that his superior soldier is the highest rank among the soldiers. .

　　 Under the command of Lafayette, the soldiers lifted the pile of ammunition and guns from the truck, and then pushed the truck to the open space on the other side of the street. After they had done all this, they sat down in the open space outside the regiment headquarters, and they waited for Le Dur to come out while tidying up the weapons. Not long after, Lafayette saw the regiment commander Lieutenant Colonel Devadouy stepping out of the regiment headquarters with a serious face, followed by a group of officers such as the lieutenant colonel and staff officers. Lafayette hurriedly greeted his comrades stand up and salute the officers, Lieutenant Colonel Dewadouy nodded slightly at them and then got into his car. The other officers didn't even look at them. They got into another car in a panic, and then the two cars roared and drove quickly towards the other side of the street.

　　 "Lafayette." Le Dur slowly walked out the gate of the regiment headquarters, and he greeted his little machine gunman loudly. Hearing Le Dur's cry, Lafayette quickly turned around.

　　 "Yes, sergeant."

　　 "Hurry up and ask the brethren to prepare, we have work to do."

　　 "Yes, sergeant. Everyone tidy up." Lafayette put his rifle on his back, carried the machine gun and ammunition and walked in front of Le Dur.

　　 "Sergeant, have you reported to the lieutenant colonel."

　　 "Yes." Le Dur took the rifle handed to him by another soldier, then pulled the bolt open and looked in the bullet bay.

　　 "Then the lieutenant colonel didn't say anything." Rafayette asked.

　　 "Say what?" Le Dur turned his head to look at Lafayette in confusion.

　　 "That, we retreat." Lafayette whispered.

　　 "Oh, you said this." Le Dur smiled lightly, and he pressed the rim of Lafayette's helmet with his hand and said loudly, "No, nothing. Now. He has more important things to consider."

　　Le Dur said to his men: "We now have a new job and we have been assigned to the position of the first company. We will stop the German attack there."

　　 Then he said to the two black soldiers: "You two are now under my command, you don't need to go back to the logistics team. Lafayette, find them two rifles."

　　 "Yes, sergeant." Lafayette agreed with his head. The two black soldiers still had nonchalant expressions, they just nodded slightly to Le Durr to express their understanding.

　　 "Okay, take our things and stand at attention... Line up and start to a series of positions." Le Dur took up his rifle and shouted the password and led his soldiers towards the outskirts of the village. go with.

　　 They found a company commander, Lieutenant Dorwan, in the command post in the outer position. It seemed that he was very happy that Lieutenant Colonel De Wadouai assigned them to his team. He slapped Le Dur on the shoulder vigorously. He had fought alongside Le Dur in the last war. He knew the capabilities of this experienced veteran.

　　 Then Dolwan took them to a defensive bunker built with large pieces of rubble. He pointed to the more than ten-meter-long bunker and said: "This is your position."

　　 "Why isn't it the first line of defense." Lafayette whispered to Pierce next to him. He saw soldiers in the field strengthening their trenches in the distance. It seems that the battle alert has been issued. , They are doing the final preparatory work before the war.

　　 I didn’t expect that Lafayette’s so low voice would be heard by Lieutenant Dorwan. The second lieutenant frowned and turned to Lafayette and said, "Soldier, what did you say?"

　　 "Report sir, nothing said." Lafayette replied in a low voice.

　　 "I heard it. Why don't you put you on the first line of defense, don't you?" Dorwan's voice became severe.

　　 "Yes, sir."

　　"There is no second line of defense. It is the first line of defense from the outskirts of the village to yours. We have no retreat in front of the Germans. We can only defend every inch of trench, every firepower, every bunker. Every time. Every soldier must use his life to defend France. We cannot have the slightest idea of ​​retreating. This is the same as the outermost trench. You are the same as the soldiers in the outer trenches. You must fight to the last breath for France."

　　Dolwan looked at Lafayette’s lowering head and continued: "I forgive you for such remarks. I can see that you are a very good soldier. You have a strong will to fight. This is very Good. But you should also have a quality that a good soldier must have, that is, obeying orders. You must unconditionally obey orders from superiors. You will stay where you command you to defend, and you will die if you command you to persist. The determination there. Do you understand?"

　　 "Understood the sir." Lafayette's body became hot, and he straightened his chest and answered loudly.

　　 "Very good, soldier."

　　 There was a smile at the corner of Dorwan’s mouth, and then he pointed to two "Huggins" 37mm anti-tank guns not far away and said, "That's why you are arranged here. These cannons are ours. The last barrier. We don’t have many such anti-tank weapons, they are assigned to various important positions. But my soldiers are arranged in various positions, there is no extra personnel to protect these guns. I have also Worried about not being able to find soldiers defending these two guns, the lieutenant colonel sent you over to me. Your task is to defend this position firmly, and you must not let any German infantry close to these cannons. You understand. Right?"

　　 "Understood, sir." The soldiers answered loudly.

　　 "Well, you have three machine guns. You should be able to do this. I'll send someone to send you some ammunition later. Now you can disband and build your own shooting positions." Dolwan smiled Order.

　　 "Oh, sir." The soldiers dispersed. They chose a position on the bunker that was more suitable for the hypothetical weapon, and then began to carry the sandbags stacked aside to build a shooting position.

　　 "Le Dur, you come with me." Dorwan grabbed Le Dur who was going to help. He pulled Le Dur aside and said with a smile: "You have a very good team of soldiers. Ah."

　　 "Yes, they are all good boys, especially the Lafayette. He is like me twenty years ago." Le Dur turned his head and looked at the busy men with a proud expression. .

　　"How about, come to me. By my side, we fought together like we did more than 20 years ago." Dorwan whispered, "I will send another non-commissioned officer to lead these children. , Don’t worry. I need you and your experience very much now. As you said before, they are excellent and should be able to take care of themselves."

　　 "Are you talking about going to the company?" Le Dur mused for a moment, and then he firmly said to Dolvin: "No, I think I still have to stay here. These children need me more than you. They all trust me. Without me, they are likely to lose their lives for some stupid reasons. It is my responsibility. I will take care of them until the last second. I know what you mean, Dorvan, I am very grateful. Your kindness. But I really can't leave these boys."

　　 "That's it~IndoMTL.com~ I know I can't convince you, so please do as you like." Dorwan nodded in understanding, and he sighed deeply.

　　 "Be careful, old friend. This time the Germans are attacking all over and take care of themselves." Dolwan said sadly.

　　 "I understand, I know, old friend, you also take care of yourself." Le Dur patted Dorvin on the shoulder.

　　 "Then I'm leaving, there are still some important things to prepare." Dorwan turned and walked towards the outer fortifications.

　　 "Good-bye, old friend." Le Dur said softly to Dorvan's back, then turned and walked towards his men.

　　"How are you doing, boys...huh? Pier, what are you doing, what is that, do you want to make a grave for yourself in advance? David, how about your hands? ...Pulvain, that's a grenade, do you want to blow all of us into the sky? Lafayette, if the Germans see you at first sight, what are you doing with the machine gun stand so high? Can't you wait to see the angel?"

　　Le Dur’s loud voice echoed over this small position.

　　 When the last sandbag was placed on the stone wall, Le Dur stood up and looked at the distant horizon, a look of worry in his eyes.

　　 A billowing smoke and dust has been raised on the horizon, and the powerful German Armored Corps is approaching here quickly. This will be a cruel battle.

　　Le Dur has a vague feeling in his heart that this battle will also be his last battle in this world