Chapter 0371: Hell Road
"Big Bull" Randallman wanted to cover the German corpse with wheatgrass, but Zheng Yingqi shook his head and said:
"Don't leave the body here, otherwise it will involve the owner here."
Randallman thought about it and was right, so he tried to cooperate with Zheng Yingqi to drag the body out, but his shoulder was injured and he couldn't use any force at all. He said self-deprecatingly: "If my shoulder was not injured, this guy, I could beat them to death if I came to three."
From the nickname "Big Bull", you can see how strong Randallman is - however, the hair-lossed phoenix is not as good as a chicken. He was injured and almost sent home by the thin German guy in front of him. Zheng Yingqi smiled without answering, dragged the body outside and threw it into a ditch, and then hurriedly covered up the blood in the warehouse.
"I'll carry you away."
The real big bull Randleman has a good physique, but the disadvantages are obvious - he feels heavy after carrying it, and he feels like a mountain. In the past, he often shows off how strong he is. After being transferred by Zheng Yingqi, he was so ashamed that he stopped talking. After a while, he swears: "I must lose weight!"
"You can't lose weight even if you drink cold water." Zheng Yingqi said heartbrokenly. The depressed big bull wiped away the sweat from Zheng Yingqi's forehead sadly and never said anything again.
The Germans went to chase the paratroopers evacuated to the south of the slave, allowing the two to leave the village where the short battle was peacefully fought. Randallmann walked out of the shadow of "too strong", and returned to his chatterbox nature. He kept complaining about the unreliable British tanks, and he complained:
"Damn the Cromwell tank, if you can't beat the Tiger, I can tolerate it, but it almost crushed me!"
It turned out that this guy was so miserable because he was pitted by a destroyed Cromwell tank after being injured - it was a slope. Under the influence of inertia, the destroyed Cromwell tank chased Randallman for more than 20 meters and was almost scared by this guy.
"I swear, I won't get close to the damn British tanks when I kill me in the future. These British guys are so deceptive!"
Listening to Randleman's swearing, Zheng Yingqi gasped and said, "The British we met were pretty good. On the Asian battlefield, the British had cheated a Chinese expeditionary force. It is said that the Chinese expeditionary force rescued these British men in the Japanese encirclement. As a result, the British turned around and pitted the Chinese expeditionary force to the Japanese devils!"
Zheng Yingqi likes to introduce China to people around him in daily life. Over time, many people in E Company have a good feeling about China - at least these people now know that on the Asian battlefield, there is a country fighting against the damn Japanese devils, and has even fought with the Japanese devils who killed thousands of swords for 13 years!
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The evacuation of Company E has nothing to do with the hasty defeat and escape - after all, the ambush circle prepared by the Germans did not deceive Company E, nor did it damage Company E. It was just that the British tank company was destroyed by four tanks.
The Germans wanted to expand their results and wanted to leave a few more tanks, but how could the running Cromwell tank be caught up with the Tiger?
even……
The tank company entered Nunan earlier than the paratroopers who were riding in trucks.
Fortunately, after entering Nunan, the tank company had no shame to run away again. The remaining tanks hurried in the city and used the buildings in the city to fight against the German tanks. After Company E retreated into Nunan, it also built a position on the spot and asked reinforcements from the battalion and regiment headquarters to block the German army's troops in Nunan. This wave of German troops was the German army under the 107th Armored Brigade. They were originally stationed in Heldmund, which was originally the target of the 506th Regiment, but before the 506th Regiment had hit it, they had already hit it.
He even prepared a big meal for Company E. Unfortunately, Company E was cautious and did not eat this big meal from the German army. He even made the wisest choice after contact. The German army naturally followed the trend and prepared to start from here, cover up all the way and regain all the lost territory.
The Battle of Nunan therefore broke out with the German pursuit.
More than an hour ago, the Allied forces entered Nunan with great momentum. Like the Dutch people of Thorne and Eindhoven, they warmly welcomed the Allied forces. They also hung the orange flags that the Germans strictly ordered were not allowed to be hung, humiliating those "our own people" who served the Germans.
But when the Allied forces hurriedly retreated into Nunan, the people of Nunan, who realized that the situation was not good, hurriedly pulled off the orange flag that had been hung shortly, turned out all the German flags that had been thrown into the trash can, and closed their doors, for fear that the Allied forces would withdraw into their homes...
The British tank company wanted to withdraw from Nunan at this time, and their company commander came to Winters and said, "Man, we can't fight here! The Netherlands is our friendly country, and the superiors ordered us not to destroy too many buildings. We should give up Nunan and fight outside with the Germans!"
Winters thought: The German tiger style cannot catch up with the British Cromwell tanks in the wild, and all the guys in front of him said they would go outside to fight.
"What you said makes a lot of sense. Let's do it. My people are guarding Nunan City. Your tank company can go outside to fight against the German tiger."
"Man, you know, that's not what I mean!" The British tank company commander hurriedly cleared it up, and then said tactfully: "We shouldn't block this German army in Nunan."
"This is an order, you can bargain with your superiors!" Winters threw the order on the table, and then left Lin Jing angrily - these British guys are so shameless!
Company E built a simple position in the city with the help of buildings and ushered in the attack of the German army. The attacking Germans would not "carry" the buildings in the city like the British. Various artillery bombarded the places where they could be hit, but Company E's fighting will be far beyond the British. From the fierce battle at 4 pm to darkness, the Germans could never capture Nunan. After dark, the Germans had to give up the attack, retreated for a few kilometers and wait for the next day's attack.
Zheng Yingqi helped the "big bull" Randellman back to Nunan at around 11 o'clock in the evening. The two of them took a long way to avoid the German army's troops. However, when they entered Nunan, they were almost killed by their own people. The second-class private Kobb, who was later added, was frightened by the day's battle. When he was in the night, the movements made him think it was the German army.
After discovering Zhiye's own people, Zheng Yingqi made a sound, intending to whisper to contact Zhiye's friendly forces. But even though he shouted that he should not shoot, he still pulled the trigger decisively. When shooting targets, Cobb's shooting skills were very low. After the E Company could rank 100, this time Cobb was very accurate. The bullet rubbed the "big bull's cheek" and left a terrifying wound. It was so lingering that the big bull was not scared to death.
Afterwards, the big bull said: "I thought I was finished - do you know how desperate I was at that time? Jacob and I took such a long way to go, and Jacob was almost exhausted, but he was beaten to death by his own people at the door."
This question, after several years, many countries... probably want to ask the United States this way?
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Compared to the bloody battle at Lambler, Nunan, who received support from the entire 2nd battalion the next day, was not difficult to defend, but the number of German troops was increasing steadily. After a day of survival, Strayer responded to the situation and said: "The German reinforcements are coming continuously. Tomorrow we may face the attack of the entire 107th Armored Brigade!"
Given that Nunan was not suitable for persistence, the above agreed to Streyer's request to allow the 2nd Battalion to retreat and retreat to Tangjire in front of Eindhoven-but the regiment commanded that 2 should never give up Tangjire, and they must ensure the safety of the highway from Eindhoven to Nijmegen.
This highway is called the "Hell Highway" by the paratroopers!
The entire Market Garden Operation can be simplified to understand: there is only one road in the war zone that can be from the south to the north, which is this "hell road". During this period, there are multiple bridges. The troops are blocked to any part of the road and will be finished. The core of this battle is this damn highway! Ensure the safety of the highway, the ground troops will fight along this road to the Arnhem Bridge, and the battle is over - the goddess of victory throws her arms and hugs.
Therefore, all the battles of the troops that airdropped into the Netherlands were around this bridge. The German army in front of us was to break through the defenders in front of us and then cut off the road.
The 101st Division widened the battlefield. If the German army in front of them wanted to cut off the road, they had to continue to fight, fight from Nunan to Eindhoven, and then occupy it completely and cut off the road.
This is the key to the battle right now and next.
While it was dark, Strayer ordered the troops to evacuate, leave this small town that was not suitable for defense, and retreat to Tangjire and continue fighting with the German army. However, the German army soon discovered the abnormality of the Nunan defenders. After realizing that the defenders were trying to evacuate, they launched an attack regardless of the situation.
Countless flares shone the night sky of Nunan like in the daytime. In order to implement the evacuation plan smoothly, Company E was left to cut off the rear by Streyer. Streyer said to everyone in Company E:
"You are the most elite, bravest, best-in-armed and trustworthy company in the entire 101st Division. I believe you will ensure the safety of the troops!"
The blocking battle that night was very fierce. Although the German army lacked large-caliber artillery, the armored troops caused considerable losses to Company E. From 11 o'clock in the evening to more than 1 o'clock, at least 7 paratroopers in front of Zheng Yingqi fell down. The rocket launcher alone replaced three masters. His last master was Private James Miller, who was only 19 years old, but he fired only two rockets and was knocked out half of his body by three machine gun bullets.
Company E finally completed the task of breaking the rear and broke off the battle with one yard. At this time, the German army was exhausted and finally allowed the 1st platoon to evacuate. Several trucks returning from Tangjire took a row and left Nunan with the Germans. Just as they were evacuating, Compton was shot.
The car had already started, and the people who broke the rear gave up their positions under the shouts of paratroopers in the car and chased the car that started. It was at this time that Compton was shot. After he fell to the ground, he was bleeding. Zheng Yingqi, who was running wildly, turned around and saved the person when he heard the exclamation. In the end, there were only four people who broke the rear. The other two either didn't hear the shouts of paratroopers in the car's bucket, or... they didn't dare to look back at all.
Compton saw that the car had started and left, and saw that only Zheng Yingqi turned back, and shouted in despair:
"Don't worry about me! I'm done! Let the Germans take care of me!"
While checking Compton's injury, Zheng Yingqi said, "The Germans will only shoot you in the head!" Hearing this, Compton became mute instantly.
His injuries were a little bit bad, and he didn't know how the bullets were fired. He shot in from his butt on his right, then flew out from his butt on his left, leaving four holes.
"Man, you are the only lucky person I have ever seen who made four holes with one bullet. With your luck, believe me, you will definitely not die!" Zheng Yingqi mocked humorously while carrying Compton and chasing the truck that had already accelerated. Under the violent shouts of the paratroopers on the truck, the driver finally slowed down and asked Zheng Yingqi, who was carrying a burden, to catch up with the truck. After Compton was savagely dropped into the truck by Zheng Yingqi, he himself crawled into the truck under the tearing of several paratroopers.
Compton's butt fell on the car, and he screamed in pain. When he was watching, the guy forced himself to shout out to the hero: "Damn German, your grandfather will take revenge sooner or later!"
"Okay, just shout a few less words - I said earlier that your big ass is too troublesome and you will suffer a loss sooner or later."
"It's all your curses - when I can stand up, I will definitely be with you!" Compton threatened the paratrooper who was talking, and finally laughed himself, then grabbed Zheng Yingqi's hand and said:
"Jacob, you are my savior. I swear, you turned around and ran towards me, so beautiful than an angel."
"Okay, don't be irritated." Zheng Yingqi said indifferently: "We are a comrade-in-arms."
"Well, we are comrades-in-arms, we are brothers!"
Because of Zheng Yingqi's rescue, E's loss in Nunan was reduced by one more time - but the overall loss was still quite large. There were more than 150 people who were parachuting, and when he returned to Tang Jire, there were only more than 110 people.
The truck stopped behind the British tank. The driver obviously wanted to use the tank as his shield. When everyone got off the car, Compton, who was lying in the car's trap, saw the tank and endured the pain and said excitedly: "Did you see it? That's the fastest tank! I bet that there is no tank in this world that runs faster than the Cromwell tank!"
"Yes," a British major passed by. After hearing Compton's words, he nodded and echoed: "Yes, this is the fastest tank in the world!"
"I mean, it runs faster than shells!" Compton said mockingly: "The first time I have seen a tank with infantry broken behind!"
The British major's face turned blue and white, and finally he could only speak with the military rank: "Sergeant, is this how your US military troops speak to the officers?"
"I'm just telling the truth-" Compton muttered softly when he was carried down by his comrades, and after the British major walked away, he added: "The unreliable British fool!"
One sentence made everyone laugh. The British major might know that he was in the wrong and left quickly, and did not bother with these desperate people.
Zheng Yingqi shook his head silently. This time, I really have to "thank you" the British, thank you for your stubbornness and "greatness" - on this road to hell, British paratroopers airborne to the most dangerous and difficult northern end. I hope their airborne troops will not be as pitiful as the army!
Chapter completed!