Under the slightly bright sky and in the thick fog, destroyer trucks had started their engines one after another, lining up to pass through the gaps in the barbed wire fence, rolling over the slippery soil and driving into the damp and cold forest.

Behind the destroyer were not only the infantrymen who were fighting together, but also Wei Ran and Timov who had been up almost all night and just put on new combat uniforms.

This was an exclusive mission for the Rangers that Timov and the major fought hard for in the two hours before dawn - to lead the way!

According to Timov's words, he is confident that he can guide a group of main infantry troops along the route they fled last night, avoid the German minefields, find the two chain dogs they encountered along the way, and then follow the chain dogs' direction.

The ruts of the half-track motorcycle continued to avoid the minefield and attack the No. 3 Fortress.

Obviously, such a temptation made the major choose to give some trust to Timov and Wei Ran. But although the job of leading the way was simple, the road was not easy.

Although this dense forest cannot stop the heavily armed infantry, it can easily block the destroyer vehicles used as support. Therefore, after setting off, the two groups of people who were supposed to cooperate with the infantry and tanks immediately separated and divided into two teams to attack on different routes.

Route rushed to the battlefield.

Fortunately, after all, they were tasked with leading the way. Before setting off, Timov and Wei Ran were assigned a walkie-talkie that had a limited communication range but was completely adequate.

In the dense forest shrouded in thick fog, Wei Ran and Timov kept a distance of five meters from each other. Following the traces they walked yesterday, they led the soldiers behind them towards the abandoned trench where the chain dog was killed.

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While passing by the dead tree that Wei Ran had burned down a few hours ago, he also saw broken corpses all over the ground. In just one night, these broken corpses wearing youth league uniforms had been completely frozen for a long time.

A layer of frost.

"They look about the same age as Host," Timov leaned over and whispered, with a hint of regret in his tone.

"yes…"

Wei Ran agreed absently, paused briefly and then changed the subject and asked, "Why do you want to participate in this battle? Don't we need to go back?"

"With those destroyers providing feints to attract firepower, this attack shouldn't be particularly dangerous." Timov responded nonchalantly.

"You want to find Mr. Letts?"

Wei Ran paused and added an additional reminder, "Have you forgotten what the two German chain dogs said? They said that Mr. Letts had been sent to Heights 400."

"But Sophie also said that Mr. Letts is the quartermaster of that fortress."

Timov obviously has his own opinion, "Unless the Germans in that fortress don't want to win the battle, they will definitely find a way to get their quartermaster back as soon as possible. You have to know that a fortress can be without a commander.

But there must be no quartermaster."

"you mean…"

"We have all started to advance towards their fortress. I think Mr. Letts has returned to that fortress." Timov guessed with certainty, "Even if he has not gone back, he must be on the way."

"Why didn't you mention Mr. Letts and Sophie to the Major just now?" Wei Ran lowered his voice and continued to ask deliberately.

In the chat that lasted for more than two hours before dawn, Smurf never mentioned anything that happened in the castle ruins. He only said that he found a mill in the forest and hid there for a while, and then met the two chains again.

Just a dog.

Of course, he could guess Timov's thoughts, but now that he had time and opportunity, he naturally didn't mind confirming his guess.

"We still don't know if Sophie and the others have escaped to Belgium alive." In the thick fog with visibility no more than ten meters, Timov explained almost close to Wei Ran's ear, "The major will definitely not mind if you bring it up at this time.

Informing the Belgian side to arrest people, whether they are resistance organizations or spies, will be a great achievement for the major.

But what about Sophie and the others? Whether those children are treated as a resistance organization or spies, it will not be easy for them."

"Isn't it more than that?" Wei Ran deliberately deceived.

"All right"

Timov finally spread his hands, took out the picture of Captain Letts from his pocket and shook it, "I admit that I may have fallen in love with Sophie. But this has nothing to do with what I want to do. I can use my

My mother swears."

"Whatever you say," Wei Ran spread his hands after confirming his guess, "Next, let's..."

"Boom!" Before he could finish his words, a clear sound of shelling came from the distance!

"88mm gun!"

"It's over there with the destroyer!"

Wei Ran and Timov made their own judgments in no particular order.

"We need to speed up!"

Timov turned towards the microphone of the walkie-talkie and sent out a signal to speed up in code. Then he and Wei Ran separated again and accelerated their pace.

Under the leadership of the two of them, this infantry unit, which was the main offensive force, pierced toward the direction of Fortress No. 3 like a sharp knife.

Drawing firepower from the destroyer and under the cover of thick fog, Timov and Weiran ran all the way to the abandoned trench and found the two abandoned half-track motorcycles and the frozen or roasted motorcycles.

Ripe dog carcass.

Without any pause at all, Timov guided the team behind him and continued to move forward along the ruts of the two half-track motorcycles.

At 7:15 in the morning, as the looming outline of Fortress No. 3 emerged in the thick fog, Timov immediately used a walkie-talkie to inform the large troops behind him of the situation. He himself and Wei Ran who were following him also

He immediately hid his figure.

At 7:30, according to the major's original plan, the destroyers and the infantry cooperating with them launched a fierce feint attack some distance away from them, focusing on attacking a German position.

Even with the cover of thick fog, Weiran and Timov, who were closest to the position, could still barely see. Not long after the battle began, there were groups of people riding motorcycles, half-track motorcycles or even bicycles.

The young soldiers rushed towards the battlefield.

After Timov passed this important news to the main force at the rear, the two quietly retreated a distance.

"hold on"

Timov whispered, "When these reinforcements arrive over there and join the battlefield, our side may start to launch an attack."

"Now it depends on whether Captain Letts is in the fortress or not," Wei Ran responded in a low voice.

"Definitely there"

Timov seemed to be particularly confident about this matter, "As you said, the shelling just now was from those 88mm cannons of Sauerkraut."

After speaking, Timov pointed to the walkie-talkie again, "I just heard that the shelling caused a lot of damage to the feint attack troops, and it was very accurate."

"Artillery observer" Wei Ran immediately understood what the other party meant, "Artillery observer sent from Heights 400?"

"What else?" Timov asked in a low voice.

"The artillery observers are here, which means that the opponent's fortress has already foreseen the attack." Wei Ran paused, "Since the artillery observers can be sent here, there is no reason not to let the quartermaster come back."

"That's it!"

Timov nodded and said very seriously, "Although it is just a guess, I guess that the quartermaster Mr. Letts must be back. Victor, a good man who took risks to save so many children should not die in such a ghost place.

"

"You are truly a saint."

Wei Ran teased her in a low voice and said no more, "Saint? What a fart saint," despite Timov's high-sounding words. In fact, he just fell in love with someone else's daughter.

To put it more harshly, as long as Bo finds a way to save his future father-in-law this time, when the war is over, will Sophie still be able to run away?

Of course, just like Timov's excuse, a good man like Letz who worked hard to save so many children during the war should not be buried with the dying empire.

While waiting quietly, the only sounds left in the dense forest were the rolling thick fog and the sound of firefights coming from a distance.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Timov put the walkie-talkie to his ear and listened, then picked up his submachine gun. In less than a minute, a

An American soldier came over under the cover of thick fog.

"boom!"

Seeing that there was only less than a hundred meters away from the fortress and the connected trench line, a gunshot was suddenly heard from the opposite side. At the same time that the gunshot reached his ears, a group of people walking at the front

A cloud of blood mist burst out from the chest of the soldier, and then he fell to the ground on his back with a general cry!

"Da da da!"

Seeing that the situation was exposed, a soldier with a BAR machine gun opened fire first. The surrounding soldiers with various weapons also immediately quickened their pace and rushed like crazy towards the area with almost no people just a few dozen meters away.

Trenches!

But soon, fiery snakes emerged from all over the reinforced concrete fortress hidden in the thick fog. They easily knocked down the American soldiers rushing towards the trenches and at the same time covered those who ran out of the fortress.

Those young soldiers!

Behind Wei Ran and others, the mortar crews who had been prepared for a long time also began to show off their power, hitting the mortar shells one after another near the entrance and exit of the fortress. Some of them were even carrying Bazooka.

The soldiers aimed at the firepower points on the fortress and fired rockets at them as if they were free.

Even with the powerful fire cover, Wei Ran could no longer care about where Timov had gone, nor did he have time to care about his life or death.

After escaping the machine gun fire that almost hit him with a flying dive that was neither good-looking nor comfortable, Wei Ran had no time to get up and fell into the trench filled with pine needles like a donkey.

After all, he had served as the quartermaster's assistant in this fortress, and he knew very well that the trenches behind the battle line usually only had a few observation posts at most.

In other words, the fight now is who can occupy this trench first. If American soldiers occupy this trench first, the Germans will be blocked in the fortress and wait to die.

If the Germans first occupied the trenches they had carefully prepared for the war, the American soldiers who had worked so hard to get here would have no choice but to be driven back!

However, at this time, the firepower of the fortress enveloped the American soldiers, making their follow-up soldiers advance extremely slowly. The fire suppression and empty troops of the American soldiers made it impossible for the Germans to occupy the trenches that had been prepared in front of their home.

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To be continued...