[Crossing] Beacon Fire Dragon Line

Harold handed Sheng Rui a Garland and two magazines, and briefly taught him how to shoot and reload.Sheng Rui also learned these things during the boot camp, so he can handle them.

Harold, in the firing position adjacent to him, kept shouting at him, "Don't stop! Empty magazine! Empty magazine!"

Shooting on the battlefield does not need to be very accurate, as long as you keep firing in the direction of the enemy camp until the ammunition is exhausted.Most of the bullets hit the ground and bunkers, and it was common for dozens or even hundreds of bullets to fail to hit an enemy.

Suddenly there was a loud noise, thunder shook the ground, and the mountains and rivers shook.

The Germans deployed cannon howitzers.In addition to tanks, this is a big killer for anti-infantry.

Sheng Rui lowered his head and lay down on the trembling ground, his eardrums were so shaken that they hummed continuously.The earth trembled under his feet like an eggshell that was about to be smashed, and the trembling sense of instability was dizzying.

After the burst of shelling passed, the big stick came out of the trench with a disheveled face, and spat out the mud in his mouth: "Hal! Your squad goes back to report our position and the number of enemies to the battalion headquarters. We need backup! Ask them to call in two A heavy machine gun, an M2 mortar!"

Harold nodded, turned his head and made a gesture and shouted: "Squad Three! Attention all!—Roger, Timothy, Larry." Covering team. The remaining people, the odd number follow me, the even number follow Samuel, and rush across the blockade line in one go." He turned to Sheng Rui and said: "Ray, you follow me."

Sheng Rui nodded, took a few deep breaths, and forced himself to calm down.

"Get ready! Get your weapons!" Harold counted to three, "Go!"

As soon as the words fell, he jumped out of the trench first, climbed up the slope, and began to lower his center of gravity and run forward in one breath.

"Keep up! Keep up!" the deputy squad leader Samuel urged.

The parapet of the trench is built with logs and wire, about 1.5 meters high.Sheng Rui held Garland in his right hand, propped his left arm above the parapet, and at the same time pressed his toes slightly on the ground, and his whole body jumped over lightly.If it was before, he would have to use both hands and feet to climb over.

Once out of cover, he leaps at full speed.

During the charge, any conscious attempt to dodge bullets was futile.Apart from one's own instinctive reaction, the only thing one can rely on is luck, either unscathed or utterly devastated.

"Offensive formation! Spread out! Spread out!" Harold yelled.

Fourteen people quickly opened up into two skirmish lines, with a distance of about five or six steps between each two.This kind of formation has a high degree of freedom and flexibility. Everyone can adjust their position according to the battle situation in a small area, but they can't be too far ahead or behind, otherwise they will fall into the enemy's fire encirclement alone, and the consequences can be imagined And know.

At first they were spared any attack due to their swift and unexpected movements.A few seconds later, the recovered German army began to concentrate their firepower to put out the breakout team.

Harold charged with the Hudson.The gun shot at the German army rushing from the opposite side, and turned around to order: "Hidden! Hidden! Take cover!"

Everyone was looking for the best concealed angle to fight back on the spot, and the offensive formation was temporarily disrupted.Sheng Rui was originally in the middle, but now he is at the very edge, and he can already see the faces of the German soldiers charging in the front under the helmets.

But at this moment, the step in his hand.There was a loud "click" from the gun.

Garland has a feature that is both an advantage and a defect: when all the bullets are fired, the clip will make a metallic sound and automatically withdraw from the magazine, reminding the soldier to reload the ammunition in time.

However, in close combat, this sound is tantamount to reminding the enemy: "I'm out of bullets ~ come and attack me ~"

The German soldier obviously knew this and immediately took the opportunity to target him.

It was too late to get up and run.Sheng Rui immediately turned sideways to reduce the contact area between his body and the ground, and kicked a nearby tree with both legs.It wasn't in vain that he sprinted and ran with weights on the slope every day for the past two months. These legs now have strong explosive power.

The field uniform is made of cotton satin with a smooth surface.The ground was muddy and slippery with little friction.With the help of his pedaling force, he slid several meters away quickly, barely dodging the bullet.But the sound of the other party pulling the bolt told him that the second bullet was coming soon.

Harold was lying not far from Sheng Rui and witnessed Sheng Rui's danger.But the position of the German soldier was his shooting blind spot, and he couldn't hit the opponent.In desperation, he pulled out the Browning M1911A1 from his waist and slid towards Sheng Rui from the ground: "Ray! Catch it!"

Sheng Rui took it in his hand, raised his thumb, and moved the safety catch on the left side of the handle. Before he could change his posture, he put his right hand behind his back, pulled the trigger with his back as a support, and fired a bullet with his backhand.

There was only a "bang", and under the stopping force of the bullet, the German soldier on the opposite side fell backward as if being pushed.Harold immediately came up to make up the knife, pulled Sheng Rui up from the ground, and rushed into the defensive area of ​​the city with the others.The breakout was successful.

On the battlefield, everyone is only desperate for the few people next to him wearing the same uniform.

This is why the relationship between men who carry guns together is so strong: at a certain moment, they were each other's whole world.

A dozen people rushed into the camp headquarters like mud monkeys.

A full two companies of reinforcements drove over with the squad's heavy weapons.

The remnants of the German army who were trying to counterattack were crushed, and the baton and a dozen wounded were rescued safely.

Later in the day, there was a conversation between Big Stick and Harold, which ended with these words from Big Stick: "What's the name of that relic soldier? I want him in our row. Give the coat to the Me, I'm going to see the lieutenant."

Soon, M Company, the 84rd Battalion of the 334th Infantry Regiment of the [-]th Division officially added a foreign private to the list: RaySheng.

In December, the 84th Division marched to the Ardennes near the Rhine in western Germany.

In this severe winter, in the vast ice and snow of the Ardennes Forest, there will be the biggest battle on the Western Front.

Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam.

When night fell, more than a dozen Mercedes L4500A heavy trucks set off silently, heading west.

These cars are all without headlights, connected end to end, and the motorcycle motorized unit in the front will open the way for them.They will drive in the dark for several hours in the field to reach the next unloading point.

The final destination is the Ardennes area on the Western Front.

It is really helpless to transport materials such a long distance.

Originally, the closest supply points to the Ardennes area were Aachen and Cologne, but Cologne had already been blown upside down by Allied planes.Not only Cologne, Lancaster visited almost every night over those important cities.It is said that Churchill held a German travel guide and ordered the Royal Air Force to bomb all the towns mentioned above in order to avenge the German bombing of Britain.

In view of this situation, many front-line supplies had to travel long distances to be transported from the relatively safe rear.

The transportation process is segmented.First use heavy trucks to transport the materials to the next distribution center, and then replace them with more light trucks to continue on the road.In this way, it was transported to the Rhineland by relay, and scattered supply stations were set up in the east of the Ardennes, and finally transported to the front line by transport troops with motorcycles and horses.

In the dark carriage, apart from the containers, there were also soldiers from the logistics force.

Sitting next to Qi Han was a young boy named Siegfried Nachdigal, who was his recruit in Berlin.

The boy was of German-Swedish origin and spoke German with a slight Stockholm accent.His surname Nachdigal means "Nightingale" in German, and he happens to like to sing and has a good voice.In order to join the army, he lied about his age, but he was actually not yet 17, just an older child.When someone praised him for his good singing, he smiled shyly.

At this time he was humming softly an old German folk song "The Loyal Hussar": EswareinmaleintreuerHusar, (Once upon a time there was a loyal Hussar,)

Derliebt'sein MdcheneinganzesJahr, (infatuated lovers all year long,)

EinganzesJahrundnochvielmehr, (loved her a whole year and more,)

Die Liebenahmkein Endemehr.

(This love never ends.)

This song actually tells a very sad love story: the cavalry was later sent abroad, but the sweetheart was seriously ill in his hometown.The cavalry came back to see her one last time, and the girl died.He wore black to mourn her, and his grief never ceased.

But for some reason, such a dark story has a melodious and lively tune, as if the cavalry returned triumphantly and married the sweetheart.People often sing the first verse cheerfully in the tavern, forgetting the sad ending that followed.

"Sir, have you ever been in love?" Nightingale mysteriously asked the superior sitting beside him.He didn't know that Qi Han was married.

"No." Qi Han responded lightly.But he couldn't help but touch the inner pocket of the uniform quietly. He carried the letter from Sheng Rui close to his body and placed it close to his heart, like a small warm stove.

"Why, you miss a girl?" Another rough voice sounded, it was the voice of a sergeant named Fritz.

Nightingale was teased and shyly fell silent.

"Hermann, what about you? Ever been in love?" Sergeant Fritz asked the other man.

A young voice replied, "Uh, no."

"What does that 'uh' mean?"

"It just doesn't mean anything."

"It seems that I am the oldest in our class." Sergeant Fritz's tone was full of coquettishness.

"You're just getting old."

"Ma Dan, who said that just now?"

"We all thought so, he just spoke our minds."

At this time, the car began to slow down and stopped slowly.Someone banged on the car door: "Get down! Ready to change cars!"

The compartment opened, and the people in the car passed the boxes down one by one.It was dark outside, and no one knew where it was. A row of 3-ton Opel trucks were parked in the open wilderness, ready to go like soldiers.

Everything is done in silence.

For Germany, this will be a top-secret military operation that is a matter of life and death.