Chapter 138: After confirming the eyes, meeting the right person (Seventh update, first order requested)
Ideals are beautiful, but reality is cruel!
The cruel thing about reality is that the development of things is always beyond your expectation.
In just one day, the situation was completely out of control - on the way from Bastogne to the rear, vehicles were extremely congested, and the reinforcing U.S. troops had occupied the entire road.
At dawn the next day, a small advance team of the 7th Armored Army had already entered Bastogne. They would reinforce St. Vitus, a small town in the eastern Ardennes except Bastogne. Nirvana, the most important road and railway center.
As soon as this advance team arrived in Bastogne, they immediately blocked traffic and took direct control of the road.
"Sir, the order we received is very clear. Take over the road to facilitate the march of the troops. The road is only so wide. If you use it, our troops will definitely not be able to get up..."
While speaking, the military police major took a special look at the behemoth in front of him - the M25 Dragon tank trailer.
You don’t have to guess to know the result. As soon as the thing opened on the road, it immediately occupied the entire road.
Looking at the crowded vehicles and U.S. troops on the road that was only three meters wide, Li Yian felt a big headache.
What is a hundred secrets and one sparseness?
This is it!
After calculating everything, I did not consider that the narrow road would be occupied by the reinforcing US troops. Not only did they occupy it, but they also directly blocked the road!
"The fastest, when can we get on the road?"
"It depends on the situation, sir. The most important thing now is to reinforce the front line. My suggestion is that you Wait here!”
Waiting where you are?
In Bastogne!
What a joke!
Stay here and wait to die?
Looking at Li Yi'an whose expression was changing, the military police major shrugged helplessly and said.
"Even if you leave Bastogne now, you can't go far. The road is crowded with troops..."
An hour later, on the road more than 30 kilometers away from Bastogne , two convoys stopped on the roadside. The convoys had both SdKFz250 half-track armored vehicles and several M3 half-track armored vehicles. Wei Shanhe reported as soon as he got out of the oncoming jeep.
"Sir, we encountered the US Army of the Dahong Division at the pass. They have blocked the pass. No matter who it is, they will not let others pass at all, saying that even if there is an order from the Allied Command, they will never let anyone pass. They won't let us pass..."
The subordinate's report made Li Yian's heart instantly cool down.
Fuck it!
Being blocked here, it's time to play tricks...
When Li Yian's heart cooled down, there was a person in the forest whose heart was hot - Lieutenant Colonel von der Haidt. After he was ordered to lead the airborne troops in an airborne battle, he occupied the transportation hub to assist the German troops on the ground.
However, this airborne was a disaster from the beginning. The fierce anti-aircraft fire from the Allied ground dispersed the flight formation. The inexperienced pilots did not realize that the wind speed of the aircraft was so fast. When scheduled When it was time to jump, most of the paratroopers were far away from their intended location, spread out within a 20-mile radius, and the casualty rate during the jump was more than 10%. Fortunately, the landing place was a forest, and the US military could not arrive in time.
When Haidt landed, he broke another arm. He also broke an arm during a previous parachute jump. With both arms injured, he only gathered about 100 paratroopers. By the early morning of the 2nd, Haidt had only gathered 125 people, and by the afternoon, another 150 people had gathered. But most of the paratroopers were injured during the jump, and all suffered frostbite from the cold. They found barely any weapons boxes, no radios, and no food. Without heavy weapons, they could not capture the intersection.
If his cousin Count Felix von Stauffenberg's bomb plot had succeeded, he would not have stayed in this ice and snow.
Four days ago, Zepp Dietrich of the Sixth SS Panzer Corps had boasted that he would reach this area at noon on the first day of the offensive. But it was already the next morning, and there was still no sign of Dietrich.
Ten minutes later, the baron heard the rumble of a vehicle approaching, and hope instantly ignited in his heart.
Now, I see a convoy on the roadside - there are both SdKFz250 half-track armored vehicles and American M3 half-tracks in the convoy. The soldiers in the vehicles are all wearing white smocks, although there are many People were wearing American-style helmets, but many were wearing M35s. The most important thing was the weapons - most of them were holding MP44s, and the machine guns on the armored vehicles were also MG42s.
"Sir, he must be one of ours."
More than 350 cold and hungry German paratroopers hiding in the forest all looked at the people on the roadside with fiery eyes. "Our own people", these paratroopers who were injured or frostbitten, saw not only their "compatriots", but also the hope of life.
Haidet's heart was also very hot, he was one of his own!
"It should be our people. No allied force will use so many STG44s..."
Haidet made a rational judgment-maybe some US soldiers will use them The captured STG44 has never been used by the US military. Almost all use STG44.
There are not many German troops like this. "They should be the top soldiers sent by Dietrich,"
With this thought in mind, Haidt ordered to his adjutant Hank.
"Hank, take someone over to have contact with them."
Although his identity was confirmed, Haidt still seemed cautious.
So Major Hank followed a soldier and walked towards the edge of the forest. The soldier held a stick in his hand with a white handkerchief stuck on it.
Sun Yi, who was standing on the armored vehicle, was watching the forest with a machine gun vigilantly. When he saw two guys coming out of nowhere, he immediately shouted in German.
"Who!"
At the same time, he pulled the trigger directly above them.
Although the gunshot startled Hank, the other party's shout brought a smile to Hank's frostbitten face.
It’s a Bavarian accent!
As a Bavarian, Hank shouted loudly when he heard this.
"Don't shoot, we are the paratroopers of Lieutenant Colonel Haidt's airborne battle group. Are you the search force of the 6th Waffen-SS Panzer Group Army?"
Li Yi'an, who was startled by the gunfire, heard the sound of the forest. He immediately stretched out his hand to signal the team members not to shoot, and at the same time shouted into the forest in German.
"We are from the 6th Waffen-SS Armored Group. Is Lieutenant Colonel Haidt here?"
At the same time, Li Yian lowered his voice and said.
"Pull down your hoods quickly."
The hoods now knitted were robber hats. It was so cold that almost everyone pulled down their hoods, leaving only their eyes exposed.
Li Yian's voice reached the forest, making Hank and the other German soldiers in the forest smile.
“Berlin accent!”
Lieutenant Colonel Haidt had a smile on his face. With his arms injured, he stood up and said loudly.
“Here I am, God willing, you are finally here.”
The other paratroopers hiding in the forest also stood up. These hungry paratroopers all walked happily towards the roadside.
Hank, who had already walked to the roadside, saluted when he saw Li Yian.
"Sir, have you brought any food? We have not eaten for a long time and we are hungry..."
The next moment, Hank's eyes changed, and he hurriedly shouted shouted.
“You are not German!”
The next moment, the rapid sound of machine guns rang out...
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(End of this chapter)