Chapter 139
A few minutes later, more than 300 captured German paratroopers looked at these guys with resentment. They had clearly confirmed their accents, but why did they turn into Americans again.
No, they are not Americans.
As for Lieutenant Colonel Haidt's fiery heart, it also became cold and cold.
But for him with both arms injured, there is nothing he can do at the moment. They can only...surrender, they can only surrender. Facing hundreds of enemies armed with STG44 and MG42, what else can they do except surrender with only pistols?
The last airborne operation of the German army in World War II ended in a disaster, and they surrendered without even a fierce battle.
Actually, Lieutenant Colonel Haidt should feel lucky that in another world, after the breakout was hopeless, he demobilized the troops and divided them into 2-3 person groups to reduce the target, hoping that they could return safe zone. Subsequently, he chose to surrender after being injured, and most of the paratroopers he dismissed died in the forest. Their bodies were not discovered until the snow melted the next spring.
At least for now, they are all alive.
To a certain extent, this is why old friends gave them such a good opportunity. After all, they survived no matter what.
If it weren't for the appearance of old friends, they would be just a pile of frozen meat in the ice and snow.
"Hello, Lieutenant Colonel..."
Li Yian walked up to Lieutenant Colonel Haidt with a smile.
"Congratulations, you have been captured by us!"
Capturing a group of German paratroopers is not an easy matter.
That’s it, it’s still a group of special forces. It’s really a group of special forces, but they’re just a little unlucky!
What does he want to do?
The other party's enthusiasm gave Lieutenant Colonel Haidt an inexplicable feeling - it felt like the other party was looking at some new pet.
Yes, it’s a new pet!
In Li Yian's view, these paratroopers are not just paratroopers, but the future coaches of the Borneo Special Forces.
Although these guys are in such a mess now, in history, these guys were the ancestors of special forces all over the world. To a certain extent, special forces all over the world are trained according to the training programs of these guys. There will definitely be no problem with their training in the special forces.
Capturing a group of elite paratroopers is certainly a good thing, but it does not get rid of the current predicament. The Allied High Command may not know, but Li Yian is very aware that he is in danger.
What next?
Li Yi'an couldn't help but have a headache. The roads to evacuate Bastogne were all occupied by US troops who were reinforcing the Ardennes. The congested roads were crowded with US troops. It was almost impossible to evacuate now.
Do you really want to play in this place?
……
At this time in the Ardennes, the U.S. military's defense line had been breached, and the Allied forces were standing on the edge of the precipice of disaster, precarious.
It was already past midnight, and in the headquarters of the German Army Group G, far south of the Ardennes, the phone rang. The person on the other end of the phone claimed to be the Führer, and he wanted the commander-in-chief to answer the phone in person.
Armored Forces General Balck rushed to answer the phone.
“From today on, Balck,”
Hitler said,
"We can't give up an inch of land. Today, we attack!"
"Yes, yes."
Balk responded, pulled a chair over and sat down.
Hitler told him that they had made a good start in the Ardennes. He told how Dietrich, the loyal old Dietrich, had opened a breach in the Rossheim Gap, and that he was now only a few miles from Honsfield and would soon be fighting with Battle Group Pipe. Rush out together. He also told how Manteuffel quickly surrounded Mount Sinaivor with one corps, and was attacking the Meuse River with two other corps; he had occupied the commanding heights east of Clervaux and promised to The road to Bastogne will be opened before noon tomorrow. And the current weather is still German weather. Heavy fog, light rain, haze, and cloudy weather still prevented Allied aircraft from taking off. Hitler believed that in this bad weather, victory must belong to Germany.
Hitler spoke to Balck for five minutes without pause. Balke, who had personally experienced the battlefield on the Eastern Front, sat on a chair and listened quietly, unable to help but feel excited.
Finally, Hitler was emotional, his voice was tight, and he shouted loudly:
"Balk, Balck, the sky has changed on the Western Front! Victory - total victory - is with us "It's in the palm of my hand!"
After hanging up the phone, Hitler looked at the map with bright eyes. His eyes scanned each key point, and finally landed on Barstow. Nirvana, then, he said to himself.
“This must be another French battle.”
Another brilliant victory, even though he invested only one-third of the Allied forces, and even though his air supremacy depended entirely on the weather, the smooth start convinced Hitler that victory must belong to Germany!
Just when Hitler was looking forward to victory, in Verdun, although confusing intelligence flooded into Verdun, he still could not figure out the full situation of the German attack. Eisenhower took some corresponding measures at this time. measures to ensure safety. He has urgently transferred veterans of the 1st Division from the north who are good at overcoming difficulties, so that they can be prepared if the actual situation is worse than it seems.
Within the Allied High Command, even though the battle had already begun for two days, Eisenhower and other senior generals only thought that the counterattack in the Ardennes region was just a German attack to contain the US military's attack in the Saarland direction.
On the night of the 2nd, Hodges, commander of the 1st Army, called the Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Versailles, asking for General Bradley. Bradley spent last night at Eisenhower's stone villa in St. Germain.
"Bradley,"
Hodges said,
"I want those two Airborne Divisions."
"But Courtney, the 101st and the 82nd Airborne are the only reserves Ike has. Yes, and they are all in Paris."
"It must be given to me. There is chaos here now, and I need reinforcements."
"Okay, let me ask."
After hanging up the phone, Bradley stood in front of the map again. The confusing and even contradictory information made it difficult for him to peek into the fog of war.
In this way, Bradley stood in front of the map, staring at the distribution of enemy and enemy forces on the map. His brows wrinkled from time to time, and he used a pencil to outline something on the map from time to time. .
After thinking for a long time, Bradley's expression became more solemn, and then he suddenly seemed to have figured out something and screamed loudly.
“Damn, that’s it!”
In the early morning of December 3, Bradley went to see Eisenhower and said as soon as he entered his office.
"Ike, we are done!"
"Yes, we are done!"
Eisenhower was standing in front of the map, he pointed at the map and said.
"I'm about to call you. If Germany launches an all-out counterattack this time, we may be really doomed. Our troops are too far away from the Ardennes..."
After that , Eisenhower turned and looked at Bradley and said.
"This time, the Germans are very likely to replicate their victory in the Battle of France!"
On the third day of the Ardennes Counterattack, at 2 a.m., the Allied High Command finally figured out one thing - the Ardennes The German troops in the area were not conducting diversionary and harassing attacks.
It can only be said that these guys among the AC are too smart...
(End of this chapter)