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    Although the American troops who had invaded the position were driven back to the starting line, Colonel Haight's heart was bleeding when he saw the young corpses of German soldiers scattered all over the ground.  <-¡·

    Just now, Colonel Haight used a series of measures to create a short-term favorable opportunity in a difficult situation and used hand-to-hand combat to regain the lost position. However, faced with the superiority of US military weapons, personnel and equipment, the losses were extremely high.  heavy.  In this small battle, both sides suffered nearly a hundred casualties. This was extremely detrimental to Colonel Haight's lack of personnel.

    Major Gadlo's staff officer looked at the remaining soldiers, almost all of whom had injuries of varying sizes, and worriedly said to Colonel Hayter: "Colonel, if the Americans launch another attack, we won't be able to stop them!"

    Colonel Haight stared at the other side of the woods, as if he could penetrate the obstacles of the woods and see through every move in the U.S. military camp. He just said: "The Americans will not attack again today!"

    After Major Gadluo looked at the sky that was about to get dark, he nodded and said, "It's getting dark soon!"

    When the brigadier general in the U.S. military camp saw this carefully arranged attack and failed again, he slammed the table covered with military maps and cursed bitterly: "These damn Germans!"

    Facing the brigadier general with a gloomy expression, the sergeants and staff did not dare to say anything!  Mr. Brigadier lowered his head and looked down at the map. There was no movement for a while. Suddenly, he said: "Telescope!"

    A staff officer next to him reacted quickly and immediately handed the telescope to the brigadier general. After taking it, the brigadier general observed for a while and said to us officers who participated in the attack and retreated: "Now the Germans are back to where they were."  Have you taken some positions?"

    I didn¡¯t want to speak at first, but seeing the brigadier general¡¯s eyes on me, I bit the bullet and said, ¡°Report to the general, the enemy has reoccupied the position, and they are probably renovating the fortifications at this time!¡±

    Mr. Brigadier-General did not answer. He touched his chin with his left hand as if he was thinking about something.  But my mood at this time was rough.

    I secretly asked: Will the failure of this attack put all the responsibility on me?  if that happened.  what should I do?  Yes.  How could I, a little officer with no power and no backing, compete with a general?  No matter what the other party wants to say or how much they want to shirk responsibility, I can't defend myself.  Because the Germans' main attack was completely focused on me, and because my soldiers completely retreated, the entire combat operation failed.  Despite saving the lives of many of my men.  From a military point of view, this temporary retreat is to avoid the enemy's edge and find a favorable opportunity to fight the enemy again. Although my order to retreat while fighting was issued, the Brigadier General also issued a similar order shortly after I issued it.  But I can't guarantee what he'll think.

    While I was thinking wildly, I suddenly heard the brigadier general say: "Get the artillery! The artillery unit will immediately carry out saturation bombing of the coordinate a2 area in ten minutes!" Then the brigadier general said to the staff: "Hmph, you caught me off guard.  ! I¡¯ll let you have a taste too!¡±

    The staff officer flattered him and said: "The Germans did not expect this move of the general!"

    Mr. Brigadier General was not interested in the staff's flattery at all. He pointed at the woods and said: "Humph, order G Company and F Company to stand by outside the woods!"

    The staff officer kindly reminded: "It's getting dark soon. Do we have to fight at night?"

    The brigadier general snorted coldly and said: "This is a force to contain the Germans. Stay on the position for the time being! Digest the gift we gave them!"

    The staff officer suddenly realized: "Yes. General!"

    As I listened, I felt secretly chilled in my heart.  I thought: Sure enough, except for a few mediocre people.  Anyone who can climb up to the level of general from military merit is not easy to deal with.  At this time, although the Germans reoccupied the position, they would not have thought that less than half an hour later, groups of American artillery shells would hit their heads again!

    There was not much time. After the US artillery fired a guided bomb, it was followed by a salvo of fire from the artillery group.  The sudden artillery fire caught the German soldiers who had retaken their position by surprise. They were taking advantage of the gap in the battle to repel the US troops and desperately repaired their fortifications. As a result, the ruthless artillery fire came instantly.  Many soldiers who were exposed and had no time to dodge were blown away.

    After hearing the guided missiles from the US military, Colonel Haight knew that he was about to suffer. Regardless of the danger of artillery fire, he ran towards the bunker and shouted to everyone one by one: "Get down, get down!"  !¡±

    On the other side of the position, Major Gadluo was setting up defenses with his men, but he saw Colonel Hatter warning everyone regardless of life and death, saying urgently: "Colonel, be careful! Get down quickly!"

    Colonel Hayter could not hear the reminder from Major Gadluo's staff at this time, but he was always beside him.#x6211;With a disapproving look, as if he understood something, he smiled at Jones and said, "I'm afraid the general is trying to scare the Germans!"

    I glanced at Jimmy in surprise and found that this kid seemed to have become smarter at some point.  At this time, Lin Boner retorted: "I think the general will definitely attack. This kind of continuous attack is the most difficult to defend. In addition, the German devils have just regained the position and were attacked by a burst of artillery fire. This is the time when the strength is at its weakest.  , this is the best time to attack!¡±

    Jimmy opened his mouth and didn't know how to refute Lin Bernard's judgment. After all, John was a combat staff officer who came from the headquarters and his mind was very flexible. When Jimmy reminded him, he explained to Lin Bernard: "If it's still early,  , the general¡¯s arrangement is not wrong! The problem is that it is getting late. If we fight at night, in addition to our personnel advantage, our firepower advantage is gone. The casualties caused are definitely not what the general wants to see. For example, the night battle launched by the general yesterday  Attack!"

    Looking at the analysis of the battle situation by my subordinates, I have a general evaluation of each of them. John is smarter and very flexible in doing things; Bernard Lin is braver, but his brain is not very flexible; Jones is lazy, but he can  He is patient and can carry out any orders; as for Jimmy, he is good at observing people's emotions and has a little cleverness.  Among these people, John is naturally the most reassuring.

    Putting aside these thoughts, I suddenly said: "John is right, the general is trying to prevent the Germans from relaxing their vigilance against us. Then he will use the advantage of artillery fire to strike at the enemy!"

    Lin Bernard suddenly realized: "It turned out to be a scare! It made me worry for nothing!" After saying that, he took out a cigarette from his pocket and sat down on the front of the jeep parked next to him, huffing and puffing.  He blew out smoke rings.

    I turned back to John and said: "Our attack suffered a lot of losses this time! Many of the veterans were killed or injured!"

    John has a good memory and said: "Our army lost twenty-six people, fifteen seriously injured, and thirty lightly injured! Among them, more than a dozen veterans were lost!"

    "This German counterattack really caught people off guard! Otherwise our casualties would not have been so heavy!" I sighed.

    John also admired the opponent's commander: "The enemy's commander is really not simple!"

    The shelling soon stopped, and the two American companies on standby by the woods also withdrew to the camp. Colonel Haight, who was staying in the woods, breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It seems that we finally got through today!"

    Major Gadluo's staff officer also breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "Yes, Colonel! We have survived again today!" (To be continued.)201c; Twenty-six of our troops were killed, 15 were seriously injured, and 30 were slightly injured!  Among them, more than a dozen veterans were lost!  "

    "This German counterattack really caught people off guard! Otherwise our casualties would not have been so heavy!" I sighed.

    John also admired the opponent's commander: "The enemy's commander is really not simple!"

    The shelling soon stopped, and the two American companies on standby by the woods also withdrew to the camp. Colonel Haight, who was staying in the woods, breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It seems that we finally got through today!"

    Major Gadluo's staff officer also breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "Yes, Colonel! We have survived again today!" (To be continued.)
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