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Chapter 247 The German Morgue
At this time, as the German air defense forces on Omaha Beach were cleared, the US 18th Airborne Corps, the Polish 1st Parachute Brigade, the British 6st and 52th Airborne Divisions, and the Scottish [-]nd Airborne Regiment all successfully landed.

Among them, after the 17th and 82nd Airborne Divisions successfully airborne, they quickly captured Yinxini, 12 kilometers away from Malangtang.

Carentan, guarding the road from Cherbourg to Caen and Saint-Nou, is a military important place, which is highly valued by both warring parties.

Since the German 6th Airborne Regiment lost the highlands north of Carentan, it could only withdraw from the fortification in Carentan. Therefore, Marshal Erwin Rommel gave the German army in this area an order to defend Carentan.

The 101st Airborne Division and a brigade of the 29th Airborne Division faced a disabled infantry division of the German army at this time.

Although there are only more than 3000 people left in the division of the German army that was disabled, their combat effectiveness is still tenacious and impressive, and Marshal Rommel also gave the division an order to defend it. Once the infantry division falls, the Allies will Open up the corridor of the German defense line, form a fan, and form a siege to the German defense in depth formation.

Therefore, although there are only more than 3000 people left in this infantry division, they can only defend and cannot retreat.

Faced with such an opponent who cannot retreat and can only defend to the end, if the 101st Airborne Division and the 29th Airborne Division attack by force, they may suffer heavy losses, because neither of these two airborne divisions has heavy weapons.

The weapon of the airborne troops is a surprise attack. After the 101st Airborne Division completed the airborne landing in Normandy and Omaha Beach to assist the Allied forces in landing, they had to face the German infantry division with heavy weapons.

At this time, the Allied forces that landed in Normandy launched fierce offensive and defensive battles with the Germans everywhere. Although the Allied forces took the initiative, their casualties far exceeded those of the Germans.

Because the Allied forces lack heavy weapons, although they have an advantage in numbers, the Allied forces suffered extremely heavy casualties in the face of the German army with heavy weapons in defense.

Although the Normandy landing was a turning point in World War II, the price paid by the Allies in this war was so painful that they could only knock out their teeth and swallow it secretly.Many airborne divisions were beaten to pieces. They airborne with light weapons, but they had to attack the German troops with heavy weapons, machine guns, cannons, tanks and armored vehicles to open the corridors for the follow-up troops. The army knows it.

At present, the important task of opening up the defense corridor of the German Army can only be handed over to a brigade of the 101st Airborne Division and the 29th Airborne Division.

Now, they are facing three dilemmas: [-]. The lack of sufficient heavy weapons and artillery; Many residents have not evacuated, and this side of the river bank is covered with shrub fences. These fences grow very high, and the narrow ground between them is like a trench. There is a row of small buildings, which can hide the enemy's infantry.What's worse, the German army has tanks and armored vehicles, while the Allied army doesn't even have a mechanized motorcycle.Although the Allies have a numerical advantage.

In general, the positions occupied by the Germans on the other side of the river are easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Zhao Fugui is like a knowledgeable and vigilant old dog. Based on his previous experience as a bandit, he led Yan Zhi and Winters to walk secretly between those extremely difficult bush fences, and he seemed to be so comfortable , his nose seems to be able to smell danger, and he can always skillfully avoid the German sentries hidden in the dark.

Li Dazui was behind the three of them, acting as a rear guard.

While walking, there were dogs barking from time to time in some small buildings with closed courtyard doors, so Zhao Fugui imitated the dog barking and went back to the past. It was strange that these dogs heard Zhao Fugui's dog barking. , immediately stopped barking, as if he was quite afraid of Zhao Fugui.

Yan Zhi thought that it might be because Zhao Fugui ate too much dog meat, so he had an extra layer of evil spirit that a dog could feel.

There is a saying that the wicked have to be tortured by the wicked. Unexpectedly, the wicked dogs are more afraid of the wicked who only eat dog meat.

Suddenly, Zhao Fugui stopped in the shadow of a small building, and stretched out his hand to make a stop gesture.

Yan Zhi, Winters, and Li Dazui stopped immediately, imitating Zhao Fugui, squatting halfway in the shadow beside the small building, holding guns in both hands, and making a more balanced posture.

With the elbow of Zhao Fugui's right hand at 90 degrees, he moved forward with four fingers of his right hand.

So Winters and Yan Zhi came to Zhao Laogou's side, one left and one right, and Li Dazui stood guard in a shadow.

Zhao Fugui squatted halfway, bent over, and said in a low voice: "I smell the smell in the air around here. There is a strong evil spirit. There should be a place where the Germans temporarily store the corpses nearby."

suffocating?

Yan Zhi felt a chill in his heart when he heard this, and this evil spirit was said by Mr. Zhao to be a little supernatural.

Yan Zhi translated to Winters.

The two pinched their noses and sniffed the air.

The air was filled with the smell of blood and the smell of ammunition, gunpowder smoke, and fireworks. The two couldn't distinguish the evil spirit of storing the corpse that Zhao Fugui said.

"Most of the places where the corpses of soldiers killed in battle are stored are in the positions of all parties, which are relatively safe places. Generally speaking, it is difficult for shells to fall on this place, in order to prevent the corpses from being blown into pieces.

Therefore, the place where the corpses of one's own soldiers are stored is often the location of the battlefield headquarters.

So I judged that this place should not be far from the division headquarters of the German devils. "

As Zhao Fugui said, he rubbed his nose with his palm a few times, then pouted, his upper lip kept bumping against the tip of his nose, vibrating to inhale fine air into his nasal cavity.

"Then~~" Zhao Fugui pointed to a shadowy building 100 meters away, "If my judgment is correct, the corpses of German devils are concentrated there. Let's go and have a look."

Second Lieutenant Mike Winters didn't understand why Zhao Fugui wanted to see the place where the German devils kept the corpses.

Although Winters was bold and cautious, he still felt a little tingly in his scalp when he was asked to go to the place where the Germans lay the dead bodies on such a gloomy night.

These German devils who died in battle were either mutilated by bullets or shells, or they died ugly. It really takes a lot of courage to go to such a place at night.

Yan Zhi knew that since Zhao Fugui was going, he must have his intentions, so he whispered to Winters, "Let's go and have a look?"

Winters told Yan Zhi what he thought. He thought that since he could tell that there was a morgue of the German devils here, he should look for the German division headquarters that was very close to the morgue instead of wasting time. Go to the morgue, there is too much blood.

Winters admitted that going to the German mortuary on such a dark and eerie night made his scalp tingle.

Yan Zhi also felt that since Zhao Fugui could tell that the German morgue was nearby, their first priority was to find the location of the German division headquarters.

Yan Zhi was not afraid to stop at the German morgue. What he worried about was that the soldiers of the two companies were still on the river bank. Once they were discovered by the Germans, they would be in a dilemma, unable to attack or retreat. .

If we can quickly find the German division headquarters now, we can go back and bring the soldiers over.

Zhao Fugui saw Officer Yan's doubts, and he said in a low voice: "Sir, if we find the location of the enemy's division headquarters and go back and bring the brothers over, where do you want to hide the brothers?"

Yan Zhi was taken aback, he really hadn't thought about this question.

Zhao Fugui's eyes were sharp, and he walked back and forth around the houses in front of him: "It's still far from dawn. If the brothers don't hide well, they will be besieged by the enemy. Even if it is dawn, we can't rely on this If there are more than 100 people, go for a hard attack, and the enemy's division with heavy troops and heavy weapons defense."

Yan Zhi's eyes lit up: "You mean..."

"Yes!" Zhao Fugui nodded, "Find the devil's morgue, our two companies are hiding in the devil's morgue.

The Germans would never have dreamed that we were hiding in the room where the dead bodies were kept.

After dawn, the Allied forces began to attack from the front, and we quietly went out from the morgue to make a surprise attack on the enemy's division headquarters. "

Yan Zhi was overjoyed: "Sure enough, bringing your old things out will be of great use."

Yan Zhi told Winters about Zhao Fugui's intentions.

After hearing this, Winters nodded repeatedly and gave Zhao Fugui a thumbs up.

"Go!" Yan Zhi said, "Let's go and have a look."

Mr. Zhao nodded, looked around, bent his back, and followed the shadow of the small building to the building more than 100 meters away. He was indeed like a cunning old dog when he walked, without making a sound, his face Even when he was five meters behind him, he couldn't hear the sound of footsteps.

The gunshots from both sides of the river kept coming. Listening to the gunshots, they were at least four to 500 meters away from both sides of the river bank. This might be the enemy's division headquarters.

From afar, Yan Zhi and the others could smell the increasingly bloody smell, coming from the small buildings in front.

(End of this chapter)