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Chapter 268 Familiar figure

After losing the firepower of dozens of machine guns on the commanding heights, the German defense suddenly fell into chaos. They never imagined that their impregnable defense line would become a hell on earth within 1 minute. Nearly a hundred soldiers died unexpectedly. The casualties and serious injuries could no longer organize any effective defensive force.

The German army searched around in the air, wanting to know where such neat and efficient shells came from, and within such a short period of time, dozens of machine guns on the commanding heights of their positions were wiped out.

Under such a precise scalpel strike, the German army's successor machine gunners were frightened, and no one caught up to reorganize their fire defense.

All Germans believed that their machine gun positions had been bombarded by Allied fire, but they had no idea where the precise fire was coming from.

The German positions lost the strongest firepower support, the morale of the army was hit instantly, and the defense of many firepower points became loose.

But Marshal Rommel issued an order that must be adhered to.

Therefore, in the face of the massive attack of the Allied forces, the German defenders ambushing in the small buildings on the bank could only use rifles and a small number of light machine guns in each company and platoon to defend the river bank desperately.

But the momentum of the German army was crushed by Yan Zhi. Soon, hundreds of Allied soldiers crossed the river under the cover of machine guns forming a barrage of barrages. Even so, there were still many Allied soldiers floating on the river. The corpses of soldiers, the blood stained the river red.

Soldiers on both sides started a tug-of-war around the small river, which became intense.

The German army hid in small buildings by the river, relying on the cover of the reinforced concrete walls at the bottom of the small buildings, and fired wildly at the Allied soldiers crossing the river, causing great damage.

At this time, the sky was already bright, and the thick fog became thinner and thinner under the scorching of many small buildings on fire, and it would not take long for it to completely dissipate.

As a result, the Allied forces began to use mortars to bombard small buildings where only German troops fired.

During the foggy weather, the Allied forces did not use mortars because there were still residents in some small buildings on the opposite side who had not retreated.

When General Omar Bradley, who commanded the First Army, ordered the 101st Airborne Division to attack, he clearly instructed that the casualty rate of the residents in the manor must be kept to a minimum, and that they should not fire lightly unless it was absolutely necessary.

The 3th Airborne Regiment of the 306rd Airborne Brigade took on the main offensive task.

The 1st Battalion mainly attacked the west side of the river bank.The trenches on the German position on the west side of the river bank are criss-crossed, and there are relatively few small buildings nearby. Therefore, after dawn, the Allied mortars concentrated on the German position at this point. Under the intensive bombardment of the mortars, the German army on the west side of the river bank was quickly defeated. , can only retreat to the second release line, and reorganize the defense;

The 2nd Battalion mainly attacked the middle of the river bank.Under the fierce firepower from several commanding heights of the German army just now, the 2nd Battalion suffered heavy casualties. The company that had just pressed up had more than half of its casualties. In the upper body, he and his 1st company were suppressed by the German firepower in a depression. He was lifted just now. Due to excessive blood loss, his face was pale and his breath was like a gossamer.

Now, several commanding heights on the German positions were taken by Yan Zhi, and the soldiers of the 2nd Battalion attacked like crazy, wanting to avenge their major and battalion commander. Wherever they went, they would kill the German devils without surrender.

The 3rd Battalion mainly attacked the east side of the river bank. This area is where the Independent Company and E Company quietly crossed the river in the early morning. Battle.

Yan Zhi stood on a small three-story building, picking up German machine gunners and shooting them. His style of play was brutal and rough. As long as the German machine gunners had Type 24 wooden handle grenades on them, he would never hit the Germans in the head. Well, one shot of a grenade can kill at least two or three German soldiers, which is much more efficient than killing a devil with one shot.

Gradually, the German army discovered that their machine gunners would always explode themselves inexplicably.

As a result, this fearful emotion spread among the German machine gunners. This fear was fatal to the German army, because their machine gunners became timid because of this, which greatly weakened their fire defense. .

第3空降旅的第306空降团在西、中、河岸线展开进攻，101空降师的506伞兵步兵团担任第二进攻梯队，开始进攻306空降团无法兼顾的河岸线。

Colonel Shink ordered the 2nd Battalion to cover with fire while the 1st Battalion managed to cross the river.

The soldiers of the 1st Battalion found several small boats hidden in the grass on the opposite bank, and they acted immediately. Several soldiers took off their shirts, took a few gulps of spirits to warm up to prevent cramps, and under the cover of machine gun fire, they dived into the water and swam. On the other side, three boats were retrieved.

Immediately, a platoon of soldiers boarded three small boats, and under the cover of fierce machine gun fire, they crossed towards the opposite bank of the river.

A platoon of soldiers arrived on the other side of the river and immediately organized defenses in place. The three boats carrying them across the river had ropes and were quickly pulled back to the south bank of the river. After a while, another platoon of soldiers successfully crossed the river.

At this time, under the cover of machine gun fire and the assistance of the Allied forces crossing the river, the engineers of the Allied Army successfully built several simple and fast passages on the river.

The Allies began to cross the river quickly.

A large number of German troops poured in from behind, occupied the small building on the river bank, and once again suppressed the hundreds of people who were attacked by the Allied forces on the river bank.

But with the firepower of the allied forces crossing the river, the German reinforcements were unable to form a complete defensive position. Their commanding heights of firepower were destroyed by Yan Zhi, and the firepower of the two death elevations seemed to evaporate suddenly, without any effect. .

As a result, Germany's first line of defense showed signs of collapse, and their second line of defense had already been deployed.

When the first line of defense showed signs of collapse, many German soldiers on the front line, under the command of the officers, began to retreat to the second line of defense in an orderly manner.

The offensive strength of the Allied forces continued to intensify, and hundreds of people crossed the river. The offensive and defensive battle on the river bank finally came to an end with the Allied troops quickly crossing the river. In front of the first line of defense, there was a battle between buildings, which was almost like a street battle.

At this time, the two sides have already started a battle for every inch of land and blood.

The Allies will fight for every inch of ground, and the Germans will defend every inch of it.

The German army knew that every step they took back would reduce their strategic space by one point. They had no way to retreat and could only resist desperately. Marshal Rommel's order to stand firm was to let them die here.

Just now, Li Liugen and Li Dazui squatted by the south wall, looking up at the door from time to time to prevent the Germans from bringing corpses over.

The tiger tanks on the west side of the small building showed their power, and the rumbling artillery fire lit up the night sky on the west side of the small building. They were like cruel gods of war. The simultaneous firing of several tanks is quite spectacular.

Li Liugen and Li Dazui had never seen a Tiger tank before. For a long time, their eyes were attracted by the Tiger tank and Leopard tank with full firepower outside the window.

When Li Liugen took his eyes off the mighty body of the Tiger tank and looked towards the south of the window, he found a group of German soldiers walking towards the east from the road in front of the small building where they were standing. In the past tense, the last German soldier had already passed the southwest corner of the courtyard wall.

"My boy, let me be close to him, why do I look so familiar with these doggy figures?!"

Seeing the strange steps and somewhat stiff bodies of these soldiers, Li Liugen shuddered all over, and he hastily stretched out his hand to tug on Li Dazui's lapel.

(End of this chapter)