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We had just left the allied town, an had gather supplies and ammunition. We're walking on an old railroad track that was once used to move the Jews into a concentration camp. There is two long rows of wheat fields on each side of the tracks an weeds that had grown in between the tracks. We was 5miles from Molar Hill, while walking, I ordered my radio man to contact headquarters to tell them we was near, an ask for recon on the town for enemy in sight. 10mints latter headquarters radioed back an said the town was abandon and my orders were to still to invade an hold counter attack positions before he even spit that out of his mouth I said "counter attack? What the hell..... Why would we be setting up for a countering attack?" radioman responded "headquarters said, there's about 100 Germans, an 1 squadron of panther tanks headed that way." We were 2miles away so I ordered the men double time.
We had finally reached the town, but it was odd an strange, no person in sight, no one to be found and all buildings hasn't been touched by enemy air raids. I quickly observe the area an began to think of a strategic way to defend. The town was basically on both sides of this one big road which led to there town hall, an about ever building was made of bricks, so i began to think quickly an start ordering "Bucky, set your men up at the library" which was the 3 building on the right and was 2 stories high. "Priest hold that garden on the left. Nick, take your men to the right flank, an Johnny take yours to the left flank"
the flanks were basically outside of the town which was on the sides of the hill that the town set on, an nothing but big bolders were there. I wasn't worried about any tanks coming threw there, but men on foot could easy swoop around us. We were surely out gunned an out numbered in any way possible. You could hear the tanks wheels turn an getting closer, you could tell that men were out front by the noise the guns made by hitting there gear making a clanking noise. Every man in sight that I could see was shaking, I began to give a loud speech for all to hear
"He that should live this day, an see old age will yield an face his Nabors an say, tomorrow is saint Crisping, then he will strip his sleeves an show his scares, an say these wounds, I had on saint Crispin's day, old men forget or yet shall be forgot he will remember advantages that defeats that day!!! This story, a good man should teach his story, an in it, we shall be remember. We few, We happy few, we band of brothers, for he today who sheds his blood here today, shall be my brother!!!!!!!!!" shivers drive down my spine with every word mention as if we are all fighting against hell itself.
It quiets down for about 3mints, an we all figure the Germans knew we was there, but they didn't. As a cpl walk in plain sight on the open middle road, priests unit began to open fire with bullets shredded them like butter, they drop like dead does. You could hear the Germans higher ranks yell out orders as shots ranged out like a loud bell. About 10 started going right and 20 going left with 5 in the middle, I was kneeing down behind an old 5ft wall an could hear Bucky yell out "Open fire!!!! Open fire on them sons of bitches!!!!!" two of his men were at the bottom floor at the open windows opining fire on the Germans that took left flank, an the rest of his men were on the top floor raining bullets onto the right flanks positions. Nick begins to move his men threw the bolders to give the Germans some distraction, but the germens had the same idea, so they met in the middle like 2 tornadoes going at it with fire coming from both sides of the bolders an pieces of the bolders were flying off as it created sparks, men were yelling at the bottom right as I could hear where nicks men was at.
It sounded as a cpl had got shot, but hell it could have been the germens as well. Priest started moving his men upwards to give the illusion to the germens that there was more, but the left flank had to many men, so priest runs around one of the stores to try to figure out if he could flank or not. Then "Boom!!!!!!" it was a panther in the back had shot at priest unit while they was under a porch that leaned outward over the middle road, an shattered bricks sprang out like snow was falling. His men started getting hit with bricks from the shattered porch, some men ran backwards, others got knocked out right on the spot.
Joey, the lance crpl from Johnny's unit rain up to me an said "sir, we have no men to target and Johnny needs to know what you want him to do." I look up an observe everything that is going on and reply "tell Johnny to send 4men to support nick on the other side, an bring the rest up here to hold with priests unit" about 1sec after I said that last word a grenade goes off 4ft from my brick wall, Boom!!!!!!!!
Fragments from the ground shot up an all the sudden my hearing went out. My body just folded up and hit the ground like a stone, I was in shock, nothing but a ringing noise was going off in my head, and everything seems to move so slow paced when I slightly turned my head. I jerked right an seen 2 of priest men running while in slow motion it seemed, bullets was reaping threw them slowly, with there mouths open I assumed there yelling in pain and they start to fall down as if they were getting tackled. I look toward Joey, he's yelling something, but I can't make it out it's all blocked by the noise. I look down at the ground an I see there's a stream of blood running from those 2 soldiers to my feet.
It was so thick like melted chocolate; it had nothing in its way to stop it. My hearing started to zoom back in, but only back ground I could hear was gun fire, men yelling, tanks firing, an Joey asking screaming out "sir!!!!! Are you ok?" "Sir!!!! Can you hear me?" To be continue..... |