Chapter 0402: E Company: The Spears Age (1)
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Zheng Yingqi's life is not easy - well, there is no good life on the battlefield, but this time, his life is not ordinary difficult!
After the Germans cut off the contact between the first platoon and the other two platoons with mortars, Zheng Yingqi's platoon faced about 100 Germans. God knows that in theory, 70% of the Germans who had no intention of fighting should have suffered more people than a full-scale company, and why there is an 80-caliber platoon.
Fortunately, the Germans have been blocking the road with mortar platoons. If the mortar platoon's small mortars are concentrated on fire, they should wait to tremble in the fire.
Several paratroopers from the 3rd platoon rushed forward and were cut off when the artillery fire was blocked. They rushed to the 1st platoon, which slightly made up for the shortage of troops in the 1st platoon. But even so, there were only 23 people in Zheng Yingqi's hands, including the wounded. At this time, Spears' order came:
Prepare to lead the team to attack the German firepower point on the right.
[It seems that there is a way to break the deadlock.]
Zheng Yingqi was at ease. Spears was one of the most famous platoon leaders in the 2nd Battalion, and he did not disappoint himself.
"Huble, you, Stro, Jon, take care of the wounded, Tipo, take the 2nd squad to guard the place, everyone else, come with me!" Zheng Yingqi ordered one after another.
Just when Zheng Yingqi ordered, the third platoon also began to feint attack the German left position head-on. The German commander realized that the US military wanted to break through the left position, and immediately strengthened the firepower on the left and distributed mortar support. However, at this time, the US military embedded in their position began to attack the right position. The German army thought it was a gambler, so they immediately drew personnel to strengthen the right side.
Spears kept paying attention to the movements of the German army. After seeing the German army strengthening the left and right firepower, he said to Compton: "Take two squads to attack the German position on the right. I will take the remaining squad to cut in from the middle. After cutting in, Jacob and I will cooperate with you to attack the right position on the right. Pay attention to cooperation."
"Just bring a class?"
"Enough! Half of the Germans were restrained by the first platoon and could not move. We would not be under much pressure." Spears said confidently. His confidence infected Compton, so Compton was embarrassed to ask again.
Soldiers are very fast!
The 2nd Platoon immediately launched a feint attack. Taking advantage of the 2nd Platoon and 3rd Platoon attracting the firepower of the German left and right positions, Spears immediately ordered his Redban to rush forward.
Red couldn't help swallowing - this was a vast land. Although the German army did not have much support in the middle because of the infiltration of a row, the Germans now divided their troops and had to deal with the Germans who were taking the opportunity to attack, which led to the Germans in the middle being able to free up their hands. The distance of more than 300 meters was rushing over like this?
Rush over like a target?
Just as Red hesitated, Spears had already rushed forward and ran forward. Seeing the new company commander rushing out so awesomely, Red gritted his teeth and ordered the whole class to follow.
The German commander cursed and hurriedly asked the mortars to blockade with artillery fire, but only a few mortars were there in the mortar platoon? This was supporting the left and right sides. By the time they adjusted the shooting angle, Spears had already taken the people to cross half of the distance!
Zheng Yingqi, who was restraining the firepower on the right side of the German army, saw this scene and couldn't help but mutter: "Damn!"
Spears is such a ruthless guy. He made two preparations just to send a squad in - but this is really useful! He can break thirty people with one squad, which is enough to restrain the German army with more than sixty or seventy people. The already stretched German army, who is restrained by himself, how many people can block the back?
But Zheng Yingqi never expected Spears to come here in person!
So when he saw Spears leading the friendly forces to assist, he was stunned for a second or two - he had been in the plot of Brothers for so long, and had seen the US military officer who was desperate for life, but it was the first time he had seen Spears who was desperate for life and dared to play with his life!
"Wentes finally sent a very reliable officer to Company E!"
Zheng Yingqi thought.
As the 1st Platoon got a squad of reinforcements, the balance of victory had begun to tilt towards the paratroopers. Spears and Zheng Yingqi then took a desperate bet on the right wing, which made the German commander's heart sink. He commanded the troops to block the US military's deadly fist, but under the constraints in segments, he could not lose many people at all, and could only watch his left wing position be bitten away.
"I still have a chance! I have a mortar platoon! There are more than a hundred people! I want to keep here. As long as I come reinforcements, you Americans will stay here!"
The German commander did not want to give up his position and led his men to stand firm and planned to wait for reinforcements.
He relies on his own mortar platoon and the advantage of artillery, but whether it is Zheng Yingqi or Spears, how could he endure a mortar platoon threatening himself with his eyes low?
So, after just occupying the right position, Zheng Yingqi led his men to attack the mortar platoon.
Of course, the German army had to do their best to protect their support, so they fought another fierce battle around the mortar platoon, but this fierce battle was Spears's trick. Taking advantage of this time, he transferred the mortars of the entire company from Picock and quietly assembled behind a backslope more than 600 meters away from the German mortar position.
This wave of operations exceeded the German army's expectations. The mortar platoon, which was thought to be protected, was attacked by the US military in an instant. With the three mortars being knocked out, the German army had already realized the irreversible defeat. In addition, reinforcements were unable to break through the US military's blockade, so they could only give up this position.
Win!
After the German army hurriedly withdrew from the position, the paratroopers who were unstoppable suddenly lost all their strength and collapsed on the ground one by one. Their eyes couldn't help but look at the figure who was constantly patrolling back and forth on the battlefield to assign the soldiers to work.
Zheng Yingqi also breathed a sigh of relief. The first platoon of this battle was the hardest. He touched the German position before dawn. At the end, it was already past nine o'clock in the morning. The fierce battle for nearly five hours was really...
Damn it!
"We have five brothers killed, namely Eimmond and Tok..." Hubler reported the war damage to Zheng Yingqi with grief. After he read the names of the dead one by one, he continued: "In addition, we have seven brothers injured."
The injuries that Hublel's mouth were the kind of injuries that had to be treated in the hospital - some injuries that were bandaged by medical staff did not count at all.
Before the attack, there were only 17 people left in the first platoon, but now, five dead and seven injured, and there were only 7 people left in the first platoon?
Zheng Yingqi was stunned for a while and asked Hubler after a while: "How many brothers do we have in the hospital?"
"Not counting the 7 today, there are 16."
Upon hearing this, Zheng Yingqi finally felt much better. The injured ones will come back sooner or later. When they come back, the first row of the first row in the E Company was still.
At this time, Spears came over and asked about the situation in the row. Zheng Yingqi told Spears about the situation he had just sorted out.
Even though Spears has been called "cold-blooded" by his subordinates, he can't help but stagnate. This rank is really amazing!
"A few days off, I will find a way to add some manpower to a row." Spears patted Zheng Yingqi on the shoulder and said, "You are good."
At this moment, Zheng Yingqi realized that E Company had entered the Spears era.
Compared with the rest of the company commanders except Winters, Spears is indeed a very reliable commander - he couldn't help but look forward to the next Spears era.
(Keep your word and keep your word Long Jiang Jiang? Are you praising me?)
Chapter completed!