Chapter 146: Rain Over Sicily

It was drizzling in the sky.

This is Sam's nineteenth day on the ground.

The damned Allied forces on the opposite side had launched numerous attacks on their positions over the course of nineteen days, and many of his comrades who had come to Sicily with Sam had fallen under Allied artillery fire.

Sam's childhood friend, Locke, was alive and well a few minutes ago, but a damn bullet hit and took his life in an instant.

Sam watched Locke fall beside him, but he couldn't do anything about it, and God knew when he would die so tragically

"Hey, Sergeant Major, let's keep this here for two days. , Gudron came to his side and handed Sam a couple of grenades.

"Two days?" Sam replied indifferently: "Maybe I'll be shot by the enemy at night." ”

"Sam, don't be so pessimistic." Gudron seemed to comfort his comrades-in-arms there: "I heard that the Chinese have sent troops to Europe, and now what we have to do is to hold on here." ”

Sam shrugged: "Maybe, maybe I won't be killed by the enemy's damn bullets before the arrival of the Chinese."

Gudron didn't know how to comfort him. In the past ten days, Sam has changed from a happy youth to a pessimist, this is not the real Sam.

But the situation on the battlefield was indeed a bit pessimistic, the enemy's offensive was so fierce that the Italians, who were not angry, could not give the Germans even the slightest substantial help.

Now all hopes have been placed on the Chinese, but when the Chinese will arrive on the battlefield has become a very serious problem.

"Hey, hey, the enemy is attacking!"

With this shout, Sam and Gudlong picked up their guns at the same time.

As usual, there was another burst of artillery fire, and then the British, Americans, and Canadians rushed up. They were greeted by heavy German fire.

It's become something that happens every day.

The enemy charged, the Germans returned fire, and then the enemy was defeated and retreated for a short time, and the Germans would retaliate with heavy Allied artillery fire, and then continue to charge, continue to return fire, and the enemy continued to retreat. Everything is in samsara, and there is not a day that is not spent like this.

Countless people have died, known, or unrecognized. Their bloody corpses lay on the bloody battlefield.

Maybe even God can't bear to close his eyes now. One

An American tank rushed over, and Sam received an order to destroy that tank immediately. Although Sam has become a pessimist, he is a loyal and staunch follower of the FΓΌhrer, and he will still fulfill the command to the letter.

Gudron took on his cover duty. The machine gun roared wildly

"God bless me." Sam muttered God's name and rushed forward with his two companions.

God may have heard Sam's call, and instead of letting his loyal followers fall at the guns of the enemy, he allowed him to successfully complete his mission and blow up the enemy's tank.

But Sam returned to the trench alone, and the two companions who went up with him, one died, and the other became a prisoner of the enemy.

Sam sat numbly in the trenches, not wanting to say anything. The scene that had just happened was still clearly flashing in his mind at this moment.

At the moment of completing the mission, his companion was hit by the enemy's machine gun, and his brains mixed with blood splattered on Sam's body, like the most terrible hell.

Sam is glad that he didn't die, but the death of his companion also brought him great shock and fear, which he may not be able to forget for the rest of his life! …,

This damn war, when will it end?

The day barely passed again, and many people died, both Allied and German. The air on the battlefield was filled with a strong smell of blood, and after smelling it, people had no appetite at all.

Sam didn't want to eat anything, and Gudlong's offer of cookies was rejected by Sam.

It's raining a little harder, and even though it's August, it's still chilling. Sam put on a raincoat and curled up in the trench with his gun in his hand, motionless and dazed.

The Sergeant Major arrived, a determined Nazi officer who had been on the front line from the first day of the war to the present, inspiring the soldiers to fight for the glory of Germany. What's even more miraculous is that he didn't even hurt a single bit of skin in the nineteen days of fighting.

"Bullets are the bravest people who bypass the most." The sergeant major told his men countless times.

"Sergeant Major, what are we going to do tomorrow?" Gudron asked.

"Tomorrow we will fight back!" The sergeant major waved his arm vigorously.

"God, fight back?" Gudron and his companions almost thought they had misheard: "The enemy attack is so fierce, and we are fighting back at this time?" ”

"Yes, fight back at this time!" The sergeant's voice was full of high morale: "The neighboring Italians will also fight back with us, and our mission is to seize the opposite position A." Cheer up, boys! ”

"Italians? They are not to be trusted. Sam sneered disdainfully, "They only deserve to moan under a woman's skirt." ”

Sam's words immediately caused a burst of laughter in the trenches, and even the usually cold sergeant major couldn't help but laugh. Β°

But then he straightened his face again: "Now is not the time to discuss our allies, the orders of the superiors must be completed to the letter, the Italians will cooperate with us in the battle, have a good night's rest, tomorrow will be a cruel battle." ”

The sergeant major finished speaking and left the place.

Gudron poked Sam beside him: "Hey, Sam, do you think we can make it tomorrow?" ”

"Who knows?" In the rain, Sam closed his eyes.

The next day, the rain became even heavier, and the Allies did not move any way to fight in such weather, and they also thought that the Germans were also unwilling to fight in such weather, right?

And it was such weather that increased the suddenness of the attack!

The Germans quietly moved into the attacking position, and God was fair, both for the once dominant side and for the temporarily inferior side.

"Let's get started, boys."

With an order from the sergeant major, all the German soldiers began to quietly move towards the enemy position.

The rain poured down from the sky, making it a blur in front of him, but Sam was sincerely grateful for the rainstorm, at least it had improved his chances of survival.

There was still no movement on the opposite position.

But just as they were about to reach the position, an American finally spotted the uninvited guests, and with a shout of "enemy", all the weapons on the A position rang out.

A platoon of German soldiers fell, and the attackers, whose whereabouts had been exposed, finally ceased to have any illusions, and rushed forward with their guns in hand.

The distance of the charge was very short, which was good news for the attacking side, and only one charging German rushed forward.

With it, all superior firepower has lost its effect, and all that remains is the outbreak of the most cruel and primitive beastly nature of human beings. They fought each other with all the weapons at their disposal, bayonets, shovels, or anything else they could hold in their hands. …,

One after another fell, and the positions were filled with shouts of killing and wailing. And more and more rain is also washing the blood on the battlefield!

The Americans were beaten away, and the positions were covered with blood and corpses.

A company of Germans suffered most of the casualties, and Gudron was also wounded, but fortunately it was not fatal

Despite the victory, the sergeant major looked a little anxious, according to the agreement, at this time on his flank, the Italians should also attack, but now there is no movement at all.

And what about those Italians? What are they doing?

The soldiers were busy clearing their positions, rebuilding trenches, and the enemy's counterattack would soon begin.

The sergeant major had a radio brought in and asked aloud where the Italians were, but he received a piece of news that left him dumbfounded:

The Italians decided that the time was not suitable for an offensive because of the heavy rain, and they decided to launch a new attack after the rain had stopped.

The sergeant major roared loudly in anger, the most ridiculous reason he had ever heard, and the Italians had placed the Germans in a position of death!

The offensive was not launched as agreed, so what does that mean? This meant that the Americans would soon wake up and strengthen the defenses on their positions, which made it impossible for the Italians to capture them. This meant all the more that the flanks of the Germans were completely exposed to the enemy's guns.

Untrustworthy Italians!

The sergeant major cursed and yelled, but that didn't change everything. Now the Germans will have to face a terrible and passive situation, they will have to fight alone. Their only hope was that the Italians would be able to pull off a miracle and successfully capture the positions they should have captured long ago.

But is it possible? There's nothing that could happen.

It would be more realistic for the Italians to accomplish what they were supposed to do on the battlefield than to beg God to appear.

Now the Germans on this position are already in a very dangerous situation!