Battlefield of All Sides

Chapter 259 Christmas is Coming
Li Mu was standing on the ridge at the moment, looking at the fallen trees, the charred bullet craters all over the ground, and the corpses of German soldiers strewn all over the road at the foot of the mountain, his heart was heavy.

The blitz battle lasted for three hours.

A company and the B company that was subsequently reinforced did their best to keep the ridge position.

The retreating German army retreated into the forest, and Li Mu was unable to send soldiers to check the situation.

"In total, one German Panzer III tank, three armored vehicles were destroyed, and one 88mm gun was captured."

Memphis cut off the cigarette in his hand, and said to Li Mu with the statistics just now: "Major, we urgently need reinforcements."

Li Mu nodded, then put down the binoculars, looked at Memphis, and asked, "Lieutenant, how many soldiers do we have?"

"I still have 63 on my hand, and Pike has about [-] more."

"I counted all soldiers with minor injuries who could hold guns." Memphis suddenly added, making Li Mu's heart sink.

In just the first battle, the two companies in his hands lost nearly [-]% of their troops, and the battle had just begun.

Although the German armored forces failed to give full play to their equipment advantages, the opponent's firepower was very fierce, and the reinforcements were also in place. On the other hand, I did not receive a reply to the call for help from the rear until just now, and a batch of supplies will be airdropped to me. The time is tomorrow early morning.

"How much ammunition do we have, and how long can we hold it?"

"The bullets are still sufficient, but there are not many grenades. In such a place, grenades are better than shells." Memphis responded in a deep voice, and then pointed to a burning German armored vehicle at the foot of the mountain and said.

"It's winter now, and the ground can't be dug at all. The armored vehicle was lucky enough to let it explode on the road, blocking the enemy's tanks."

"But the opponent's Tiger stopped for some reason, but tomorrow, as long as it wants to, it can easily smash that car away, and then crush the big tree blocking our intersection."

What Memphis meant was very clear. The opponent had a tank, and it was a King Tiger tank. Although the opponent could not climb the hillside, he could easily crush any obstacles on the dirt road at the foot of the mountain.

Memphis didn't know how much he and his subordinates could block.

The same torment also turned in Li Mu's heart. He only had three and a half companies in his hands. To defend such a wide place and face such a fierce battle is a big headache for any commander.

"I don't care about this. Tomorrow, I demand that no matter what you do, stop those German troops. I will guard the opening at the foot of the mountain, but you must not lose here."

Li Mu said with a cold face, and immediately turned to leave, Memphis was stunned, but he could only bite the bullet and agree, but then he thought of something, walked up a few steps quickly, and said to Li Mu.

"Major, I have an unkind request."

Li Mu looked at the other party, and Memphis looked at the surrounding soldiers who were preparing their positions, and said with a grin.

"Major, please boil more hot water. Brothers dare not light a fire here, but it is too cold at night."

"And..." Memphis paused, as if he didn't know what to say.

"Tomorrow is Christmas."

Hearing these words, Li Mu was suddenly stunned, and then remembered that Christmas was coming soon, and these soldiers in single clothes had to resist the opponent's attack that might come at any time in such a cold.

"Don't worry, I'll ask the soldiers to bring you some more hot water, as well as ammunition that can be given to you."

Li Mu said so, and immediately walked to the rear. The jeep was loading the wounded. Seeing Li Mu approaching, the driver quickly let a wounded soldier sitting in the co-pilot give way, but the other party was unmoved, and even looked in a trance. , without any expression.

Li Mu stepped forward and saw that the wounded soldier's shoulders were tied with a piece of cloth, and he was holding a bunch of things in his arms, a bunch of things wrapped in cloth.

There was still a little bit of blood dripping under the cloth, and Li Mu saw something whitish at the exposed edge.

It might be some part of a soldier.

"Soldier, what's your name?" Li Mu immediately stopped the driver's movement, and turned to ask the soldier. At this time, the soldier finally regained his senses, his eyes were still a little slack, and he glanced at Li Mu. He didn't even bother to respect the military salute, so he just replied blankly.

"Davis." Li Mu nodded, at this moment a soldier lying on the stretcher on the front of the car spoke.

"Sir, he belongs to Company A, and he is the one who blew up the German's Panzer III."

Li Mu's expression changed immediately, and he turned his gaze to the package in his hand.

"This is Mo Lie. He's from New Jersey. We've known each other since we were training in China." Davis murmured at this time, even with a narrative emotion.

"We landed together in Normandy, and I remember I fell into a watery wheat field and he knocked on my lock and saved my life."

"He shouldn't have died, he was in the bunker."

"It's all because of me." Davis, a strong man, murmured incoherently at the moment, and what responded to him was the steel helmet handed over.

Davis looked at the helmet that Li Mu handed over, and was a little confused at the moment, but Li Mu just reached out and put the things in his hand into the helmet.

"Soldier, I know it's hard for you to accept, but this is war."

Li Mu said plainly, and immediately straddled the edge of the back seat of the jeep. The jeep turned and headed towards the town. Li Mu handed back the helmet containing Molie to Davis, and then stretched out his fingers to wrap Molie. the rag.

"Not to mention our paratroopers."

"Paratroopers are born to be surrounded, to use an old Eastern proverb, we call it, die and live."

Li Mu's voice finally made Davis feel better. He just hugged his helmet and cried, while Li Mu took out a cigarette from his clothes and took two puffs, feeling the strong smell of tobacco tar in his chest. Turning around, handing the cigarette to Davis.

"Go to the medical point to bandage it well, and then find a place to bury your brother properly."

"In the future, if I have a chance, I will go to his hometown to see."

When the vehicle arrived at the medical point, Li Mu jumped out of the vehicle, patted the soldier on the shoulder, straightened his hat, and walked towards the command post.

"Have someone go to the oil depot to pump some gasoline and send it to the foot of the mountain."

Li Mu walked into the command post of the position, and immediately said to the staff inside, the second lieutenant stood up, and looked at Li Mu with a face full of surprise.

"Major, we can't light a fire outside, the fire will give away our position!"

"Of course I know." Li Mu said lightly, and immediately took a pencil to draw across the map, and then made a dotted circle.

"Tomorrow the main attack direction of the German army will definitely be the mountain pass, and Company C will suffer a major blow."

"Notify Feim, let his C company get ready, and then let him send the gasoline to this point, and find a way to bury it in the ground for me, or cover it up."

Li Mu's expression was sharp, and he said in a serious tone. The staff officer came forward, saw the place surrounded by Li Mu, his expression was dumb, and he asked some inconceivable questions.

"Major? Really useful? The German army is all armored."

"What about the armored units, without the infantry around, my soldiers will knock them down one by one."

Having said that, Li Mu dropped the pen, stood up and looked towards the intersection far away from the bunker.

"Tomorrow is Christmas."

"Let's have a grand bonfire party!"

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(End of this chapter)