Chapter 17 The Coming Offensive

After capturing the bridge, it does not mean that the battle is over. There are still many German soldiers on the other side of the bridge. However, the German soldiers who had lost their ground were unable to resist the attack of the 2nd Airborne Battalion.

The 2nd Airborne Battalion took advantage of the situation and rushed across the bridge. After twelve hours of fierce fighting, they finally defeated the last 300 German troops south of the Rhine at night. About one hundred German soldiers were killed on the spot, and the rest were captured. More than half of them were killed on the spot. Only a hundred or so survived and were placed under the strict supervision of British paratroopers.

What makes people feel emotional is that more than 30 German soldiers were killed by the local people. After seeing the British paratroopers successfully grabbing the bridge, they cheered enthusiastically. When the fighting happened, these Dutch people disappeared in the basement one by one. Once the fighting was over, the streets were full of people, and some people even hung up flags to celebrate the British liberating them.

At this time, the officers and soldiers of the 2nd Airborne Battalion had been fighting fiercely for four days and four nights, during which they had only a short rest, and were already exhausted. But they can't rest there.

Because Frost finally learned from a captured German officer that not long ago, the German 2nd Armored Division returned to China for repairs and happened to pass by Arnhem, so there are two full tank divisions in the Anheng area. Not an infantry regiment as they thought. This news almost made Frost collapse on the spot, so he immediately dispersed the people, collected weapons and ammunition, and rushed to repair the fortifications. At the same time, he desperately called the headquarters for support with a frequency of half an hour, urging the ground troops to come over earlier.

But at this time, the 2nd Army was still fighting the bad road conditions on the Hell Highway. The answer to Frost was to order them to stick to it and wish them good luck.

Frost yelled angrily at the radio, and several adventurers with guns came over, and each of them gave Frost a contemptuous middle finger.

Their "diseases" all disappeared after taking the bridge.

Shen Yi rushed over and said to several adventurers: "I warn you, don't treat him with this attitude."

One adventurer tried to argue: "We could have dragged on for a few more days if this bastard battalion commander hadn't insisted on taking the bridge now."

Immediately, the spirit gun was pointed at his forehead, and Shen Yi said in a cold tone: "He is a soldier, and it is his bounden duty to obey orders! You better learn to respect soldiers, anyway, we have successfully delayed for three days , this is a victory!"

Several adventurers walked away wisely, Shen Yi supported Frost's shoulder and said: "I know you are in a bad mood now, and no one can do anything about this kind of thing. But I want to remind you that the Germans have completely fallen. The nearest German army here is only four hours away. That is to say, in theory we only have four to six hours to strengthen the defense. The worst thing is not this, we can't hold on to the bridge. We have to fight before they hit the bridge Stopped them outside the town earlier. Frost, cheer up, the 2nd Airborne Battalion needs you, and we need you. We need your command in the next battle!"

Frost shivered. He was already an excellent soldier, but his mind was shaken by a series of news just now, Shen Yi's reminder at this moment made him quickly regain his true qualities as a soldier.

"Thank you for your reminder, Shen, I need your and your partner's help, but it's not the performance of yesterday and the day before yesterday, but the performance of the first day."

"Of course." Shen Yi said very firmly: "We are here to help you, and my partner and I promise to obey your command."

Frost glanced at Shen Yi gratefully. When Shen Yi even encouraged the adventurers to sabotage their work in order to delay the snatching of the bridge, he used to hate this guy, but now, after confirming that Shen Yi was right, it was this guy who stood up again and eliminated them. All the opposing voices unswervingly support themselves.

"Well then, how long did you say we were?"

"Four to six hours."

"Then we first have to prolong this time.

Frost spread out the map. "Look, if the Anheng garrison wants to enter this area, they can only come from the south road. Their tanks are too heavy, and only this road can withstand it." So we first need to destroy the road and stop the tanks from entering the town. "

"This is a good idea." Shen Yi's eyes lit up.

"We need to destroy at least one kilometer of road section, and the destruction should be as thorough as possible without giving the enemy time to repair. But we don't have enough explosives."

"Maybe my people can fix this, they should have a way."

"That would be the best. Without tanks, what we have to face is a large number of German soldiers. We must arrange multiple lines of defense and use space to exchange time as much as possible. So we have to set up an ambush point from the end of the road and carry out Sectional blocking."

"I think we should place more people on both sides of the road, in the building and in the woods." It was Major Ralph who spoke: "These are suitable hiding places, suitable for guerrilla tactics."

"That's right, we've got to collect as many guns as we can, and we're running low on ammunition," said Frost.

Ralph replied: "It has been done. Fortunately, we have obtained three complete 150MM self-propelled artillery, but there are not many shells. There is another tank. Except for the track damage, everything else is intact."

"Then let's use the tanks as artillery, and the artillery as tanks." Shen Yi replied. All three laughed. The previous estrangement was completely disintegrated by this smile.

Frost patted Shen Yi on the shoulder, motioning him to come with him, and walked to an open area, from which the road in the distance could be seen. Not far from there, there is a tall church, which is the famous Arnhem Cathedral in the Netherlands.

"Shen, I need you to arrange an excellent sniper on the bell tower of Arnhem Cathedral. He must be able to find and clear the most important targets in the first time."

"no problem."

"Arrange one sniper over there and one over there to form a triangle firepower."

"Can."

"In addition, arrange your two heavy firemen here."

Shen Yi wrote down one by one, then he raised his head and asked, "Where are the others?"

"Others form a commando." Frost pointed to a small fork beside the road: "When the Germans attack from the front of the road, I need a strong force to strike from their flanks. I can transfer to the For your forty soldiers, apart from fighting the enemy, you also have an important task, which is to get back some heavy firepower weapons for us as much as possible, and it is best to get back some tanks."

Frost looked serious as he said this.

Compared with ordinary infantry, the quality of paratroopers is much higher than that of the latter, but the equipment is far inferior to the latter. The gap lies in the configuration of heavy firepower. After all, no one can skydive with a cannon tank.

The reason why the 2nd Airborne Battalion was finally defeated in the Battle of Market Garden was not because of their inferior numbers, but the most important thing was their lack of heavy fire support. The effective long-range strike of the adventurer team suppressed the opponent's heavy firepower, and only then gave the 2nd Airborne Battalion a chance to show off. In this regard, the two sides are complementary.

Now Frost needs Shen Yi to help them get back more heavy weapons, so as to make full preparations for the following battle.

Shen Yi glanced at the road that seemed to lead to hell, and whistled lightly: "Okay, leave this matter to me."

Shen Yi turned around and returned to the center of the adventurers, and first called out the adventurer with powerful skills:

"We need to destroy that section of the road by at least one kilometer. Can you do it with your crazy thunder?"

The adventurer looked at the road: "One kilometer long? That's too long. My skill is a range attack, not a shock attack. It's impossible to cover such a length."

"That's impossible. Who can destroy that section of road? We have to block the entry of enemy tanks."

"Why do we have to destroy the road to block the tanks?" Rourou suddenly said, "There are enough waste tanks here, we can transport them over there to form obstacles and block the road."

Shen Yi's eyes lit up: "This is a way, but the tank may crush it."

"Then dig a hole behind the obstacle, and the tank will sink into the hole, forming a new obstacle." King Kong said.

"You can also plant some mines."

Everyone, you and me, all kinds of methods to block the tank attack have been released. Fortunately, this is a team of adventurers, and many things that others cannot do are easy for them.

Some bombed tanks were forcibly pushed onto the road, and those adventurers who had strengthened their strength played an important role at this moment. Explosives blasted the surface of the road into pits, and adventurers who would thunder violently bombed a larger ground trap behind the obstacles. Hong Lang broke dozens of giant trees with his powerful impact, and all of them were piled up on the road. A small number of mines were placed at various positions on the road, hidden under some giant trees.

Four hours later, on the highway, which was as long as one highway, there were either sunken pits or towering steel barriers. When the German tanks came here, what awaited them was a painful death hell. trip.