Jack Slade and his fellow squad members were huddled together in a 'DUKW Ammphibious' boat heading to the small country of Sicily.
"ONE MINUTE TO THE BEACH, ONE MINUTE!" The gunner shouted back.
As they approached the shore Sergeant Hawkins debriefed them on their mission ahead.
"Ok men, they know we're coming, they're ready for us. This beach is heavily defended, expect barbed wire, bunkers and the like. When we land on that beach, stay far apart. I don't want to lose all of you with one mortar round."
"THIRTY SECONDS!"
"You know the drill, get to the shore and establish a beach head, clear the obstacles and secure the road inland. DAMMIT!"
The machine gunner fell to the floor of the boat with a bullet in his neck.
"Slade get on that gun now! Take out the mines ahead or we'll never make to the beach" Hawkins shouted and Jack stepped forward a little nervous about doing that. He climbed into the nest thing and began shooting at the mines floating ahead. An explosion took out the boat in behind them, then the one next to them. Jack took out the last mine and then with a bang they hit the shore.
"Welcome to Sicily men!" Brooklyn announced as he jumped out of the boat and onto the shore. Jack raced forward into battle shooting his
Garand. There was a nest in front of him. He shot the gunner and kept along the path following Kelly, Brooklyn, Denely, Hawkins and a bunch of other men. Jack went into the nest the back way and killed the machine gunner. He went around and followed Kelly to the next nest.
"All clear Sarge!" Kelly said after the last Nazi fell dead.
"Wheres that radio op?" Hawkins shouted.
"I don't Know Sarge, I ain't seen him." Denely said nervously.
"Perfect, we need a runner, Denely you just volunteered. Get your butt over to Fox Green and tell him we've established a beachhead here. Go!"
"Theres a gunner up there Sarge. Hes blocking the road." Private Blackburn shouted.
"Then we need to take him out! Supressing fire!" Sarge screamed and watched the men, one with a bazooka, run down there. There was an explosion and the bazooka hit the ground and its owner flew back, dead. Jack ran down and grabbed the bazooka and blew up the barbed wire. Then he ran forward and took out the machine gunner farther forward. Four more Nazis came and Jack was surrounded. Then they fell dead.
"Thanks Kelly!" Jack said, "Whew" He ran forward into the road some and fell to the ground with a thud on his stomach. The man next to him, dead. He closed his eyes and took it in and then ran forward to the entrance of a bunker.
"Clear the bunkers!" Kelly shouted and Jack followed Brooklyn into the first one. He tossed a grenade in and stepped back. It blew leaving the bunker empty. He followed his squad to the next bunker.
"Brooklyn, throw a grenade through that window!" Hawkins whispered to Brooklyn and stepped back with Kelly. Brooklyn kneeled outside the window and tossed the grenade in. The door opened and the Krauts looked out and then the grenade exploded, sending them flying our way.
"Awsome!" Jack shouted and ran into the bunker. They opened the back door and jumped into the Nazi infested trenches below. Jack ran forward shooting as many Nazis as he could.
"Stay low now"
He ran into the trenches and fell backwards with a bloody nose. A Nazi wacked him again with the gun and he grabbed his and swung it like a baseball bat hitting the enemy down. Jack stood up and shot him. He got to the end and saw another nest.
"Take it out Slade!"
He tossed a grenade into the nest and smiled. piece of cake
Brooklyn opened the other door and they hit the trenches again.
"Are we taking out the pillboxes now?" Jack asked but before he could finish a Nazi ran around the corner shooting. Jack shot him a few times and he died. With his heart in his neck, he advanced into the the trenches once more. To be continued…