Sorry you guys for not posting this story for a long time, or is it just me. I had to help my dad renovate our old house because the tiles are cracking, ceiling drips with water because of the rains, walls needed to be painted, pipes leaked so we have to fix that too, and so on, etc. We did a lot of remodeling and it was worth the work and price. Anyway, yeah sorry for any inconveniences that caused my story to be postponed for a while. AND don't forget to review my story! Enjoy!
Chapter 6: Carentan Counterattack.
Carentan. 1435hrs. June 13th, D-Day +7
Nami's thoughts: "I could hear people carrying boxes, sandbags, loading their guns, etc. It's been hours since I was in this dirty old basement and they still can't hear me. It's probably because they were too noisy outside or I was just buried in so much pile of wood and dirt along with Sanji and Usopp. Good thing I closed our doors before they came in and blew the house in to bits. I'm in a different basement. I'm not with Sanji and Usopp, but my gun is still here. I stopped crying after when the shooting stopped yesterday. I'm sweating a lot here and hopped that it covers my scent of woman's perfume. I feel so weak and I just feel that I want to go to bed. I think I have a fever. I wish I could get out of this stinking old basement hole and get back to continue my journey along the roads of hell."
Weapons:
Nami: M1A1 Carbine, 1 satchel charge, 1 grenade, Colt 45, and 1 pocket knife.
Sanji: Thompson SMG, 3 grenades, and Colt 45.
Usopp: M1903 Springfield bolt-action rifle, 2 satchel charges, and 2 grenades.
Luffy: BAR Automatic, 4 grenades, 4 sticky bombs, and Colt 45.
Zoro: BAR Semi auto, 5 sticky bombs, 4 grenades, M1 Garand, and three katanas.
Chopper: 25 Medicine shots, Colt 45, and Medical Kit.
Kureha: scalpel, Lugar and 3 Medicine Kits.
Northern entrance to Carentan.
The whole Fox Company flooded the town. Supply trucks entered the city via where the recon groups entered. A soldier hammers a sign to the ground that says "Ashes to ashes, Dust to dust, Hitler on the run, Berlin to bust." On each plate, each of the four phrases is listed on each of the plates. After the soldier finishes hammering the sign he goes back to the town square. The men were marching in, slightly exhausted from waiting and walking to the town. Supply trucks rally outside the church and the town hall. In the church, soldiers in the trucks passed on munitions to the other soldiers to get ready for combat, sandbags are being constructed, AT weapons readying, machine guns being loaded, HMG nests are being constructed, etc.
Town Square.
While in the Town Hall, Captain Foley and Sgt. Moody are trying to discuss about the situation of the 17th SS Panzer Division mobilizing for a counterattack. The town hall is pretty much the main base of operations, but the church is the second base of operations. In the Town Hall, soldiers rushed to place 50 Cals. Around the church, about five 50 calibers are now in the Town Hall ready to be used and shoot. One machine gun is at the top right of the Town Hall, the other one is at the top left, the third one is in the middle terrace of the building, fourth one is at the first floor left corner, and the last was at the opposite side of the fourth one, thus making a massive kill zone in front of the Town Hall. The Town Hall faces away from the river, which is where Nami, Sanji and Usopp crossed, and the only way south going into Carentan. The Town Hall is surrounded by four buildings that cover the Town Halls rear. This is where about two MG 42s are put in each building.
The Town Hall is located in the middle of the town square. The soldiers built sandbags facing south along the corners of the town square, town hall and church. Two MG nests were built on each bridge, there are three bridges, near the town square. The triage was in the town square. About 50 of Fox Company's troops have been wounded and 25 have been killed during the assault. The MG nests are then surrounded by sandbags so that troops can take cover near the MG.
Other side of the bridges.
At the other side of the bridge is a small town that is connected to Carentan. Engineers put mines along the road to surprise the Germans and laid barbed wire to slow them down. "Hmmm. 1943! That was a nice year." said Lewis who was drinking the wine that he found yesterday. He was sitting on the side of the building next to the blown up one he offered it to his comrade next to him. "You want some huh?" The guy reached out and then Lewis quickly pulls it back. "Hahaaah! Wait your turn!" Lewis then drinks up the wine. "Ahhhh," then the other guy who just came to sit with him tried to steal it, but Lewis has faster reflexes and puts his hand on the soldier's face and hid the bottle in between his legs. "Hey HEY! Huh?"
Then comes along a lieutenant and asks him, "I'm gonna assume that's grape juice sergeant." Crossing his hands.
"Absolutely sir! Grape Juice!" He said raising the bottle. Then the lieutenant left. "Well… it was grape juice…about a year ago." Then soldiers next to him laughed.
Then from out of nowhere an old, slim, lady with wrinkly skin came and wore some very hippy clothes, is wearing sunglasses, has a Mr. Bean nose but larger, wearing high heels, and has a navel ring on her belly button. She wasn't alone though, she had a boy next to her, holding her hands and wearing but a ragged short, fur coat around him and a tall hat that has horns on each side of the hat. The old lady seems to carry a bottle of rum and the boy seems to carry a bag of medical supplies. The soldiers stopped to what they were doing and just stared at the two people who are coming from the south. She smiled and continues to walk toward the bridges. More soldiers stared at her and stopped working. Then the guards who are patrolling along the bridges told them to stop. "State your name please." The soldier asked.
The lady then said, "I'm a doctor. My name is doctor Kureha, but you could call me doctorine. Ya happy!" she then takes of the cap of her bottle and drinks it.
The soldier just looked at her in dismay, but then snaps out and asked, "Are you part of the Germans?"
She looked at him in a very mean way and asked, "Would a young, beautiful person like me be with one of the Nazis?" She posed in front of him, her fellow traveler just standing there, looking straight at the man.
The soldiers felt disgust; especially the one Kureha is talking to. Some of the soldiers around him held back their laughs, and some just ignored it, but most of them just burst into laughter. "HAHAHAHAHA! MAN I THINK YOU JUST FOUND YOURSELF A GIRLFRIEND!" One soldier said next to him, moving his elbow on his shoulder.
"YEAH! HOPE YOU HAVE BEAUTIFUL BABIES! HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Another soldier said putting some barbed wire along the road.
"YEAH, BUT SHE JUST BUT AN OLD-" the Kureha quickly picks up her high heels and threw it to the guy's head; instantly shutting him up and falling to the ground.
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING AN OLD LADY HUH! I'M ONLY IN MY HUNDREDS!" she yelled at them and they just stared at her. They can't believe that old lady could actually shout, throw that hard, walk and live in her hundreds.
Lewis looks at his booze and said, "Man, I think I'm drinking too much." Then he just shrugged, "Oh well." He then chugs up the booze.
Just to her right was the blown up house where Nami and the others were buried. The boy then smelled something in the air and followed it. He lets go of his doctorine, which made her look at her and calm down, and goes to where the building is. He was about 5 feet away from the blown up building then suddenly a soldier snaps out and blocks his way. He held up his arms and said to the boy "Sorry son, but you can't go anywhere because we don't know who you are yet.
"I'm Chopper. Tony Tony Chopper." He looked the man in the eyes with a look that even a lion could feel sorry for him. The man fell for it and walked out of his way.
"Chopper! What is it now? Someone buried under this house?" Doctorine asked, drinking her bottle.
"I think so. I could smell woman's perfume underneath. I think she's alive." The soldier looks at him.
"It's probably that gay Gen that was doing a suicide mission. Wait what! You could smell woman's perfume from here! I can't even smell it!" the soldier said surprise about it.
"Chopper here was born with an abnormal sense of smell. He has a better sense of smell than you guys. And don't you dare call my chopper a-"
"That's inhuman! He's a-" Kureha throws her medical bag at the guy who was about to say the word.
"Listen to me you idiot! I wasn't finished yet!" she said raising her fist next to her face. The soldiers got scared.
"Alright, what's going on here!" Moody asked to the soldiers. He then saw the lady and the boy. "Hey you, trespassers! What are you guys doing here! You part of the jerries!" He looks at his men. "What are you all looking at! Get back to work ladies, LETS GO!" He looks at the woman again. The soldiers around him get back to work. "Look I have no patience for old hags like you so-" He gets a kick at the chin.
"I ALREADY TOLD YOU THAT I'M ONLY IN MY HUNDREDS SO SHUT UP!" Moody flew about 3 feet from her and landed, unconscious. A soldier stops at his tracks and goes to their new main HQ in Carentan.
Town Square
"We need to get going with our preparations." Foley looks at his lieutenant, "Alright, call in the officers. We'll need to discuss the situation with them and discuss defensive ope-"
A soldier slammed the door opening it in the process. "SIR! We got a problem on the west bridge." The soldier reported. There is an ol-… I mean a woman in the outside the west bridge."
Foley comes close to him. "I thought Moody took care of it." He signals his lieutenant to leave and do the orders. The lieutenant ran outside the door and out of the building. The soldier nodded no to his Captain. "Take me to it."
Other side of the bridges.
"Now tell me, where is the triage center here?" Kureha asked.
"Not telling you! Your not one of us! So beat it lady!" He raised his bayonet, readying to strike.
"I'm not gonna kill your wounded, I'm gonna heal them! And is that how you suppose to treat a lady!"
"Okay, what's going on here?" Foley said arriving in a jeep.
"Hey sir, where did you get that! That's not fair!" Lewis said.
"Are you the one in charge here?" She asked.
"Ma'am, I'm sorry but we can't let you through. You maybe a threat to us. Besides, it is a war zone and we can't trust anyone." He said lighting up a cigarette.
"Well if you don't like a professional doctor then… I might have to just leave your wounded and-"
"Whoa, whoa, wait a minute here. How do you know we have wounded huh? You are part of the jerries aren't ya? Well boys we got ourselves a kraut so-"
"Doctorine! I could hear someone shouting from underneath the rubble. We need to save them!" Chopper said.
"Okay we'll have to dig 'em up." Kureha said picking up her medical bag.
"Who says you could dig there and sniff there! Get out of there!" Lewis said.
"BE quiet and you'll here them."
"No! I'm not buying this crap!"
"Listen and shut your mouth." Kureha pinned him and shuts his mouth. They could hear screams and cries for help when he shuts up.
"Could they really be alive? That's impossible!" Foley thought. They continued to hear screams and cries. Kureha lets him go and helped him stand up. He pointed on Lewis and the other two with him. "You and both of you guys dig up. We have to hurry it though. They'll suffocate.
After 20 minutes of digging they saw that there were two doors going to a basement, that is of course what they thought. When the men stepped back they could hear a constant banging on the door. After 2 kicks on the door, the door to the first basement was kicked out of the way, sent flying through the air about 10 feet. Sanji held Usopp by his nose when they came out. When he lets go of him Usopp quickly stood up, raised his head and said, "Alright Sanji, good work listening to my carefully laid out instructions that I told you to do." Sanji ignored him and looked around. He saw Kureha's body first and turn into love love mode. Then when he looked to the face of the woman, he was broken hearted. Kureha took one last chug in her bottle and threw it away. Sanji stood there in dismay that he thought that he has the perfect babe to marry. When Usopp brought his head down he saw Foley, then the soldiers, then Kureha. "Who's the old hag?" He questioned.
She punches him her hardest and sent Usopp flying 10 feet. "DIDN'T I TELL YOU PEOPLE THAT I'M NO OLD HAG! I'M ONLY IN MY HUNDREDS!" She yelled soldiers trying to get out of her site.
Sanji takes a cigar from his packet and lights it up. "That isn't how you treat a lady that way Usopp." He puffed a smoke.
"You like the ol-…" Kureha looks at the driver of the jeep. He began to sweat, "I mean y-y-you like t-the w-w-wond-d-derful lady h-h-here?" He ruined it.
"It looks like you're the one who gets it don't ya?" Said Kureha.
"I' am a gentleman. I treat ladies, like you, respect." Sanji said, puffing out another smoke.
"Hey, could someone at least get me out of here." Nami said banging on the second basement door. Sanji kicks the door and Nami rose up and then faints.
Chopper goes in and looks at her. Sanji and Kureha just stands there, waiting for Chopper. Chopper then puts his hand on her neck. "Doctorine, it looks like she has a fever."
"Okay, bring her up then Chopper. We have to treat her ASAP."
"You need help over ther-… wait. Did you just say her?" Sanji asked, getting kind of interested.
"Yeah, we need to get her out of here fast. Help me out here." Chopper tried to carry her.
"Why do you think he's a her…Chopper?" Foley asked.
"Well, the woman's perfume came from her so I'm guessing she is a girl."
"I'm not a girl…I'm a woman." Nami mumbled in her sleep. Sanji's jaws dropped.
"What the hell. She is a girl!" Foley said after hearing Nami saying it. "Get her treated quick, but not in my town square!" His angry fluctuated.
"Chopper! Take care of the young men over there," she pointed to where Usopp and the other guys that she harmed. "I'll take care of her." She looked at Nami, which Sanji is now carrying with his eyes now hearts.
Town Square
When Foley was in the Town Hall, he entered the room where the officers that the lieutenant called in and then told them to sit down. The lieutenant brings in a board with the map of the town and hands Foley the marker. The mission debriefing started. "Okay listen up!" He said in an angry voice, the murmuring shuts up and everything inside the room is silent. Foley look at the map, "Okay, the 17th SS Panzer Division and elements of the 6th Fallsschirmjager Regiment is mobilizing to retake Carentan. We just have one job to do here," he opens the marker and begins writing on the map, "HOLD THE TOWN. They need the bridge, we have to defend them. MG emplacements, mines and wire obstacles at these points will hold of the krauts… for a while. We have a couple of AT guns that are set up here, here, here and here to cover the approaches into the town. We'll need to keep them safe. Our engineers have established a field barracks in the Town Hall and the church. We can call in some reinforcements at these locations at anytime if we want to hold on to the bridges. If the bridges are being overrun then each defenders in the bridge will retreat to these courtyards. Strategic locations have been spotted at these locations across the river. We will try to keep them from gaining ground in Carentan if we keep them safe. The Jerries will want Carentan back, so lets dig in some more and make them pay for it. Any questions?" Nobody raised their hands. "Okay then, Lets keep digging."
After 10 minutes of grueling hard work on building defenses, they waited for the Germans to come. It was very silent. One soldier behind a sandbag looked worried and scared because of the silence. His partner looked at him and touched his shoulder. He froze and then his partner looked at him at the face, "Hey man chill. Calm down and face it." He lets go of him and said, "First squad in position."
The AT crew near the bridge positioned the AT, pointing it to the bridge. "AT crew standing by. Waiting for orders."
Captain Foley was next to the AT crew, "What do you see?" He yelled to the guy in the building who was keeping watch of the town.
"I got movement at the edge of town! Looks like krauts." He yelled.
Foley grabbed his radio and said, "Fox Team, Bravo Team, Charlie Team and Greater Team, go ahead and ambush them kraut bastards."
Other side of the bridges.
"Yes sir, Teams moving out." Said a guy from Charlie. When they approached the Germans and the Germans were in site. They cock their rifles and other guns and prepared to ambush them. Then suddenly a rumble started to come closer and closer to them. "You have got to be kidding me." A German Tank bursts out of a wall and starts heading towards the town.
"Ah shit, they got tanks, but at least its only one." Then a second tank burst at out of the wall.
"A dickhead, watch what you say first and then speak." His team mate said. A German heard him and goes to where they are.
"AMERICANS!" The German said then he quickly got shot.
"Shit," the Captain of the Charlie team said and radioed Foley. "We are now compromised, repeat, we are now compromised, requesting retreat."
"Kill as many Germans as you can until there are only 5 of you left." Foley said.
"Entering Carentan now, commencing assault" said a German officer who talked to the officer who was in charge of the 6th Fallsschirmjager Regiment. "STUGS! TARGET THE AMERICAN POSITION! DRIVE THEM BACK AND RETAKE CARENTAN!"
"People listen, use your recoilless rifles to bust their tanks. Make sure you hit them at their side or rear armor to make more damage out of that tin can." Said Foley.
Church
Nami woke up in a bed. She was feeling dizzy, sweaty and her body feeling very hot. She rose up to her elbow so that she could look around. Then when the blankets fell off, she then noticed that she was naked. She quickly grabs the blanket and pulls it up. "Did they found out that I was a woman!" She thought then she felt her body ached. She then realized that she was raped. At least that was what she thought. She cried in fear and anger. She never thought that this would happen to her. "Is this what happens when you join the army? Is this what happens when-" She heard footsteps coming from the door.
The door opened and there was Dr. Kureha. "Ya okay there little one?" She asked she has another bottle of wine and then she opens it and drinks it. Nami felt relieved when she saw Kureha's boobs. "Oh… and did they know that you were a girl, 'cause they were pretty angry about that." Nami was in shock then her tears still falling down her cheek at the same time she blushed. "Don't worry, they didn't see you exposed." That made her feel a little relieved but then the memory of her saying that they know now that she was a girl made her feel nervous. "Well, do you speak or are ya deaf?"
"No, I could speak." Nami said wiping her tears.
"Well of course you do." She takes another chug on the bottle. "Well then, I had a talk with your Captain and he decided that I could stay and take care of you… in the church."
Nami looked around and could see that there were no windows in the room. "Where am I?" She asked. Then she suddenly hear yelling and gunfire, and…Tank fire. "I gotto go and help them!"
Dr Kureha pinned her down on the bed with a scalpel on Nami's neck. Nami was in complete shock and fear. "I say when you stand up when I say you could." she said. They heard knocking on the door and then Dr Kureha lets her go and goes to the door. Nami tried to escape but Kureha tripped her, Nami bumping her head on the floor. "I suggest you go back to bed before I open this door." She announced. Nami then remembered that she was naked and goes back to the bed and covers her body quickly. The door opens and Sanji takes a peep inside. He didn't see Nami because Dr Kureha was blocking his view. "What do ya want ya perverted freak." She asked, crossing her arms.
"I just want to see if Gen is alright, that's all." Sanji lied, getting excited.
"LIKE HELL I'M GOING TO FALL FOR THAT!" She shouted and slammed the door, Sanji fell back to the bottom of the stairs and his nose was bleeding because the door slammed on his nose. Kureha sighs and asked Nami, "You, what's your real name?" she puts her bottle on the table next to the bed where Nami was.
Sanji just goes back to his feet and goes to the western bridge. "Man, I think that damsel that was naming herself Gen was a very pretty lady!" he said, eyes turning into hearts.
"Nami." Nami answered, looking worried.
"Oh, so you lied to your fellow comrades ya?"
"Kind of," Nami scratched her head.
"Well I'll be damned if they kick you out. Just who do they think they are? They thought that women like us can't fight a war." Another Tank fire was heard and they could hear the people screaming, and I mean screaming. More gun fire came out of nowhere and pierced the air with its sound. "Heh! They scream like girls too." She took her bottle and drank all of it. Nami was surprised that she could even drink because she looks old.
Town Square
"Germans penetrating the west and east bridge. They are trying to surround the Town Hall." Said Moody who now has a cast on his neck.
"Are the Mortars on the courtyards ready? They should be by now right?" Foley said
"Yep their all good to go."
"Then open fire on those krauts!"
"Yes sir!" Moody heads towards the west courtyard. "Alright boys, open fire on the krauts now!" He yelled
"Okay boys, you heard the man." The Mortar team leader said and they begin to launch some mortars to the sky.
Moody then goes to the east courtyard where the Mortar and Mortar teams are ready to drop terror from above. "Okay boys lets haul ass and do your stuff."
"Okay the coordinates are 84 degrees at our 11:00. Ready…Fire!" The Mortar leader said launching their first mortar.
Moody then goes back to Foley and reported that all Mortar crews are operational. "Good, that will hold the line for our boys on the bridges."
"Command come in! German penetration on the Central bridge and they got a Puma and a Stug! Over!" Radioed Lewis from the Central Bridge.
"Damn it! It won't take long until they will push us back to the church." Foley said.
"Sir, it looks like their calling in an artillery strike! What should we do! This is the east bridge! East bridge! Over!" Said the guy from the east bridge.
"Sir, they are calling in an Arty strike on us! Should we retreat! This is the west bridge, over!" a soldier said, in the radio.
"God damn it!" Foley picks up the radio again, "West bridge, retreat to the western courtyards, east bridge retreat to the eastern courtyards and central, haul your asses back to HQ 1."
"Yes sir!" All the men in the radios said.
Eastern Bridge.
"Alright alert all men to retreat to the western courtyards. Do not stop moving until you get you asses in the western courtyards. Understand!" said the one who was in the radio with Foley. The men near him, which are about 11 of them heard what he said and began to go in every southern direction to alert their allies. Some got shot by the Germans, some got lost and hides in the house, and some just got lucky.
Western Bridge.
"Alright alert all men to retreat to the-" He got kicked in the face by Sanji.
"RETREAT!" Sanji said, his voice sounded very pissed off, "RETREAT! I' AM NOT GOING TO RETREAT AND HAVE OUR CHURCH, WHICH IS OUR FIRST AND SECONDARY HQ, BE OVERRUN!" He drops his cigar on the ground. "Besides, if we retreat to the eastern courtyard that leaves the church open for the counterattack." He picks up a cigar from his pocket, his last cigar, and lights it up. "And in the church, there is a damsel in distress, who is trying to get better. I will have her and make her my bride if she if so cute and sexy!" Sanji is going in to love love mode. He steps outside the tent and yells, "DEFEND THIS BRIDGE AT ALL COST! YOU GOT IT MEN!" Sanji shouted. That boosts the morale of the men and the continued to fight with fierce zeal.
Central Bridge.
"Men, we can't hold the bridge any longer! We must retreat to the Town Hall." Said Foley's lieutenant.
"But if we do that, the wounded will be in a lot of heavy fire." Said one of the soldiers.
"We have no choice. Captain Foley's orders." He answered back.
Church.
"So, your still gonna fight on their side huh? Even though they seem not to want you, you still fight for them?" Kureha said.
"I'm not giving up until I finish what I have to do here." Nami answered.
"Humph! Your not going anywhere here little brat. As long as you are my patient, you will never leave me until you are either well or dead." She said. "But I like your courage and I don't dislike those kinds of people." She looks around for her Medicine Bag. "Where did I put my Medicine Bag? Did Chopper take it to play with them again!"
Nami grinned devilishly. "Oh, do you mean this bag?" She held up a bag that has a red cross on it.
"How did you-"
"Well, back in my neighborhood, I was called Nami the cat burglar. I was pretty much famous then in my town. Oh people in the U.S. these days are sooo slow." She said in a very teasing way.
Kureha crossed her arms and asked, "What do you ya want ya little brat!"
"Well I just want to go out and help my allies you know, but I can't because you said that you won't release me until I'm dead or well. So if you release me I will give this back to you."
"What makes me not want to kill ya now ya dirty brat!"
Nami goes to the window and held the bag outside the window. "Well this happens."
Kureha can't speak. She has her most precious medicine in there and can't afford to pick them up again. "Ya little bastard really got me there. Okay if you hand me the bag, I will guarantee that you leave me for the rest of your life. But I can't guarantee that you will survive the hell outside the church. Hehehehehe."
"How can I trust you?"
"Oh you will. I will do anything for my medicine, even if it costs me my life. "Nami then carefully hands her the bag. Kureha quickly snatches it and that shocked Nami. "Well, go now you stupid girl. Your clothes are in that cabinet." Kureha pointed. Nami quickly goes to the cabinet and takes her clothes. "Oh and it's useless now if you wear that thick vest on your chest. They know now that you're a girl. I suggest you don't double your clothes." Kureha gave her a tip. After she puts her clothes on she grabbed her rifle in the cabinet and goes down stairs to help her comrade. Then she realized she forgot something, something very important; the golden ring that her sister gave her back in the U.S. She has to find it.
Town Square.
"Sir, we are getting our asses kicked! Within a few more minutes, the Town Hall will be lost and we will have no choice but to retreat to the church." Said Moody, who has already taken of his cast and carrying a bayonet rifle.
"Fucking hell! Where in the fucking hell is our god damned support!" said Foley.
Soldiers came in from the east and started to retreat to the church. "We lost 2 AT guns defending the roads into Carentan! We were overrun very quickly by the krauts!" reported one of the soldiers from the eastern bridge and courtyards.
Then Germans threw red smoke canisters in the town square. "Ahh, Shiit! Get out of here! In coming artillery! Retreat back to the church!" Yelled Foley. Every single one of the men who heard it yelled the same thing, and that caused the other soldiers to flee to the church.
Usopp who was in the triage heard it. "Huh? Artillery? Where?" Then a load boom sounded near him. That made him scared and he quickly took of to the church, his sniper rifle in his hand, bag on his back, and a cast on his long nose.
Northwest of Carentan, about 1 click from the town.
Luffy was on a M4 Sherman and he is bored as hell. He was sitting on the top front of the Sherman and his tongue was sticking out with a very bored look on his face. Zoro was sleeping next to Luffy with his feet crossed, arms behind his neck, and snoring. Luffy tapped Zoro on the shoulder and that woke him up. "Oi Zoro, I'm bored as hell! Lets play tag!"
Zoro looked at him with a 'is he kidding' look. "Are you serious! I'm bored too but I don't get bored if I sleep. Why don't you sleep?" Zoro asked.
Luffy gave him a stupid face, "You're boring Zoro! So lame! You're no fun at all!"
"Shut up will ya! Tryin' to sleep over here!" They heard a load continuous boom sound and gunfire and that made them excited. The other soldiers too were caught in attention with the sounds. Up ahead they saw a town and it has black and red smoke coming out of the town.
"Yaahoooooooooo! WE are now finally in the town! Lets Go!" Luffy said in a very charismatic way.
"We're not in the town yet!" said McKay. "Okay listen and huddle up people!" That caught the attention of everybody in Able Company. "Fox Company is under heavy attack from the Huns. Our job, relieve them and push back the Germans out of Carentan so that we could secure the connection between the two allied beach head! So I want," He paused and looked around and pointed to some men, "You guys in the truck, you guys in and on the tank, and you guys in the jeep go and relieve Fox Company! Got it!"
"Yes Sir!" everyone answered. Luffy and Zoro's made a smile on their faces. 5 M4 Shermans, 10 Jeeps, 2 Halftracks and 120 soldiers started to make their way to Carentan.
Church.
Nami hadn't found her lost golden ring yet and then she suddenly heard a ton of gunshots getting closer and closer to the church. She quickly goes out of the church and saw sandbags surrounding the church. Literally surrounding it. Nami then saw people running to the church. She also saw in the crowd Usopp, Foley and Moody. Then behind them was a Stug assault gun. That made Nami take cover. "Fire an AP round at this god damned thing!" said Foley.
"Please, help meeeeeeee! I didn't sign up for this!" said Usopp, tears coming down his face.
"Will you shut up!" Moody yelled at him.
The AT crew fired at the Stug, instantly blowing it up. A crew member grabbed a chalk from his pocket and marked a kill on the AT gun. "Yeah!" he said.
The Tank was smoking and Germans came from the back of the tank and charged. "They keep on fucking coming!" said one soldier who was from the eastern bridge.
"Yeah, they are just throwing themselves at us!" answered a soldier who was next to him.
"Oh shut up and fire your god damned guns!" Foley said and they obeyed. The machine gunners mowed the enemy down and suppressed them. The soldiers fired on what every any Germans that they see. Nami had to find the ring so she dashed to the western bridge, hoping that she does not die. She goes building to building evading gun shots and eliminating Germans along the way.
Western Bridge.
She reached the bridge and she could see a lot of dead Germans at the other side of the bridges. At the other side of the bridge she could see the zeal and courage of the soldiers holding of the German assault. And then she saw a guy with blonde hair, standing on top of a sandbag. She looked real close who it was when someone hit her at the back of the neck. She fell down and for 5 seconds she was conscious then everything else turned black. When the boy looked at her he froze and panicked. "Ahh! We need a doctor!" He stopped. "Oh wait I'm a doctor." He said to himself. The boy who knocked her out dragged her to the house and under the basement. He quickly closed the basement door and sets her on a bed. He lits a lamp and sets it on a crate near Nami.
Nami opened her eyes and saw a boy wearing but a ragged short, fur coat around him and a tall hat that has horns on each side of the hat. "Who are you?" the boy jumped back and got scared.
They suddenly heard banging on the door and the boy goes over to Nami. When the door to the basement opened, a guy in a German officer uniform goes down and looked around. He smiled in a very way which your spine tingles and you get goose bumps. Nami looked at the man and recognized his face. The man looked at her hair and remembers a time where when he saw that color of her hair. He coughed and spoke to her, "If my memory is correct, you must be the one who escaped the disaster of your home back in Luxemburg and the one who fled in terror right, Nami?" Nami's eyes shot open and recognized the voice too. "You know that Jews must be executed right?" he grabbed her by the neck and smelled her. "Oh, what a pity though. Such a cute, lovely, young girl like you has to be killed by us. Not to worry, we will go back to the town square and execute you." He grinned a devil's grin, "Too bad that I can't do it with you, and you know what I'm talking about! Right Nami?" He said "Shahahahahahahahahaha! An officer like me can't fuck you, but… what about my companions?" He called in his men and ordered them to take her hostage at the town square. He also told them not to do anything… yet.
Church
"Sir, we are surrounded! What should we do!" A soldier said while blasting a rifle in a German's head.
"I don't know but let's hope for a miracle!" said Moody shooting his last bullet in his rifle and reloading.
"Attention Fox Company, this is Able Company entering Carentan from the West. We've brought some armor from the beaches." Said McKay in the tank speaker.
"Roger that Able Company, it's good to have you. We could sure use your help." Foley yelled at them, feeling angry that they came late. 2 tanks rushed in, crushing blown up cars. About 15 men were traveling along the tanks. The first round of M4 Sherman shells fired and blown up a Stug that was about to crush through the destroyed one. 6 Jeeps fired on the Germans and sent 25 of them to hell. Germans lost a lot off morale and feared the tank. They were retreating to the town square. "Alright boys, move up and push the fucking krauts out of Carentan!"
"God damn! Good to see some of our tanks for a change." Said Moody.
"Hell yeah! Lets kick some kraut ass!" said the lieutenant.
"Attention Fox, this is Able comin' in from the north. You guys need help?" said Sgt. Conti. About 55 soldiers entered from the North, another 10 inside a halftrack, 2 Shermans and 3 Jeeps.
East of Carentan.
The eastern part of Carentan was not really the most place where there will be resistance. Luffy and Zoro still are pumped up and marched along the two tanks, 1 halftrack with 10 soldiers inside, 1 Jeep and 40 soldiers, including Zoro and Luffy.
"Hey, lets play a game Luffy!" Zoro said walking cautiously across the road, with his BAR on his chest.
"Huh? What game? Is it fun!" asked Luffy.
"Yeah, who every get more krauts down wins! Sound good?"
"Yeah!" said Luffy. They approached the first courtyard. Zoro signaled them to halt. "What's the matter?"
"Tanks go in and bust that wall over there." Zoro pointed on the wall ahead them. The crew obeyed and busted through the wall. The Germans in that courtyard were surprised and were unprepared.
Luffy and the others go in and killed the Germans. Luffy goes to a sandbag and saw a German hiding behind it. He tried to get his rifle but Luffy swung his BAR on his face, kicks him in the gut and punches him in the chin. Luffy took cover behind the sandbag and threw a grenade to the building at his right. A German suppresses Luffy and runs out of bullets. Luffy ran to the house and shoots the guy in the body and in the head. He goes out to the next house and took cover at the side of it. Bullets tried to pierce the wall where he was hiding but when the firing stopped, He quickly ran inside the second house and sprayed his BAR on the enemies. He goes upstairs and throws a grenade inside a room where he could here an MG 42 firing. He goes down stairs and clears the last building to his right by throwing another grenade. He took cover behind a sandbag next to the third building and covers some of his troops that are advancing. The Shermans weren't firing their main guns because they know they will be wasting ammo on infantry.
Meanwhile, Zoro puts his bag in his right hand and uses it as a shield and approaches the 50 cal that was manned by a German. He the crashes to the gunner, pulled out a sticky bomb and opens the sticky part. He removes the bag out of his way and says to the German, "Open up and say 'I' you kraut bastard!" He opens his mouth and puts the bomb in his mouth. Even if his mouth was wet, the sticky bomb will stick to anything even if it is wet. Zoro leaves his bag and goes to the last building in the courtyard. He takes 2 grenades and throws it to the second floor and the first floor. He scanned for more enemies and saw no more contact. He meets up with Luffy and tells him, "We should go straight to the town square if we want more krauts."
Luffy smile and said, "Well okay! How many did you get?"
"I don't know? Probably more than you!" He laughed.
"Well then shall we continue the manhunt?" the people with them got no wounds and marched straight to the town square.
Town Square.
Nami struggled on the arms of the people who are taking her hostage. She was crying and crying along with the boy. They were tied on the statue in the middle of the town square, which was destroyed by the bombardment. "Please, anyone please help me. Please!" She thought to herself. She stopped crying and she asked the boy, "What's your name?"
The boy stopped crying and looked at her and said, "Copper!"
"Copper! That's a weird name."
"It's Chopper! Not Copper!" He said crying.
"Hey… you stop crying, you too!" yelled a German soldier said. He comes up to Nami and smells her. He smiled and said, "I will have a little fun tonight!" Nami froze and in shock. The German walked away. She began to cry.
Luffy and the other gets closer and closer to the town hall and halts the others. "Burst through that wall!" He said to his tank crew mates. Zoro decided that he should be the one controlling the tank because he's lazy to walk. Luffy wanted too but the crew rejected him. When the tank bursts through the wall the Germans were alarmed and about 5 Stugs were in their site, facing the other way. Zoro saw there chance and ordered them to fire on that tank. They quickly fired and hit the Stug's rear armor. Nami and Chopper looked up and then the Stug in front of them exploded. She looked around to where it came from and there was a tank and she knows that it's theirs. She was quickly happy and began to cry in joy, not in sadness.
"Lets go everyone!" Luffy said, running next to the tank, "Let's push back the krauts!" and saw 2 people tied on the statue. He turns back to the tanks. "What should I do? Should I save them or should I take the tanks down?" He thought. Then his comrades go in to the town square. He finally chose something. "Guys! Eliminate those tanks." He yelled. "Use your sticky bombs!" his men obeyed him and go for the tanks. Luffy then heads straight for the statues. He took cover at the first sandbag. A 50 cal team fired on him and suppressed him. But when they ran out of ammo, he goes up and shoots them. He goes to the second sandbag and goes over it his right hand holding his BAR. He saw two people about to shoot at him but his reflexes are fast and quickly shoot the Germans with only his one hand. He jumps up to the last sandbag and looks down to see more krauts. When he landed he quickly turn s around and shoots the 4 Germans hiding behind the sandbags. He looks to see who the people on the statue are and kind of recognize the woman. She had short orange hair, slim body, big breasts and woman arms. She looked him, more like stared at him.
The stare ended when Chopper yelled to him, "Look out!" Luffy, not even thinking, dives to the nearest stack of crates and got lucky not to be hit by the light machine gun the guy was carrying. "She's my girl you American dog!" He yelled while firing his light MG 42. When Luffy recovered from the dive, he dives on the other side of the crate. When he was in sight, he aimed for his head and shoots him. The German fell backwards, blood spurting out of his head. Nami had to look back because it was disgusting for her to see.
When Luffy landed, he landed on his feet. He goes to them and quickly untied them and held her hand, pulling her while he was running towards a sandbag shelter. When they were behind the stacks of sandbag, He told her, "Do you know where the church is?"
"Yeah, I know. Why?" Nami asked.
"Go back there and stay there." Luffy told Nami.
"But I want to help!" Nami replied.
"No…"
"Why? Is it because I'm a girl?"
"No!"
"Then why did you say no huh?"
"Because you don't look good in your state." Luffy notices that her face was red hot, she was breathing heavily and she could barely even stand. "You should go back to the church and rest there." Then he saw the airborne badge on her shoulder. "You're an airborne?" He said picking his nose.
"STOP DOING THAT! THAT'S GROSS!" She said smacking him in the head.
"Hey, I want to go back to Doctorine!" Chopper said crying still.
They heard more and more gunfire coming and they took a peak. They saw 2 more Shermans entering the town square from the west, 1 more Sherman bursts through the wall with 5 Jeeps on its tail. The two Shermans destroyed the last Stug in the town square and the German were in full retreat. Luffy, Nami, and Chopper go out of the sandbags and listened to the soldiers.
People were shouting 'hurray' and saying 'we did it', hooting and hollering as they cleared the town square of Germans. Foley and McKay were sitting on the same tank, pounding their fists together. Sanji was in a Jeep, driving, with Usopp from the west and accidentally ran over Zoro. Zoro quickly stand up and goes over to Sanji and Usopp, which they stopped when they hit Zoro, and asked, "Which one of you bastards ran over me huh?"
"Us, you shitty bastard. Now get out of the way. We have a damsel in distress to rescu-" Sanji looks to where Luffy, Chopper and… He drove right passed Zoro, which made him even more angry, and stops to where they are. Sanji was in love love mode and said, "34-22-34, you have a body of a sexy woman and a face of an angel! Haaaa I've never seen a perfect lady before in my life!" He kneels to the ground, Nami feeling very ackward. "Will yo-" Zoro punches him in the back of his head and Sanji hits the ground pretty hard. He rose up and faces the puncher and yelled, "WHAT THE HELL SEAWEAD HEAD! CAN'T YOU SEE I'M PROPOSING HERE! YOU SHITTY BASTARD!"
"WELL IT'S NOT MY FAULT YOU RAN OVER ME! YOU DARTBOARD FACE!" Zoro getting his head closer to Sanji's.
"YOU WANNA FIGHT YOU SHITTY SEAWEED! I'LL KICK YOU UNTIL YOUR SOFT ENOUGH FOR YOUR GRANDMA TO EAT YOU!" Sanji said raising his leg.
"I'M GONNA CUT YOU UNTIL YOUR THIN AND CHEWABLE ENOUGH FOR YOUR MOM TO EAT YOU!" Zoro said, pulling his 2 katanas from his back.
"BRING IT ON YOU SHITTY BONSAI FACE!"
"LET'S GO PERVERTED DARTBOARD FACE!"
Just when they were about to fight, the Sherman that Foley and McKay were on fired in their direction, missing their faces and going through the sandbags and through the wall behind it. They stared to where it came from. "Whoa guys, chill down!" Foley said, lighting up another cigar.
"Yeah and who is this girl over here?" McKay asked. The Sherman approached them.
"I'm not a girl! I'm a woman!" Nami said in her head.
"It's Gen. You bitch wanna explain some stuff for me?" Foley said, cocking his rifle.
"Why? Is it because I'm a girl and is it because a girl can't fight for the army huh! You assholes don't even care if I die! Right cap'!" She said, her anger rising.
"I do." Luffy said in a serious look.
"No you don't! you tried to send me back to the church just to get-"
"You weren't listening! Look at you! You don't look alright!" Nami then realized that he was right. She was breathing heavily and she could barely stand up.
"Oi! You better not mess with a lady you-"
"Yeah, his right! You haven't recovered from your fever yet. I could tell you could barely even stand up properly." Chopper said, looking at her worried. With that said, Nami fell to the ground but caught by Luffy. Luffy carried her and they rushed her to the church and let her rest. Foley has questions for her to answer later.
Luffy's thoughts: "When I came to Carentan, I was battle hearted and ready fight. We cleared one courtyard and headed straight for the town square. When I was in the town square I saw two people tied up on the statue in the middle of the town square. When I was there with them, I just stared at her like I knew her somewhere. This thought makes me want to know who is this girl. Her orange her reminded me of the person from the bathroom back in boot camp. She has the same arms as that guy in the bathroom. When we stopped our stare, I was like 'damn it' because I was trying to remember who she is. Something about her make me want to find outwhat was going on in her, something in her eyes that I want to know about her. I'm gonna find out why. I just know."
Okay. This was a long chapter. Again sorry for the delay of this story. And everyone guess what… this chapter is2 times longer than the last one! That's just my compensation for not posting this for about 1 week or so. Don't forget to review my chapters!