Chapter Four: Mission Start
We were over my drop point. I felt nervous as the private first class that was with me signaled me to jump. I jumped. My rip cord opened my parachute. I looked down below. It was sunrise. I could see the countryside as the sun rised. I was going toward a small farm. I landed into the field. I took cover in a small wooded area near the farmhouse.
I pulled out my knife as I got near a dirt path just outside the woods I was in. There was footsteps coming my way. It was a German soilder, alone...the perfect target. As he passed the bush I was behind, I jumped out grabbed right below his neck and slit it. I dragged his lifeless body into the wooded area. blood drenched my arm, I didn't want to stain his uniform. I unclothed him and dressed myself is his uniform. I felt sick as I put it on. I threw my knife away and took his weapons. I concealed the silenced pistol, and put the C-4 charges in the backpack he carried. I continued by walking down the path he was going. I remembered the quick crash course in German I got as I was in the drop plane. As I walked down the path I heard scream behind me. I ran toward the screams. The farm I had seen before was on fire. Greyish images ran through my mind. My farm on fire, Maria, Maria getting shot. The visions stopped. I was filled with rage, a terrible fiery rage. I ran as fast as I could to the farm. A women was on here knees with a gun to her head. All I saw was Maria. I ran to the German, and took out my pistol. I saw as the German turned a tried to aim at me but it was too late for him. In a steady fast walk I fired two rounds. He fell to the ground...dead. The women started screaming. I rushed over to her and picked her up. I carried her to the woods and put my hand over her mouth.
All the commotion alerted three of the dead guys buddies. They saw him on the ground. The started searching for his killer...me. They checked one of the unburned buildings, then some haystacks, and finally near us. The women's eyes, wide open, and filled with terror started tearing up. The German got closer. I pulled out my pistol and aimed at him. I started squeezing the trigger just when he got right to us, but then One of the other soldiers yelled for him. He turned around, looked back, and ran off. "Ma'am do you know any english" I whispered to the women. She nodded her head. Now im going to take my hand off, if you scream we will probably be killed. She nodded. I took my hand off her mouth. "My..my..my h..h..husband..d...dead" She started weeping silently. I hushed her and held her in my arms. She reminded me how I felt. "I have to go now, stay her and you'll be alright". She nodded again. She collapsed on the ground and weeped. I put my pistol away, and got back on the path. An hour or so I was at the town gate with a windmill outside it. Two Germans were guarding it. They hadn't seen me yet. I found a small truck with a kerosene can. A haystack was near the windmill. I took some kerosene and lit up the haystack. Black smoke rised as I ran for cover. The haystacks flames grew high enough to touch the windmill. The windmill was now ablaze. A siren went off. Ten or so Germans were out now trying to put the fire out. I ran in and helped. As we put the fire out I acted casual as I walked into the town.
My objective was on the other side of town. To get there I had a inside guy. He was in a truck near an old garage. I wiped some sweat off my brow and walked on.
I saw devastation through the town. Houses, shops, and buildings torched or just not there. I felt as if I was walking through Flowerbud. I found the garage they talked about. He was there waiting in the truck. By then it was dark. "Its me". The truck driver looked at me. "Get in". I got in the back of the truck. We drove off. An hour or so later we arrived at the supply depot. "Good luck...you'll need it." I got off the truck. Nodded to the guards. they opened the gates. I walked in. I paused for a minute, looked around, and saw him. He was in a jeep heading for one of the factories. I remembered, I had a mission to do first. Destroy the supply depot.
We were over my drop point. I felt nervous as the private first class that was with me signaled me to jump. I jumped. My rip cord opened my parachute. I looked down below. It was sunrise. I could see the countryside as the sun rised. I was going toward a small farm. I landed into the field. I took cover in a small wooded area near the farmhouse.
I pulled out my knife as I got near a dirt path just outside the woods I was in. There was footsteps coming my way. It was a German soilder, alone...the perfect target. As he passed the bush I was behind, I jumped out grabbed right below his neck and slit it. I dragged his lifeless body into the wooded area. blood drenched my arm, I didn't want to stain his uniform. I unclothed him and dressed myself is his uniform. I felt sick as I put it on. I threw my knife away and took his weapons. I concealed the silenced pistol, and put the C-4 charges in the backpack he carried. I continued by walking down the path he was going. I remembered the quick crash course in German I got as I was in the drop plane. As I walked down the path I heard scream behind me. I ran toward the screams. The farm I had seen before was on fire. Greyish images ran through my mind. My farm on fire, Maria, Maria getting shot. The visions stopped. I was filled with rage, a terrible fiery rage. I ran as fast as I could to the farm. A women was on here knees with a gun to her head. All I saw was Maria. I ran to the German, and took out my pistol. I saw as the German turned a tried to aim at me but it was too late for him. In a steady fast walk I fired two rounds. He fell to the ground...dead. The women started screaming. I rushed over to her and picked her up. I carried her to the woods and put my hand over her mouth.
All the commotion alerted three of the dead guys buddies. They saw him on the ground. The started searching for his killer...me. They checked one of the unburned buildings, then some haystacks, and finally near us. The women's eyes, wide open, and filled with terror started tearing up. The German got closer. I pulled out my pistol and aimed at him. I started squeezing the trigger just when he got right to us, but then One of the other soldiers yelled for him. He turned around, looked back, and ran off. "Ma'am do you know any english" I whispered to the women. She nodded her head. Now im going to take my hand off, if you scream we will probably be killed. She nodded. I took my hand off her mouth. "My..my..my h..h..husband..d...dead" She started weeping silently. I hushed her and held her in my arms. She reminded me how I felt. "I have to go now, stay her and you'll be alright". She nodded again. She collapsed on the ground and weeped. I put my pistol away, and got back on the path. An hour or so I was at the town gate with a windmill outside it. Two Germans were guarding it. They hadn't seen me yet. I found a small truck with a kerosene can. A haystack was near the windmill. I took some kerosene and lit up the haystack. Black smoke rised as I ran for cover. The haystacks flames grew high enough to touch the windmill. The windmill was now ablaze. A siren went off. Ten or so Germans were out now trying to put the fire out. I ran in and helped. As we put the fire out I acted casual as I walked into the town.
My objective was on the other side of town. To get there I had a inside guy. He was in a truck near an old garage. I wiped some sweat off my brow and walked on.
I saw devastation through the town. Houses, shops, and buildings torched or just not there. I felt as if I was walking through Flowerbud. I found the garage they talked about. He was there waiting in the truck. By then it was dark. "Its me". The truck driver looked at me. "Get in". I got in the back of the truck. We drove off. An hour or so later we arrived at the supply depot. "Good luck...you'll need it." I got off the truck. Nodded to the guards. they opened the gates. I walked in. I paused for a minute, looked around, and saw him. He was in a jeep heading for one of the factories. I remembered, I had a mission to do first. Destroy the supply depot.