Chapter 2:
"Well, if anything's to be said for fucking a mission up, go loud now and get it the fuck out the way.
Whatever element of surprise we had now, it's now gone out the fuckin' window. Germans are picking our escape boats off one by one hoping to encircle us in a pocket and squeeze us all to death.
We took over German HQ and now it's overloaded with wounded, those of us that can still fight and carry a weapon we're rallying to take out a power station, more information about what to expect would be useful, especially since we have no idea how many krauts are in this town.
We've gotta get the hell outta here before we become Swiss cheese."
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St. Nazaire, France
"Alright Lads, now that we've captured the HQ, we're gonna make a move onto the power station, deploying from here."
Thomas held his bayonet in his hand as he was tending to one of Jimmy's bullet wounds, in the last firefight, Jimmy had gotten a hit into his left leg lodged up against the femoral artery.
Trusting only Thomas to pull the bullet out, Jimmy had said, "You kill me, you rat bastard, I'll haunt you from the grave."
"Haha, don't worry I'll keep that Annetta girl of yours happy." Tommy laughed.
Jimmy growled, "Fuck you, rat bastard!" "Love you too, Jim." Tommy smiled.
Hearing gunfire nearby, Thomas then said, "Hold on, I almost got it." Jimmy then nodded, "Hope so, I hate for the krauts to get in and kill us all."
"Nobody's dyin' today, not yet." Thomas smirked as he pulled the bullet out effortlessly as he said, "Here we are."
"Nice job, can I remove this?" indicating to the belt strapped round his leg as Thomas nods, the belt is loosened and not a single drop of blood is released.
Jimmy laughs quietly as he says, "Nice job, Doc."
"You might wanna get on your feet, we gotta get on line, quick." Thomas said as he cocked his Carbine and hurried for the line, the gunfire grew near as the Germans counterattacked in force, it was very small considering this was their 3rd try to retake their own HQ.
Thomas and Doyle nodded to each other as they took 1 commando each and attacked the Germans, wiping out all in their path.
Grabbing the officer, Jimmy stalked over to him as he spoke in German to the officer, the officer sneered at him leading to Jimmy to smack him in the face and threaten him.
From what it looked like; Jimmy was particularly vengeful because he lost friends in France.
Thomas listened in on the conversation as he overheard the German officer say something about an assembling plant.
Thomas walked over and said, "Sprechen sie Englische?"
"I speak English." The German officer said.
"Assembling plant? Where is it?" Thomas asked. The officer snarled as he said, "Fuck you."
Thomas grabbed him by the throat and began to squeeze as he snarled, "Listen here, you little fuck. I don't give a shit if I kill you, but one less kraut to fuckin' worry about. Tell me about the plant, if you lie, I'll put a hole in your head."
The officer began to gag as he said, "I don't know nothing about no assembling plant for those rockets." "You're lying, tell me what I want to know or you can sleep with the fishes." Thomas threatened.
"Fuck you and fuck your commandos, we'll kill all you dogs."
Thomas smirked as he pulled out his gun, executing the officer and said, "Fine with me, you Nazi fuck."
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Returning to the squad, Doyle informed the commanding CO of the events as the pair nodded. They then turned to the men still standing as Thomas planted a charge on the bunker blowing it open.
Leading what was left of the British Commandos inside, they soon come into contact with German forces and a machine gun, fierce fire exchanged between both forces, but Thomas and Jimmy were able to counter by splitting the Germans attention and causing so much damage to their war machine in the process.
Advancing through the shipyard, they even came across several U-Boats and placed explosive charges onto key points of the U-Boats.
Whilst the commandos covered the rear, Thomas and Jimmy proceeded forward and planted the explosives. Jimmy then said, "That assembly plant we passed, they were making outer hulls for a new weapon of sorts."
"Not another battleship?" Thomas asked. Jimmy shook his head, "No, this isn't a battleship. This must be some type of rocket the Krauts are building."
"What the hell is goin' on, has Hitler's really snapped or he just playing Russian roulette?" Thomas snarled.
Jimmy laughed, "If he's playing Russian roulette, it's with an 1 bullet in the chamber and he hasn't hit the mark yet."
"Charges are set, yours done?" Thomas asked.
Jimmy nodded as he replied, "Almost there. 10 seconds…" just finishing wiring up the last charge, he then said, "Charges are wired, let's get the hell out and far back as possible."
Getting the hell out of the blast range, the two soldiers got clear just as the bombs exploded destroying U-Boats that were still in the pens and they sank to the bottom of the ocean, leaving only oil on the surface of the water.
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Regrouping with the rest of the Commandos, the men continued on their way to the power station, hoping to destroy it and give them a window of opportunity to escape.
Fighting onwards through the warehouses, Thomas and Jimmy found the power station and began fighting through the defending force, it had been a bloody as the Commandos lost several men and the Germans were cut apart by the daggers and firepower of the British Commandos.
Forcing their way into the Power Station, the Germans were properly capable of defending the power station, but using patient tactics and skill. The commandos were able to force their way into the power station and plant explosives onto the generators that were generating the electricity.
Even the building supports had charges planted on them, enabling the explosives to crumble the facility and send the entirety of St. Nazaire back to the dark ages.
Getting outside, the Germans launched a counter attack to retake the station, from the commandos. But with Thomas's organisation skills, he was able to take an MG-42 and hold off the enemy, he looked at the watch and saw it was a minute till the explosives sent St. Nazaire into the dark ages.
He then shouted, "ONE MINUTE!"
Pushing everyone back outside the blast radius, Thomas and Jimmy got two men down into cover as they heard massive explosions from the power stations, the lights began to flicker before they had completely shut off.
Seeing the explosions rock the ground, Thomas sees the lights out as he says, "Good job, we did it! We gotta get the hell outta here!"
"Every Nazi bastard between here and Berlin is about to come after us with enough armor and air cover to smoke us out." Jimmy had said.
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Several hours later, the force of Commandos was held up in the town of St. Nazaire. Using a captured German radio, the commandos and Thomas listened in on communications to stay a step ahead of their pursuing counterparts.
With the help of Jimmy who had spoken perfect German, the commandos were able to deduce the Germans' next move and manipulate the Germans into clearing a path for them.
Using the pathway that Jimmy had cleared for them, Thomas had led the commandos deeper into the town, but straight into the path of an MG42 that had shot down three of the Commandos as Thomas shouted, "GET DOWN!"
The machine gun fired onto the wall, where Jimmy and Thomas were at as Thomas shouted, "Motherfucker!"
"Knew something was up, fuckin' knew it!" Jimmy shouted as he fired on the MG and pulled out a grenade as he said, "FIRE IN THE HOLE!"
Tossing the grenade, it exploded directly at the machine gun destroying it as Jimmy said, "Let's get going, lads!"
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Continuing on through town, Thomas and Jimmy encountered more and more resistance that continued to expand, even Thomas kept his guard up and around others, he was intent on not letting another soldier give their life.
Even at this critical stage, he wouldn't let another soldier get killed something from within him changed and it didn't take shape until he asked himself what was it.
He took the lead from the front with Jimmy, both soldiers were driven by wanting to lead especially at the front.
For Jimmy he was familiar with the feeling after leading men in France and North Africa even at Crete too.
The overprotective feeling that he felt for his men only grew stronger, it's what made him feel strong inside too.
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Proceeding through the ruins of the town, they encountered German patrols that had been attempting to ambush them and force them into a corner. But with skill and ingenuity, the Commandos continued to the center of town as they encountered fierce resistance from the Germans.
Via a radio operator, the commandos learned there that air support was on the way to knock out an armoured column of German tanks that was blocking their path to the church.
Taking on German machine gun positions, Thomas and Jimmy used their ingenuity and patient tactics with grenades, they were able to breach the building and clear it floor by floor, just as the bombers began their approach run.
Watching the bombers flatten the enemy armour column that had been set up in defensive positions.
Using the opportunity, the Commandos pushed forward through the burning wrecks of the Armor and stormed the church eliminating all resistance in their path and proceeding on through to the courtyard, after getting on through. The commandos proceeded to escape from St. Nazaire and get out of France and back to England.