Jack went into the trenches ahead and ducked down to pickup bandages. The soldier standing behind him fell dead. He heaved a great sigh and ducked forward. He stood up a little and shot the Italian dead.
"Nice work, the town ahead is where we want to be men!" The Sarge announced.
They advanced through the trenches and at the end they saw a large group of Italians and Nazis standing around a Tiger I tank.
"Okay men, our base is just beyond this town. We need to get through." Sarge whispered.
"Why cant we just go around?" Brooklyn asked.
"They have 300 Tigers and four bases with 200 men each in them. I think this is our best bet." Kelly answered. He turned and loaded his silenced pistol. "Ready?"
"Ready as we'll ever be." Blackburn said aiming the MP40 he swiped from them.
Kelly shot and killed one of the Nazis. Then an Italian. One ran around and climbed into the tank. It advanced on them.
"How can we get around this Sarge?" Brooklyn asked shooting at them.
One of the Italians shouted in Italian. Then the tank advanced on them.
"Run!" Kelly shouted and everyone all out took off. Jack turned back to shoot.
"How are we gonna get to the other side???" Shouted Jack. The tank slowly turned around. One of the men fell dead. Then another.
"We're losing men!" Blackburn shouted.
There were three enemies left chasing them. Then the Sarge and Blackburn disappeared.
Brooklyn, Kelly, and Slade were at the end of the street. Sorrounded by nothing but houses.
"Where'd they go?" Brooklyn said.
"No time. Into that house." Kelly shot the lock and opened the door. Inside were a women and two small boys huddled in a corner. They looked quite terrified.
"Why didn't you evacuate?" Kelly asked but hit himself, "Never mind…"
"Husband….wouldn't….let us…go" She said in jumbled words.
Jack looked at Kelly with a discusted look.
"Come on, we cant put them in danger." Brooklyn said and turned for the door. Out the window was the tank and a square of two story brick houses. They turned and walked out of the house.
"Oh bless you!" The woman said and brought her boys upstairs.
Kelly nodded and followed Jack and Brooklyn outside. They ran to the corner so the tank couldn't see them but the men could. The tree men ran at them shooting. Jack shot one and another started wacking him. Boom boom boom click click….click.
"I'm out!" Jack shouted and used his gun to knock the enemy off of him. Kelly tossed him a clip.
"You owe me one!" He said and them more enemies arrived. Jack loaded his gun and shot the knocked out Italian.
Kelly took out a few and then Brooklyn fell.
"I'm hit, my leg." He shouted in pain. One Italian advanced on him and then fell dead. Sarge stood on the other side of the street. Blackburn was next to him holding explosives.
He ran at the tank and the tank got him. Blackburn fell dead.
"BLACKBURN!" Jack shouted sadly. Sarge killed the last but the tank had them cornered. The explosives were in the line of fire. Jack was determined to get that tank. He dove into the line of fire and grabbed the explosives. The tank was rapidly shooting but he was to low to be hit. Jack attached the explosives and ran for cover.
"GET DOWN!" Hawkins shouted. BOOM!
The tank exploded.
"Nice work boys, you'll be promoted for this. He proceeded to an ally that was half hidden by debris. "to the camp, we'll get some dinner and sleep before we head to our next mission."
Kelly and Jack picked up Blackburn's body and carried it to the ally. The Sarge helped Brooklyn to the ally. To be continued...