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Chapter 134 Bastogne (Fourth update, please subscribe)

Western Europe at the end of [-] was a bit like Eastern Europe!

The entire Western Europe has experienced a cold winter that has not been seen in fifty years. The biting cold wind and severe snowstorms make people wonder whether they have arrived in Russia.

Winter came early this year and the snow fell heavily.

It’s only November in northern France and it’s already snowing heavily.

Although the snow is heavy and the weather is very cold, people's hearts are hot.

Six months ago, on June 6, the Normandy landings began. In just two months, the Allied forces quickly liberated large areas of France and Belgium from the Germans.

The Allies were shrouded in the aftermath of victory. The overwhelming victory made some in the Allies begin to think that the war was about to end. It seems that advancing into the Third Reich's homeland is only a matter of time.

In just six months, the German army lost 45 soldiers on the Western Front, and also lost a large number of weapons. For the "vultures", the German losses were obviously a good thing - the battlefield was littered with abandoned weapons and ammunition.

Vultures are the French's contemptuous name for the Allied Command Task Force, not because of their phoenix armbands, but because these guys, like vultures, will pick up German remains on the battlefield as soon as the battle ends. Down weapons and ammunition. Not to mention the tanks, even the ammunition chains scattered in the foxholes would be picked up without leaving any trace.

"They are like vultures, greedily searching for everything left on the battlefield!"

But now, their good days were over - the Allied offensive encountered the coldest winter in the past fifty years, bogged down along the German border, and stalled near the Siegfried Line. A series of bloody battles were fought from Saar to Aachen, but no progress was made except for mounting casualties.

The Allied attack was thwarted, and the task force was naturally unable to clean the battlefield. They had to station nearby and wait until the Allied attack resumed before carrying out the search mission.

On the road to the Ardennes area, Li Yian, who was sitting in a jeep, frowned as he looked out the window at the snow-shrouded mountains and forests.

Ardennes…

With this word in his mouth, what Li Yi'an was thinking about was the Germans' final counterattack on the Western Front - the Ardennes Counterattack!

That was Sandoku's last counterattack and his last chance.

How arrogant is Mustache - using 75 troops to attack [-] Allied troops, and what is the most deadly thing?
  But he almost succeeded.

If the bad weather can continue for a few more days, and if the US military can collapse like the French instead of stubbornly resisting, maybe he will really succeed - once again drive the Allied forces into the sea.

But in the end, Mustache failed.

Well, none of this has anything to do with Li Yian. Now he comes to this area to withdraw the sixth, ninth, and thirteenth search brigade.

Three search brigades, a team of [-] people.

30% of the entire task force is in this area - in order to collect as many weapons as possible, the search team has been following the footsteps of the Allies, and the Allies are advancing quickly in Belgium and Luxembourg, so the task force naturally invests. gave more strength to the northern region.

As a result, they arrived in the Ardennes, and now the three search teams are counting ducks in the Ardennes area.

"Get them all out quickly."

Wrapping up the M43 cold-proof windbreaker, Li Yian counted the time in his mind. It is now November 11th. Historically, the German army launched its attack on December 27th, which means that it has almost twenty days.

"As long as the troops are withdrawn to Metz, it will be safe. Let the US military handle the war!"

With this thought in his mind, Li Yian saw a road sign through the car window.

"Bastogne."

Li Yian frowned when he saw this road sign. This was the destination of his trip.

In another world, Bastogne is famous. Anyone who knows a little bit about World War II knows that this is the key to the entire Battle of the Ardennes - this small Belgian town has become the focus of both sides from the beginning of the war. , the rapid mobility of the German mechanized troops must rely on roads, and the seven roads in the Ardennes area all pass through Bastogne, so the Germans must capture it and the Allies must hold it.

The reason why Li Yian came here was because the search team had to pass through Bastogne if they wanted to withdraw.

"Bastogne..."

As he murmured the name of this place, Li Yian felt uneasy for some reason.

"It's okay, I still have twenty days left!"

With this thought in mind, the convoy continued to drive towards the town.

Fifteen minutes later, a convoy of jeeps and trucks slowly drove into Bastogne, which is just a small town in Belgium.

Different from the constant offensive of Patton's Third Army on the northern French front, the Ardennes region is a "ghost front". In this cold and quiet place, artillery shells are often fired for calibration, and patrols detect enemy lines only for training. Although they were both within each other's rifle range, the Germans quietly watched the Americans eat, while the Americans watched helplessly as the women slipped into the bunkers of the Siegfried Line in the evening. For more than two months, both sides have been resting, monitoring each other's actions, and avoiding provoking each other.

It was defended by six divisions of the US Army. But three of the divisions were all new recruits, and they were sent to the Ardennes region just for "showing off." In other words, these three divisions need to undergo some small battle tests in areas where the fighting intensity is not strong before being sent to participate in big battles. As for the other three divisions, they are all exhausted and have been severely damaged in previous battles. They come here to rest and recuperate.

Because it was a resting place, there were almost no troops stationed in the small town of Bastogne. Only a US military company was stationed. After a simple communication, Li Yian's convoy drove into the town.

When this independent convoy arrived in front of the cafe opposite the city hall, one of the jeep drove out of the convoy and parked at the city hall. After getting off the car, Li Yian looked up at the city hall in front of him and looked at Lin Xue next to him. De ordered.

"Okay, let's set up the headquarters here."

"Yes, sir."

The task force members from both the Jeep and the truck then jumped out of the truck.

Seeing these soldiers wearing US military uniforms, the locals on the roadside couldn't help but be stunned and said something.

"Asian?"

For people in the town, Asians are rare, but in the next few days, task forces that were withdrawn along many roads gathered in this small Belgian city.

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