"Hast du hört dass?" A soldier whispered and everyone dropped down immediately making themselves scarce to listen.
Every single one of their eyes were slowing scanning the surrounding area, trying to see what could be seen. Even Sammy's body language told Otto that something was near, especially due to the low growls emitting from his throat too.
"Safety off, prepare for contact with the enemy... Fix bayonets." Kristin softly said, not exactly wanting to whisper since it'd just be a pain for others to hear.
Once Kristin's squad was spread out and in cover, they brought their weapons to bare on the last known location of where the sound came from. Since they're mainly going off of where Sam's looking and growling at.
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"Private, slowly lower yourself to the ground!" Harris whispered as he too, just like everyone else immediately got low.
The slow, steady walk was going smoothly until the private accidentally stepped on a few twigs, causing the inevitable snap that was destined to follow.
Worst yet, another private had spotted an enemy patrol to his left and the way that the enemy had scattered into cover wasn't too reassuring that the Private's mistake went unnoticed.
"Shit.... They heard that, we can't engage them and expect to get out of it alive..." Jack whispered as he started to look around for a solution or anything to help him and his men out with.
"Sir! The kraut's are splitting up into two fire teams.... One's going right, the other left with three manning the center!" Someone whispered, calling out the new immediate threat.
"Orders sir!" A desperate whisper sounded from Jack's right side.
Jack was looking around now in a hurry, trying to think of what they could do in order to survive this and get out alive.
Because if they were spotted and actively engaged, the Germans will surround them within seconds and mercilessly destroy them.
As the two fire teams closed in on Jack and his men, Jack finally thought of something and issued his own order to his fire team.
"Hide, make use of the buses and shrubs, I don't care how you do it, but disappear!" He whispered, and Harris's expression became a frown at the order.
'Christ, he wants us to lay down and hope we're not seen.' He said to himself, but it was the only thing they could truly do as of right now. That's if they want to get out alive.
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As Kristin had his men split off into the two fire teams, he kept Leutnant Kittel and Sam with him and held position. Leaving it up to his two Unteroffzier's, Otto and Oslo to lead their teams in a pincher movement to flush the enemy out.
Sam's soft growling has ceased once Kristin's gentle command sounded for him to be quiet, and the three watched on, eagerly waiting while they covered the middle.
Otto had his new STG 44 at the ready, some of these new rifles had replaced the MP40 itself. Their Hauptmann was a damn good diplomat and bargainer, he managed to convince the Oberst about getting them updated equipment and weapons that were desperately needed.
The Hauptmannes company is part of the front lines of the sector, so through said thorough convincing, there was a decent resupply and munitions delivered to the company with new weapons.
Carefully Otto stepped over a tree root as he neared the spot from where they've presumably heard the noise.
Twenty yards in front of Otto stood Oslo and his men, as they were too standing there and scanning the area ahead of them before moving in.
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Screaming Eagles
Historical Fiction"You're about to embark on a great crusade..." General Dwight D. Eisenhower had said in his speech to the troops prior to the opening assault on Normandy's shores. However, Jack and James O'Brian never heard that speech, because they were in the air...
