Chosen of the Valkyries by Christopher G. Nuttall

Author:Christopher G. Nuttall
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-03-13T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

Near Berlin, Germany Prime

21 September 1985

“They’re coming into range, Herr Leutnant,” Loeb warned

Kurt nodded. The SS had punched through the next set of defence lines two days ago, pushing forward despite taking increasingly heavy casualties. He would have admired their determination if they weren’t breaking into territories where the evacuation program had barely begun, leaving hundreds of thousands of civilians stranded.

And we had to clear the roads just to keep moving, he thought, grimly. The roads had become snarled with refugees as they retreated west, forcing the soldiers to push them out of the way just to get into position to engage the SS again. How many of them are about to die.

He cursed under his breath. They’d taken up position near a town, a town that had barely even started to evacuate its population by the time the war reached them. There was no time to order an evacuation, even if it wouldn’t have blocked their line of retreat. The hell he knew was going to break across the town was coming and there was nothing he could do about it. There was nothing anyone could do about it.

The sound of aircraft roared through the air as a pair of HE-477s raced westwards, hunting for targets. Kurt braced himself, fearing the aircraft might spot their position, but the two SS aircraft merely headed onwards. Behind them, a pair of helicopters held position over the advancing panzers, their weapons ready to engage any threat. Kurt muttered orders to two of his men, both of whom were carrying MANPADS. They were nowhere near as good in combat as he’d been told – they’d found that out the hard way – but at least they’d force the helicopters to back off. The SS wouldn’t have an unlimited supply.

And we don’t have an unlimited supply of weapons either, he reminded himself. It had practically become a mantra as the Waffen-SS continued its advance. Get in, land a blow and then get out.

“Take aim,” he ordered, quietly. The lead panzer was slowing as it approached the town, its main gun shifting position to cover the buildings. They’d already hurled HE shells into houses snipers had tried to use as firing positions, if rumours were to be believed. Kurt had no trouble believing them. “Brace yourselves…”

He tensed, silently timing it in his head. It was the same problem, one that had played itself out time and time again. The closer the panzers, the greater the chance of scoring hits… and the greater the chance of being discovered ahead of time. A hail of fire from the panzer’s machine guns would be more than enough to slaughter his entire command before they could fire a single shot. But if they fired too soon, the missiles might not kill their targets.

“Now,” he snapped.

Loeb fired the antitank missile. It lanced through the air and struck the lead tank, burning through its armour and exploding inside the hull. The second missile took out the second tank; the third missile struck its target, but glanced off and exploded harmlessly.

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