Devils with Wings: Silk Drop by Harvey Black

Author:Harvey Black
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Matador, 9781780889382, Devils with Wings: Silk Drop, Harvey Black
ISBN: 9781780889382
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Max sauntered over to his commander who was stood close to the top of the slope scanning towards the coast as he talked with his friend Erich.

“We need to move soon sir.”

“Ok Max. For your info, Oberleutnant Fleck is taking over the command of Third Company, so will be leaving us. I’m afraid we’ve lost Oberleutnant Hoch. So, we’ll need to take Uffz Forster with us to the top of the tree line.”

“Scheiße, let’s hope he’s the last sir, but I’ve a feeling he won’t be.”

Max turned towards Erich.

“Congratulations sir, do you by the way need a new company NCO?”

“Feldwebel Grun. Oberleutnant Brand would shoot me for poaching, heaven knows why. And anyway I couldn’t cope with your insubordination.” They shook hands, Max genuinely pleased that the young officer was back with the unit.

Erich summoned his scouts and after some debate as to the best route to get to the coordinates provided by Major Volkman, they headed north to seek out Erich’s new command. Paul and Max brought the command group together again.

“We’re moving out in column, but with reasonable spacing. Roth your platoon will lead. Break off when you’re about two hundred metres away from the trees. Nadel, you will follow and break off at the same time. Leeb, you’ll be next. Unterfeld Richter, you will tail Leutnant Leeb’s platoon but you will also break off at the same time as Leutnant’s Roth and Nadel. Then set up where you see fit. Scout the road from the tree line if you need to, but for God sake keep your head down.”

“Yes sir. Apart from not dropping rounds onto the road, how far out do you want our eastern rounds to be?”

“They’re just to scare the enemy into avoiding that route of escape, so allow plenty of safety margin. Try and be within fifty metres if you can. But the kill zone, they need to be spot on.”

“Jawohl Herr Oberleutnant, Leutnant Roth and I have worked out some simple signals so they can spot for us.”

“Excellent.”

Paul checked his watch.

“Let’s get this procession moving.”

Roth’s platoon raised themselves up from their crouched position, weapons at the ready and moved out in column formation, at least a metre or more between each man. As the last of the platoon left the assembly area, Nadel’s men tagged on the end, but only two troops, the missing troop failing to manifest itself. Although they knew it unlikely that the missing unit had survived the stricken plane and would never show up, deep down some had the vain hope that one of their missing comrades would suddenly appear surprising them all.

Leeb called his men up and forward, less Fessman and his two scouts who were already traversing the tree line, quietly creeping through the trees and undergrowth, checking for enemy soldiers who could raise the alarm about the advancing company. Paul, Max and the HQ element tacked on behind Leeb.

Unterfeld Richter’s men were the last to move as he signalled his men to join the column, bringing with them additional mortar bombs carried in the wheeled drop canisters.

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