Colonel Torres was right, all they could do was pray.

But their God may not be able to answer all requests, especially this prayer is a bit too much... Anyone knows that the US military interspersed in the Metz Fortress has ammunition problems.

This is due to the continued attack on Shanbier Island by the US military.

On the other hand, the US military's transportation lines have always been semi-blocked by the German army.

The semi-blocking mentioned here refers to the fact that when the US military implements some kind of response tactics, such as laying barbed wire into the river, traffic will be temporarily better, but will soon be blocked again.

The consumption of ammunition in US military operations is indispensable, which is related to the tactical habits of the US military. They always use firepower to suppress the enemy and then advance... Due to tactical restrictions, it is difficult for them to save ammunition even if they want to save.

As a result, on the one hand, the transportation situation did not improve or even worsen... The amphibious landing ships suffered a lot of losses, and the US military could only transport supplies with rubber boats and rafts at this time.

The result will inevitably lead to a serious shortage of ammunition in the US military, and the remaining shells of some "Sheerman" tanks are even only single digits... This is something that has never been experienced in the battle of the US armored forces.

This of course would cause panic among the armored forces, so Colonel Nathan called the 3rd Army Command.

"General!" said Colonel Nathan: "We have a serious shortage of ammunition, and I don't know if we can survive tonight!"

"There will be no problem, Nathan!" General Patton said: "You have tanks, they are your fortifications. Use your rifles and bayonets to block the enemy. We let the transport planes airdrop ammunition for you!"

"Yes, General!" Nathan replied helplessly.

But in fact, Colonel Nathan knew that this was just a comforting statement... During the day, the transport plane could not accurately put the supply into the control of the 17th Armored Regiment, not to mention that it was a night when nothing could be seen and could only be guided by a signal flare.

Just as Colonel Nathan put down the phone, he heard a US soldier shouting: "They are here!"

Then there was a "hush" gunshot.

"Ceasefire, ceasefire!" Colonel Nathan finally let the soldiers control themselves.

The flashlight was on, and under the dim light a deer that was almost sieve.

"God!" Colonel Nathan cried: "Do you understand that you are not allowed to shoot without orders? Otherwise, when the enemy really attacks us, we will have no ammunition to stop them!"

"Yes, colonel!" the US soldiers answered awkwardly.

At this moment, with a "bang", a bullet flew over from the darkness... The American soldier holding the flashlight fell to the ground without even snorting.

"Sniper!" The US soldiers shouted and fell to the ground one after another.

Then countless figures advanced towards the US military positions in the dark, and from time to time there were a few strafing sounds of assault rifles.

"Sir!" someone asked Colonel Nathan loudly: "Are you allowed to shoot now?"

"If you see the enemy..." Nathan replied: "Then shoot and block them!"

Sometimes Colonel Nathan doesn't know what to do.

To be precise, the US military could not get such a combat that was insufficient ammunition, especially the German soldiers were equipped with assault rifles.

If we talk about it from the perspective of saving ammunition, the US military should put the Germans closer before attacking them... Nathan of course knew this.

The problem is that he didn't dare to put the Germans closer and then beat them.

The reason is very simple. Americans are not good at night battles, but the Germans are not. Even though these Germans are all cadet soldiers... This is related to the Germans equipped with stg44, and also to courage and morale. But more importantly, the US military is born with a sense of fear of hand-to-hand combat, which is the sequelae brought by an advanced army with strong logistics and transportation.

However, if you want to keep the enemy out of range, or stop the Germans from charging and fighting hand-to-hand combat, you have to consume a lot of ammunition.

These two are actually contradictory.

So Colonel Nathan allowed the soldiers to shoot on the one hand, and on the other hand, he kept ordering: "Aim and then shoot, you idiots, be careful to save ammunition!"

The US military was actually fooled, and Qin Chuan didn't want to launch an attack so quickly. What they did at this time was just a tentative attack, to be precise, consuming American ammunition.

Of course, some snipers are also arranged in this, and they can put some pressure on the US military at the right time.

"Col. Nathan!" Colonel Torres found Nathan amid gunfire and cannons: "I think we should continue to attack the enemy's third line of defense!"

"What?" Nathan looked at Colonel Torres with an incredible expression: "No, Torres, we don't have enough ammunition to attack!"

"But look at the situation now!" Colonel Torres raised his head in the direction of the gunfire: "The Germans are consuming our ammunition."

"I know what they are doing, but we can't do anything about it!"

"We have a way!" Colonel Torres replied: "Attack the third line of defense, taking advantage of our ammunition. Because that is our only way out. Only by completely capturing the island of Cembir and building fortifications along the river bank can we block the harassment of the Germans!"

Colonel Nathan thought about it and shook his head, "But they have appeared on our flanks, that is to say... what we are going to deal with is not only the garrison of Shanbier Island, but also the reinforcements of other islands..."

"Fight, sir!" Colonel Torres interrupted Colonel Nathan: "We have no other choice!"

After hesitating, Colonel Nathan nodded and said, "You are right, Torres, we have no other choice!"

So the tank was activated again, and the mortar shells continued to bomb the third line of defense on Shanbier Island. The US soldiers followed the tanks in groups of flares and launched a last charge towards the third line of defense on Shanbier Island under the light of the flares.

But Colonel Nathan soon discovered that the situation was much worse than he thought... When the flares rose into the sky, there were bullets and shells fired towards the US military in the darkness from all directions. Among them, the "Hitler's chainsaw" that is, mg42, was like the "swish" sound when tearing apart the cloth. The bullets poured like raindrops, knocking down the US soldiers hiding behind the tank in pieces.

"Switch off the flashlight and headlights!" Nathan ordered loudly: "Otherwise, it will become the target of the enemy!"

But when the flashlight and headlights were turned off, the army did not know where to attack.

The US military in the dark fell into despair as soon as it entered, as if the darkness around us was full of enemies.
Chapter completed!