Chapter 6: Fangs versus Canines
Back on the American camp the next day, Violet woke up to find the entire Dog company getting ready for battle. They were fueling and arming the armors, arming infantries with anti-tank weapons, and towing away anti-tank batteries, "Were hunting down the hunter... " Parker said from behind her
"Lieutenant!" she saluted
"Please Violet, to me you're not a soldier, so enough with that kind of stuff." Parker said, "But at least you need this to protect yourself." He said handing her over a rifle
"I uh... " but before she could explain herself, she was enveloped in a tight embrace. Her heart came pounding like crazy again, and her face burned red
"I'm sorry, I dragged you into all these... " a while later, Violet felt the wet warmth on her shoulders
"Thank you as well lieutenant, for keeping me.... I should be dead long ago, without you." his embrace lasted for at least a minute before he let go of her.
"Lieutenant Parker... " Ryker spoke up from behind. He must've been waiting there all the time, seeing him quite tired, "You now have control of the Dog company... "
"Huh? What on earth-" before he could continue, Ryker stepped aside from behind him the entire company spoke, "Armors at the ready! Awaiting orders, Sir!"
"Damn you, Ryker... " he thought
Then one of them gave him a report about the whereabouts of the feared "Black Tiger". It was stationed near the same frozen hills where his company was annihilated a few days ago, "His name is Stalvormund... " Ryker said from beside, "I've seen it imprinted in his rear."
"Sir, the informant said that the tank's color is white, instead of black." The soldier said
"Where'd you get that nonsense? I saw it with my own eyes, it was painted entirely in black." Parker scolded him
"It was what the informant said." he replied
"Where is he right now?" Ryker asked
"We lost contact with him since yesterday, and couldn't reach him until now."
Peter and Ryker exchanged glances. They have the same thought, "Whatever the case, right now we're going there and we will be reducing that "Black Tiger" to hell. We should be able to reach that position, just as the sun went down. If he really is white, he should be down at a disadvantage." Parker said
"Alright, let's move out!"
Ryker thought to himself, "Stefan... "
Late in the afternoon, for some strange reason, Peter already expected their arrival. It gave them the upper hand in the upcoming battle, "Let's play with them." he said. He scattered the dead greyhounds on the entire battlefield and lit them on fire. Quite intimidating, yet it will give Stefan the advantage. Stefan was white, so blending with the light, would give the Americans a hard time.
They're playing both defensive and offensive, so they laid some traps across the entire surface. Not to mention, the SS division from before, wasn't annihilated so they can fight off infantries, also they're armed heavily, enough to go toe to toe against Parker's force. They laid some mines across the main entrance, and tank traps along all the possible escape routes. The real hunter has made the first move.
As Parker said, they arrived just as the sun went down. Finally, they were in front of the frozen hilly forest, where the feared "Black Tiger" can be found. The forest itself was already scary, and intimidating, that the lead vehicle took some time to enter.
Just as they entered, what welcomed them was the hanging dead body of the informant from before. His neck was torn open was hung on hooks, stabbed on his shoulders. A creepy sighting.
A few more yards as they went deep inside, the lead tank's tracks was blown up by a mine, "Be careful! There might be mines scattered across in here." The Sherman behind it, overtakes the immobilzed tank, only to get its tracks blown up too.
Parker thought something was a little off, "Could he be expecting us?" he thought. Ryker brought mine sweepers with him, so they managed to avoid some mines that should've knocked four more tanks of them, out.
Deep inside, they reached a frozen field, where its mysteriously so quiet, "Are you sure this is the place?" Ryker asked the soldier from earlier.
"Yes, sir!"
Before all the tanks could enter the field, the tanks on the rear end of the column was ambushed by relentless barrages of anti-tank rockets, knocking out two Shermans and immobilzing a Pershing. They brought about sixteen tanks, now they're down to eleven. Some of their infantry chased the escaping enemy, but Parker stopped them, "Let them go. They took us by surprise as of now, but we'll take them head on later." Parker said
They formed a tight formation in the middle of the small field, "Scout ahead for escape routes." Ryker ordered. Four men went ahead to find possible places to escape, but minutes later, they all returned bringing bad news, "All possible escape routes are blocked, sir!" all this time, their enemy knew they were coming all along!
Half an hour later, the entire forest started to light up. Then a little more later, fires arose through the trees. The burning greyhounds set the entire forest ablaze!
Then rockets started firing at them again. The enemy has surrounded them! The battle lasted for an hour, but not a shadow of their main objective was seen. After a long time, they managed to defeat their enemy, "Infantries against tanks, and we had a hard time? What do we expect from the SS?" they thought
They only took little damage, thanks to their tight formation. But soon after, their formation broke off. Their only eighteen pounder firefly Sherman, which is supposed to kill the enemy Tiger tank, blew up! The thunderous gunshot they just heard was similar to the weapon, their objective was carrying. Another shot was heard but luckily, one of their Pershings managed to bounce off the shell, but it jammed the turret.
They turned towards the direction where the firing came from. Then from the bright flames, charged towards them, a white Tiger tank. It fearlessly rammed itself against them. It knocked out five more tanks and annihilated all infantries, before a Pershing took all the damage, and bought Ryker time to go behind the Tiger and strike its engine. It took two shots to knock it out, and managed to fire one last shot and destroyed the last Pershing, before burning up. The tank commander managed to bail himself out, but died before the medics Ryker brought, could ever aid him.
Ryker went behind the tank to check something but then, his face darkened, 'What is it?" Violet asked. Then she took a look behind the tank, and saw the name "Stefan", "This is not our objective... " Parker said from behind them.
"But at least, this is a big fish we caught... " Ryker replied
Down to six tanks, who wouldn't be able to even just scratch the steel beast, they're now at a disadvantage. Escape routes are blocked, so they trapped. Their only option, is to face the enemy. Parker suddenly thought of a plan. He called Violet and told her about it, "What?! Are you insane lieutenant?! That would mean risking your life!"
"Do as you're told!" Parker became dead serious, and is down to business
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