The desperate fight near the Bridge across the Mussolini Canal between SST 11 and members of the First Special Service Force against some German Panzergrenadiers and a Panzer IV tank continued to rage....
LT Nahum Chisholm, his Talent Power making him appear to move in a literal blur, snapped up and cut loose a pair of 5 shot bursts at the charging German troops and two of them dropped to the ground, never to move again. He dropped back down just as a pair of 7.92mm rounds fired from K-98 rifles zipped right through where he had JUST been a moment ago.....
Next to his C.O., SGT Tom Nado emptied the last 10 rounds out of his powerful Johnson Light Machine Gun, pleased to watch two more of the approaching German troops fall to the ground, never to rise again. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the wounded Forceman Rifleman fall back to help a stunned SSGT Simard to his feet and trying to fall back even further....
SGT Koda took his last Javelin and he hurled it with all his might at the Panzer IV that was starting to break free of the ice that Paul had 'cast' upon its treads and then a sharp pain hit him right below his knee and he fell to the ground, realizing he has just been shot in the shin*. Nearby, the .30 cal LMG manned by a pair of Forcemen fired a spray of rounds that hit two more German soliders, but not before one of them had hurled a Potato-Masher grenade that exploded with a gory spray of blood and flesh as it landed right between the two gunners....taking them both out.....
On the opposite side of the Half-Track 'Flak Panzer', Luther "Luke" Goodfox took aim at the 5 surviving members of the crew who were arming up and about to enter the fight with his M1 Garand. He fired at his first target and he was quite pleased to see the man pitch to the ground, his weapon flying out of his hands as his body hit the ground and did NOT get back up again. He shifted over to his second target and fired again, hitting again! This time though, his target hit the ground, but it was obvious he was only wounded. Several shots came back his way, one of them hitting a nearby rock with enough force to cause it to splinter and some of those fragments flew over and lanced into Luke's fore-arm with enough force to draw blood and bring forth a hiss of pain, though he could tell it wasn't anything super serious**....
Phil Heuron's hands shook a bit as he connected the wires on the back of the Bazooka that Mark Battaglia was pointing at the now-moving-again Panzer IV tank. He just could NOT seem to ignore the Turret rotating to point DIRECTLY AT THEM when suddenly a small object came slamming into the Tank's Turret with enough force to cause it to stop moving altogether.....
Phil blinked rapidly, shook his head and then quickly connected the wires and slapped the top of Mike/Mark's helmet saying, "GOOD TO GO!" and then dropping to the ground. A moment later, Battaglia fired a rocket that slammed into the back, engine deck of the tank and it exploded with a bright flash of orange and yellow light.
Battaglia whooped in joy and gave a massive grin of victory to Heuron, who grinned back, but then a scene that caused Phil's heart to freeze burst into his field of vision as the two Half-Tracks that had disgorged the troops behind the smoke wall, now came roaring back into action....
The first Half-Track fired its MG34 MG in a spray that put a pair of rounds into Battaglia, dropping him shaking and twitching next to a clutching the ground Phil Heuron***, who had to watch his friend twitch and scream in agony from the wounds.....
The second Half-Track moved towards Chisholm, Nado and Koda's position, its MG starting to swivel towards them as all 3 just silently cursed their fate....
Then with loud BOOMs, a quartet of M10 'Wolverine' Tank Destroyers showed up.....the 76mm shells slamming into both Half-Tracks and turning them into flaming pieces of wreckage....
The remaining German troops quickly started to run away, before being mercilessly gunned down by the MGs on the M10s; with a handful of survivors throwing down their weapons and raising their hands in surrender....
*Koda is Wounded (-1D to all actions until Treated)
**Luke is Grazed (-2 to all actions next turn only...not -2D, just -2)
***Phil was Suppressed....but in a moment it will pass and he can do whatever...he can tell Mike/Mark is SERIOUSLY WOUNDED
OOC: All the Germans nearby are either dead or surrendering....your call on what you'd like to do....
M10 Wolverine Tank Destroyer:
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