barn.

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Renna jumped out. Whole place was covered in smoke and dust. There was fire, too. It spread when kerosene lamp fell down and set the rests of hay on fire. “Mut! Jon! Danny!” she cried coughing.

“I am here!” somebody shouted in her ear. It was Mut. “Danny and Jon are safe; I will get you out of here!”

“Mut, I don`t see anything!”

Mut coughed. There was more and more of smoke and fire was spreading fast. “We need to get out of here!”

One of the wooden joists fell down and raised more dust and smoke. “It`s a prison, Mut! We will die here!”

“Yes, but it will be quick, they left all grenades here…”

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The fourth and the fifth shell fell down and the first team advanced.

“Here they are! Fire at will!” McShaw yelled and fired few rounds from his Garand over the hedge. In that moment each one of Napper`s men fired from his gun. German rifles responded. McShaw stood up once again to fire, but one of the German snipers saw him before. There was buzz and sound of flesh-hitting bullet. McShaw fell down holding his shoulder and shouted: “Ahh, you bastards... my god, that pain...”

Kinley kneeled and tried to drag McShaw away to the safer location, while bullets flew over his head. “McShaw got it! Medic!”

One of his comrades, White, came running and took care of McShaw.

“Just shoulder, flesh wound, you will be okay, pal.”

Kinley took cover behind the well. The first enemies were just near the hedge.

 

Napper was good marksman, but now he was so nervous he didn`t hit nearly anybody. He knew something was going to happen, but he didn`t expected anything like this.

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Wolfgang stayed in the cover, he was ordered to. He watched Wilhelm, Reinhardt, Manfred and others rushing towards the village. And he felt ashamed.

Wilhelm was very fast and it seemed there was no bullet for him today.

“Follow me, we are almost there!” he spirited others up and he didn`t even notice that Manfred fell to the ground.

Just few final steps... Okay, here I go to save enemy for the sake of my best friend.

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“Just let me think, Renna, I will...”

“Mut... that flames...” she coughed.

Then one of the cartriges, which was left here by soldiers, exploded. Renna jerked and jumped aside and that was the best she could do. After a second, part of a wooden joist fell down right on the place, where she had been standing before. She was alive, but separated from Mut.

“I don`t want to die in here! Mut!”

No response.

“Mut?!” She yelled in despair, but her voice faded away in the sound of fire. Then she saw someone rising. It was Mut. Few roof slabs fell down on him, but they were weakened by fire they didn`t hurt him so much.

“Renna! Where are you?”

“Righ here...!”

“Good, forgive me, please. I failed to protect you.”

“Not yet, Mut, not yet!”

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Danny and Jon forgot about Mut and Renna and were running against enemy.

“Hey, it`s good it`s not raining! You know, rain can ruin one`s day perfectly!” Jon joked.

“You are right, especially in the morning!” Danny responded.

“You know, that could be the last joke in yer life!”

“Ye- Hey! I see somebody righ in front of us... get him!”

 

Wilhelm was alone in the middle of the enemy teritorry. But smoke rising from the barn led him perfectly. But now, his road was blocked by two foes.

‘Perfect, how will I explain I am here to save one of them?’

“That`s the end, Kraut!” Danny leapt, but he hit somebody else. It was Reinhardt. He stood up slowly, but then he yelled: “Herr Leutnant, I will take care of them, just keep up the attack!”

Wilhelm stayed in a deep shock for a while. He knew Reinhardt very well. He knew his ambitions and his thoughts, so now he was amazed Reinhardt did such thing like risking his life for one he hated.

‘Well, maybe war can really change everyone.’ he thought and he ran away abandoning Reinhardt.

“Now, you have bussiness with me, Tommies.”

“We will kill you!”

“Whatever you say....”

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“Sergeant, McShaw is wounded and Summer, Peterson and Grey are dead!”

“Well, that`s nice, could you do without a little ammo? I have already run of it!”

“Okay, here you are...”

“Any grenades, Kinley?”

“No, sir, I haven`t got any. We left them in... the barn!”

“Good. Haven`t you seen Mut?”

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Second team began to advance, too, and first, despite the casualties, was already in the village.

“Take the buildings, one by one! We will wipe them, men!” Hartmann ordered.

 

Wolfgang couldn`t stand any more of doing nothing, while his comrades were fighting. So he left his cover and now he was running towards the village. Enemy didn`t pay attention to him, so just one randomly fired bullet hit the ground in front of him.

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“Mut... farewell...” flames were almost licking her fur, her eyes were full of dust and she couldn`t breathe because of the smoke.

“Renna! No! You just can`t...” Mut turned her direction and in that moment something jumped in the barn through old window which Mut didn`t notice. It brought a wave of a clean air and blowed smoke and dust away for a moment.

“Anybody here? Renna?”

Renna heard her name, but she didn`t recognize the voice. It was not Danny, Jon or Wolfgang.

“Who are...” she shouted.

“I am friend of your friend. Just get out this way! Is there somebody else?”

“Yeah, me, Mut...”

“Follow me.”

“Hey, who the hell are you?”

“No time to lose. Shut up and go with me throught this window!”

The unknown one found the way to Renna and now he was helping her out.

‘Who is he?’ Renna wondered as she was going through through the window. And when she made it, she fell down and coughed. And then she took a deep breath. She didn`t believe she would ever have one more breath few moments ago.

After a short while, Mut came out from window coughing, too.

“Renna, I tell you, it had to be an angel.”

“He said he is a friend of my friend...”

Then something jumped from the window.

“Yes, I said it. But that doesn`t mean I am friend of yours.”

Both Renna and Mut turned to see their saviour and petrified.

“Something is wrong?” Wilhelm asked.

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Napper`s squad was retreating. Napper had no interest in this pointless fight for a small village. And Germans were polite enough to don`t shoot them retreating.

 

Mut`s look was oscillating between his saviour`s face and his collar. Wilhelm turned to Renna and whispered: “You know who send me. He wanted to come, but it was too dangerous. Do you want to send him a word?“

“Don`t speak with him, Renna!”

“Oh, Mut, I suppose.” Wilhelm sighed.

“For you: Sergeant Mut, Kraut!” Mut yelled        

“Well then, Sergeant. Lieutenant Wilhelm. Tomorrow, we are going to be enemies again, despite what happened today.” Wilhelm remained easy and well-mannered.

“Of course, Kraut. That suits me very well.” Mut growled.

“Indeed... I didn`t expect anything different from you.” He turned and walked away, but Renna caught up with him.

“Please, tell him I will see him today right at 8 pm at the place of our last meeting. And... thank you.”

He proceeded without a word, but after a while he smiled: “I will tell him...”

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“Herr Leutnant, village is in our hands again.”

“Good. How many casualties?”

“About six or seven men.”

Hartmann sighed. It was the cost of this petty victory. He went to the field from which they launched the attack. Three of his men laid dead here and about four were injured. And he saw Jung sitting next of Manfred. Jung was crying and hugging dead body of his dog. Hartmann stepped next to him but didn`t say a word. Jung noticed him, but he just whispered: “I know it`s not your fault, Herr Leutnant.”

“I am sorry.”

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Wilhelm knew they took the village and now he was taking just brief walk to unwind. And as he was walking, Wolfgang ran into him.

“Issheallright?” he thundered.

“Easy, Wolf, easy... she is allright.”

“Thanks, Wilhelm, you don`t know what have you done for me...”

“Oh, let it be. Do you where is the rest?”

Wolfgang didn`t know that.

“Hm... oh yes. Reinhardt... Reinhardt! Follow me!“ he ran to the place where he left him.

And there he was lying. Torn and bitten badly. Wilhelm and Wolfgang came running to him. Reinhardt saw them and he turned his head their direction. “Herr... Leutnant... I am sorry... I didn`t... I did...”

“Be calm, friend, we have won. And call me Wilhelm, please...” Wilhelm was doing his best to remain calm and friendly, but Wolfgang had tears in his eyes. He didn`t like Reinhardt, but now he saw him defeated, lying on the ground and injured badly.

“Wilhelm...” Reinhardt whispered like he couldn`t believe it.

“We will take you out of here, Reinhardt. Can you stand up?”

“Are you crazy? He is dying, what are you trying to do right now?” Wolf hissed to Wilhelm.

But, to Wolfgang`s amazement, Reinhardt stood up.

“Yes, Herr Leutnant. I think I can follow your next orders.”

“Good, then. So follow me. We are going to meet Manfred.”

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Mut and Renna were retreating to the old foxholes, where was the rest of the team. Mut was in a really bad mood.

“Saved by a Kraut... It would have been better if I had died there!”

“Oh, Mut...”

“What a disgrace! Got it? Now, I can`t kill him without feeling guilty.”

“Hey, Mut! Renna! You are okay, thank heavens! Where... where have you been?” It was Jon, who ran towards them.

“Jon!” Renna cried in relief and hugged him.

“We

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