You hear the running footsteps of a small group approaching from the North, followed by cries and shots from the Germans. A moment later sharp and sudden scream pierces your ears as you hear the dooming thunk of a bullet impacting on flesh, followed by a body crashing into the floor, mid-run.
Moments later a tall, lean figure smashes through the gate in the garden in front of you and sprints towards the house, closely followed by a smaller man.
Max almost pulls the trigger and ends the leading mans life, but quickly realises that these men are the enemy of the Germans, which makes them allies.
The taller man suddenly leaps through the lounge window and lands smoothly, rolling to his feet. His companion is not quite as skilled and catches his foot and hurtles to the ground with a loud thud.
As the German soldiers pour through the gate in pursuit, Max releases the trigger on his Springfield, ripping an officers head to shreds. Jack opens fire with his BAR, shredding the next three men that enter the through the gate. Cockney rears up from behind the window and hurls a grenade into the mass of incoming soldiers, the grenade lands over the fence, but still incapacitates 3 soldiers. Golan unleashes a volley into the Jerries, the first few bullets missing their target, but the second attempts manages to down an MP40 toting soldier. Widowmakers shots catch a Krout in the arm and shoulder, but he lives on, though he does collapse in agony. Yakko rears up throws a grenade over the windowsill and manages to kill 3 more Germans.
Hier, Frank and Cannonball, who are at the door of the house, unleash a hail of fire into the oncoming Jerries. Hier alone manages to massacre 4 of the enemy, whilst Franks shotgun blows a man off of his feet. Finally the Sarge leaps up and ends the life of another 3 men.
The remnants of the German force quickly recover from the shock of an ambush and begin to retaliate. An NCO fires his MP40 at Cockney. Three rounds plough into his skull, hurling him to the floor and rendering him unconscious. His life was truly saved by his helmet. The NCO then dives behind the relative safety of the shed. An MG42 toting soldier fires a burst into the doorway, but his shots merely manage to shatter the window next to it, he then follows the NCO behind the shed. You suddenly notice one of the Krouts has a Panzerschreck
He crouches and opens fire Jack and co, the shot tears the wall apart
As the smoke and dust clears you can see the devastation- the floor has been torn apart, as has half of the wall, leaving a gaping wound in your defences. Jack is laying on the ground, stunned and badly wounded, but still managing to rise to his knees. Golan is laying unconscious on the floor a few feet away from Jack, and Widowmaker slumped a few feet further. A soldier wielding an MP40 fires at Max, but all off his shots miss and he dives to the floor. Another soldier takes shelter behind the motorbike and fires as Max, who is knock unconscious by the blow. The next three soldiers, all wielding Karabiners, fire at the group in the doorway, but all of their shots fail to meet their target. The men then also dive to the floor.
At this moment the man that smashed through the gate rears up and lets loose two shots into the soldier with the MP40. His pistol fire quickly ends the mans life
Dorden quickly attends to Max.
Yakko, petrified by the blood and carnage strewn across the room, huddles into a small and starts to shake as the combat roars on around him.
Hier again fires at the Germans lying on the floor, killing 2 of them. Frank deals with the remaining soldier whilst Cannonball follows the fleeing German with the Panzerschreck, and fires a burst into the mans back, killing him instantly.
For a moment all is silence, apart from the snivelling of the terrified Yakko, but suddenly the two Germans behind the shed leap from their cover and make a dash towards the open gateway. Again the man who smashed through the gate fires into the fleeing Germans, felling the NCO. The final German fires from behind the motorbike but his shot narrowly misses Alexis head.
In a sudden fit of rage Cannonball fires at the two remaining Germans and kills both
You won, but at a great price...
Here are the end of battle statistics:
EXP:
Max- 40
Jack- 100
Cockney- 80
Golan- 40
LWM- 30
Yakko- 80
Hier- 200
Frank- 80
Sarge- 200
Alexi- 90
Remaining HT (only those wounded shown):
Max- -1
Jack- 3
Cockney- 0
Golan- 3
LWM- -2