As the confused Germans streamed into the village square excellent shooting from the rooftop cover does for two of them…
Unfortunately the NCO leading the Black Watch rescue party gets spotted and hit by a volley of enemy fire. Under covering bursts of Schmeiser fire he is finished off with the bayonet!
The Germans flood into the compound which Alf and Tom are holding, neither of the two B Company stalwarts could shoot at the enemy without presenting their melons as perfect targets to the covering DAK machine gunner. Stick grenades exploded all over the roof, the final one blowing the two of them off and down into the Wadi…
Dazed and lightly wounded the two of them snuck off down the wadi, tails firmly between legs, but still making time for a morale restoring brew of char!
Next morning prisoners and escort formed up…
“Now mine good Major, you will, how do you say, go into the bag? Warn the man with the bagpeep that if he toots it, he will be shot... Vorwarts Menschen!”*
*Just to make it clear...this is an attempt at humour concerning the, to some, terrible drone/wail of this Scottish musical instrument, it's not implying members of the DAK shot prisoners out of hand.
