WW2, Salamis Defense! A Story of Mystery,Sadness,Excitment,Nerves!

Salamis Defense


Salamis, 0200, North Bridge, 1945, 21st of May

You’re Private Jack Thompson, 11th division, ready for action, well that’s what you thought 4 years ago when this whole mess started. When Japan Bombed Pearl Harbor and America joined the war, you could see yourself running through clouds of bullets, indestructible, destroying everything Germany and Japan could throw at you. You give a small cough before the bombing resumes, its been raining for at least a month and its not going let, ‘Just like Germany’ you think bitterly as tracers fly across the sky. “Hey tom! Careful of those little bug things” yells ya mate Frederick Josef, “They have got a hard bite!” We all liked to call him Fred, the strange thing about him was he was German, fighting for the Americans! He coped a lot of junk at the start of the war, just for staying in America, let alone fighting for America, You spit something out again, “Why should I?Huh!Why?” I said defensively, He smirked, “Because you’re a little chicken!” He started impersonating a chicken, to the amusement of my squad. “Why you little” a bomb flies in, there bombing again, You sprint across the ground, puffing and puffing as even more bombs fly into the ground. Oh, how you wish for home now…

American Headquarters, 13:46, 12th July, 1944

“Move the whole Dammed Company there!” Said the General in an rough voice, pointing at something on the map, the officer looks shocked, “Not there sir, of all places please not there!” “If you don’t follow my commands I swear, you don’t know what’s coming for ya!” the general yells, a major comes over, “Sir, its raining heavily, plus we expect an ambush there, its an suicide mission!” the major said desperately, “Not you as well Johnson…” the general was in a thinking trance, “Fine then, send in Paratrooper squad 3! plus take this place inwards and turn there, than wait for the rest.” The major scuttles out of sight, he beckons to the Paratrooper Captain, “Move Squad 3 there at 10:45, got it?” the Captain nods, “Excellent, Move out!!” The battle of Salamis was about to begin.

Road to Salamis,10:20, 1944, 13th of July,

“Move out!” the put there Thompson’s to there hips, moving professionally up the road,
“Be prepared!” whispered there captain, there was a dirt road leading towards Salamis, A little village to one side, hedges on the other side, “Erhsicchen!” yelled a German Voice from one side of the hedge, ‘Keep your voices down.” More German Voices came from Behind the hedge. The Captain Silently told them to move up, there boots thudding in the thick rain, all went well, a single rifle shot sounded out, the man in front of him fell back in agony. They stood in Shocking silence, “They know where here!” the Captain yelled out. A King Tiger tanks erupts from the surrounding hedge. The men underneath it crushed instantly , there screaming could still be heard ringing through the Captains ears. A MG42 opens up on the rest of them, “darn it!” they raced to the surrounding buildings, death was only a second away…

American Headquarters, 13th of July, 10:45,
“Sir! There has been something wrong with the Radio line!” the officers raced over to listen, the Headquarters fell silent. Send out a Search Party!” Yelled a major. “No!” all looked around, the General was standing there, “Get the Airforce on the line!”
What will happen to The Paratroopers? Will the Air force come?

Above Salamis, 11:13,13th of July,1944,

"Flying above Salamis now, we see nothing, I repeat, we see nothing." he said in the radio as they flew over the town, It was starting to rain even harder now, they went over the town a few times, "We have to finish up, the rains to heavy" they started there return to base, the headquaters was full of tension, "Wait a second... We found something!" the pilot yelled. The Radio Officer yelled into the radio "What do you see?I repeat, What do you see?" a flash of light, crackling, and the radio call was over.

Village near Sala,is,11:20,13th of July,1944,

A zooming sound was heard from outside, 'check the door!" the captain yelled, a private quickly ran over to the door, they were in a room, a window, nothing in it, it was plain wood colour. "A plane sir!" Everyone raced to the window and pilled back the curtains, a fireball was flying threw the gray sky, "Wow" it crashed into the earth with a massive explosion, throwing them against the wall, "it must have been ours for it to come down.." said a private, The captain got up, coughing, "Probaly just a sentry, the General doesnt care what happens to us!" he spat on the ground, "The sooner we get out of here, the better." , "But how sir? ,"I dont know..."

Village Near Salamis,13th of july, 14:04,

"There checking the buildings sir" the private whispered, "Im suprised they did not do that hours ago!" replied the captain, "We better get out of this hunk of junk, it could fall apart any minute!" , a private ogt up very slowly. the rain still pelting the roof of the house, he checked the window, "I see nothing of-" he's sentence was cut off by his sudden death, by a snipers bullet. A cry of shock left the Captains mouth, "We've been discovered!" German voices came from outside, "MOVE!" , The Captain and his squad ran out the door, it was a small village, only 5 buildings surrounding a little fountain. The mud was allover the buildings,ground and them. The ran through the center as bullets hit the ground around them, "Get the radio started Private!" taking cover behind the buildings, more bullets erupted from the surrounding hedges, the ground in disguise with mud and holes, "Whta do we do sir?" yelled a private from nearby, "Wait for the Jerries to charge!" he yelled back, the private fell back a bit from the wall colasping next to him, "We charge sir?", "No!","What do we do?", "Wait for the Jerries to charge!", the sound nearly blocking his voice out, he turned back around, the walls were no longer walls, but the wall between life and death, it decided there fate.privates ran forward to the first building near the Germans, "Sir! The Krauts have got Mortars!" , "WHAT!?", "THE KRAUTS HAVE GOT MORTARS!", the captain looked around, "Well wheres the bombs?", The wall where the private was kneeling blew up, the wall was painted with the privates blood, something fell and hit the captain, the privates helmet. "Retreat! Get out of here, we gone!" he yelled in panic, they ran, there was still 20 out of the 40 still there, they ran to the field past the village, the mud tripping them over, bombs flying in destroying privates in front of him...