Screaming Eagles

Chapter 8 - Carentan

Karl then stood up himself and stretched out before he began making his way over to the two that are still running around.

"I'm surprised you two haven't tired each other out by now with all the running you're doing." Karl said as he approached the youngsters.

The boy and his dog were breathing hard from running around constantly, and Adalbert's eyes brightened up.

"Blitz is fast daddy, I can't catch him!" The boy exclaimed through his exhausted breathing, he was smiling though and he was determined to still try and catch his four legged friend.

"You see Adalbert, sometimes the thing you wish to catch is faster than you, sometimes smarter. So you want to trick him, and how do you do that?" He asked with a grin.

The boy stood there for a moment in thought, and Karl observed as his son tried to think about ways of tricking his friend but the expression on his face told he wasn't abled to.

So with a defeated sigh, he looked up at his father and sighed,, "I dunno, what do you do?" The boy asked.

Karl asked and kneeled down so he's eye level with his son and reached down picking up another stick, then holding it up he smiled "Give him something he can't resist, and he'll come to you... Because your friend could also be quite silly." Karl said as he waved the stick around in his hand and made a big deal about it, which in turn got Blitz's full attention immediately.

The dog was already making his way over with curiosity about the new object that Karl has in his possession and the comical gears that Karl can imagine in Blitz's head, are turning furiously with the thoughts of how he's going to get this new stick while holding onto the other.

Then the pup dropped his old stick and lunged forward with wide open jaws as he tried to grab onto the stick with his mouth, but Karl was faster than the younger pup. Plus Karl was more experienced in these little mind games, so it made it easier to read the pups movement and pull his hand back that held the stick accordingly.

The true objective was to get the old stick, and by providing that distraction, Adalbert was able to achieve the objective by a quick dash behind his distracted friend. Which ended successfully and leaving the pup dumbfounded with what happened around him.

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Present time June 9th, 1944

Carentan Normandy, 0900

Moving in a staggered column up the road, Jack's up front leading his men up the twisting road towards the town they're tasked with seizing.

Off in the distance, faint gun fire could be heard from the battles taking place far away in the hedgerows of France.

Jack had heard some details concerning the progress there, and it wasn't very pleasant. The First was taking a major beating while there's no real estimate on how the push is going, nor how the Krauts are fairing either.

But that wasn't important, right now taking this town was, so Jack stopped and raised his closed fist into the air and everyone behind him stopped stops and drops down, or they take a knee.

"Alright fellas, before we go any further just a reminder... We're here to liberate the town, not destroy it so with that in mind keep property destruction to a minimum if you can help it." Jack said as he turned around to face his men with his back to the town.

In a second story house up the road, one of the Windows swung open and a metallic bore glistened in the morning light.

A sharp eyed Sergeant spotted it the moment the window flung open, and he didn't hesitate to spring off of his crouched stance as he ran towards Jack, "Take cover!" He yelled.