Battle of the Bulge Page #4

- Hey, Charlie, get battalion.

- Get battalion.

- On the double! On the double!

Sergeant, haul everybody out.

- Everybody out. Come on.

- Bazooka men, report to me.

The line's dead, sir.

Go! Go! Go!

What's that?

"What's that?" And you wanted

to see Germans, right?

Come on! On the double!

On the double!

Turn them over! Turn them over!

Let's go! Let's go!

Come on,

let's get this baby moving.

Colonel Hessler reports

panzer Tiger moving to the attack.

No enemy activity.

Northern front reporting

panzer Eisen entering Losheim Gap.

No enemy opposition encountered.

Southern front reporting.

All elements of panzer Eisen

linking up at road junction 0-2.

Stay on my tail.

Soldier.

Did they give you basic training?

Here, you do it this way.

They're green, never seen action before.

What do you expect?

Sergeant, you're the anchorman here.

Nobody moves without orders.

Yes, sir.

Stay here. One more man

won't make a difference.

- I need to look inside one of those Tigers.

- All right, come on.

Relay to Standard O-bay.

I've made contact with enemy.

Meeting weak resistance.

Take cover! Make a stand.

Take cover! Make a stand.

Make a stand.

Load.

I said, load!

Tiger to Tank 104.

Tank 104, you're blocking the road.

Get off the road at once!

There's your Tiger.

Wait a minute.

You're gonna need this.

Take the greaser.

Tiger to Tank 104,

what is your condition?

Tank 104, reply at once.

This is Colonel Hessler.

Button up!

Tigers at 11 o'clock.

Hit them hard, Eddie.

They got Blondie.

Forget it. It's like hitting them

with tennis balls.

Come on, let's get out of here!

Get down and stay down.

Crawl, you dummy! Crawl.

Lieutenant,

keep those grenades coming.

Fall back!

Get down.

Get going. Stay low.

Hessler to headquarters.

Resistance very weak.

Southern front reporting.

Commander Nimke

encountering light resistance.

Enemy retreating across river K-10.

- Let's get out of here.

- Hey, somebody man this gun!

- Here they come!

- There they are!

Give me a belt!

Hey, wait for me!

Grab the tailgate!

Wait for me!

- Where's your motor pool?

- At regiment, four kilometers.

Let's get there.

I gotta get back to headquarters.

- Wait for me!

- Hold it a minute!

Wait for me!

We haven't got a chance.

Relax. Stay loose.

You think we'll have to surrender?

Well, I hear they treat

American prisoners real well.

In a big battle,

they treat nobody real well.

Come on. There's a back road

that leads to the motor pool.

- Maybe we can get us a jeep.

- How do you know?

Because I studied the maps

when we arrived here.

Just like you should've done.

- What if we run into their lines?

- We're still ahead of them.

- They might have advanced patrols.

- It's enough trouble keeping alive...

...in this mess

without you bellyaching.

If you wanna surrender, go ahead.

I'll make it easier alone.

You're out of line, sergeant.

Sorry, lieutenant.

Look, I don't need help from you.

You wanna go on by yourself, go ahead.

Are you coming,

or am I gonna have to carry you?

Hello, Cheyenne.

What's that? You're under attack?

In what strength?

Well, what's your guess?

I can't give you air reconnaissance,

I'm blind.

- Get Apache.

- Call Apache.

Eddie, what's going on

in your sector?

It's only patrol action.

How heavy?

Well, what does your

reconnaissance say? Nothing heavy.

We're trying to get a picture.

Stay on task.

The first phase of our offensive

was a success.

The element of surprise

was complete.

American communications

are in a turmoil.

We must cross the Our River

before the enemy realizes...

...we have launched

an all-out offensive.

I do not believe I gave you permission

to smoke.

Sorry, sir.

Unfortunately, we did not have time

to get better acquainted...

...but all of you know my reputation.

My command always suffers

the highest casualties.

The price of victory is never cheap.

In this battle, we will be

as hard as our tanks.

I will reach the objectives

assigned to me...

...no matter what the cost.

Signal from headquarters, colonel.

Hessler, I congratulate you.

- You're on schedule.

- I will reach the Our River as planned.

But the enemy must not be permitted

to destroy the bridge.

- Has Schumacher seized it yet?

- Not yet.

Schumacher's primary assignment

is to disrupt enemy communications.

I must have that bridge secured

for my tanks.

I have no time to build bridges.

Hessler, your bridge will be secured.

We are expecting you to cross it

according to the schedule.

You know your line of march.

Coordinate with the map.

Conrad, I have a headache.

Fire! Fire!

Land mines!

Why were they not cleared?

Where are the men

with mine detectors?

We are moving too fast.

The men are following in trucks.

They are all dead.

The mine exploded

directly under them.

Notify their seconds-in-command

to take over.

Tell them I have absolute

confidence in them.

We have lost a tank unnecessarily.

We've lost precious minutes

unnecessarily.

Your troops were here

to protect the panzers.

From now on,

until we clear this minefield...

...your men will go ahead of my tanks.

And have my vehicle repaired at once!

Come on, keep moving. Step on it.

Now, listen to me, all of you.

I need precise information:

How many men, how many guns...

...how many tanks

the enemy are throwing into this.

How much fuel are they carrying?

And get a move on.

We've got 24 hours

before we scream rape.

All right, Kiley, it's your turn.

They're pouring through, general.

Crack troops. Brand-new equipment.

I looked inside one of their tanks.

They can chew up anything we've got.

- Question is, where are they going?

- Do you have that information?

No, but he does. Colonel Hessler...

...the commanding officer

of the panzer spearhead.

When we know where he's going...

...we'll know the objective

of the attack.

The enemy is probing at five points

along an 85-mile front.

With only that information

at our disposal...

...how can you assume Hessler's column

is the spearhead?

- The law of probability, Kiley?

- No, sir.

The law of probability is against me.

But in the absence of other information,

I've one chance in five of being right.

- I'd like to explore that chance.

- How?

- Well, sir...

- I'll tell you how.

Watch the Our River.

There's only one bridge, right here,

that can support heavy tanks.

I'd say that's where Hessler will be,

and that's where I'll be.

Don't get too close to that bridge.

I've ordered it blown up.

That's a good thing to know.

Thanks for the tip.

Keep moving. Keep moving.

Keep moving. Go on, keep moving.

Come on, let's go.

You there, keep moving.

- Come on, let's go.

- Come on.

Come on. Come on, let's go.

Let's go. What are you waiting for?

Move it. Come on, keep moving.

Step on it. Get going.

Come on, let's get going.

Step on it.

Hey, what are you stopping for?

That sign.

When we came through before...

...I recall Ambleve was that way.

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