May 03, 2006 02:25
I finally reached the part in Rommel's book, Infanterie Angriff, where a famous quote is found: "In a man to man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine".
I shouldn't be doing free reading at this hour, I got so much to study for.
In WWI, Rommel was at Montblainville, up against five Frenchmen. He had flanked them with several recruits who were a little ways behind him, supressing the enemy. Rommel had fired his rounds, and took two of them out. He then ran out of ammunition and had three men left to face. He then initiated a bayonet attack, by himself against the three Frenchmen. Why? Because he believed in his rifle. He attacked and got shot in the upper left leg and fell to the ground. His men later took the woods and provided aid for Rommel. For this action, Rommel received the Iron Cross.
and wtf, someone upstairs is pissing out the window.
I yelled outside: "You're retarded"
And it stopped.