巴頓將軍，第一季第六集帶頭衝鋒 P7 - 巴頓將軍，第一季第六集帶頭衝鋒_7

Eisenhower allows a French unit to move into Paris and grab the glory General Patton's third army is officially denied the prize But ironically not the headlines as his diary points out BBC said this morning that Patton's third army had taken Paris Poetic justice, it will be refuted, but no one will pay any attention When Paris fell and was liberated It was a wonderful exhilarating moment But for the allied logistics planners it was a nightmare Now they had to figure out how to get even more supplies Even more food, even more ammunition and stuff ashore And they still didn't have the ports to do it While the first army struggles with Paris General Patton is charging hard to capture several bridges over the Seine River August 23, the enemy still controls all bridge crossings south of Paris Patton's 20th Corps, 5th Infantry Division Called the Red Devils by the Germans in World War I Is marching on the first crossing Town of Fontainebleau Strategy, capture the bridge intact Chase down the retreating Germans to the east Tactics, use an intel and reconnaissance platoon To strike quickly before the defenders can blow the bridge If it's blown up, it'll take days for them to build a pontoon bridge They've got to keep that bridge intact Sergeant Frank Chambers of the 735th Tank Battalion Is commanding one of the lead tanks in the strike force The Shermans dodge enemy small arms fire As they approach the Seine River crossing So we went down to the river We're getting ready to go across the river And they blew the bridge We did have one tank on the bridge When they blew it on the first part Amazingly, the explosives only take out the center section Thanks to the handiwork of one member of the local French resistance He disconnected the far side and the near side And the only thing that blew was the middle Battalion Commander Lieutenant Colonel Kelly Lemon A west pointer from Maine Knows time is of the essence Little opportunity to bring up the assault boats That I had in my column And I spotted five rowboats across the river Tied up to a stake upstream