We had only gone a few klicks when our scouts came back and told us they had seen a roadblock ahead at the crossroads to Lubliniec or going south. It was pretty big, at least two tanks and two BMP’s.
We changed direction and headed north to go thru Klobuck but I sent Narshimha and Piotr ahead to scout the town. There had been a battle recently in the town and about twenty Soviets with a BMP-A was in the middle of the town, busily setting up defenses. We didn’t want to risk what we had just found, so we diverted around the town and headed towards Krzepice, hoping to go around to Olesno.
On the way thru the woods we took some fire and returned it with both the 30mm and two pintle mounted machine guns. Whoever was firing on us took off before they could really zero in on us. We got close to Krzepice and we saw smoke hanging over the town and heard the crackle of gunfire. I ordered the truck with the Madonna and our wounded to hang back and went in with the BMP-C, one jeep and the other truck.
We got into town and saw a bunch of townspeople lined up and a man haranguing them in Polish about helping Americans from the top of a BTR. There were two jeeps there and a couple of trucks. A sergeant came over and asked Piotr for our papers (we were wearing Soviet uniforms) and who we were.
I nodded at Piotr and he said “here are our papers” in Polish, as we opened up with the 30mm point blank at the BTR. Piotr shot the sergeant then shot the two guys manning a MG with an entire magazine from his AK. The two trucks went up from an RPG and the townspeople grabbed the closest Soviets and took them down under a pile of legs and arms.
Turned out they were a detachment from the Soviet 21st Motorized Rifle Division that just showed up in town and found five Americans there. They had shot them and then a bunch of townspeople. There weren’t any Soviets surviving when we were done.
The townspeople told us to leave and that they didn’t want any more trouble with Americans. We let them keep the weapons the Soviets had and we left, heading overland to get to the road to Olesno.
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