The squad makes their way to Bogenschaffen, keeping an eye on Siegfried as they go. As the team approaches the town, The Captain orders them to halt and take a knee.
Yes. In that building – a former dairy farm.
You guys really know how to hide things.
What was in the files?
Nazi archives?
Yes. Thick stacks of papers in rubberized stacks. I saw it only once – when we transferred it here. They had a strange seal. A sword with a down-bent arc beneath it and a zigzag above.
Sanders draws out a mock up of the symbol in the dirt with her finger.
Yes. The zigzag is a little different, but the general design is the same.
Hollowed Earth and Sigurd's Sword.
What are you talking about?
This is the Ahnenerbe emblem.
What's that?
Evil within evil. They're Nazis who studied the occult. We believe they were behind the slaughter of the entire French town of Oradour-sur-Glane.
How do you know about them?
Some CIA guys wanted the bastards alive to work in Dulles' new CIA. They said I should forget future promotions... Your name is Siegfried right? That's another name for Sigurd, right? Sigurd's sword?
I had nothing to do with Ahnenerbe. I swear! I only joined the Hammer in 1946! I was just a soldier!
Quit shouting. I believe you. If you were a demon-worshiping Nazi, you'd have kept quiet about this ugly symbol.
How many people are at the base?
Any policemen or German soldiers?
No.
Stay here so they don't recognize you. And please understand that you have nowhere to escape.
I don't want to escape
let's take a look around Bogenschaffen. I would have preferred to launch this mission after dark, but as you saw, the truck is already being loaded up- time is of the essence.
The squad starts out in a cluster of trees. The target building is very close, just on the other side of the fence. We'll need to get inside, and then set about on some classic sensitive site exploitation.
The fence runs along the perimeter, with a gate opening up to a courtyard. There are two sheds, and a guardhouse inside the compound, and a truck being loaded just outside. Might be worth looking at the truck as well.
The old dairy farm is an L shaped building with two storied, and possibly a basement. According to Siegfried it has one entrance.
Across the street from the sheds, are some residential buildings. They don't seem to offer a good overwatch position for the courtyard, the view would be blocked by the shed's roofs.
Well, no point in waiting around. Stealth, speed, and violence of action will be our three commandments. The squad rushes the fence, and Moshe cuts a hole with his wire cutters.
The Captain splits off from the assault group to take a better look at the truck.
The first floor of the target building looks like this. Staircase near the doorway. The assaulters don't like the idea of funneling through the courtyard into a well defended doorway...
So Siegfried lobs the PWM-1 anti tank grenade at the brick wall.
The explosive breach was successful, and reveals a pair of defenders caught completely unaware on the second floor.
The team engages the two threats, while Moshe watches their flank with his scoped rifle and Siegfried rushes in the newly formed entry point.
As The Captain checks out the truck, he sees a pair of men in civilian dress, fiddling with something under their jackets. Concealed weapons?! The Captain decides not to take any chances and carefully aims at the closest one. Hits. His buddy is stunned for a moment, and then draws a machine pistol.
Inside the building, Siegfried pushes through a room filled with wrecked communications gear and engages a former teammate. Sanders is right behind him.
She hooks around the doorway, careful to use the metal door as cover from any possible threats on the other end of the hallway, and drops another guard.
Fidel and Siegfried join Saunders behind the door, and can make out the sounds of men running through the courtyard. They must be pissed.
Moshe spots another man in civilian disguise, this time armed with a rifle, as he runs through the gate. Moshe focuses for a split second, and shoots the man.
Inside, Fidel rushes into the adjacent room, which turns out to be some kind of armorers room. Like the commo room, most everything useful has been damaged or removed.
Siegfried pushes past the doorway to the armorers room and catches another guard as he comes down the staircase.
The Captain catches a glimpse of a trio Hammer soldiers as they emerge from behind one of the residential buildings. Quick reaction force? Returning patrol? It doesn't really matter.
Saunders burns through her two PPS mags, and picks up a Mauser C96 from a dead soldier. Hopefully, she can find something better before she needs to kill again.
Siegfried checks out the main entrance, finds a Hammer soldier looking the wrong way, and immobilizes him with a burst from his StG44.
Fidel checks upstairs, looks like this was once where the Hammer soldiers bunked. Nothing of value up here now.
Saunders watches the steps to the basement as the assaulters collect themselves.
Moshe joins The Captain, and engages the enemy QRF.
Concerned about all the men he heard in the courtyard, Siegfried decides to mine the doorway leading to the main entrance. We're not worried about being flanked, Larry has proned out with his machine-gun and is ready to engage anybody who tries to get through the breach.
Siegfried next heads down to the basement, and sees a pair of guards at the base of the stairs.
The resulting explosion kills one, and incapacitates the other.
The grenade actually opened a hole in the floor, and Sanders is able to fire down on top of the remaining guard.
Siegfried hears somebody on the other side of the doorway, and gets ready.
Luckily it's an unarmed civilian.
The Captain was hit while engaging the QRF, so Sanders is called up to take a look at his wound.
Fidel disarms the mine Siegfried set, and starts to fire on enemies in the courtyard.
Siegfried makes his way to the back corner of the basement, a room filled with file cabinets and a large safe.
I don't know! I swear, it was all here.
Did they say where they were going?
No...
We're too late. Looks like their headquarters has been evacuated. Half of the radio shack was dismantled and the weapons are gone. Along with the archive. Try to remember if they had talked about moving out of here.
Yes... a week before the Wenzburg operation, they told us we would leave soon. I guess they moved the archive first.
And when did you actually move out of here.
So they've had enough time to take the archive far away. Do you know where they wanted to move?
No, but...
But what?
They give us more warning for longer moves. When they moved us to Greece, they gave us three months to prepare. When we moved from the north of Germany, it was only one month. This time there was no warning.
So the new base could be very near.
Unless they moved because you were on to them...
Well, I'd better report to my command. Let's question the locals. Maybe the saw the evacuation.
Upstairs, Fidel checks out the kitchen and sees an enemy hiding by the sink. A burst drops him.
The Captain gets to work questioning the locals.
I know nothing! Nothing!
And another.
Keep your filthy mouth shut until I tell you to speak. Got it?
Got it, boss.
I didn't let you speak! You should have just nodded. Have you been to the dairy farm settlement in the last three days? Speak!
Yes, Herr boss.
Were there any cars?
Yes.
Cpt:
How many?
Was it empty?
It arrived empty. But it left with canisters and chests.
Hmm, where did it go?
Through the forest by the Wenzburg road.
Dismissed. Wait. Did you see anything here today?
Well, I saw you guys go into the house, I saw shooting...
You sure you saw that?
That's better. Dismissed.
Uh, boss? After the truck disappeared into the forest, we saw smoke above the trees. Something was really burning. Then the Americans drove through the town.
With that, the squad, dismayed, heads back to the Forester's Cabin so The Captain can check in with HQ.
This is some good shit. I would play it, but since you're being so kind...
So I'll go play Silent Storm + Xpack instead.
