The Codes of War

Hold!

Hold!

Sergeant, hold your fire.

Alfred, get around that ridge, see who's over there.

- Yes, Sir. - Corporal,

search him.

- Stand up. - Sir,

we should see to him now,

the first chance he'll give away our position.

- Sergeant, you just gave away our position.

He was making a move, Sir.

He was goin' for this.

Danke, danke.

- He's clearly been out here for quite awhile.

Yeah, so have we, Sir.

All clear, Lieutenant.

No men, no vehicles.

Do you speak English?

Yeah.

How long time?

What you doin' out here?

Where's the rest of your unit?

My unit was off clearing.

We reconnaissance, people attacked and I was separated.

There's no spoken allied unit.

Not within 100 miles.

Long range, Fox Hound 1.

- No, they would've radioed if they'd had any contact.

So, we'll talk to you then.

I don't know.

- Sun Ray 1, this is Fox Hound 1, over.

Sun Ray 1, do you read? Over.

This is Sun Ray, over.

There's something.

We've seen a small armed squad in the southeast.

Thought you should know, over.

- Infantry? Over. - Not clear.

Taking heavy fire now.

Squatters.

More men down.

Coordinates...

We need assistance!

Coordinates!

You're breaking up, over.

Coordinates...

We've been on the run!

Who's out there?

Is this your unit?

Nein.

My unit was destroyed.

Lieutenant, that was an ambush.

We need to take care of him and move out.

We'll take him with us.

Corporal, bind his hands.

- We don't have the room, nor the supplies to take him.

We're well behind German lines or any lines for that matter.

He's right, Sir.

Sir, we have a mission and he's not it.

I'm well aware of our mission, Sergeant.

We need intel and he's got it.

I'm not leaving no matter who in the desert to die,

nor are we gonna shoot him.

Now, load him up.

We need to find Fox Hound 1's last position.

Sir, that's mad.

Sergeant, you can stand down.

You're out of line.

Hold!

Sniper!

Stay with us, Simms!

Bastards!

- Rounding back? - No.

Serg.

Corporal, occupy the defendant.

Every check saves on my mark.

Understood, Sir.

Open fire!

Stay down!

Nobody come.

We've gotta move.

What about Auckland and Simms, Sir?

- We'll have to come back for them.

Great.

- You put the German in the back, take the wheel.

I'll cover.

Understood.

On my mark.

Ready?

Now!

Run 'em through!

Go!

- Are you hurt? - No, Sir.

What about you, Sir?

Don't worry about me.

I'll catch up.

Comin' up, now.

You're still bleeding.

Bandage won't stop for good.

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm banged up good and proper.

Yeah.

You should rest.

I'll watch.

Very kind.

I'll keep my eyes open.

If you don't wish to rest...

Bloody hell is that?

It is a methamphetamine.

A stimulant.

I'll manage.

Danke.

Perhaps this then.

It's not as strong.

The Nazis like chocolate.

I'm there mark, I'm not a Nazi.

And I think everyone likes chocolate.

So, is just your first time fighting in Africa?

No.

My first fighting was in France.

Ah, did you see hard fighting there?

Aye.

Hard fighting, hard runnin',

hard tryin' to tell her ass from her tits on the retreat.

But the beach.

Beach was the hardest.

Dunkirk?

Aye.

Two days on the sound.

One in the water.

No cover when the Stukas came.

No fucking hope when the Panzers came.

- It is a hard thing, waiting for death to come,

not knowing how to stop it.

What about you?

You bust your cherry in the desert?

No, my first time was Francis Bell.

- Thomas! - Here, Sir.

How you holdin' up?

I'll survive.

What was that, Sir?

I'm not sure.

I saw a machine gun barrel,

an armed car maybe.

Did you hit it with the PIAT?

No.

I saw it detonate before it displaced.

No secondary.

You may have disabled it.

Might've bought us some time.

I don't know.

You should get some rest.

I'll take watch.

Thank you.

Danke for your help.

Peter.

I'm Lieutenant David Walker.

Fighter of Steiner.

- What can you tell me about what's out there?

What did you see?

Anti gear.

About a day ago we were fired upon.

My man was hit, more shots to his arms and legs.

Like torture.

We didn't know where from, so we shot blindly.

Then the motors, the machine guns came.

I was the last survivor.

I ran.

Well, I know it wasn't a British unit

or Allied for that matter.

Could it have been Italians?

Germans, maybe?

Mistake?

I don't know.

Well,

something's out there.

Yeah.

What the bloody hell is that?

Thomas, we need move.

You up for it?

Yeah, yeah.

I think I can manage, Sir, with a bit of help.

- Well, we need to reach Fox Hound 1's last position.

There may be survivors.

We need a vehicle in armor of it.

Sir, I don't know if I can make

it that far on foot, even with help.

Understood.

We'll have to come back for you then,

once we get a vehicle.

You taking Jerry with ya?

Listen mate, we need to get out of this.

Can I count on you?

Thomas, lay low.

Steiner, here.

Take this.

Might come in handy,

you come across any Jerry's.

Stay safe.

Bennet.

Fox Hound 2, this is Sun Ray 1.