Peiper and I made the same post at the same time. Mine was as an update to the earlier story. Great minds and all that.
Situations like this I tend to like the Russian attitude toward hostages. “They’re dead, get vengeance”. If you get the hostages back alive, HEY BONUS!
DAMN!
Arm the Crews! 20mm’s, .50 cal, even little poodle shooter M-16’s! How about a nice M-1 Garand? Give them something to fight with besides their d*cks.