Wheels of Terror (40 page)
Authors: Sven Hassel
It seemed as if eternity elapsed before we heard an angry rattling above us: the first burst from the Little Legionnaire's machine-gun hammering at the Russians.
Stege rose. As he climbed the cliff I received a violent blow in the stomach. The day blackened in front of my eyes and I felt I was falling into a deep, deep abyss. I just noticed Tiny handing Trude to Porta. Then everything disappeared.
When I regained consciousness terrible pains burned my whole body. I think I screamed.
Hand-grenades were exploding. Bursting shells flew like angry wasps. A flame-thrower hissed, glowing red. Shouts and cries battered at my ear-drums.
The Old Un was bending over me. He was smeared with blood and dust. He swung me like a sack of flour over his shoulder and with Tiny's help made for the cliff.
Another bullet hit me. 'A lung-wound,' was the thought that raced through my mind. Then it seemed I must suffocate.
THE END
A WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON EBOOK
First published by in Great Britain in 1959 by Souvenir Press Ltd
This ebook first published in 2010 by Orion Books
Copyright (c) Sven Hassel 1959
The right of Sven Hassel to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording or any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the publisher.
All characters and events in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN: 978 0 2978 6576 6
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Table of Contents
Cover
Title
Dedication
About the Author
By the Same Author
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Copyright
Table of Contents
Cover
Title
Dedication
About the Author
By the Same Author
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Copyright
Table of Contents
Cover
Title
Dedication
About the Author
By the Same Author
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Copyright
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