The Eagle Has Landed
“What you were trained to do.' There was an instant reaction, a buzz of excitement. Someone whispered, 'Does that mean we'll be jumping again?' 'That's exactly what I mean,' Steiner said. 'But it's volunteers only. A personal decision for every man here.' 'Russia, Herr Oberst?' Brandt asked. Steiner shook his head. 'Somewhere no German solider has ever fought.' The faces were full of curiosity, tight, expectant as he looked from one to the other. 'How many of you speak English?' he asked sof...tly. There was a stunned silence and Ritter Neumann so far forgot himself as to say in a hoarse voice. 'For God's sake, Kurt, you've got to be joking.' Steiner shook his head. 'I've never been more serious. What I tell you now is top secret, naturally. To be brief, in approximately five weeks we'd be expected to do a night drop over a very isolated part of the English coast across the North Sea from Holland. If everything went according to plan we'd be taken off again the following night.' 'And if not?' Neumann said. 'You'd be dead, naturally, so it wouldn't matter.' He looked around the room.MoreLess
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