Ambush/Transcript

Cinematic Cutscene
''The camera fades in to the 1st Infantry Division escorting a line of German prisoners that were taken captive at the Battle of the Bulge. Daniels and Zussman are escorting one such prisoner.''

German Soldier: (in German) Water. Please.

Daniels: What's he want?

German Soldier: (in German) Water, please.

Zussman takes out his canteen and gives it to the prisoner.

Zussman: Here.

''Pierson storms up to them and knocks the canteen out of the German's hands. The prisoner stoops down to pick up the canteen.''

Pierson: (furiously) Goddamnit it, what are you doing Zussman?

Zussman: (defensively) Lay off, Sergeant.

Zussman stoops down to pick up the canteen himself just as Pierson shoves him to the ground.

Pierson: What's that? Huh? How's that? Huh? How's that work for ya?

Zussman: (defiantly) Much better.

Pierson: (glowering) You sonofabitch.

Pierson threatenly walks up to Zussman, but Daniels tries to intervene by stopping Pierson.

Daniels: Sergeant!

Pierson swats Daniels' hand aside.

Pierson: Hey, you stay outta this.

''Just when Daniels and Pierson are about to come to blows, the German prisoner sneaks up behind Pierson and hits his head with Zussman's canteen. The prisoner sprints away from the group in order to escape. Daniels chases after him as fast as he can.''

Daniels: Hey! Stop!

''Daniels catches up to the German and uses the butt of his rifle to knock the prisoner to the ground. Daniels grabs the prisoner, but gets elbowed in the lip by him. He staggers for a brief moment before coming to, stomps his foot down on the prisoner to top him from crawling away, and points his M1 Garand at him.''

German Prisoner: Don't shoot! Don't shoot!

Daniels breathes heavily and looks like he's about to shoot him, until Zussman catches up to him.

Zussman: He's not worth it! Daniels!

Daniels spits out the blood from his lip.

Daniels: (seething) Dumb Kraut. Why'd you run? Must be hidin' somethin'.

''Daniels gets down on his knee and searches the prisoner's clothing. He finds a piece of paper and hands it to Zussman. Pierson catches up to them.''

Daniels: Son of a bitch was holdin' out on us.

Pierson kicks the prisoner in the side and snatches the peper from Zussman's hands.

Pierson: Gimme that. (pause) The fuck's this say?

Pierson hands back the paper to Zussman, who then translates it.

Zussman: These are orders to plant explosives on the bridge in Remagen. Ordnance is gonna be loaded onto trucks five miles north of here. If I'm reading this right, it's the last bridge standing across the Rhine.

Pierson: (to German) Well ain't that somethin', Fritz?

''Pierson kicks the German across the face, knocking him out cold. The screen cuts to black.''

Gameplay
''The screen fades in to nighttime as Daniels and his team shiver in the freezing cold wind by a road. Howard approaches the group.''

Howard: Enemy trucks with explosives will be coming through here soon. We can't let them get to the Rhine.

AMBUSH

December 27, 1944

The Ardennes, Belgium

Howard: Pierson's ordered us to block the road by bringing down those trees.