Piano Lupo/Transcript

==Gameplay==
Piano Lupo
Outside Gela, Sicily
July 11th, 1943 
0920 Hours
The 1st Infantry Division rests at their headquarters while Roger and his squad converse among each other.
McCord: That was brutal yesterday.
Bloomfield: That was nothin'. Let me tell ya, one time back in Africa...found myself in front of an entire platoon of Frenchies. Took 'em all out, every one. By myself.
Denley: (laughing) That story gets more ridiculous every time you tell it. You know that?
Bloomfield: Hey, it's true! (to Roger) Hey, tell 'em it was true. You was there. (Roger says nothing, Bloomfield turns to Hawkins) Hey Hawk, tell 'em it's true!
Hawkins, who had been studying war plans, gathers his squad around.
Hawkins: Not now, Brooklyn. Orders just came down from Battalion CP. They need us to move up to Piano Lupo, and reinforce a bunch of guys from the 82nd who've been holding out all night. There's not a lot of time. Aerial recon reports at least one division of Kraut armor rolling in from the North. They think it's the Herman Goering division.
Bloomfield: Didn't we kick their asses back in Africa?
Hawkins: I said, not now, Brooklyn...
They hear the sound of German fighter planes. Stuka dive bombers swoop down and launch some bombs on the headquarters.
Denley: Stukas!
Hawkins: We need some fire in the sky, now! (to Roger) Get in that halftrack and take out those Stukas!
Roger mounts the .50 cal anti-aircraft gun on top of the halftrack while Denley drives it. As Denley drives the vehicle, Roger uses the gun to knock out the Stuka bombers.
Denley: Take out them Stukas before they wipe out our equipment!
A few Stuka dive bombers appear in the sky and swoop down on the fuel supplies.
Denley: They're gunnin' for the fuel tanks! Stop those fighters!
Roger uses the guns to take out the Stuka bombers before they can bomb the fuel supplies. Once several Stukas have been destroyed, Denley drives the halftrack to another part of the area where the Stukas appear and threaten the Americans' artillery guns.
Denley: Keep firing! We gotta protect those artillery positions! Don't stop firin'!
Roger destroys the Stukas with the flak gun and more of them appear.
Denley: There's more! Take 'em out!
Roger continues to use the flak gun to destroy the Stukas until there are no more.
Denley: I don't see anymore! We gotta meet up with Hawk.
Roger and Denley dismount from the halftrack and join up with the rest of the squad near a farm.
Hawkins: All of you, on me. Looks like we're heading the rest of the way on foot. There's a lot of open ground, so don't bunch up. Stay sharp.
The squad moves out and encounters some Italian soldiers near the farm.
Bloomfield: To the left! They're staying low!
The squad continues to engage the Italians until a damaged fighter plane crashes into the Italian soldiers, ending the firefight. Hawkins kicks open the gate, allowing the squad to continue on foot. Once again, they encounter more Italian soldiers and engage them.
Hawkins: Don't let 'em flank us!
Eventually, the squad eliminates the last of the Italians.
Hawkins: Everyone okay? Count your arms and legs, and let's go!
Hawkins and the squad reach a hill overlooking an enemy convoy of tanks and infantry on the bridge.
Hawkins: Get down! Stay out of sight!
Denley: What is it, Sarge?
Hawkins: Take a look across the bridge!
Denley: It's a whole convoy! But, they ain't moving. They're sittin' ducks.
Hawkins gets on the radio and calls in for support.
Hawkins: Thunder, this is Fox. What's your status? Over. (pause, to Roger, handing him some binoculars) Gimme a grid reference for that bridge. Get it right or those shells are gonna be dropping right on top of us.
Roger takes the binoculars and narrows in on the bridge to indicate the targets.
Hawkins: Good work. (on radio) Thunder, this is Fox. Fire mission battery...grid 233 937...Enemy convoy in open. Fire for effect. Over. (to squad) Hold on to your helmets, this is gonna be close.
The artillery barrage commences, destroying the enemy vehicles and wiping out infantry with them. One of the shells partially destroys the bridge which causes a tank parked on it to fall into the river and sink. After a few moments, the artillery barrage stops and the squad proceeds with their mission. They pass over the bridge and move past the destroyed enemy vehicles.
Hawkins: Move onto the road.
As the squad moves down the road towards their objective, they watch as Stuka dive bombers swoop down and wipe out the attacking American soldiers. The squad also encounters more Italian resistance among some Sicilian ruins. After eliminating the Italians, the squad pushes through an Italian bivouac.
Hawkins: An Italian bivouac..stay sharp.
The squad engages more Italian soldiers among the ruins. They pass by a column that gets destroyed by a Stuka dive bomber. An enemy halftrack appears on the road.
Hawkins: Halftrack! On the bridge!
The squad eliminates the halftrack and its soldiers. Afterwards, they pass by a burning Jeep with some wounded or dead Americans.
Bloomfield: Look, Sarge! That's one of our guys! By that Jeep!
The squad goes over to a wounded American medic, a Corporal, Koopman.
Hawkins: Where's the rest of your squad, Corporal?
Koopman: They're pinned up ahead. They got some wounded, but I can't get to 'em.
Hawkins: Let's get you up there then. (to Roger) Grab that sniper rifle. We need it more than he does.
Roger picks up the Springfield sniper rifle from a dead soldier and the squad moves down the road. They encounter more Italian soldiers.
Hawkins: Find cover!
Roger and his squad engage the Italians until they are all eliminated. They then proceed further down the road until they find the medic's wounded team taking cover behind a large boulder.
Koopman: Sir, up ahead I think I see--
More shots ring out as Italian soldiers and machine gunners take shots at the Americans.
Brooklyn: There they are!
Denley: Snipe those bastards!
Koopman: Okay! Here I go! Cover me!
Roger uses his Springfield to snipe the Italian sharpshooters and machine gunners.
Hawkins: Okay! All clear, move up!
Koopman: Moving up!
Hawkins: Suppress those machine gunners!
82nd Soldier: Medic!
Roger uses his rifle to snipe the machine gunners and keep them suppressed so the medic can tend to the wounded.
Hawkins: Get movin'!
Koopman: Advancing!
82nd Soldier: Medic! Hurry!
The medic runs over to the wounded soldiers with Roger and the rest of the squad.
Hawkins: You boys from the 82nd?
82nd Soldier: Yes, sir.
Hawkins: You must be the Naval Liaison we heard about.
Petty Officer Mangin: (introducing himself) Mangin, sir.
Koopman: I'll stay here and tend to these guys.
Hawkins: Let's go! Move it!
The medic stays behind to help heal the wounded soldiers. Mangin joins Roger and his squad as they leave the area and make their way down the road to the nearby command post.
Hawkins: Let's find the CO. Stay close.
Roger and his squad arrive at a tent and watch as the commanding officer, Captain James, greets them. They salute each other.
James: You must be from the 16th. We've been expecting you boys...
Hawkins: Sergeant Hawkins.
James: Captain James, 504th. Won't lie, glad you're here. We've been taking a real beating. Could use your extra muscle. (points to Mangin) Tell me that radio works.
Mangin: Yes, sir.
James: Excellent. Without those big guns, we don't stand a chance.
Hawkins: Where do you need us?
James: German armor is getting real close, send your best through those tunnels and up to the front line. Hurry!
Hawkins: Yessir!
Hawkins and the squad salute James as the captain returns into his tent.
Hawkins: Okay people, you heard the captain. (to Roger) You and Vic, get going. Let's keep our navy friend out of trouble. We'll be bring up the rear.
Roger and the squad proceed through the tunnels and out the other side on a walkway. On the walkway, they watch as numerous German tanks drive through the field with some fighter cover.
Denley: Now that's a whole lotta tanks...
Mangin: We don't stand a chance.
Denley: Not standing here we don't, Popeye. Come on.
The squad runs through another tunnel and reaches a pillbox where two American soldiers are firing on the enemy position. Suddenly, an explosion hits the pillbox and kills the two soldiers. Roger shakes off the shell shock and rushes into the trenches where the other soldiers are fighting.
Hawkins: Get on that machine gun. I want a base of fire on that ridgeline! Nothing gets through!
Roger mans the nearby fixed machine gun and opens fire on the approaching enemy soldiers. 
(If an enemy soldier makes it into the trenches)
Hawkins: Clear those trenches!
German halftracks appear carrying soldiers and the squad is forced to defend themselves further. Eventually, the enemy soldiers prove to be too numerous to hold the trenches.
Hawkins: Don't slow down! Move! Into the tunnels now!
Roger and his team fall back into the nearby tunnels.
Hawkins: Keep moving!
An artillery explosion causes a tunnel to collapse.
Brooklyn: Wrong one!
Hawkins: Back the other way!
The team proceeds through a network of tunnels and pillboxes.
Hawkins: Get to the top of that command bunker!
Hawkins tries to open the door to the bunker, but finds it stuck.
Hawkins: Door's jammed.
Bloomfield: Step aside, Sarge, I can open this puppy easy.
Bloomfield kicks the door open, allowing the squad to enter the bunker. They run up a flight of stairs to the top where the viewport overlooks the field.
Hawkins: Alright Mangin, you're up!
Mangin: Radio's broken, sir. It got pretty banged up in the explosion.
Hawkins: (points to a nearby radio) How about that radio over there?
Mangin: I think so, gonna need a few minutes, though.
Hawkins: (to Roger) Get down there, use those bunkers for cover. Hold off those tanks any way you can. Get this man the few minutes he needs.
Roger and the team run down the stairs to ground level and enter the nearby bunkers. Roger picks up a Bazooka to use against the Herman Goering Division Panzer IV tanks.
Soldier: Get in a bunker!
Bloomfield: Split up!
Denley: We need suppressing fire on them tanks!
Roger picks up a bazooka and uses it to destroy some of the approaching Panzer tanks until the bunker he's in comes under heavy fire.
Bloomfield: East bunker! There's too many of them! We're losing our cover! Keep firing!
Roger continues to use the bazooka to destroy the remaining Panzer tanks even as the bunkers are being reduced to rubble from continued hits from tank shells. Eventually, the bunker loses its cover.
Bloomfield: Get outta there! Fall back to the main bunker! C'mon!
Hawkins: The radio's up and working! Cover me. The cruisers need firing coordinates--
Hawkins get hit by enemy fire.
Denley: Medic! Medic!
Roger runs up to where Hawkins is wounded. 
Hawkins: Get up there and spot targets for Mangin!
Roger makes it back to the top of the bunker where Mangin is.
Mangin: The Boise and a couple other ships are in range. Let's light 'em up!
Roger uses his binoculars to provide firing coordinates for Mangin for the Herman Goering Division Tiger I tanks firing on their position from further out. Mangin talks into the radio.
Mangin: Fire mission...grid 255 958. Enemy tanks in the open. Fire for effect! Let's hope they're good shots.
The Navy ships unleash a barrage of artillery fire on the Tiger tanks' position. The resulting explosions destroy all the tanks in the area. Hawkins is helped up to the top of the bunker by Denley and Kelly, while Brooklyn walks with them.
Bloomfield: Hey, you sure you're alright, Sarge.
Hawkins: This one wasn't even close.
Hawkins regains enough strength to walk on his own.
Hawkins: Looks like Goering's boys are on the run. (to Roger) Outstanding work, son. I'm putting you in for Corporal. You deserve it.
Hawkins takes a seat and rests for a little. Denley looks at Roger proudly.
Denley: Yeah, I guess you done alright out there.
End of level.