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Chaos ensues as the Germans make a breakthrough, and all rear-echelon troops are ordered to get their weapons. Never able to form up into any sort of fighting force, they become stragglers separated from any cohesive unit. Saunders and Caje are also separated from their unit, and they pick up several of the rear-echelon stragglers as they discover they are all now many miles deep in German territory. While the rear-echelon guys have no combat experience, they each contribute in their own way in their effort to get back to their own forces. During their trek back, Saunders hijacks a locomotive with several cars carrying German troops, and his new "squad" has to get rid of the German troop cars so they can then take the engine in the direction of their own lines. As might be expected, one of the rear-echelon guys knows how to operate a steam locomotive. The shots of the locomotive action do make for some very nice cinematic scenes.—David Wile

After a great German offensive penetrating the allied lines, every soldier is forced to get their weapons and they are scattered in the front. Saunders and Caje try to reach their line and while walking through the forest, soldiers without combat experience join the increasing group including an arrogant sergeant. When they hear a locomotive, Saunders believe he has found the means to return to their lines. But the locomotive is transporting German soldiers and he needs to get rid of the enemy first. What will Saunders do?—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil