1:39:03
- It's about time.
- You gave in too easily.
1:39:06
You must be in worse
trouble than I thought.
1:39:08
We are. We lost 600 men
in the first assault.
1:39:11
600?
1:39:12
We are forced to send immigrants
from the detention camps...
1:39:15
...directly from the
boats to the front lines.
1:39:17
Where do they get their basic training?
On the bus?
1:39:19
If they are lucky.
1:39:21
Most of the men have given up hope.
1:39:23
With the Legion controlling the heights,
I can't blame them.
1:39:27
Asher, your mission's to take Latrun.
1:39:29
If you can't do it,
I'll get somebody who can.
1:39:32
Yes, Aluf Stone.
1:39:35
We'll have a staff meeting in half an hour.
I want to clean up.
1:39:39
- Where's the Waldorf-Astoria?
- This way.
1:39:42
And this is the police fortress of Latrun,
now occupied by the Arab Legion.
1:39:47
This is the road to Jerusalem.
1:39:50
And here behind these trees,
1:39:52
the Legion has installed
its heavy artillery.
1:39:54
Is there any way to bypass that road
and get the trucks through to Jerusalem?
1:39:58
No.
1:40:00
Nothing that is not
in full view of those big guns there.
1:40:03
The only way is here,
through the Bab El Wad.
1:40:05
That's where we were ambushed
in the convoy last month.
1:40:08
The rest is high cliffs,
wild terrain, impossible to pass.
1:40:12
Our plan is for an armored attack
against the fort from this direction...
1:40:16
...a frontal assault
through the wheat field here...
1:40:19
...and a raid to knock out
their gun emplacements here.
1:40:21
- Tonight?
- Not a chance.
1:40:24
Tomorrow?
1:40:25
- Maybe.
- You can lose a war on "maybe. "
1:40:29
All right, we could try.
But the plan itself?
1:40:33
Very professional.
1:40:35
- You'd all get an "A" At West Point.
- Thank you.
1:40:39
I've just one suggestion:
1:40:41
I'd like an infantry unit
to outflank the entire position...
1:40:44
...then smash through this village
behind the fort.
1:40:46
They'd find themselves
threatened with being cut off...
1:40:49
...and they'd be forced to withdraw.
1:40:51
Maybe.
1:40:52
What do you mean?
1:40:53
You're speaking of coordinating
four different actions simultaneously.
1:40:57
You're not just playing in a sandbox.
This is for keeps.