Chapter 352 Takeover

On July 30, 1945, the 101st Division was transferred to France. Company E came to the barracks in the small town of Jouyny in the south of Paris. The explosion of the Hiroshima atomic bomb on August 3 removed the worries of the brothers going to the Pacific Ocean to fight another battle. Since then, the airborne division has been constantly changing. The brothers with low points were transferred to the 17th Airborne Division, and the rest were transferred to the 82nd Division. On August 11, Colonel Sink was promoted to deputy division commander. On August 22, General Taylor left the 101st Division and later became the principal of West Point. Soon after, the 506th Regiment withdrew and was incorporated into the 82nd Airborne Division in Berlin. On September 3, 1945, the 101st Division was abolished. Company E was disbanded.

Winters stood on the deck of the medical ship. He quietly looked at the waves of the sea. The waves in his heart were no smaller than those of the sea. He was still wearing his major uniform, put his hands in his trousers pocket, and felt the oncoming salty sea breeze. Nixon stood beside him, holding a small bottle of whisky in his hand, looking at the sea, and then raised the bottle for a sip.

"Have you decided?" Nixon turned his head and took a look at Winters.

"What's the decision?" Major Winters looked at him, then shook his head and smiled, "What about work? I think I've thought about it, but you know I'm new to your industry. Can you rest assured that I'll work in your company?

"I know you don't like administrative matters, but everyone knows why a person who can lead a good company can't do a good job in management?" Nixon nodded and smiled, "I'm not worried at all, Dick. If you can't do it well, I'm afraid I can't find a competent manager anymore." With that, he shrugged his shoulders and didn't think so.

"Well, you have to be ready to change people at any time!" Winters shook his head and smiled, and then walked towards the cabin. Nixon looked at the waves on the sea, then drank the wine in the small bottle and threw the bottle into the sea vigorously. The bottle turned around a few times in the air, and then disappeared in the sea. The waves of the sea did not ripple because of a small wine bottle.

After leaving the 506th Regiment, the 2nd Battalion, and the E Company, Winters felt empty. He found that he was at a loss. When Colonel Sink passed by the Jovani barracks, he saw the brothers of Company E and left tears. Parks didn't think there was anything wrong at all. He understood this feeling very well, and now it's his turn to taste it.

"Are you going back to Pennsylvania first or going to New Jersey with me?" Nixon walked into their unique bedroom with Winters. The bedroom looked very spacious. Two people were in the upper and lower bunks. Winters slept in the lower berth. He sat at the head of the bed and took out a bag of thick paper. "Of course, you should go back to Pennsylvania first. When you settle down, I will wait for you to bring it at any time, Dick! "

"No, Nick, I won't go back to Pennsylvania." Winters looked at Nixon, who was sitting with him on the other side of the bed, and smiled and said, "I'm going to see two old friends. Of course, if you want, we can go to New York together. Go to the place we used to bring - Camp Shanks. With that, he opened the bag and took out a thick pile of photos from it.

"What is that?" Nixon looked at the photos and couldn't help getting close to Winters.

"In Jourani, I met the photographer of the regimental department. He said that it had photos of the 506 regiment from the Tarcoa base to our Austria. I exchanged several Luge for it." Winters said, and then began to look at the stack of photos.

"That's really a good deal!" Nixon said and came over.

At this time, Winters took out a photo, and then couldn't help laughing. He handed it to Nixon, who came over. The photo was a photo of two people in Tacoya's barracks, standing side by side, wearing straight military uniforms. Nixon's face smiled, while Winters looked serious and serious.

"That photographer would never expect that a serious person like you never lacks a sense of humor." Nixon picked up the photo and couldn't help laughing at himself. "I didn't expect that a smiling person like me was indeed an alcoholic!" Then he sneered softly, shook his head and shrugged his shoulders at the photo.

"Look at this!" At this time, Winters handed over a photo with a smile. Nixon took it and took it, and then couldn't help whistling. This was a photo in Baston. In the photo, Nixon, Winters, Wales and Parks were all in the photo, with different expressions on their faces. Winters frowned. Nixon smiled, Wales was expressionless, and Parks's expression was very relaxed. He remembered that this was when they began to have material difficulties after being surrounded by the German army for a long time, and this was a photo of the four people discussing ways together the day before Parks organized the patrol.

"I bet that such a bastard must have planned to do that!" Nixon couldn't help laughing with the photo, "Let's frown aside. Look at his expression and you will know what he is thinking!"

At this time, Winters was still holding up and watching with other photos. In the photo, not only the fragments between them are recorded, but also many fragments of the fighting life of the E Company brothers. Luz grinned, the roar of Lieutenant Shams, and the photos of the brothers raising their rifles and shouting happily after the victory of the battle.

What's more valuable is that the photos of the brothers in the battle are also in it. Winters, who opened his mouth and shouted in a hoarse voice, made the heart of the person looking at the photo move slightly in the photo. There was also a photo of landing in the Netherlands. The umbrellas bloomed in the sky. The brothers were small black spots one by one, and the C-47 transport plane in the air was just a black shadow, but this photo made Winters speechless for a long time.

He felt that he had left the sky. He didn't need to jump down in the air anymore. The brothers of Company E now went to their own place of their own home, and the company dispersed. In July 1942, Company E was born in Tacoya Barracks. After almost three years, they ended their mission in Austria. In three years, the brothers of E Company have withstood all kinds of tests and hardships. At the end of the war, they felt endless disgusted with the war. But they are also lucky. They have the most intimate brotherhood. They love their comrades-in-arms more than themselves. It is so unbearable to abandon their comrades-in-arms on the battlefield. They can die for their comrades-in-arms! And they had three excellent company commanders, Winters, Parks and Heiliger, and also had company commanders Thorber and Meehan, who were annoying and left no impression. And they were more fortunate to have company commander Parks, who avoided more brothers' casualties, and he led his brothers to show their power on the battlefield in Europe again and again. It has become today's famous company of heroes. This prestige is more prominent than the previous life, and it is more familiar to the people in the anti-fascist battlefield.

"I don't know what will happen in the end!" Suddenly, Winters said to himself, and he was a little distracted when he looked at the photo.

"What?" Nixon looked at him puzzledly.

Winters suddenly smiled at Nixon and said, "Nothing, Nick, I'm just--just thinking, what else will I do if I really leave my brothers now? Now you have given me a choice. Maybe when we go to see Parks, he will ask me like this. Maybe he will persuade me to stay in the army, or maybe he will leave the army like us. Who said it well?"

"If Parks leaves, it will definitely be the loss of the Army!" Nixon shook his head and smiled, "Of course I won't advise him to stay. I'm just thinking that we have gone through too many battles. Killing, bloody and deformed corpses, and the feeling of brothers falling beside me have made me tired of all this. Dick, don't we participate in this battle just to be able to live leisurely?

"Maybe you're right!" Winters nodded and began to put away the photos one by one. "But we have to wait until I see Les. Do you want to go with me?" Winters made an invitation to Nixon.

"New York is a world of flowers. If you don't have it, you will definitely get lost there!" Nixon smiled and said, "My existence is to lead the way for you!"

"I knew you would answer me like this!" Winters seemed to have expected it for a long time. He smiled indifferently and then looked out of the window. Through the window, you can see the sea. From time to time, seabirds fly over the ladder and hover over the warship.

On October 4, 1945, the brothers who had been here for more than a month finally got the news about their future. On this day, Parks received an inspection by U.S. General MacArthur. He was accompanied by General Wainwright and General Parker. In addition to General MacArthur's first meeting Parks, General Wainwright and General Parker both revealed their affection for Parks.

The flag of the United States fluttered in the barracks, and the brothers stood upright. They looked proud, because two of the generals who came to inspect them were rescued by them. General MacArthur made an impromptu speech.

"He said he was proud of us!" Luz stood behind the queue and grinned at Toy beside him, "To be honest, I've heard a lot, and I'm starting to be proud of myself. "Man!"

"Don't force me to kick your ass!" Toi squeaked his teeth, and he was holding back his laughter. "If you dare to make me laugh out loud, I will definitely make you look good!" Obviously, his cheeks are bulging, and it seems that something else is very hard.

Fortunately, General MacArthur's speech was not very long. The pride of the whole article made the brothers numb for a long time. He was not the first general to say so, and of course, he would not be the last general to say so.

"I will take over you!" When Parks accompanied the generals to the office after the military parade, MacArthur's first words stunned Parks.

(to be continued)