Chapter 39 Bad Mood

The Samaria was originally a troop carrier modified by a dual-use mail carrier. Its original design ability was to carry 1,000 passengers, but this time it was 5,000 people in the 506 regiment. Due to overcrowding, the conditions have become very bad.

The brothers have already passed the excitement when they first boarded the troop carrier and left the United States. Now almost everyone is scratching their stomachs. After sailing on the sea for half a month, many people often have conflicts because of their bad mood. When drinking and making trouble, there are often fights between several companies.

"Parks, I bet that the fat man must not have washed that dress for a week!" While Christenson and Parks were dining in the bottom cabin restaurant, they quietly pointed to the chef in the greasy coat in the kitchen.

"There is a saying in Chinese: If it's not clean, you won't get sick after eating." Parks laughed and said, "This is not Becklinridge in Kentucky. There are no comfortable beds, no cinemas, no desserts, no hot showers, and of course no girls nearby. This is the sea, Chris Denson. We are on the sea now, which is quite good. I'm very satisfied!"

"I just feel a little sick!" Chris Denson muttered, and then came up and laughed, "Yes, even if Carson wins 150 yuan at Blackjack, there is no place to spend."

"What about you? Do you like blackjack or double dice? Or playing poker? Parks laughed and said, "I'm not interested in that."

"Blackjack." Chris said, "And I also heard that their officers often play this together. I often see Nixon, Buck and Wales together.

"Did you see it with your own eyes?" Parks did not wrinkle slightly.

"No, I heard about it!" Christen said, "They even invited Sbier of Company D."

Parks nodded and said, "Since it's hearsay, don't worry about it. Who can't play a few? If you float on such a sea, you will feel lonely in Yanjing.

In fact, Parks is a little overthinking. Even for U.S. military officers, it is common to play a few cards, just like ordinary soldiers. But the soldiers may have different views.

"I'm not very worried. I'm just worried about Soab's energy. He is so full that I really don't know what ideas he will come up with, but I think it will eventually become a laughing stock." Chris Denson refers to what happened yesterday. Saber wanted to lead everyone to do it. He finally found a place on the deck, but he was warned by Lieutenant Colonel Stry.

"Captain Sober, I know that the brothers need training, but the brothers of other companies also need a place to move. That's it!" Stryll was very rude. It made Sober nervous all day. The next morning, he went to the cabin where the regimental headquarters was located and explained the situation to Stry.

In this matter, the brothers of E Company can experience great pleasure from it. What can be more exciting than making Sober eat up? Cabo even danced in the cabin.

On September 15, after 26 days of sailing, the Samaria slowly entered the British port of Liverpool. On the day of arrival, all the soldiers on the ship cheered. The next day, a southbound train pulled them to St. George in Ogburn, and at the railway station, the truck pulled them to the new station.

The sky is getting darker. Because of the light control during the war, the truck method was moving forward, so they had to lean on foot. Someone was lighting the way with a weak flashlight in front of him, and the others followed the man and moved forward.

"I can't believe that we have entered Britain and have to live the same life as in Tacoya's barracks." Webster is a little stern, but many brothers think exactly like him. It's a bit like an aftertaste. Isn't the night march of the Tacoya barracks like this? Many people have a smile on the corners of their mouths.

They didn't go far, about a mile and a half away, and they entered the camp. In front of us are some Nisheng-style mobile rooms with two large-bellied stoves.

"I can finally have a good sleep!" White lay comfortably on the mattress. Although it was filled with straw, it felt better than on the sea boat.

Parks smiled and said nothing, lay down, and then quietly looked at the top of the barracks. Now it is getting closer and closer to the war. On the contrary, I have an expectation. I am also a person who has been on the battlefield. Although it is only a small-scale conflict, the shudder on the battlefield is definitely a kind of ** and a kind of torture.

Thinking of some brothers of E Company now, Parks always feels that he should take care of them. Tragedy is not eternal. If it remains unchanged, then his time travel is useless. Perhaps this kind of rebirth itself is useless. War is cruel and will not change because of one's own will.

Parks thought that he fell asleep in a daze in the middle of the night. And White next to him had already snored slightly.

There was no early training the next day, but Parks still woke up early. He was awakened by Bewight's scream.

"Parks, my God, it's so beautiful!" White's voice seemed to ferment in the air, and then he heard the sound of people exclaiming one after another.

Parks got dressed, went out, and was also fascinated by the scenery in front of him.

In the distance in front of you, there are all kinds of huts on fairy tale books, covered with grass on the top, and the wall is full of roses. A tall horse shook its long mane and stepped forward on the curved and narrow pebble road.

"Is this the fairy tale world?" It was Webster's admiration, and he had the same heart as a writer. After all, Harvard college students like him are rare in the E company.

Because there is no training, it is also allowed to go out. That day, the brothers of E Company were all happy in this village.

"This is Oldburn, Wiltshire!" White sighed that there was an old 11th-century Romanesque church against a soft rural green space in front of him. At the hour, the clock on the top of the church makes the same hourly sound as the Big Ben.

"This is just a small village in Oldburn!" Parks laughed. On this day, they also found five old bars in the village. And someone went in for a drink.

But not all British people welcome American soldiers. Some people still look nervous when they see American soldiers in uniforms. Obviously, they are not used to others disturbing their lives.

So from the next day, the regimental headquarters issued an order to let the soldiers introduce British customs, manners, habits and so on in detail. This makes many brothers feel uncomfortable again.

"We are here to save them. Why don't you welcome us? Do you want us to cater to them?" Granary scratched directly with Parks, "I don't like to sit in the bar and drink quietly. The atmosphere is really not very good. It's too dull. And those damn cooks also seem to be British, let us eat damn milk powder, egg powder, dried apricots, dried potatoes, horse meat, Brussels sprouts, turnips, cabbage... God, I even began to miss the pasta Lieutenant Winters made for us. This should be a tragedy for me.

"Gernelly, you should feel lucky. Isn't it better to change your lifestyle and make yourself as educated and noble as those British?" After hearing this, Second Lieutenant Buck said such a sentence to Gernari.

"Okay, brothers, this is still a wonderful moment. Enjoy it. You should know that after a few days, we can't sit here and listen to how the British cut potatoes," Parks adjusted the atmosphere at this time. "In a few days, our training will start again. There are no Saturdays and Sundays, we can go out on Sundays, and we will have eight to ten hours of field training every day. I don't think it will be easier than Tacoa. If it were me, these days would be the most enjoyable time for me!"

It's really like what Parks said. In addition to those field training, they carried out long-distance marches of 15, 18, 21 and 25 miles, night combat training, and conducted melee drills for 1 hour a day. They also conducted training in street fighting, map interpretation, first aid, chemical warfare, and the surname and use of German weapons. They conducted a drill with all the field equipment and traveled 25 miles in 24 hours. In addition, special training such as bait mines, mine removal, and connection have also been arranged.

In addition, the regimental headquarters also sent people to teach them the basic knowledge that the infantry must know: how to judge the terrain, how to use the favorable terrain, how to adopt different tactics according to the terrain, especially how to survive on the ground, and survive on the ground for several days at a time without affecting physical fitness.

"These are very important. I hope each of you don't make mistakes!" The instructor warned the brothers of Company E loudly, "Because after you make this mistake once, there will be no second time. Dead people will not make mistakes again.

During this period, Thorber became a little mentally abnormal. Maybe it's because the war is getting closer and closer. Moreover, there are many 82 masters who will often listen to the situation in North Africa and Sicily to the brothers of the 506 regiment, which makes people more mentally stressed.

Sorber's abnormal behavior made his brothers more and more dissatisfied with him. In the words of Winters, "Sorber's temper has become more grumpy and more like a sadist. It's almost impossible."

Of course, he only said this in private discussions with officers such as Nixon and Harry.

"What are you going to do?" Harry obviously lost confidence in Sober.

"I don't know. Maybe I will do my brothers' work to make them happy to accept such a company commander to lead them to the European battlefield." Winters can only make fun of himself with such words.

Harry? Wales was a little disappointed when they heard it, but they were officers and could only do this, but the brothers didn't think so.

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