Chapter 85 Probe

The drizzle in the sky has stopped.

This is good news for the second battalion who is going to spend the night here. In the afternoon, several trucks came from behind the defense line of the second battalion. At this time, Lieutenant Colonel Stryr asked each company to collect supplies.

"K dry food, it's really great!" Karbo said in a sarcastic tone. What he was holding in his hand was the general dry food of the U.S. Army. To be honest, it really didn't taste good.

"I'd like to have some roast beef, Cap!" White sat in the scattering pit and said lazily, "Don't complain. I just want to repel the Germans early now, and then go back to Carlington to have a good sleep. God, I'm so tired!"

The brothers of E Company are so tired that White is not the only one. Originally, he thought that he could have a good rest after capturing Carrington, but then he was sent here to defend.

"Soon, if we can successfully defend the Germans, the division will be stationed in Carlington. We will withdraw. Sleep and wine are available at any time. Parks sat on the ground not far away, leaning against a big tree, looked at White and smiled, "But I really hate this kind of army rations. Why don't they make it taste like steak?"

White and Carbo couldn't help laughing.

This time, there is also ammunition for the supply, because of tanks, a rocket launcher has been added to each platoon. Parks handed over the rocket launcher to Private Joseph and Malaqi.

"I don't want to do this!" This is what Joseph said to Malach. But despite his unwillingness, he accepted it. He didn't say anything in front of Parks, but complained a little later.

"I don't want to either." Malaqi looked at him, and the two scattered soldiers were connected. "But someone has to do this. Why don't you talk to Parks and let him do it himself?"

"Maranqi, I didn't say that!" Joseph immediately distinguished.

Malachi shrugged his shoulders: "I'm just giving you a suggestion." Then he gnawed a mouthful of dry food, chewed it twice in his mouth, and spit it out with a "bitch".

"Damn it, people from the Army Logistics Department!" Malaqi muttered. Then he took out the kettle, took a sip, and sighed very pleasantly. There is whisky in it.

"Hey, Malaqi, give me a bite too!" Joseph smelled it and smiled at Malaqi.

"No, I don't have much!" Malaki put the kettle back.

Joseph smiled and said, "If you don't give it to me, I will shout and let everyone know that you have wine here. Maybe Parks and Winters can also know what kind of people they sent to the battlefield? Is it an alcoholic?"

"Damn Joseph." Malaqi stared at him fiercely and reluctantly handed over the kettle.

Joseph took a big sip, exclaimed, and wiped his mouth with his sleeve: "I didn't expect you to hide such a good wine. This gives me a very good tip. Maybe I can do it like you next time!" As soon as he finished speaking, he was snatched by Malachi and quickly put away the kettle.

The Germans did not launch an attack, even a tentative attack. They are also preparing to prevent the American attack. Now it has entered the stage of stalemate, between the two barriers.

As night gradually fell, the soldiers of Company E curled up in the scattering pit, and each platoon sent sent sent posts to prevent the Germans from sneaking. The last ray of light of the sun shone into the horizon, and the night gradually darked. The figures outside began to blur. Company E's sentry began to patrol around.

"Now implement the sound and fire prohibition!" Parks constantly shuttled through Company E and warned those guys who were still planning to smoke or talk loudly.

"Okay, shut up, Carbo!" Parks scolded Capper in a low voice and seriously.

"Yes, second lieutenant!" Carbo is a little resentful.

The whole position gradually calmed down. When Parks returned to the scattering pit again, it was completely dark and the visibility was already very low.

The quiet environment gradually calms people's thoughts. Parks took a deep breath. Suddenly, a feeling surged in the bottom of my heart. Recalling that I came to this world inexplicably, trained with the brothers of my favorite company for two years, then participated in Operation Overlord together, and then fought together in Europe. Now I think about it, it's like a dream.

He was a little distracted. He thought of Jeff and Virginia, and remembered the unknown future. He seems to have forgotten his predecessor. He has fully integrated into the world and this company.

From time to time, there were vague figures shaking in front of them. It was the soldiers in charge of the guard patrol. They walked lightly on the grass and made a very slight rustling sound.

"Gordon, why are we exposed to such a place?" Private Jost couldn't help whispering. Gordon and he were arranged on the side of a railway, with their backs to the railway. There was almost nothing to hide here, out of a small mound. This is also the reason why Jost felt unsteady and complained.

Gordon set up the machine gun and looked forward with his eyes, but he couldn't see anything. The black hole in front of him was like a devil's hand, which could pinch people at any time.

"I also want to know why." Gordon couldn't help staring at him. "If I were you, I would keep my mouth shut and say a word, so that we would be much less likely to be discovered by the Germans." Then he lay behind the machine gun and glanced at the night sky.

Jost closed his mouth. He didn't want to make fun of himself. Obviously, Gordon's complaint was right. He doesn't want to be targeted by the Germans. Jost lay down and stared at the front with a trace of fear. It seems that German tanks and desperate assault soldiers will suddenly appear in the dark.

In the quiet night, some messy ideas emerged in Parks's mind, which made him a little tired. He closed his eyes and wanted to sleep.

Suddenly, there was a faint voice in front of him, which made Parks's well-trained body instinctively react. He suddenly opened his eyes and couldn't see the tired application at all.

is the voice of the Germans. Do they dare to attack at night? Parks turned his crazy idea, and then quickly calmed down. Obviously, it was impossible to carry out a large-scale raid at night, perhaps just a German reconnaissance.

At this time, E suddenly scratched a little.

"Don't shoot, keep it as it is!" Parks kept wandering and gave orders. You must not expose your position and firepower until you can't determine the intention of the Germans.

"Squat down, Webster."

"Relax, Broy!"

......

"Dac..." The German machine guns began to shoot, and their noise was a little louder.

"Stand steady!" Parks kept warning the brothers of Company E, "Steady, don't get angry, brothers."

At this time, a man quietly lurked at him and waved to him. Parks turned his head and saw that it was Lieutenant Winters. He hurried over and said his judgment.

"It's the reconnaissance of the Germans!" Parks whispered.

Winters nodded, and he thought so, because of Parker's warning, E Company's brothers continued to lurk without revealing any targets. But at this time, there was a lot of noise from F Company and D Company. Obviously, some of their brothers couldn't calm down and shouted, which immediately provoked the strafing of German machine guns. Then it was accompanied by people's screams.

Someone from Company F and Company D began to fight back, and machine guns began to shoot at the Germans. Their firepower point was exposed. This is undoubtedly a huge mistake, and it was quickly verified.

"Suff--" A shrill cry was particularly harsh in the night sky, which was the sound of German mortars.

"Boom--" The positions of F Company and Company D were hit by forced artillery one after another.

"Someone was hit?" Carper suddenly said nervously to White that he saw a fire on the positions of Company F and Company D. He was very worried that it might affect the fish pond, and the position of Company E would also be attacked, because they were in the middle of Company F and Company D.

"That damn idiots!" White couldn't help scolding. He stared at the firepower of the Germans.

The sound of "Dad" machine guns suddenly intensified, and the Germans added more and more heavy firepower. The mortars of Company D and Company F also joined the counterattack, and the explosions were endless.

"Hey, Parks, do we still fight?" In the dark, someone couldn't help talking loudly.

"The Germans are going to attack!" Some people also exclaimed.

"Keep silent, no order, you can't shoot!" Parks shouted loudly, trying to prevent the brothers of Company E from making the same mistake as Company F.

The "Bang Bang" bullet flew over the top of Parks's head, which was just shouted, and the branches splashed everywhere. Parks quickly lay down and cursed in a low voice: "Damn it!"

At this time, he heard the voice of Lieutenant Winters again.

"E Company is not allowed to shoot." His voice was quickly hit back by German bullets, and even a few shots, and he quickly lay down. Because the target of Company E was unknown, the Germans shot randomly for a while and transferred their fire to the positions of the other two companies.

The firelight of the explosion of the bomb reflected the faces of the F Company and the D Company brothers from time to time. They began to scream and shout, and some people were still running randomly, and the position was in a mess.

"God!" Bloi curled up in the riot pit, and he felt that he was trembling all over. The whistle of sharp shells in the air seemed to be like a knife in his heart. He muttered, and then desperately covered his ears with his hands, not wanting the voices that made him tremble to get into his ears. Then he closed his eyes, put his knees close to his chest, and kept talking.

"Hey, Broy." He seemed to hear someone calling his name. He tried to open his eyes to see, but he didn't dare to move. He felt as if he was being pressed by something around, which made him unable to move.

"Bloy!" The voice was louder, and even if he covered his ears, he could hear it clearly, which was clearer than the explosions and gunshots. He slowly raised his head, and then saw a man squatting next to his scattered soldier pit. He was frowning and looking at him.

"Second Lieutenant Parks!" He let go of his hands and subconsciously shouted.

"Relax, Broy!" Parks squatted there, looked at Bloi's frightened look, and couldn't help shaking his head. Now he has not completely got rid of his fear. I hope he can become a real E Company paratrooper after this battle, with the courage that he should have existed.

"Yes, yes! I should relax!" Broy nodded, and he slowly stretched out his curled body, but the explosion and gunfire still filled his heart with fear.

"Tell me, what are you afraid of?" Parks frowned and looked at Bloi, "Are you afraid of death? Soldiers. If you are afraid of death, then death will follow you at any time. Even when you are still alive, it will torture you at any time, Private Bloi. Well, relax your nerves and think that you have died in battle, and your courage will not be suppressed by the time of death!"

Parks shook his head and was ready to go away. He had to keep appeasing the guys who were ready to move and not let them shoot and expose their position.

"Thank you! Sir!" There was a low voice behind him.

Parks didn't know if it would work for him, but he tried his best to do it.

At this time, the commanders of the battalion began to realize that this was just a test attack, which would only waste ammunition and expose their position, and ordered to stop the counterattack.

The German gunfire and machine guns slowly stopped because they lost their target again. Occasionally, there were sporadic gunshots. After a while, the whole night gradually calmed down. As if nothing had happened just now, if it hadn't been filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke, I wouldn't have seen the fierce fire here just now.

This is the benefit of the night, covering up everything that makes people feel exciting, and also covering up all the desires in war.

Each company began to rearrange the sentry again. Now it's Sergeant Tebert's turn to patrol. He keeps shuttling through the position of Company E to check the situation of each post.

It was a little cold, and he picked up a German raincoat and put it on him.

"Sergeant Tebert!" At this time, someone whispered to him. He carefully identified it. It was Second Lieutenant Parks.

"What's the matter, sir!" Tebert whispered.

"Now I'm going to patrol. You take a rest first. Be careful not to wear German clothes. This will make the brothers misunderstand." Parks' warning was to prevent him from being accidentally injured by Smith in the tragedy of bayonet night.

Terbert shrugged his shoulders. He didn't think so, but he still followed Pax's advice and took off his raincoat: "Well, sir, in order to look like a German." After saying that, he felt very interesting again. He couldn't help laughing softly, and then returned to his scattered soldier pit.

Parks made him avoid a tragedy. Although he didn't know anything about it, it meant a lot to Parks. In his heart, the lives of every brother of E Company are worth protecting. Although sometimes there is nothing he can do, it is impossible for him to watch the tragedy that can be avoided.

"How about it?" Parks quietly arrived at Gordon's post and asked quietly.

"It's dark ahead, and there's nothing." Gordon shook his head and replied in a low voice, "Don't worry, sir, this is the fort at the forefront of my resistance to the Germans. I won't let them break through easily!"

"But..." Jost beside Gordon couldn't help talking.

"What?" Parks took a look at Jost, and the private seemed to have something to say.

"It's nothing." Gordon stared at Jost fiercely, turned his head and smiled at Parks, "Nothing. This guy was scared by the German gunfire just now and was a little dizzy.

Jester stopped talking. He looked at Gordon depressedly, then shrank his head and lay down under the mound. He turned his head and looked at the opposite side of the black hole in front of him, refusing to speak.

Parks suddenly noticed something, and then looked at the sentry and found that it was a little far from the whole position and had extended to the front. The most important thing was that there was no barrier that could be used as a cover.

"Gordon, you withdraw the sentry." Parks looked at the position of Company E and said, "Go back to the main defense line. It's too far from the position, and it lacks defense!"

Jost suddenly turned his head and winked at Gordon, looking very excited.

"Okay, sir!" Gordon laughed and said, "In fact, I have long felt that it's a little far away here, and the location is still very exposed." Then he turned his head to Jost and said, "Let's go, man, you're lucky!" With that, he moved the moving gun, Jost carried the bullet box, and the two evacuated from the hill to the main defense line.

Parks couldn't help shaking his head and laughing. He knew that Gordon refused to say it at the beginning, and he didn't let Jost say what he was thinking. After Parks watched them enter the main position, he began to continue the patrol.

"Gordon, why didn't you let me say it just now?" Although Parks withdrew them, Jost still had a lot of dissatisfaction, which came from Gordon's prevention of him.

"What's there to say about this?" Gordon looked at him discontentedly, "We are not cowards. If you only know how to complain all day, why do you come to Europe? All right, don't argue about this. Even if we don't say it, Parks will make adjustments. Haven't you evacuated that place as you wished now?

"Well, you're right!" Jost decided to end this depressing conversation.

Gordon ignored him any more. He sat quietly in his scattered pit and looked at the direction of Pax's continuous patrol, which was a little distracted. In fact, there was another important reason just now. He didn't say it, only in his own heart.

From the beginning of training to D, Parks performed very well, and also improved the physique of the E Company brothers in a magical way. This is the invaluable wealth of the soldiers of Company E in training and battle, and it is an important aspect of their life-saving. And since D, Gordon has been fighting with Parks.

As more and more battles are involved, they become more and more fierce. In the E Company, many people regard Parks as the spiritual pillar of the E Company. Parks is brave in battle, charging in the front, has rich tactical literacy, treats his brothers sincerely, and has repeatedly made great contributions in the battle. He is the hero of Company E. Although many people didn't say it, they can still feel the respect for Pax from their intentional or unintentional respect. Gordon doesn't want to show his cowardice in front of Parks.

He even thought that if he retreated from the position that had been arranged, it would be a cowardly act of evading. Even if he had such an idea, he would not show it in front of Parks.

Parks doesn't know what kind of image he is in the hearts of his brothers. He doesn't want to think about this problem. He just wants to do what he should do, try his best to make his brothers avoid unnecessary casualties and win the battle. But he has had a huge impact on the brothers of Company E invisibly.

Even Winters, as a company commander, can't ignore this effect.

"Who is that?" He faintly saw someone patrolling the sentry post and couldn't help asking Wales beside him, "I know you haven't fallen asleep yet, tossing and turning."

Wales didn't fall asleep, but he didn't open his eyes to look around like Winters. Instead, he closed his eyes and tried to put himself to sleep, but he still couldn't sleep, especially after a large-scale war. Now most of the brothers of E Company are like Wales, who want to sleep but can't sleep.

"What?" When Wales heard Winters's voice, he opened his eyes and took a closer look.

"Parks?" Winters nodded and turned his head again.

"It's him!" Wales laughed and said, "He is like a tireless vole."

Winters nodded, then turned to Wales and said, "Well, what do you think of Parks?"

"What?" Wales doesn't seem to have turned the corner. "What do you mean?"

Then he smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "Compared with me, he seems to be better than me in everything. The shooting is accurate, the movements are agile, and the mind is flexible enough!" At this point, he shook his head and said, "No, no, this can't be counted in it. My mind is more flexible than his. Well, of course, he can also pick up girls. It is said that many brothers in Lian Li know that he has two women in China.

Winters couldn't help laughing. He suppressed his smile and said, "I'm not talking about this, Wales."

"He is a great guy!" Wales nodded and then said to Winters seriously, "You know, after all this, I will always treat him as my closest friend, just like you."

"Treat me the same?" Winters looked at him with a smile.

"Yes, because he gives me the same feeling as you give me!" Wales said, "Maybe you are the type of people, that's all!"

Winters didn't take over the topic. He looked at the night ahead and suddenly said, "I really hope the war can end at Christmas!"

(to be continued)