Chapter 105 Days in the Scattered Soldier Pit

"We have entered the fourth day of the defense line. The weather was still sunny, and I stayed in the fodder pit to prevent German gunfire and snipers. I once fantasized about what the war was like, but I got lost in the real battlefield. I don't know how long I will stay like a gopher like a gopher, and all my brothers and I stay under the ground so dirty and scared. If the war is over, I think this memory will be with me for the rest of my life - pain and hope.

This is a passage written by Webster in his notebook. He didn't have time to shave, so his beard was already full of cheeks. He closed his notebook, leaned his back against the scattering pit, and looked up at a few clouds floating in the sky.

The brothers of Company E spent a few days in boredom, but they had to defend against German snipers and occasional shelling. Small-scale and medium-scale shelling will also occur. If you don't pay attention, you may be killed or injured by the Germans. In the third row, a guy was shot in the ass by a German for crawling out of the scattering pit to pee.

"What a bad guy!" White said this to Gordon, who was in the stroopers next to him.

"That should be a lucky guy. Fortunately, he didn't pee on the Germans, otherwise his balls would be in danger!" Gordon is obviously more positive than White's.

But this also makes Winters more strict with the brothers of Company E. For those who wanted to climb out of the pit, he told the platoon commanders to strictly control them. But this does not make the brothers of Company E scared. Some guys still keep crawling out of the pit to go out, otherwise they are really worried about whether they will go crazy.

A scattered soldier next to Gnery is a class of machine gunners and private Woodrow? Robbins, this guy doesn't care about any warning. He climbs out of the riot pit several times a day.

"Hey, Mr. Gonorrhea, did you see that?" Robbins shouted at Granry.

Gerry followed his eyes and looked behind the position. Several fat Norman cattle were graing. Even if an occasional shell explodes in front of the position, they can't startle the cows. They just run occasionally, and then simply don't move, just look at the side of the position.

"They are much bolder than the brothers of E Company!" Gnery smiled and said, "They are used to the sound of gunfire and gunfire. This is not a good thing for them, the meat-eating animals."

Robbins also laughed and said, "Hey, Mr. Gonorrhea, shall we go get some beef to eat?"

"I don't want to take risks, but I can share the results with you!" Granary huddled in the scattering pit and did not move.

Seeing that he couldn't persuade him, he had to climb up by himself and then shot one of the cows. Then a guy crawled out of the scattering pit on the other side of him, Private Bill? Howell.

The two of them slaughtered the cow, and then moved the beef back to the vicinity of the scattering pit several times.

"Gernelly, take out the knife. We can't finish the beef here. We must score some points for you!" Robbins shouted at Grenari, "Do you still want to eat the damn K dry food?"

Obviously, the ** of the beef is enough to make Granary climb out of the pit and share the stolen goods with two guys. He cut a large piece of steak and then made a fire in the scattering pit.

The beef made a "sizzling" sound on the fire, glowing with oil. Gnery took out a seasoning bottle from his pocket and sprinkled it on the beef, which he brought out of the military canteen in Carrington. It's black pepper salt inside, which is too useful when they eat beef in Carlington, and it tastes much better.

"Here you are, Robbins." Gnell sprayed some and then threw it to Robbins.

"I have this." Robbins raised a bottle in his hand and smiled proudly, "Bill, do you have it?"

"I have it too!" Howell smiled and shook the bottle in his hand. "Give it back to you, Gerry, you'd better use it yourself!"

The bottle returned to Gnauri's hands. In fact, because of killing cattle and eating meat in Carrington, many people have prepared this thing, and they always think that there will never be only one chance. Now is also the time to witness their prophecy.

The aroma of beef floated on the position of Company E and soon attracted the attention of others, so a large piece of beef was cut into countless small pieces, and pieces of steaks were divided, and they fell into the hands of most of the E Company brothers.

"Lieutenant!" Parks was lying on the edge of the scattering pit, holding a telescope to observe the movement of the other party's position. At this time, someone shouted behind him. He put down the telescope and looked back. It was Gernelly.

"We found some beef." Grenari smiled and said, "Brothers, I think I should give you a share. So..." Granari shrugged his shoulders and knew that Parks must have understood what he meant. "Here you, this is yours!" With that, he handed over a large piece of steak, and then handed over his bottle of black pepper salt.

"It's really thoughtful! Why did you think of collecting this kind of thing? Parks took it over and smiled at him, "I haven't eaten beef for days. I really miss it!"

"Enjoy it!" Gernelly smiled, and then he was ready to climb back to his scattered pit.

"Gerry!" Parks stopped him.

"What? Lieutenant, what else do you want? Gernelly looked at him puzzledly.

"Well - what I want to say is, does Lieutenant Winters have it?" Parks said, raising the steak in his hand, "If you are not prepared, you can give him half of mine!" It's a must. You know what it's for!"

Gernelly was stunned, and then nodded with a smile and said, "I know, lieutenant, I'll prepare one. Don't worry, that cow is fat enough for us to eat for a few days." With that, he went back to his own scattered soldier pit to prepare.

Parks's meaning is actually obvious. It's okay to slaughter fat cows like this once, but if there is again, it must be given to the highest officer, which is called sharing blessings. As soon as he said it, Gnelly understood.

Winters really received a steak, and even Nixon was treated, because he happened to be with Winters. This makes him happy. After all, no one likes to eat the kind of No. K ration that is difficult to eat.

"Thank you, Granry!" Winters didn't say anything. He just thanked Gerry for his steak.

"It's nothing. The brothers think that some should be given to the lieutenant. This is the intention of the brothers!" Granari said and climbed back. Obviously, he did the right this time.

"Do you believe they will remember you?" Nixon pierced a steak with a bayonet, then made a fire in the scattering pit, and then began a barbecue. He asked Winters casually.

"I don't understand what you mean! "Nick!" Winters smiled and then said, "I see, this is a bunch of cunning guys. It seems that if I eat this beef, I have to speak for them. If someone complains about Colonel Dawch!"

Nixon shook his head and smiled, "I won't believe you." In fact, you have already seen the reason why Granari did this, but why didn't you refuse?

Winters looked at him with a smile and said, "Yes, why don't I refuse? "Nick!"

"Because they are the brothers of your company, what will they think if they refuse? You must know that. This is where you are smart. Well done, Winters, so that the brothers will have a sense of intimacy to their company commander!"

Winters said with a smile, "I knew you understood, but there was no prize if you guessed it!" He raised the steak in his hand to Nixon. "It's a pity that there is no black pepper salt, otherwise it will taste great!"

At this time, he saw Nixon take out a small bottle from his pocket like a trick, and then began to sprinkle it on their beef. He couldn't help laughing and said, "I didn't expect you to hide this thing."

"You are definitely not used to carrying such things, because you are a company commander, and you are just a staff officer!" Nixon laughed and said, "And I dare say that you didn't cook very often before."

"You're right. Usually I just taste the delicious food that is cooked, just like this!" With that, Winters had cut a piece of beef, then put it in his mouth and chewed it. While bulging his cheeks, he nodded to Nixon and said solemnly, "Well, it tastes good. It seems that your cooking level is quite good."

E Lian's beef meal has made many people get a little temporary happiness. For two consecutive days, they were all enjoying delicious beef, and it was also because these two days were relatively calm, with only occasional shelling or sniping, and no one was injured.

But the next day, the situation got worse, and the German artillery became fierce. The machine gun kept splashing the soil in front of the position, and then with a "bang", a shell exploded in a very tight place in front of Howell's scattering pit.

"Damn it!" Howell scolded himself secretly, jumped out of his bunker and ran to Gernelly's scattering pit. At this time, the second mortar shell exploded almost at the same landing point.

Gernelly was jumped down and pressed by Howell. He couldn't help complaining, "Damn it, you're pressing me." He tried to move, but his waist was pressed to death and he couldn't move.

"Howell!" Gernery shouted, but there was no movement. He reluctantly turned his body to look at it. Among them, Howell's eyes staring like copper bells, staring at the shells in front of him exploded in front of the position.

With a bang--, the shell gradually deviated from them.

"Damn it!" Howell shouted. . In fact, he screams every time he explodes.

"Enough, Howell!" Grenari shouted again, "Get rid of your bulky body. You're so heavy that I can't breathe. Do you want my life?"

The distance of the cannonball made Howell wake up quickly. He heard Gernery's shout, then quickly turned over and got up and smiled embarrassedly at him, "I'm sorry, Gernery, I didn't mean to. I... just want to avoid the damn German cannonball."

Yes, after two days of calm, the brothers of Company E were nervous again by this burst of artillery fire. They began to stay in the puddle again, couldn't come out easily, and lived a gopher-like life again.

In this way, they waited for two weeks until June 29th, when the 83rd Infantry Division took over the defense line.

(to be continued)