Chapter 124 Commemoration

"E Company brothers, disband!" Wales stood at the place where the training ground was ready to go, waved his arms and said loudly. His voice was so loud that his voice could be heard at the whole training ground.

"Oh, it's like this again. How many times have we been declared disbanded? Or was it announced that it was abandoned before it was time to assemble the team? Hubler muttered with some dissatisfaction, "Why can those big shots make a good plan and then inform us? This is really terrible."

"Do you really need to go to war?" Li Gaote looked at him with dissatisfaction, "I don't want to fly in the sky again, and then throw myself into the helpless hole and let the Germans take us as shooting targets. If that makes me die, it's a bad thing. Yes, it's a terrible thing."

Hubler turned his head and said to Paconte, "Listen to this guy," and then said to Lee Goth, "So, man, can you tell me what kind of soldiers we are? Paratroopers, it is our destiny to jump from the sky as a target. You can't change it, or you don't want to die like this. Why didn't you become an infantryman?

"Just like the 4th Infantry Division?" Paconti smiled beside him.

"Yes, just like the 4th Infantry Division!" Hubler smiled and said, "Those poor guys are still curled up in the scattering pit, nibbling on the dry food of K. They are still bleeding on the front line, and they can't take a shower.

After Hubler said this, everyone was silent. They remembered the days in Normandy, where injuries, torture, cowardice and courage coexisted. Now suddenly they are no longer far away because of the emergency departures again and again. Those days seem to be in front of them, just past.

August 28 is a Sunday. In the morning, the 506th Regiment held a memorial ceremony for the martyrs who died in Normandy. Li Pu announced the news during team training on Saturday morning.

"God, are those guys in the regiment thinking with their buttocks?" Kaber complained, "Why do they squeeze our rest time? It's unfair." When he spoke to Tybert, his face was full of frustration.

"You mean they can do it this morning or next Monday?" Tebert looked at Capper, then shook his head and said, "This is not an easy thing. Forget it, Capper, don't be so serious!" Tybert left as he said. The news actually made everyone feel so happy.

Although for the brothers of Company E, the person who issued this order should be cursed, although many people are complaining, they are just talking. After all, it is their inalienable right to scratch.

E Company got on the bus and came to the regimental headquarters, which was located at Lord Wells's manor in Littlecote, on the periphery of Chilton Furiate. The scenery here is very pleasant. Although in summer, you can still feel the coolness here.

"They really enjoy it." Gernelly gave a sigh of admiration.

"Okay, guys, get together!" When they walked to a soft green grass, Li Pu began to shout again, "Brothers of Company E, don't daw me."

The brothers of E Company stood in line with the other companies, and then the funeral march played by the band began to play. They followed the music and gathered in front of the high platform of the whole group. But the music was too slow, and everyone took the wrong step.

After the whole regiment gathered, 2,000 young American soldiers covered the grass like tight brown carpets, and the magnificent castle stood in front of them, forming an exciting picture.

Military priest McGee made a speech, praising these dead for being heroic, the United States is worthy of their sacrifice, and the dead did not die in vain

"Almighty God, we kneel in front of you and ask to be a sharp weapon to express your anger in the action of attacking the evil forces, which have brought death, grief and depravity to human beings on earth... When we jump from the plane into the abyss of darkness, when we carry a parachute against the enemy's fire. Please stay with us in the landing, God. When we jump out of the parachute and pick up weapons to fight, please give us steel will and enough courage. There are countless evil legions. God, thank you for your kindness. Let's face and defeat the enemy in your name, in the name of freedom, and in the name of defending human dignity... Our enemies who make a living by swords, are afraid that they will die with swords and abuse violence, so let them suffer the consequences. God, please help us fight bravely for you and face the victory humbly.

"That's a good thing to say!" Parks suddenly said to Winters beside him.

Winters nodded. He looked up at the sky and said, "Yes, that's great."

General Taylor walked up to the podium. He looked around at the soldiers under the stage. They all looked up at him calmly, as if there was no fear and desire. He took a deep breath and began to speak: "Brothers of the 506 regiment, I am proud to stand here and remember our lost brothers with you. We..."

At this time, a huge roar came faintly from the sky, and then trembled the man's eardrum. General Taylor's voice was completely drowned out.

"It's C-47." Wales looked at the sky and said to himself, but his voice was quickly submerged in the roar of the plane, and only he could hear it in his heart.

All the people quarreled with the sky and looked over. The formation of C-47 flew through the sky, which made many brothers ring that they had crossed the vast strait from such a plane, and then in the dark night, with the shining gunfire on the ground, so one of them was submerged in the vast night sky.

General Taylor stopped his speech. He didn't continue. He just quietly watched all the brothers looking up at the sky. He knows what they are thinking.

When they finally waited for the aircraft formation to fly through the sky and calm down again, everyone noticed that General Taylor did not know when he came off the podium. He didn't get angry at all because of the rudeness of his brothers, and he even smiled.

Lieutenant Colonel Stryer stepped on the stage. He took a deep breath, and then said in a heavy tone, "We used to be a whole, and we used to be brothers. In Normandy, our brothers experienced a harsh battlefield, and some brothers stayed there forever. In Normandy, we lost 400 other brothers.

Four hundred and one brother, which made the brothers under the stage take a breath of cold air. They have never considered this number, but if they have mentioned it, they can't help but feel a strong sense of uneasiness.

Lt. Colonel Stryll read the list of martyrs and missing people on the stage, which was a long and unbearable process for the brothers, which caused a strong impact on their hearts.

The list seems to be endless. Every time a name is read, it will make the survivors of the class, row and company take a deep breath.

Every time he heard a familiar name, Pax's heart couldn't help twitching. He seemed to return to the scene of gunfire, as if the gunshots and shouts there echoed in his ears.

"Grenade! Two!"

"I was hit, I was hit, I'm going to die, sergeant..."

"They're dead. It's too late, Landman. Let's go!"

"Throw away all the equipment, let's move forward lightly, hurry up, hurry up!"

"Doctor, doctor, hurry up, damn it, hurry up!"

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"What are you thinking about?" Suddenly, a voice interrupted Parks. When he looked up, it was Winters. He was squinting at himself. "You don't look well. Do you need a rest?"

"No, no, no, no!" Parks quickly shook his head and looked at the stage. There was no one left. Lieutenant Colonel Stry had announced the list, and then Colonel Sink announced his dissolution. "Let's go."

Winters nodded, then glanced at Wales and said, "Let's go. Dude! The living suffer more than the dead! We should worry about ourselves.

"You're right!" Wales nodded and said, "One day, you will be here to mourn me."

For the veterans, this experience is just a memory of their lost brothers, but they all know that they may be more difficult in the future. As Winters said, "It's harder to live than to die!"

Two days after this event, the brothers of Company E entered a state of alert, and then took a bus with other companies in the regiment to the assembly stand-up area - the Memberley Airport outside Oldburn. They ate steak, eggs, fried chicken, white bread, milk and ice cream, and checked their weapons and equipment.

"Is it finally going to start?" Hefran once checked his equipment, and then said excitedly to Miller, "I can't imagine that this is how our first battle began. Ice cream, steak? It's unforgettable!"

"Yes, it's unforgettable!" Miller nodded and then smiled at Hefran. He is checking his rifle and preparing to hang it on his shoulder.

"Rookies, remember, you must be prepared before skydiving, or you will die." Karbo suddenly appeared in front of the two people. He took Miller's rifle, then looked at it and shook his head and said seriously, "Look at your rifle. It's almost a spider's web. Can you kill the German like this? Damn it!"

"Yes, I'll clean it!" Miller was a little unnatural in the face of Carbo, which came from the conflict between them.

While they were talking, Wales conveyed another thing that made the E company's old brothers happy. This time, the task was cancelled, and the British Second Army completed what the airborne troops had to do first.

Parks looked at the happy look of the E brothers and couldn't help taking a deep breath. He knew that in a short time, there would be a battle that caused great losses to the airmen - Operation Market Garden. This made him deeply depressed about it!

(to be continued)