Chapter 219 Prepare Next

After the equipment of the second battalion was shipped, Parks asked to bring the equipment for training, and many brothers thought it was unnecessary. Although they also complained, they strictly followed Parks's requirements. Defense training is still continuing. And Winters extended the training to the three companies of the whole second battalion according to Parks's suggestion!

During training and recuperation, some veterans returned from the hospital. Some minor injuries didn't stay for a long time at all, just like Ellie, who only stayed for a month and returned to the camp. Some brothers usually come back early. After all, they are unwilling to be sent to the supplementary station and then rearranged in a strange company. Even if you want to die, you have to die in Company E. This is a belief that they came back. Out of worries about future combat life and trust in my brothers.

At the company headquarters, Parks saw Lieutenant Compton again. He had recovered. The bullet did not do much damage to him, and he was in good health and recovered quickly. However, his placement became a problem. For the placement of officers, it was generally decided by the regimental headquarters, but Compton was unwilling to go anywhere else, and Lieutenant Winters naturally took over his placement and served as a combat staff officer in the battalion headquarters. The vacancy after replacing Lieutenant Spiel and going to Company E.

"God, he took my platoon!" Compton complained to Parks in the company, "I've only been away for more than two months. Now everything has changed. Everything is different!"

"Everything is the same, Buck!" Parks smiled at him. To be honest, Buck's psychology had undergone some changes after the injury, which Parks knew. After all, there were wailing injuries in the hospital. In fact, after this injury, Buck became careful and his mother-in-law, and his mother-in-law was no longer the decisive Buck!

"I don't want to stay in the battalion headquarters. I can be Lieutenant Spiel's deputy in the platoon!" Compton seemed to want to convince Parks, but there was no fiery light in his eyes. He was just a little uncomfortable or reluctant to part with his brothers in the platoon.

"Don't worry, Buck, Lieutenant Sbier can take good care of his brothers!" Parks stood up and said to him, "You have been away for more than two months. Brothers need a strong man to lead them. Sergeant Tebert is undoubtedly a good non-commissioned officer, but they also need an officer to stabilize people's hearts. Parks knew that he was just looking for a reason to convince Compton. In fact, Spiel went to three rows, which did depend on Spiel's own efforts and his intentional or unintentional contribution.

"The battalion headquarters is also a very good place! Winters will also be a very good boss. He has always been your direct leader. Now the situation is still the same. You are still under his leadership. This is the most important thing!" Parks patted his arm and said, "I know you can't rest assured, brothers, but brothers are really fine!"

Compton nodded helplessly and said, "Okay, okay, I know." Then he nodded silently to Parks and walked to the door. Suddenly, he turned around and said, "I'm going to get together with my brothers." With that, he opened the door and left without looking back. The departure of Lieutenant Compton made Parks a little stunned, but to be honest, he did this in order to give Buck a better ending. If he continues to stay in the company, once he enters Bastogne, Buck's possible surnames will increase greatly if he finally exits from Company E. But if he stays in the battalion headquarters, the situation will change a lot, and nothing will break people down there.

Lieutenant Brewer has not returned to the team yet, but he is very lucky. The part where he was shot avoided the key point, making his recovery very fast, but there is still some time before he fully recovered. Many officers were also added to the company. The officers who participated in the Airborne of Company E in Normandy were Wales and Heiliger, and the officers who participated in Operation Market Garden were Lieutenant Welfare and Lieutenant Picak. They maintained the consecutive surnames of Company E and inherited their surnames. At the same time, a group of officers were added, such as Lieutenant Shams, a somewhat hysterical officer who once appeared in Bastogne. Parks did not let him hold any position, but was just on standby as a supplementary officer in the third platoon. The deputy platoon leader of the third platoon was another newly added Lieutenant Waterworth. In this way, the officers of Company E are basically composed of a platoon leader in each platoon, a deputy platoon leader and a supplementary officer, just like Captain Nixon jokingly said, "This is the division's early preparation for fear of causing huge casualties to subordinate officers in the next battle, and this kind of preparation will definitely come in handy!" Of course, unfortunately, Nixon's joke became a reality in the later Battle of Bastogne.

And the soldiers who returned from the hospital have their own surnames that quickly integrate into the team. They are very familiar with each other. When Donat returned to the team, he was drunk with several brothers in his class that day. During the training the next day, he almost made a big mistake. He almost shot a guy who participated in the training with live ammunition.

But E and even the whole 101 airborne division still don't have enough manpower. At the same time, a group of new recruits were sent from the United States to France again, and the recruits were quickly transported to the Momian barracks.

Stensen is a new recruit who was transferred this time. With him, there are two of his very good friends, Winnie and Cabaster. They are trained together in the U.S. military camp, fighting and gambling together. They can be said to be hardcore friends. But their average age is just over eighteen years old now.

"I hate to be transported from here to there like this. I hope I can kill the Germans!" On the way to the Momian barracks, Sdenson complained to his two friends in a bumpy and stuffy can-like truck, "Do you think we will be placed on the front line from the beginning?"

"Don't ask me, I don't know!" Winnie is obviously in a different mood. He is very nervous. The closer he gets to the battlefield, the faster his heart beats. "Damn it, I'm a little nervous!"

"I'm also a little nervous when I boarded from the United States, but maybe I'm too nervous. Now I'm a little relaxed. It's nothing. It's just a war, and we're chasing the Germans. We're just a trip to Europe! Don't worry, Winnie, it's nothing!" Kabuster looked at Winnie and smiled.

The three people looked at each other and then smiled. After landing on French territory, they were notified that they would be sent to the 2nd Battalion E Company of the 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division in Momian.

"God!" When they got the news, the three people took a breath of cold air, and then their faces couldn't help looking excited. Who wouldn't know the E company of the 506 regiment? Their company commander is Lieutenant Parks, the recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor who delivered a speech to all Americans by radio. In the media of the United States, this company is obviously the most heroic company in the United States. It has not only made repeated achievements, but also most importantly, it is one of the smallest companies to suffer losses even in large-scale offensive and defensive battles such as Normandy or later Market Garden Operation. This also made many recruits yearn for the company from the beginning when they were sent to Europe.

Obviously, they were shot by the jealous eyes of the recruits around them. There were forty-four people in the E company with them. Almost everyone's face is full of excitement.

"I can't wait!" Sdenson smiled and said to Pooh, "Don't worry, Pooh. Now we are in the best company in the world. Don't worry about what will happen in the future. I thought it was like winning a big prize. I think we did win the jackpot. If I can still get the medal, my mother will be proud of me!"

"I agree!" Winnie was also secretly relieved. To be honest, he had been wondering whether he could be assigned to E Company. Now it seems that God has blessed him.

The trucks of the recruits drove into the Momian barracks, and then they began to line up to report to their respective companies. Kandhi, Toi, Gernari, Li Gaote and others were sent to collect new recruits, placed them, and assigned to each platoon.

"God, are they all hell killers?" Pooh looked at these cold and murderous guys and couldn't help shivering. Obviously, several of them are veterans who have participated in the exhibition from Normandy. They have experienced many battles, and their natural temperament has suppressed these "pink" recruits. Even the pretending to be calm, Stensen and Cabast.

"They are non-commissioned officers of Company E!" Sidenson coughed dryly and then found a good reason for himself. "The non-commissioned officers of Company E should be like this. If they are not murderous or not killers, how can they be the most powerful company in the world?"

"Fortunately, we are at the same end with them. I'm really worried about the Germans who are against us!" Carbast tried to smile, but he felt that among the four non-commissioned officers, there was a short guy who was not tall to look at him coldly and immediately swallowed the words into his stomach. Although that guy looks a little short and a little thin, he is far less strong than his body.

All the 44 recruits have the same idea as them. They are absolutely obedient to these four people and can't have even the slightest resistance. In the eyes of the people in Pyconti, these recruits undoubtedly seem to be "naive". In the words of Granary, they are simply cute babies.

The officers of Company E are all about integrating the recruits into the whole team, so that they can meet the team spirit and personal skills standards of Company E, but because the veterans do not take field drills seriously, it is difficult to do the work. However, the non-commissioned officers played an unexpected role. After retreating from the "island", many veterans of the E Company, especially those from the Taco Army Camp, basically got the opportunity to be promoted to non-commissioned officers.

These sergeants who started as second-class soldiers in the Tacoya training camp are Lip, Tebert, Martin, Ruiz, Paconti, Muck, Christensen, Landorman, Redd, Gordon, Toi, Grenari, Carson, Boyle, Guth, Taylor, Malachi, etc. Many officers of Company E of Taco A were promoted to the 506th Regiment or 2nd Battalion, thus helping Company E to maintain this continuity and unity. It's just that Webster is now the only one who came out of the Tacoya barracks and is not a non-commissioned officer.

Many officers wanted Webster to be the squad leader, but he refused. He thought he came here to perform his duty, and he did it -- he never let a partner around him fall in the battle, whether in France or the Netherlands -- but he never did anything voluntarily, and he disdained promotion.

In the barracks, the veterans rampaged with weapons and ammunition that should be handed over when they leave the Netherlands, hand thunder on their belts, a box of bullets on their backs, knives and other (unapproved) weapons. In the eyes of the recruits, they are more like a group of killers of the French foreign legion.

The arrival of the recruits allowed the veterans to find an opportunity to repair the barracks. Although it has been several days since the release of this task, the soldiers who are about to become uncles have turned a deaf ear to this task and even disdain it. But the recruits are different. Gernelly commanded these recruits and began to clean up the barracks.

Although the recruits were a little reluctant, they didn't dare to say anything. And there is no doubt that the big complaint about this is Sdensen. For him, he came to Europe to kill the Germans, instead of doing those dirty work every day.

"I can't stand it anymore!" When Sdensen was cleaning up the posters and evaluation forms on the wall left by the German army, he complained to Winnie and Cabaste with him again, "Where are the Germans? I don't understand. Since you don't let us kill the Germans, don't let us do these things!"

"Shut up!" Kabuster shouted to Stenson in a low voice, "Don't cause trouble!" With that, he slanted his eyes to Gurnelly, who was under supervision. Obviously, he was very worried about being punished. These veterans punish people in a very special way.

"What are you talking about?" Grenari still heard it. He sneered at Stensen and said, "Rookie, what are you talking about? Do you want to tell me that you are going to kill the Germans? Or do you want to die quickly and become a rotten and smelly corpse in the Dutch soil? Let vultures and wild dogs devour everywhere?

Sidenson stopped his work and stood up straight despite Pooh pulling his trouser legs. Although he was still under the pressure of Grenari's fierce temperament, he relied on his taller body than Grenari to barely maintain the confrontation with Grenari. He raised his head and said loudly, "Yes, sir, I want to go to war, kill the Germans, and want to die!" I don't want to do such a job anymore! We are liberators, not workers.

Sdenson's words soon attracted the working recruits. They began to look this way, and a few of them even wanted to come over eager to see the fun. Undoubtedly, after a few days of work, these guys also became a little impatient and restless, accumulating resentment in their hearts, making them forget the shock of seeing these veteran killers.

"Damn it!" Gernelly scolded. He went to Sidensen and stared at him, with a cold light in his eyes and said, "Rookie, do you want to find excitement? Maybe you want to learn a lesson! Let me tell you what obedience is! What is combat? Come on, come here and attack me as if I'm a German!" Gernery waved to him and looked at him provocatively.

Sidensen squeezed his mouth and didn't make a sound, but he stared at Gernelly and pulled his hands tightly into fists. Cabast whispered to Stensen, "He is a non-commissioned officer. You'd better not go to him, or you will die ugly. Forget it!"

"Come on. You idiot, I'm not your boss now. I'm a German. Don't you want any German? Then attack me, are you so brave? Coward, go home and breastfeed!" Gernari looked at him coldly.

"He's just a German!" Stenson read a sentence in his heart, and then roared and punched Gernelly in the face. He was confident enough to beat the guy who was full of mockery of him in the face. He wants to show him that not all recruits are rookies. He wants to let him know how powerful the recruits are.

"Wow!" Stenson's fist came to his face with a strong breath, and everyone couldn't help screaming. Obviously, they seemed to feel that this punch would definitely hit Gernelly in the face.

With a "bang", it was not that Grenari fell down, but that Sdenson bent down and knelt on the ground. He arched his waist high in pain and hit his whole head on the ground, like a shrimp. Grenari dodged this circle very lightly. His head quickly turned down, and then put his foot on Stensen's stomach.

"Rookie, you are still far away!" Gernelly looked at Stensen contemptuously, and then said coldly to the others, "Do you still want to try? A bunch of idiots, work quickly, hurry up!"

The effect of this sentence had a huge effect after Sdenson fell to the ground. Everyone quickly lowered their heads and cleaned up the garbage on the wall, as well as the corrected bed and toilet. Looking at the busy appearance of the recruits, Grenari couldn't help laughing, and then secretly said, "God!" Fortunately, when he was training as a new recruit, he learned some fighting skills with Parks. This is the luck of the veterans of Company E. Now it seems to be very practical, even if he uses fighting skills in battle. It's relatively few, but now it has an unexpected effect.

A few days later, the environment of the barracks took on a new look. The horse manure around the barracks was cleaned up, the bed was refreshed, and the toilet was no longer disgusting. Moreover, the road is relatively flat. In the barracks, there is the Talcoa military newspaper edited by the 506th Regiment, which contains some military news, new developments of the Allies and the Germans, and some lace news.

Everyone thinks that the war is going well. In Momion, everyone is in high spirits. Since E is more or less a permanent garrison here, the soldiers are expected to receive more emails and hope that Christmas parcels can be sent to them. You can also look forward to going to Paris on a vacation; if you are lucky, E-Lian may be able to spend Christmas in Paris. In addition, there will be a football match at Christmas, followed by a turkey dinner. The bet on the football game is very high, and the training time is getting longer and more difficult.

Even Winters was optimistic about the future. Although he had a sense of worry under Parks' lobbying, he was always full of confidence in the continuous progress of the Allies on the front line.

"At least, we won't have a fight now." Nixon said this to Parks at the battalion headquarters. Winters looked at the military newspaper sent to the battalion headquarters with an analysis of General Taylor's battle situation. He predicted the progress of the war in the newspaper, and the next battle of the 101st Airborne Division will take place in mid-March, and then the whole 101st Airborne Division will participate in the European battlefield. In an unprecedented and final airborne operation, they will be airborne in Berlin and airborne to Berlin before the Soviets occupied Berlin. Then they will fly to the Pacific Ocean, fight in China or land in Japan. Colonel Sink also gave positive support to this and made sidelines to General Taylor's prediction.

"In their opinion, we can even go to Tokyo and capture my emperor alive, so that there will be no war in the Pacific Ocean. Isn't that great?" Parks looked at the content of the military newspaper with sarcasm, and then shook his head at Nixon and said, "These bigwigs always estimate everything optimistically, but they don't know that only worry can make people survive, and peace will paralyze people's minds and be destroyed by the enemy!" Parks sighed and then took a sip of wine, Nixon's favorite - Jade 69.

"No matter what you think, now everyone is thinking about a question, that is, how to have a good Christmas!" Nixon smiled and said, "Tong the truth, I'm also full of expectations for this! The war may really be far away from us, at least for now, Parks, I know what you think, but we can't make ourselves worried all the time. When it's time to enjoy it, we have to enjoy it!" With that, he raised his glass to Parks and drank it all.

"Well, Parks, don't worry about this. Haven't we prepared as you suggested?" Seeing that Parks was still unhappy, Winters couldn't help smiling. He put down the military report in his hand and said, "Anyway, we can't decide anything else. If you still need training for surnames, I still support it!" It's time for these guys to rectify them. They are making trouble everywhere.

Parks shrugged his shoulders helplessly. He had tried his best. On the best hand, the material preparation of the second battalion was very sufficient, but he was not mentally prepared. But Parks already has some calculations. He decided to follow his own plan and try his best to adapt his brothers to the new combat environment in future battles.

When the training was going on for ten days, Parks suddenly issued a training notice in the company, asking for an airborne training tomorrow morning. The landing site is in the wild area ten miles away from the barracks. According to the weather report issued by the division department, tomorrow's weather will be mainly rainy and foggy.

This order stunned all of E's brothers. They really couldn't figure out why Parks decided to do this. You know, if you land in such weather, there may be injuries. More seriously, it may even lead to fatal accidents.

(to be continued)