Chapter 222 Baston's Night

"Bastone!" Captain Winters sat in the jeep, and behind him were Captain Nixon and Lieutenant Compton. He couldn't help looking back and talking to Nixon. Obviously, Parks' judgment is still correct this time. Although he has made such a judgment, he is not as sure as Parks. He didn't know what Parks's firm tone came from.

"He is always right!" Nixon shrugged his shoulders at Winters and smiled, "But Colonel Sink hasn't issued a notice yet. Maybe we will go somewhere else!"

Compton smiled, shook his head, and then looked at Nixon and said, "The German attack will be very fierce. General McCauley has warned us. And the front line may be very long, and we don't have enough manpower!"

Winters glanced at Compton and said, "This is not what we are thinking about, Buck. We only think about how to complete our task! We have to guard this line of defense."

Compton didn't say anything. He looked at the motorcade on the road and tried to give Winters a smile, but he couldn't laugh. From Tacoya's camp to Europe, Compton has always looked at problems positively. Even after so many battles, he was unfortunately injured. Especially when he saw the misery of the dying soldiers in the hospital, his heart was shaken. Living in the hospital all day, the suffocating and miserable atmosphere made him cautious about everything. Especially when he saw those disabled soldiers with despair in his eyes, he always warned himself: I can't be like that. If that's the case, it's better to die!

"Buck!" Winters felt that Compton's expression was a little strange and couldn't help shouting at him, "What's the problem?"

"No, Dick!" Compton came to his senses and squeezed out a smile at Winters. Then he turned his eyes to the team. He didn't want to talk anymore. He was more worried about the unknown road ahead.

Winters opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he never said it. He already felt that there were some differences between Compton after the injury and the previous Compton. He couldn't say what the change was. It felt like it was a little weak or stuffy. Winters nodded slightly, then stopped talking and turned his eyes to the front.

On the road ahead is an invisible truck queue, winding, like a huge snake crawling slowly. Implicitly, you can also hear the roaring songs of the soldiers in the nearby truck.

The sky outside gradually faded, and the night shrouded the road ahead. The long queue of cars could be seen from time to time the motorcycles galloping past the truck from behind. At that time, the messengers and messengers used it. They were in a hurry and kept honking, trying to make the swaying trucks Give way.

Some trucks were temporarily requisitioned and had no roof. The brothers were curled up in the truck in thick winter clothes. Even so, the cold air outside made these soldiers shrink into a ball of cold.

"I guess there is no trial light control. The German air force must be sleeping!" Lieutenant Hellig stood in the truck's carriage with his arms in his arms, constantly venting hot air. Looking at the lights from the truck, he couldn't help but say worriedly, "If a few bombers come at this time, we will all have to see God."

"God? Oh, he can't see me. It's really hard to turn around these days. I'm still thinking about Christmas turkey and football, but now I'm starving on such a night. Gordon lowered his head and looked listless. Obviously, he hadn't turned the corner, but the word Christmas sounded very far away.

"God, I really miss those C-47s!" Grenari looked outside and complained to his brothers, "I don't want to jump down from these trucks. It's really hard. We drove all day and then sent us to the front line to the Germans**. Lieutenant, why did you throw the matter of the fourth division to the airborne troops?

Lieutenant Heiliger looked at Granary and shook his head and said, "I don't care about this. I just want to know where they are going to transport us? God, we don't even know where we fight, but we have to fight with the Germans.

"It doesn't matter, Lieutenant!" Gordon couldn't help saying, "They just left us still on the damn battlefield, and then said to us: The Germans are in front of you, go to work hard and fight with them, either you die or he dies! Damn it, what's going on? Don't they know that we will die next to guns?

Heiliger shook his head and said, "We are paratroopers, and we all know this. But since my first parachute jump, I haven't landed exactly at the landing site. Don't think about where we should go. Where the parachute will take us, we will go. Now we are still the same. Wherever we stop, we will fight. This is the paratrooper!"

"But except for the second battalion, the whole division actually lacks ammunition and supplies. I'm really worried about how those guys can survive!" Pupai smiled and took the cigarette handed over by a recruit next to him and put it in his mouth. At this time, the recruit lit a lighter for him and helped him light the cigarette. He took a sip comfortably, and then pointed to the long convoy behind him and said, "We have always been lucky, at least we don't have to be cold and hungry!"

"We have a good company commander!" Hai Lige took a look at Pu Pai and said a word faintly.

Everyone was silent for a moment. They looked at the convoy behind them, as if the road would never come to an end. Of course, they hoped that the longer the road, the better, so that they would no longer stay in the puddle.

"Hey, boy, what's your name?" Gernari suddenly said to the recruit who had cigarette-fettered Pupai. In fact, the veterans don't know the recruits very well. They don't want to ask, because they think that the recruits will soon be killed in action. Remembering their names, once they are killed in the battle, it will make them psychologically blocked.

"Susus, Southus II!" The recruit looked at Granary and replied strangely that he was not surprised that Granary did not remember his name, because the veterans looked arrogant in front of the recruits, and they did not want to ask, so the recruits did not have the opportunity to introduce themselves to them.

"Do you have any cigarettes?" Gernelly obviously saw that South sent cigarettes to Pupai. He looked at South with a malicious smile, which made South a little bottomless, but he still took out the only two packs of cigarettes on his body.

"Yes, I have some cigarettes!" Sos stammered, and then handed two packs of cigarettes to Gernari. He saw this as a good opportunity to get close to the veterans, but he obviously ignored it. It's not so easy for veterans to change their views, unless you act in the battle to make them recognize you!

"Oh, I finally said a human word!" Granary stretched out his hand to take the cigarette, but someone took a pack faster. Gnery tore open the cigarette, and everyone in the truck will get one.

"Hey, throw it over!"

"Come here, damn it, share one with me!"

"Who has the fire?"

Suddenly, there was chaos in the car, and everyone began to fight for these two packs of cigarettes. It was noisy, and finally everyone got their own satisfactory results. Suddenly, the car was covered with smoke, and everyone was swallowing clouds.

The motorcade made a little noisy in the quiet and cold night, and the roar of the car made everyone's heart heavy. Was the jeep bumpy? The road was not very flat, and then they turned to a path, which was even more rugged. Winters jumped up from his seat from time to time by bumpy, and it didn't bump once. Nixon was going to scold "Fill". Obviously, he continued to do it all day. People who take the bus are not in a good mood.

At this time, a two-wheeled motorcycle suddenly chased forward from behind and drove side by side with the jeep. Winters couldn't help but take a strange look, and the driver shouted at Winters, "Sar, Colonel Sink asked me to convey the order!" The motorcycle rider took out a piece of paper from his sathus-in bag with one hand and handed it to Winters.

"It seems that our guess is very correct!" Winters took out the flashlight, shook it on the paper, and then smiled, "Coloe Sink's order is the same as our planned destination!" With that, he handed the flashlight and paper to Nixon.

"Bastone!" Nixon looked at it, then smiled, and handed the order and flashlight to Compton. "Buck, it seems that we are going to spend some time in the forest!"

At this time, gendarmes appeared along the way. They wore armbands and kept waving their arms to guide the brothers of the 101st Airborne Division. Under their command, the trucks turned one road after another. As they waved their hands, they shouted, "Keep going, keep moving forward, keep driving!"

A few kilometers away from Bastogne, the truck carrying Company E stopped. With a bang, the back baffle of the truck was put down, and the soldiers jumped out of the truck. As soon as they stepped on the land, they felt that the cold wind was like an unstoppable knife. Through the thick coat, it pierced into their skin and made people tremble all over.

After sitting in the car for too long, many people began to stretch their waists and began to mutter constantly, cursing the damn weather. And they can also hear the faint sound of crossfire.

"Oh, damn battlefield! Here we are again!" Private Freeman couldn't help moaning after jumping out of the car.

Lieutenant Heiliger's truck also stopped, and the baffle was knocked down. He jumped down first, and then shouted to the truck, "Okay, guys, get out of the car!" Brothers who got the cigarette, hurry up and finish it. We still have 15 minutes to prepare!"

"Hey, where are we?"

"It's definitely not in hell. It's too cold here!"

Someone was muttering that Granary jumped out of the car, immediately turned to the back of the car, pulled off his trousers, and was ready to release water. This long journey suffocated him. At this time, someone poured gasoline into the crater bombed by the road, then scratched a match and lit it. Suddenly, a raging fire broke out, and a group of people could be immediately attracted to the fire.

"Guys, step back a little. I've been holding my back for a long time!" Granary roared loudly at the man who pushed him behind his back. His roar will only make the group of guys behind him laugh.

"This is Bastogne! Strategic key points!" Colonel Sink slams a map on the front cover of the jeep. He said to Captain Winters and Nixon, "Seven roads in, seven roads out. It is very suitable for the German armored forces movement. Eisenhower wants to make these roads impossible for the Germans, so we will set up positions around Bastogne! Dig deep into the trenches and stick to the German army.

Then Sink glanced at Winters and said, "The second battalion will be deployed in the deep forest area in the east." Winters nodded to show that he understood. At this time, a voice suddenly came from behind him.

"God, I finally caught up!" You will know it's Stryr by listening to the sound.

When Winters and Colonel Sink turned to look at him, Winters couldn't help smiling and saluted Stry and said, "Colonel Stry!" Yes, Stry's badge is the colonel's badge. After he went to London, he was promoted.

"Go to summon the personnel of the headquarters of the group! Stryll!" Colonel Sink smiled at him and said, "We need to build a strong regimental headquarters." He soon sent Colonel Stry away.

"The first battalion is in the north, as your left wing. They will resist the German attack, and what you have to do is to dig trenches in the forest as soon as possible. Remember to dig the Parks trenches. Our defense line is too long, as expected before departure, so we must use the clever arrangement on the trenches to recover our disadvantages!" Colonel Sink told Winters.

"Parks trench?" Winters couldn't help but strangely said to Colonel Sink.

Colonel Sink looked at Winters: "Captain, I discussed with General Taylor that if the 101st Airborne Division promoted this kind of trench, we would definitely name it after the person who invented it, so we call the trench that Parks invented the Parks trench. Is there anything you don't understand? "

Nixon couldn't help smiling and said, "This is really enviable!"

"The third battalion as a reserve force!" Colonel Sink ignored Nixon's warm smile. He continued to say to Captain Winters, "We have no other manpower. Winters, in any way, we all have to keep this key road!"

Sink had no other nonsense. He nodded to Winters and said, "It's all up to you!" With that, he patted his arm, and then turned around and walked in the direction Steyr left. He is going to set up a regimental headquarters in Bastogne. There are still a lot of things to do!

At this time, a group of people suddenly appeared on the road ahead. Their appearance surprised the brothers of E Company. They are the defeated U.S. troops. They fled from the front line and failed to be defeated. Many people threw away their rifles and coats, which were all burdensome and would only cause them to lose their lives. They look lifeless, dull-eyed and ragged, like a group of beggars.

"Hey, Gernauri, look, who is this?" Toy pulled the peeing Gernelly, and then let out a surprised cry. He looked at the group of defeated soldiers on the road in surprise.

Gernery was pulled by Toy and peed on his hand. He couldn't help scolding "Fame", and then turned to Toy while tidying up his trousers. Then he also saw this scene on the highway and couldn't help but be stunned.

"My God!" Hefran looked at the disabled and unmoting beggars of the U.S. military, and couldn't help throwing away his cigarette butts in surprise! He went aside and grabbed Grenari and Toy and said, "Hey, gonorrhea, Malachi, Toi, do you see it? What's wrong with these guys?

"What the hell happened?" Hevran looked at these guys and asked Gnare next to him.

"Hey hey, you're going in the wrong direction!" Granary couldn't help shouting at several of them, "Aren't you going to Baston? Hey, my friend, what's wrong with you? He grabbed one of the U.S. soldiers with dull expressions. The U.S. military had messy hair and blood stains on his body. His face was full of smoke and dust, and he could not see the vitality.

"What happened? Where are you going? Didn't you come to fight side by side with us? Toi asked strangely to the American soldier who was pulled by Gnauri.

The U.S. soldier looked at them with dementia and shook his head and said, "Run, run, don't stay here. They will kill you." God, they suddenly came out to slaughter us. You have to get out of here! They have Tiger, MG42 machine guns, 88mm cannons and planes. They are like butchers!"

Gerry couldn't stand the shock and said to the U.S. soldier, "Hey, guys, we've just arrived here. Give me your ammunition!" I want as much as I want!"

The U.S. military untied all the ammunition and let Gernelly and Toe take it away: "You will use it!" At this time, Hefran rushed into the team of the defeated soldiers and shouted, "All of you who have ammunition, stay." Then he turned back to the brothers of Company E and said, "Guys, let's come and replenish the ammunition. We need to replenish the ammunition given to other battalions. God, this will be a difficult battle!" Hefron's words worked. The brothers of Company E rushed up, surrounded the group of defeated soldiers, and then wiped out the ammunition on them.

"Let me go, guys, I've brought you good things!" A jeep drove from the front, driven by Second Lieutenant George, the Logistics Officer of the 10th Armored Division B Combat Command De Sobery Division. Rice.. Winters stopped his car.

"Sar, I know you are short of ammunition. There is an ammunition yard in front of me. I brought some bullets and grenades. If you need it, it's better to vacate a truck. My jeep is too small to carry much. Then follow me and carry some ammunition back, or we can only detonate them!" Second Lieutenant Rice rushed to Winters.

"Thank you very much, second lieutenant!" Winters nodded at him, and then he quickly mobilized a truck and followed Second Lieutenant Rice to the ammunition yard he said. Soon he came back full of ammunition from a jeep and truck.

"Guys, come and get it yourself. Take more. We will have a fierce battle. We have to stick to it for a long time! Hurry up." Winters shouted at all the soldiers of the second battalion. The soldiers used both hands and feet, desperately grabbing the box of M-1 bullets. The fierce exchange of fire in the distance and the panic on the face of the retreating U.S. troops showed that every bullet they got was useful. Second Lieutenant Rice kept carrying bullets until every soldier couldn't hold them.

"A German armored division wants to cut off the road to the south, and you may be surrounded!" When Second Lieutenant Rice finally started the jeep to leave, he couldn't help looking at Winters and kindly reminded him.

Winters smiled at him and said, "We are paratroopers, second lieutenants. We should have been surrounded!"

"Well, I wish you good luck!" Second Lieutenant Rice said, and then started the jeep to gallop towards the rear, accompanied by a long, rags-out U.S. soldier with no tail. They came from Bastogne and then left the place far away, where they poured down their countless brothers.

E Company continued to move towards the Foy area. When it went out of Bastogne and headed northeast, the sound of gunfire was getting louder and louder, and the sound of gunfire was mixed with the sound of light weapons shooting. The battle ahead is getting more and more fierce. The soldiers of Company E walked silently. They looked at the road on the ground. Snowflakes had gradually floated. The road on the ground slowly turned white. In the night, such white, the whole earth became a little pale and a little dark. The leather shoes stepped on the soil and made a creaking sound.

Gernelly grined his teeth and frowned at the front. He slowly pushed forward with the team. He knew that the place he had gone might be an unprecedented difficulty. Behind him was Toy. He was wrapped in a thick coat, and then he shrank his neck behind the coat. The snowflakes gently floated into the collar of the coat and fell on his skin, making him shiver. Although more people are worried, they still embark on the road to Bastion without hesitation.

Maybe Winters didn't expect what kind of situation they would face. Maybe all the soldiers of Company E didn't think about how difficult a period of time they would spend in Baston, but because of their heroic performance in Baston, they have achieved the legend of U.S. airborne troops, and they didn't think about it. The Battle of Bastogne made them the most heroic force in the history of the U.S. military.

And only Parks knows this result. He knows what his brothers will bear, what they will lose, and what they will get. What he doesn't know is what kind of legend he will become after this battle, a legend that the U.S. military has been talking about!

(to be continued)