Chapter 303 Goodbye, Momion

Parks said goodbye to Virginia and Gerald, but he had to think about the future relationship for these two women. Now it was his free time, but he found that the more he thought, the more chaotic it was, which was far more difficult than fighting against the Germans! The training continues. From the class to the platoon, and then to the company, it has been extended to the scope of the battalion. The brothers are still complaining, but even the first-level commanders know that they are sitting and preparing for an airborne operation, and in this battle, the brothers will be airborne to the surrounding areas of Berlin - this is "Operation University". And soon after the officers received the notice, the order reached every soldier of the whole division.

"This means this will be our last battle, guys!" Da Niu Lan Daman held a cigar between his fingers. He smiled and stood in the sun, and his face looked red. But there is also a small scar on the face, which is a souvenir of the war. Daniel Landman is one of the bravest non-commissioned officers in Company E. He has never been afraid and takes good care of his brothers.

There are some brothers sitting or lying on the grass around him. They are all expressing their views on this action, and for them, if this is the last battle, they will be happy to carry it out. Anyway, after this time, they will leave the damn European battlefield. It's just that they don't know that the military department has begun to figure out the idea of the 101st Airborne Division. The battle in the Pacific battlefield is cruel and fierce. Compared with the European battlefield, it is simply a battlefield of hell.

"It's better to airdrop me to Hitler's house, so that I can cut his throat and let this madman die on my hand!" Toi played with his dagger in his hand and kept flipping tricks in the air. "Maybe I can still get a political axe to give me a bonus of 10,000 yuan a year. I can do nothing and live a stable life!"

"I hope I can airdrop you into Hitler's bedroom, and then you fall from the sky and lie directly on Hitler's body to poke his asshole. Maybe Hitler will reward you with 100,000 marks." Malachi smiled at him, pulled a handful of grass, threw it at Toy with his middle finger, and then nodded, "I'm really interested, because it will make us get home quickly. I can't wait!"

Yes, every brother can't wait, but this can't hide the tension in their hearts. After all, it is the heart of the attack on the German army, and it may encounter the fierce resistance of the German army. Maybe he may be the last unlucky one. In this way, they are looking forward to the arrival of the task in a nervous and expectant mood.

In this way, he came here in training and expectation. The brothers of Company E no longer talk about the basic training that they usually complain about. They think it will make it easier for them to parachute to Berlin. They are even discussing the difference between German girls and French girls, as well as girls in the Netherlands, Belgium and other places, and whether German beer tastes better than American beer. And they also participated in the joint training with the 17th Airborne Division and the 82nd Airborne Division to improve their ability to integrate with each other.

On March 22, the combat order was issued, but as expected, there was no part of the 101 airborne division in this airborne. The 82nd Airborne Division and the 101st Airborne Division will stay and prepare for the final attack on Berlin. The 17th Airborne Division was sent to participate in the largest Allied airborne operation so far, and for this reason, the brothers of Company E practiced skydiving with them for more than 20 days.

On March 24, the brothers of Company E were near the airport, watching the brothers of the 17th Airborne Division in a long line and enter the dense C-47 transport aircraft arranged at the airport. Then the transport plane accelerates on the runway and then takes off. After hovering at a low altitude, it forms multiple "V" shapes and flies to the northeast.

"Actually, I want to get on these planes!" Gnari, who stood in the distance watching the plane take off, said to Muck, who was also staring at the airport, "In fact, I found that I can't give up these things. I only have two stars, one from Normandy and one from the Netherlands. But I still hope to have a third one!"

Muck nodded, and Pankara beside him also nodded, which was what they thought. Even if you just skip the umbrella once, it will become an eternal memory for these veterans. They have found that they are closely connected with the airborne troops and with those transport planes. Seeing them in the sky or at the airport has a kind feeling that pours out from the bottom of my heart. But the brothers of the 17 airborne divisions who are now training with them flew away in the C-47 transport plane, leaving them here to look at them.

Webster, not far from Granary, suddenly cheered loudly. His arm was raised in the "V" shape of victory and shouted loudly, "Brothers, take care of the enemy and let them go to hell!"

Webster is completely an emotion from his heart, not to say how deep he has feelings for the 17th Division, but for the airborne troops who can jump out of the air in a transport plane. His words resonated with everyone, and then someone kept shouting at the plane in the sky.

"Let the Germans go to hell!"

"Let them die!"

On the same day, Webster wrote in his diary: I looked at them disappearing in the distance in the dull roar. Suddenly, I felt lonely and abandoned, as if I had been left behind.

But one of the 506 regiments was not left behind. This is Captain Nixon. Admiral Taylor selected him as an observer of the 101st Division to parachute with the 17th Division, and Nixon was fortunately appointed as the skydiver of his fighter. But this operation was resisted by the Germans' tenacious resistance. The airborne troops were surrounded by German anti-aircraft fire. Nixon's plane was hit, but he was the parachuting captain. He was the first to jump out. Then he heard a violent explosion. The plane was hit by German anti-aircraft fire and exploded in the air, only Nixon. He managed to jump out with three other people before the plane crashed. Nixon was assigned to the 17th Division for only one night. He was sent back to the Rhine on March 25, and then took a special small plane back to the 2nd Battalion stationed in Momian.

The infantry division and armored division of the U.S. 1st Army, which cooperated with this operation, crossed the Rhine River and then advanced north to surround the German army in Ruhr to defend the German industrial center. The Allies have formed a siege around Ruhr. But this is not enough. Eisenhower needs to strengthen these encirclement, and he thinks of the 101st Airborne Division and the 82nd Airborne Division.

At the end of March, E opened in a row and returned to the Rhine front. Many brothers are frustrated and discouraged because they are not on the mission to airborne in Berlin, which means that the war will continue. Although they will enter German territory as conquerors this time, they imagine that this will only attract the strong resistance of the German [***] team and make the war more difficult.

Parks knows that it is impractical to land in Berlin and will not succeed. On the scale of the Berlin campaign, both sides invested a total of 3.5 million troops, and the German army invested 1 million in the National Guard, the National Guard and the SS, with a firm decision to defend the mainland, about 10,000 artillery, 3,000 tanks and more than 4,500 aircraft. In the Soviet attack on Berlin, 300,000 Red Army soldiers were killed and 600,000 German troops were annihilated.

If the U.S. military really wants to land in Berlin, it can only be described as a tragedy. The airborne troops may be destroyed, which will undoubtedly devastate all the airborne troops. Obviously, this is one of the wisest decisions made by the U.S. military after considering many factors.

The soldiers of Company E wore brand-new helmets, rifles or submachine guns, trousers tied outside combat boots, double-edged knives to dig trenches on their right legs, and packed with military kettles, first aid kits, and No. K dry food in their field backpacks. The old-fashioned bullet belt with the magazine was replaced with a cloth bullet belt. The field back is packed with the smallest amount of shorts, socks, razors, sewing kits, cigarettes, etc. with field backpacks, together with a phosphor and an ordinary grenade tied to the parachute strap on the chest. John, the military priest? Malloni gave Mass and recited his sins to all the officers and soldiers.

Before leaving, Nixon was sitting in a press briefing to some of his brothers. Some brothers sat there and listened, and Luz, Li Gaote and others were playing poker while listening. Some political groups asked their brothers to write home to advocate donations, which made many people yawn.

Nixon couldn't help shaking his head and then smiling, "I'm sure this news will be what you like. Oklahoma is also performing on Broadway.

"Oh, yeah!" Suddenly, someone was interested, and Luz proudly learned the classic passage in it and sang: "The majestic wind of Oklahoma blows the plains, and the wheat ears like wheat smell so sweet. When the wind is gusts..."

"appear after the rain!" This is a high note that overshadows the voice of all the brothers. It is the recruit O'Kee. He sat in front and sang proudly with a smile on his face.

Suddenly, the brothers behind him laughed, and Gordon shouted at him, "Hey, O'Keeffe, are you sitting with a bayonet? You'd better let Luz sing!"

Almost all the brothers laughed, and Luz smiled at Okif and said, "Unless you want to perform a song and dance, Okifu, choose one for you, sing or dance?"

"Position News" Nixon shook his head and smiled at the group of guys, and then continued, "The airborne operation in the Ruhr area suffered a setback, but we reversed the situation, and the German defense began to disintegrate. I think the results of the 17th Airborne Division and the 1st Army's infantry division and armored division are not bad."

"If we had gone, maybe Berlin would have been liberated!" Luz smiled with a smile. Suddenly, I got the coax of a group of guys behind me. But anyway, the current situation is very favorable to Company E.

The truck drove out of the Momian barracks. At this time, the brothers remembered to look at some of the places they had taken for more than a month, but they all felt that this departure might be the last time they were stationed here as soldiers. They will say goodbye to this place where they have had a lot of happy time.

The Momian barracks is particularly old in the sun. This barracks with a long history has experienced the stationing of different armies from ancient times to modern times. Its appearance is full of vicissitudes and mottled rust.

Goodbye, Momion, goodbye to France! When the jeep was running on the road, Parks, who was sitting in the back seat, looked at Major Winters sitting in the front row, and then looked at the fields around him. These words couldn't help but come to his mind!

(to be continued)