Carrandon is the intersection of Omaha Beach Landing Force and Utah Beach Landing Force. The reason why this town with only 4,000 people is used as the intersection of two beaches and other troops is because of his geographical location:

This town guards the road from Cherbourg to Caen and San Lo, and the railway from Paris to Cherbourg also passes here - Cherbourg is a deep-water port that the Allied forces must seize. Only by controlling Cherbourg and the huge Allied troops can we arrive from Britain more quickly and effectively, rather than transferring from several landing beaches like moving ants, little by little from the transport ship to the boat and then to the ground.

But until the D-Day, the intelligence agencies were unable to find out one thing:

In their eyes, they did not have the elite German troops stationed in the Karland area. Before the D-D, an elite German paratrooper was stationed, which was the Sixth Paratrooper Regiment, which was later praised as the "Lion" by the 101st Division.

Before heading to Kalantang, the German Sixth Paratrooper Regiment had more than 3,400 people who were not satisfied with the organization. After arriving in the Normandy area, his organization was quickly improved - reaching a scale of 4,500. At the same time, half of the members of the regiment were veterans, and they were equipped with three-purpose guns dedicated to German paratroopers: FG42.

The reason why FG42 is called a three-purpose is that it is equipped with a scope and a machine gun bracket, and it is also a 20-round magazine. In the hands of these Germans, the FG42 not only acts as a rifle, but also can transform into a sniper rifle and a light machine gun. It is only a little smaller than the 98K bullet velocity and an effective range of 600 meters. It completely explodes the M1 carbine equipped by the 101st Division, and the near effective range is nearly twice that of the M1 carbine!

Before the 101st Airborne Division attacked Carronton, it received a warning from the command center, but the command center itself did not know much about Carronton's intelligence, and only reminded Carronton that there was an elite German infantry stationed. The 101st Division had never taken this warning that the command center had not taken it seriously, and then launched an attack on Carronton with more than 5,000 troops.

Then……

After a long struggle, they did not even take down a small street in Kalangtang. Later, the paratroopers called armored troops to help, but were ambushed by the Iron Fist Rocket Launch of the Sixth Paratrooper Regiment. The tanks were lost more than those killed by Zheng Yingqi and his men in Lambler for many days.

In order to capture Kalanton, the two sides did not capture Kalanton until June 12, and after the ammunition of the Sixth Paratrooper Regiment was in emergency, the 101st Division captured Kalanton. At this time, the Sixth Paratrooper Regiment had more than 3,000 troops.

But in the early morning of the next day, the Sixth Paratrooper Regiment, which had received ammunition supplies and reinforcements, launched a counterattack against Carranton, trying to retake and control this important transportation hub.

In this German counterattack and the US defensive battle, the Sixth Paratrooper Regiment generally had a low evaluation of the 101st Division. Only the 506th Regiment was praised by the Sixth Paratrooper Regiment. But even so, the performance of the 506th Regiment was also called a wonderful addition in the defensive battle. Take the 2nd Battalion as an example. In the defensive battle, Company F could not withstand the German attack and ran away directly, exposing the D Company on the right side of Company E directly to the German offensive, forcing Company D to retreat. Only Company E was embedded tightly on the left wing, and waited until several hours later, reinforcements arrived, saving face for the 2nd Battalion and the 506th Regiment.

The German counterattack on Carlandon on the 13th was finally declared defeated by the continuous arrival of Allied reinforcements. However, even so, the German army still defended the periphery of Carlandon, blocking the Allies while thinking about recapturing Carlandon.

...

Carlandon.

This is the front line among all people. At noon on June 18, Zheng Yingqi, who was dressed more sloppy than the Karantang defenders, came to Karantang and came to this small town where the war had not yet been extinguished.

He entered this small town with complex emotions. The closer he was to this small town with a strong smell of gunpowder, the more uneasy he felt - I don’t know how many people there are now for those comrades who have trained with him for nearly two years.

He was afraid that he would not see many familiar faces.

After entering the small town where fortifications and laziness were everywhere, Zheng Yingqi hesitated for a while before asking about the location of the E Company of the 506th Regiment, but unexpectedly, his hesitation turned into suspiciousness in the eyes of a tightly lifted patrol team.

So the patrol stopped Zheng Yingqi, who was not dressed in a defender, and asked Zheng Yingqi to report himself - after all, who would carry so many things in the defender wandering around the city?

"Jacob, Sergeant 1, 1st row of E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Regiment, I'm here to return." Zheng Yingqi told the patrol team that stopped him.

"Return to the team?" The sergeant of the patrol team looked at the sloppy Zheng Yingqi in surprise and asked in a strange tone: "Sergeant, don't tell me that it has been almost half a month since the D-day to now, you have just returned to the team-even if you are a snail, you should have found your own troops at this time, right?"

As the sergeant asked, the paratroopers in the patrol tacitly raised their guns. Although they did not aim directly at Zheng Yingqi, Zheng Yingqi believed that as long as he had a little abnormal movement, these bastards would definitely pull the trigger at him without hesitation!

After the airborne of D-D, the chaotic return continued until the 9th. By the 9th, most of the paratroopers who were thrown by irresponsible pilots found their own troops. Even though some of them were thrown into the opposite direction, after occupying Kalanton on the 12th, they came to the door on the 13th and 14th. So the sergeant of the patrol team suspected that Zheng Yingqi might have been captured by the German army, and then sent back with a "mission".

In fact, this situation is not uncommon - several paratroopers who were captured by German dramas and then quietly released for other purposes have been discovered.

Zheng Yingqi tried his best to slow down his movements and said that he wanted to take things from his pocket. After obtaining consent, he slowly took out two certificates from his pocket and handed them to the postmaster in front of him and said: "I was recruited and participated in other battles. This is the certificate of recruitment from the post-replacement, and this is the certificate of discharge from the hospital issued to me by the hospital."

Seeing that there was no proof of any problem, the sergeant became more alert. Injured? According to the style of the US military, after recovering from injury, he must lie in the hospital for seventy or eighty or ninety days to avoid this damn war. He hopes that the war will end unexpectedly in the longer period of time he lies. But the number of days has only been D's day? Half a month has not been enough to lie down. Who would be stupid to return to the team at this time?

Or is it Carlandon who is on the front line?

The sergeant pretended to be careless: "The hospital issued a certificate of return to the team? Are you injured? Can I see your injury? Sergeant!"

Zheng Yingqi smiled bitterly. He was treated as a spy? Well, although I have this plan,... I will definitely not be a spy from the German army, right?

He took off his coat and showed his injured left arm to the patrol paratroopers. The sergeant was worried that Zheng Yingqi would open the bandage for examination. After hearing this request, Zheng Yingqi frowned. This provocative examination made him dissatisfied, but after thinking about it, he still did it, revealing the wound that had not been healed by the bullet.

After seeing the wound, the sergeant asked: "9mm Parabellum pistol bullet?"

"Um."

The 9mm Paraberum pistol bullet was used by German submachine guns. After seeing this wound, the sergeant let down nine points of suspicion. If it was disguised by the Germans, it would generally be impossible to have such bullet wounds. If it was captured by the Germans, probably... he would not have put the wound back immediately after the wounded rebellion.

The sergeant planned to let Zheng Yingqi go, but just as Zheng Yingqi put on his coat again, the bandage was exposed on his body - in the ruins of the shells flying everywhere, the inconspicuous small stones would turn into deadly things after the explosion. He was lucky and was not reimbursed by the small stones, but there was a lot of scum left on his body. It took a long time for the military doctors in the hospital to clean up the tiny pieces that were growing in the flesh, but because of this, his body was covered with bandages.

"Wait," the sergeant nervously asked, "You still have any injuries?"

"It's gone."

"Then what's going on with the bandage on you? Don't tell me that you're afraid of the cold so you put a circle of bandages on your body!" Although the sergeant said jokingly, he made a gesture of preparing to arrest the others, and subconsciously took a few steps back. The rest of the patrol paratroopers tacitly unfolded their formation, surrounding Zheng Yingqi in the middle in a half-moon posture.

"I think you have to go with us."

grass!

Zheng Yingqi's anger surged. Is he going to finish? Do you really treat me as a spy?

"Sergeant, you think two certificates are not enough. You checked my injuries and now you want to take me away. Tell me, what do you want to do?" Zheng Yingqi suppressed his anger and asked calmly.

This is Carronton, which is the front line. The soldiers' nerves are already tense, and a little movement will cause a completely avoidable tragedy. Therefore, even if Zheng Yingqi is angry, he dare not speak out, and he dare not make extreme actions. The American military and police are not very capable of being under pressure, and most of them have the mentality of not being able to die for fellow Taoists.

"I suspect you were captured by the Germans, and now you are sent back by the Germans with ulterior motives."

Grass!

"I have a certificate of recruitment for later replenishment and a certificate of discharge from the hospital." Zheng Yingqi said coldly.

"These things can be faked. Sergeant, you have the obligation to cooperate with our investigation, and we also have the right to investigate. If you do not cooperate, we are not responsible for any consequences that may arise!"

The noisy here attracted the attention of many paratroopers. Although many of the paratroopers were very dissatisfied with the patrol, their butts were sitting with the patrol team at this time, and many even spontaneously filled the patrol team's half-moon encirclement and surrounded Zheng Yingqi.

"Okay," Zheng Yingqi was really helpless. He caught the spies on his head. It felt so uncomfortable. He smiled bitterly and said, "I came out of the Second Field Hospital of the Fourth Infantry Division. You can call them to confirm that the division headquarters should have records about my recruitment now. You can go to the division headquarters to check."

Although Zheng Yingqi said it with a good reputation, the patrol team ignored Zheng Yingqi's defense. After confiscating the weapons in Zheng Yingqi's hands, they instead scolded him in a tone of treating the enemy: "Stop talking nonsense, let's go with us."

...

Since the D-Day, countless allies have set foot on the Kotantan Peninsula every day, countless supplies have arrived every day, and countless troops have felt that they are in the process of being told - but in fact, the efficiency during the period is far less efficient than ordinary people think, and the bureaucratic style within the US military is also "disadvantages" and makes people desperate.

Just like now, Zheng Yingqi's identity can be confirmed to the Second Field Hospital or division headquarters of the Fourth Infantry Division. Even if he finds the truck Zheng Yingqi was riding when he came to Carangtai, he can confirm his identity from the other hand.

but!

For five hours, the patrol team did not obtain relevant confirmation information. Whether it was sending a letter of cooperation to the Second Infantry Division or reporting to the division headquarters, there was no response. Zheng Yingqi could only be detained in a small black room renovated from a private house, and was worried that the miserable shells would fall into the place and take him away with him with one shot.

The patrol team, which had not received any reply, had to continue to detain Zheng Yingqi. In the name of "suspected spy", they were even so stingy that they did not even throw a portion of K-level dry food to him in the small dark room.

【I... want to escape from prison...】

Listening to the faint sound of gunfire and explosions outside, Zheng Yingqi was in the small dark room with all doors and windows closed, thinking with a grievance: If I had known this, it would be better to lie down in the hospital for a longer time.

...

The E Company's defense line was not in Karonton City, but on the southern position outside the city. This was the front line in the front line. The paratroopers staying on the position were nervous all the time. Even when they were sleeping, they tried to keep their guns in front of them so that they could pick up their weapons as soon as possible when the German army launched an attack or attack.

For convenience, paratroopers prefer to sleep with their weapons, but after a tragedy occurred during this period, the acting company commander Winters ordered the ban on such acts of falling asleep with a gun:

After finishing his night duty, the second sergeant Elbert entered the underground fortifications and stabbed Private George Smith with a butt, signaling that the guy would change the guards with him. This was a very routine and routine operation, but... because it was raining that day and because Elbert's poncho could not be recruited, the unlucky sergeant put on the poncho that was seized from the Germans.

Smith, who was woken up by his butt stock, opened his eyes and saw a German man in front of him, and was stabbing himself with a gun. Smith firmly stabbed the gun in his arms - Smith had a bayonet inserted into his gun and stabbed directly into Elbert's chest.

The only good news is that the bayonet did not stab the lungs, hearts and other deadly organs, otherwise the E Company would have to come forward and kill each other together.

So since then, everyone has followed Winters' orders and no longer sleeps with weapons, and no one wants to be the unlucky second in Elbert.

After Private Blis finished his duty, he got into the underground fortifications of the first platoon and woke Robbins up for rotation. When Robbins was about to go out for duty, Blis asked:

"Robbins, where is Jacob?"

"Jacob?" Robbins, who was sleeping a little confused, said in a daze: "Hasn't he been recruited on Day D?"

"No, Zachley, who was on duty at the time, told me that he saw Jacob in the city today. Jacob was taken away by the patrol team to assist in the investigation."

"What?" Robbins' sleepiness disappeared, and he exclaimed: "It's impossible, Jacob didn't come at all!"

"Zachley knew Jacob, and he would not recognize the wrong person. Besides, Zachley also said that Jacob had reported the number to the patrol at that time." Bliss said with certainty.

"But he didn't come at all, wait... Could it be that the patrol gangs were deliberately detaining Jacob, right?" Robbins became suspicious. When Blis heard this, he was not sure - the patrol team was responsible for the gendarmerie. In Carlandon these days, those patrol teams have caused the paratroopers to suffer a lot, resulting in the paratroopers' general bad impression of the patrol team.
Chapter completed!