The entire 101st Division's defense line had been completely built before the German attack. The German army thought they could easily defeat the Bastogne's defense line as before, but under the defense line built by the paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division, the German army's offense did not make any progress.

Without defeating the US troops coming to aid immediately and unable to occupy Bastogne, the German troops changed their tactics. They thought: Since they could not be defeated easily, surround it.

So, Bastogne was surrounded by the German army - the German army surrounded Bastogne with 15 divisions, and among these fifteen divisions, there were four armored divisions.

In addition to the 101st Airborne Division, the US military surrounded by the 10th Airborne Division only had the second battle group of the 163rd field artillery battalion. That's right, the strength of less than two divisions was surrounded by more than eight times the German army.

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On the evening of the 19th, a group of paratroopers trembled in the ear piercings of cats that had been dug out. Gordon said: "We are surrounded by the Germans."

During the days when Allie was away, Gordon was the best and most optimistic veteran in the eyes of the recruits. Just like on the way to help, when they were frightened by the lack of ammunition, Gordon was optimistic that the logistics officers would prepare what they needed - well, although it turned out that Gordon was too optimistic, it did not affect the trust of the newcomers in Gordon.

But now, the most optimistic veteran in the eyes of the newcomers is telling a terrible fact expressionlessly, which is a serious blow to the newcomers' mentality.

Zheng Yingqi glanced at Gordon and said relaxedly: "I think we have successfully dragged down the already stretched forces of the Germans. After several years of war, the Germans were no longer the army that swept across Europe and Africa. Now, we have dragged their fifteen divisions here, and on other battlefields, our people will be in an absolute advantage. I think you all should know what this means."

The recruits laughed, yes, the Germans only had a little force, and had so many troops stationed here to surround them, so the rest of the place would inevitably be empty.

"They will lose the last pair of underwear - our 101st Division will also be regarded as a hero because of successfully dragging down many enemies!" The recruit Eric said excitedly.

hero?

Gordon smiled strangely. The recruits do not understand the concept of heroes, but who does not understand the veterans? No veteran wants to be a hero.

"Yes," Zheng Yingqi nodded with a smile, and then said, "Besides, we are paratroopers, and paratroopers are born surrounded by enemies - but the bones of paratroopers are very hard. If you want to gnaw a paratrooper, you have to be prepared to collapse a bunch of teeth. I bet that with the Germans' current teeth, it is a dream to gnaw us!"

"Yes, our bones are so hard," Eric said with honor. "A German armored division did not bite the 1st battalion supported by the Sobery team today. I want to bite our 101st Division, but I have no way!"

The northeast of Fuwa Village, where the first battalion was stationed, was attacked by a German armored division today. However, with the support of the Sobery detachment of the 10th Armored Division, the 1st Battalion stubbornly defended the position. The German attacked for a day, but did not chew on the position of the first battalion.

The new recruits' despair quickly dissipated, and Zheng Yingqi nodded secretly. Although E Company suffered a lot of losses in succession of battles, the proportion of new and veterans was good after all. With veterans there, E Company would not fall into despair.

After confirming that the newcomers are stable, Zheng Yingqi said:

"It's almost time for patrol, Eric, patrol with me and exchange Hevlong and the others for the back."

Eric was overjoyed and stood up quickly. Regardless of the cold weather, he followed Zheng Yingqi to the ear piercing of the cat that had squeezed five people - it is normal for veterans in the army to bully new recruits like eating, and bullying is not limited to violence, but throwing many tricks to new recruits is also one of the ways to bully them.

However, veterans will never throw patrol matters to recruits on the battlefield - it is a matter of life and death. Veterans believe in themselves more, so there is no newcomer to support the patrol matters on the battlefield. Veterans who take the initiative to take over the dangerous guys usually throw other things to recruits. Eric always hopes that he can get rid of this shadow of oppression. There is no doubt that being able to patrol with veterans is a prelude to get rid of oppression.

So he was extremely excited.

As the process of gradually honoring, Eric also knew that Jacob's weight in E Company, and being able to be taken by Jacob was definitely a very meaningful thing for him, the first brother on the battlefield. If Zheng Yingqi knew that this guy was thinking so, he would definitely have to find a way to introduce him to Xu Mumu and let the two guys hook up and do meaningful things.

The cold weather made the fog cover the E Company's defense zone in the middle of the night. The woods and the open land were covered by heavy fog. Zheng Yingqi, who had been patrolling Eric for three hours, shouted Gordon, who was the next shift, but did not rest, but instead took the initiative to work overtime. Such weather was a rare blessing for the attacking side. If it were him, he would have led the team to launch a raid under the cover of the fog.

This was the first time Eric saw such a serious non-commissioned officer - he took the initiative to work overtime after completing his job. This awareness made him feel deeply moved. No wonder Jacob became the most trusted combat partner of the entire E Company.

Just when he was about to give a compliment with words, Zheng Yingqi suddenly made a ban on Eric. Eric was stunned. It took several seconds to understand. He hurriedly covered his mouth, which attracted Zheng Yingqi's surprise glance.

Eric smiled embarrassedly, then raised his gun to guard. At the edge of his vision, he saw a figure walking out from behind the tree. He was so shocked that Eric aimed directly at the other party, but was gently stopped by Zheng Yingqi and shook his head at him.

But Eric dared not relax and stared at the other party with his breath. The place where he patrolled with Zheng Yingqi was the outermost periphery of his position, and the shadows appearing on the left must be Germans.

This is the first time he faces a German in a military uniform. How can he not be nervous?

But Zheng Yingqi was not nervous at all. Instead, he was curious about what the guy in front was doing. He judged from the other party's outline that the other party did not carry a gun or even a backpack, and it was not like fighting.

The German quickly "answered" Zheng Yingqi's curiosity, and saw him take off his military coat, take off his pants and squat down on the spot.

It's actually...

A fierce man! He actually ran to the forefront of the confrontation between the two sides to solve personal problems - this is the legendary fierce man!

Zheng Yingqi was deeply moved, and then he smiled secretly. He thought too much, and the other party must have lost his direction in the fog. He must have wanted to go to the back of the position to be convenient. Unexpectedly, he went straight to the front and was at the bottom of his nose!

Since it was delivered to the door, Zheng Yingqi was naturally not polite. When the other party solved the problem and stood up to lift his pants, he appeared in front of the other party with a smile. The German soldier was frightened and subconsciously raised his hand, allowing his pants to slide down on his feet again.

Eric was so excited that he didn't expect that he could capture a cruel German alive!

"Exciting! So exciting!"

Eric was extremely excited.

But what made him feel even more exciting was still behind. After Zheng Yingqi handed over the unlucky German to Wersh, he suggested to Wersh that he raid the German army opposite and give the Germans a "wonderful" meeting gift.

"Is this okay?" Wersh hesitated. The visibility was so pitiful. Is the risk too high to raid the German camp opposite?

"It can be done! The German army is not prepared at all. If he is prepared, he will not be able to easily go to the front of the position."
Chapter completed!