January 1945 was a day worth remembering for the paratroopers of the 101st Division. Although many years later, they often took the initiative to miss or passed the time to miss January 1945, at that time, everyone was cursing this black month.

The sound of gunfire and explosions are the themes of January, and the most unforgettable thing in their memory many years later is the coldness that freezes to death.

Trench foot disease, frostbite, neurasthenia...

In the eyes of paratroopers, everything that can torture is a high incidence period in that month.

Although E Company was not spared, after the internal connection was closely linked, this external condition would at most make them curse a few more times, rather than being in a state of being uneasy inside and outside. After all, the newly appointed ruthless company commander allowed them to trust the officials above again with confidence, so there was no need to worry about whether they would be cheated to death by the company commander of the cheating goods.

In this atmosphere, time moved on to January 14th.

The German army launched another attack on the Fuwa Line. The first batch of attacking German troops consisted of an infantry company and six tanks, but this force did not shake the defense line operated by the 2nd Battalion, and it did not even require the other two companies to take action. Company E easily defeated the German troops. In Hubler's words, it was like a simple battle to play house.

The German commander was very keen. After tentative attacks, he found that the position on the 2nd Battalion was difficult to chew, he immediately changed the target, and then dispatched 14 tanks and one battalion's troops to attack the position on the 3rd Battalion next door.

After the war, the troops all told me how cruel the battle they had experienced, how great the damage was, how much they suffered, and how fierce the damage they suffered, they could still fight against the enemy after the damage. In the end, they had to withdraw from the battle because of the heavy damage. However, during the war, the act of gigging on their faces to make them shameful afterwards was the most angry, annoying, and hated by the friendly forces!

Just like the 3rd battalion!

During the German offensive, the 3rd Battalion lost its positions one after another, and was finally led by the Germans, using tanks, and directly broke through to Fuwa Village, forcing the regiment headquarters to run away...

The first battalion commander roared angrily: "Our battalion faces a German armored division and guards at Fuwa for 48 hours! Ganteniang's 3rd battalion was chiseled through a battalion in four hours! Where is the face? Where is the face?"

3 Battalion Commander: "You can do it and you can get there!"

Winters, who was promoted to 2nd battalion commander, laughed and said nothing.

Sure enough, at this critical moment, the regiment headquarters immediately thought of Company E, so the order was transmitted to Company E at 1 pm:

Reinforce Fuwa Village immediately and ensure that Fuwa is safe.

...

On the way to Fuwa Village, Hubler complained: "What, when he was stationed, he threw us on the outer positions and was frozen. They hid in the house and roasted fire cats. When the Germans came over, they turned into mud, and a bucket became mud, and they had to ask us to block the gun?"

This guy's complaints have aroused the resonance of many paratroopers. The third battalion, you rushed the fastest when you were enjoying it. When you endured hardships and blocked the holes of the gun, you remembered us?

Zheng Yingqi couldn't help kicking Hubler and cursed: "Godden used to be the best-sounding thing, but now Gordon is hiding from the hospital. Is it your turn to be sarcastic for him?"

Hubler laughed and said, "I was led by Gordon. Didn't you say that there is an old Chinese saying that those who are close to the vermilion are red and close to the ink are black? I was dyed black by Gordon."

A group of paratroopers burst into laughter, and Zheng Yingqi complained: "There is another saying in China, that is, there must be a problem with your own color without staining."

"Tsk, China's 'proverb' is really interesting. I must learn about this ancient and mysterious country in the future." Huble said with emotion.

Zheng Yingqi, who was standing by, laughed secretly. After instilling the guys in E Company for so long, these guys have finally become interested in China. I hope that in the future, I can promote exchanges between the two countries. You will know that when describing China, you no longer need to use meaningless compliments such as ancient and mysterious!

Spears has always paid attention to the situation of the three platoons. After all, the bias of the 3rd Battalion of Wuwubao 3rd Battalion of Jin 2nd Battalion is too dissatisfied. The soldiers inevitably have complaints in their hearts. He must reasonably relieve this emotion and not let this small emotion affect unity and combat.

Fortunately, E is not losing money. Although it is E. The experienced non-commissioned officers and officers reasonably guided this emotion, and did not fan the ignition or turn a blind eye.

Well, it's a very good E-company.

Of course, what satisfied Spears the most was the first platoon. The 1 platoon of 9 people was added. In just a few days and ten days, it had already formed good combat power. The new and veterans got along well. Jacob was indeed well-deserved!

"Plan 2nd, send a squad to search the surrounding area. Plan 3rd speeds up the advance and gets in and joins the C Company of the 3rd Battalion." Spears issued an order. With the order, the E Company in the process instantly entered the combat state. The platoons did not need his reminder and had completely unfolded according to the combat formation.

This battle was not as exciting as I imagined. The German army that broke into Fuwa Village had become the last of its strength. In order to defend the honor (worrying to be drowned by friendly forces), the C Company of the 3rd Battalion also fought to the death. In addition, Company E arrived at the critical moment to support, the German army had been entangled for an hour and gave up attacking the unlucky guys who escaped from the attack on the 3rd Battalion. They all jumped up excitedly, thinking that they had completed a survival in desperate situations, but Company E soon let them know the truth that "your uncle is always your uncle."

"If you want to leave? It's not that easy! Is this a place where they can go whenever they want? Chase!" Spears' roar could be heard. In the ears of the soldiers, the commander's contempt for the enemy and his confidence in themselves made them feel like they were injected with chicken blood. This was probably the personal charm of Spears.

More than half an hour later, E Lian, who had chased out, returned to Fuwa Village with more than 40 German prisoners of war, and everyone in E Company also recognised their commander Spears here!

"Is it these Germans who beat you to cry and cry?" Spears said with disdain in front of many paratroopers of the 3rd Battalion: "If the Germans we met in Company E were all this kind of virtue, believe me, our Company E would have fought to Berlin long ago!"

The paratroopers of the 3rd Battalion were speechless, so they could be described in this sentence:

My heart is so strong!

Zheng Yingqi looked at Spears' domineering and smiled in his heart. From his contact with Spears, he was sure that Spears was not a domineering person, and this intentional behavior was nothing more than one meaning:

Me! Spears! Pay money, bah, we are Company E, and we are leading Company E who is better than all companies!

The two companies that are most imprinted on Company E are two company commanders, the first company commander Sober and the third company commander Winters.

Sober created the E Company, and everyone knows that it is unreliable if Sober takes them to war.

Winters led E Company to win one victory after another, but Winters was a gentle man. Under his leadership, E Company did not have the spirit of being the only one who was arrogant and energetic in his heart.

And now, Spears is casting something unspeakable for E Company.

Zheng Yingqi was outside and said to himself: "I remember after the war, the 506th Regiment was disbanded?"

...

When No. 1 attacked Fuwa, Company E was the 2nd Battalion, the main attacking attack arrow, but after occupying Fuwa, Company E was sent to the forest outside to build an outer defense line. Finally, more than ten days later, Company E finally took the posture of "I, Hu Hansan, are back again" and was able to sleep in the village building in a dignified manner.

This is the first time since I went to Bastogne on December 16, all the staff of the E Company have rested in a building house, but unfortunately there is no hot bath to take, no girls...

The above is naturally the soldiers' feelings. While the soldiers were feeling in the house occupied by the smell of feet, all the officers of the 2nd Battalion came to Winters' command to hold a meeting with Zheng Yingqi, who was holding the rank of third-level sergeant chief, was the only exception. However, the officers inside were not surprised by this, and even flattered the officers of the E Company who were lying in a group.

"We have a new task." Winters said straight to the point.

Task?

As soon as Winters finished speaking, the officers became clamoring. A platoon leader of the D Company could not help but complain: "Mission? God, we have been here for a month. Do we have to carry out new tasks?"

"We have been fighting here for a month, and the combat losses of each platoon in our company are extremely serious..." The platoon leader said this and subconsciously glanced at Company E, and quickly changed his words and said, "Especially Company E, the combat losses are more serious than us. We are almost completely exhausted. Why do we have a mission?"

The company commanders resisted complaining because the platoon leaders said everything they wanted to say. Are you blind? You can't see us all become disabled? Is it because we are still in trouble? Is it a mission?

When people complain, they will not keep the door when they get resonance. A platoon leader can't help but say, "I just know that General Taylor is eager to win honor after he comes back!"

Zheng Yingqi glanced at the lieutenant who said this and secretly gave him a thumbs up. OK, how many people have said the words in their hearts?

Winters smiled bitterly, knowing that these guys were so resentful, but he had to stop and just complain a little, complaining endlessly, what are you doing?

He knocked on the table, and the buzzing complaining slowly calmed down. After his eyes swept across everyone's faces, he said:

"Listen, it's not that General Taylor is eager to fight for and consolidate his honor, but because the command is seriously lacking in manpower, it is the best time for a counterattack. Of course, the command will not waste such opportunities. However, General Eisenhower can use too few troops! To be honest, this is the result of the United States' limited recruitment policy!"

Zheng Yingqi laughed. The United States mobilized nearly 2,000 people to join the army throughout World War II, but... the quality is indeed not very good. The number of troops that really fought against Germany, Japan and Italy, tsk...

Wenters saw Zheng Yingqi's laughing expression at first sight, but he pretended not to see it and did not pull the monkey out and kill it for the chickens to see.

"Of course, we have no say in policy," Winters returned to the topic and continued: "The counter-offensive operation will start tomorrow, and our 2nd Battalion will take the lead in the battle against Norville," he pointed to the map and marked the 2nd Battalion's march route. The entire 2nd Battalion will depart from the south of Fova, detour west from the left, occupy the village of Recone, and then launch an attack on a village called Kaublu west of Norville.

After seeing the march, Spears frowned and said, "Sir, we need to cross a 2km snow from the village of Grigne to Kaublu, and it's still during the day!"

Winters couldn't help but look at Spears. The company commanders of the 2nd Battalion were trapped on the front line of Fuwa for a while and did not know much about the surrounding terrain and environment. Unexpectedly, Spears, who had just taken office, understood the surrounding environment. He felt that he had not promoted the wrong person!

"General Eisenhower wants to act, Montgomery wants to act, General Taylor wants to act, and Colonel Sink wants to act, so the 2nd Battalion must obey the order, do you understand?" Winters said this expressionlessly when he was receiving the order. He said it to his subordinates intact.

Who has any opinions?

"Okay," Spears acted like a thorn, and he shrugged his shoulders and said, "But I want to send people out tonight and lurk on the way to Kaune to Kaublu."

"Yes, but the target cannot be exposed."

Winters agreed, and Zheng Yingqi looked at Spears silently, really wanted to say to him: You send him, just don’t send the first row out.

but……

How is that possible?

After the meeting, Spears did call him aside as Zheng Yingqi expected.

Zheng Yingqi said listlessly: "I accept the order."

Spears was a little embarrassed and patted Zheng Yingqi on the shoulder and said, "I know this is unfair to the first row, but those who can do it work harder. You know, the one I trust most is your first row."

I know this will happen, I know this has always been like this. Zheng Yingqi complained that he has always worked harder and always has been like this.

...

I slept in the snow for nearly a month in the row, and fell asleep very early.

In the warm room, there is a stove not far away. The cold wind blows by but cannot blow yourself. This is something that everyone in E has longed for a long time. Now it has finally come true. Who dares to waste such a wonderful environment?

But Zheng Yingqi began to awaken the warriors one by one like a bastard, just like when he tortured those poor little rookies in his memory. But at that time, they were suffering for elimination and forging, but now...

"Is there a task?" Hubler, in a daze, wiped his sleepy eyes and asked Zheng Yingqi who woke them up.

"Um."

"Just go on a mission now?"

"Yes." Zheng Da Demon King transformed into a frustrated nodding insect, keeping umbling.

Hubler said: "Oh, I would have known this would have been like this."

Zheng Yingqi looked at Huble in surprise and couldn't help asking: "Why didn't you complain?"

Huble sneered: "As far as the official puts us in Fuwa Village, I know there will be no good things!"

This sentence came to the hearts of others, and they nodded one by one, and it was said that the second battalion was not the third battalion born by my mother. I suddenly enjoyed high treatment and could there be good things? Who doesn’t know that the official will give you a sweet date before treating you as a cow or a horse?

[Thank you, Master Guan, for taking the blame for me.]

Zheng Yingqi, who felt that he was "too capable" to cause constant tasks, thanked the chiefs who took the blame, and then repeated the orders he received to his subordinates.

"Hey, it's so amazing," Hubler's complaint came a lot later than expected: "I was attacked by the Germans during the day, but I didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, the offense and defense will be transferred!"

"The attack during the day was the last counterattack of the Germans." Zheng Yingqi smiled and drew a big cake, but it was not a big cake. The battle in the entire Ardennes area was essentially the final return of the German army.
Chapter completed!