[Although Momion's military camp does not have many entertainment facilities, it is at least not damaged by artillery fire and can spend a good and happy time...]

This is the idea of ​​most paratroopers, but the sad reality is that they didn't take long after they left Bastogne, and the convoy transported them changed their route - headed directly to Alsace.

The specific situation is:

In order to save the troops and equipment of the protruding units (suspected to be mainly equipment), the German army launched a raid on the weak part of the US military in Alsace. Originally, Patton's Third Army was in the area, but during the Battle of Ardennes, the Third Army was transferred away, and the Seventh Army took over the defense area of ​​the Patton Army, resulting in a serious shortage of troops.

The Germans raided the area where the US military was negligent in defense, and they were still like all raids. They easily succeeded and threatened the entire Alsace region. The Germans had a clear purpose. They wanted to force the US military to give up the German army surrounded by the protruding parts, and the US military naturally did not want to release the meat from the mouth. Eisenhower could only mobilize all the troops that could be used to support Alsace.

After completing the combat mission, the 101st Division, which was about to enter the repair, changed its route and rushed to Alsace.

The sudden rush of assistance made the paratroopers angry. I don’t know whether it was intentional or whether there were German spies who deliberately made trouble. After passing by Bellfontein and Wilton, some rumors began to spread.

Some people from the first row and the second row were mixed in a truck. The sky was snowing, and the truck was walking very slowly. After three minutes of jumping down, Hubler was still in a hurry to take the bus. After getting into the blanket, he said, "When I just got off, I heard someone say that the defense line of Alsace was broken by the Germans, and we went against the flow and blocked the gap again!"

Wow

Everyone in the truck was red-eyed.

A month ago, there was a problem with Bastogne. They went against the road while all the troops were running for the death to escape and blocked the gap in Bastogne. They fought for this for a whole month. As soon as they retreated, they had to block the gap?

It’s really a fucking thing that doesn’t treat paratroopers as human beings!

"Isn't there a force that can be used?"

"Are the other army raised by bitchies? They are just a group of women, so it should be of little use, right?"

"Bastard! Are you trying to use us like scalpers to death?"

The soldiers in the truck became noisy and cursed one by one. Some paratroopers who were not easy to swear at their own commanders kept squirting about John's cows. The British silently took the blame.

The noise woke Zheng Yingqi upset her head covered and sleeping. After understanding the whole story, he said with a lot of laughter: "If the Germans can easily break through the Alsace defense line, they will not be blocked in the protruding part. There must be a feint from the Germans. The main purpose is to rescue the trapped army of the protruding part. We were transferred here, at most we were reserves just in case! Don't worry, it's not that bad!"

The soldiers were skeptical, but considering that this was said by Jacob, they finally accepted Zheng Yingqi's explanation skeptical. The truck was under the cover of Zheng Yingqi and nothing happened, but there were many incidents in other trucks due to rumors - after all, the paratroopers were really tired, and now they were thrown into the battlefield, few people were confident of surviving.

It was only 260 kilometers from Bastogne to Alsace, but due to the snowfall, the convoy was not fast. The slow speed made the rumors fly like wings. Even the officers thought the rumors were very reasonable. On the way, Zheng Yingqi saw Winters sitting on the jeep. Even Winters seemed worried. Obviously, he believed the rumors.

The regiment headquarters responded very slowly. After six hours of rumors, they refuted the rumors that the defense line there was not broken through, but the paratroopers unanimously believed that this was a lie to them - rumors were always easier to believe than the truth. Fortunately, the US military did not deliberately bring people into the gutter at this time, and did not encounter any defeated soldiers like a tide along the way. Slowly, the soldiers recognized the truth.

After a panic trek, the convoy finally arrived in Alsace. Although the US military he saw was very panicked, it was not as sad as Bastogne who was so energetic that he had lost his energy. This was a good phenomenon for the paratroopers, which proved that the situation was much better than expected.

The 2nd Battalion entered a small town.

"We don't need us on the front line for the time being, we will be temporarily stationed here as a reserve team." Winters later announced good news. This is really good news for the 2nd Battalion in the war zone. Usually, as long as they are in the war zone, the commanders will always give their talents to the front line. They have never had the experience of being a reserve team.

"Do you know what a reserve team is? The reserve team just watches others beat them to death. We can drink strong wine in a calm and calm manner. As long as the battle situation does not lead to an avalanche, we are the master!" Hubler said of the reserve team he understood. In order to prove that he was right, he also "borrowed" a glass of strong wine from the Germans in the town and took a sip.

Then he was kicked aside by Zheng Yingqi: "You are responsible for duty tonight! There are many Germans here, so you'd better cheer up, if..." He looked at Hubler with malicious intentions and said with ill intentions: "If I smell alcohol in your mouth, I don't mind handing you over to Captain Spears (promotion from the fire)."

When Hubler thought of the rumor about how Spears dealt with the drunken non-commissioned officer, he couldn't help but shivered. He didn't want to be shot by his own people in the head.

Of course, Zheng Yingqi's threat of Hubler is nonsense, because Spears has no experience in killing his own people - this is what Spears himself said. When Zheng Yingqi and Spears were patrolling together that day, Zheng Yingqi asked about these two rumors, and Spears personally explained it.

Spears was very aggrieved. He said that the so-called killing of the Germans was that he fired a bullet in the air, threatening these Germans to be honest, not to think about escaping, and wait for the Allies to contain prisoners of war.

As for killing drunk non-commissioned officers, it was purely yellow mud falling from the crotch. At that time, Spears was extremely angry in the face of the alcoholic non-commissioned officers who were talking back, and was about to teach the other party a lesson. As a result, the German sniper fired, "That shot must have been aimed at my head, but he didn't aim and hit Sergeant Holliman."

(In Spears' words: I want to beat that guy up and give him a better memory. Zheng Yingqi asked you why you didn't hand him over to the gendarmerie to deal with it. Spears said: If you beat him, you won't be punished. If you punish him, you won't be beaten.)

This is the truth, but people are always willing to believe rumors. It may be that rumors can satisfy people's dark psychology more easily. From the time they heard this rumors, Zheng Yingqi had thought of a problem:

Is an officer who is just on the battlefield really brave enough to kill a bunch of prisoners?

Tsk, anyway, Zheng Yingqi has seen countless warriors who finally become murderous without blinking, but no one can sweep away a bunch of people without blinking the first time, especially without orders.

...

Alsace is a very tragic place. It almost changes hands every battle. It became Germany's land in 1871 and was taken back by the French in 1919. Before it could be heated up, it became Germany's territory again in 40 years.

However, the Germans did not keep warm in this situation. With the liberation of France, the region once again returned to France's embrace.

But this place is different from other places. Because it has been incorporated into the German territory, a large number of Germans have settled here. In other words, this place is already considered an enemy territory. Zheng Yingqi does not want to be killed by the Germans who are deeply harmed by the "that urging" idea in his sleep, so he strengthened his guardianship at night.

Fortunately, the Germans here seemed very honest under the US military's military force. They lived in the houses that the Germans "voluntarily" vacated. The entire 2nd battalion slept in the long-awaited bed. Several paratroopers who shouted to comfort the poor women had no idea of ​​saving others after sleeping in the bed. They comforted each other and explained that they would save them again tomorrow.

But sadly, the second day, the 2nd Battalion was divided, and Company E was transferred to a village as a spectator to watch the battlefield more than ten kilometers away. In the following period, they would change villages almost every day, which made many paratroopers' wishes to save women fail.

During the period when he became the reserve team, the treatment of E Company has also been greatly improved. The mobile shower room that can provide 215 people with baths per hour was sent. When Zheng Yingqi first saw this thing, he looked dull. This was also the front line. He was able to get this thing in order. It was really...

He is rich and generous.

The high-top boots, cold socks, etc. that were almost unnecessarily needed were also delivered during this period. Company E has been completely renewed at this stage - most importantly, many injured veterans have returned to the team one after another.

...

Alley is here, Henry is back, Webster is here, and Bain is here.

Many veterans injured in the Netherlands were sent back one after another, and the veterans who were replenishing in, and the rows returned to their previous crowds of people - but, among them, many familiar faces and half-maturity faces could never be found again.

The first squad meeting after the reorganization was held in such a depressing atmosphere. Because it was a meeting of mutual understanding, Zheng Yingqi could only try his best to liven up the atmosphere, but he said a lot of battlefield jokes, which only made the newcomers smile with the crowd, and did not improve the atmosphere. He could only say to Ali:

"Sergeant Ali, I remember that the hospital is a famous joke in a concentrated manner, saying some interesting things in it for everyone to listen to, so that anyone who goes to the hospital in the future will not know what jokes to the neighbors."

Of course, Ali understood what Zheng Yingqi meant, cleared his throat and said, "You have to tell a joke, I think Hale is the funnyest."

"Hal?"

The newcomers were not familiar with this person, but everyone else knew that Hubler looked at Ali in surprise. He remembered that Zheng Yingqi said that Hale had been cut off from the esophagus by the Germans.

"That guy wanted to learn from some of Lambler's "Son of Lucky" (Zheng Yingqi's Sect) and captured six prisoners on the battlefield," Ali said as relaxed as possible: "He planned to bring the prisoners back, but a bomb exploded not far from him. The prisoners took the opportunity to get in chaos. A German officer pulled out a dagger from his boots and chopped it down from his neck."

Listening to Ali's story, the newcomers couldn't help but shiver, sounding so terrible.

"Here, our platoon leader killed all the restless prisoners at a critical moment and saved the unlucky boy's life. If Jacob hadn't come in time, his arteries would have been cut off."

"After Hale was sent to the hospital, even the doctor was very surprised. He said that this kid must be God's illegitimate son. He was so lucky that he had cut his wounds on him. However, Hale's esophagus had been deformed, which means he would never be able to wear a tie again. Do you know what Hale said?"

When Ali thought of this, he couldn't help laughing. Huble even urged Ali not to keep it aside and say it quickly.

"That guy said, it's better not to wear a tie, and I can 'bully' the officers!"

"Bully?" Hubler muttered, "This guy must have had a wrong move!"

Ali couldn't help laughing again. In the urging eyes of everyone, he said with a smile: "He, before he could remove the stitches, he pretended not to be sick, and he was wandering around in a military uniform without a tie all day. Once again, a colonel scolded him severely and asked Hale to tie the tie immediately. At this time, Hale calmly took out the certificate issued by the doctor, and the soldiers exposed his wounds. He said: Sir, look, I am the only one in our army who was specially approved to not wear a tie."

The whole row of laughter was made, and Zheng Yingqi couldn't help laughing. Hale was a bad guy who was a bad guy, but now he had "privileges" again. Tsk tsk, he was really more and more good at playing. A few months later, Hale used this trick to trick the famous General Patton once. Because he didn't wear a tie, Patton criticized him. The guy pretended to admit his mistake, and finally took out the certificate issued by the doctor, which made Patton couldn't help but kick the kid with a smile.

After Ali's joke, the dull atmosphere was suddenly expelled. Zheng Yingqi also took the opportunity to host the meeting and asked everyone to introduce themselves to everyone again and get to know each other. Finally, he said to the newcomers:

"We have not had any wars as reserve teams these days, but I guess there are not many good days like this. You can take advantage of this time to ask veterans for some life-saving skills that you can't learn in training camps. I hope you will go to the hospital for a while at most, instead of letting someone take off the identity card you carry around your neck."

Then he said to the veterans: "Don't hide it, don't worry about it these days, and teach them more. Do you understand?"

"I understand." The new and veterans answered together.

...

The veterans also brought back some news from the return of the hospital.

Such as Gordon.

"When I first met Gordon, I was almost frightened. He put on a cast from his waist to the top of his head. Later, although the cast was removed for treatment, he fixed it with a T-shaped fixture. It looked very funny," although Ali was very funny, but his face was very heavy: "The doctor said he was lucky. If the bullet was half an inch longer than the bullet, it would be a fatal injury. Although his hands and feet are not intuition yet, the doctor said that the probability of recovery is very high, but it takes time."

Before Ali could say anything, when he found Gordon, Gordon begged him and said, "If I am paralyzed, please do me a favor? I don't want to live like this for the rest of my life..."

This is good news, but not all the news is good news. Some people need amputation, and some people have not been rescued in the hospital. They know that some people can't accept the reality of amputation and commit suicide...

The military hospital in the war is actually a hell shrouded in tragedy. Although some people will come out from it and set foot on the battlefield again, more people will say goodbye to war and normal life...

Many people who have experienced war will find it difficult to get out of the nightmare of war in their entire lives!

...

Zheng Yingqi said at a previous row of meetings, "We have only a few good days like this" completely prophecy!

Because on February 5th, the day of Zheng Yingqi's "Little New Year" in his heart, the 506th Regiment changed to the 313th Infantry Regiment of the 79th Division and entered the town of Agno. Their "sightseeing trip" in Alsace was completely over and officially entered the front line.

Two weeks after leaving the war, Company E entered the war again.
Chapter completed!