This time, the 506th Regiment was not pulled to the front line and fought on the front line with more than 300,000 German troops surrounding the Ruhr Industrial Zone. Instead, they were arranged to a mining area in Ruhr, where the thickness of the encirclement was strengthened and the necessary side cover was provided for other troops.

In general, this was a very easy front-line mission, so the paratroopers thought that they had finished all the battles they should have fought before, and now it was their turn to be the audience to count.

It's April 12th in a flash - for Americans, this day is quite memorable.

On April 12, 1945, Franklin Roosevelt, who was repeatedly named the best president in later generations, passed away on this day, but due to the information, the paratroopers on this day did not hear the bad news coming from across the ocean, and still performed their duties as usual.

At night, two platoons patrol the Rhine.

Rees, who likes to go to German villages to exchange eggs, is being ridiculed by his comrades.

"Rees, you changed eggs today much shorter than yesterday, and the eggs you changed were not as many as yesterday. Is it because the girl was not satisfied with you, so she changed less eggs?" Wei Ling joked Rees.

Wei Ling was not a paratrooper two months ago. He was injured at the beginning of the Battle of Ardennes and was thrown into the hospital. After being discharged from the hospital, this guy felt deeply that the ordinary army was unreliable and decided to be an airborne soldier. During his paratrooper training, he had passed the paratroopers five times a day, and finally got his wish. He was assigned to the second platoon of the E Company. He was an old bird himself and could easily integrate into the E Company.

Reese pointed at O'Keeffe and said, "It's all his reasons. He kept urging me outside. The girl was unhappy and hurriedly changed the eggs with me and left. The story worth remembering didn't happen."

"That's not a girl, right?" O'Keeffe, who is only 18 years old, said foolishly: "She is obviously an aunt."

Everyone in the patrol almost laughed and died. Reese said in a furious voice: "You know what a big deal! I'll tell you..."

This guy wanted to promote his theory. Although he had more than 5,000 words of theoretical knowledge, it was obvious that such content was impossible. So a sinister voice rang out from the side: "What are you talking about? Tell me and listen together."

"Sir!"

The patrol team suddenly became solemn and greeted Wersh one by one.

Wersh snorted coldly and said, "You better not forget the military orders emphasized above - I don't want to see radical officers pull you out."

The military order mentioned by Wersh refers to a "Things to Do with Germans" issued on it after entering Germany. The order roughly means: except for official duties, soldiers are not allowed to talk to any German, including the elderly and children.

Well, I don’t know which genius issued such an order. Anyway, most people are unwilling to abide by this - some radical officers abide by this very much. Whenever they see soldiers who are good at talking to the Germans, they will find a slap.

"Don't worry, we will pay attention." Wei Ling and the others agreed, but Weirsh said to Rees in particular: "Especially for you, don't be caught by them, I don't want to be scolded by other officers."

"Hey, I'm avenging the people who were persecuted by the Germans." Reese argued, and Zheng Yingqi on the side was absolutely overwhelmed. Talent, this kid is definitely a silver talent!

"What you said makes sense. Just say this to you. I think you have enough cultural literacy," Wersh sneered: "Then you will find me tomorrow and I will give you some things suitable for cultural people."

Reis was shocked and immediately admitted his mistake. He patted his chest and said righteously that he would never make any noise. Only then did Weirsh let him go and continued to patrol with Zheng Yingqi.

"These guys, you will be lawless if you don't get rid of it for three days," Wersh complained to Zheng Yingqi: "Everyone is old-fashioned. The ability to fight has not increased much, but the ability to be nonsense has increased slowly."

"Don't you think this atmosphere is very good?" Zheng Yingqi didn't care. He led his troops to a great influence from Gao Cheng. He didn't care about joking with his subordinates in daily life, and sometimes he didn't care about whether he was big or small. The only thing he cared about was obedience and being able to fight. In this regard, E Company had basically never disappointed anyone.

Although the second row is a little secret.

"You can see it openly."

"Actually they are pretty good. Just as we heard just now, guys like Rees know that equivalent exchange is much better than the Japanese and Germans." Zheng Yingqi never received much confidence in the military discipline of the American soldiers, but Company E did not disappoint him, and there was no bad incident that he hated the most.

In fact, in general, it is because the Germans and Americans do not have unforgettable hatred. They can watch the casualties that occur in the war as soldiers. After all, the essence of war is to die - but the Germans did not harm the United States, so most of the US military did not have much hatred or hatred to the German people.

But the Russians and the Germans were full of hatred. Since invading Germany, the Russian army has carried out various revenges on the Germans, which is actually normal. Of course, the Russians cannot control the Americans' mouths and pens. Those bad things about revenge have naturally become one of the reasons why American soldiers despise them.

Sure enough, as long as there is a contrast, the US military's military discipline can be called excellent.

The two continued patrol, but at this moment, gunfire suddenly came from behind, and Weirsh changed his face and said, "Is it Wei Ling and the others?"

"I'll go see, you go command the troops and be careful of the Germans' sneak attacks." Zheng Yingqi said as he turned his head and ran back. About two hundred meters away, five people from the patrol were pouring ammunition on the Rhine.

Zheng Yingqi rushed over and shouted, "What's going on?"

"I heard the sound of paddling. It was probably the German reconnaissance team who wanted to sneak in!" Wei Ling replied while shooting.

"It's a good job, the water here is suitable for water burial for Germans." Zheng Yingqi praised Wei Ling, and Wei Ling said playfully: "Yes, I think so too."

The gunshot lasted only three minutes, and after three minutes, there was no vague object on the river surface.

"They only have the path of water burial - I think, in the next few months, I won't think about eating fish from the Rhine." Wei Ling signaled that everyone could finish the shooting, and said to Zheng Yingqi with a smile: "Master Sergeant, see, we killed a German reconnaissance team. I think you should ask us for credit."

"That's something Wersh should worry about. Okay, we need to be more alert here and be careful of the Germans' use of the same tricks."

This was an extremely ordinary small battle encountered during patrols, so small that Wilsh just threw a simple report to the company. But two days later, when the news of President Roosevelt's death spread throughout the army, some people downstream took out several U.S. bodies and confirmed the other party's identity from the ID card.

It is a group led by Major Li Qi, the head of the Intelligence Section of the 506th Regiment.

A total of three bodies were retrieved, and after identification, they all died at the gun of their own people. The superiors were furious when they learned about it and began a thorough investigation.

The second platoon of E Company was commemorating the deceased president at the time.

Although the president is extremely far away from them, for the second platoon, the president still owes their sergeant a congressional medal. In addition, they are all passionate young people who are summoned by the state to join the army, so they naturally need to express their remembrance of the giant's death through rituals.

Just when it was about to end, the investigators from the regiment headquarters broke into the second row. Yes, they broke in and rushed in with murderous intent. In the confused eyes of everyone, they directly found Wei Ling.

"Sergeant Weiling, between 10 and 1 p.m. on April 12, did you take your men to patrol the Rhine?"

"It's me."

"Did anything special happen during your patrol?"

"Yes, some German scouts tried to cross the river to investigate, but were found to be killed directly. Our platoon leader should have submitted a report to the company headquarters, right?"

"German Scout?" The major twitched his mouth and asked seriously: "Are you sure?"

"Of course I'm sure. We didn't receive any information about our army's operations that night," Wei Ling, who answered with certainty, was already a little panicked at this time, but the reason why the old birds were old birds was because they knew how to protect themselves. He continued: "Since there is no information about our people's actions, they can only be Germans."

The major who asked the question sighed and said, "Although what you said makes sense, in fact, the one you killed that night was not the Germans, but our own people, Major Li Qi, the chief of the Intelligence Division. Sergeant, I think you have to go with us."

"Wait," Zheng Yingqi, who had been pausing for a long time, stood up and frowned and said, "Sir, I'm very sure that on the night of April 12, we did not receive any notice of our army's actions!"

Although Zheng Yingqi was not responsible for this kind of work, he was very worried about it. He checked the various notifications passed down from above every day, for fear of unpredictable misunderstandings. He remembered it very clearly that there were indeed no notifications from friendly forces that night.

At this time, Spears rushed in. He saw clearly the whole story. When he came in, he took Zheng Yingqi's words and said, "Sir, Major Li Qi did not notify anyone before the action. My people did not have any mistakes in this matter."

All river crossing operations require notification to the grassroots level. Even if it is not mentioned in advance to keep it confidential, the grassroots troops will be notified after the operation to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings. Everyone is nervous on the battlefield. When encountering a slight disturbance, they will dump a bunch of bullets like they don’t need money. If their own people do not inform them in advance, who will blame them if they are beaten?

"No matter what, I have to take the people into the regiment. Captain Spears, I believe that the regiment will give your people justice."

After hearing this, Wei Ling's face collapsed. He didn't think he could get any justice, a sir, and he was really panicked. He thought he had killed the Germans, but he didn't expect that he had killed such a "big fish"...

The paratroopers around him were also wronged for Wei Ling's arrival. Some people even thought of the unlucky Helig, who had been injured by his own people because he did not answer the order. Helig was lucky and did not see God directly. But even so, the unlucky person who injured Helig was removed from the second line and other companies.

etc……

The one who injured Helig was also in the second row?

The veterans looked strange. What happened to the 2nd Platoon? Why did they become "our own officer killers"?

"I'll go with him," Spears said after seeing the other party's attitude firmly, after thinking for a moment, "My man has nothing wrong with me, and I don't think he deserves any unfair treatment."

"Okay." The major from the regiment headquarters did not object, but Wei Ling, who was beside him, couldn't help but look at Spears gratefully, feeling full of gratitude and excitement.

Spears' reaction also changed the senses of others in the company. Many people in the E Company like Spears because he is brave in fighting and is not afraid of hardships. He is always with them. They can accept Spears' command with confidence, but many people still hate Spears, especially those who are new to E Company. After hearing about Spears killing Germans and killing their own people, they are afraid of this man from the bottom of their hearts.

But at this moment, Spears's responsibility changed his mind by those who were afraid and hated him.

[No one doesn't like an officer who protects his subordinates.]

...

Major Li Qi, the head of the regiment intelligence department, had never received a medal before he was appointed as the rank of major. In many glamorous activities, his chest was always bare. Compared with the other officers of the 506th Regiment, his bare chest was very pale.

He was promoted to major and was sarcastic by many people - without fighting experience, it was a stain that he could not wash away.

Obviously, Major Li Qi was fed up with this kind of sarcasm and was determined to do something big to those who sarcasm him to prove that Captain Sinke was definitely not ignorant of people, but also to prove that he was worthy of the military rank he had.

"So, he took people across the river to investigate the German positions himself?" Zheng Yingqi listened to Nixon's explanation of the reason with a strange expression, and finally couldn't help asking.

After taking a sip of wine, Nixon shrugged helplessly and said, "Yes, I have to admit his courage, at least I can't do it - even if I let me do it, I think I have to pull you."

"That idiot," even though it was immoral to scold a dead person like this, Zheng Yingqi couldn't help but give the other party an idiot. He said with annoyance: "Don't he know how to report it?"

"You also know that he has never really experienced the front line. Sitting in the position of the intelligence department head of the regiment headquarters, the intelligence will come up like flowing. Who cares about how the information is obtained?" Nixon was drunk. Anyway, he didn't like to stay in that position, but he didn't expect the successor's luck would be so declining...

Zheng Yingqi was speechless. If he didn't commit suicide, he wouldn't die. He really didn't know how to evaluate the major who harmed Wei Ling. Wei Ling was determined to have discovered the movement and ordered the patrol team to open fire. Anyway, he picked up all the things he should carry and carried them all by himself.

"Don't worry, Captain Sink is a reasonable person. If you don't have the fault of this matter, he will not hold him accountable. If you want to blame, you can only blame Li Qi for being stupid." Nixon saw Zheng Yingqi's concerns, and pushed a glass of wine with a smile, but was rejected by Zheng Yingqi without hesitation. He smiled disobediently, continued to drink happily, and then said:

"What you have to do now is to cooperate with Wersh to manage the second row. Believe me, he will be fine."

"People's hearts are floating..." Zheng Yingqi shrugged. Not only the second row, but the whole company is paying attention to this matter now. If the superiors cannot handle it fairly, they will inevitably be restrained in the future.

...

In fact, it is not just the E Company, but the soldiers of each company have similar concerns. Inadvertent injuries in the war are inevitable. Although some accidental injuries are intentional, most of the accidental injuries are unintentional mistakes, because the string collapses too tightly.

In essence, the accidental injury incident in E Company was not responsible for the shooter. The patrol team was responsible for attacking the Germans' reconnaissance forces at the first time. After discovering the movement, they still needed to use a speaker to ask if the other party was his own?

So, the paratroopers were waiting for the outcome of this matter.

The "case" that was obviously easily cut off was delayed for three days and it never turned out.

Spears couldn't sit still, so he went to the regiment headquarters again and said to Sink Commander: "Sir, I'm here to apply for equipment. My people need to have a speaker when patrolling. I also plan to prepare a searchlight for each patrol team. Once you find any movement, you should take a searchlight first, then use a loudspeaker to communicate with the other party and confirm the other party's identity. By the way, in order to avoid the other party's shouting, we still have to prepare..."

"Enough." Sink interrupted Spears' chatter and said helplessly: "Can you speak well?"

"Sir, I'm talking well."

"Okay, are you still okay? If it's okay..."

"If you have something, I just want to ask, when can I take Weiling back?" Spears asked what he said the Nth time.

Sinke took a harsh pipe helplessly, and I don’t know what to say. The regiment headquarters also had differences in Wei Ling’s handling. Of course, no one thought Wei Ling needed a heavy sentence, but some officers believed that Wei Ling should be punished. After all, Wei Ling killed his own people, and it was not one, although they focused on Li Qi.
To be continued...