Generally speaking, the prisoners of war who can escape from the enemy are basically ruthless people - after all, the vast majority of people surrender after losing the will to fight, because of the desire to survive, they choose to surrender, as long as the other party does not seriously abuse them, in order to survive, few people choose to escape!

Because fleeing means death - most people, with the will to survive, honestly serve as prisoners of war.

Of course, the prisoners of war in the hands of the Japanese, who had a good life, did not count......

And Colonel Dobby, the Germans obviously gave him a prisoner life that echoed the treatment of officers, and even sent him to the hospital for treatment of his injuries, but this guy escaped from the German hospital with a slap on the ass after a few days of recuperation, crossed the front line of more than ten kilometers in the dark, and successfully escaped from Ascension through the confrontational river - such a person is definitely a ruthless person.

This is what Zheng Yingqi thought when he followed Heilig to the hospital to see Colonel Dobby, and Heilig also confirmed the other party's hard character.

"As far as we know from our investigation, Colonel Dobby belonged to the British 1st Airborne Division, Colonel the Madman, nicknamed Arnhem, and his unit performed very well in Operation Market Garden, refusing to surrender in a desperate situation, and held out until the end - but because of the problem with the location where they landed in the air, they could only stay on the other side after the failure of the operation, that is, they had been holding out for a month."

To be honest, the British paratroopers are as tenacious as the American paratroopers - this has to be objectively admitted, Operation Market Garden, the British 1st Parachute Division was responsible for the most difficult bones, and finally was forced to evacuate because of the loss of the bridge and no follow-up support, but a paratrooper division only withdrew less than 2,000 people, which is a miracle in terms of European and American military values.

This is probably because the selection of paratroopers is many times stricter than that of infantry, after all, not everyone has the courage to dare to leap bravely at high altitudes.

Although Zheng Yingqi admired a heroic figure like Colonel Dobby, who was about to meet, he still asked with caution: "Sir, I want to know if Colonel Dobby is credible?" ”

Heilig glanced at Zheng Yingqi strangely and asked, "Why do you ask that?" ”

It's about your own safety, of course you have to ask!

"I don't want the whole operation to be planned by the Germans – that's going to be a joke." Zheng Yingqi spread his hands and said.

"We did an investigation, and after Colonel Dobby was captured, he was not interrogated by the Germans, but was sent directly to the hospital for treatment, and after five days in the hospital, he escaped from the German supervision."

"That's good."

……

Colonel Dobby is a typical John Bull-like soldier in his forties, because he was admitted to the British's own hospital, the treatment is quite good, not as sloppy as Zheng Yingqi thought, although he has experienced a flight, he is still full of temperament when he speaks.

"Our people are trapped here," said Colonel Dobby, after emptying the ward, before taking out the map, pointing to an inconspicuous place name on the map, "our people are trapped in this place called the village of Bul, but they are in a very bad situation, as the Germans continue to check, the food provided by the Dutch is becoming more and more scarce, and before I surrender voluntarily, the Dutch can only guarantee them one meal a day." ”

Surrender on your own initiative?

Zheng Yingqi's expression froze, and he immediately asked, "Colonel, did you surrender on your own initiative?" ”

"Yes," Colonel Dobby did not deny, but confessed: "I was wounded, the Dutch were unable to provide medicines, and the situation was getting worse and worse, and a considerable part of the Dutch underground resistance was bought by the Germans, so we had to resort to this - in fact, in order to ensure our safety, we even begged the Dutch underground resistance that rescued us not to report our traces to the above."

Rest assured, my surrender was deliberate, and they all trusted me. ”

Zheng Yingqi did not easily believe Colonel Dobby's words, but looked at Heilig, Heilig understood Zheng Yingqi's question, and shook his head lightly - he meant that Colonel Dobby voluntarily surrendered, and Colonel Zink did not know.

"By the way, I have agreed with them that when you get to Bull, you can go to Hemer or Storm and tell him, 'I've lost my red beret, Dobby told me to come and find some more,' so they will know who you are and show you to them."

Dobby continued, as if he didn't see their suspicions—or he understood their suspicions, but didn't take them to heart.

"I've lost my red beret, Dobby told me to come over and get some more—is that so?" Zheng Yingqi repeated the code spoken by the colonel, and the colonel nodded.

Having obtained the location and the joint code, Hellig had already achieved his goal, and when he saw this, he said, "Thank you, Mr. Colonel, we will leave now to prepare." ”

Seeing that the two were leaving, the colonel said in a cut voice: "Children, you must bring them back!" ”

"yes, definitely."

Although Heilig promised to be sure, when he left the hospital, he changed his tone: "Jacob, the operation has to be paused - I have to report to the regimental headquarters, he lied to us!" ”

Heilig's claim that he lied to us refers to the fact that Colonel Dobby had never confessed that he had been captured on his own initiative, and in Heilig's opinion, since avoiding Colonel could deceive them in this regard, what about the other aspects?

"I don't think there's a problem." Zheng Yingqi didn't think so, he said: "If he is really weak-hearted, just tell us the code and location of the joint, there is no need to say that he was captured on his own initiative - sir, I have thought about it, if this matter is really a trap, then what are the Germans trying to do?" How many spies are mixed in with more than a hundred people? If that's the case, it's for the best! ”

Judging from the entire rescue process, if this is a conspiracy of the Germans, then the Germans will not be able to profit at all - whether it is the joint team or the rescue team, even if the Germans swallow it all, how many people are there? If this was a conspiracy of the German army, would they give up a colonel because of such a small profit?

It's cruel, but it's a fact - in war, a colonel is worth more than a group of minions......

"Okay, you get ready, but I'll report the situation to the Colonel, and if the Colonel calls for a halt to the operation, that's the best—unless you can convince the Colonel." Heilig said.

Zheng Yingqi is very satisfied with his new company commander, judging from his words that he planned to suspend the operation and react to the above because he suspected that Dobby had a problem, this company commander is a really good person - it is a pity that Zheng Yingqi at this time does not know the future ending, otherwise he will die of regret.

Zheng Yingqi's preparation is to follow Winters to the regimental headquarters to understand the situation of the German army on the other side, and he will take two people to put on German uniforms and sneak in at night, because to go deep into the village of Boer, which is 28 kilometers away in a straight line on the map, he needs to know enough German intelligence to successfully impersonate the German at a critical time.

Infiltrating in disguise is not something that can be mixed up just by wearing the opponent's military uniform, and you have to know a lot of information to do it, so that you can not show your feet at a critical time.

Compared with the front line waiting for shelling, the people in the regiment headquarters are extremely busy - many people think that the civilian, staff and other officers of the regiment headquarters are busy with their work, but Zheng Yingqi knows very well that in wartime, the civilian, staff and other personnel of the regiment headquarters are actually the busiest. How much of the enemy is known every day? How much logistics, ammunition, etc. are involved?

Just as after Winters proposed that he needed all the information of the German army on the other side, the staff officer in charge of intelligence took two people to take out the information that was ten centimeters thick, and these were all things accumulated by the civilian and staff officers of the regimental headquarters.

"It's a bit much...... Zheng Yingqi sighed, and then threw himself into the work of gnawing on the sea of books—there was a kind of rush to learn English in the wolf's teeth, and when it was dark, he finally finished reading the stack of staff officers' condensed materials, and the map in his mind marked the numbers and conditions of many German troops.

……

The team responsible for infiltrating is led by Zheng Yingqi, a total of three people, the leader Zheng Yingqi, Henry who is carrying Kar.98k, and Bane, who is in charge of communication - usually Bane carries a wireless telegraph, but because of this mission, he can only carry a transmitter, and the transmitter on his back makes it difficult for Bane to pretend to be a German, after all, even if the Germans have a brain in the water, they will not carry the transmitter of the Allied army, so when he infiltrates, he must keep a distance from Zheng Yingqi and Henry in front of him, and hang behind the two like tails.

"The British are masters of strategizing, you see, they're only responsible for providing ideas, and we're only responsible for producing people — well, I think, we're probably going to have to bleed, tsk, that's a fair deal by British standards." Henry commented on the British use of them as gunmen.

"I think Mr. Dobby must have been too aware of the situation of the British forces around him, so he could only ask us for help," Bane said with a smile, "After all, the soldiers of the British Empire always have a strange tacit understanding with the enemy, like they say, 'Oh, we can't shoot at the enemy, because then they will shoot back.'" ”

Zheng Yingqi turned his head to the two who despised the British army and said, "What you are talking about is an ordinary British army - the British army we need to connect with is not bad, plus there are five of our pilots, it is worth our risk." ”

To be honest, Zheng Yingqi was really speechless about the British - before the market garden operation, the British were warned by the military intelligence that among the leaders of the Dutch underground resistance group were traitors who had defected to the Germans, and they could not trust the Dutch.

As a result, they decisively believed the warning of the military intelligence department, and while relying on the support of the underground resistance organization, they turned a blind eye to the information provided by others, and because of the stubbornness of the British Empire officers in the whole operation, they lost a lot of fighters - even the trapped personnel this time, on the one hand, they were asking for help from the underground resistance organizations, but on the other hand, they were full of suspicion about others, and asked them not to report the situation to the top.

The three of them came to the riverbank as they spoke, and the paratroopers around them dispersed, leaving them with a safe zone. The reason why I did this is because the joint team that infiltrated is now completely dressed as a German army, from the inside to the outside, down to the cigarettes in the trousers, they are all completely German, so they are nervous and their own people have been shot black, and it is really wronged to go home.

"Jacob," Welsh said to Zheng Yingqi, greeting the three of them, "the other side of the river is already under the control of our men, you can go." ”

"Well, you'll just wait to pick us up." Zheng Yingqi said with a smile, he could see that Velsh was very nervous - his relationship with Wersh and Ali was the most ironclad in the whole company, and no one in the entire E Company had ever experienced the experience of fighting in Rumler, the experience of life and death, which made Welsh care about Ali and Zheng Yingqi very much.

"What if...... If," Velsh whispered, "if nothing can be done, saving yourselves is the first priority." ”

This was not supposed to come out of the mouth of an officer, especially to a group that was about to infiltrate enemy-occupied territory, but Welsh said it anyway.

Zheng Yingqi patted Welsh silently and nodded, but his heart was very heavy, people are emotional creatures, and feelings are mutual, but for Zheng Yingqi, this kind of friendship across time and space and destined to have no ending makes him very "aggrieved".

Fortunately, he was very good at controlling his thoughts, and when he realized that he was thinking heavily, he immediately forced himself to forget about it, and then smiled at Welsh and said, "Prepare for a great feast—I think that all these British paratroopers I have brought back will surely eat a cow." ”

The crowd chuckled, and then, led by Welsh, formed a cover formation, covering the three who were about to cross the river—on the opposite side, Gordon and they had already occupied the perimeter, just waiting for the infiltration team to cross the river.