On June 29, E Company finally went down the front line and began to take on some less important duties, and on July 1, Winters was promoted to captain and officially became the commander of E Company—and on this day, the President praised a sergeant named Jacob of Company E of the 506th Regiment of the 101st Division, fully affirmed his dedication to serving the country, and promised:

At the end of the war, he would personally award Jacob the Order of Congress.

In this regard, Zheng Yingqi, who received the good news, smirked in front of people, and quietly muttered in a place where no one was:

Looks like you can't get this thing, or else...... Wearing this thing to achieve the old beauty of the military plane, how cool.

On July 10, the command finally fulfilled their promise and transferred the 101st Division to Utah Beach, where the group of soldiers who had parachuted in on June 6 were finally able to step on the transport ship and turn back to England - even though it was not their home, for them, going to Britain was a temporary escape from this damn war!

Before leaving, Private Mohr of the first platoon made a side three-wheeler, and finally sent some bribes to the navy, and successfully drove this side three-wheeler onto the transport ship - this side three-wheeler will become a means of transportation for the first row in the next two months, so that the other two platoons shouted that they were making such a bad move, knowing that they were also making such a windy thing in France, anyway......

How could the French possibly find them?

The transport ship started to move, looking at the Utah Beach slowly moving away, everyone on board had an inexplicable emotion brewing, on D day, a total of 139 officers and men of E Company participated in the airborne, and now, they only have 71 people left, 36 people, including their company commander, who have stayed on this French land forever, and another 31 people are lying in the army hospital - some of them will never be able to return to E Company again in their lives.

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Compared with the days of waiting for battle, the days of recuperation are full of joy for all, and although the training has not stopped under the supervision of Winters, the days of being able to take hot baths, eat steaming food, and not have to listen to the roaring shelling and cold gunfire all the time are like the days of the gods for E Company.

During this period, although they made many preparations for airborne landing because of the order, they often ushered in the good news of "mission cancellation" - the troops on the front line advanced "powerfully", and they did not need to take off from Britain at all, because their front line was almost immobile and did not advance, and there was no need to parachute into the war zone to help them.

The repeated airborne cancellations have given recruits and veterans a bunch of inexplicable thoughts:

It is better that the war ends on their holidays so that they don't have to set foot in hell again.

This idea soon spread throughout the company, and every day they listened to the radio, hoping to hear the news of the surrender of the Germans, especially on July 20, when the Wehrmacht High Command had reached its peak after the assassination attempt on Hitler, and many people were expecting the Germans to end the war as they had done last time, hand over Hitler or kill him, and then they would be able to go back to their homes and find their own mothers.

This is a very dangerous thought - it is the most lethal for an army that is always ready to parachute and re-enter the theater of operations!

Winters also sensed that something was wrong, so he planned to correct Lianli's thoughts.

On this day, Company E gathered after the end of the training, and everyone casually gathered around Winters or stood or sat in a large circle, and Winters, after clapping his hands to signal quiet, said: "During this time, I have heard many people praying that the war will end during this time, so that everyone will not have to parachute into the damned war zone again, and fight as carefully as landing in hell - gentlemen, can you raise your hand and let me see how many people think so?" ”

The soldiers of Company E, whether they were newcomers or old men, always trusted Winters so much, so many people raised their hands, and Zheng Yingqi looked silently in the crowd, and actually gave birth to a shocking illusion - nearly one hundred and ten people raised their hands.

Winters was also shocked, and then he was glad that he had found such a sign.

"Well, to be honest, I'm glad to see so many people raise their hands - at least you didn't try to hide it from me, the company commander, and it proves that I'm also a slightly more successful company commander," Winters first said humorously to ease his uneasiness, and then motioned for everyone to put down their hands and asked the calm Zheng Yingqi:

"Jacob, can you tell me why you didn't raise your hand?"

When he was in the division headquarters, he had heard Jacob's words to reporters, and of course he hoped that Zheng Yingqi would surprise him, but Zheng Yingqi's answer disappointed Winters slightly, because Zheng Yingqi said:

"As a soldier, what I want to do is how to keep myself alive in the war, not to hope for it."

Although he did not wait for Zheng Yingqi's tirade, Winters was slightly disappointed, but he still answered: "Okay, Jacob's words are a bit heavy, but the attitude is very good-gentlemen, this war, we did not provoke it, but when it will end, it should be decided by us, who represent righteousness, not by the Germans, who set off this brutal war, which plunged countless countries and peoples into misery and ravaged innocent people, so why should they decide when to end the war?" ”

"Could it be that like in the last war, they abandoned their king and then declared surrender and it was over? And then, after they have licked their wounds for a while, start a war again? ”

Most of the people of Company E fell silent in the face of Winters's questioning, their fathers, who had fought in the war less than thirty years earlier, and who, many years later, had followed in the footsteps of their fathers, crossed the ocean, landed in Europe again, and fought another war that was still dominated by the Germans...... After many years, let their descendants, once again follow in the footsteps of their fathers and grandparents, and then set foot in this damned war?

Sergeant Webster exclaimed excitedly:

"That's right! We should let the Germans know what war is! Since they dare to decide to start a war, it is up to us to decide when it will end! ”

"We can't let the Germans easily declare defeat, and we can't let the Germans easily retain the confidence of the war! Like the Germans, we should infuse them with the suffering of the peoples and let them taste it for themselves! We have to show the Germans what war is! ”

"War – war is fighting in the villages and towns of the Germans! War is the corpse of their people, all over their cities and villages! War is to turn their houses into ruins, to turn their livestock into food, to let their corpses rot in ruined cities! ”

"It's to let these sufferings continue to play out in their own land! Before the end of this war, the Germans must taste the price of defeat! ”

"The Germans must not be left with a relatively intact national power and a thirst for revenge – we did this last time, and then, they came with revenge! This time, Germany must not be let go as gently as the last time! We need to make the Germans understand that when you start a war, you have to be prepared to lose – and the price of defeat is to taste all the suffering you have in other countries! ”

"We must not participate in the war like our fathers, but we have kept the flame of war - our descendants must not be like us, come back to this damn war! For the sake of our descendants, we must not end this war easily! ”

Webster and the shouts shook everyone in E Company.

Yes, they always want to end the war passively, but they don't think about the future - if in the future, their children and grandchildren will follow their old path, then why should they be where they are?

"Yes, the Germans must not be allowed to have a good time! Be sure to let them taste the cost of losing the war! ”

Many soldiers shouted.

Winters didn't expect Webster to have such a cognition, and this cry completely dispelled the luck that shrouded the head of E Company, and also gave them a new understanding of this war, as well as a clear and great goal.

Everyone in Company E was very excited, but Zheng Yingqi was the only one who was indifferent.

Yes, the war ended according to Webster's hope, but what about their homeland?

This war, because of their continuous efforts, established the hegemony of the United States, and then, there were all kinds of world policemen meddling in the affairs of various countries, provoking wars, and conducting wars - the dragon slayer finally became an evil dragon!

Their country has become the last thing they want to see, while their children and grandchildren, under the call of the country, are defending their ridiculous universal values in all corners of the world......

And war, however, has become a commonplace in their country!

Comparing Webster with the appearance of shouting these words, suddenly, Zheng Yingqi felt that it was too funny.