Chapter 0401: The company commander who took office in the midst of the war
The fact that the soldiers of Company E did not see Deke did not show up does not mean that Dekker did not appear.
Actually, he appeared before Winters.
The order from the regimental headquarters will be given today, and this battle must be's last battle as the commander of E Company.
So, after leaving the venue in embarrassment, he quietly stayed on the ground, wanting to participate in the last battle of his commanding career.
On the position of the black hole, you can see a faint figure dragging out of the old team to leave the position, and after seeing this scene, Deke whispered to himself:
[Jacob's row departed ......]
disliked Jacob very much—he didn't like the row that was always on his own, he didn't like the Jacob who was popular with everyone with all faces, he didn't like the row that would make him appear incompetent as a commander.
Yes, he really doesn't like subordinates like Jacob.
However, he had to admit that during the time he was a company commander, these subordinates he didn't like added a lot of brilliance to his face - just......
He's scared!
In the past, when he was in the division headquarters, he had seen reports of victories and casualties, but those things were just numbers: XXX people killed in battle, XXX people wounded......
These things appear on paper, just sets of numbers!
However, when he became the commander of E Company, he realized that the numbers he saw on paper would be a living life on the front line—and on the front line, the lives of officers, non-commissioned officers or soldiers were actually the same cheap and fragile.
A bullet, a grenade, a cannonball, these cheap things can easily harvest cheaper lives!
He's really scared!
A soldier was blown into two knots in front of him, his upper body dragging his intestines to draw a bloody streak, and wailed for help in front of him.
A soldier was hit in the artery, and the medic pressed desperately on the wound, but the blood continued to spurt like a fountain until he was completely dead.
A soldier was hit by a bomb not far from him, and the broken body parts hit him, it hurt, but it was even more frightening—a hand that was still trembling, dangling in front of his eyes, but the back of the small half-cut arm, empty, nothing.
Shouldn't the back of the hand be the forearm? And then it's supposed to be the body? How...... Can there be only so few parts?
The pictures of death, the pictures when the bombs exploded and the traces after the explosions, the faces that talked to themselves one second but became memories the next......
These things filled Decker's mind, and he ...... He didn't dare to face it anymore!
A group of several people ran past him, almost passing by, but they ran straight as if they hadn't seen.
Disregard!
felt uncomfortable in his heart, he knew that these people in E Company looked down on him now, but when he tore off all the hypocrisy, this kind of ignorance and indifference made him feel uncomfortable and wanted to cry.
[I...... Am I supposed to be part of this fight......]
The thought occurred to Dekker suddenly, and then, like a rushing flood, the thought could no longer be controlled.
……
The Germans were lax on guard.
They may be accustomed to the US military being on the defensive - last night's infiltration and artillery attack did not wake up the Germans, or woke up, but they obviously focused on only one point, that is, artillery positions, so that the front line is still the same as before, loopholes are like water in a sponge, and they can be found by squeezing them casually.
Zheng Yingqi gestured, and the team divided into three teams with his gesture, slowly touching different positions.
The infiltrated team continued to grope and soon arrived at the area of the German outposts, where a two-person German patrol group was cruising, Zheng Yingqi made a hidden cleanup behind him, and then pulled out his paratrooper knife and approached the two of them close to the trees.
It was exactly the same as the picture expected by the paratroopers, approaching, the paratrooper knife flashed cold, and one person was stabbed in the back of the head, after the sudden change, the German soldiers who were not attacked instinctively chose to distance themselves from the danger, but they were punched in the throat by Zheng Yingqi, and then wrapped half of their arms around their mouths around half of the opponent's head.
Click
The arm was violently forced, and the opponent's head was directly twisted, hanging on his body at a strange angle, and there was no sound between the convulsions.
All this happened in less than two seconds, almost in the blink of an eye, and the two German soldiers were all silent.
"I like to follow Jacob to touch the sentry......" Seeing Zheng Yingqi quickly solve the German army's outpost, several paratroopers invariably sighed, touching the sentry was originally the most dangerous job, but after Zheng Yingqi, they didn't have to risk it at all, this feeling of waiting for the result was too ......
Comfortable.
Of course, if you ask them if they have learned, they will definitely say: they have learned - of course, at this time the hand will tell them: Nyima......
The sneak attack was not always smooth, and eventually, the silence of the night was broken by the gunfire of 98k, and the sleeping Germans were put into battle for a short time - but by this time a platoon of 17 men had been embedded in their positions, and in such a heart-wrenching situation, the nervous Germans could only fire at any suspected target in the dark to ensure their own safety.
Since ancient times, the vast majority of sneak attacks have ended with the sneak attacker winning - of course, this refers to the vast majority, and it is reasonable to lose if you run into a teammate who has three steps and three pits.
The main reason why the sneak attack will end with the sneak attacker winning is that there is only a thousand days to be a thief, and there is no reason to prevent thieves for a thousand days.
The sneak attacker can often be caught off guard and taken by surprise, but the sneak attack can often only be completed by a small force, and once the scale goes up, the sneak attack will become a strong attack - therefore, to decide whether the sneak attack can expand the results, it often depends on whether the troops joining later can expand the results.
And the remaining two platoons of E Company, after the gunshots rang out, led by Decker, pounced on the battlefield.
That's right, it's Decker.
……
The time goes back to five minutes ago.
Dick stood in front of Winters again, just like he had been with Winters when he first arrived at Company E, except that he was confident that he would be able to take Company E, and now, he was saying, "Dick, can you let me take them to the end of this battle?" ”
Winters looked at Dekker in surprise, a little incredulous that Dekker would say such a thing.
He knew that had already collapsed, and when attacking Fois, he didn't act like a company commander, but at that time, the 2nd Battalion had an absolute advantage, and the three platoon commanders of E Company were all good at leading troops to fight, and they could cooperate with each other without even commanding, and in the absence of command, E Company still successfully completed the task and covered up's mistakes at that time.
From the time he captured the village of Fova to the present, had lost all the prestige he had accumulated in the Netherlands, personally destroying all the trust that E-Company had placed in him.
That's why Winters was surprised, why would Dekker dare to say such a thing!
"I know you've all lost faith in me, and everyone in Company E has given up on me......" whispered, "But, this is my last battle in Company E, and I don't want to regret it many years later that I didn't take part in this last battle." Dick, please......"
Winters has always been a very good man, and if it weren't for that, everyone in Company E wouldn't have almost mutinied because of this.
And the good guys...... Sometimes I relent.
Looking at who was whispering and praying in front of him, Winters hesitated,'s command ability was recognized within the 2nd Battalion, which was irrefutable, and now, was praying for the final battle with E Company.
"Can I trust you?" Winters asked.
was ecstatic, nodded fiercely, suppressed excitement and said, "Yes! Dick, thank you for this opportunity, I won't let everyone down. ”
Winters didn't know whether his momentary weakness was right or wrong, but he was full of confidence in E Company, and with a platoon embedded in the German position,1 he felt that even if dropped the chain in the middle of the battle, it would not affect the battle.
"Compton, Peacock," Winters called the platoon commander 2 and platoon 3, and said to them, "will direct the next attack, and you will follow his orders." ”
Peacock is a very traditional soldier, he will never refute and question orders, even if he doesn't trust, he is only on guard, and he doesn't show it, but Compton is not - because of's disregard, after occupying the outside of Fuwabufang Village, the pressure he was under made him almost collapse, and when he complained to Zheng Yingqi, he didn't close his eyes for three days and three nights, and the culprit of these seemed to him to be the person in front of him.
The company commander of Company E - yes, not soon.
"Sir, can we trust him?" Compton questioned in front of, Winters's gaze became stern, Compton shrugged helplessly, and never said any more questioning words - anyway, Dick is here, what is there to worry about?
At this time, gunfire came from the German position, and it was clear that the actions of the 1st platoon had finally been discovered by the Germans.
Winters immediately said, "Go to the rescue!" ”
Dyke then came down: "Compton, take the two rows and insert them from the left, Peacock, follow me with the three rows." ”
The two platoons were ready to attack and quickly plunged into the battlefield, and fierce gunfire began to resound in the woods.
"Spears," Winters said to Spears behind him, the new commander of E Company, after watching the two platoons pounce on the battlefield, "Do you think I'm doing the right thing?" ”
Spears shook his head and said, "I don't know, but I don't think will let us down." ”
……
Because of the attack of E Company, the entire front also fluctuated - the Germans sent reinforcements, but the other two companies of the 2nd Battalion blocked their support road, the Germans transferred troops again, and the 506th Regiment also carried out targeted deployments.
Of course, both the U.S. and Germans knew that the core of the battle was in the county town of Ping'an, Hetui, and the forest east of Fuwa.
Then let's focus on the battlefield in the woods.
The battlefield controlled by the German army, said to be a forest, is actually very similar to the position of E Company at the beginning, consisting of a forest and open field, Zheng Yingqi took a platoon into the forest, embedded in the core of the front line of the German position, and stirred the German position, but the German army quickly came to its senses and began to counterattack in the world illuminated by flares.
But the counterattack did not completely solve the problem, and the 2nd and 3rd rows penetrated straight in from the left and right.
At this time, the German commander made a very correct decision - he directly abandoned the position in the forest and chose to continue the battle on the open field, as long as he could cope with several waves of attacks by the paratroopers, even if he lost a position, he could regain it.
Zheng Yingqi was keenly aware of the intention of the German army to abandon the position, and immediately took a platoon to stick to it, wanting to easily break away from the battle and regroup to fight again?
Dream!
And also got Peacock's feedback at the first time: "The Germans are about to abandon the woods, and the 1st platoon has followed!" ”
"Catch up! Can't let them get out of the fight easily! "gave the most correct order.
may want to make up for his previous unbearableness, or may want to leave a good influence on the E company that is about to say goodbye, this time Dekker rushed quickly, he almost became the arrow of the third platoon, and chased after the paratroopers.
"Damn, I'm not mistaken, right?"
The paratroopers in the third platoon looked at Deke who rushed the fastest in shock, and some people even subconsciously rubbed their eyes, when did the turtle company commander become so brave?
Despite the shock, the effect of the officer taking the lead was obvious, everyone in the third platoon rushed like chicken blood, and the 2nd platoon not far away was stunned - the 3rd platoon led by Lieutenant Peacock was notoriously stable, why did it look like a different person at this moment?
Feel like Row 1?
"Rush! Don't let the three rows see us laughing! Compton yelled, the combat effectiveness of the three platoons of E Company, which had always been in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd platoons, was now left behind by the 3rd platoon, what kind of line is this?
The appearance of E Company scrambling to pursue surprised Winters, who was watching from a distance, and E Company in this state seemed to be under his own leadership.
"Looks like you've made the right choice," Spears said, with a strange sly whiff in his words, "as if was trying to get E-Company to get to know him again." ”
Winters regretted that it would have been nice if Dick had done this earlier.
But now...... It's late, no matter how good he is, E Company won't trust him anymore, not to mention, the order has already come down, and there is no way to change it.
[Or, I can say something good for him in his comments......]
The German commander looked at the paratroopers who rushed as if they were not dying, and his heart was shocked, how could the enemy in front of him seem to have been beaten with chicken blood? He hurriedly ordered the mortars that had been reinforced yesterday to open fire and cut off the pursuit of the American troops with shells.
On the battlefield, there is never a 100% certainty, just like this battle, E Company thought that they already knew the information about the Germans, and they didn't expect that the day before, the Germans had replenished a mortar platoon!
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
With a screech, one after another 80mm shells fell from the sky, and then burst into clouds of red and countless dust.
The fastest 3rd platoon poured blood mold, and a soldier was in front of the explosion point, and at the moment of the explosion, the flesh spread in all directions under the action of the shock wave, and a broken foot accompanied by a rain of blood directly smashed on's body.
's face was stained with blood, and his eyes stared blankly at the tattered military boots and the bones exposed in the military boots, and for a moment, the images that he thought he had stuffed into the depths of his memory would never churn again resurfaced in his mind and in front of his eyes.
He couldn't help but shudder.
During the shelling, the wailing, screaming and scolding were all over the city, and the 2nd and 3rd platoons were stuck at the edge of the forest, and the cannonballs forcibly cut off the connection with the 1st platoon, and at this time, the first platoon had already rushed into the German position in the open field with the Germans.
It took a few minutes for Peacock to find hiding in a foxhole, and he asked aloud, "Sir, what are we going to do?" ”
didn't answer, and Peacock thought that didn't hear, and shouted directly in's ear again: "What should we do? ”
But...... Still no reply.
Peacock leaned forward to see Dekk's expression clearly: his bloodstained face was full of horror, his eyes had lost their luster and only a dazzling blankness, his mouth was trembling back and forth, but he couldn't hear any sound, he was just squatting in a daze.
"Fack!"
Peacock, who had never spoken dirty words, cursed, eager to kick Decker into the German army to relieve the hatred in his heart.
I knew that was unreliable, but at this time, the chain was dropped, and he couldn't help but hate Winters who asked to re-command E Company - fooling around!
Compton waited for the order, but the order never came, so he could only let the Germans press him in the woods and watch the first row being pressed to the ground by the Germans, he was in a hurry, and finally rushed to the third row with two people, during which he was also hit by snipers, and a soldier was knocked to the ground by the Germans, and half of his head was blown off.
After venturing to the position of the third platoon, Compton found Peacock and shouted when he met him, "What about?" What are we going to do? ”
"He's there! He's dropped the chain again! Peacock excitedly said, "I knew he couldn't be trusted, Compton, what should we do?" ”
Again......
Dropped the chain?
Compton was sluggish at first, and then angry, I'm Nima!
With endless rage, Compton rushed to the foxhole where Dekker was hiding, and when he saw Dekker in a state of collapse again, he grabbed Decker's clothes with hatred and slapped him in the face.
"What are we going to do?" Compton yelled.
Dick was a thriller, coming back from the brink of collapse, but asked the sentence that made Compton almost go berserk: "What are we going to do?" ”
Compton angrily pushes Dekker down, then yells at Peacock, "We have to fight it!" Otherwise, it's all over in one row! Peacock, you take your people to cover me, and I'll lead people to rush over there! ”
Peacock nodded, and then gathered the whole platoon of mortars and machine guns, and began to cover the 2nd platoon, but the Germans' mortars had a greater advantage, and they even arranged several firing points on the left and right, jamming the second platoon, and the attack of the second platoon was declared fruitless with the abandoned four corpses, and the retreating Compton roared urgently, intending to organize his subordinates to rush over again.
And at this time, an unexpected person appeared......
……
Again, turn back the time to five minutes ago.
Peacock reported the situation to Winters as soon as dropped the chain.
Winters' eyes turned red when he received Peacock's report, and he wanted to kill Dick right now - what a joke on his brother's life!
He regretted his decision, and his first reaction was to rush forward to take over the command of, but was pulled by Spears behind him.
"You sit here, I'll go. Well, I'll go! ”
Winters thought for a moment and agreed to Spears' suggestion - at this time, he didn't care that Spears was not the commander of E Company in theory.
With the consent of Dow Winters of Spears, he immediately rushed into the woods not far away, and soon appeared in the position of the 3rd platoon.
"I'm Spears, and I'm taking over the command of Company E!" He spoke quickly to Peacock about his intentions, and then said in an irrefutable tone, "Tell me about the situation at once." ”
Everyone in E Company knew that Spears was the incoming company commander of E Company, and Peacock was no exception, and in the face of Spears' strong request, he spoke without hesitation, and Spears watched the battlefield while listening, thinking about the way to break the game.
Compton, who was planning to attack again, heard that Spears had taken over the command of Company E, and rushed to the position of the 3rd platoon in a hurry, and was about to beg Spears to support Zheng Yingqi immediately, when he heard Spears order:
"Concentrate the snipers, machine guns and mortars of the 2nd and 3rd platoons, suppress the German fire point on the left, tell Jacob, let him move to the right and contain the fire units on the right flank of the German army, Compton, you take people with me! Peacock, your men make the appearance of attacking from the left, attracting German mortars. ”
At this time, the effect of a Dinghaishen needle was incomparable, and after hearing Spears's order, the two platoon commanders should have done without any hesitation.
"As for him," Spears' eyes were fixed on, and he said indifferently, "drag him back." ”
Commander on the battlefield, incompetence is the greatest original sin!
And, not only is he incompetent, he doesn't have a little bit of pressure in his heart, he wants to leave something for E Company when he leaves, which is true, but he can't recognize himself, in order to leave something for E Company and himself, let the bravest platoon be in danger, which is unforgivable!
Atonement is not a reinvention of sin!
Several paratroopers, already full of indignation, rushed over and dragged Dekker into the woods, almost paralyzed—at this moment, Company E completed its last iteration of company commander.
And this time the company commander is so strong.
Compton and Peacock looked at each other with a strange feeling in their hearts.
At this time, Zheng Yingqi received Spears' instructions from the walkie-talkie, and immediately led people to start moving according to the order.
(6,000 words...... Also, it should be soon, the last 2 of the double are gone, don't forget the cute sauce...... Vomit...... )