The good artillery position was touched and commanded half of the shells to blow up, and the key was the eyes that came to them, and they didn't catch any of them, but they were embarrassed by the Germans - so, the next day, the German artillery finally did not roar again.

It's a pity that this is not the next generation, otherwise the paratroopers of Company E would definitely brush Zheng Yingqi with a wave of 666 to thank their platoon commander.

Of course, this was not the point, the point was that the morale of E Company was back to a high state, and in just two days, it was clamoring to give the Germans a little colorseesee - apparently, this was the courage that Winters gave to E Company after he was stationed in E Company.

The regimental headquarters also gave E Company a timely task: to occupy the German position east of the village of Fowa.

The German artillery position that Zheng Yingqi led his squad to heavily damage was behind the eastern position, and after occupying it, even if the German artillery was replenished, it could not be fired as much as it wanted.

"Prepare, we will occupy the positions of the Germans tomorrow morning." At the subsequent meeting of non-commissioned officers and officers, Winters spoke to everyone.

"Occupation?"

Everyone looked at Winters in confusion.

"That's right, I'm going to have Jacob lead his men to carry out an infiltration raid before dawn to cut into the German positions. The German army on the opposite side has less than a company of troops, and I have read the reconnaissance information provided by Jacob, and the German troops on the opposite side no longer have much will to fight - after the attack begins, D Company and F Company will cut off their reinforcement channels, I think with the combat effectiveness of E Company, it should not be too much of a problem to defeat an enemy who has no will to fight in a short time, right? Winters smiled and answered everyone's questions.

"Of course it's no problem, isn't it just a half-crippled company?"

"Small!"

"There weren't many challenges."

The non-commissioned officers replied with a big grin, full of confidence, but the officers had strange faces, and looked back and forth on the faces of the sculpture-like and the still smiling Winters - it was very strange, although Winters was the deputy battalion commander and came to E Company to take charge, but thinking about such a combat meeting, why couldn't it be Winters' turn to command, right?

Notice that in Winters's words, "I'm going to make Jacob ......."

The meaning of this sentence is undoubtedly that he is the one who dominates!

That's very problematic!

The non-commissioned officers slowly noticed that something was wrong, and the noise slowly stopped.

Zheng Yingqi had an inexplicable smile on the corner of his mouth, E Company, is it time to change the company commander again?

stood up suddenly, and said quickly, "I'll go back first." ”

With that, he walked briskly out of the humble conference room, leaving the place as quickly as he fled, leaving behind only a group of sluggish non-commissioned officers and officers.

It wasn't until's shadow was no longer visible that everyone's eyes wrapped around Winters.

He ...... What's going on? Compton asked on behalf of everyone.

After hearing Compton's question, Winters said indifferently: "We have already reported to the division headquarters, and it is estimated that there will be a specific order tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." ”

is an officer from the division headquarters, and he is an excellent officer sent by the division headquarters to "take care" of E Company - well, when he was at the division headquarters, was indeed an excellent officer, and when he first arrived in E Company, he experienced the fourth Pit Company Commander, and he was already very satisfied to see that Dyck could appear like most officers.

Dick experienced the latter part of the Dutch war, which was not a harsh period, and after returning to France, he led his team to this place on Christmas Eve - Bastogne, Belgium, experienced the most difficult years of siege, and also led the team to occupy Fois, but the successive battles had exhausted Decker's courage, and the shelling after the capture of Fois, which made Deike, who had been nervous, collapse!

When the troops needed him most, he hid behind, and as soon as the cannon fired, he hid in the specially dug anti-artillery holes, and sat back and watched the troops on the verge of collapse - he presumably waited for the order from above to move E Company into Bastogne, away from the incessant explosions.

But......

The battalion headquarters knew that there was no retreat to speak of, and that Company E, the 2nd Battalion, and even the 506th Regiment were still sharp arrows and were the most trusted combat force of the division headquarters, and it was impossible to transfer them to a safe place at this time and let other troops withstand the fierce artillery fire!

Then there is only one choice,

Substitution!

Going to be replaced?

Changing people again?

The officers and non-commissioned officers subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, but then became nervous again, and Compton asked in an astringent voice, "Who is the new company commander?" ”

Company E now has a phobia of company commanders - the first company commander, who was squeezed out by them, almost became the kind of mutiny, the second company commander, who was too good, so good that the excellent E company couldn't keep people, and the third ......

He was martyred before he went to the battlefield and met the German army.

Fourth?

hetui！

A bastard who can sleep in his room until the sun burns his ass on the front line!

The fifth?

True decay...... He was shot several times by his own people and sent to the hospital, and he was out of the bitterness of war.

The sixth was, who collapsed after a high-intensity war.

Thinking that in just over half a year, he was actually changed to the seventh company commander in one go, Zheng Yingqi couldn't help muttering:

[E Company is a good company, it's just ...... It's too wasteful, company commander! 】

(Xu Sanduo smiled and said that I would abolish the squad leader's stand-up)

Everyone looked at Winters with a blank eye, eager to get to know the new commander of Company E.

"Spears." Winters whispered a name.

Spears?

Compton was stunned and asked, "Ronald M. C. Spears? Lieutenant Spears, platoon commander of the 2nd platoon of D Company? ”

Winters nodded.

hiss

The officers and non-commissioned officers couldn't help but gasp.

Throughout the 506th Regiment, Spears was famous—worse than Jacob's name, but in some ways, his name beat Jacob's.

Jacob was a combat hero and was known for his ability to fight, but not Spears - in addition to his title as a good rank and file commander, he had several more titles, so to speak, and the officers (superiors and colleagues) liked to call Spears "Spark", which was a compliment, a kind of praise.

But among the soldiers, Spears was nicknamed "cold-blooded"!

When Winters was in the Netherlands, he led the team to fight bayonets with the Germans, and because of this bayonet battle, Winters became the deputy battalion commander, but he admitted that the bayonet fighting was influenced by Spears - during the Normandy operation, Spears led the team to fight with the Germans with bayonets, and in an extremely unfavorable battle situation, he was stunned to break the psychological defense line of the German army with bayonets and turn the tide of the war.

Ruthless enough, right?

And that's not all.

There was a rumor in the 506th Regiment, but it has never been confirmed, because in the official account of Company D, one of the parties was killed in action - the specific time is this:

During that period in Normandy, it was common for D Company to drink heavily, in fact, it was not only D Company, but all companies had such a habit during that time, but Spears thought that this was on the front line, and alcoholism was not conducive to combat, so he asked his subordinates to prohibit drinking, but the next day, a sergeant of one of the parties was still drinking, and he was still drunk.

Spears warns him of repeating the order, only to be reciprocated.

bang

Spears took out a pistol and pointed it at the guy's head and fired it, and the incident was over on the spot - the official version of D Company was that the other party died at the hands of German snipers, but anyway, since that day, Spears has been called "cold-blooded" by the soldiers, and the Spears platoon of D Company has no more alcoholism.

It is said that during that time in the Netherlands, the British were responsible for the supply of Company D, and no one in Company D drank the rum in the supply......

There is also a story about Spears, the truth of which is still to be determined.

It was still Normandy, on D-Day, D Company captured more than a dozen German prisoners, but at that time, D Company had just landed and had not yet converged, and the soldiers of D Company, who had just entered the battlefield at that time, had a hot chat with one of the German soldiers who had been in the United States for many years, and Spears opened a pack of cigarettes, scattered one for each prisoner, and lit a cigarette for them, chatting with them by the way - but a few minutes later, there was the sound of submachine gun fire.

According to someone, those Germans are dead.

Of course, it is impossible to kill prisoners, and the officials of Company D have always affirmed and definitely declared that there is no such thing as prisoners.

But everyone believes the claim of "someone".

Just as Zheng Yingqi, Ali and Welsh never talked about the prisoners of war issue in the Rumler time.

In short, before the new company commander came, everyone knew about him a long time ago:

It's a wolf!

Before left, E Company was already eagerly waiting for the new company commander to take office - although Spears had all kinds of rumors, the paratroopers of E Company were very "simple" to think that they needed such a company commander, because they cared more about the other side of Spears:

Tough, aggressive, heroic and resourceful rifle platoon leader!

……

After Zheng Yingqi returned to the 1st platoon, he gathered everyone and announced to them: "There are three good news, are you interested in hearing it?" ”

"I don't want your good news to be added by someone new - I think it's bad news!" Someone muttered.

From the beginning of entering Bastogne, the losses of the 1st platoon have not been small, even the platoon commander has been in the hospital, is the loss small? I think that at the beginning, when they were resting in France, they went to the bars in the city, and they could drag out a line of tens of meters to call friends, but now? The whole platoon is here, and there are only 17 people in the pitiful Baba !

"If it's the guys from the hospital who come back, I think that's good news!"

Zheng Yingqi scolded with a smile: "You think the hospital is opened by God, you can get out if you go in - okay, let's tell you the first good news first, we are going to change the company commander." ”

"Well, that's great news—though I've said it many times."

Some people cry and laugh and say, E Lian is really so good, so good that sometimes it is good news for them to be able to change the company commander, no way, who called the previous company commanders, a few big pits come out at every turn?

Of course, the soldiers were more concerned with the following.

"Who's the new company commander?"

Ask a suspicious question - don't come to a guy who is not as good as.

"Jacob, why don't you become an officer? Although we will lose an excellent platoon commander, we will definitely usher in an excellent company commander! "Someone said.

"That's right, you are the company commander of E Company, I believe that everyone in E Company will raise their hands to welcome!"

"Alright, alright," Zheng Yingqi pressed his hand, signaling this group of guys to stop the endless horses, how can the company commander have the front line to fight the Germans to earn ratings? He suppressed the heckling of his subordinates and said, "The new company commander is the second good news I have to say—our new company commander is from Company D, and he is Lieutenant Spears. ”

hiss

Like the reaction of the officers and non-commissioned officers, the soldiers gasped, but then they were replaced by cheers, they were not afraid of an iron-blooded company commander, they were afraid of a pit - will Spears be a pit carry?

Of course not!

"This is great news! Hopefully, Spears will take us all the way to the end of the war. ”

"Phew, can you say something nice?"

The soldiers laughed, laughed very happily - this is really a great news, come on, brush a wave of 6666 together......

"The last good news, we need to give the new company commander a greeting gift, I have already thought of a gift, I think you must think it is good!" Zheng Yingqi smiled and hung his appetite, and in the urging of the soldiers, Zheng Yingqi said the third good news:

"How about our platoon raiding the German positions in the woods to the east before dawn, and before the new company commander arrives, we will lay there as a greeting to the new company commander. Is this news good? ”

Good...... You big-headed ghost!

The soldiers pouted, and that's fucking good news.

"Rest early tonight, I'll wake you up at half-past four, and then come with me to level the Germans!" Zheng Yingqi waved his hand and ended the meeting, although the soldiers scolded and expressed their reluctance, they did not resist much, because they knew that following their platoon commander, losing?

Impossible!

At half past four, Zheng Yingqi woke up the soldiers who had not woken up one by one, these paratroopers rubbed their eyes, slowly followed behind Zheng Yingqi with their rifles, and slowly woke up in the cold wind - Winters had already led people to stand in the trench in front of the position, looking at the German position not far away, and after seeing the 1st platoon assembled, he turned over.

By the moonlight, the soldiers who had woken up in the cold wind saw the people behind Winters clearly, and the atmosphere suddenly became delicate.

Behind him, the person standing was the new company commander Spears in Zheng Yingqi's mouth - as for, there was no shadow.

"Sir, all 17 people in the 1st platoon have been assembled."

Zheng Yingqi stepped forward to report, of course, it is impossible to salute - if a soldier salutes an officer on the front line, what he gets is often not a return salute, but a cold eye or a "dime"! (What kind of grudge do I have with you, and you want to kill me?) ）

Winters nodded at Zheng Yingqi, then walked past the soldiers one by one, and after reflecting each one into his mind, he said, "I will make a big pot of coffee, and when you come back, I will serve it to you one by one!" ”

"Remember to add sugar."

"I'm going to add milk."

"Mine doesn't need to be sweetened with milk."

The soldiers laughed and made their requests, and Winters jotted them down by name.

"Let's go!" After Zheng Yingqi and other subordinates had all their demands, they gave the order in a cold voice, and immediately, the team of 17 people, the old commander, left the position, and pounced on the German position under the eyes of the assembled 2nd and 3rd platoons.

Spears remained silent, watched the 1st platoon leave, and said, "A very combat-ready platoon." ”

"They also have a very good platoon commander." Winters added.

"I'm curious, why doesn't he want to be an officer?" Spears wondered - the entire 506 regiment knew an interesting sentence, probably as famous as Mr. Ma, who was not interested in money in later generations, that is, "Don't be an officer Jacob".

Spears believes that if Jacob is an officer, how can this company commander have his share, and the division headquarters can directly let Jacob become the company commander of E Company!

But......

It's just that such a person has been a non-commissioned officer all the time - well, it is said that he is about to become a sergeant major.

"You've got enough time to get to know him, and by the way, figure it out for me." Winters said with a smile.

Spears looked at the disappearing shadows in the first row, his eyes were full of inquiry, and he thought: It should be interesting to have such a subordinate.