The military operation to save the British GIs came to an end the next night - because the next night, Zheng Yingqi crossed the river with six paratroopers and appeared in the Allied-controlled area, and with the return of the last six British paratroopers, this extremely unsuccessful rescue operation finally came to an end in the official claim.

Only 39 paratroopers and 3 American pilots survived the German position, a number of more than 130 at the time of departure, a definite testament to the failure of the operation.

But in the mouth of the Allied propaganda department, this was a "great victory", the heroic American paratroopers passed through the German-controlled area, came and went without a trace, and saved the British paratroopers trapped behind enemy lines......

The latest newspaper from the propaganda department arrived at Company E, and then there was a tacit shout: "The Englishmen who go to the special code!" ”

"Damn the British, what else do you have to do besides being able to trick people? Friendship? My Nima's friendship! ”

The paratroopers of Company E cursed the British - although the action briefing handed in by Zheng Yingqi was suppressed, it was obtained by the paratroopers of the monkey spirit, and after learning about it, the paratroopers lost the last bit of goodwill towards the British.

A stubborn, ridiculous bunch of bastards!

This is what the paratroopers said about the British - how could such a defeat occur if you listen to Jacob?

Heilig was not very happy, Brigadier General Max gave him the red beret he regarded as a treasure, and declared that Heilig was the most handsome American officer he had ever seen, but this did not make Heilig happy, because during the entire rescue operation, E Company lost four brothers in the battle at the contact point, plus Henry, a total of 13 wounded people who entered the hospital, such a loss made Heilig, who understood the reason, extremely annoyed.

If the damned, stubborn British could have listened to Jacob's advice, there would have been no such large casualties - E Company had to leave the contact point and insert itself into the heart of the German army in order to meet the British, which was the main reason for the heavy losses of E Company.

……

Not long after the operation to save the unfortunate ghost in Britain, the tragedy that everyone in E Company did not want to see happened:

Heilig was shot.

As mentioned earlier, the shooting of Halig was too unjust, but the root cause was that he hesitated to answer when the sentry asked for the password—Winters saved the veteran who had shot and transferred him to another unit.

This time, the new company commander is Lieutenant from the division headquarters - everyone in E Company, who has changed many company commanders in more than half a year, has very low requirements for the current company commander, as long as he can act like a soldier, fortunately, the new company commander has lived up to their humble expectations, and this well-educated, handsome, tall new company commander has met their poor requirements.

In the hospital, Heilig, Bain, and Henry all received the British's crosses, but not Zheng Yingqi's share, which gave up the idea of complaining to their allies after hearing that they had thought about it a lot.

It wasn't until after the retreat to France that the gossip came out, which indirectly proved why the British deliberately forgot Zheng Yingqi:

A British paratrooper named Prescott was captured by the Germans in front of Jacob, who was fully capable of saving Prescott when he saved two British paratroopers, but Jacob did not do so, but allowed the other party to be captured by the Germans.

It is precisely this British paratrooper named Prescott who has enough weight behind him to influence some people in Britain, so the medal god does not exist......

……

After Heilig entered the hospital, E Company, under the leadership of the new company commander Dyke, held out until November 24 in the gradually cold and rainy weather, and finally waited for the Canadian troops to change their guards, and the next morning, all the people of the 506th Regiment, including E Company, got on a truck and withdrew to France along the hell kilometer - the Germans on the opposite side, after knowing that the American troops who had been confronting them for nearly two months were gone, smashed at least 300 shells at the position of the 506th Regiment in the rain, as if to see off the 506th Regiment to leave.

This operation on the "island" can be traced back to the follow-up to Operation Market Garden on September 17 - that is, from the airborne landing on September 17 to the evacuation on November 25, they spent a total of 70 days on Dutch soil, and during these 70 days, Company E experienced a number of brutal battles, during which it experienced countless skirmishes, and in many battles, a total of 57 casualties.

If you count from the previous Normandy airborne operation, in less than half a year, E Company suffered a total of 134 casualties - this is almost the entire number of E Company when it was airborne on D Day.

After Welsh told this number to his subordinates who felt the Dutch style in the car, the car that had been noisy just now instantly fell silent, and many people were looking at the familiar faces around them, recalling the faces in Normandy.

Less...... A lot of people!

"We suffered 134 casualties, but not a single one was captured!" Gordon said suddenly.

"We've also taken out at least three companies of Germans!"

"No, there must be at least five companies!"

"Shit, at least eight companies!"

The paratroopers suddenly argued, and the atmosphere returned to loudness, they actually did not count how many enemies they had killed, in fact, on the battlefield, no one could count the number of kills, but this did not affect their bragging, because the German troops they had defeated and defeated were countless!

Zheng Yingqi on the side chuckled and shook his head, these guys......

……

At four o'clock in the morning on November 26, the 506th regiment arrived at the destination of the trip, located in Momian, Germany.

"It's a military town, and the garrison here is at least two thousand years old," Welsh said to a platoon of men as if he had gotten his knowledge of Momion's history from somewhere:

"Caesar and his legions were stationed here in 54 B.C., and the French army has been barracks here for more than four hundred years – there have been many wars here, and we American infantry, in 1918, fought in nearby Dienburg and Berrywood, and you see, it's full of trenches and craters from the last war."

"What do you think of seeing such a long war hub?"

Velsh asked his lazy men with a smile.

"I just want to take a hot shower and go to sleep!" Gordon's answer made the paratroopers in a row laugh, no matter how literary and artistic the young man was before joining the army, after dancing from the scythe of death again and again, Wenqing's temperament has long been thrown aside, nothing is more attractive than sleeping, if there is, it is to sleep with **.

Well, their greatest wish is to sleep in various flower styles.

"I'm playing the piano to the cow." Welsh kicked Gordon in frustration, and then led a platoon to rush to the barracks that had been prepared long ago - it is said that the officers and men engaged in logistics have planned their own barracks for each company and each regiment, but the soldiers from the front, who cares about your arrangements? Sleep when you grab the house, and find a tent to deal with it when you come back!

Maybe because there are too many battles experienced, Zheng Yingqi can easily get out of the state of war, but others are not, in the first two days of arriving in Momiang, everyone can't sleep well, they will get up from the bed when there is a disturbance, and then look around for weapons that have long been put away, this behavior can be crazy contagious like a virus, and the movement made by one person will make a squad or a platoon directly enter the combat state of finding weapons.

It wasn't until they slowly returned to consciousness that they knew that they had made a joke, and then they touched their bed - Zheng Yingqi, who was sleeping soundly, became a strange person in the eyes of everyone, and there was a second lieutenant officer who had just been added to a row, and after seeing Zheng Yingqi sitting firmly on Mount Tai sleeping, he said:

"This guy is certainly not a good soldier! Not the slightest bit of vigilance! ”

The second lieutenant who evaluated Zheng Yingqi didn't expect that as soon as the words fell, he received a lot of shocked eyes, and just as he was strange, he heard the platoon commander Welsh say: "You are on duty for the rest of the night." ”

"Sir, why me?"

"Because the brain is a good thing," said Welsh, patting the lieutenant on the shoulder, earnestly, "but...... You don't. ”

……

In the early hours of 26 November, the troops arrived at Momion, and after five days of repair, the paratroopers, who had been physically and mentally removed from the battlefield, were finally able to obtain a pass to Reims, thirty kilometers away, to Reims, where General Eisenhower was headquartered.

"Don't cause trouble, don't make trouble, don't fight, don't do bad things, don't ......"

In the midst of a bunch of "don't" admonitions from mother-in-law, the paratroopers who got the pass waved impatiently at the officers of mother-in-law and mother-in-law, and left the barracks like wild horses.

"I feel...... They're going to make trouble. An officer looked at the paratroopers leaving the barracks and muttered to himself.

"Why can't you hope for something better?" Welsh complained angrily, and then said, "They probably won't, after all, Jacob is in there." ”

The second lieutenant who followed behind Welsh muttered secretly: What is this guy named Jacob, what is his ability, everyone in the platoon, no, everyone in the company maintains him, and the officers still trust him very much......

With some ulterior motive in mind, the second lieutenant said to himself: It's better to cause a mess and let them see how annoying the guy they trust so much!

Zheng Yingqi didn't know that someone was cursing himself in the back, he was curiously looking at the liberated France - to be honest, among the five hooligans, he felt that France was actually the most unworthy one, not to mention the United States and the Soviet Union, people have confidence, Britain was not conquered by Germany's iron cavalry by relying on the strait, plus it was originally an empire on which the sun never set, although the sun set in the west, but compared to other difficult brothers, it became one of the five after the war, and it was okay.

As for their homeland, the Japanese army was held back in World War II - the American army had a clear understanding of the capabilities of the Japanese army in the arduous battles to seize the island, and the defeat of Korea also made them have to face up to the lion standing again in the East.

But what about France?

The First World War was fought well, but the Second World War thought that its own Maginot could give them peace of mind, and how long did it last? It completely succumbed to the iron cavalry of the Germans, obviously a country liberated by the Allies, but it became one of the victorious countries by relying on a government-in-exile, and after the war, it was even more impatient to prove that it was okay, and wanted to restore the former colony, but it was obviously beaten into shit, and as a result, it was still thinking about inheriting the former glory.

Tsk, as a country that has just been liberated not long ago, this heart ......

There's no one anymore - no B number at all!

At this time, the aftermath of the war can still be seen everywhere in France, coupled with the troops that can be seen everywhere, although the atmosphere of the new life is very strong, the essence of the liberated can be seen clearly even if they are blind, and the French people seen along the way are friendly, grateful, humble and fearful to greet the army - seeing this scene, Zheng Yingqi couldn't help but chuckle.

Tsk, France......

Reims was very lively, and the French people after the liberation used various methods to dig out the liberators' wallets, the most lively of which was naturally the tavern with its own red light district - this is also the easiest place for the GIs to pay money, and it is also the easiest place to make trouble.

The soldiers on leave of Company E dragged Zheng Yingqi into a bar full of soldiers, the smoky bar was full of rude and wanton voices, but the most striking thing was a few gendarmes who maintained order - they gave the impression that they were security guards hired by the bar, but in fact, the gendarmes had to enter the front line to deter law enforcement because of the endless fights and brawls.

They constantly told the customers who entered the tavern that they could relax as they pleased, but that they must not violate discipline, otherwise "we will lock you up in a little black room and let your chief come and take them!" ”

The paratroopers of Company E grinned and agreed in response, and when they sat down, Gordon said mockingly: "Tsk, these gendarmes are dedicated." ”

Zheng Yingqi shrugged, he actually had some sympathy for these poor gendarmes, who told their country's army not to be angry.

The exposed waiter girl kept shuttling in the tavern, smiling and knocking off or letting the claws of Lushan take advantage of his body, Zheng Yingqi didn't like this kind of atmosphere, but the hungry wolf next to him had bright eyes, and after a few glasses of wine, Gordon captured a girl's heart with a green banknote, and then ......

In less than a while, Zheng Yingqi was left at the table!

"It's really ......" Zheng Yingqi's mouth twitched, he shouldn't have been tricked out on vacation by this group of grandsons - isn't it nice for him to hide in the barracks and sleep?

As the protagonist of the author of the Three Views of Wonders, Zheng Yingqi's Three Views are naturally wonderful, of course, he can only act as a spectator here......

But the spectators are also fun, in just a few minutes, Zheng Yingqi saw three wonderful "performances", and he didn't know where these soldiers came from so high fire, after a simple dialogue like "what are you worried about" and "look at you", he could pick up the wine bottle and dry the rack, and he didn't even have a warning of "you take a look again......

As a spectator, Zheng Yingqi felt that the army should not release energetic soldiers from the barracks, and should use various methods to consume abundant energy, such as five-kilometer cross-country, such as baseball, basketball, and rugby.

Thinking of all the ways in which the GIs were drained, Zheng Yingqi wondered if he had told Velsh about this idea? I just don't know how desperate those guys in the company will be when they learn that they can't go out......

Thinking of the expressions of those guys' dissatisfaction, Zheng Yingqi couldn't help laughing, it's funny.

But his laughter upset a few drunk guys from the 82nd Division next door, and one of the drunk men yelled at Zheng Yingqi: "Hey, little chicken, why are you laughing at it with bad intentions?" I hate your little white smile the most! ”

Zheng Yingqi glanced at the other party, and was too lazy to pay attention to it after seeing that it was a few drunks, and after the other party saw that Zheng Yingqi didn't pay attention, he thought that Zheng Yingqi was cowardly, but he continued to talk proudly - it is nothing more than his peers despising his peers.

At this time, the refreshed Gordon came over, he was full of cheap perfume, and he was about to recommend the girl he met to Zheng Yingqi, when he heard a few people next door cursing the 101st division in various filthy ways, and Gordon, who was already a little drunk, picked up the wine bottle without hesitation and smashed it on the head of one of them.

[Real man, just do it! ] 】

Zheng Yingqi commented on Gordon's behavior - this kind of brawl scene could not arouse the sage's fighting spirit.

"Well done!"

"Wow! Handsome! ”

"Beautiful!"

"One more time!"

Sure enough, since ancient times, it has been a type of excitement that is not a big deal, and the surrounding crowd immediately became noisy.

And the paratroopers of the 82nd Division who were beaten naturally would not suffer like this, several people surrounded Gordon, but Gordon was not alone, and a few paratroopers who did not find the girl immediately went over to support, and I don't know how, more and more people participated in the battle, and finally even Zheng Yingqi had to join the battle group - the gendarmes who wanted to stop the brawl were blocked outside by the crowd watching the excitement, and by the time the gendarmes rushed through the crowd, the brawl had evolved into a team battle between the 82nd Division and the 101st Division.

You can eat losses, but you can't lose team battles!

With this in mind, the energetic two people found their respective opponents according to the armbands, and performed a wonderful unrestricted fighting group battle for the melon-eating crowd - before the reinforcements of the military police arrived, Zheng Yingqi successfully led the team out of the battlefield, leaving only a group of unlucky 82nd Division unlucky people who were arrested by the military police.

On the way back, this group of soldiers with blue noses and swollen faces blew all the way proudly, and only a few paratroopers who didn't find the girl late scolded their mothers vigorously.

Fighting is the best way for men to enhance their relationship, but it is also one of the most worrying problems for officers.

Four days later, the vacation was completely canceled, and the officers, who did not have Zheng Yingqi's advice, also came up with a way to squeeze the paratroopers' energy with various activities, which made Zheng Yingqi get his wish to see the indignant expressions of countless dissatisfied paratroopers.

In this atmosphere, the paratroopers happily awaited the arrival of Christmas, which would not be spent in Berlin, but everyone was looking forward to it.

Can......

Their Christmas is not destined to be spent in a barracks without artillery fire.