Since Webster's cry, E Company seems to have returned to the old days, this time, they have a clearer, greater goal, the more their enthusiasm begins to explode, with the greatest enthusiasm to welcome every training, whether it is a newcomer or an old man.

During this period, some wounded soldiers also began to return to the team one after another.

The wounded and sick are always proud to return, because they all have a Purple Heart that represents the wounded - although the Purple Heart is considered by many people to be a bad-street medal, because all the American soldiers who have been wounded in the war can get such a medal, but in fact, it is an honor in itself to receive this thing.

It's like Gordon - he was wounded in the butt in battle, and was presented with the Purple Heart by the officer while recuperating from his wounds, when the rest of the entire ward almost died of envy, who called Gordon the only person in the ward who was wounded in battle? According to Gordon's boast, after he hung up the Order of the Purple Heart, everyone else in the ward straightened their eyes.

"I was very calm, and after hanging it for a while, I hid the medal, because I was sure that I would receive all kinds of medals and medals in the future - after all, I am such a good person!"

Gordon boasted of his excellent appearance, which was very similar to Zheng Yingqi, and he said to Sergeant Elbert, who envied him and returned from injury like himself: "Don't feel bad, I can give you another medal I have received!" ”

Elbert was the unlucky guy who was stabbed with a bayonet by Smith, and he wasn't injured because of the fight, so he didn't have a fart.

"You still have? Let me see! ”

"It's going to be available soon." Gordon said calmly, and the crowd burst out laughing. Because of the successive return of wounded soldiers, there are more people in E Company who have the Purple Heart Medal, and it is no longer exclusive to Zheng Yingqi alone, but the owners of these Purple Heart Medals have to face a problem, just like now, someone asked Gordon with a smile:

"Gordon, what rank did you give the officer of the Order of Purple Heart?"

"Lieutenant—what's wrong?"

The people around laughed even louder, and in Gordon's confusion, someone pushed Zheng Yingqi out and said, "Man, our Jacob also has the Order of the Purple Heart - but do you know who awarded his Order of the Purple Heart?" ”

"Colonel Zink?" Gordon directly said the biggest boss he could think of, which attracted boos, and after the boos were enough, the big guy said very calmly:

"It's for the lieutenant general, personally delivered to Jacob - your next medal is going to be far away, right? But Jacob's next medal is ready, and according to our president, as long as the war is over, he will personally put the 'Medal of Honor' on Jacob's chest and let him be celebrated by the people of the whole country! ”

Gordon, who was thinking of pretending to be a wave after coming to the company, widened his eyes, and after a while, he expressed his depression of pretending to fail......

……

Boarding, waiting, airborne cancellation.

This important day has been going through the life of E Company, so that everyone is now very calm about every mission canceled, and even every time they get on the plane, they are betting on whether it will be canceled this time - slowly, everyone is used to this kind of cancellation.

Seeing that it was September, but it was never successful to carry out another airborne landing, Zheng Yingqi felt that in the next few days, there might be trouble-if he didn't land in the air, then half a month, on September 17, would he participate in the airborne landing in Bikeng soon?

The so-called airborne landing of the Bikeng naturally refers to the "Market Garden Operation".

The idea was a good one: paratroopers would be parachuted into the Netherlands, and the armored forces advancing on the ground would take control of all the bridges - so that the Allies would be able to cross the Rhine, a natural barrier on the German border, and then ignite the war in Germany to end the war as quickly as possible.

By the way, the promise of "Christmas in Berlin" was fulfilled in the mouth of senior officials.

It's just that...... Wonderful ideas will always be defeated by the cruel reality, Zheng Yingqi remembers very clearly, this largest airborne operation in history, the ending is only two words:

Fail!

The result of the nine-day battle was: on a frontal battlefield 200 kilometers wide, the Allies paid a heavy price, advancing 45-90 kilometers, but the Germans regained control of Arnhem, and the Allies did not achieve their strategic goals.

Thinking of this, Zheng Yingqi sighed, the success of the largest landing operation in history, as if it wanted to make the Allied high-level proud and complacent, and it was very in line with the art of war that "the proud soldiers will be defeated" to bear the failure of the next largest airborne operation - fortunately, the Allied forces had a rich foundation and could withstand defeat, unlike Germany, which could not afford to lose.

The only pity is that in the lost battle, those soldiers who died - in the war, no one will be a long-lasting hero.

He silently waited for the start of Operation Market Garden, and as time went on, they no longer carried out the cycle of boarding, waiting, and canceling the operation, but this transformation made everyone understand that there was a big action brewing.

Soon they received a clear message that they would be parachuted into Holland someday, and the officers often excitedly said, "Gentlemen, let's work hard, and this damned war will soon be over." ”

As a result, the wolves of Company E would often roar with excitement, and they waited to complete Webster's "Let the Germans taste the taste of war".

Just two days before the start of the operation, Welsh and Arlie, wearing the Cross of the Field Service Cross, showed up at the camp - I don't know if these two guys were lucky or too unlucky, they actually came back two days before the operation, and if they had returned three days later, they probably wouldn't have participated in this terrible airborne landing.

In this regard, Zheng Yingqi, who was promoted to sergeant, could only shrug his shoulders and say, "Welcome back." ”

Welsh was promoted to lieutenant, and at the same time, on the day of his return, the second lieutenant of the acting platoon commander became the deputy platoon commander again, and he himself became the platoon commander - Zheng Yingqi rarely mentioned how Lambler fought, but the propaganda newspaper repeated the battle of Lambler I don't know how many times, the deeds of the only officer have long become the pride of E Company, from the deputy platoon commander to the platoon commander, for Welsh, there is no difficulty.

This is probably the credit - in fact, Zheng Yingqi also has such an opportunity, there is an officer quota in E Company, Winters originally planned to give it to Zheng Yingqi, but Zheng Yingqi refused, and just chose to be promoted to sergeant, although Winters didn't know why Jacob didn't want to be an officer, but he still fulfilled his wish.

On September 16th, when there was still a day before the airborne, Mohr and Maraqi's baby bump, the side three-wheeled motorcycle was taken away by Sobel, but Mohr did not curse Sobel's ruthlessness, and after explanation, he knew that Sobel had long known that it was a motorcycle stolen by Mohr, but did not confiscate it, but told Mohr:

"I know you stole it, and I'll have to take it before the next mission."

So Sobel came to fulfill his promise - but Zheng Yingqi felt that Sobel was actually here to bid farewell to E Company, and on the day of the Normandy landing, Sobel only quietly said goodbye, but this time, he entered E Company.

It's just that Sobel was very heavy when he left, he used to be extremely familiar with those faces, familiar with the 138 soldiers he tortured and trained in various ways, and now he looked up, only half of the 142-man company was familiar to him.

It was a heavy matter, and even Sobel wanted to question Winters: What about the people I gave to you when I gave them to you?

In the end, Sobel did not question, but left the station of E Company with a heavy face.

On September 17, the Allies took out all their belongings and launched the famous "Market Garden" operation, under the cover of nearly 8,000 bombers and fighters, 5,500 transport planes and nearly 2,600 gliders will parachute 35,000 paratroopers, 568 artillery pieces, 1,927 military vehicles, and 5,230 tons of supplies to the Netherlands.

And E Company, in which it is a small and inconspicuous wave......

(There is still night, the last few hours, is there a monthly pass?) If you can ask for 300 votes, you will die! ）