Let us focus on the line of confrontation south of Carentang.

On the day of the 18th, seven or eight kilometers behind the confrontation line south of Carentham, the 101st Division set up a small platform here, where the lieutenant general from the command awarded medals to 12 members of the 101st Division, of which Zheng Yingqi was awarded the Purple Star Medal, and the remaining 11 people, including General Taylor and Lieutenant Winters, were awarded the "Distinguished Service Cross" in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the previous war.

As the only soldier to receive the Purple Star Medal, Zheng Yingqi naturally reaped a wave of shock, but for the soldiers, the most shocking thing was the news that was asked not to be published by the lieutenant general:

"If things go well, we should be able to have a wonderful Christmas in Berlin."

The lieutenant general's optimistic speculation made the soldiers excited, only Zheng Yingqi shook his head on the side - of course this is impossible, yes, this is impossible, because soon, the 101st Division will be pitted to participate in the world's largest airborne landing, and it will be a military operation that will end in failure.

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When the award was over, everyone went crazy with the optimism of the lieutenant general, but the sound of gunfire dragged them out of their dreams.

The war here is still going on, and they are the protagonists of the war.

Company E was on the front line and the Germans were confronted, although neither side launched an infantry attack on the confrontation line, but this did not mean that the gunfire could stop - both sides received a large number of reinforcements, the American side through the direction of the beach, a steady stream of reinforcements, artillery, armored units continued to appear on the front line of the confrontation, and the Germans did not show weakness, they transferred reinforcements from the interior of France.

The 6th Parachute Regiment, which had to withdraw from the battle due to lack of ammunition because it had only a large number of light weapons but lacked heavy weapons, was even more eager to take revenge, resulting in continuous skirmishes.

In order to maintain morale and to teach the Germans a lesson, as Lieutenant Winters put it, he asked the whole company to voluntarily sign up and form a crack squad to conduct a "come and not be rude" exchange with the Germans.

But none of the paratroopers who had been waiting for General Taylor to fulfill his promise took the initiative to sign up - because General Taylor had declared at the beginning:

"After you fight on the front line for three days and three nights, I will give you ten days and ten nights off!"

But in fact, they have been on the front line for half a month, and they are as brave as E Company, and no one wants to take the initiative to go into hell and have a thrilling race with death.

Fortunately, Zheng Yingqi gave Winters a little face, and when no one signed up, he raised his hand and said, "I'll go." ”

"Okay, I'll assign you a few more," Lieutenant Winters began to take the roll call, "Gualejo, Blis, Lesnievsky, and ...... Siyi, you four follow Jacob. I have only one request, to clean them up like the Germans came to bully us! ”

"Yes."

The few people who were ordered to die responded with a gloomy face, and then began to prepare nervously.

"Jacob, you can survive such a hard battle in Ramler, I'm sure you'll be able to withdraw safely with us, right?" Before leaving, Bliss whispered to Zheng Yingqi, who was the most indifferent and calm on the side.

Glancing at the nervous private, Zheng Yingqi nodded and said, "Well, it must be possible." ”

But Zheng Yingqi knows that going to the battlefield is to hand over your life to death, and the rest is to see if you can take your life back from the hands of death.

In addition to excellent military qualities, this requires luck, and luck accounts for a very large extent. Although Zheng Yingqi can teach them very good military qualities, he can teach them from the beginning, but this point, please keep in mind - the military is the most nationally distinguished profession, how can he teach it?

Led by Zheng Yingqi, the team of five left the position in the darkness before dawn and dived into the darkness.

They dealt with a few of the German sentinels and touched a German underground fortification, and it is not known how many people were killed in the bombing, and finally, under the "farewell" of the Germans, they retreated to their positions at dawn.

Zheng Yingqi broke off for the group, but when he was about to enter his own firepower control area, Bliss, who ran in third, was hit by the bullet of the German sniper, and his neck was directly pierced and fell to the ground, Zheng Yingqi used point shooting to reimburse the lurking German sniper, but Bliss could never wake up, and after carrying Bliss's body back, Zheng Yingqi slowly closed his eyes.

Bliss didn't bat - his distracted gaze seemed to be looking at Zheng Yingqi, and asked him: You promise to bring us all back......

In the next few days, Zheng Yingqi took the initiative to lead the team every time, sneak attacks and attacks on the German positions again and again, and in the end, when Lieutenant Winters couldn't stand it and was about to report to the battalion headquarters to stop this futile retaliatory action, the Germans over there could not hold on, and they actually gave up the position three kilometers deep.

"Our retaliation has always been a heart-wrenching achievement for the Germans! They can't hold it! ”

The soldiers of Company E cheered, and Zheng Yingqi was called "a tenacious miracle" by them.

After the Germans gave up three kilometers in depth, this side also stopped this retaliation because of the distance, but also often sent reconnaissance teams to reconnoiter the situation, and Winters personally ordered Zheng Yingqi to rest, in his words: "Jacob has done a good job, he can't do what everyone must do alone!" ”

In this regard, others have no opinion, but every time the investigation team laments in their hearts: there is a lack of a strong guarantee......

When Malachi led the reconnaissance team to carry out the reconnaissance mission, because of the sudden encounter with the German army, Malachi had to order the reconnaissance team to retreat, and the reconnaissance team was "greeting" by the Germans' bullets, one ran faster than the other, and Bane, who was carrying a walkie-talkie, was left behind.

To this Bain said: "I admit that reconnaissance is a very important thing, but, in my opinion, it is also a good way to get the Germans to knock your tail off!" ”

When Maraki heard this, he couldn't raise his head on the side - because in the previous group retaliation and reconnaissance operations, Zheng Yingqi, as the sergeant who led the team, was always the one who broke off, and every time he attacked, the last one to come back must be Jacob.

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The days on the battlefield were always thrilling, even when it came to eating - a few paratroopers of Company E killed a French cow and returned to Company E's position with as much beef as possible before the French or the patrol found out, and with the beef, they finally didn't have to eat the damn K-class dry food.

They hid the beef from the patrol, and over the next few days, the food in the entire row did improve, but many people suffered from bleeding gums:

Because the continuous explosion of fragments burrowed into the beef, they were pricked in their gums when they ate the beef.

Zheng Yingqi looked at the small piece of iron that spit out of his mouth and stained with blood, and muttered, "This is the price." ”

So that you not only take a stitch and thread from the common people, but also shoot and slaughter people's cattle!

Such days lasted until June 29 - that day, their nightmare finally ended, the 83rd Infantry Division finally changed the guard to the 101st Division, this group of infantry with clearly visible paint on their helmets, brand new clothes, and good formation, watched the sloppy 101st Division withdraw from its position, looked at the devastated position, and finally realized:

It's a fucking war!