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Today, the leader at the forefront of the independent company is Fan Xiaosi, who is so energetic that people feel that he is a little arrogant.

Leading the soldiers to walk slowly for a few miles to relieve the stiff and painful muscles, Fan Xiaosi accelerated the march, he looked at the E company walking in the left rear of the independent company from time to time, when the E company was too far behind, he would slightly restrain the momentum, and when the E company was about to go hand in hand with the independent company, he accelerated again.

Many of the soldiers of Company E had swollen feet, and by the time they had walked two or three kilometers and gradually adapted to it, they were already far behind the independent company, so the soldiers encouraged themselves to catch up.

As soon as the assembly call of the independent company sounded, the soldiers of the 116th Infantry Company also climbed out of the tent.

Watanabe believed that their tactics yesterday may have been too conservative and lagging behind so much that the soldiers of the independent company were well rested, and they only slept for a while, so they had to change their tactics.

So, along the way, the independent company, the E company, and the 116 infantry company took turns to lead.

By the afternoon, the 116th Infantry Company had become unable to keep up, and among them, more than a dozen soldiers fell behind the back of the ranks, and the whole team was constantly stretched, stretched, and stretched, and gradually thinned.

The formation of the teams of E Company and Independent Company remained very tight, no one was left behind, and everyone shared the weight of machine guns and mortars.

At eleven o'clock in the evening, E Company and Independent Company found a forest camp in the woods, and the camps of the two companies were more than 100 meters apart, and the soldiers gathered around the bonfire, and finally had a hot meal for two days.

Before the meal, Sobel came to the Independence Company with Winters for the first time and gave cigarettes to the soldiers one by one, which surprised everyone in the Independence Company!

Which one is this singing by Sobel? Yan Zhi took the cigarette handed by Sobel and chatted with the two for a while about the situation of their respective companies.

After the meal, the soldiers of the independent company sat around the campfire, roasting the fire, telling jokes, and smoking, such a march was not very difficult for them, but it may be a bit big for the E company opposite them, because the soldiers of the E company had just eaten and went straight into the tent without even smoking cigarettes.

By the time they camped at eleven o'clock that night, the 116th Infantry Company had been thrown at least five kilometers by the Independence Company and E Company. It was not until long after the soldiers of the Separate Company and E Company fell asleep that the 116th Infantry Company set up camp, lit a fire, and replenished the soldiers' physical strength.

On the third day, Xu Zheyou suddenly took it away.

On this day, the soldiers of E Company were much more energetic than yesterday, led by Gordon along the way, overtaking the independent company from time to time, and then being overtaken after a fierce chase by the independent company, and the soldiers on both sides encouraged each other and competed with each other.

For the first time in his history, Lieutenant Mark Sobel smiled kindly at all the men of the Independent Company, and he was lucky enough to walk without anything but a pistol at his waist and an instructor's stick in his hand, because all the soldiers of the E Company feared that he would drag the company back.

The weather was fine for the past two days, there was no rain or snow, and the temperature rose slightly, which reduced a lot of trouble for the soldiers.

By the time they camped on the night of the third day, the two companies had already traveled ninety-eight miles, and only twenty miles remained.

At two o'clock in the evening, when Lieutenant Mark Sobel got up to urinate, he did not see the 116th Infantry Company catching up.

"These guys must have quit." Sobel slipped back into the tent and fell asleep again with a few muttered words.

In Company E, there were many soldiers who could not get up after lying in the barracks, and they were exhausted by the two days of marching, and they fell asleep immediately after they fell down one by one, and they did not eat.

This time, the news that Company E of the 101st Airborne Division was about to march 118 kilometers and break the world march record held by the Japanese was reported by newspapers and radio, and their march was already a household name in the United States, and on both sides of their destination, crowded with people who had come to witness the historical moment.

Journalists from all over the world have already set up cameras and photography, and they are waiting for the young men of E Company to appear.

Tomorrow's newspaper headlines will be explosive again!

Colonel Xink had already arranged for a marching band to meet them at the finish line.

Many of the girls arrived at the finish line early, and they wanted to see these elite soldiers of the United States.

At four o'clock in the morning, after breakfast, E Company and Independence Company marched together and walked in the direction of the finish line.

When he was still ten miles away from the finish line, Yan Zhi personally rushed forward and raised the marching speed of the independent company to the extreme.

Seeing that the commander personally rushed forward, the soldiers of the independent company were greatly boosted, they were in good formation, they helped each other, and after half an hour, they opened the distance between them and E Company.

When Lieutenant Mark Sobel saw that he was overtaken by the Independent Company, he began to rage, roared, and personally ran to the front of the E Company, like an angry duck, flapping his two big wings, and leading the E Company to bite the Independent Company tightly.

Yan Zhi is faster!

"Oh my God, look at the demonic major of the Independence Company, he is at the front of the team, and he keeps speeding up with his company, I'm afraid we won't be able to catch up......"

"Oh! God, he's still accelerating, his soldiers are speeding up, this group of Chinese are they made of steel, our legs are going to break, and they're like they've just set off, and they're still accelerating......"

"God, there are still a few kilometers ahead of us to reach the end of this march, and there will be many people waiting to witness the moment of miracle, if the Independence Company is allowed to take the lead on our soil......"

"Hurry, hurry, hurry......" Mark Sobel shouted anxiously when he saw his company being thrown farther and farther away by the independent company, "Look, look, behind you fools, there is a large group of Japanese devils chasing you, hurry quickly, hurry, don't let the Japanese catch you......"

Three miles to go, a sparse greeter appeared, and in the distance, drums were playing.

Suddenly, Yan Zhi, who was at the forefront of the independent company, slowed down.

"Hurry up, hurry up, we are about to catch up with the China Independence Company." Marc Sobel exclaimed breathlessly, "The Independence Company can't run anymore, this is the best time for us to catch up, hurry up, there are many beautiful girls waiting for you in the crowd in front of you......"

The independent company ran slower and slower, and all the soldiers silently watched the E company surpass themselves, and then watched the last soldier of the E company surpass their superiors, and the soldiers silently lowered their heads, and began to have red circles in their eyes and sour noses......

Suddenly, Second Lieutenant Winters broke away from the line of E Company as it was heading towards the finish line, he stood on the side of the road, looked back at the Independence Company, which had begun to walk slowly, thought for six or seven seconds, then raised his head, waved at everyone in the Independence Company, and turned to catch up with E Company.

This 118-mile march was completed on foot, and it took 70 hours before and after, breaking the Japanese military record of 72 hours and 100 miles!

The next day, the event was publicized in the newspapers and radio of almost all the Allied countries, with the headlines of Time Magazine in the United States, the Times in the United Kingdom, and the mainstream newspapers of various countries carrying this feat of E Company.

The soldiers of Company E in the newspaper photo were cheered heroically by the people, each wearing a big red flower and surrounded by girls, and in the background, they were a group of Chinese soldiers with lion armbands.

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Finger lingering: Writing here, my nose is inexplicably sour.