Chapter 3: Valtrode

There was a "crackling" sound in my ears, and consciousness seemed to have regained a little. It was so dark that I tried to get up and understand the situation.

"Ahh When he was supporting himself with his arms and was about to stand up, he fell off and spread the pain in his heart. The pain swept through my brain like a shockwave, and then my consciousness was far away again.

When I opened my eyes again, there was a cluster of flowers in front of me, and although it was not bright, it gave people a sense of peace of mind when they looked at it. The background of the flowers is the white wall, which made me realize that now I am indoors. Looking around, I was lying on a white bed, the quilt was also white, but the red cross on it told me where I was.

I had gauze on my head and some bandages on my body. There was still some pain in my body, but my head didn't hurt at all. But I didn't rush to remove the bandage, leaving it a little Arabian around my head.

"What kind of hospital is this, so broken?" In this silence, I walked to the window, ready to enjoy the view, but the two large trees completely blocked my view, and only countless rays of sunlight came in through the leaves, and I looked back with some disappointment, only to find that the door was being opened from the outside in.

I was wondering who it was, but the people who came in were already stunned. The man who came was dressed in a gray and black military uniform, and when he entered the house, he stood straight and gave me a military salute.

“…… Your ...... What...... Command. "Because the picture was so impactful, I didn't notice what he was saying.

“Was・sagen・sie?” As I said this as if I had taken it for granted, I was surprised to put my hand over my mouth, which I couldn't keep shut. What did I just say? It seems to be "What did you say?" "No, how could I know that and still be able to say it so fluently!

At this time, I sent him with a solemn face and asked me, "Do you remember what happened before?" "This time, I heard it clearly, it was still the same language, but it was as if my brain had some kind of ability, which enabled me to understand all these languages that I had never known!

Then I suddenly realized something, rushed straight past him, and rushed out of the room. I desperately ran out of this small hospital, everything in front of me had nothing to do with me, I just ran crazy, blindly stuffy and crazy, suddenly my vision was no longer reflected by the scorching sun, but a large shade of trees, slowly raised my head, presented in front of me a large cedar forest, shining in the sun with the brilliance of life.

I looked at this cedar forest in a daze, and my mind quickly calmed down.

A moment later, the soldier hurried after him. Later, we talked quietly there. In that bright sunshine, in the cedar grove of Banat, in the place where it all began. He, Hans, was one of the most important people in my life. Told me a great and tragic story, a story about "me".

A week ago, at a position near Ain Bella. "I" commanded a team of 3 tanks and was ordered to carry out the task of supporting the infantry team. It was supposed to be an easy task. However, the General Staff clearly underestimated the strength of the enemy, who committed more than twice as many troops as expected. At this time, a new order was received from the General Staff: to hold the position and wait for reinforcements.

At that time, "we" repelled several enemy attacks, and the squad led by "me" destroyed almost ten enemy tanks.

Although the enemy's offensive strength had subsided, the lack of artillery fire had become more intense. In order to reduce the damage to the infantry ranks, "I" gave an order, an order that was destined to go and never return. The two remaining tanks were ordered to go around the rear of the enemy flank and destroy the enemy self-propelled guns.

Then the two tanks successfully detoured to the rear of the enemy's flank under the cover of gunsmoke and sand, and immediately destroyed one of the enemy's self-propelled guns, and then the second one. But the remaining two guns quickly retreated and went out of range. And the rest of the enemy quickly surrounded them, and under the fierce attack of the enemy, "we" could only retreat. Found a rocky beach, continued to delay the enemy, and heroically destroyed two pursuing enemy tanks on the way.

At this time, the enemy's infantry contingent also followed, but the enemy's anti-tank rifles simply could not penetrate impenetrable and solid combat vehicles. In order to prevent being approached by enemy French infantry, "I" climbed on the roof of the car and hit the enemy with a top machine gun. But due to the lack of infantry cover, the advantage of tanks is gradually disappearing. There were only armor-piercing shells left in the car, but against the infantry, the effectiveness of the armor-piercing shells was minimal. The fire of the 4 machine guns of the two tanks gradually ran out, and soon another tank was blown up by enemy infantry with anti-tank grenades. Only "my" chariot was left to make its final struggle, leaning on the rocky mass.

"Bang bang bang!" With the sound of a string of heavy machine guns, friendly armored vehicle support arrived, and the infantry jumping from the vehicles wiped out the enemy at close range in an instant. After rounding with an ally, the pursuing enemy is immediately repulsed. And the side of the position was also saved without danger because "we" had attracted too much firepower.

After the reinforcements arrived, "I" led the infantry as the vanguard to launch a fierce attack on the enemy's position, tearing a hole in the enemy's front and gaining opportunities for the infantry. The tank units that arrived later tore the enemy's position into countless pieces, and the battle was already decided.

At the end of the battle, a grenade pierced the upper armor of the front of the tank, causing the ammunition in the tank to detonate, the turret to blow up, and the "I", who was operating the machine gun, flew several meters before falling heavily to the ground. The soldiers who were rushed were immediately rushed to the hospital in Batna.

This left me in a coma for a week due to a head injury, but the day before yesterday, when the nurse observed my condition, there was a slight shaking of the fingers, which sent a silence to the military headquarters, and he was dispatched.

This time he had come to observe my situation and assist me in getting back to the front, as well as to give me a new order to go to Hammamet to lead a new team.

When he had finished speaking, he fell silent, and my heart could not be calmed for a long time, and I wanted to speak but did not know what to say.

Finally, he took out a delicate gift box from his pocket and handed it over, I opened it gently, and there was a medal lying quietly, with a black cross bordered by silver lines, which gave people a solemn beauty, and this was the beginning of everything for me - the Iron Cross of the Second Class.

And I accepted the appointment, took up the responsibility, and returned to the battlefield under my new name, Valtrode Jonas.