With the arrival of May, Company E arrived in Aldeburn with the 101st Airborne Division. During its first week here, Company E practiced more subjects, including raids on artillery positions, bridges, causeways, etc. One practice was a direct attack after a parachute jump, while others simulated flying in the air and then "parachuting" from a truck. In the second week, they began the "Operation Eagle" mock attack exercise, in which their goal was to destroy German beach artillery positions. And this time it's a real combat airdrop at night.

"Spoons, blades, socks, toiletry bags, flashlights, maps, three days of dry food, four chocolates, a pack of gum, ground coffee, sugar, and matches, ammunition, a compass, two grenades, an anti-tank mine, a smoke screen grenade, a tank bomb, two boxes of cigarettes, bullet belts, a lasso, a water bottle, a first aid kit, a bayonet, and my damn four or five pistols." Joe? Toy kept complaining, not just him, but many of his brothers in E-Company. Bringing so many things on the plane and then jumping from that high altitude is a lot of people who are mentally prepared, but the things are too heavy.

"This is a paratrooper!" "There's nothing to complain about, for God's sake, Joe, you forgot your sapper shovel, why don't you tie it to you?" Do you want to let the Germans dig a foxhole for you after you land? ”

"Hell!" Joe? Toy scolded fiercely.

Yes, there is nothing to complain about, this exercise is already a real combat exercise. All environments are set up to simulate upcoming real-world situations.

The plane flew in the air for two and a half hours, in fact, it was circling in the air, and then the brothers of Company E parachuted.

"Voles!" As soon as Winters landed, he heard someone shouting a password.

"Eagle!" He replied in a low voice, and he heard the voice, "Is that Sergeant Parkes?" ”

At this time, I saw a figure flash in the grass next to him, and quietly pasted it, and then a little starlight, Winters saw that it was Parks.

"You're one step ahead of me!" Winters saw Parks and nodded, "What about the other brothers?" ”

"Gotta go to the rally point and gather the brothers now!" Parks Road.

"Follow me!" Winters pulled out his compass, then ducked into the grass, looked in his bearings, and tapped Parks on the shoulder. The two of them quietly walked towards the gathering place together. One after another, he met other brothers of Company E, including some platoon commanders and non-commissioned officers.

Gradually, the people gathered more and more, and suddenly there was a voice in the grass in front of them. Parks, who was exploring the way in front, hurriedly raised his hand to signal, and everyone quietly lay down.

"God, I suspect Eisenhower's head was broken, and he actually came up with such a password!" A person is not afraid of his voice coming out, "Vole? What could be funnier than that? Do you wish we could only burrow like voles? ”

"It's Kaber!" Parks motioned to the group, and then everyone stood up, and Parks pushed through the grass, and sure enough, it was Kaber and Tibo together. Tibo was helping Kaber unzip his parachute.

When the two of them saw Parks and the gathered brothers, as well as Winters, they couldn't help but quickly stand up.

"Private Kaber, the sound you just spoke was enough to make you lose your life." Winters said to the two of them with some seriousness, "Remember, if you treat this as a real battle, it won't be like this. "Winters saw from them that there were some brothers who weren't very cautious about it because it was a drill, and he couldn't help but be a little worried.

"Got it, sir!" Kaber was a little embarrassed, after all, many brothers were looking at him with a playful eye!

As we arrived at the gathering point, brothers arrived one after another. Finally, Company Commander Mihan also arrived.

"Count the numbers!" Meehan commanded.

"All in a row!" Winters reports.

Two other rows of people also arrived. Mihan found a place to hide, shielded the light with the soldiers' raincoats, and then compared the directions with a compass under the faint light of a flashlight. Then the point of attack was established.

"Winters, you lead the first platoon from the right, and Compton and I lead the second platoon from the front. Harry led the three platoons to attack from the left. Watch out for our attacking time, start in five minutes! "Meehan laid out the attacking characters cleanly. They were going to attack a simulated German artillery position on the right side.

"Sir, should we leave a platoon to break off and secure a passage to the headquarters to prevent German reinforcements?" At this point, Winters suggested to Lieutenant Meehan.

Mihan glanced at Winters in surprise, was stunned for a moment, and quickly vetoed: "There is no need, there is only one platoon in the simulated German artillery position this time, we will attack them with the speed of thunder and absolute superiority, and then we will quickly leave the battlefield!" ”

After Mihan finished speaking, he raised his hand and looked at his watch, and gave an order: "Action!" ”

The brothers of the whole company quickly rushed out and charged towards the intended target. The movements are as fast and powerful as they normally do. Soon the target's man disguised as a German soldier reacted and began to block it with empty ammunition, but the three-sided encirclement made a platoon of "Germans" quickly routed. E-Company easily won the target.

Just as the brothers of Company E retreated and were about to return to the headquarters according to the original route, Parks stood up and said to Winters, "Platoon commander, I want to speak!" ”

"Say, Parks!" Winters glanced at him, not surprised, as if he had something to say.

"We're making a fuss here, but the enemy hasn't come back, and there's not even a shadow, so I think there's something wrong!" Parks voiced his concerns.

"I'm thinking about that as well." Winters did not hesitate to voice his scruples.

"If it's not that the opposing commander has no idea at all, they must still have a future!" Parks looked at Lieutenant Meehan, who was rearming and retreating, "Maybe we should talk to Lieutenant Meehan!" ”

"Leave it to me!" Winters nodded, "But you'll have to tell me what your concerns are." ”

Parks nodded: "My judgment is that if we evacuate, it is possible that the enemy army will set up an ambush on our way back, which is the first possibility, because when we captured it, we did not leave any reserve team at all." And the night is the best cover. ”

"The second possibility is that they don't have enough reinforcements themselves, and they will follow us and harass us as we go." Then Winters said suddenly, and then looked at Parks, "What do I guess?" ”

Parks nodded.

"Well, which one do you think is the most likely, we can't divide the troops." Winters endorsed Parkes' suggestion.

"I think it's probably the first possibility. In this exercise, the simulated German troops were the brothers of the 82nd Division, who had an advantage in numbers and had actual combat experience. Parks didn't hesitate.

"I give Lieutenant Meehan a piece of advice, maybe!" Winters nodded, and then left.

In fact, just as Parks had guessed, the "enemy" used "two platoon brothers to set up an ambush where Company E had retreated." However, because of the advance warnings of Parks and Winters, Meehan sent a lead squad to attract the targets of the "enemy army", and then pressed on them, and succeeded. However, he was sentenced to be "killed" 30 people and 21 wounded, almost the strength of a platoon lost in battle.

Such losses were also relatively large, although they annihilated one company of the "enemy army".

Afterwards, Lieutenant Meehan held a wartime summary meeting of non-commissioned officers and lieutenants in the company.

"Thank you very much to Sergeant Parks and Lieutenant Winters for their advice, which allowed Company E to avoid the annihilation of the entire army!" Meehan is a very honest person, "I was very touched. ”

"One of the issues I think about is that our staff officers and staff sergeants, whether they are at the platoon level or at the company level, should take the initiative to express their own views in wartime and make their own judgments against the enemy army, instead of blindly following them!" Although this was a bit of a challenge to the officer's authority, Parks knew that Meehan was right. This will give those officers and non-commissioned officers a greater sense of responsibility.

From this meeting, all the non-commissioned officers and lieutenants knew that Miehan was a responsible man. And good at summarizing. And this time, Parkes's talent was once again displayed, which impressed the brothers of E Company again. This made his prestige rise steadily in the E Company.

"Dismiss!" Meehan made the final conclusion, and then announced that the meeting was adjourned!

As the non-commissioned officers and officers left one by one, Meehan stopped Winters.

"Lieutenant Winters."

"Sir?" Winters turned around and looked at Meehan.

When Meehan looked at the only two people left in the wartime barracks, he smiled and said, "What do you think of Parks?" ”

"A good non-commissioned officer!" Winters replied truthfully.

Mihan did not continue with the question, but said to Winters, "I know that in Company E, your prestige is the highest, in the hearts of your brothers. ”

"Sir?" Winters looked at Mihan in bewilderment.

"I mean, if the brothers have any opinion on the outcome of the exercise, I want you to do their job!" Meehan continued, "Don't let the brothers lose faith. ”

ps: Many brothers Cui Geng 12,000 words, looking at so many Cui Geng votes, I can't do it, I can only cry at it, it's painful! At present, in my condition, I can only maintain two shifts a day. So I hope Cui Geng votes, 6000 words is the best! Hehe!

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