The Samaritan was originally a converted troop carrier from a postal and passenger ship. It was originally designed to carry 1,000 passengers, but this time it was on board the 5,000 men of the 506th Regiment. The conditions became very harsh due to overcrowding.

The brothers have long since passed the excitement of the first time they left the continental United States on the troop carrier. Almost everyone is now scratching their stomachs. After sailing on the sea for half a month, many people often clashed because of their bad mood, drinking and making trouble, and there were often fights between several companies.

"Parks, I bet that fat guy hasn't washed that dress properly in a week!" As Christenson and Parks ate in the bilge dining room, they quietly pointed to the greasy gown chef in the galley.

"The Chinese have a saying: if you don't dry it, you won't get sick if you eat it." "This isn't the Kentucky Baker Ridge, no comfy beds, no movie theaters, no after-dinner desserts, no hot showers, and certainly no girls from the neighborhood," Parks laughed. This is the sea, Christenson, and we're on the sea now, so it's pretty good. I'm satisfied! ”

"I just feel a little sick!" Christen muttered, then leaned in and laughed, "yes, even if Carson wins one hundred and fifty dollars in blackjack, there is no place to spend it." ”

"What about you? Prefer blackjack or craps? Or is it playing poker? Parks laughed, "I'm not interested in that. ”

"Blackjack." "And I've heard that their officers often play this together. I've seen Nexon, Buck and Welsh play with them a lot. ”

"What did you see with your own eyes?" Parks didn't frown slightly.

"No, I heard!" "They even invited Spierre from Company D. ”

Parks nodded and said, "Since it's hearsay, don't take it personally, who doesn't know how to play a few games?" Floating on such a sea, Shangyanjing will feel lonely. ”

In fact, Parks is a bit overthinking, even for an officer in the U.S. Army, playing a few cards is commonplace, just like an ordinary soldier. But the soldiers' views may therefore be different.

"I'm not worried too much, I'm just worried about Sauber's energy, he's too full of energy, I don't know what else to come up with, but I think it's going to be a laughing stock in the end." Christensen was referring to yesterday's incident, Sauber wanted to lead the group to, and he managed to find a place on the deck, but was warned by Lieutenant Colonel Strieter.

"Captain Sober, I know that my brothers need training, but my brothers in other companies also need a place to move, so let's stop here!" Striele said it very politely. It made Sauber nervous for a day. Early the next morning, he went to the cabin where the regimental headquarters was located and explained the situation to Streil.

In this case, the brothers of E Company were able to experience great pleasure from it. What could be more exciting than to make Sauber deflated? Karber even danced in the cabin.

On September 15, after a 26-day voyage, the Samaritan slowly sailed into the port of Liverpool in England. On the day of arrival, all the GIs on board cheered. The next day, a southbound train pulled them to St. George's Ogborn, and at the train station, trucks pulled them to their new station.

It was getting dark. Because of the wartime light control, the trucks were advancing, so they had to rely on foot. Someone was in front of him with a faint flashlight to light the way, and the others followed the man, feeling his way forward.

"I can't believe we've entered England and still have to live the same life as in the Takoya barracks." Webster was a little stubborn, but many of his brothers thought the same thing. It's a bit like reminiscing, isn't that exactly what the night march of the Takoya military camp is? A lot of people have a smile on their lips.

They didn't go far, only about a mile and a half away, and they entered the camp. In front of me are some Nissan-style mobile houses with two pot-bellied stoves.

"I can finally get a good night's sleep!" White lay comfortably on the mattress, and although it was filled with straw, it was still a little better than the feeling of being on a big boat.

Parks smiled and lay down, then quietly looked at the top of the barracks. Now the war is getting closer. On the contrary, I have a kind of expectation. I am also a person who has been on the battlefield, although it is only a small number of conflicts, but the kind of trembling on the battlefield is definitely a temptation and a kind of torture.

Thinking of some of the brothers of E-Company now, Parks always felt that he should take care of them, tragedy is not eternal and unchanging, if it does not change, then his own crossing will be useless at all. Perhaps this rebirth itself is of no use. War is cruel and does not change because of one's own will.

Parks thought, and it wasn't until the middle of the night that he fell asleep in a daze. And White next to him had already made a slight snoring sound.

There was no morning training the next day, but Parks woke up early, and he was awakened by the screams of Bewight.

"Parks, God, that's beautiful!" White's voice seemed to ferment in the air, and then he heard the sound of people exclaiming one after another.

Parks got dressed and walked out, then too was mesmerized by the view in front of him.

Not far in front of me, there were all fairy tale books-like huts, covered with grass and the walls covered with roses. Tall horses swung their long manes and tread on the curved and narrow cobblestone pavement.

"Is this a fairy tale world?" It was Webster's exclamation, and he had a sensitive heart like home. After all, Harvard college students like him are rare in e-Company.

Because there is no training, it is also allowed to go out. On this day, the brothers of E-Company were happy in this village.

"This is Alderburn, Wiltshire!" White lamented that in front of him, against the backdrop of a soft rural greenery, there was an old 11th-century Romanesque church. On the hour, the bell on top of the church chimes like Big Ben.

"It's just a small village in Aldbourne!" Parks laughed. On this day they also found five old little bars in the village. And someone went in and had a drink.

But not all British people welcomed American GIs, and some were still a little nervous when they saw American GIs in uniform, apparently unaccustomed to being disturbed by others.

So from the next day, the regimental headquarters came down with an order, asking the GIs to give a detailed introduction to British customs, manners, habits, and so on. This made many brothers feel uncomfortable again.

"We're here to rescue them, so why don't you welcome us? Do you want us to cater to them? "I don't like to sit in a bar and drink quietly, the atmosphere is really not good, it's too dull. And those damn cooks are also like they're going to be anglicized, let's eat damn milk powder, egg powder, dried apricots, shriveled potatoes, horse meat, Brussels sprouts, rutabas, Chinese cabbage...... God, I'm even starting to miss the pasta that Lieutenant Winters made us. This should be a tragedy for me. ”

"Isn't it better to change your way of life and make yourself as educated and noble as those Englishmen?" When Second Lieutenant Barker heard this, he said this to Gunessey.

"Okay brothers, it's still a wonderful time, let's enjoy it. You know, after a few days, we can't sit here and listen to how the British peel potatoes," Parks adjusted his mood at this time, "in a few days our training will start again, there will be no Saturday and Sunday, we can go out every week, and we will have eight to ten hours of field training every day." I don't think it's going to be easier than Takoa. If it were me, these few days would be the most enjoyable time for me! ”

And it turned out to be exactly what Parks said. However, in addition to those field trainings, they conducted 15, 18, 21, and 25 miles of long marches, night combat training, and spent one hour a day in melee drills, as well as street fighting, map interpretation, first aid, chemical warfare, and the ability and use of German-made weapons. They conducted a drill with all their field gear and traveled 25 miles in 24 hours. In addition, special training such as trapping, mine clearance, and communication was also arranged.

In addition, the regimental headquarters also sent people to teach them the basic knowledge that the infantry must know: how to read the terrain, how to use the favorable terrain, how to adopt different tactics according to the terrain, and especially how to survive on the ground, which can survive on the ground for several days at a time without affecting physical fitness.

"These are very important and I hope each of you doesn't make mistakes!" The instructor loudly warned the brothers of the company, "Because after you make this mistake once, there will be no second time." Dead people don't make mistakes again. ”

During this time, Sauber became a little mentally deranged. Maybe it's because war is getting closer and closer. Moreover, there are many people in the 82nd Division who will often be in North Africa and Sicily, and the situation will be told to the brothers of the 506th Regiment, which makes people feel more mentally stressed.

Sauber's unusual, normal behavior made the brothers more and more dissatisfied with him. In Winters' words: "Sauber's temper became more perverse, more sadistic." It's almost like no more. ”

Of course, he only said this in private discussions with officers such as Nickerson and Harry.

"What are you going to do?" Harry had apparently lost faith in Sauber as well.

"I don't know, maybe I'll do the work of my brothers, so that they will be happy to accept such a company commander to lead them in the European theater." Winters could only tease himself with such words.

Harry? Wales listened and was a little disappointed, but they were officers, and they could only do so, but the brothers did not think so.

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