Chapter 361: Military Discipline

The weather in North Korea was not so hot at this time, but even so, there was still a somewhat restless air floating in the sky, and it seemed that the smell of gunpowder smoke could be smelled from the battlefield more than 20 miles away. The jeep bumped along a somewhat rough road, turned around one bend after another, and then drove towards an improvised road at the foot of the mountain. The surroundings suddenly looked much fresher, and the green trees and green hills covered both sides of the road, making people feel refreshed.

The camp of the 187th Regiment was located in a large clearing at the bottom of the hillside, and the tents were combined, turning the huge open space into a military barracks, with cars and jeeps constantly coming in and out. The jeep turned a corner, and then stopped in front of a tent, and the lieutenant jumped out of the car, and then said to Winters, "Sir, please follow me," and led Winters straight into the tent.

There was a colonel officer in the tent who was looking at something on a map, and there were several lieutenant colonel and captain officers around him, as if they were looking down and discussing something.

"Sir, Lieutenant Colonel Winters has arrived," the lieutenant reported to the colonel.

The Colonel looked up at the tent doorway, and then laughed, "Hey, Dick. Then he turned his head to the officers around him who straightened up and looked at the door and smiled: "What do I say, the legend of our 101st Airborne Division will be here in two days, look, he is standing in our tent" He walked straight towards Lieutenant Colonel Winters, and then opened his hand and gave Winters a hug. He behaved like an old acquaintance, but he was an old acquaintance. He originally had an intersection with E Company. After Captain Sauber was transferred from Company E by Colonel Zink, he was Patrick from Company A, 2nd Battalion, 506th Regiment? Lieutenant Sweeney served for a period of time as the deputy company commander of E Company until Winters was promoted to deputy company commander.

When Colonel Sweeney let go of Winters, he couldn't help but smile when he saw the doubt in his eyes: "Surprised, isn't it?" Didn't expect to meet an acquaintance in such a situation? Hey, Dick, I've been briefed that you're coming, you know, that's what I'm looking forward to the most. Well, look at me now, I'm already exhausted."

"You're the head of the regiment, so these things should have been a headache for you" Winters put his luggage aside, and then, guided by Colonel Sweeney, walked over to the big table and looked at the map above. At that time, there was a map of Busan, and there were many things marked on it. Obviously, they were working on some kind of plan or something. But Winters set his sights on the map anyway.

"Yes, that's fate. You know. I want to introduce these people to you slowly, and the most important thing now is that you just need to get to know your battalion and then lead them. Saying that, Colonel Sweeney looked at Lieutenant Colonel Winters a little helplessly and said, "Dick, you really didn't come at the right time, we will be sent to the front in a few days, I thought we would rest for a while, but now it seems that it can't be done, the North Korean army has strengthened the offensive, and the strength of the 25th Division is already overstretched." ”

Winters smiled at him and said, "I know, Colonel Sweeney. I'm not here for a vacation. Well, who are you going to send to take me to get acquainted with my battalion? ”

Seeing Winters say this, Colonel Sweeney couldn't help but smile slightly, and then said to a major officer who was standing at the table with a large number of Winters standing: "Major Cook, okay, your battalion commander has arrived, now I will leave it to you, and he will take over." Why not take him to get acquainted with his battalion now? ”

The major named Cook nodded, "Yes, sir," and then turned to Lieutenant Colonel Winters and said, "Commander Winters, please follow me" and walked towards the battalion commander's door.

Winters nodded to Colonel Sweeney, and then Major Cook walked out of the tent, and Major Cook jumped into the jeep lane that the lieutenant had just driven over: "You'll be surprised, those guys are lawless. Here they dare to do anything, fight, drink and even rob, God, it's almost nothing to ** and kill those damn hún eggs"

Winters couldn't help frowning, glanced at Major Cook and said, "Let's go, Major, let's see those hún eggs" As he said Major, he drove the car towards the camp not far away.

The battalion headquarters was located on the left and right sides of the open space, and a group of GIs were smoking not far from the camp headquarters, and a group of GIs were gathered together, as if they were making a loud noise.

"This is the battalion headquarters, we don't have a house now, and the North Korean army has to bombard us with artillery every day, so our resting troops have withdrawn from the urban area, of course, we can only live in tents, and the houses are almost all rubble, and we can't live in people at all." Major Cook said, shouting at a drunken soldier stumbling in front, "Damn, get out of my way, you're in my way."

"That's what these guys are, they're the worst soldiers I've ever seen," Cook shrugged his shoulders a little helplessly, and led Winters into the tent. The tent was simple, with only a grate and a table, as well as a couple of military stand stools. There were also several wine bottles lying on the table, and a soldier was lying under the table snoring.

Feeling a little embarrassed in front of Winters, Cook kicked the soldier in the body, then watched him get up and yelled, "Damn it, for God's sake, get out of here"

The drunken soldier was kicked awake, he quickly got up, saw the deputy battalion commander and a lieutenant colonel officer standing in front of him, couldn't help but stand crookedly, saluted them, and then took out the battalion headquarters with his head in his hands. This did make Major Cook feel a little embarrassed, and he kept explaining to Winters, "These guys are drinking now, except that they don't fight. Look, there is no morale, who would have thought that this is a subordinate regiment of the 101st Airborne Division"

"All right, Major. Only desperate people drink and fight," Winters said, looking at him.

"The whole regiment was like that," Cook tried to discern, "that they had suffered heavy losses in the fight against the North Korean army, and although reinforcements had come in, many were desperate for the war." So--Captain Sweeney wanted them to relax, and it was good for them. Of course, these guys have gone too far."

Winters looked around the barracks, then went to the table and said, "Major Cook, tell everyone in the battalion headquarters the news of my arrival, and from tomorrow onwards, I will check the appearance of every soldier in the battalion." Everyone must go out early for daily training, and from tomorrow onwards, all the soldiers in the battalion are not allowed to drink alcohol, no, starting today," Winters said in a series of orders.

"Lieutenant Colonel Winters" Cook seemed to want to say something, but when he saw Winters's serious eyes, he couldn't help but swallow everything he was about to say, and nodded, "Okay, I'll go and pass on the order." Of course, do you want to talk to Colonel Sweeney, after all, with his orders - you know, the brothers may complain"

"It's better than them losing their lives on the battlefield in the future," Winters said, frowning, "and do it." As he spoke, he added, "By the way, let the officers above the platoon come here for a meeting." I have something to say."

The officers in the 187th Regiment may not know Lieutenant Colonel Winters himself, but there are definitely many who have heard of Lieutenant Colonel Winters. Because Lieutenant Colonel Winters once had a good reputation in the 101st Airborne Division. And the officers are even more familiar with this, they have all studied Winters's textbook examples, as long as they have been in the military academy, they know that so after their battalion commander was killed, they heard that the coming battalion commander is Winters, and everyone has a heart of anticipation. They also tried to manage the discipline of these soldiers, but every soldier has fought bloodily, can you ask them a lot? And Commander Sweeney didn't care much about the condition of the soldiers, because it was somewhat out of control. And this is also the embodiment of the rebellious psychology of the soldiers after suffering heavy losses.

The meeting was not very long, Lieutenant Colonel Winters did not say any nonsense, and the simple meeting was a matter of norms for the soldiers. This is something that many officers want to do.

"If it were Lieutenant Colonel Winters, maybe there would be a result" Some officers were a little optimistic when the meeting ended, but there were also objections, after all, Lieutenant Colonel Winters had just arrived, and these soldiers had already experienced a life-and-death battle, and many people died. They would not necessarily buy Lieutenant Colonel Winters, even if he was the pride of the 101st Airborne Division

The next morning, the assembly horns sounded. The barracks was suddenly filled with húnluàn. Someone was screaming looking for clothes, someone was lying on the g and simply covered his ears with a quilt, and his mouth kept shouting: "Damn, damn"

Winters looked at the team in front of him with a serious expression, three companies, and none of them could stand in front of him neatly dressed. The soldiers stood disheveled, some even buttoned the wrong buttons, some did not wear their hats properly, and even sleepy-eyed and unrefreshed. He looked at his watch, and the meeting would take twenty minutes.

"There was a soldier who didn't arrive from Company A." Major Cook said to Lieutenant Colonel Winters.

"Send him to court-martial," Winters said in a loud voice, with a blank face, and he wanted the soldiers to hear him.

Sure enough, the whole team immediately fell silent. The soldiers, who were still cursing and complaining just now, did not move, and they looked at Lieutenant Colonel Winters standing at the front, and their eyes were not filled with awe, but with dissatisfaction.

"It's not fair," a voice suddenly broke the silence, and one of the soldiers shouted loudly in the ranks, "It's not fair, sir, Sergeant Miloi is a good sergeant, he doesn't deserve to be treated like this, he saved the lives of two soldiers in battle."

"Who is it?" This kind of blatant confrontation with the commander made Cook also feel humiliated, and he shouted loudly at the team, "Vane? Corporal Carlisle, is that you? Get the hell out of here, you damn hún bastard."

At this time, all eyes were focused on the team, and I saw a corporal soldier walking out of the team, although his clothes were relatively complete, but his hat was worn off, and his collar was not buttoned properly, but when he came out, he looked directly at Winters with his head held high, and he was not afraid at all.