Chapter 70: Second Lieutenant Parkes

The Germans of St. Mary-de-Monte, under the attack of a battalion, also voluntarily abandoned their positions, they retracted towards Carrington, and began to lay out a defensive line on the perimeter. The Germans of Ingville-Oplaiin also retreated, they were heavily inflicted on Company E, and they paid seventy or eighty casualties. Company E also suffered casualties, but not much, and Private Fust, who was shot in the head by shrapnel from an anti-tank gun, did not last long before dying. Private Erich was also directly hit by a shell and was directly torn apart. There was also Corporal Cartwright of the second platoon, who was also shot in the chest by a German machine gun and died at that time. There were also a few injured.

Soon after the capture of Ingville Oplain, Colonel Zinke felt this place, and he decided to base the regimental headquarters here.

"Winters, Colonel Zinke is very pleased with your command this time, and has taken this place at a very small cost." Nickerson and Winters stood at the entrance to the town, watching the soldiers set up checkpoints and barricades in front of them, and Nickerson smiled and said a word to Winters.

Winters nodded, the corners of his mouth twitching: "We have three brothers dead, and a dozen brothers have been injured. ”

"You have killed more than 30 Germans, wounded and captured more than 40 people, and this result is not bad news for the three of them." Nickerson touched the bottle again, but he didn't.

"yes!" Winters found a place to sit down, "But thanks to Parks, if it weren't for his accurate calculations and decisive attack, we wouldn't have been able to achieve such great results." ”

"Looks like you've found a good platoon commander!" Nickerson smiled at Winters and nodded.

"This is the most right thing I have done since I became a company commander." Winters is also very proud of his decision, "He is very good at seizing the plane, and he likes to charge ahead and take the lead. ”

Nickerson nodded and smiled: "It seems that Colonel Zink is very satisfied with your performance this time, he has set up the regimental headquarters here, it seems that he will summon you soon!" ”

As he spoke, he saw a jeep speeding by, and then stopped not far from the two of them, and a sergeant got out of it, and he saluted Winters and Nickerson.

"Colonel Sink told you to go to the regimental headquarters. Lieutenant Winters! The sergeant conveyed Colonel Sink's orders.

Nickerson winked at Winters and smiled, as if to say, sure enough. Winters shrugged his shoulders at him, then said to the sergeant, "Okay, I'll go with you in your car." ”

The two of them boarded the car, rolled up the dust, and drove away. Nickerson smiled knowingly.

"I'm very satisfied with the performance of e-company this time!" Zink, holding a cigar between his fingers, motioned for Winters to sit down, as Lieutenant Colonel Striele handed over a glass of water.

"Thank you!" Winters squeezed over and nodded.

"I have the regimental headquarters here now, and I want to make Company E the alert force of the regimental headquarters, is there any problem?" Zink took a puff of his cigar, the brand was the same as Churchill's.

"I guess that shouldn't be a problem! Sir! Winters stood up.

"Okay, that's it. Keep it that way in the future! Zink nodded, "Lieutenant Winters, I have faith in you. Well, the regimental headquarters has approved your appointment as a company commander, and if Mihan comes back in the future, we will arrange for him to take up a position at the battalion headquarters, so you don't have to worry about this. ”

Winters's heart moved slightly at this time, and then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "I'll do my best, Colonel!" ”

"Alright, let's go and get ready!" Zink nodded at him.

Winters saluted, then turned to leave, and as he reached the door, he heard Colonel Zink's voice again, "Lieutenant! ”

"What's the matter? Sir? Winters paused and turned to look at Colonel Zink.

"I forgot about this just now!" Zink said, pulling a copper bar out of his pocket, "This is for Parks." I think he would be honored if you wore it for him. ”

"Yes, sir!" Winters couldn't help but smile, he stepped forward to take the brass bar, and then saluted again before leaving.

Zink watched him leave, then smiled at Streil, "He's a good commander. ”

"Where's Parks?" Striele looked at Zink, "I didn't expect you to approve it so quickly, and Parks is also my favorite." But let's see later. Maybe it will surprise us, or not. ”

Zink nodded, then said, "A soldier like Parks is rare. He suddenly became a little curious about this soldier in his heart, how did he get involved with General Li?

The brothers of Company E were finally able to take a breath. It repelled many attacks by the Germans, and the last time, chased the Germans like ducks, which was really a bit of a great feeling.

"Parks has yours!" The brothers of E Company sat beside the ruins and chatted. White admires Parks and is gushing about his admiration for Parks.

"Come on, don't talk about this!" Parks smiled, then raised his wrist that was cuffed up, "Look, this is my trophy, do any of you have anything to trade with me?" I now have three watches, and they all cost a lot of money. ”

"This is what I found!" Moore also held up a ring, "It's also worth a lot!" ”

A group of people were chatting when another pair of soldiers came over, and Parks recognized it as someone from Company D.

"Hey, did you see that, Spierre!" At this time, Moore suddenly said to Parks, "Do you all know about him?" It was clear that he was saying this in a somewhat ostentatious tone in front of his brothers.

"What's the matter?" Sure enough, someone was asking.

Moore couldn't help but say mysteriously: "I also heard that on the day of D, Spiel shot more than a dozen prisoners. Then he looked at Parks, "Have you heard, about this?" ”

Parks shook his head, "No, I never ask about these things, Moore, it doesn't make much sense, even if it's shot, what?" He killed the Germans, and that's nothing! ”

When Moore heard this, he suddenly lost his emotions, regardless of his brother's constant urging. Parks couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, the rumor that Spiel had shot the captives finally came out, he hadn't heard of it that day, and Spiel had also assisted Winters in capturing the last cannon of the manor.

"Alright, stop talking about that! True or not, it's unfair to Spiel! Parks stood up, patted his butt, picked up his rifle standing aside, and was about to leave.

That's when Winters and Nickers came over.

"Parks, assemble the brothers! I have something to announce! Winters said to Parks.

Parks nodded, then shouted, "Attention E Company, assemble, line up!" ”

Winters watched as his brothers arrived, and he stood at the front of the line with a smile on his lips.

"Brothers of Company E, the regimental headquarters is very satisfied with our battle in D and the time that followed, and has given a certain reward for the bravery of the battle, and I believe that the order will be issued soon." Winters said loudly, "Today is mainly an award ceremony, the acting platoon leader of the first platoon of E Company, Sergeant Major Parkes, personally approved by Colonel Zink, is specially promoted to the rank of second lieutenant, and Parkes is out of the ranks!" ”

Parks took it in stride and walked to the front of the line. He stood straight, his expression tense and serious.

Winters stepped forward and placed the brass bar on his collar and gave him a military salute. Then waited for Parks to return the salute, then took his hand and smiled, "Congratulations, Parks!" ”

"Thank you, sir!" Parks smiled.

The cheers of the brothers rang out in the ranks. They were very happy with Parks' promotion, and it was a heartfelt cheer.

"Disband!" Winters spoke, then beckoned to Parks, "Wait a minute, let's go together!" ”

Parks nodded. The three of them walked together in the camp.

"Now you're officially an officer. So the requirements for yourself should be different. Of course, it's not about keeping your distance from your brothers, it's about keeping your officer dignity and making sure that the soldiers in your platoon treat you with the same respect! That's why I announced your promotion in front of the whole company's brothers. ”

"I see, sir!" Parks Road.

"Relax, we're just having a casual chat. Privately, you can call me Dick! Winters laughed.

"Well, he's like that, relax when he's serious, be serious when he's supposed to relax!" Nickerson next to him made a joke.

"I see, Dick!" Parks laughed.

"Okay, Parks, I basically don't have any advice to guide you in leading a platoon, I hope you will have a better performance in the future." "Also, there are a lot of brothers who don't participate in many battles, so talk to them more." ”

Parks nodded, then said goodbye to Winters and headed straight for his platoon.

"Congratulations, Parks!" As soon as Parks appeared, the brothers in the platoon all gathered around, and they were all smiling and sincerely congratulating Parks.

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