CHAPTER IX

Hess? Herb dangled the can of peaches in his hand, and several lieutenants, including Winster and Nickerson, stood there awkwardly. Nickerson was stunned for a moment before he hesitated to speak: "Company commander, that's a jar of peaches." ”

"Second Lieutenant Nickerson thinks it's a can of peaches." Sauber sneered, then exclaimed, "That's not true, Second Lieutenant. Your week is canceled. ”

Sauber stepped forward, pointed to the jar of peaches with his finger, and said sternly: "This is the property of the U.S. Army, which was brought out of our room without permission. And I won't tolerate anyone stealing items from me when I'm connected. Then he said to Winster, "Whose locker is this?" ”

"Private Parks, Captain." Winster hesitated, but answered truthfully.

"Parks?" Sober was stunned for a moment, but still said firmly, "Withdraw him from training." All weeks without going out permits, cancellations include officers. After saying this, he glanced at Winster meaningfully.

Winster stopped Sauber's order, frowned, and then said as if he had made up his mind, "Captain Sauber, please speak." ”

"Say it!" Sauber was expressionless, turned sideways, gave Winster a silhouette, and handed the jar of peaches to the orderly, "Your request was granted. ”

"Parks is a good soldier." Winster said.

"Can a good soldier steal cans from the gang's room? Winster, it looks like you're having a problem with your vision. Sober said coldly, "Do you think it was a wrong decision to retire such a soldier?" ”

Nickerson spoke at this time, and he decided to help Winster: "Captain, this can of peaches is not a can from the army house, although the two look somewhat similar in appearance, but I am sure that this is definitely not the property of the army. And Private Parkes, who we all know, is a decent man and trains hard, and is the best soldier in E Company. ”

Sauber glanced at Nickerson, "What do you mean?" ”

"Why don't you let Winster investigate the matter before making a penalty decision?" Nickerson looked at Sauber without fear, "I think that the soldier made a mistake and must be punished." But if you don't make a mistake! He shrugged his shoulders, and it was clear that Sauber understood.

Sauber looked at Winster, then at Nixon, didn't say a word, turned and left. If he was wrong, he couldn't have dismissed Parks for this, unless he found another reason. Otherwise, this is something that shakes the morale of the army, and Sauber is not a fool.

Winster and the others followed out of the tent.

"Alright, disband!" Sauber was no longer in the slightest bit of interest.

After Nickerson, Winster, and the others saluted, they turned around and were about to leave.

"Ensign Winster!" Sauber screamed.

Winster stood still, turned to face Sauber. He looked at him quizzically.

"Colonel Zinke thinks you're promoted." Sauber walked up to Winster, took a silver bar from his pocket, and put it on Winster's collar, "As a lieutenant, you will be my star officer." Congratulations! ”

"Thank you, sir." A smile crossed Winster's face. But he remained calm.

"And," said Sauber as he walked, and Winster hastened to follow, "to test your organizational skills and leadership potential, I will now appoint you as the Celestial Chamberlain." ”

"There will be some light training indoors tomorrow." Sauber paused, "Go and prepare!" ”

Winster saluted, then turned around and was about to leave.

"Lieutenant Winster." Sauber stopped him, "Tomorrow at noon, maybe we can have a special lunch." I love pasta. When he had finished speaking, he stopped looking at Winster and walked away.

But this word of Sauber had spread in the morning, and everyone knew that Parks was going to be unlucky, and perhaps there was a real possibility that he would be brought out of E Company, transferred to another unit, or even discharged from the army.

"Don't worry, Parks, we all know that those cans were given to you by Miss Jennifer in town." Inside the tent, Tibo patted Pads on the shoulder.

Parks knew that he had been dismissed from training because of the incident. But this incident is clearly biased, and the two cans of peaches were not stolen. And because of his outstanding performance in training, he gave Winster and others an excellent impression that things may not be as bad as they should have been. Still, Parks had some apprehension in his mind. He didn't want to leave the company. Because I already feel integrated with this company and the brothers in the company.

"If Soberfi asks you to quit training, I'll quit with you." White also walked over and patted Parks on the shoulder, and he could see that Parks was not in a high mood.

At this time, several more people came into the camp gate, it was Martin, Landowman, and Lip, all brothers in the second row.

"Don't worry, it's not that bad!" Parks didn't want the brothers to worry about themselves. Although he doesn't know if things will eventually turn around. Sauber was too self-righteous.

Parks saw David? Landowman, in order to soften the atmosphere, couldn't help but laugh: "Hey, Sergeant Landowman, it seems that Winster is wrong, it is not you who Sauber hates, but me!" “

When everyone heard this, they all remembered the conversation between Landowan and Winster that night, and they couldn't help laughing, and the atmosphere was slightly relaxed.

"He hates everybody in E-Company!" Landowman obviously had too much dissatisfaction with Sauber, "Parks, you are the brother of E-Company, and no one can drive you away. ”

Just then, the tent was lifted again.

"Stand up!" Martin shouted. All the people in the tent stood upright.

It was Lieutenant Winster and Lieutenant Nickerson who entered.

"Rest, soldiers!" Winster glanced at Parks, "Guys, I have something to talk to Parks about. ”

When everyone heard this, they all hurried out of the camp, and everyone knew that it should be about canned food.

"I wish Winster could save Parks!" White came out of the camp and sighed outside, to be honest, in E Company, now he and Parks were on the best relationship.

"Don't worry," said Tipper, "Winster is a good man!" ”

At this time, Martin suddenly interjected on the side: "Is what you just said in it true?" ”

"What?"

"If Parks retires, you're going to leave the brothers?"

White looked at Martin, then nodded firmly: "Yes, that's what I think, what's the problem?" Although leaving the Airborne Forces is a painful thing for me, I prefer to take care of brotherhood. ”

Then he shrugged his shoulders at Martin and said in a more accentuated tone: "What's wrong with me deciding like that?" ”

Martin, who was looking at White seriously, suddenly laughed: "There's nothing wrong with it, I just want to tell you that no matter what decision you make, you will be an eternal brother of E-Lian." ”

"Thank you!" White breathed a sigh of relief.

"Alright, we'll ask Parks himself if Winters can save him!" Lipp said from the side. To be honest, Li Pu felt very uncomfortable, and after getting along with E Company for a while, he didn't dare to imagine what kind of mood it would be if his brother left like this.

Inside the tent.

"Parks, can you tell me about those two cans of peaches?" Winster looked at him with some seriousness. Parks was the best soldier he had ever seen in training, and he was very popular. Such soldiers, officers liked them, except, of course, Sauber, who was very jealous. Winster absolutely did not want Parks to quit the Airborne Forces because of this.

Parks understood Winster's situation, he didn't blame him at all, it was all Sauber's fault, because of jealousy, he wanted to make trouble in the second platoon led by Winster, in revenge for being stolen by Winster when Colonel Zink came to inspect that day.

So Parks recounted the incident of that night's outing, and then said to Winster, "This is how it happened, Lieutenant Winster, and I think I will not make it difficult for you if Captain Sauber is sure to dismiss me. ”

"Do you think I'm struggling right now?" Winster looked at Parks strangely, "No matter who it is, as long as it's the brother of E-Company, if he doesn't make a mistake, I'll try not to let them be punished for no reason." The same is true for you! ”

It was Nickerson who spoke, and he smiled at Parks, "Relax, Private Parks." It's not as serious as you think. This is just a misunderstanding, and I believe that even if Captain Sauber misunderstood, as long as it is explained clearly, there should be no problem. ”

"Thank you, sir!" Parks knew that since Winster and Nickerson said so, it was estimated that this matter could only end here, even if Captain Sauber had any unpleasantness, it would never be possible to clash with Winster and Nickerson because of his misunderstanding.

Parks guessed correctly, and the next morning, the results of the two cans of peaches came out, that is, Parks went out with White and Tiber, and was punished with cleaning the toilet for a week.

When Sauber dealt with it, he told Winster that the canned peaches were too similar to the ones in the room, causing the chief to misjudge. This reason is absolute.

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