Chapter 82: Emotions

"Are you sure you're not affected?" Winters frowned and looked at the bandage on Parks' thigh, as if to judge if he was fit to continue fighting.

"Don't be pushy, Parks!" Nickerson poured three glasses of wine, one for Wales and one for Parks, held one up himself, motioned to the two of them, and took a sip. But he clearly isn't bullish on Parkes' injury.

"You have to be cautious!" Wales raised his glass and took a big sip, he was not used to Nixon's small sip, it was really not tasty.

"I know my situation, Harry, I'm in great shape, it's nothing, and I've been treated to the best of my ability." Parks drank the wine dry in one gulp, sharper than Welsh, "I'm still strong!" He waved his arms and flexed his muscles.

"I bet this guy is still as strong as a cow." Wales punched Parks in the shoulder and grinned.

Winters pondered, he knew that Parks was important to the company, and that had shown his value in the last few days of fighting, and he didn't want him to take any chances, but he didn't want him to leave either. If you want to recuperate, it will take at least a few days, which is undoubtedly not good news for E Company, which has been in the tense phase of fighting all day.

"Okay, you stay!" Winters nodded helplessly, he was still selfish, "But, once you have a problem with your body, I will definitely send you to the rear hospital, this is my bottom line!" ”

"Thank you, Dick!" Parks grinned, then passed the glass over to Nickerson, "Any more wine?" This wine tastes great, how about another one? ”

Nickerson smiled bitterly and nodded, "Of course, this is an aged whiskey, you can taste it slowly, don't learn the way Harry drinks, only drunkards drink like that." ”

Wales shrugged his shoulders at Nickerson: "Don't forget, Dick still has a good barrel of wine hidden here, and all three of us have a share." All three of them burst out laughing.

Winters looked at the three guys, shook his head helplessly, and smiled.

In the company, four people were laughing, and someone was knocking on the door at this time.

Parks walked over and opened them, it was Sergeant Fixes from the battalion headquarters, he first nodded and smiled at Parks, then glanced at a few people in the room, and stopped his eyes on Lieutenant Winters.

"I'm sorry to interrupt you!" Fix's great respect for Winters stems from Winters' series of victories since his birthday, and his current reputation in the battalion is skyscraping. Many soldiers and sergeants respected him.

"What's the matter?" Winters smiled.

Fix hurriedly smiled, "Lieutenant Colonel Strell and Major Horton asked me to invite you to the battalion headquarters. ”

"Got it!" Winters nodded, "I'll be right away!" ”

Fix smiled, "Thank you, Lieutenant." Then he looked at Nicholson again, "Captain, I'm afraid you'll have to go with you, too, because Lieutenant Colonel Striele has also explained and asked you to come along." ”

Nickerson shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands, looking helpless.

Seeing the three of them leave, Wales smiled at Parks: "Let's sit down too, maybe we can taste the barrel of wine from last time, this is the first big victory of E Company, we have to celebrate." ”

"Why not?" Parks smiled.

Wales poured two glasses of wine and handed one to Parks, and then the two touched each other, and there was a crisp "ding" sound.

"For victory!" Parks laughed.

"For whiskey!" Wales chuckled, "I love the booty, the Germans." ”

For the sake of whisky, this sentence is very vivid, and now in the hearts of many brothers of E-Company, it is the most gratifying thing to be able to scavenge the whisky hidden by the Germans. This is a reward for the winners, so many people look around the city for good wine while they are resting.

"Do you think we can storm Berlin before Christmas?" Wales sat comfortably in his chair and began to taste the whisky in Nickson's style.

"What do you think?" Parks stopped talking about Wales, and suddenly felt that there was now a kind of optimism of a quick victory hanging over the brothers in E-Company, believing that the Germans would soon be driven out and that the war would be over by Christmas. This kind of mood obviously does not do any good for the current e-company, and once it suffers a major setback, morale will drop very quickly.

"Judging by our capture of Carrington today, the Germans are running out, so let's enjoy it now, Parks!" Wales drained his glass in one gulp, stood up, and filled his own glass again.

"I don't see it that way, Harry!" Parks shook his head, he had to pour some cold water on E-Company's optimism.

"Why?" Wales frowned, looking at him with some urgency.

"Do you think it's going well? Yes, it seems that we are doing well now. Parks nodded, "Harry, have you thought about it, we landed on D, and it went very well, because the Germans fell for us, they were confused by us, for example, they were dragged down by a large number of troops by an empty shell of General Patton. So the resistance we encountered at first was not strong, just because they were not prepared. But ......"

Parks said this and sighed: "But as soon as the Germans come to their senses, they will organize effective resistance, after all, this road is the road to Germany. ”

"Are you saying we're going to have a very stubborn resistance in the future?" Wales looked at Parkes, then nodded, "That's not wrong, but we're much stronger than the Germans." ”

This optimism could not be easily diminished in the face of victory, and Parks knew that it would be difficult to convince them, and he was unlikely to act like a prophet in front of an officer, or give advice and strategic analysis to his superiors. This only makes them bored with themselves and belittled, thinking that they are nothing more than crazy people who want to get promoted. And it's impossible for those guys in the High Command not to know what the future will be, they know it completely, but there are other entanglements of interests between their top leaders, which will lead to the unfavorable progress of the war, which is inevitable, even if they know the process in advance, some things will still happen.

Maybe I can only talk to some of my brothers in the company. Parks was a little helpless, but at least he could prepare his brothers mentally so that they would not lose their morale if they were defeated.

The optimism even spread to the battalion headquarters, of course their optimism was tempted by victory, and their ideas were not much stronger than those of the soldiers, it was a top-down optimism, the commander infected the officers, and the officers infected the soldiers, and it was like a plague.

"Do you know what that demon in Germany has to say about us?" Horton looked happy in the battalion, waving his hands as if he were giving a speech, "He said, 'Oh, thank God, those fools have finally landed.'" Yes, now we 'fools' have landed, and we are going to Berlin to arrest him ourselves. ”

"The High Command's estimates are very optimistic, and some even say that Christmas will end the war." Striele smiled and said, "Winters, what do you think?" Christmas? ”

Winters laughed, "Sir, I don't make any predictions. Just let the commanders worry about it. Maybe Major Horton was right, we were fools who had traveled all the way to England and crossed the English Channel to be liberators of Europe and invaders of Germany, as simple as that. ”

"Quite an interesting statement!" Streildau.

"Company E-Company did very well today, I have already informed Colonel Zink, he is very happy with your performance, and General Taylor is very happy with your performance, and it is very important for us to take Carrington." Horton interjected.

"Thank you, sir." Winters smiled slightly, and then said, "But this battle has exhausted the brothers, they may need to rest, the battle is too hard." ”

"I know that E Company has always been the pride of the Second Battalion, so I decided to hand over the most important battle of today's attack to E Company, and now the results prove that my decision is very correct." Striele looked slightly thoughtful, "But our current situation is not optimistic, and E-Company must take its own responsibility." ”

"Yes, I know!" Winters was a little helpless.

"Well, Winters, we all know that Carrington's important surname is the same for us as it is for the Germans, so if the Germans lose this place, they will definitely find a way to regain it, and they will definitely give it their all, we have to be ready." Horton nodded, then said to Winters with some solemnity.

"Sir, what do you need to do with E-Company?" Winters looked serious.

"The Germans will definitely fight back, and they will definitely come from the southwest, taking the same path that your E Company took when it attacked." Strell liked Winters' seriousness about his work, and nodded.

Topography is an important factor in determining the progress of the operation. Entering Carrington from that direction takes you through the peninsula-like highlands. To the north of the railway line, to the south of the highway, is flooded land.

"General Taylor decided to advance a few kilometers to the west and build defensive positions on high ground." Striele pointed to a map of Carrington, "Company E will be on the far right, along the railroad. ”

"Got it! Sir! Winters nodded. The people in the battalion headquarters looked at him and did not speak again. Winters felt it was time to leave. He headed for the door.

"Winters!" Strell stopped him from behind.

"What, sir?" Winters said, turning.

"Is Parks hurt? What's going on now? It turned out that the battalion headquarters also knew about Parks' situation, so Striele asked.

"There should be no big deal, he will be able to participate in the fight against the Germans." Winters said calmly.

Striele nodded, then smiled, "That's good, he's doing pretty well." Prepare well! "Striele is an attitude towards E-Lian.

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