"E-Company brothers, disband!" Wales stood at the training ground, waving his arms and speaking loudly. His voice was so loud that it could be heard throughout the training grounds.

"Oh, again, how many times have we been declared disbanded? Or was it announced that the plan was abandoned before the team could be assembled? Hubler muttered with some dissatisfaction, "Why do all the big guys plan well and then notify us?" It's terrible. ”

"Do you need to go to war?" "I don't want to fly in the sky again, and then throw myself into a helpless hole, and let the Germans use us as a target for shooting." If that kills me, that's a bad thing. yes, terrible thing. ”

Hubl turned to Paikanti and said, "Listen to this fellow," and then said to Legot, "Then man, can you tell me what kind of soldiers we are?" Paratroopers, it is our fate to jump from the sky as a target. You can't change it, or you don't want to die like this, why didn't you become an infantryman? ”

"Like the 4th Infantry Division?" Paikanti was smiling from the sidelines.

"Yes, like the 4th Infantry Division!" Hubler chuckled, "Those poor fellows are still curled up in foxholes, munching on the K rations. They are still bleeding and dying on the front line, and they can't take a bath yet. ”

After Hubl said this, everyone fell silent. They remembered the days in Normandy, the words of injury, torment, cowardice, and courage, and now suddenly they were no longer far away because of the urgent dispatches one after another, as if they were just in front of them.

On Sunday, August 28, the 506th Regiment held a ceremony to commemorate the martyrs who died in Normandy. Lip made the announcement during the team's training session on Saturday morning.

"God, are those guys in the regiment thinking with their ass?" "It's not fair why they're taking our breaks." He spoke to Tybert with a look of frustration on his face.

"Are you saying they could have done it this morning or next Monday?" Tybert glanced at Kaber, then shook his head and said, "It's not an easy thing to do, forget it, Kaber, don't take it so seriously!" Tybert said as he left, the news actually made everyone's mood only so happy.

Although for the brothers of Company E, the person who issued this order should be damned, although many people complained, they were just talking. After all, it is their inalienable right to scratch.

Company E boarded the bus and arrived at the regimental headquarters, which was located at the estate of Lord Wells in Littlecott, on the outskirts of Chilton Fortriat. The scenery is very pleasant, and even in the summer, you can still feel the coolness of the place.

"They're really going to enjoy it." Goneri exclaimed.

"Alright, guys, assemble!" As they reached a soft green meadow, Lipp began to shout again, "Brothers of E-Company, don't rub it in. ”

The brothers of Company E, together with the rest of the company, stood in procession, and then the funeral march played by the band began to play, and they marched to the high platform of the whole company. But the music was too slow, and everyone was on the wrong track.

When the regiment was assembled, 2,000 young American soldiers were covered in a tight brown carpet on the grass, and the magnificent castle towered in front of them, making for a thrilling picture.

The military chaplain McGee made a speech, praising the heroes of the fallen and the United States for which they deserved to die, and the dead did not die in vain

"Almighty God, we kneel before you and ask to be a weapon of your wrath in the act of striking hard at the forces of sin that have brought death, sorrow and degradation to humanity on earth...... Be with us, God, when we jump from our planes into the dark abyss, when we land with parachutes on our backs and brave enemy fire. When we jump out of our parachutes and take up arms and start fighting, please give us iron will and plenty of courage. There are countless legions of sin, God, and let us face and overcome our enemies in your name, in the name of freedom, in the name of defending human dignity...... Let our enemies, who live by the sword, let them suffer the consequences of their own violence in fear of dying by the sword. God, please help us to fight for you with courage and humility in the face of victory. ”

"That's a good point!" Parks suddenly said to Winters beside him.

Winters nodded, he looked up at the sky, and said, "yes, that's a good point." ”

General Taylor walked up to the podium, he looked around at the soldiers in the audience, they all looked up at him, calm, as if there was no fear and **, he took a deep breath, and then began to speak: "Brothers of the 506th Regiment, I am proud to stand here and remember with you our lost brothers......"

At this moment, a loud roar faintly came from the sky, and then shook the man's eardrums. General Taylor's voice was completely drowned out.

"It's C-47." Wales looked at the sky and muttered to himself, but his voice was quickly drowned out by the roar of the plane, which only he could hear in his own heart.

All the people were clamoring to look at the sky, and the formation of C-47 flew through the sky, which made many brothers resound that they had crossed the vast strait from such planes, and then, in the dark night, braving the glittering artillery fire on the ground, they just plunged into one of them, drowning in the vast night sky.

General Taylor stopped his speech, he didn't continue, he just watched quietly as all the brothers looked up at the sky. He knew what was going on in their hearts.

Finally waiting for the formation of planes to fly through the sky, and when it was quiet again, everyone noticed that General Taylor did not know when he stepped off the podium. He was not in the slightest angry at his brothers' rudeness, and he even smiled.

Lieutenant Colonel Stryll stepped up to the stage, took a deep breath, and then said in a heavy tone, "We used to be one, we used to be brothers. In Normandy, our brothers went through the harsh battlefields, some of them remained there forever, and in Normandy we lost four hundred other brothers. ”

Four hundred and one brothers, which made the brothers in the audience take a breath of cold air. They never took this number into account, but when they have mentioned it, they can't help but have a strong sense of unease.

Lieutenant Colonel Stryll read out the names of the martyrs and the missing on stage, a long, unbearable process for the brothers, a process in which their hearts were strongly pounded.

The list seemed endless, and each name read out made the survivors in the squad, platoon, and company gasp.

Parks' heart twitched with every familiar name, and he seemed to be back in the midst of the fire, as if the gunshots and shouts were echoing in his ears.

"Grenade! Two pieces! ”

"I've been hit, I've been hit, I'm going to die, sergeant......"

"They're dead, it's too late, Landowman, let's go!"

"Throw away all the gear, let's travel light, hurry, hurry!"

"Doctor, doctor, hurry, damn it, hurry!"

……

"What are you thinking?" Suddenly a voice interrupted Parks, and when he looked up, it was Winters, who was squinting at him, "Your face is not good, do you need to rest?" ”

"No, no, no!" Parks hurriedly shook his head and looked at the stands, there was no one left, Lieutenant Colonel Stryll had already announced the list, and then Colonel Zink announced the disbandment, "Let's go." ”

Winters nodded, then glanced at Wales and said, "Let's go." Buddy! The living suffer more than the dead! We should worry about ourselves. ”

"You're right!" Wales nodded, "One day, you'll be here to mourn me." ”

For the veterans, this experience only brought back memories of the loss of their brothers, but they all knew that they could have a harder time in the future. As Winters said, "He who is alive suffers more than he that is dead!" ”

Two days after the event, the brothers of Company E went on alert and then took a bus with the rest of the regiment to the assembly area - Montbury Airport, located outside Aldebourne. They ate steaks, eggs, fried chicken, white bread, milk and ice cream, inspected weapons and equipment.

"Is it finally going to start?" Hefflang once checked his equipment, and then excitedly said to Miller, "I can't imagine that this is how our first battle began. Ice cream, steak? It's unforgettable! ”

"yes, unforgettable!" Miller nodded, then smiled at Heflang. He was checking his rifle and was ready to hang it on his shoulder.

"Rookies, remember, you must be prepared before you skydive, or you will kill yourself." Kaber suddenly appeared in front of the two, he took Miller's rifle, then glanced at it and shook his head and said solemnly, "Look at your rifle, it's all about to form cobwebs, you can kill the Germans like this?" Damn it! ”

"Yes, I'll wipe it clean!" Miller is a little unnatural when he faces Kaber, which stems from the conflict between them.

While they were talking, Wales conveyed something that pleased the old brothers of E-Company. This time the mission was canceled, and the British Second Army preemptively completed what the airborne troops were to do.

Parks couldn't help but take a deep breath as he looked at the elated appearance of the E-Company brothers. He knew that it would not be long before there would be a campaign in which the Airborne Forces would suffer total losses - Operation Market Garden. This made him feel deeply depressed about it!

(To be continued)