Chapter 61: Return to the team

"Guys, what do you think I've found?" Gordon walked right next to him, he didn't know when to leave the group, where he went to find a few bottles of cider in the cellar.

"Here you go!" Gordon handed a bottle to Parks, "French wine, it tastes good, try it!" Then he winked at Parks.

Several bottles of wine were passed among the brothers. The cider soon raised the mood again. Their conversation became more lively, and a few more were trying to show off their achievements to the boyle.

The cider reached Compton, and he took a big sip of it, and then passed it to Winters, who was not far away, at which point Gurney hurriedly exclaimed, "Hey, Buck, Lieutenant doesn't drink." ”

When Winters heard this, he immediately sat up straight and said, "I'm so thirsty right now, I need something to drink to refresh me!" With that, he took the bottle from Compton, and with a grunt, took a big sip. Then he swallowed hard, but his brows were tightly wrung together, "It turns out that drinking is like this, I thought my head would be dull and my movements slow!" He returned the bottle to Compton.

Everyone will smile heartily. The bottles began to pass down again.

After some time, Ensign Harry Welsh returned, and he saw Winters and his brothers from Company E. Wales looked excited and waved at Winters, "Hey, Dick, I didn't expect to see you again." It's such a wonderful feeling! ”

Winters stood up and walked over to him, and the two hugged him tightly, then led him to the place where the brothers of E-Company had gathered.

"This is all of us now, and hopefully we can bring our brothers together today." Winters looked at Wales, "Harry, it's better for you to come now, um, have you seen Lieutenant Meehan?" ”

Wales shook his head: "No, I didn't see Meehan, and if Meehan didn't return, then Lieutenant Patrick Sweeney wouldn't be able to return." Now, in fact, you're the leader of Company E. ”

Wales said this very clearly: "Dick, don't worry about the leadership, we will help you, I believe the brothers too!" Wales said this very clearly, he knew that the brothers of Company E were still very much in favor of Winters, because of the popularity and command he had accumulated in his daily life.

Winters smiled slightly, but didn't say much. At this time, Compton also walked over, hugged Wales, and then the two shook hands and shook vigorously.

"It's a pleasure to see you! Harry! Compton smiled slightly, "But where the hell did you land?" ”

"I missed the location!" Wales shrugged his shoulders a little helplessly, "Then I mixed up with the 82nd Division, and when I was moving here, I had a brief exchange of fire with the Germans on the way, and to be honest, I felt that I had walked the longest stretch of the road, as if I would never reach the end, and I was tired and thirsty along the way." I kept cheering myself on, telling myself: Harry, don't worry, there's bread and milk and grilled sausages. That's how I got here. ”

Wales' words made the brothers laugh. Goneri handed over the little cider that was left, "Hey, second lieutenant, come on, bread and milk will be there!" ”

"Thank you!" Wales took it, drank the rest in one gulp, and then stuck out his tongue and licked his lips: "This is the best enjoyment of my day, God really favors me!" ”

In the afternoon, many more brothers returned to the team, and there were about 60 people, and some of them brought two mortars. But from the direction of the Brekut estate, and from the fence across the road, the Germans' machine guns began to fire heavily at the village.

"Christenson, rack up your machine guns and shoot back at those bitches for me!" Winters shouted the order, "Marachi, Gunnere, beat those Germans with mortars!" ”

"No pedestal!" Malachy encountered problems in setting up mortars.

"Leave this alone, keep the barrel on the ground." Parks suggested on the sidelines.

With a "boom-" sound, the shell flew out and exploded on the other side of the manor, and the machine-gun sound on that side stopped for a moment, and then began to sound intensively again.

"Adjust it, I guess it should hit them." Parks shouted.

Gunnere's mortar began to fire, and a succession of explosions exploded between the manor and the fence, and the Germans' machine-gun fire gradually died down, and they retreated.

"Look at what our mortars have become!" Goneri pointed to the barrel of the gun, which had been buried in the dirt due to the recoil, "It feels like you're planting potatoes." ”

"But we're lucky, aren't we?" Parks smiled, "Listen, the Germans' machine guns are all dumb, it's God's favor, or maybe Lady Luck." ”

Indeed, these dozen shells knocked the Germans' machine guns dumb. The threat in the village was temporarily resolved.

"Boyle, help out, dig out the barrel!" Marachi beckoned loudly, "Go to the farm and get a shovel." ”

"Lieutenant, what do we do now?" Parks asked Winters, "Are we going to wait here for the 4th Infantry Division to land or are we going to attack the Brekut Manor alone, I reckon there should be a battalion there." ”

"No, not yet!" Winters was actually eager to attack the Brekut Manor, "I'll have to ask Lieutenant Colonel Strell to hear his opinion before making a decision." With that, he picked up his M1 rifle and walked towards the makeshift command post.

Striele was with several battalion staff officers, pointing at the map and having a lively discussion.

"Lieutenant Colonel Stryll!" Winters screamed.

Striele glanced up, it was Lieutenant Winters, "Is there something wrong?" Lieutenant! ”

Winters coughed dryly, and then organized the language: "In the direction of the Brekut manor, there is a threat from the Germans, I want to ask, what should we do now, the brothers are staying there, waiting for the order of the battalion headquarters!" ”

Strieter looked at Winters and frowned: "Now we don't have enough manpower, there is at least one battalion of German soldiers there, and they are all troops of the 6th Parachute Regiment, the most elite in Germany, now that we have opened the gap in Utah Beach, or wait for the arrival of the 4th Infantry Division before launching an attack, understand?" ”

"Got it, Lieutenant Colonel!" Winters saluted and walked out. He knew that Strieter was telling the truth, but if that was the case, the 4th Infantry Division would surely be attacked by the German paratrooper battalion on its way forward, and might lose some of its brothers.

He didn't say anything more, just came out and gave Parks the order: "Wait on the spot!" ”

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, the men and horses of the 4th Infantry Division began to pass through Grange Simon.

"Malachi, look, those people, what's wrong with them?" Goneri touched Malachi beside him with his arm. The soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division looked very tired, they looked a little listless, and many of them had different expressions. Some stared blankly, some looked around, and some cowered.

"Hey, dude, what's wrong with you? Defeated? Beaten by the Germans? Goneri grabbed a dumb-faced soldier and asked, a little puzzled. You have to know that you have never been so depressed even if you landed in the encirclement of the enemy.

"Yes, we were slaughtered!" The soldier glanced at Guannerey and lowered his eyes again, "Mortars, howitzers, cannons, and GM42 machine guns, we're being attacked by them with all the killing machines. And the non-stop machine guns and mortars along the way, it's hell! ”

When the GI spoke of "hell", he couldn't help but retching in his throat. Yes, they saw on the beach the mutilated limbs that had been blown up by shells, as well as the messy entrails scattered on the sand, the blood that smeared the beach and all over the body, and the cries of pain mixed with explosions and machine guns from time to time.

At this time, a team of tanks drove over, and Winters looked at a guy sitting on the first tank, and couldn't help but shout in surprise: "Nick! Then he walked towards the tank.

"Dick!" Sitting on the tanks was Nickersen, who met the 4th Infantry Division and was given command of four tanks. He sat on the tank and saw a man yelling at him, recognizing it at a glance as Winters.

He beckoned the tank to stop, then jumped down and gave Winters a warm hug.

"I brought some brothers." Nickerson gestured to a group of paratroopers who were returning to the camp, "They belong to the 506th Regiment, and of course some brothers from Company E. ”

At this time, when people kept passing by them, they saluted and greeted them, and they were all members of the company.

"That's great!" Winters squeezed Nickerson's hand hard, "I'm afraid you won't come back, you know you're still going to put the wine in my box." ”

"Has Lieutenant Meehan returned to the camp?" Nickerson asked.

"Now, it seems, not yet." Winters stretched out his hands helplessly.

Nickerson suddenly lowered his voice and whispered into Winters' ear: "I heard from the brothers of Company E, who were with me all the way, that Lieutenant Meehan's plane was hit, and then the plane crashed before the whole crew had time to parachute. Now you're the company commander of Company E, Dick! ”

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