Chapter 49 opens

June 4, 1944, 4 p.m., U.K., U.K., U.K.

"If you haven't signed up for your soldier's life insurance, go to the headquarters company office and find Sergeant Evans." Parks walked past his brothers who were packing their bags, shouting loudly, "Go to the headquarters company office now and find Sergeant Evans!" Don't let your family lose $10,000 for nothing. ”

"Toy, stop complaining about your outfit there, go sign it, I know you haven't yet!" Parks to Joe, who was complaining about the heavy gear? Toy shouted.

"Got it, Parks!" Joe? Toy waved the tiger ring he was wearing, "I'm telling Paikondy how I'm going to smash the German's head with the tiger ring." Look, Paikanti, it's cool! ”

Paikanti ignored him, as he was complaining to Parks, "God knows, why are they tying these to us right now, are we going to jump today?" ”

"Sooner or later!" Parks laughed, "Just remember that the 80-pound piece of equipment strapped to your lap is for your combat use, and it's best not to lose it when you skydive." ”

That's when they saw Sergeant Major Evans coming over with a stack of leaflets.

"This is one for each of you given to you by Colonel Zink!" Evans handed out one by himself.

Paikanti took it and unfolded it, and he heard a voice not far away. The three of them looked at each other, and it turned out that Lutz was reading the letter with great interest, learning from Colonel Zink's tone.

"Brothers of the regiment, tonight is a special night, and when you read this letter, you are on the road of a great adventure, for which you have been trained for more than two years. Now the eyes of the whole world are watching you...... I wish you all the best of luck. May God be with you good soldiers! ”

"Hey, I got this!" That's when White found Parks, and he held up the jar in his hand.

Paikanti looked at it, then untied the jar and churned it with his fingers.

"This bottle is black, this bottle is green!" White was in high spirits, "I think we can have a cool outfit, know the Indians of Little Bighorn?" Hehe, just paint this, it's a symbol of courage and ferocity. As he spoke, White dipped his finger in the paint and began to draw vertical stripes on his face.

"yes, that's pretty cool!" Joe? Toy began to apply it with his fingers as well. And Paikanti is naturally not far behind. It didn't take long for the three of them to mess with their own connections, especially Paikanti, who was simply painted in black.

"Hey, Parks, why don't you paint it?" Paikanti was a little puzzled when he saw Parks just smiling and watching them go about their work, "Don't you think I'm much cooler than you after applying it?" ”

Parks laughed and said, "It's not the time yet, Paikanti. Then he looked up at the sky and said, "Look at the sky, with such thick clouds, do you still think that we will land on the French beach tonight?" I don't want to wait for dinner to wash my face! ”

When the three of them heard this, they couldn't help but stop together, and then looked up at the sky, and sure enough.

"Cunning fellow!" White sighed.

On this day, the brothers of the whole company enjoyed a good meal.

"Steak, green beans, mashed potatoes, white bread!" Karber picked up the plate and exclaimed, "Oh my God, and ice cream and coffee." The most important thing is that I can eat as much as I want. ”

"Can this be seen as the last time the British are generous?" Parks sat next to Kaber and smiled, "We're going to France to do freefall." ”

"That's why they gave us ice cream!" Malaki also came over with a plate, he loved steaks.

The dinner was hearty, and the brothers ate very openly. Many people have the same heart as Kaber, even if this is death, they have to eat hard before. Maybe it's a gun to eat later.

"I can't jump tonight!" Lieutenant Meehan came out of the regimental headquarters, called Winters, and walked straight to the airport, "Dick, maybe tomorrow, but I'm not sure either." ”

"I hope so!" That's all Winters can say.

Lieutenant Meehan came to the meeting place of Company E at the airport, then climbed into a jeep, stood on the front lid of the car, and said loudly: "Attention brothers of Company E. ”

All the brothers who had just finished dinner and were sitting idly waiting to board the plane stood up. They looked over to Lieutenant Meehan, in a different mood, they thought they would issue the order to board the plane.

"It's raining and foggy across the strait, and tonight's skydive has been canceled!" Lieutenant Meehan said solemnly, "The landing operation has been delayed, and we are now on 24-hour standby. ”

"Shit!" Goneri cursed in a low voice, feeling as if there was nowhere to vent his anger.

In the evening, he went to a square tent to watch a movie. That's by Gary? Grant and Larelian? "Mr. Lucky" starring Dai. During the screening, the air was very stuffy, and many people's minds were not on the movie, they were sitting there with their own minds. Winters sat in the tent for a while and then slipped out, he didn't have any thoughts about the movie at all right now.

Night had fallen, and the tents on all sides were hidden in the darkness.

"The weather is going to clear!" As he passed a tent, a voice was heard, and Winters turned his head, and by the faint light he could tell it was Nickerson, who was leaning against the side of the war tank with a small wine bottle.

"Do you think it's going to get sunny?" Winters looked up meaningfully, and all he saw was a black hole in the sky, and he couldn't tell anything.

Nickerson walked over and walked side by side with him: "Yes, the weather is going to clear. Then he turned to Winters, "How is your brother preparing?" ”

"They're fine!" Winters just glanced at him.

The two of them walked around the camp like this, without a purpose, just wanting to walk.

"It's five o'clock in New York time, and it's four o'clock in Chicago!" Nickerson looked at his watch, and by the glow on it, he knew where the hands were pointing.

"Your happy hour?" Winters smiled. The two of them found a place to sit down at this time.

"Yes, civilized people enjoy civilized time!" Nickerson took a sip of his drink, "But he's also from Chicago!" ”

"Who?" Winters was stunned for a moment and then nodded, "I know, it's him, Sauber!" ”

"I still suffered from him for 712 days, and we finally survived!" Nickerson smiled. Speaking of this, Winters couldn't help but smile knowingly.

The night gradually thickened, and it was the last night that the brothers of E Company were put into battle.

On the afternoon of June 5, 1944, the wind gradually stopped. The sky was slightly clear.

At 8:30 p.m., the whole company pressed a group of 18 people, lined up according to the plane they were going to get on, and walked to the hangar in unison. The procession was dull, all the people did not speak, it was a road to an unknown future, or death or tribulation or glory and triumph. When they passed by the British anti-aircraft artillery unit, the British watched them quietly, and some even raised their hands and saluted. Then all the brothers sat quietly in front of the plane waiting to board the plane.

"Good luck, brothers, God bless you. See you in the staging area! Parks tried to make his voice as calm as he could, but his own heart was beating fast. He was the parachutist of the plane, and he decided to personally send these brothers on the plane.

He nodded to his brothers, and then walked over to Joe? In front of Toy, he reached out and pulled him up, and watched him walk to the cabin door. Then he walked up to the second soldier and pulled him up.

Parks picked up each of the brothers and sent them on the plane. The eyes of the brothers looked deeply at him the moment they stood up, and Parks knew that they were grateful and trusted in him.

Everyone didn't say anything during the whole process, they just completed the tacit understanding in a moment's eye contact, and then boarded the plane, maybe they were too nervous, Medical Officer Luo? Cooper stepped on the gangway.

But he immediately felt his back being held up, and several hands reached out at the same time, holding him steadily, and then pushed him up to the door of the cabin.

Parks was the last to board the plane, and as his hands gripped the cabin door, several hands reached out at the same time. Parks nodded to them, then grabbed his outstretched hand and, with a suffrage, boarded the plane.

The engines of the plane roared, and the airport staff below raised their hands in front of them, and they used "V" gestures to express their blessings.

C-47 began to taxi down the runway, getting faster and faster, and then the nose of the plane was raised upwards and the plane took off. Gradually, they flew higher and higher, and one after another rushed into the sky throughout the night. The entire sky was filled with a huge formation of "V".

Operation Overlord has kicked off!

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