For the brothers of E Company, a new day has begun, but how many such days await them in the future? None of them knew the answer. On the defensive line ahead, a ray of sunlight reflected the snow once again in a golden yellow.

Parks decided to personally lead the patrol tonight, and the combat strength of the first platoon was stronger than the other two platoons, after all, they had participated in Arnhem's assault with themselves, although there were still the people who participated in the patrol yesterday, but I believe that they should be able to recover, and leading the team himself would boost their morale again.

Parks is not an optimistic estimate of the strength of his brothers, but from the beginning of the Normandy landing, the veterans, although sometimes seem to be a fool, are still very serious and experienced in their tasks, and many are very willing to follow Parks on their missions.

The Germans were supported by countless weapons and ammunition, and their artillery bombarded the line of Company E every day. They have a lot of food, and there is no shortage of tricks, and the food that is unloaded from the truck every day is the envy of the brothers of E Company. They had thick military coats, and thick blankets, enough to keep them warm in the cold of winter. And the brothers of Company E had nothing but some thick military coats that they had brought with them on the day of departure. They didn't even have time to bring their own thick blankets. And even thick leather boots become hard and cold after walking on the snow for a long time.

"I envy the Germans!" White nibbled on a ball of snow sprinkled with lemon powder, and he had just seen through the telescope that the Germans were setting up cauldrons and cooking hot food. And as if on purpose, the Germans let them see, swaggering to get hot food out of the pot and with a warm smile on their faces.

But the brothers of Company E could not do anything about them, because the artillery regiment had almost used up its shells, and there were only three shells for one cannon at most, and these cannons were to be used to block the road from Foy to Bastogne.

"It's not fair!" Malaki also cursed at the German lines, and he threw down his binoculars, not wanting to see the triumphant faces of the Germans again.

At this time, I heard Lip's loud voice shouting: "The brothers in the first row are ready, we are going on a patrol mission!" Assemble at the company headquarters at four o'clock in the afternoon, everyone is going to participate! ”

"Oh, why are we again?" Lutz was the first to react, and he said to White beside him, "God, Captain Parks is not mistaken, we only had a mission today." And also the loss of Julian, hell! ”

White shook his head and said, "I don't know about this, but since you sent me, I'll go, I don't care about anything else!" ”

"How's Hefflang doing now?" Lutz asked, "I didn't look good at him yesterday. If he really wanted to go, Hefflang could stay and let Sergeant Martin and Captain Parks talk! ”

"Don't let me do these things!" White shook his head and walked out of the bunker on his own, the sunlight outside was indeed inviting, and the darkness inside the bunker made them all feel like they were about to become part of the dirt, sticky and cold!

What happened to Heflang now? This question has been asked by several people, all of whom are concerned about Heflang's condition. And now they are going on another patrol mission, and they have not yet come out of the shadow of the last patrol mission.

"Alright, I'll go talk to Captain Parks!" Martin pursed his lips, he looked at Rutz and then at Lenny, "I know he's not in great shape, but don't expect to make it, I don't want Captain Parks to have a bad impression of me." Martin said and glared at the two of them with some dissatisfaction. Apparently, it was Lutz who came to get Sergeant Lanny, and Sergeant Lanny came to persuade Martin.

Lenny shrugged his shoulders helplessly, but Lutz grimaced at Lenny, and then said in Parks' tone, "Heflang's heart hurts?" Don't worry, I'll bring back a lot of my brothers. ”

"Ghost elf!" Martin smiled at Lutz, then gathered up his equipment and walked towards the company headquarters.

One platoon will be on duty again, much to the surprise of many, after all, they have just carried out an unsuccessful patrol, while the other two platoons have different moods. Spiel decided to talk to Parks, who he thought would have at least three platoon brothers to play in such a patrol, and he was tired of being in a bunker all day, and desperately needed to trouble the Germans outside.

"Sir, please speak!" Lieutenant Spiel's expression was serious when he saw Captain Parkes. In fact, when he was in Company D, he rarely talked to the commander like this, but when he arrived in Company E, he had a strong desire to fight, even if he was desperate to do something, so that the gap between himself and Parks was not too big.

"Say, Lieutenant Spierre!" Parks nodded, and as he looked at the map, he said this to Wales, a gesture that made Spiel a little uncomfortable, and it was clear that Captain Parks did not take his opinion to heart.

"The third platoon requests a patrol mission tonight." "I think it's best to rotate this kind of mission, so that the brothers can get a better rest!" ”

Parks frowned, although he had a very good impression of Spiel, it didn't mean that he could allow him to talk to him in such an attitude, it was clear that he had exceeded the scope of his duties.

"The task has been decided, there is no room for change, do you have anything else to add?" Parks' words were very blunt, which made Lieutenant Spear feel a little unsure of the bottom line. He hasn't been with E-Link for long, and he doesn't know much about Parks' temper. But from the usual point of view, he is very kind to his brothers, and he cares about them, so this situation makes Spierre a little unsure. Although he is very murderous, in front of Parks, he is not qualified to argue with him at all.

"I'm sorry, sir!" Lieutenant Spierre replied helplessly, he really couldn't give any reason for Parks to arrange his own discharge mission. So he ended up frustrated and left.

"Are you being too him?" Wales watched Spiel's unwilling departure, and couldn't help but smile at Parks, "I rarely see you like this to people, it's not like you!" ”

Parks shook his head and smiled at Wales, "He's so impulsive, it's like he's in D Company, it's not okay, have you seen him charge?" I've seen that when we were in Holland, we attacked two German companies on the embankment, and he led the platoon of Company D to rush to the front of the line, causing several brothers to be hit. Harry, what we have to do now is not to win, but how to save the lives of our brothers, which is more important than anything else! ”

"Yes, you've said it many times!" Wales threw up his hands and smiled, "How many times have I heard anything like this?" The brothers' surnames are the most important thing. Wales smiled, then looked at Parks very seriously and said, "Lacey—"

"What?" Parks looked at Wales' serious expression and couldn't help but be stunned.

"It's their luck that the brothers were able to meet a company commander like you!" Wales pursed his lips and said, "Of course, if a deputy company commander like me meets a company commander like you, I'm afraid that the promotion will be much faster!" ”

Parks smiled, didn't answer, just shifted his eyes to the map. This is a temporary offensive and defensive map drawn by the regimental headquarters, on the map, their own defense line has been clearly marked, but the German defense line is very vague. This is due to the consequences of the absence of aerial reconnaissance. If the enemy situation is not clear, it is easy to fall into passivity.

"What do you think we can do to penetrate the German lines?" Parks stared at the map with a frown, it was clear that he couldn't think of anything good for a while!

"You're stumped on me!" Wales walked to the map, looked at it, and I thought for a long time, the Germans had more men than us, and their defensive posts were denser than ours, and it was really not easy to penetrate them, unless we forced the gap, but we obviously did not have enough men to pose a threat to them. ”

"yes!" Parks shook his head, his thoughts constantly repudiating.

Regardless of whether he could think of an infiltration or not, Parks had to make a successful patrol, otherwise future patrols would be terrible, and either nothing could be done or, like Spiel, his brothers might be buried in the German lines.

"Sir!" At this time, someone outside the bunker was shouting, "Company Commander Parks! ”

"What's the matter?" Parks turned his head to see that it was Sergeant Martin who couldn't help but be a little surprised, and he said to the Welsh lieutenant, "I'll go out and take a look, you're researching!" With that, he climbed out of cover, and Sergeant Martin was waiting outside with his hands rubbed, when he saw Captain Parks come out, and hurriedly stood up and saluted him.

"Take a break!" Parks said, "What's the matter?" Staff sergeant! ”

Sergeant Martin nodded and said, "That's right, we were all going out on patrol until today, but we were all worried about Heflang, he was not very emotionally stable, so-"

"Then he stays!" Parks nodded, "That's it?" ”

"Yes!" Martin nodded.

Things went well, and Heflang was excluded from the mission. Martin also breathed a sigh of relief, because emotional instability is the biggest taboo in going on a mission, which can put himself or his brothers in a dangerous situation.

The brothers of Company E stayed in bunkers and occasionally came out to walk around in the snow, and they had to be careful when they came out to prevent a sudden German shelling, their artillery had never been so dense, and according to Gunier, the Germans moved their arsenal to the front of the line of defense of Company E.

A row of brothers gathered around Pastor Maloney and chanted prayers. Then they all started to prepare their gear, and Parks asked for bayonets, grenades, and explosives! Christenson and Gordon were in charge of the machine guns.

At one o'clock in the morning, the team began to assemble in front of the company headquarters. Halig led a platoon of men into two columns, waiting for Parks to explain the mission and purpose!

At this time, a figure walked towards them, and he said to Parks, "Sir, I have asked to participate in this patrol!" ”

"Heflang?" Parks looked at him, "Are you sure?" Do you feel good? ”

"Yes, sir, I'm sure!" Hefflang stood upright, "I'm sure I'm very good. I don't have any emotional problems, everyone is hiding it from me, and if I don't participate in this mission, it will be unfair to me! ”

Parks smiled slightly, then nodded, "Then return to the team, Babe!" ”

(To be continued)