Chapter 65: Night

"Guys, do you have any news of Lieutenant Meehan?" Faintly in the resting place of the E company, there was a whispering voice. They broke into two farmhouses in the village, and then drove the owner into one room, and the rest of the large room, they took in.

"Does anyone still ask this stupid question?" Someone spoke again, "Whether it's Meehan or Winters, what's the difference?" The point is that it's not Sauber-like guys who are leading us. ”

"Still, I like Winters, he's good." It seems to be Lutz's voice.

"Alright, shut your mouths! Tomorrow we have to continue our departure, and there is still a bad battle waiting for us. A very high voice came from the middle, it was Lip.

Although Suosuo's voice was still heard, it finally quieted down. The brothers were indeed tired, and in spite of the fact that many people were huddled together, they quickly fell asleep.

At night in Santa Marie de Monte, there is still a little light rain. Gunshots can still be heard from time to time, the distant fires are hidden, and some cobblestones, still muddy paths, are faintly visible in the sky.

The figures of the two people swayed on the path, one in front of the other, close to each other.

"How does it feel?" Winters asked in a low voice without looking back.

Parks smiled slightly, he knew what Winters was asking, so he said, "It's good, it's just a little tired." ”

"You're outstanding." Winters nodded, "Whether it's in training or in actual combat." If you were asked to lead a platoon, what would you think? ”

"You mean platoon commander?" Parks hesitated, then smiled and asked, "I'm not one yet, so I'll just do my job as a sergeant major." ”

"You know, now I'm actually the commander of Company E." Winters turned, "Lieutenant Colonel Stryll has confirmed this, so even if Lieutenant Meehan comes back in the future, it can't be changed." ”

"I know!" Parks nodded, "Actually, brothers are glad that you are the company commander of Company E. Me too! ”

Winters nodded, "I understand the hearts of my brothers. You know, we're short on manpower, and even less on officers, so I recommended you to Strell as an officer in Company E, and I wanted you to lead a platoon. ”

"Platoon commander?" Parks was taken aback, not expecting good fortune to come so quickly.

Winters was satisfied, and Parks had a look of surprise and joy on his face. He nodded again and smiled: "Yes, I believe that there will be an appointment soon, although the non-commissioned officers promoted by the army cannot serve as commanders in the same company, but now the situation is different, you can still stay in Company E and fight with your brothers." ”

"Thank you, company commander!" Parks smiled and nodded in gratitude.

"Don't thank me, you deserve it." Winters smiled, then tilted his head at Parks and said, "You might try calling me Dick." ”

"Dick?" Parks smiled, "Why not?" ”

"So now are you talking about your plans for the future?" Winters turned around again and continued on his way.

Parks followed, thought for a moment, and then cautiously said, "I think the first thing to do is to let the brothers obey my command, and that's the most important thing. And then...... Then be able to cooperate with each other, cover each other, and be able to trust and support each other tactically, so as to ensure victory in every battle. Of course, it is also important that as a platoon commander, you can win the trust of your brothers by taking the lead. Well...... That's it, maybe there's more to be done! ”

Winters couldn't help but laugh: "You're right. ”

The two continued along the cobblestone road. They had left the village about a mile away, and could see the village of Grange Simon from which they had come.

"Alright, let's go back now, hopefully it's a quiet night!" Winters turned, then walked back with Parks. At this point, Parks suddenly stopped, and then made a silent gesture to Winters.

Winters listened intently, as if there were many marching people walking on the road.

"Your own people?" Winters gave Parks an inquiring look.

Parks approached Winters and whispered, "Germans." I can hear them their leather boots with iron nails, there are quite a few of them, lieutenant, let's go to the ditch next to hide it, it's too late to go back now! ”

The slope of the ditch beside the road was steep and deep, overgrown with long grass, and the Parks provided a natural and excellent barrier that would never have been detected as long as they did not take the initiative, or if the Germans had no shit luck.

The sound of the boots was close, walking neatly, and they could be heard laughing and talking.

Parks clung to the grass and stole a glance at Winters, who was also motionless, not even looking at Parks. He was preoccupied with the Germans.

"God forbid!" Parks said something in his mind. Even though he didn't believe in God. In his previous life, he had experienced many thrilling scenes, and it was not uncommon for him to have such a situation, but his mentality was definitely different then and now. What has changed? I don't seem to know very well, in his previous life, he was more alone, or preferred to walk through the rain of bullets, hide, get out, etc., but now, he still has to take care of the brothers around him.

About a dozen Germans did it from the side of the road. Parks was even able to smell the peculiar scent of the Germans. It was the smell of sweaty leather and tobacco.

The German passed by, and then Parks lifted himself up, slowly lifted the M1 rifle, and aimed at the guy walking behind. Then he looked at Winters beside him.

Winters gestured for him not to shoot for the time being. Then he raised his head and looked in the direction the Germans had walked. They took another fork in the road, not to the place where the battalion headquarters went.

"The Germans are gone!" Winters watched the figure of the German disappear into the night, and then, unable to hear the footsteps of the boots with iron spikes, he got up and straightened his uniform.

"It's a pity!" Parks couldn't help but smile.

Winters shook his head: ", nothing to be sorry about. It's not going to be good, we can't wipe them all out, if we keep fighting for too long, our camping position will be exposed, God knows how many heavy artillery the Germans still have in St. Mary-de-Monte, we don't have to take any chances, and we don't need to, we're here to rest. ”

Parks didn't speak, and Winters had a point.

"Let's go back! I don't think anything will happen tonight. Then he carried the gun on his back and walked back briskly.

Parks looked at the road where the Germans had disappeared, which snaked and stretched out in the endless darkness, as if swallowing up the group of Germans just now, and then silently fell silent.

Will you be swallowed up by such darkness too? Parks suddenly had such a thought in his heart, and then he quickly shook his head and smiled, there is no end to the darkness, but if there is light ahead, there is hope.

The two returned to the campsite one after the other, and Winters patted Parks on the shoulder and said, "Okay, let's go rest." Tomorrow we have to move on, and there will be constant battles waiting for us. ”

"Got it!" Parks nodded. Then look for the brothers of Company E.

He found the two farmhouses that E-Company had seized, but found a figure sitting in front of the farmhouse. He raised his head and didn't move, as if looking at something.

"Who?" Parks walked over.

The man was visibly taken aback, then turned his head and saw Parks.

"Webster!" Parks walked up to him, "No break? Or is it the sound of someone snoring inside waking you up? He made a joke. He knew that Webster was a college student when he enlisted in the army and had a mind of his own.

"I'm wondering why we have traveled so far to get to such a place." He looked up at the night sky again, and the tongue of fire from a string of anti-aircraft machine gun bullets meandered into a fire dragon in the air, and the sound of "da-da-da" could be faintly heard.

"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Webster smiled.

Parks sat down beside him and also looked at the night sky: "No, it's scary, you know, when I was sitting on the C-47, what I was most afraid of was that such a spark hit our plane, God forbid, I was not kissed by it." ”

Webster smiled, then nodded, "yes, beautiful things, usually deadly. Actually, I don't even know what I'm here for. Crusader conquests? Perhaps my current thinking is different from that of the first person who joined the paratrooper regiment. ”

Parks nodded: "It will be different in the future, after you have experienced fear, seen more dead people, tried your best to get through injuries, but we have to do these things, there are always people to do them." ”

Webster stopped talking, stood up, looked at Parks, and walked into the farmhouse.

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