Chapter Forty-Four: Mihan's Fusion

Lieutenant Meehan served as the company commander of Company E, which reassured the brothers of Company E a little, after all, they had also inquired from the GIs of Company B and knew that he was still a good fellow.

"He's even a little thinner than me." At the end of the day's training, the brothers of Company E gathered, and Paikanti sat down on the grass and said to Goneri, "I can't believe he's such a weak guy. ”

"But he's definitely taller than you." Goneri laughed.

"There's nothing to complain about, don't you think it's a good thing for us to get rid of Souber?" White stepped up and shouted at Kaber, "Maybe you have masochistic tendencies. ”

Everyone around laughed.

Li Pu walked over, looked at the crowd, and said with a smile: "Is it a farewell party for Sauber?" You're mistaken, because Captain Sauber was gone yesterday. He went to the paratrooper school in the nearby village of Chelton Gliat, which was also considered to be the best of his ability. ”

"I'm so worried about those pretty nurses!" Lutz clicked this mouth.

"Those nurses are not young ladies, I've been there, I promise, they're definitely more men than you!" Tipper interjected.

Everyone laughed at Lutz, and the atmosphere was so relaxed and happy. This atmosphere is definitely a kind of happiness that emanates from the heart after Sauber left. And this happiness will continue in e-company.

Lieutenant Meehan was indeed a very capable man, and treated his subordinates equally, and although he was just as rigorously trained, he received the initial approval of the officers and men of E Company.

As the time of wartime got closer, the intensity of training also increased to a certain extent. The frequency of airborne parachutings is also increasing, including some airborne training at night.

On December 13, the company made a night landing, and tragedy struck. Due to a malfunction of the parachute, Private Rudolph of the first platoon? Dietrie was killed, becoming the first casualty of Company E. Because Parks doesn't know exactly what will happen, after all, even if he knows some plots, but the plot is a plot after all, and it can't represent the facts. He was still sad in his heart, watching his brother die before he could go to war.

Lieutenant Meehan held a ceremony for Dietrie to close the coffin in Company E. His body will be transported back to his homeland in the United States a day later by a Navy ship.

On this day, the sky was not beautiful, and it rained, but fortunately it was not very heavy. But because it was already winter, the thinly clothed soldiers still felt a little cold. The cold wind swirled and swept across everyone's faces.

"Raise your gun!" Parks shouted loudly.

All the brothers in the platoon raised their guns neatly above their heads.

"Shoot!"

"Bang-" The sound of a loud gunfire pierced through the nearby woods, startling a flock of birds.

After three shots, it wasn't until Parks made a "close the gun" sound.

"I'm sad!" Lieutenant Meehan stood in front of the coffin and addressed the brothers, "This is the first brother to die at my hands. He didn't die on the battlefield, which is my regret and I believe it's Dietrie's regret. "His voice is not loud, but it has a strong penetrating power, and the entire E Company can hear it clearly.

At this time, Evans walked over with an umbrella, and he wanted to protect Lieutenant Meehan from the rain.

"Thanks, I don't need to!" Lieutenant Meehan refused without hesitation. This embarrassed Evans slightly, but he stepped aside, then put away his umbrella and rain with his brothers.

"In the future, we will have brothers fall, maybe on the training ground, maybe at the guns of the Germans, but I want to say that the lives of each of our brothers are precious, you are a precious resource of the military, and if we want to destroy the Germans, we must first protect ourselves, especially not on the training ground." , Mihan spoke very fluently, although his tone was relatively calm, but it could be heard that his mood was not very high, "I ask every brother in E Company, at all times, to maintain their own vigilance, including all your equipment. Your equipment is a second life. ”

The rain was a little heavier, and there was a dripping sound.

Lieutenant Mihan also raised his voice: "In the future, on the battlefield, we must love each other even more, you will fight together in the future, and the only thing you can trust is the brothers around you, this friendship is like brothers." ”

I have to say that Mihan's speech is very contagious, and this is also the heartfelt words of the brothers who have been together for two years.

"It doesn't matter if it's an officer, or a non-commissioned officer, or a soldier. My request for e-Company is to be close to each other, because we are one and indivisible! Lieutenant Meehan finished his speech, then turned to Dietrie's coffin, raised his hand, and gave a military salute.

"Salute!" Parks shouted loudly, his voice cutting through the rain.

All the brothers of Company E saluted with a standard and neat military salute.

"Rite over!" Parks shouted, "Disband!" ”

It was a soldier's funeral, and although it was not buried in the earth, it had already received all the respect of the funeral and the heartfelt affection of his brothers. In the future, there will be soldiers who will fall one after another, and there may not be such a dignified funeral, and they may be dead in the wilderness, but their deaths will also make the brothers feel sad and remember for them.

Lieutenant Meehan won the hearts of his brothers by this incident. Nothing is more easily respected than respecting a dead brother. Parks had to say that Lieutenant Meehan did a great job. Integrating into a company, especially as a leader, usually takes a long time, and Lieutenant Meehan only took a few days.

In fact, Dietrie died unexpectedly, but the saddest thing was Lieutenant Winters.

When all the brothers were gone. Winters was left there alone, even though he was soaking wet.

"I couldn't find you, in the camp, someone said that I could find you here, so I came!" At that moment, a voice came from behind Winters. "It's not your fault, Dick!"

Winters seemed to wake up from his contemplation, and as soon as he turned around, he saw Nickerson standing behind him.

"I'm just a little sad, Nick!" Winters' face was covered in rain.

"Let's go back, I think, you'll have to wash." Nickerson gestured to him.

In this way, the two walked one after the other, in the rain curtain, passing through.

"Looks like Lieutenant Meehan is doing a good job." Nickerson watched Winters change his clothes, and then smiled, "But you're not a deputy company commander now, isn't it a pity?" ”

"Not at all." Winters thought for a moment before replying, "I'll be happy, after all, we're acting like a company on the right track." Captain Sauber doesn't have to be nervous on the battlefield all the time. I'm just feeling sorry for Ditri right now. It would be nice if I asked them to check their gear. ”

"You've got them checked! Dick. Don't think about it anymore. Nickerson shook his head and sighed, "Don't always take other people's faults on yourself, you won't be able to get by, like this!" ”

"I know!" Winters nodded, "Thank you, Nick!" ”

Nickerson took out a bottle of wine from the cabinet at this time, poured himself a glass, and then took a sip before saying, "I now understand a little, why did you let Parks Dao your platoon be the master sergeant." ”

Winters glanced at Nexon, then said slowly, "What are you going to say?" ”

"Parks is a talent, and you want to keep it for yourself." Nickerson smirked as if he had seen through Winters' conspiracy, "I just didn't expect Colonel Sink to agree, and Parks is still a non-commissioned officer who made a mistake." ”

Speaking of this, Winters couldn't help but laugh slightly, which was indeed what he thought he was proud of.

"You don't know this, although you are now a staff officer at the battalion headquarters, there are some information that you can't understand." Winters said, "Remember General Lee?" ”

"William? General C. Lee? Nickerson nodded, "Of course I know, what does it have to do with this?" ”

Winters smiled, "I'm just taking advantage of Zink's proper attitude towards General Lee." I remember the last time General Lee came to inspect, he met with Parks alone. ”

"Of course I do."

"That's it." Winters smiled, "That time, General Lee met with Parks alone, and although he didn't say anything, the 506th Regiment, including Colonel Zink, thought that Parks had something to do with General Lee. ”

"Oh!" Nickerson seemed to suddenly realize, "No wonder as a sergeant major of a company, he made such an incident that can be called a mutiny, but only deprived him of the position of sergeant major, this treatment is indeed relatively light, I thought that Zink cherished talents, and it turned out that he did give General Li a favor." ”

Winters nodded: "You're right, Parks is a talent, I have to let him get the most out of it, I don't care what his relationship with the general is." Zink's ability to agree to my request was also based on the above considerations, and I am not worried that he will not approve it! ”

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