Chapter 3: The Sorrow of the Dandan
History of Paul. Feng. Hindenburg and Franz. Did Joseph I visit the Somme region to pay his respects? This point is Obe. What Richie didn't know, he only knew, that an incomparably tragic battle was about to break out, and that he doubted that he would survive a battle in which at least 1.3 million people were killed and wounded.
The field hospital is set up in the woods, and it looks like the hospital is quite large, with some upright triangular gray-green tents standing irregularly, and there will be a "ten" pattern with red letters on a white background on both sides of the tent.
"Sir, this is one of the hospital's statisticians, Friedrich. Braun. Amberg, a competent deputy, introduced the medical officer, who looked to be in his thirties, and continued: "Second Lieutenant Braun will take us to another area where some soldiers who have recovered and have not returned to the army and some soldiers who have been lightly wounded. ”
"Hello, second lieutenant." Oubei. Li Qi greeted for a moment, and then asked, "Is it far away?" We need to get back to the front as soon as possible. ”
Friedrich. Braun looked at Obey with tired eyes. Li Qi said: "Time, time, is there anyone who doesn't lack time now?" ”
This field hospital housed more than 1,000 wounded soldiers, and was not the only one near the Somme. In addition to field hospitals, some hospitals for the seriously wounded were set up in villages or towns.
It was almost eight o'clock in the evening, and Obe. Richmond returned to the trench with fifty-four soldiers replenished from the field hospital. When Hitler was in one company, he made a special inquiry and heard something that I don't know if it was misfortune or luck.
"The corporal was shot, and it was the base of the thigh that was shot."
Shot? Adolph. Hitler was actually hit during a military order? Oh, it doesn't seem strange.
During World War I, communications still relied on the Signal Corps to communicate, and the Signal Corps was really a high-risk profession compared to the soldiers who could nest in the trenches. Normally, both sides will open fire on any target that is not moving on their own, and many times they will even go so far as to call on the artillery to tilt a ton of shells at the enemy's communications troops, because killing the enemy's communications troops can often turn the tide of local battles, which shows how dangerous the communications troops are.
Oubei. The reason why Li Qi is confused about whether it is luck or misfortune is because at least he does not have to go to the battlefield again if he is injured at this time, and he will escape from the "list of 1.3 million casualties".
"There's a guy named Johan. The military doctor of Jampur, he said Adolf. Hitler was so bad that the corporal permanently lost one testicle, albeit not life-threatening. ”
Funny? No! It's not funny, compared to being shot and dying, losing a testicle ~ is not an unacceptable thing, at least the person is still alive.
Oubei. As he laid down his new reinforcements, ate some black bread and a plate of hot soup, and rested in the officer's exclusive one-man bunker, he couldn't help but think, "Yes, Hitler was wounded before the start of the war, thus avoiding the battle of the Somme, which suffered so many casualties." ”
Is that the case? Maybe that's how it is.
Maybe it was the middle of the night, maybe it was the early hours of the morning, and a roar of artillery made Obe. Richie jumped up from the marching bed, and as soon as he reached out and grabbed the armed belt hanging beside the bed, the wooden door was pushed open with a "babbling", and Amberg rushed in.
"Sir, Lieutenant Colonel Rhodes is looking for you."
Oubei. Li Qi actually didn't sleep for long, and people with severe sleep deprivation would wake up a little dazed, and he kept patting his face to try to wake up quickly.
The artillery bombardment of the Allies had stopped halfway to the bunker belonging to Lieutenant Colonel Rhodes, and the German soldiers on the side of the Germans were wary of taking advantage of the darkness of night to get closer, and fired a lot of flares into the no-man's land between the two armies, and the flares shining white in the night sky would be lit up one by one.
"Richie, your company and Punagar's company take turns on night duty."
"Yes, sir!"
Running that far just to listen to a command, but there is nothing to complain about, who made this era although there are radio or wired telephones, but the penetration rate is not high.
Oubei. Litchie returned to his company, and on the way the Allies began sporadic shelling, provoking the Germans to start firing shells at the Anglo-French side as well.
A modest artillery battle lasted until dawn, and in the early morning a new company was in place of Obe. Richie and Punagar's company were on guard, and their company was given a valuable opportunity to return to the rear to recuperate because they had been on duty all night.
Punagar is a young man in his twenties whose full name is Stone. Feng. Punagar, one look at that "von" knows that he is a Prussian nobleman.
The German surname "Feng" is usually a Prussian military family, and the French surname "Jean" will also be a military family for generations, which has been before Germany completed the unification in the hands of Bismarck, in fact, the two surnames "von" and "Jean" have been fighting each other for two or three hundred years.
Punagar is a talkative person, he speaks wittily and has a lot of expressions. Rich flagged a lot of fresh news, such as Paul. Feng. Hindenburg and Franz. Joseph I really wanted to inspect this side of the Somme, and the 2nd Army led by General Galvetz also drove to the Somme one after another.
Said to be in the rear, but the two companies actually walked down the front line full of trenches, and stopped at a wooded mile behind.
They enjoyed a hot meal here, and the lieutenants and non-commissioned officers were even given a cup of coffee after the meal, and the officer was served by a local French woman from Beaumont Amer, a young woman with blond hair and a small shredded dress.
No one asked the name of the young French woman, Aubert. Richie overheard something that seemed to be the French young woman's voluntary service, not out of compulsion, and that the young Frenchwoman would receive 3 marks a week in return.
"If you are willing to pay extra, you can hold her in your arms and be stingy." Punagar smiled, pointed to the north, and said, "If you like a younger girl, you need to go to the town." ”
Oubei. Li Qi responded with a smile, and several non-commissioned officers next to him also smiled implicitly.
"Who makes our German men better than the French men!"
The young Frenchwoman, who knew German, nodded her head in agreement when she heard that.
France, how to put it, is a strange country, the country is divided into men and women, and women usually think that war is a man's business, so although Germany and France are in a state of war, there are some French women who do not feel that there is anything to serve German soldiers, even if it is physical service, and they do not feel any shame, after all, it is only a monetary transaction.