Chapter 7: High-Level Attention
Time passed bit by bit, and eight days had passed since the German army began to be interested in the commandos and to the formation of their own commandos by each unit.
Eight days ago, Li Qi successfully signed up and became the captain of a commando team. He selected two non-commissioned officers and nine veterans from his original company to form a squad of twelve men, which had successfully infiltrated the Allied positions four times, but had not achieved impressive results.
"Our current goal is not how many enemies we kill when we infiltrate, nor how many enemy munitions we destroy when we infiltrate." Li Qi glanced at his teammates and said solemnly: "We are now a cheetah leaning over and hiding in the grass, and now we don't expose ourselves in order to capture more valuable prey." ”
"Understood, Lieutenant!" Amberg said: "A smart cheetah does not hunt any prey, but will catch the most valuable prey at the most appropriate time!" ”
In the past eight days, the members of the commando team, they risked their lives to follow Li Qi's action, whether it was spending half a day crawling through a position full of dead bodies and barbed wire, or hiding in a forest full of mosquitoes, when other commandos acted, they either killed how many enemies, or blew up how many enemy materials, only they seemed to be purely wandering again and again, and the most depressing thing was that this kind of wandering was risking their lives every time.
Another non-commissioned officer, Andreas. Heisenberg, he nodded slightly, and whispered to reassure the few players who were closer.
Recently, the frequency of artillery shelling by the Allies has been increasing, and in recent days it has changed from sporadic shelling to one hour each day in the morning, noon and evening. In retaliation, the Allies also set up at least three hours of shelling a day, although the timing was not fixed.
What Lidg's members did not know was that several of the German shelling were based on the reconnaissance of their squad when they infiltrated, and the most rewarding shelling was that the shells landed on an ammunition storage base of the Allied countries, staged a grand fireworks display, and caused at least 2,000 casualties.
Given that the team didn't know what they were doing lately and what was the point of doing that, Richie decided to reveal a piece of news. He said, "Ladies and gentlemen, please keep yourself tidy in the afternoon, and we will be awarded medals." ”
A voice of surprise was exclaimed, and Private Stephen raised his hand and shouted, "Report!" After receiving permission, he stood up and asked with excitement: "Sir, is it a medal for all of us?" ”
Not only Stephen was excited, but in fact, including the two non-commissioned officers and all the soldiers were very excited, and they were simply stunned by the news that Li Qi said.
"Yes, all will be awarded medals." Li Qi nodded, smiled reservedly, and said, "But I won't tell you what medals you received." ”
No one cared about the humor shown by Richie at this moment, they even forgot to ask why they were decorated and just indulged in the joy of being awarded.
In the afternoon, a group of people were notified that they would go to the rear position, and they were led by Li Qi, listening to the rumbling explosions along the way, and feeling the tremors of the military boots on the ground, to a green place hidden by trees.
There were quite a few people in the shade, and even the staff with cameras and video recorders could be seen, and naturally there were many high-ranking people.
After Richie brought the man in, he was greeted by a major, and when he saw this major, his expression was stunned for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, he immediately saluted.
"Dear Lieutenant!" William. Ritter. Feng. Loeb looked very capable, he looked at Richie with a bald head, smiled, and said, "I have heard your name more than once. ”
"Thank you, Major," said Rich. In my heart, I was surprised how this person could appear here, and this person in front of me was a very complicated character.
William. Ritter. Feng. There was also a captain standing next to Loeb, the military uniform on this captain had a more obvious "Bavarian flavor", and the captain was also full of an inexplicable sense of intimacy when he looked at Rich.
The captain introduced himself, his name was Maximilien. Feng. Weix, a staff officer of the 2nd Bavarian Army, came here this time to find Li Qi to have a good exchange.
"Army Group Ruprecht? Oh! Yes, this army group will soon be transferred to the Western Front and will soon be thrown into the offensive on Paris. "Maximilien. Feng. Weix was Bavarian, so he naturally had a sense of affinity with Rich, who was also a Bavarian, and more importantly for some other reason. He said: "Feng. Seckert mentioned your name on several public occasions, so Crown Prince William also asked the generals of the Western Front at several cocktail parties to find out who you were. ”
Li Qi was a little stunned, it turned out that there was still this kind of story here, he thought: "This is no wonder, otherwise only one major needs to be dispatched for the award of lieutenants and soldiers, but now it is a lieutenant general!" ”
This time the award is indeed higher in terms of specifications, and it is Hans who appears. Lieutenant General Reinhardt. The lieutenant general, who was from the 1st Army, began with a handshake with Richie and then deliberately whispered: "General Belo already knows about your deeds. ”
Otto. Feng. General Bello was the supreme commander of Richie's army. Feng. Bello knew about Rich, so it also showed that Hans. Feng. Secter's letter of recommendation has arrived at Otto. Feng. Bello's hands.
Hans. Reinhardt personally wore the Iron Cross for Richie, followed by the Iron Cross of the second class for his two non-commissioned officers and the Order of the Red Eagle for the soldiers.
It is the Order of the Red Eagle, which is divided into five major ranks, mainly awarded to soldiers and outstanding military leaders who fought bravely in battle, but civilian officials are eligible for the same as civilians, so the gold content is not as high as the Iron Cross, which can only be obtained for pure military exploits.
After wearing the medal, the members of the commando team stood in a row, and Hans. Reinhardt was photographed for a commemorative photo, and the previous award process has been recorded by video equipment.
"Due to your current occupation and mission, photographs and videos will not be in public for the time being." Hans. Reinhardt beckoned Richie aside, took out his cigarette case, lit a cigarette, and asked, "Is there any progress on the mission you're trying?" ”
What task? It was Litchie who was going to do a big job, and perhaps because of this mission, the German army would make gratifying progress on the Western Front.