Chapter 198: The Soldier's Belonging
As soon as Taylor climbed out of the bunker, he breathed in the dusty air as if he were hungry, and the visibility was extremely poor because of the mixture of gunsmoke and sand on the battlefield.
Taylor could only vaguely see the situation around him, and the position had completely changed, and the sandbag fortifications that had been built earlier were long gone, replaced by countless large craters.
Taylor hurriedly looked at the company command post, where there was his beloved company commander, and with the company commander there, Taylor felt that there was a backbone.
But now even the command post is nowhere to be found, and even the log on the top of the command post does not know where it flew.
Taylor cried out the name of the company commander and ran desperately to the company command post not far away:
"Company commander...... Captain...... Where are you? ”
Taylor cried out heartbreakingly, and he frantically dug with a sapper shovel at the position of the company command post, hoping that he could dig out his beloved company commander intact.
"Company commander, if you hear it, you should say it! …… Woooooooo ”
Suddenly, in a pile of yellow sand not far from the command post, a hand was stretched out in a trembling manner, and then a head was stretched out:
"****, suffocate Lao Tzu."
Taylor, who was digging frantically, couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this scolding, isn't this the voice of the company commander?
Taylor was overjoyed, threw away the sapper shovel in his hand, and ran towards the place where the company commander made a sound, and the head sticking out of the sand saw Taylor running over, and cursed again:
"Little chick, your turtle son is crying! Lao Tzu is not dead yet! ”
Taylor suddenly burst into tears and laughed, his face full of yellow sand, and two very obvious tear stains.
"Company commander...... I'll pull you out ......"
Taylor tugged at the company commander's hand, crossed his butt and used all his strength to pull out the company commander like a carrot.
At this time, the company commander was still wearing a pair of green pants, and the company commander was not injured on his body, but there were blood stains on the corners of his mouth, and it seemed that the company commander had been shocked and injured his internal organs.
The company commander wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, and then commanded Taylor:
"Look around, as long as there is sand moving, dig in that place immediately, you can definitely dig people, you don't use digging aimlessly like that."
As long as Taylor saw the company commander, he had a backbone, he was not panicking, and just as Taylor was about to dig people, ten British soldiers crawled out of the sand one after another.
These soldiers were basically unwounded, and a company of more than 140 people, it was impossible to leave only this little people, even if the Germans were carpet bombing.
The company commander didn't believe it, and Taylor didn't believe it, so the dozen or so people who climbed out of the bunker were the first to carefully search the sand full of craters, and as soon as the sand moved a little, they immediately started digging.
It is definitely possible to dig out a person, but many of the people who dig up are bleeding, and these soldiers have been injured by the violent explosion, and these people must be sent for treatment, otherwise they will die.
The wounded were dug out one by one, and of course there were some who were not too seriously injured, but there were not many of these who were not too seriously injured.
Everyone was silent, no one spoke, no one cursed, everyone was silently searching for survivors.
Those who are buried under the yellow sand and will not move are already dead, and there is no need to search for them, and the yellow sand here is their best belonging.
As a soldier, it is their mission to die on the battlefield, it is also their duty, and of course, they are fulfilling their oath.
Taylor and they dug up more than 70 people in total, and this time the Germans carpet bombed Taylor and their company by half.
Of these more than 70 people, more than half were seriously wounded, and if they could walk on their own, they would accompany each other to the field hospital in the back, and there were only more than 30 people left in the hands of the company commander, and there was really no manpower to transport the wounded.
More than 30 seriously wounded people were reluctant to be sent to the field hospital, and now the situation in the company is the case, and they know better than anyone else that they really can't walk, so they choose to climb on their own and don't want to be carried to the field hospital.
Taylor watched the wounded slowly walk away, and his tears flowed down his cheeks.
"Taylor."
The company commander suddenly shouted Taylor's name, this was the first time the company commander shouted Taylor's name, Taylor heard the company commander's shout, and hurriedly ran to the company commander wearing a pair of pants and raised his head and said:
"Dao."
"You go with the wounded to the field hospital and help your brothers take care of them."
The company commander actually wanted to drive Taylor away, and Taylor, who usually listens to the company commander in everything, suddenly hardened this time:
"No, I can't be a deserter, I want to stick to my combat post like other comrades."
"It's an order."
The company commander suddenly stared at a pair of eyes like eggs, but Taylor was not afraid after experiencing this life and death catastrophe, is it really war that makes people mature.
"Company commander, you can't order your soldiers to be deserters, and I won't be deserters, I want to be with the company commander and the rest of my comrades to be tested with blood and fire."
The company commander did not glare at Taylor, but whispered:
"You kid really don't know what to do, you really want to die on the battlefield?"
Taylor stiffened his neck and said in a loud voice:
"I will not give up."
The company commander had no choice, he could only be like his father, reached out and touched Taylor's head, and said softly:
"Follow me, don't run around without my orders."
"Yes, thank you, company commander."
After the company commander finished training Taylor, he began to be mad at the remaining thirty people:
"You bastards, don't you hurry up and look for weapons and ammunition, and when the Germans come up, do you want to beat those Germans with your fists?"
"Yes, find weapons, Lao Tzu wants to avenge the sacrificed brothers."
"The Germans must pay for their debts."
The remaining thirty British soldiers moved quickly, they either dug the yellow sand, or picked up the weapons and ammunition that had been blown up on the ground, and the company's ammunition depot was buried under the yellow sand and was not detonated, which made the company commander's gloomy face finally have a smile.
General Rafael, who had been observing the position, couldn't help but cry after watching the position being carpet-bombed, and there was hardly a living person on the position, which was like an apocalyptic scene.
But after the German bombing, a number of soldiers suddenly appeared on the position, and these soldiers searched for weapons and ammunition while helping their comrades.
When Rafi saw this, the corners of his eyes couldn't help but moisten, what a good soldier he is! These soldiers are so brave and tenacious, and I really have no regrets in this life to be able to command such soldiers.
Rafael knew that he had suffered heavy losses in the middle of the Mersha Pass, as well as heavy losses in weapons and ammunition, and that it would be necessary for Rafael to make up his mind if he supported the position in the middle of the pass.
Raphael also placed more than 10,000 soldiers in the mountain potholes on both sides of the pass, which was used to flank the troops attacking Germany, but if the middle position could not withstand it, there would be no flanking attack!
…… (To be continued.) )