Jack came from an ordinary urban family in Yorkshire, his father worked as a forester in the town, and his family was in the upper middle of the United Kingdom, which meant that he was an aristocrat in the eyes of the common people, and he was a common man in the eyes of the nobility.

The influence of this status in the military was quite significant, and he became an officer just after he was drafted, leading a platoon of soldiers - even though Jack's highest level of formal military training came from a scout camp, before he was twelve. Compared with other officers from orthodox aristocratic families, Jack is more shabby, and other aristocratic officers generally bring their own orderlies, and many of them also carry a full set of black tea and tea sets.

So in the army, Jack deeply felt that he was not a human inside and out, and the soldiers did not accept him, calling him a big boy with glasses behind his back, and joking that he must not have touched a woman. And the officers from the noble families did not accept him, although these officers were not as obvious as the soldiers.

In fact, Jack felt that several of the noble officers in his company subjectively wanted to accept him, but the attitude of the nobility towards the commoners that they had inadvertently expressed made him lose interest in joining the circle of legitimate noble officers.

For example, Mr. Anderson is a good man, but when Jack tells Mr. Anderson that he can't play bridge, Mr. Anderson's utter visceral surprise makes Jack very uncomfortable. Mr. Anderson certainly did not do this on purpose, and the tradition of the English aristocracy was to be polite to anyone, even a commoner, and he was just too surprised.

Afterwards, Mr. Anderson apologized to Jack and was very sincere, but this sincere attitude made Jack even more uncomfortable. He deeply felt that there was an insurmountable gap between himself and these people who had lived in aristocratic families since childhood.

Because of this, the past few months after Jack joined the army have really not been comfortable at all.

Fortunately, Tom, the only non-commissioned officer in the company with combat service experience, was a good man, he was born in a civilian background, but he did not look down on Jack like the soldiers, but often came to comfort Jack.

Tom tells Jack that these problems will be solved as soon as the battle begins, and once Jack and the soldiers charge once and survive, the soldiers' taunts will immediately disappear and treat him as their own, while those who will not charge themselves will be classified by the soldiers as non-our.

Because of this, Jack is looking forward to the battle. He believed that he was a brave man.

And that day is finally coming.

The command did not tell everyone the exact time and place of the attack, and even Mr. Anderson, who should now be called Captain Anderson, did not know the specific information, but he comforted the junior officers by saying, "Anyway, our task is only to go up and fill the battlefield, and the other things will be taken care of for us, and all we need to do is decide whether to shoot or shout and raise our hands when we see the remnants of the German soldiers." ”

Although Jack was a little unwilling, he knew that Captain Anderson was right, the infantry was like this, so officers and soldiers below the company level only needed military training in the Scout camp and knew how to shoot.

**

After a few days at sea, Jack vomited almost everything in his stomach, and he was finally able to sleep peacefully, even if his empty stomach growled, it couldn't stop the overwhelming sleep.

However, Jack didn't sleep long before he was roughly dragged up.

"Hey, Jack," it was Sergeant Tom, "hurry up, the assembly order is here." ”

Jack was stunned for a moment before he reacted, he habitually wanted to find clothes, but remembered that he had slept without taking off his clothes yesterday, and then he found that not only did he not take off his clothes, but also his shoes.

Jack picked up his glasses and put them on, and ran out of the cramped cabin assigned to him with Tom.

As many soldiers poured out of their cabins in the hallway, running towards the gangway to the deck, Jack asked Tom curiously, "What's going on?" ”

"Seeing the land, they were anxious to see what the German land looked like." Tom said disapprerovingly, "Hurry up, go this way, the company commander is waiting for you." ”

Jack struggled through the waves of soldiers, and the "Ix Q Dead ME" coming out of his mouth was completely swallowed up by the noise of the hallway.

When Jack arrived in front of the company commander's room, the company commander was walking out with several other platoon commanders.

"We're done," Captain Anderson said.

"Uh, I'm sorry."

"Don't be sorry, you're not late, it's just that there's so little to report. Just one," Captain Anderson paused, with a misleading expression on his face, "and that is to land today, and the target is Bremerhaven on the German mainland." Okay, now go back and organize the troops to get the weapons, and then go to the deck and stand by. ”

With the help of several non-commissioned officers in the company, Jack didn't have much effort to bring the soldiers who spontaneously rushed to the deck back to the cabin, and brought them back to the deck again after handing out weapons and other things.

By the time they were back on deck, the fleet had already begun to prepare for fire, and the battleships in the distance spewed out shocking tongues of fire, and the thunderous sound of cannon rang in Jack's ears from so far away.

The soldiers shouted excitedly at the roaring battleship.

"Fire! Bomb them to death the Royal Navy! ”

"Blow them up!"

However, as the shelling continued, this enthusiasm gradually cooled, and many began to realize that they were about to join the fight.

Jack guessed that most of the people here had at least one relative who had returned from the battlefields of the last great war and had heard all about that terrible war.

Crazy machine-gun fire, dense barrage of fire, more than thirty percent casualty rate, terrible diseases, shell shock, and so on.

Jack noticed that many people's expressions had become unsightly, some were nervously touching the body of the rifle as if it were a girl's chest, some were pulling cigarettes from their pockets with trembling hands, and some were vomiting again, but apparently he had nothing left in his stomach to vomit on, and he could only retch.

Jack was surprised to find that he was not as nervous as he thought, and perhaps he was more comfortable with the task than he thought.

At this time, someone shouted from the bow of the ship: "Battle Princess! ”

Jack and the others nervously looked in the direction of the German coast, but saw nothing, when the whistling sound passed over them.

Jack looked up and saw the British Magic Guide Armored Formation, and the shield emblem of the Battle Queen's troops was quite conspicuous in the morning sun.

The soldiers on board began to cheer again, and this time Jack joined them.

Compared with the prestige of the battlefleet's salvo, the heroic posture of the warlord girls rushing to the battlefield is obviously more popular with the soldiers.

More and more formations of warriors crossed over the soldiers' heads, and the number of them clearly encouraged their courage and dispelled all the worries that had just occupied their minds.

Jack stared in the direction of the coast, waiting to see the Germans counterattack, and he prayed inwardly for the war princesses, hoping that they would all return safely.

But until the queue of warriors at the front disappeared from Jack's field of vision, the Germans' counterattack did not come.

"What's going on?" Jack asked Tom beside him, "Why are the Germans completely unresponsive?" ”

"I don't know," Tom shrugged, "it stands to reason that even if the artillery fire is very dense, some German soldiers will survive, and my old man told me that the Germans are very strong-willed, and as long as there is one sergeant in the remaining troops, they can organize resistance." ”

Jack swallowed, and he looked at the silent shore again, and suddenly felt that there was a terrifying trap on the shore, waiting for them to step on it.

That's when the whistle hit Jack's ears.

"Get on the landing craft!"

Without even thinking about it, Jack repeated the words of the whistle-blowing sergeant: "Get on the landing craft!" ”

At the same time, dozens of officers and non-commissioned officers on the entire deck chanted together: "Get on the landing craft!" ”

The procession of soldiers surged toward the side of the ship, lying down the rope nets and boarding the landing craft that was already waiting on the surface.

Jack struggled to climb, and when he approached the surface of the sea, he felt that he was about to fall into the sea, and the blue and black waters were like an abyss, ready to devour Jack, who could not swim. At the critical moment, Tom reached out and grabbed Jack's clothes.

Jack climbed into the landing craft when the Royal Navy soldier who was sailing asked in a loud voice, "Is your commander on board?" ”

"Yes, I'm on board!" Jack shouted.

Immediately after that, the engine of the landing craft started.

As he drove to the coast, Jack, who wasn't nervous, felt his heart beat faster and faster.

He heard someone vomiting again, and this time the sound of liquid being spit onto the floor. I haven't vomited the contents of my stomach yet, and it's worth admiring.

As soon as Jack thought this, Tom next to him dropped the kettle on the ground.

It looks like he just wanted to drink water, but as soon as he opened the lid, he dropped the kettle.

Tom swears and stoops to pick up the kettle, only to find that it is impossible on a landing craft that is as crowded as a sardine can.

Tom gave up, and it was only then that he noticed that Jack was looking at him, and he smiled a little awkwardly at Jack.

"No matter how many wars you have experienced, you can't avoid the tension before going into battle."

Jack smiled at Tom.

At this time, the soldier who drove the boat shouted: "30 seconds! ”

"Okay," exclaimed Jack, "don't be afraid, I'm with you in the face of the bullets, and we'll see you on the beach!" ”

At this time, the naval soldiers blew their whistles, and the gangplanks of the landing craft opened forward.

Jack took the lead and shouted, "Kill! ”

The soldiers roared and rushed out of the landing craft.

"Spread out, spread out!"

Jack shouted at the brandishing of his pistol.

Tom tapped him on the shoulder.

Only then did Jack realize that there was no sound of machine gun fire at all.

There was nothing on the beach, except for the voices of the British themselves.