Churchill and Eisenhower prepared to inspect Allied troops stationed in Britain for joint training. As with all countries, it is important to lead a visit and, of course, to review the results of their joint training.

The various Allied training camps were busy with this. At Camp Betaki, Colonel Zinke and the officers of the U.S. Army were negotiating with the military commanders of the 336th Brigade of the Chinese Army.

The negotiations were mainly to agree on some specific details, and the main tactical exercise of the Chinese army this time was a vertical strike by a helicopter group, which was new to the Allies, and they had only seen the Chinese army do this in previous briefings.

Based on the previous briefings and analysis of the battle examples, the Allied High Command placed the troops of the 336th Brigade in the first wave of strike teams, and they would fly over the English Channel and fight the Germans on the opposite shore with the Allied paratroopers.

This was also a decision made by the Allied High Command after consulting with the top level in Nanjing.

Huang Zheng had no objection to this arrangement, after all, the major tactical formulations were directly formulated by the Allied High Command, and there was nothing to discuss.

The Allied High Command has already arranged a plan for the multinational exercise, which will be conducted in accordance with a simulated landing in France, and the 336th Brigade and the 506th Parachute Regiment will be the first units to attack.

Coincidentally, the strike area of the 336 Brigade and the 506 Regiment stationed near them were the same area, that is, after the officers and soldiers of the 506 Regiment parachuted, the officers and men of the 336 Brigade had to make a sortie and then destroy the targets there.

Huang was holding discussions with Colonel Zinke at the station, and the two sides communicated some of the coordination, the areas to be captured, and the identification and radio liaison between the various units to ensure that there was no confusion during the exercise and landing operations.

Time flies by and the weather gets warmer. The date of the scheduled landing of the Allied forces was getting closer and closer, but except for a few high-ranking members of the Allied forces, no one knew the exact date or location.

Anyway, everyone just made it clear that they were going to fight the German devils soon.

But the date of the exercise was quickly set, and the location was set on the British coast of Torquay, which is opposite the French shore

In order to hide people's eyes, all the airborne troops and the first batch of assault troops are called the 101st Airborne Division, and their military uniforms are no different from those of the 101st Airborne Division, with M1 steel helmets, khaki green training uniforms, and even white-headed "Howling Eagle" badges on their shoulders. There are more than 7 divisions of the Airborne Forces alone in this acting, and there are countless C-47s with big bellies.

The day before the exercise, the officers and men and their equipment were gathered in the suburbs and stayed in a nice hotel for the first time. However, because there were not enough rooms, they had to cramten six people into one room.

The owner of the hotel was an elderly British couple, the man was Dawson, a lean old man in a well-dressed suit, and the woman looked a little fat, but also kind.

When they saw the Chinese army coming, they showed great enthusiasm, enthusiastically recruiting their grandchildren to help the officers and soldiers clean up the house and let them move in.

After Zhu Jingxing saw it, he said to the Dawsons: "Thank you for your warm hospitality, but we can just clean up these things ourselves." Let the kids play. ”

Dawson shook his head, "No, that's what we should do. You are all great lads, and to be honest, I never expected that there would be people from the East to help us fight the German devils. It's okay, this is your home, so stay here to your heart's content. ”

Zhu Jingxing thanked him, and then instructed the officers and soldiers to allocate rooms and the like.

The officers and men are all staying in the assigned rooms, and tomorrow the final exercise will be held, and there will be no tasks tonight, and the officers and men will rarely have a rest.

Old Dawson opened his cellar and poured cans of beer, wine, and whiskey from the barrels.

Zhu Jingxing wanted to stop it, after all, the national defense army has strict discipline and cannot disturb the people, not to mention that there is a drill task the next day, and drinking alcohol is a big taboo.

But old Dawson was extremely stubborn, and he said that he must send good wine to this group of young men who were about to go on the expedition.

Zhu Jingxing asked Huang Zheng, Huang Zheng stroked his hat and said, "You can drink it, but you can't drink more." You go and count them, give them some money. ”

After Zhu Jingxing understood, he gave the order to allow it.

The officers and men of the 336 Brigade have long been from the expeditionary force, and they have drunk a lot of beer and wine, so they naturally do not feel embarrassed, and after obtaining the order to allow, they took out the money they brought with them, gathered them together, and handed them over, and then under the guidance of old Dawson, they moved out the round wooden barrels in the wine cellar, pried open some canned beef that they had brought with them, and three or five people sat cross-legged and drank on the lawn behind.

The night sky was full of stars, the warm sea breeze outside blew from time to time, the birds and flowers around the lawn, and the officers and men remembered that this would be an unforgettable night.

Huang Zheng and Zhu Jingxing and other officers were invited by Dawson to his room to drink, and a bottle of fine whiskey was served, and everyone picked up their glasses and slowly weighed it.

Zhu Jingxing wanted to give the confiscated money to Dawson, and Huang Zheng signaled to give it after drinking.

Old Dawson held a wine glass, with the help of a slightly drunken spirit, and talked to Huang Zheng and them about the past, he said that he did not expect the Chinese army to come to help them fight. "I don't mean to offend, before me I always thought that China was an ancient and backward country in the East, and some people even thought that you still had braids. But when I heard that you were coming to help us in the war, I was surprised. At first I thought it would be like in Europe, but when I saw you today, your boys were so energetic, they looked like my children, and I knew I was wrong. ”

Huang Zhengba smiled, "The world is changing, and China is also changing. ”

"Yes, you've changed a lot." Dawson's tongue knotted a little, "Honestly, your military discipline is much better than those rude Americans, and those arrogant guys will come and find a drink and mingle with the girls around them." But we still have to welcome them......"

Speaking of which, Huang Zheng and Zhu Jingxing glanced at each other, the military discipline of American GIs is indeed relatively loose, especially in the relationship between men and women in Britain, and it can be said that there is no management in management.

Dawson Sr. continued: "We know that many American GIs usually use sweet words and chocolates in their pockets to lure girls into sleeping with them. But what can be done? My son's wife used to ......"

Speaking of this, Huang Zheng felt that old Dawson must be a little drunk, otherwise he wouldn't have said something so impolite, and he would regret it after he sobered up the next day?

So, Huang Zheng interrupted him and asked, "Tell me about your son." ”

It's okay not to say this, but when it comes to this, old Dawson looked a little depressed, and he waved his hand slightly and said, "Oh, you mean Wilson and George." They all went to God. One died in Dunkirk and the other in the skies of Great Britain, and he was a member of the Royal Air Force. ”

Huang Zheng realized that he had asked the wrong question, and wanted to apologize but didn't know how to speak, old Dawson seemed to understand what he meant, he narrowed his eyes and waved his hand: "Don't mind, in war, this is an inevitable thing." You went to fight the Germans so that more people could go home, but surely some of you will not be able to go home. When I think about it, I think I should do something for you......"

Old Dawson was still chattering, and then he simply fell asleep in a daze, and Mrs. Dawson came and took him away.

Zhu Jingxing was still asking about the money, and Huang Zheng waved his hand and said, "I'll give it tomorrow." ”

The next day, old Dawson insisted on not collecting money, and he pushed and yelled with Zhu Jingxing for a long time, and then almost got angry. Huang Zheng saw that he was so stubborn, so he no longer shirked or gave it.

He instructed the officers and men to clean the rooms they lived in before leaving, and early in the morning, the officers and men began to wash the floor and clean up. This made such an impression on the Dawson family that many years later he remembered that there was such a different army involved in the Normandy operation, they came from the old East.

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After a full night's rest, the exercise officially began at noon the next day.

Rao is the officers and men of the 336 Brigade who have experienced a hundred battles, and it is also the first time they have seen such a large-scale exercise, and at noon, the amphibious fleet on the sea is densely packed and sails from the end of the coast.

As far as the eye can see, at the end of the coast are huge warships and troop carriers, more than a thousand of them. As the amphibious fleet prepared to land, the ship's guns began to roar, and the suppression of fire was almost unprecedented.

Immediately afterward, in the sky, a huge and perfect V-shaped formation group composed of C-47s rumbled through the sky. In the predetermined area, white umbrella flowers begin to bloom in the air.

The officers and men of the 336th Brigade simulated an attack from a distance, and cooperated with the 506th Regiment to suppress and occupy the "German" area. Their helicopter formations need to pass through a sea area and then strike at the "enemy" area.

The helicopter formation began to fly high in the air, the whirring sea breeze poured into their ears, and wherever they passed, both the officers and soldiers of the allied forces participating in the show and the common people stopped to look up, and they saw the military emblem of the Chinese Air Force under the fuselage, and they remembered such a unit from then on.

After passing through a sea area, there was an "exchange of fire" ahead, and the reconnaissance aircraft reported that "it was a 'German' * boat and a troop carrier of the 4th Infantry Division." ”

"It seems that the 'Germans' have fought back, should we support it? After all, it's the 'Allies'. Zhu Jingxing said with a smile.

Huang Zheng glanced at it, he frowned, "This drill is too realistic, what do I think of the * boat firing live ammunition?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Tatata's anti-aircraft machine gun rounds came towards them......