Chapter 82: The Eve of the Landing I
"How does it feel, are you still used to the taste?" After the meal, Kim Tae-joo asked with a little anticipation, and pulled a ball. Wang Hu doesn't know how to evaluate it, it's just very good-looking.
Although he was still a little haggard, the timid appearance of the morning was gone. Being decent and generous, and looking into people's eyes when he speaks, may be because he has returned to an orderly world. Kim Tae-joo is not an introvert in the first place, and although the house is small, the thick walls make people feel very secure.
"It's delicious, especially the scrambled eggs with tomatoes, which you specialize in? I remember you said that you would only eat French food and cold national food? Wang Hu said truthfully.
"Well, there's a lot of free time in the afternoon, it's all machines working, and I'm only responsible for sorting. I checked the recipe when I was free. This is my first time cooking Chinese food, does it taste weird? Kim Tae-joo flipped through the recipe with her mobile phone, and said without confidence, "It's okay for me to eat it myself, but I don't know if it can match the taste of Chinese." β
"It's really good, it's some authentic." Wang Hu can't imagine what the unauthentic scrambled eggs with tomatoes taste like.
Looking at Jin Tae-joo on the other side with a little joy in his heart, not like a fake, Wang Hu couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you a star?" How do you like cooking? β
"That's my hobby, being a star is just a job." Kim Tae-joo said with a smile, "I used to like to stay at home, organize things, study recipes, and work close to home, and I didn't spend much money...... By the way, do you have any special dishes you'd like to eat? β
"I can try to do it tomorrow," she said, "I can try to do it tomorrow." β
Wang Hu then found that the rented apartment had been organized and had been arranged in a way that was somewhat biased towards Asian preferences...... She really likes to organize things.
"What do you want to eat?" Wang Hu suddenly remembered the unforgettable experience he had when he first arrived on Earth, and it happened that tomorrow was the last day of his life......
"How about braised pork?"
"What?! Red, roasted, meat! Kim Tae-joo's eyes widened and her nose was beautifully cocked.
She is probably used to putting her nose at the camera, and turning her face sideways when she is in a hurry, so that Wang Hu can just see that point. Wang Hu touched his nose and turned his head weakly, it was very cute, quite like...... Dalmatian?
"Braised pork ......", Kim Tae-joo still didn't seem to be able to recover from the shock. For female stars, braised pork is definitely a dimensionality reduction blow, that is the existence of three pounds of weight just by listening to the name!
"Okay, okay...... I'll try to make it, but I won't eat it, I won't get a bite! Come back and taste it yourself. Kim Tae-joo said with a little panicked emphasis.
It seems that being misunderstood that eating braised pork is a great disaster.
"Well, just do your best." Wang Hu got up and picked up his coat and went to the door to put on his shoes.
"Where are you going so late?" Kim Tae-joo asked in surprise, her fingers twisting the tissue in her hand into a ball.
"Work, two night trains." Wang Hu raised the mobile phone in his hand, the army is not a charity, and he goes home to sleep for most of the day, how can there be such a good thing.
"Well, be careful on the road." Seeing that Wang Hu was really leaving, Kim Tae-joo breathed a sigh of relief, and it seemed that there was no need to worry about it anymore.
How did he know that Wang Hu, who was about to walk to the door, suddenly turned his head back and said to her, "Rest early, tomorrow will be a long day." β
Kim Tae-joo's eyes widened, and Mu Ne nodded.
It wasn't until Wang Hu left her that he slapped his chest, "Why did you suddenly speak?" Scared to death, scared to death! β
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It was very comfortable to drive at night, and no one paid attention to the appearance of the driver.
And don't worry about it, because you can't drag race, just follow the car in front. All the military trucks are lined up in a long winding line on the road in the middle of the night, and the bright headlights are like the swords of knights.
Wang Hu still likes to run 200 kilometers an hour, such as transporting batteries from Birmingham.
It's a pity that the work order has been picked up, and all the vehicles are used to transport troops at night. So Wang Hu "invented" the open-box plate transportation method, and the transportation capacity was expanded by three times, which was well received by the superiors and the curse of the recruits!
(You can imagine that the metal wall panels on both sides of the container are lowered, and people can sit on them to place luggage.) In the middle of the night, there are military trucks before and after, and they are not afraid of crashing, even the recruits who blow the wind are more guilty. οΌ
Yes, transporting troops, the Heathrow helipad turned into a huge barracks overnight.
Twenty-meter-tall spire tents rise in rows, with two long corridors cut into open squares on both sides. Each square has six bunk beds on iron shelves, enclosing a hollow shape, which is the position of a team of 12 people. Team names are listed alphabetically, from A to Z. Add some logistic staff, which means about 300 people in a big tent.
And the number of such tents is beyond the boundary.
Directly opposite the bed of the team, there are 12 exoskeleton mecha in a double row exclusive to the team, neatly hung on the shelf. The wide area between the bed and the mech is both the aisle and the training area. Except that the mecha battery and ammunition have not yet been issued to the squad, there is no difference between this and the actual combat.
This is the "Heathrow Forward Support Base" (renamed again), which was actually the forward base for the Normandy landings. It was empty a few days ago, but a huge amount of material resources continued to pour in here from all directions until the big war.
Now there are no officers here, and the highest is a non-commissioned officer.
The soldiers include remnants of soldiers who have been withdrawn from Europe, enthusiastic recruits who have been inspired by propaganda, gangsters who have nothing to do and simply join the army, and happy young people who have come from the Americas to fantasize about saving the world. They were mixed together elsewhere, trained for days or weeks, and then on the same day they were thrown into the Heathrow Advance Base, where they became drops of molten iron in a great melting pot.
Every time the convoy stopped, thousands of new people joined, making it even bigger.
A huge war machine is rumbling to launch.
In order not to make them think too much, each recruit was driven by the non-commissioned officer to set up tents, carry luggage, and be busy until he was exhausted!
Going to bed, what awaits them will be a training post the next morning, followed by another full day of training and familiarizing themselves with the mechs. The purpose of everything is not to sharpen their guns, but to empty their brains and let them go to the battlefield without any burden.
The day after tomorrow the battle will begin, they will be the first to be thrown onto the beachhead......
When Wang Hu parked the car, he sniffed the evening breeze, and it was full of the smell of gunsmoke!
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"Siqi, what's the situation over there, have you also received an order?" At the same time, at the temporary barracks outside Folkestone, Wang Lei, who was also a member of the observation team, pushed the door in and asked.
"Tulei, what are you shouting about!" Qiu Qiqi said angrily that he was angry when he was audited.
"I don't know what's going on, the main force is still visiting the battery factory in Manchester. Instead of letting us go to the main force, instead transfer us to the new barracks at Heathrow? Is there something greasy in this? β
"The day after tomorrow is the Normandy landings, we won't be thrown on the beach as cannon fodder, right? I've seen Saving Private Ryan, and the landing was old and cruel! β
"Who hasn't seen it? An order is an order, and obeying an order is a soldier's duty! Who made us a dual leader, what a grandson ......"
As he spoke, several other Observer Corps soldiers came in.
Sniper Liu Hanxiao, female, mixed Chinese and German. It is rare that there is a mixed-race child who has to be Chinese, and many international actions will pull her out as a card;
Machine gunner Zhang Sansi, male, from Sichuan, everyone says that he is the brother of "Qiu Siqi". People who don't like to talk and become fathers anymore;
Medical soldier Peng Datu, male, former surgeon of Nanjing Military Region. encountered a medical disturbance and was transferred out of the original unit, and in a fit of anger, he was even a doctor;
Wu Liu, mechanic, male. There were no tanks, no mechs, not even cars in the regiment, and no one knew how he got into the regiment;
Coupled with the squad leader assaulter Qiu Qiqi and the squad deputy blaster Wang Lei, these people can be regarded as half of the team's all-Chinese establishment.
The main purpose of the European observer mission was to carry out strategic coordination between the two sides and to track the use of mechs. Therefore, when the Mission arrived in Europe, the main force was stationed at the headquarters, and the rest were dispersed among the armies below.
In this regard, the state particularly emphasizes that when there is no order from the regimental headquarters, obey the arrangement of the immediate superiorβthis is dual leadership.
Originally, it was nothing, but who would have thought that when the United States was drawn from the bottom of the kettle, a retreat order would be almost equivalent to a collective collapse. Under the surprise attack of the "mimicry" group, the remaining resistance forces in Europe were crushed.
The scattered observation group was naturally dispersed, and the main force contained some of them, and the only ones left were Wang Lei of Folkestone City.
"You've also received an appointment?"
"Yes" X4.
"Then what else is there to say, obey orders!" The deputy complained in private, which belonged to "inconsistent private discussions by the leadership". If an individual can disagree with an order, is it still called a troop? "Pack up your personal belongings, wait for the car to pick you up, and wait for the arrangement, can I repeat these again?!"
"There is no new order from the regimental headquarters, that is, everything is business as usual! There are opinions and reservations. Wang Lei also said solemnly, at this time, his opinion must be consistent with Qiu Qi.
"Yes!" X4οΌ
Then the four of you look at me and I look at you, and in the end, Liu Hanxiao couldn't get used to it and stood up.
"Squad leader, we have no problem with the order! But what does it mean to be under the leadership of Wang Hu after Heathrow? This name sounds like a Chinese name, yellow skin and white heart? British-Chinese? If it's the kind of person who swears to the national flag and says anything to his compatriots, I can't stand letting this kind of person lead! β
"I don't have an opinion that someone is willing to be a dog for foreigners, and if there is an opinion, her ancestors have an opinion, but I don't want to be led by a dog!"
"Wang Hu? I really didn't pay attention to this part. Hearing this name, Qiu Qiqi suddenly felt a toothache, but he couldn't help but say it. I may know who Wang Hu is, don't worry, it's not the kind you guessed, he is Chinese. β
"And what is he doing?"
"Maybe it's a driver?"
Although I think he's more likely a spy.
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PS: Welcome book friend Qiu Qi (squad leader, "Four-Seven" Qi Qi), book friend Anu OvO (machine gunner, "three-four" Zhang Sansi), apprentice of the book-friend's blacksmith shop (mechanic, "five-six" Wu Liu), book-friend No. 11 sniper (sniper, "beauty" Liu Hanxiao), book-friend tearful practice (medical soldier, "Dapeng" Peng Datu), book friend I Sunzhi (demoman, squad deputy, "Tulei" Wang Lei) to join Z Squad!