When you come and when you go, there is a very different difference.

The C-7 "Overlord" strategic transport aircraft has a large cargo compartment, which can hold two land tanks or 100 individual mechs in a low-load state at the same time, and the carrying capacity has reached more than 200 tons. A temporary stand was erected inside, like a supermarket container, filled with layers of coffins of the deceased. It's not that the Allies don't respect the fallen soldiers and refuse to give out even the last space, but in order to prepare for a major counteroffensive, every air vehicle is flying at full capacity, and at this time, the extrusion rack can be filled with a full battalion of "Overlords" to transport the remains, and you want to expect more from the high command?

Simon and the three of them have no choice of seats, and even have little room to choose, they sit and half lean next to the wall board hastily, as long as they move forward a little, Simon can have a close contact with the coffin, and in an instant he suddenly thought, if there is an empty coffin, lying in it must be more comfortable than the current weird posture. But Simon quickly dismissed this idea, where the peace is reserved for the dead, and the dead grab a place? Save a little face for the brothers.

Any form of fire is forbidden in flight, especially next to hundreds or thousands of coffins. Simon didn't really care, after all, he wasn't a heavy smoker. Miller and Irons looked unusually ugly, and it was estimated that they would not have a cigarette for a while, and the degree of distress was the same as stepping on the anti-infantry and jumping mine. Pick the old smoker for an airborne raid? Simon felt that the command was a little inconsiderate, but even Patrick was a young man who joined the Rangers, what could Simon complain about?

The longer the battle is fought, the younger the soldier becomes.

Different from the "vulture" low and long "hush da", "overlord" is purely a whining wind, is a coherent treble that bursts out after cutting the air, the output of the four Pratt & Whitney turbofan engines is stable, the fuselage trembles slightly, it is obvious that it is in a cruising state, through a porthole made of a thin layer of plastic, the clouds roll on the noon layer of beautiful gold veins, many years ago, the passengers on the commercial airliner of Boeing Airbus also saw the same cloud and passed through the same sky as Simon. But did that kind of peaceful and prosperous life really exist? Or is it only found in certain yellowed pieces of paper?

Before the war began, Simon's earliest memories came from the solid wood dining table covered with a beige tablecloth, and his father sat in front of the television, and the twenty-year-old machine suddenly burst into an incredible sound, and his father jumped and danced with his hands. Taking advantage of this opportunity, little Simon put his hand on the table and tried to reach the fragrant steak on the other side of the moat, too short and too short. But the ending was a happy one, and Simon watched his first ball game with a glass of cranberry juice brought a waffle sprinkled with frosting.

By the time Simon was sensible, the table was rarely full, and steak became a scarce delicacy in dreams, and sometimes Simon would go out of his way to the city's high-end restaurants to smell the wafting smell, so as not to completely forget his childhood memories. And the waffles gradually stopped being sprinkled with sugar, and it is true that turkey can only be eaten on Thanksgiving. After the food vouchers were distributed, it was a joy to be fed, but luckily my father had a good gun, and the poached beasts could provide some precious fat for the family.

The night before joining the army, the flawed oven was finally running, and the last three eggs in the egg tray made a small cake, no cherries, no chocolate, and no cream. The father sells the Remington rifle he had promised his son in exchange for a low-quality steak. Of course, this is not as good as the scene in my memory. But in countless ordinary families, this is the best food a family of three can come up with.

For five years, Simon has been on the other side of the ocean and has never returned home. Flipping open the lid of the necklace, next to the photo of Simon in a blue and white shirt, the blonde girl is hugging her shoulders sideways and smiling implicitly, which is easily reminiscent of a sika deer resting in the woods. Simon declared that this was his fiancée, and the old men in the camp were so envious that they boasted that they would wait until the day the war was over to form a team as best man.

The war is not over, and they are all corpses in coffins.

The White Cliffs of Dover have always been a tourist attraction, and the white cliff faces represent the purity, justice and romance of the Old World. As the transport plane gradually descended in altitude, Simon turned his head slightly, and the white cliff disappeared, replaced by a dense crater, and a certain painter with poor technique delusionally thought that he was the leader of the avant-garde, and sprinkled a few ink blocks to pollute the white cloth. That's about what it looks like.

The landing gear was released, the tires rubbed against the runway, the in-flight radio sounded, and the GPS positioning showed that Simon was located at London's Niaheslo Airport, Simon woke up the two rangers who had finally fallen asleep, grabbed his backpack and walked out along the rear hatch, the fresh air with a faint smell of sea suddenly made him quite uncomfortable, this nose smelled too much gunsmoke, sweat, and began to resist beautiful things.

"Sergeant!" As soon as the rear cargo door was opened, the ground crews poured into the transport plane, the coffins were no different from ordinary ammunition supplies, as usual, they were transported in batches with construction machinery, Simon stopped and watched, until an officer of the administrative system shouted to greet him.

Salute each other, during the war, the officers could not mind the three stinky GIs, shook hands one by one, and said, "What is the direction of the wind in the east?" ”

"Not bad." Simon replied. Miller lit a cigarette, took a puff of it, and puffed out smoke rings at the person, and said pleasantly: "I think it's good that the Imperial people raised by the bitch were driven back three hundred kilometers by us overnight." ”

The officer quietly dispersed the smell of smoke, and led Simon and the three of them to say as they walked: "The Emar Fortress Command sent a message saying that the first batch of airdropped rangers suffered heavy losses, and the rest will return to China for reorganization, it seems that it is just the three of you?" Didn't make a trip back? ”

The all-domain fighter roared into the sky, and Simon didn't hear what the officer said, and shouted: "What did you say!" ”

"I say, what about the other Rangers!" The officer yelled back.

"It's hard to say! The fight was so miserable that our battalion and the 101st Division waited until dawn for the third wave of reinforcements, and there were too many dead to count! Miller exclaimed. Heathrow Airport is the largest air base of the Allied forces on the Eastern Front, with planes taking off and landing without a moment's stop, equipped with twin 152MM main guns, nearly 100 tons of marine combat tanks, main combat mechs carrying guns and halberds, infantry combat vehicles, self-propelled guns, individual mechs, accompanied by thousands of soldiers, boarding transport planes and flying to the other side of the sea.

The officer took Simon to the command headquarters, and the basic personal information of the soldiers would be transmitted back to the headquarters synchronously, Simon glanced at the monitor, and a few vivid icons occasionally popped up in the gray and white list. Signing the electronic fingerprint, Simon suddenly remembered that there was half a sentence that he didn't hear clearly.

"Ensign, you said where the rest of the Rangers would go?"

"Go home." Seeing Simon's stunned, the officer was a little jealous.

"You can go home."

Go home?

Five years of war, go home?

Home was so far away that Simon only remembered that it was a rainy day before boarding, and Juliana's subtle smile was frozen into a color picture, faded to black and white.

It snowed lightly in the evening, and Miller suggested that he go for a few drinks, after all, he had survived another Christmas. But apparently everyone thinks so, the soldiers' clubs are overcrowded, but the men don't need a reason to drink, because on Christmas Eve, in the face of the drunken soldiers, the law enforcement team tends to open the net, maybe open the can of Budweiser and pass it over, and even the gendarmes will sing "Long live victory" shoulder to shoulder. ”

Simon didn't know how to find a seat, and poured vodka glass after glass. The Christmas song grew clearer and clearer in his ears, and when he looked around, he saw that almost everyone was staring at the three Rangers. Even if they washed their faces, they didn't lose the heavy smell of bloody killing in the slightest

"To you." A young non-commissioned officer said, raising his glass, and then each of the young men in military uniforms raised their beer glasses in a ragged voice.

"To you."

The recruits who have just been brainwashed always have strange fantasies about the battlefield, and it seems that they have played too many simulated shooting exercises, found the trick, and achieved the achievement of one enemy and one hundred, so they really think that the war can also be Game over and start again. Especially with unrealistic heroism.

A few hairy boys came over, and the Ranger shield that belonged to the elite troops caused an exclamation, Simon didn't like to wear medals very much, and there would be no mentally retarded airdrop with an extra talisman. But refusing honor is not a simple matter, after five years of war, Simon won recognition with his life, and at this moment he wears a single sniper armband, a single soldier destruction armband, symbolizing that the wearer has more than ten enemy soldiers to confirm the results of sniping, and a single enemy vehicle destroyed.

"Sergeant! I made a bet with someone else! I bet your wrecked armband came from a 'Blizzard'! A yellow-haired man popped up, and his companions shouted that it was the Imperial Army's T-35 Marine Tank, and Simon swept over the recruits who were 50 percent unable to survive the first day of the battlefield, drank his glass, and prepared to leave.

The yellow-haired cried out unrelentingly, "You are a hero! Aren't heroes allowed to share legendary stories? ”

Simon stopped and replied coldly, "When the war is won, you can talk about your own legend." ”

"The war is won at once, sergeant! I can't tell my grandson that someday, when the Third Great War happens. Your grandfather is on an armed outing, and an imperial man didn't kill ......" But before he finished speaking, the yellow hair was dragged into the drinking circle.

The people sang military songs and smashed their fists on their knees.

"It's a hot day, the night is cold like ice, and the wind is dusty, but we have fun with it!"

"What is survival? Fight only for victory! ”

The song is "Die for victory, we die without regrets, die for victory, is our highest glory!" Suddenly jumping to the climax, Simon moved away from the crowd and saw a group of young people with their shoulders around their shoulders, singing and howling, Simon and the rest of the team did the same five years ago, but now Simon wants to find someone to sing like this, he must go to the military cemetery.

Outside the wall, the wind and snow howled, the combat uniforms issued by the rangers were automatically warmed, and the red navigation lights in the sky were more dazzling than the stars.

A few days later, Simon and the other surviving Rangers boarded the plane again, the nose of the plane turned west, and on the way back, the cabin played a very appropriate country tune, Simon closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep, and in his dream, Juliana sang to him alone.

"My Little Heart"

"Just for You to Beat"

"Counting the hours and waiting for your return"

"Then embrace me"

"My Little Heart"

"I already dream of happiness"

"She waited silently in her hometown"

"Convinced you will come back"