"Wren!" the surgeon asked, "Does it hurt?"

"I know what you mean, it hurts - but I can bear it. I've tried to get this thing out without anesthetics and morphine, and that's what it hurts. Wren's right hand was pressed against his forehead, as if recalling the terrible things: "It doesn't feel good to have someone press you, someone to dig your wound with their fingers." ”

"Is that school really that scary?" said the battalion commander, who knew Wren's origin and had just learned that Wren was wounded, also came, sat next to Wren, and said while watching Wren undergo surgery.

"I heard that the school had been closed by the Führer, because the test subjects in it, that is, us, had failed. Wren smiled bitterly and said: "There are differences between the top leaders of the two countries on the direction of training soldiers. The Soviet Union believed that all soldiers should be brainwashed into cold-blooded machines that could only kill, which is why I was abused in school. I have killed and been hunted down...... Later, this project was stopped by General Guderian, and I became the first and last victim. ”

"Next time, don't take the plunge lightly. The battalion commander sighed and said, "You are the wealth of Germany, and it is not in our interest to lose them lightly." So next time, you are not allowed to leave the tank again and go on a dangerous mission alone, understand?"

"Hehe, this time the situation is more special, I always have to teach my electromechanical engineer how to kill people. Wren nodded and said with a smile: "I will pay attention, I won't embarrass you, battalion commander." ”

The bullet of the revolver was removed from Wren's shoulder, and the doctor casually threw it on the table at hand: "Begin to stitch up the wound...... You're lucky that the bullet didn't hit any important parts and didn't hurt the blood vessels. ”

"Thank you, doctor. Wren smiled embarrassedly, and then closed his eyes a little tiredly: "I'm a little sleepy, maybe I've lost too much blood." It's okay to get some sleep and take up a bed here...... It's okay, right?"

By the time he said this, Wren had already fallen asleep. And Alice beside her kept looking at this qiē, her eyes were red and she didn't speak.

The battalion commander stood up, walked up to Alice, patted her on the shoulder and said, "Alice, you've been on the front line for a while, and I haven't had time to talk to you. I happen to have time today, so I'll tell you what I want to tell you. ”

He glanced at Alice, sighed and said: "Half of the women who came to the front line became nurses and followed the troops everywhere, and a few became incumbents, helping officers deal with some papers, and only a very small number of them really went into battle to kill the enemy." It can be said that these girls do not let their eyebrows be shaved, and I am also honored to have such a brave girl as you in my army. ”

"Wren is the hero of our battalion, and it's a blessing to be with him—or rather, with his car. The battalion commander looked into the distance and said with some embarrassment: "Don't live up to God's gift to you......

"Battalion commander, I see!" Alice nodded and said, "I will try not to be a burden to Tank 113! At least, I will not let Ren's blood be shed in vain!"

"It's good that you understand. I hope it won't happen again today. The battalion commander walked out as he spoke: "The ace of the dignified armored corps, the winner of the Iron Cross of Oak Leaves, actually ran to fight the opposing infantry hand-to-hand, you told me what are you doing! Alas, it's really for love......

"......" Alice suddenly had a feeling of wanting to cry without tears: why did she follow Wren out for a spin and think of herself as a Wren woman?

And at this time in the city of Amiens, the supreme commander of the French army was talking on the phone with General de Gaulle in the other direction: "I think that the 9th Army has shed its last drop of blood for France." I now have to think about surrender. On my front, more than half of the infantry of a division has been lost, the defenses on the flanks are in tatters, and all the 40 tanks you have supported me have been lost......"

De Gaulle was also grim-faced on the other side of the phone, and he mobilized tanks several times to clash with the Germans head-on, but they all failed, especially the battle of Pass, which was simply a shame that could not be washed away in his life. He vowed to take Stone, only to be crushed at a small, nameless pass - it was not the huge German armoured forces that stopped him, but only a Leopard tank.

Anyone who confirmed this result would not be in a good mood, and if he later learned that the Leopard tank had now changed its appearance and appeared again in the direction of Amiens, De Gaulle seemed to have an urge to cry - can't you change places? Do you have a grudge against me? How many times? How long have you bullied me like this?

He held the phone, as if he didn't know what to say, and after a long time he muttered: "General, if you surrender in Amiens, it will affect your reputation......"

"I don't want to do this kind of humiliating thing at a time like this, but now I really don't have a choice. If I hadn't made this difficult decision now, tens of thousands of French soldiers would have been wiped out in Amiens. The commander of the 9th Army said with difficulty: "We don't have much ammunition left, and the losses are already unbearable." ”

"You must know! In Belgium, we still have hundreds of thousands of troops! You can't give up at will! The place you are guarding is almost the last passage for the main force of our army to retreat south!" De Gaulle frowned and said: "I am trying to find a way to transfer troops, as long as you hold out for a few more hours, my tanks will attack on the flank of the German army and cover your troops to defend Amiens." ”

"It's too late! General de Gaulle...... More than half of Amiens had already fallen into German hands, and I lost hundreds of soldiers' lives every few minutes. My troops were originally only assembled to defend the flanks, and they lacked ammunition and had not been trained for a long time, and they were able to hold out until now. ”

"Can't you hold out for France for a few more hours?" De Gaulle was already speaking in a pleading tone: "As long as you hold out for a few more hours, I will take over the defense of Amiens, and even if I fight the last man, I will never take a step back! For the sake of France, I would rather die in the city of Amiens!"

"I can only hold out for another hour at most!General de Gaulle, at that time the ammunition will run out, and my troops will not be able to fight the Germans without weapons, so I don't know what you are going to do, but this is all I can do. The commander of the 9th Army finally said.

"Thank you! I thank you on behalf of the French people!" de Gaulle hung up the phone, then looked at his staff officer: "How many troops can we muster? In the vicinity of Amiens! I will go to Amiens myself! Gather as many troops as I can!"

"Your Excellency General! Our several defeats have exhausted our reserve forces, and now our front defense line is full of holes, and the existing forces cannot maintain the security of the entire defense line at all, if we transfer troops again, I am afraid that it will cause the collapse of the entire defense line...... "Even if we disregard the safety of the defense line, we can gather dozens of tanks and about a battalion of infantry." ”

"What? how can there be so little?" De Gaulle looked at his chief of staff in surprise, and then quickly pressed the map with his hand and looked down: "In the vicinity of Amiens, we were covered by enemy special artillery and lost 4 tanks...... Here we were attacked by SS grenadier units, and had to leave a battalion to hold back, what about the 2nd Panzer Company?

"Originally, as a reserve force, the 9 B1 tanks of this company were transferred to the assault force of the Battle of Pass, and at that time our troops were not so insufficient, so the matter of transferring troops did not remind you. The chief of staff said helplessly: "In fact, the troops that can reach Amiens within an hour are only about one company here, and the remaining 7 tanks of the 2nd armored company here." ”

"Then let these troops hurry over! Loot ammunition from neighboring troops nearby! Send it to the 9th Army together! As long as I can hold on for one more hour, I can still reinforce him with a dozen more tanks and 500 soldiers!" De Gaulle hammered the table and said through gritted teeth: "Even if I fill the oil little by little, I will also hold Amiens until General Gammelin goes south!"

Fifty minutes later, a company of infantry and seven tanks that de Gaulle had managed to muster drove into the city of Amiens, and five minutes later, Amiens surrendered, and the commander of the 9th Army shot himself in a basement in Amiens. The French 9th Army, led by the deputy commander, was carrying some units of the French 10th Panzer Corps and surrendered to General Guderian.

Soon, Guderian with a team of reporters entered the ruined city of Amiens, escorted by dozens of German Leopard tanks, where he personally presided over the surrender ceremony of the French defenders, took the flag of the French 9th Army with a smile, and accepted the sword of the dead commander of the 9th Army.

De Gaulle, who received the news of Amiens' surrender, was speechless for a long time, and he evacuated his troops on his line to support Amiens, hoping that Amiens would be able to hold on until General Amiens' attempt to move south was completely shattered, and what awaited him would be a major German attack, and he no longer had any reserves to support his defense.

In the evening, Wren opened his eyes, and the radio in the field hospital echoed Führer Accardo's impassioned speech celebrating the capture of Amiens, the Germans had largely controlled the Anglo-French rear, and General Rommel's troops were only a day's way from the English Channel.