Chapter Thirty-Six: Into the City in Search of Good Food
By the time Li Jing's 14th Panzer Division approached the city of Agram, the defenders of Agram had already given up resistance and fled south, so the German army took over the city without incident, and it is said that thousands of Croats poured into the streets to welcome the arrival of the German army.
Li Jing vaguely remembers that this seemed to be due to the vigorous incitement of the propaganda apparatus of the German Empire. The Union State of Yugoslavia was by this time torn apart by ethnic antagonism, and the Slovenes and Croats in the country did not have much affection for the Serb-dominated regime, let alone worked for it, because the regime had always treated them as second-class citizens.
In the camp, he took Randall to find the battalion commander Lieutenant Colonel Mance, and after the successful handover of the command headquarters, the two came to the temporary stationing point of the team, announcing the news that the team could move freely tonight, causing a group of young people to cheer, especially the monkeys, who had already called friends and beckoned everyone to prepare to leave for the city.
Half of the camp needs to be guarded, and everyone can take turns to enter the city, and they are not allowed to carry weapons and equipment, and they need to wear regular clothes.
The team led by Li Jing can enter the city tonight until noon tomorrow, and must come back to guard before 12 noon tomorrow to replace the other half of the personnel to go to the city.
Li Jing was not interested in these things, and he was quite tired at the end of the day, and he wanted to take a good rest, but when he mentioned the food provided by the camp logistics, his empty stomach was still nauseous, and it was not as delicious as field dry food!
Thinking that he should be able to find some decent food in the city, and Randall has been pulling the hospitality, Li Jing also borrowed a donkey to climb into a borrowed truck, most of the carriages are young people who have changed into regular clothes, talking and laughing and looking forward to the food and wine in the city, it seems that everyone has a great opinion on the food in the army.
There were people who knew and those who didn't know each other in the carriage, and the monkey sat in the innermost part of the carriage, hugging the shoulder of the gunner of car No. 403 as if he was called Pol, and the two whispered and laughed with obscene expressions.
Li Jing and Randall greeted the people they knew in the carriage with smiles on their faces, and then sat at the back of the carriage, and soon after the truck started and slowly drove towards the city.
It was already past nine o'clock in the evening, and most of the city was pitch black, with the outlines of large buildings in the darkness, empty of people and light, and occasionally bands of soldiers patrolling the empty streets with dim street lamps.
You can see the neon flashes in the center of the city from afar, from time to time there are vehicles driving there, and when it is closer, there is a burst of noise in the ears, many people in the carriage can't help but stand up, hook their heads and look forward, Li Jing estimates, this should be the only place to have fun today, after all, it is the city that has just been occupied, although the Croatians in the city are very enthusiastic, I heard that there was a decent welcome ceremony before, but think about it and know that it is still impossible to fully open up.
The truck came to the center of the street not far has been unable to drive, there are too many people, no choice but to pull over, the people in the carriage jumped out of the carriage one by one, look around, except for a small number of German soldiers in military uniforms, there are all kinds of costumed citizens, Li Jing wonders if the whole city people have gathered here.
In the hustle and bustle, the monkey excitedly took the lead in squeezing into the crowd, for the monkey this kind of thing is skillful, the road is very lively, from time to time there are celebratory citizens come to pull the team of friends to dance, even Li Jing was pulled to the side by a beautiful citizen to twist a few times to celebrate.
As the little friends in the team were pulled away by enthusiastic citizens from time to time, Li Jing and Randall politely refused the invitation of a few enthusiastic citizens, and the rest of the people finally squeezed to the door of a slightly larger bar, which was a three-story building, with neon lights flashing on the bar sign, and it was very lively inside, and the sound of coaxing inside was heard before entering.
After counting the number of people, there were only six people left all the way over, and even Randall laughed and scolded 'no use', but fortunately, the Croats in this city had a high degree of recognition of the German soldiers, which if it was in other cities that had just been occupied, it would be a serious battle damage.
Among the six people, except for Li Jing, Monkey, and Randall, the remaining three people are all members of the No. 1 tank destroyer team.
With a loud cry of monkeys, everyone cheered and poured into the door of the bar, and when they entered the bar, it was a lively scene, crowded in the dim light, the smell of cigarettes and alcohol wafted everywhere in the air, and near a small stage inside, a middle-aged man in a tuxedo was playing the accordion, and the slow and moving music of the accordion could occasionally be heard in the hustle and bustle.
The business of the bar seems to be very good, and it is full of well-dressed men and women, and of course more often German soldiers in regular clothes, even in times of war, which still cannot stop these people from enjoying a luxurious life.
There was loud laughter and shouts of cheers and toasts from time to time in the bar, and as someone shouted "Cheers", the sound of clinking glasses was constantly ringing.
The monkey soon found a slightly larger table in the corner, beckoned everyone to take a seat, and then beckoned a young waiter: "Give each of us a big glass of beer and some more to eat!" ”
As he spoke, he handed over a banknote, and touched the beautiful waiter's little hand by the way: "The food should be richer, and the rest will be your tip!" ”
The waiter took the banknote with a slightly red face, nodded yes, and then turned around and walked to the bar, wearing a black and white waiter's uniform to express the girl's youthful atmosphere, especially the snow-white slender legs under the short skirt, I don't know how many boys have become a dream.
Looking at the eyes of a table of animals moving with those two legs, Li Jing coughed unnaturally twice: "Cough!" Cough! That's enough, don't bare your eyes out again. ”
Everyone reacted, and their faces were a little unnatural at first, but as the monkey squeezed their eyebrows and laughed a few words, everyone quickly let go, and began to laugh loudly, boasting about how they were on the way, their mouths were like laying tracks, and the small train was running whizzing, especially when there were beautiful women passing by, the voice was louder than the other, and they boasted as if it would not have been possible to go so smoothly without their own words along the way.