my battlefield my company

Chapter 218 Back view ([-])

The further north you go in the United States, the colder it gets.

At ten o'clock in the morning, E Company, Independent Company, and 116th Infantry Company set off on time, with each company about a mile apart.

Every soldier set out with all his gear and weapons on his back.No bullets.

Since the Japanese army created military miracles, they all carried their own weapons and supplies along the way, so, to be fair, these three companies also brought all their own family fortunes.

Soldiers with rifles are fine on the march, but mortar squads and soldiers with machine guns have a tougher job.

So Yan Zhi ordered, mortars and machine guns, and the soldiers of the whole company took turns to move forward with heavy loads.

This time, the route Colonel Xin Ke chose for the three companies was 118 miles long, many of which were country dirt roads, and the march was relatively difficult.

Considering that it would be useless if there were too many teams, Lieutenant General Dylan Poehler only sent the 116th Infantry Company, Independent Company, and E Company. They are the leaders in the McCall military training base.

Not long after we set off, light snow fell in the sky. Half an hour later, the whole world in the eyes of the soldiers was covered with silver light.

Fortunately, the supply strength of the United States is strong. Before departure, the military supply department prepared everything for the soldiers.

Marching with American troops in the United States, this feeling is mixed. Everything is peaceful and peaceful here, but the motherland of the independent company is seeking to survive under the rumbling artillery fire. The motherland has their relatives and friends, and I don’t know if everything is all right.

After walking for another half an hour, the sky began to rain lightly. After a while, the white world became misty and rainy, and the road became smooth and muddy, which brought a lot of trouble to the soldiers. , Soldiers continued to wrestle on the oily road.

I don't know if the Japanese were doing it in such a harsh climate when they created such an excellent marching record.

There was light rain and light snow in the sky, and the independent company could vaguely see the E company marching on their left.

The 116th Infantry Company marched to the left of E Company, and they and the Chinese Independent Company could not see each other.

The soldiers were walking on the clay road, stumbled and rushed forward on the slippery road. There was mud all over their shoes, pants, and even their clothes. Everyone was cursing the damn weather in their mouths. Curse this damn war in my heart.

In this march, Fang You will be the first to lead the front. He will advance forward with Ma Ben, Xu Zheyou, Wu Zhonghua, and Fan Xiaosi in turn.

Because Zhao Fugui, the leader of the first row, is injured, Fan Xiaosi is temporarily acting as a substitute for the first row.

Fan Xiaosi's ruthlessness ranks first in the independent company, just like Yan Zhi often said to the soldiers, training, marching, and fighting on the battlefield, it is not enough to be brave, not only brave, but also brains. And you have to be patient!

Fan Xiaosi is that kind of patient soldier, with a temperament of not admitting defeat and not being beaten to death.

There seems to be a potential and tacit understanding between E Company and the Independent Company, that is, the Independent Company has always been a forward company, and E Company silently followed to save energy.

Before departure, Yan Zhi held a mobilization meeting for the whole company. If we can help E company successfully break the marching record set by the Japanese, then President Roosevelt will donate another 1000 million US dollars in materials to our country to help us The Anti-Japanese War, for our domestic compatriots in dire straits, is undoubtedly a timely help.

So this time, my independent company will go all out to assist E company and break the Japanese marching record.

The soldiers walked for most of the day, although it was raining and windy, but this bit of suffering was nothing to them at all. Compared with the soldiers in the country who are now fighting bloody battles under artillery fire, they are now in heaven. Lucky.

As far as the difficulty of this kind of march is concerned, it is far worse than the long-distance raid on Inserting Wing Valley.

When it was completely dark that day, the light rain and snow stopped, and the sky began to blow windy, and it didn't take long for the light rain and snow to come again.

The biting cold wind cut the faces of the soldiers like knives. Fortunately, they had warm military uniforms and trousers, and leather boots that did not soak in water.

By eleven o'clock in the morning, the independent company had marched 45 miles, leaving the E company two kilometers away.

Although the soldiers of E Company were outstanding, they seldom suffered in such weather, so they were left behind by the independent company that took bad weather as a routine.

However, the momentum of the independent company still greatly inspired the fighting spirit of all the people in the E company, and they clung to the independent company.

Winters knew that if the independent company hadn't led the way, the E company would not have achieved the current results. In this view, Sobel agreed with him surprisingly.

Wu Zhonghua and Xu Zheyou chose the back of a hill as a campsite, and everyone will spend the night here to recover their strength.

There are no trees, no shelter of any kind, the temperature drops to 21 degrees Fahrenheit, and since there is no fire, there is no way to use a marching pot to boil everyone a bowl of hot water to keep warm, and everyone can only eat butter and jam. bread, but this is already very rich for the soldiers of the independent company. In China, when they marched and fought in winter, their clothes were soaked and frozen. Hard buns, several people huddled together to keep warm, where is there a marching tent that can shelter from the wind and rain.

Company E arrived 10 to 500 minutes later than the Independent Company, and camped about [-] meters away from the Independent Company. They did not light a fire, and the soldiers fell asleep after eating something.

Although the officers and soldiers of E Company were strong-willed and able to endure hardships, it was the first time for them to march in such a bad weather.

The 116th Infantry Company arrived half an hour later than the E Company. The last time they competed with the Independent Company at Kolasi Mountain, they were too advanced and lost a complete defeat, so this time they deliberately ran last to save energy.

At four o'clock in the morning, the assembly number of the independent company sounded.

The assembly number of the independent company had just blown, and the E company was also forced to blow the assembly number.

The soldiers of Company E cursed one after another, why the damn assembly number was not lost on the road.

The soldiers of the 116th Infantry Company felt that they were called up again just as soon as they lay down, so they all complained!

After waking up, the soldiers climbed out of their tents and found that the light rain and snow had stopped, but everything in front of them was covered with a thick layer of frost. Rifles, mortars, and machine guns were all frozen on the ground, and it took a lot of effort. It takes strength to pick it up.

The soldiers of Company E were a bit procrastinated, and it was probably the first time they had suffered so much. The soldiers complained non-stop until Sobel blew his whistle, took a drill stick and knocked a few soldiers on the buttocks symbolically. , everyone set off.

The soldiers of Company E were surprised, when did Sobel become kind?In the old days, he would have picked out the loudest of them and dug the damn six-foot hole.

The soldiers all wondered whether they would still use Sobel's hidden gun when they went to the battlefield.

(End of this chapter)