Chapter 148 Surrender (first update, please subscribe)
The northeast corner of Bastogne is the Jacques Forest. In the past ten days, the fiercest fighting has been taking place here.
The fighting here seems primitive, with only gun-on-gun shooting and the occasional sporadic shelling.
On the tenth day of the battle, the ammunition in the hands of both the German army and the task force was becoming increasingly scarce.
At night, the wind and snow stopped in the evening. With the reflection of the snow, Wang Xiong, lying in the foxhole, carefully exposed half of his head and observed the movement in the forest. Although the thick snow will slow down the German offensive, the German soldiers wearing white smocks are often difficult to detect when marching in the snow.
In the past few days, they had repelled German attacks in this forest again and again.
No bunkers, just foxholes.
There was no stove for heating, just snowflakes picked up by the wind and falling into the foxholes.
"Come, scholar, warm your feet."
The veteran opened his clothes and let Wang Xiong put his feet into his clothes. In the past few days, they kept each other warm like this. I didn't freeze my toes off.
"Brother, we are scholars. We have studied in a normal school for several years..."
"Teacher, we are scholars. When we stop fighting in the future, let me learn to read from you..."< br>
The wind and snow condensed on the veteran's beard. As he spoke, the veteran took out half a box of Camel cigarettes from his pocket, lit a fire, lit the cigarette, took two puffs, and handed it to Wang Xiong.
“Come, scholar, take a sip.”
The forest and snow fields at night were tightly wrapped in darkness, and the whole world was silent. On the white snow fields, some were broken by the explosion. The trees stood there alone.
"Brother, I remember you are not married."
"When the war is over, I will definitely be able to find a wife. We have 25 dollars a month. I have been a soldier for half my life, and I have been with the commander. , I have been with the chief, that is to say, this is the only way to earn military pay. "In the past, not to mention military pay, I was able to have a full stomach because of the mercy of the commander..."
The veterans are actually not old, but compared with other people in the special task force, the veterans who served as soldiers before the Anti-Japanese War had enough food. He is already very old, and he has a beard all over his face. So many people in the task force called him Veteran, even the captain also called him Veteran, and they even forgot his name.
From the day he arrived in North Africa, the veteran was very happy. Not to mention the military pay given by the team, he could eat meat every day and be full every meal.
“Now, these days are comfortable, braised pork is roasted every day, and my daughter is red every day. How can this be a human life!”
This is the life of a fairy!
All this makes the veteran feel very comfortable, unprecedentedly comfortable.
Even if you die, it will be worth it...
However, everyone has a thought. In the past, the veteran never thought about it, but now, he really thought about it.
But the veteran knows that there are some things that he cannot think about. The more you think about it, the more likely it is that something will happen.
"Maybe it will be soon!"
Thinking about the brothers being surrounded, the veteran murmured in his heart, what is so fast? He himself couldn't explain clearly, but he felt that everything was about to end. .
"Waiting for the future..."
What will you do in the future?
Marry a wife and have several children. Live a peaceful life for the rest of your life.
Well, there is also the matter of working in a company.
In the past, the veteran didn't think much about it, just serving as a soldier and eating food. However, now after so many days of sharing life and death, he has truly found a sense of belonging here.
This sense of belonging is not something that any team has given him in the past. Being here feels like home.
Home!
It’s just home.
That Chief Li is a really nice person and treats others kindly. As long as I can stay with Chief Li for the rest of my life, what else is there for me to do?
Thinking of this, the veteran took another puff of cigarette. At this moment, the snowflakes blown in by the wind fell on the cigarette butt, and then melted again.
Looking at Wang Xiong who was sleeping sleepily, the veteran smiled.
Let this kid squint for a while.
Then the veteran popped out half of his head and looked at the cold snowfield. He did not dare to be careless at all. After all, the Germans had launched many night attacks in the past few days.
The treetops whistled in the mountain wind, and the wind swept the snowflakes on the ground, making everything in the forest become misty.
Very quiet!
There seemed to be something wrong. Some kind of intuition made the veteran pick up the STG44, patted Wang Xiong gently, and after he woke up, he motioned for him to stop talking and whispered.
"Flag gun."
When Wang Xiong took out the flare gun, the veteran held the gun and aimed forward. With a gunshot, the flare dragged the fire dragon into the air. The white light emitted, reflected by the ice and snow, illuminated the snowfield brightly. Among the flying snowflakes in the snowfield, hundreds of vague white figures were immediately exposed.
"German!" Shouts and gunshots rang out in the forest. Red and green tracer bullets whizzed through the dark night with beautiful trajectories. Soon the snowfield was dyed red, and everywhere in the snow It was a German corpse.
……
5 kilometers south of Bastogne, Zhao Le of the third search team was standing in the basement of a remote farm watching the road leading to Arlon's highway, he holds a camel in his mouth - this is the supplies dropped by yesterday.
It must be said that the Yankees are very wealthy. The airdropped supplies include not only ammunition, K rations and medicines, but also camel cigarettes and even condoms.
Really, what do you think we are?
However, the Belgian girl from Bastogne is indeed very beautiful, just like the daughter of the farm owner, with her blue eyes, not to mention sultry, and passionate, all she needs is a chocolate bar. .
Wait a while, if you have time, you can go and chat with the farm family’s daughter.
It was just a simple chat and treating the girl to some chocolate. As for the other things, we really didn’t think about it that much...
While Zhao Le was thinking about it, he Four figures were seen walking along the road from the south, holding what appeared to be white flags made of sheets and poles. These four are German. He picked up the phone and called his commander Wang Shujie:
"Captain, four Germans are coming towards us, holding white flags in their hands, as if they are here to surrender."
Zhao Le called two people to meet the Germans together. A captain from the other side came forward. He was not tall, but very stocky. He also wore a military doctor's armband on his arm.
“We are here to negotiate.”
He said carefully in English,
“I speak German.”
Zhao Le said in somewhat stiff German.
“Let’s talk in German,”
“Sir, do you have food and medicine?”
The military doctor looked at these Chinese people expectantly. The reason why we chose to surrender was because the troops had been without food for two days. Some people had frozen to death last night. If they did not surrender, everyone would freeze to death in the forest.
“Don’t worry, we will definitely not be hungry.”
Dozens of minutes later, a group of German soldiers wearing white camouflage uniforms walked out of the forest. They threw their guns to the designated place, then raised their hands, nervously and expectantly looking at the enemy who had been surrounded by them for more than ten days. .
“Do you know what is the most ridiculous thing in this world?”
Looking at these teenagers, most of whom are only fifteen or sixteen years old, with their faces covered with frostbite, they look like they have no trace of anything. Wang Shujie turned around and asked.
“The people who are surrounded eat hot pot and sing songs every day, while the ten people who are surrounded share a piece of bread!”
After saying these words, Wang Shujie walked to a place to watch. A young soldier who looked less than 16 years old. The kid was terrified, and when the officer stepped in front of him, he instinctively tapped the target and stretched out his right arm.
"HI..."
Before the words were spoken, the boy became even more frightened. He saw the enemy officer seemed to be preparing to take something with his right hand. Just when everyone thought that the officer wanted to pull out his pistol, they couldn't bear it. When he turned his head, the officer took out a chocolate bar.
“Let’s eat something first.”
Looking at the young man in front of him, Wang Shujie thought of the child soldiers in the domestic army. Although they were young, they also fought in the war. The enemy serves the country.
In fact, the task force members did not have any ill feelings towards these Germans. Even when facing the SS, they did not feel anything. After all, they had not had any contact with them in the past.
It is precisely because of this that I sympathize more with these young children. If there was no war, these children would be reading books in school and enjoying themselves at the knees of their parents.
"Thank you, thank you..."
The hungry boy took it without hesitation. After Wang Shujie turned his back, the boy immediately shared the chocolate with his friends. The other team members looked at these teenagers and silently took out chocolates and handed them to them.
Soon, there was a burst of laughter. For young children, happiness is sometimes so simple, and the military doctor who led the children to surrender expressed his gratitude again and again.
Who would have thought that two groups of people who were fighting each other just a few hours ago would ease their relationship just by relying on chocolate.
Even looking at them looking cold and hungry, Wang Shijie ordered the cooking team to prepare a hot pot for them - hot pot made of Spam luncheon meat, of course.
It has to be said that for these German teenagers who have been hungry for several days in the ice and snow, there is nothing more delicious than this hot pot meal.
Even decades later, when they get together again, they will still talk with words of gratitude about the good treatment they received here, and of course the sumptuous hot pot meal.
While the children were enjoying hot pot made with luncheon meat and feeling the warmth brought by eating hot pot in winter, Wang Shijie looked outside the defense line.
Now that the enemy in front of his defensive area has surrendered, does that mean that the German siege is being broken?
Does this mean they have successfully surrounded the city?
Thinking of this, Wang Shijie smiled on his face.
Fortunately, this is all coming to an end.
Bastogne is an indispensable transition and a prerequisite for traveling to Borneo. It will be back to the main story soon, well, I should say back to Borneo. With the Battle of Bastogne, the protagonist and his troops have the opportunity to return to Bastogne early.
(End of this chapter)