The shell exploded, set off a monstrous wave, flooded and floated, and groups of people swam a little. There were many bodies and broken limbs floating on the river, and the whole Loire River was dyed red with blood.
However, the north of Orleans is not much better than the south. Although it is difficult for the Germans to occupy this place for a while, another more terrible thing has come to people.
The flu broke out on the south bank and finally spread to the north bank.
The former South Bank was forced to withdraw from Orleans because of the outbreak of influenza, but the British and French Coalition forces resolutely occupied the withdrawal area of the Chinese Communist Youth League.
The British and French allied forces have taken various measures to control the flu in the south bank, but things will not be so simple. First, there will be flu in the north, and the world will break out at this time, and Orleans will be very serious; Secondly, there is no way to effectively control the situation that is not conducive to the British and French Coalition forces in the war, especially now.
The flu finally broke out on a large scale in this city, which was even more frightening than the occupation of Orleans by the German team.
Orleans is a mess. There are dead bodies everywhere in the local streets. There is no manpower to clean them up. People will suddenly stop getting up when they walk on the streets.
Allied command decided to give up Orleans.
***
Johnny wore Jim’s boots and followed the Coalition forces out of Orleans, breaking through the German blockade and coming to a small town called Luli, where he met a large number of American troops. Johnny was finally as happy as finding his family.
However, he was not happy for half a day when the bad news came again. They were once again surrounded by Chinese and German troops. This time, they were attacked from front to back, and there was no strong trench or city cover. The situation was even more dangerous.
The town of Luli suddenly became chaotic. The gendarmes tried to maintain order, and some officers tried to encourage the soldiers to reunite and fight again.
A young man in the crowd pulled everyone to Johnny and asked, "Are you Company E of the Second Corps? I have been to E, even I have seen you. Jim is my cousin! "
"I’ve seen you, too. Your name is Paul, isn’t it?" Johnny said, rubbing the soles of his boots with a lot of dirt.
"Great! I can meet acquaintances here!" Paul crowded around Johnny and said happily
Johnny is also very happy that although Paul has met once, it is the only acquaintance here. It is a comfort to have acquaintances around.
"Where’s Jim? Where is he? " Paul asked.
"Lost" Johnny said that he didn’t want to tell Paul that his cousin had died, "but I heard that he had already arrived there …"
Johnny means that being a prisoner here is not a humiliation, but a luxury, so that at least you can live.
"No matter where you go, you can live and go home after the war," Paul said. "At worst, you can cut off two fingers. I heard that it is better for the British to do this than to die."
Amid the commotion, the troops were reorganized by a group of gendarmes and officers, and they were taken out of town one by one to the place where guns roared and flames shone.
Many people were unarmed. Paul was given a small shovel, while Johnny had five rounds without a gun. The temporary company commander said to them, "If you want a gun to go to the battlefield to rob China people, all semi-automatic rifles can shoot ten rounds with one bolt. It’s very good!"
There is a small hill about three kilometers away from the town, where a line of defense can be built to build a trench, but the plan was interrupted by a downpour less than half deep. Many people are pessimistic and unwilling to do these things. If you have the strength, why not run away and hide from China people?
The temporary company commander said, "Run run where to go? The front was also blocked by the Germans. We ran from Tours. Haven’t we run enough? "
No one listened to the officer’s words, and everyone had lost the will to fight, thinking about saving their lives and when the war would end so that they could go home by boat.
Guns are getting closer and closer, and everyone becomes more afraid of the rain. Some people bury their faces in the soil in horror.
"Paul, do you want to go home alive?" Johnny asked.
"Of course," Paul responded.
"We people can’t stop China people."
"That how to do? Wait, we will surrender as soon as they come? " Paul asked, "But I have seen that it is difficult for China people to surrender when they charge."
"When a Chinese comes over and they shoot you, you pretend to be injured, and then I’ll carry you to the battlefield." Johnny said his voice was drowned out by the rain, and Paul couldn’t hear it until he was closest to him.
Paul nodded, which is also a way.
This group of beaten soldiers were drenched with mud and dirty water by rain in a shallow trench on the hill of the American army, and their eyes were wet looking at the front waiting for the China people to appear
China people soon appeared in front of them, and they were scattered far away, but the actual number was not many.
When approaching the defense line, the China people first fired a series of guns and the American soldiers fell down on the hill.
"It’s time, Paul!" Johnny cried
But Paul’s head tilted, and a blood hole appeared in his forehead, and blood flowed out with a trace of hot air.
Paul’s head was exposed too much, and Johnny regretted not telling Paul in advance, so he died, and no one acted with Johnny again.
But Johnny cried sadly and desperately, "Paul, what’s the matter with you? You’re hurt! Oh, my god I’ll carry you to the emergency room! I don’t want to let you bleed to death while waiting for the stretcher. "
In fact, no one paid attention to him. The company commander also died in the first round of attack, but it rained so hard that no one saw it.
Johnny picked up Paul’s body, climbed over the trench and ran towards the town.
Just running to the foot of the mountain, Johnny looked back behind him, and the 3322 American troops followed.
Johnny knows that this may be the only person left who can run. In this way, the Uzbeks and China people can sift out more than half of the bullets.
Johnny simply lost Paul’s body and ran to the town.
Behind them, the shells seemed to scream in front of them, and they flew over in the rain and hit the raindrops, knocking down the running American soldiers.
A group of China people came around the hill road, while another group of China people have already crossed the hill. Just as the waves crossed the beach, those castles made of sand were washed away in an instant, so the temporary defense line set up by the US military was rushed across without success.
Running into the street of the town, a soldier fell into the street looking very young. When he saw Johnny with a low hum, he begged that his tibia had been shattered by shrapnel, hoping that Johnny would take him to the emergency room.
Johnny comforted him and said, "The child has no first aid. If he wants to save the wounded, he can go to the field hospital of the Chinese team. They will come soon."
"You’re saved because of this, kid. You’re injured. China won’t shoot you. Don’t resist if you have no weapons in your hand."
"I still want to be like you. I don’t know how long it will take to finish this battle," Johnny said, leaving the soldier running quickly to the town.
Compared with this soldier, Johnny feels even more pitiful. This soldier’s war is over and he doesn’t know the way ahead. During this time, he has been running from Tours to here, and he doesn’t know when it will be an end.
The town is in more chaos, and the streets are full of people screaming like flies, and Johnny doesn’t know what to do. He has a belief in his heart that he is far from here and China, and he will cross the town to Ann. Although he doesn’t know where to live, it’s always right to stay away from China.
A soldier saw Johnny and ran with him. One followed by the second, the third and the fourth … Soon Johnny pulled up a long-distance running team and ran along the street to another exit in the town.
Leather shoes stepping on the streets, stone slabs and rain crackling in succession, and the scene is also spectacular.
However, a group of figures appeared across the street, and their vigorous figures and orange flames sprayed from the muzzle were familiar to Johnny, but this is the scene that often appears in nightmares these days.
Johnny’s galloping inertia made his huge body make a loud noise like hitting the street.
The bullet flew past him and hit the person behind him.
A thin body fell on Johnny’s side, and the blood trickled out of his chest like a small stream. He looked at Johnny as if to ask where we were going.
Johnny felt a pain in his heart. I don’t know if it was sadness or bullet. He wanted to reach out and touch it, but his palm was out of control, as if his body had lost all his strength.
Blood flows along the rain, and the streets are red, unlike people in the river, where blood is mixed with mud and rain, and the color is dark yellow.
China people came running through the rain, and the sound was very clear. They were in a very happy mood and their expressions were very relaxed.
"Maybe it’s time to end!" Johnny said to himself in his heart
A China soldier passed by Johnny and saw a pair of beautiful boots on his feet, so he took them off to change the ground for himself.
"Just right, just right," Johnny said to himself before he breathed his last breath.
A flash flashed from Johnny’s pocket. The soldier turned around and took out two beautiful pocket watches from Johnny’s body, shaking a few times in front of Johnny.
"This is Jim and the other is the lieutenant. Please give it to their relatives!" Johnny swallowed his last breath to be continued.
Chapter 444 Chips
(Asking for a monthly ticket with a ticket brother to help recommend the ticket is also ok. Thank you! )
The battle of Orleans has ended perfectly. When Zhang Yiping returned to the headquarters in Youbian Township, Loire River, it was already in the autumn of 1991. If it is possible to isolate the outside world, we should try our best to isolate it.
Jiang Fangzhen and Qu Weiqing greeted each other out of Jianli. After the noise, Qu Weiqing said, "The commander-in-chief didn’t fight with the chief of staff, who is called’ Radish Silk’. It really surprised me. It seems that the commander-in-chief is really a gentleman."
"Who said no? But I won’t tell others. "Zhang Yiping shrugged and said," Gentlemen often fight, but they are called duels! "
"ah! You really had a fight with’ radish’? " Quweiqing asked in surprise