Hardcore ruthless starts in the Pacific

"Yes, I'm sure of that."

Therefore, Lieutenant Colonel Haldane couldn't help asking: "If the country loses... the workers, wouldn't it be that everything would be lost?"

"That's why the question you're thinking about now arises." Ivan lit a cigarette and said with a smile, "Why are so many people willing to die for being able to defeat the invincible German guy? Purely by order, by harshness, by High pressure will not work. The Soviet Union has made many mistakes on this road. It is just because she is the first alliance formed by ideology, so those mistakes are easily magnified infinitely by those who are interested. On the contrary, the turmoil in capitalist countries , mistakes, but because they have been done before, they are ignored or even taken for granted.”

"Like the Great Depression? The economic crisis before the Civil War?"

The Ukrainian famine did starve to death, and it should be blamed. After all, man-made disasters were the main culprit, but it does not mean that under the Great Depression, which was also caused by man-made disasters at the same time, everyone could have enough to eat and not be starved to death.

It is said that the economic crisis is cyclical, and there are historical harbingers that cannot be avoided, so it is normal for people to starve to death during this period, and there is no way, and then when it comes to the famine in the Soviet Union, it is caught in various ways. Ivan always feels that the person who said this is out of his mind There are more or less problems... Yes, yes, the famine that caused great social turmoil should be sprayed, but why also caused great social turmoil The famine caused by the economic crisis caused by the insatiable greed of capitalists, There is no way, is it normal?

From the establishment of Soviet Russia to the Great Famine in Ukraine, this ideology has only stood in the European continent for more than ten years. They have no historical lessons to learn from, and they don’t make any mistakes when crossing the river by feeling the stones. What kind of fairy politicians are they?

The mistakes of the country under the framework of capitalism are called normal, habitual, and periodic laws, and the mistakes under Communism are called barbarism, bloodthirsty, exploitation, and massacre?

Of course, Ivan didn’t feel that there should be a famine after the victory of the Great Patriotic War. Compared with the Ukrainian famine, the problem of man-made disasters was actually bigger, because the Soviet authorities turned a blind eye to natural disasters after the war and expropriated food.

During this period, the Soviet Union had not yet turned from communism during the war, and because of the victory and the international period, the loving father failed to be realistic about domestic problems, and blindly believed that the pre-war rural collectivization movement could solve all problems.

In the final analysis, he still didn't pay attention to the words "seeking truth from facts". The loving father at this moment is no longer a dozen years ago when he rushed to the Tsaritsyn region in times of crisis, and finally changed the name of Volgograd to Stalingrad. leaders.

But you can’t obliterate the achievements of the loving father because of these things. Huaxia Kangmi, led by the teacher, suffered a lot from the loving father. He almost died a few times before. Tito quasi-hat, even if this is the teacher, he always firmly believes that the father is 7 points of credit and 3 points of fault.

This is by no means a personal subjective consciousness, but a real objective consciousness that a true communist should have.

"Don't the chiefs think it's too perverse? I don't understand what those people who have absolute confidence in the American system are afraid of."

"Yes, I was afraid, so I launched a war." The country bumpkin said with certainty.

It seems that the two officers have been learning and reflecting all the time during their 6 years of military career. They have been concerned about when the war will end and how to reduce casualties during the war from the very beginning, and have risen to ideology, ideology, and system. aspect.

This may be because it is inevitable that officers at the battalion level need to be involved in things that have been edified by politics, but it is undeniable that the two mid-level officers who completely violated the essence of Yingjiang's thinking opened a new door for themselves.

They were able to realize that this war was unnecessary and meaningless, and then came to Ivan to discuss their views, and gradually came to understand.

In the war that is about to break out, who will lose and who will win.

Those who will win are capitalists, politicians, mid-level and high-level generals, and those who will lose are the soldiers at the bottom... They have come up step by step from the bottom. The most unacceptable thing is the soldiers who are going to die, except for the so-called "honor" Other than that, nothing was gained.

What is really wrong is not the soldiers at the bottom, but the damned few who are eager for more benefits from the top to the middle.

The best thing these guys can do is to tell the world your mistakes and problems with a magnifying glass, and then cover your strengths and abilities with a black cloth... For capitalists who have developed and accumulated over the years, this It is already a rare and common behavior like drinking water, and it is even about to be promoted as a universal value.

"what should we do?"

Now that it is clear that this war is not necessary at all, after obtaining what kind of country the Soviet Union is from Ivan, the two Yankees do not yearn for it but feel that the United States definitely has a non-war method to fight the Red Alliance-we have commodity types The easiest way to win is to seize this advantage and keep the treatment of workers at the same level as the Soviet Union. War should be the last resort, not the best.

On the contrary, direct war to deter them is a manifestation of lack of confidence in the system.In fact, the United States did not realize this until it was deeply mired in the Vietnam War, and began to shrink the global strategy to revitalize the economy, just in time for the Soviet Union to make a big death.

So in the 21st century, American workers still miss the golden age of the 80s.

"I will retire." Ivan said, "I don't want to participate in such a war that is coerced by the self-interest of capitalists, military enterprises, and generals."

It sounds like a free retirement, but it must be a certainty.

What was the group of people in the command during the Battle of Peleliu Island? Now the personnel may have changed, but the core idea has never changed, and the historical lessons about their own interests will be kept in mind.

It is enough for the Company of Heroes to have a form of honor, and if there are guys who fight against the command all day long, how can the war go on?

Hearing Yiwen's suggestion, the cannon king and the country bumpkin fell into deep thought.

"I want to ask the officers, what is the reason for insisting on being in the army?" Ivan could feel the entanglement when he saw their expressions.

It is not the greed for existing power and status.

"Emotion." Lieutenant Colonel Haldane said, "I remember the name of every officer in my battalion, including the squad leader and deputy squad leader. They all respect and love me."

"Fuck!"

Ivan couldn't help cursing, "I used to think that the memory of the officer is terrible, but now it shocks me even more."

Just memorizing the names of the battalion officers and the platoon leader below is considered an excellent battalion commander. If you can remember the name of the squad leader/deputy squad leader, then it is impossible to do it without any talent.

As for remembering the name of the whole battalion... a marine battalion with nearly 1000 people can only be done by a god.

"I retired, what should they do?"

Being entangled in this matter means that Lieutenant Colonel Haldane can hardly let go of his cherished subordinates. Six years have passed, and his voice has never recovered after becoming hoarse, but his temper and ideas have never been different. Change.

The gun king is still the same gun king, there is no difference between him with the rank of captain and the rank of lieutenant colonel.

"I think it will be happier to avoid wars that shouldn't happen earlier than to see my cherished subordinates die meaninglessly on the battlefield." Ivan tried hard to persuade.

The American army is invincible as long as it lands, and it can do whatever it wants on that land. It is impossible for any army in the world to defeat the American army that has undergone the baptism of World War II. as simple as that.

Ivan didn't want his comrades who fought with him to fight against the crazy little devil to go to that battlefield, become a weight in the hands of generals and politicians, accompany MacArthur to go crazy, and die so bleakly and tragically.

There was a long silence in the dormitory, sometimes picking up the wine glass and sometimes putting it down, the gun king and the country bumpkin were struggling in their hearts, after all, they were not professional soldiers in the traditional sense.

Lieutenant Colonel Haldane was worried about his subordinates who were about to go to the Korean Peninsula, but he agreed with what Ivan said.

After about 5 minutes, the country bumpkin drank the whiskey in the glass.

When the bottom of the glass fell hard on the table and made a crisp sound, he said decisively: "Sir, I will choose to retire."

This decision was not made on the spur of the moment.

When World War II ended and Captain Eddie evacuated Okinawa with more than two-thirds of his troops killed or killed, he never wanted to be in the military again.

Obviously, when he was in Peleliu Island, the number of casualties of K Company was 1.7 times that of the original establishment, but he was not as disappointed as he was after the battle of Okinawa. If he hadn't been transferred to the 1st Marine Regiment The 1st Battalion served as the adjutant to the acting battalion commander, Major Haldane, and he would never stay in the army for even one more day.

He also runs the army and trains like a cannon king, and treats the soldiers, officers, and non-commissioned officers under his command as relatives. For this reason, the strictness of training can even be described as abnormal, but none of his subordinates hate him, it is Because what the country bumpkin did was not for his own merits, but just to keep his subordinates on the battlefield alive and usher in victory alive.

The country bumpkin wanted to avoid the meaningless death of any soldier, but the battle of Okinawa almost broke his spirit.

There are too few things that one person can carry, and many nights he misses the time when he was still in K Company.

If Company K had not been dismantled, how could the Battle of Okinawa be so painful and tragic.

"I wanted to leave the military very early on."

Probably because he had made up his mind, the country bumpkin said what he had kept in his heart for many years, "Sir, we will never be able to replicate the glory of K Company again. War is glorified into justice, and when we discover this, going to war will only usher in pain and suffering again and again.”

"If the enemies on the Korean peninsula are little devils, then I have nothing to say, but did the North Koreans do anything wrong? On the contrary, they were oppressed and bullied by Japan, just because it was a country established by communism? So just Going to beat them? Does freedom mean American freedom? As I said before, this system is not a scourge promoted by the media, and the people on this peninsula are originally a unified nation. He was the lackey of the Japanese during World War I!"

The most unacceptable thing for hillbillies is the leader of South Korea. Because of his closeness to the United States, everything in the past has disappeared.

In fact, quite a few Yankees are angry about the fact that Hirohito is not a war criminal. You must know that the propaganda machine of the United States has continuously thrown the war issue to [Hideki Tojo] since the beginning of the Pacific War. However, the American people strongly demand a trial The locust shows that Yankees in this period did not only listen to the media with both ears.

It can even be said that the outbreak of the Korean War was a shock to the American people... because from 1945 to 1950, it was the most comfortable time in American history. People bought cars, played baseball, and indulged in entertainment activities. , I don’t want to worry about national affairs anymore, and then the Korean War dragged down all these good things, but at the beginning, people didn’t think that the war would end very slowly, and the previous life would still come back.

Then it lasted for three years, and in the middle and late stages, we saw and saw repeatedly for several hills. The amount of ammunition by Van Vleet made Japan's military industry flourish, and it miraculously completed the post-war economic recovery. The price was so heavy that Truman's approval ratings fell to rock bottom, yet the guy insisted that it was nothing more than a "police operation".

"Sir, just follow me and don't participate in this meaningless war." The country bumpkin persuaded.

Leaving the army does not mean that there are other things to do. The United States is such a big country. Not to mention finding a job, even if you can dig a field in the countryside and become a farmer, it is more comfortable than staying in the army.

However, the more he persuaded him, the more determined he was for Lieutenant Colonel Haldane.

To be precise, only one of the cannon king and the redneck can be discharged from the army, and often only the redneck can be determined to retire.

"Eddie... I'm sorry, but I can't retire." He said, "I can't let go of my brothers. They are not just subordinates. They are my everything and the meaning of my life."

When a man's will is strengthened, no one can persuade him.

Ivan stopped talking, just poured wine for the officer.

Maybe this time we parted, we will see each other forever... Lieutenant Colonel Haldane is not an ordinary U.S. military lieutenant colonel, he will not be the first to run when danger comes, and he will be the first one One, this is a problem that has never been corrected since the Battle of Peleliu Island. It’s just that at that time, there were Ivan, a country bumpkin, an old gun, and... many officers who loved him joined forces to force him to stay. in the command post.

Can the officers in the 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, still be like the officers from Company K?

Don't know, no one knows.

When the clip entered the next one, Ivan had officially retired from the military academy, and with him was Major Eddie, the deputy commander of the 1st Battalion, 1st Battalion, 1st Regiment, [-]st Division, American Marine Corps.

After a period of time, the country bumpkin who had retired from the army and returned to the countryside as a happy farmer found Ivan and told him that Lieutenant Colonel Haldane died in the Changjin Lake area.

"According to the information I got, he was first injured by a mortar shell, and then insisted on taking his subordinates to fight after simple treatment. The next day, a plane came to pick him up on the medical ship, but he was injured on the way because of the extreme cold. The weather treatment was ineffective and died."

91. The Battle of Peleliu Island ends

In the winter of this year, there was a considerable number of non-combat attrition in the Changjin Lake area. With the crazy logistical support of the US military, more than 7000 people were killed or injured due to the cold. It can be seen that the 9th Corps of the Volunteer Army fought well. How hard.

"It's the path he chose and we tried our best."

Ivan didn't know if he had said a few more words at the end of the Battle of Peleliu Island and advised him to retire after the war, would such a tragedy have happened.

It is also hard for the gods to expect that after the "Company of Heroes" has only a vague name but no real flesh and blood, Captain Haldane can still insist on staying in the army.

The 1st Battalion of the 1st Marine Regiment was disabled in [Operation Stalemate]. His mission to this battalion was to reorganize and train new recruits. If someone came along and took the fruits of his painstaking efforts, he would probably retire directly, but It just didn't happen.

Since the superiors chose to let Lieutenant Colonel Haldane take on the duties of the battalion commander of this battalion, he has been unable to leave the soldiers he has personally trained.

If he leaves, then he won't be called Haldane, and he won't be called "Cannon King" as everyone likes to call him.

In the end, he could only follow the order and lead the troops to the Korean peninsula, where many Yankees are very unfamiliar, and listen to the generals above bragging about fighting a self-righteous war.

Expecting a good ending in the war is tantamount to wishful thinking.

Lieutenant Colonel Haldane's ending like this was actually destined... Ivan changed his fate and prevented him from dying in the Battle of Peleliu Island, but he would still die on the battlefield for the sake of his subordinates .

In the eyes of the brothers of Company K, this was not a very good fate, but the moment he died...maybe it was also a kind of relief, because he cared too much and cherished all the people under his command. Finally, I no longer have to worry about whether there are enough clothes to resist the cold, whether there is enough heating fuel, or whether there is enough hot food to maintain body temperature.

Many people came to Lieutenant Colonel Haldane's funeral. No matter where they were, as long as they belonged to K Company, 1rd Battalion, 5th Regiment, 3st Marine Division, they rushed to Arlington immediately to send the respected officer away. Finish the last leg.

Lao Qiang started working as a truck driver after retiring from the army, and at the same time worked part-time as an instructor for a shooting range club. His life after the war could not be said to be very happy, but at least he was like a normal person.

Eugene Sledge retired from the army as a corporal and entered the university for further studies, and then became a professor. In this world line, he is still troubled by nightmares, but he himself said that sometimes he doesn’t hate nightmares, because he can see Ivan, The cannon king and the hillbilly, he missed the days of fighting with them.

The bad man retired with the rank of sergeant, and no news came out after returning to his hometown. As a good friend, Eugene wrote to him for a long time, but never got a reply.

I saw it now, but it was because of Lieutenant Colonel Haldane's funeral. Sledge wanted to ask him why he left without saying goodbye on the train home after the war, why he wrote letters for so many years without any reply, but seeing the poor man's tears stop She couldn't help but shut her mouth in a dirty look.

Why didn't he write a reply, why did he leave without saying goodbye, everything was in his silent crying, he couldn't bear the pain of parting from his comrades-in-arms, so he vented all his emotions on the enemy, and used bullying methods to prevent friendship with his comrades-in-arms, However, the battle of Peleliu Island made all his barbs disappear.

Both Birkin and Leighton retired as second lieutenants. The former was originally the squad leader of the mortar squad. It was not that difficult to be promoted to second lieutenant. The outstanding thing was that Bill Leighton, a recruit who participated in the Battle of Peleliu Island, was abruptly promoted from second class to second lieutenant. second lieutenant.

The two of them had been in frequent contact after the war. I heard that Shi Chang held a banquet at home and invited his new comrades-in-arms who had been transferred from Company K to visit.

The veterans of K Company who came to Arlington to attend the funeral were all deeply influenced by Lieutenant Colonel Haldane. The most precious experience, everything that follows will be dimmed in front of this clip.

When the coffin draped in the Stars and Stripes passed by, Lao Qiang couldn't help asking Eddie beside him: "You bumpkin, you've retired, why did the gun king go to North Korea? Don't you never leave him?"

"No one can shake a man's determined will."

It was not the redneck who answered, but Ivan, "Earlier, the cannon king and the redneck came to me, and I said that at that time... This is a meaningless war that will only bring endless The country bumpkin followed my advice to retire from the army, but Cannon King was always worried about the soldiers he trained himself, so he chose to accompany them to the strange Korean peninsula.”

"..."

"Bang bang bang-!"

After the gun was fired, it was an eternal farewell. Watching the coffin being buried in the cemetery, the veterans could no longer help crying loudly.

This is a group of veterans who fought bloody battles with the Japanese army on Peleliu Island. Facing injuries and death, they did not have any fear. Facing the harsh environment and complex terrain, they never gave up, let alone shed a single tear.

They wept bitterly today, not because they had grown weak, but because lying in the cemetery was an old officer, a Captain Haldane who valued their lives and treated them as family.

Ivan also didn't expect that one day, he would burst into tears because of sadness.

The third reincarnation was the most painful, tormenting, and saddest reincarnation he had ever experienced, and it was also a turning point in his life. He never shed a single tear during such hardship and grief. The world is tearful.

For him, Captain Haldane has a special meaning different from others.

Without him, Ivan would never have been able to perform as supernaturally on Peleliu Island. It was precisely because of his unconditional support that he used his personal ability to support the entire company behind Ivan, making up for everything he was not good at. The army of Company K is invincible in all battles, and Ivan's income is several times that of the sum of the previous three reincarnations.

That miraculous war was definitely not created by Yiwen alone.

Every link is indispensable, and the commander-in-chief who coordinates and coordinates is the top priority.

Ivan successfully changed the fate of some people, and because of the broadcast of the reincarnation system, he thought he changed the fate of Captain Haldane.

It's just that the reality is still so cruel, and Yiwen's change is only temporary, and it only makes the cannon king who died on Peleliu Island die in the Korean Peninsula in the next few years.

After seeing off the chief, the country bumpkin organized everyone to go to a tavern. The veterans desperately needed alcohol. Even though many of them had quit drinking and smoking for a long time, they picked up these bad habits again because of their depressed mood.

A huge group of people poured into the tavern, booked the entire place generously, and began to drink like indulging themselves.

When talking about the past, the veterans smiled brightly, it was a sense of pride from the inside out, and felt that they had participated in a meaningful war, representing justice and eradicating the evil FXS, just talking and crying up.

Crying while drinking, and cursing while crying.

Emotionally chaotic, yet resonant.

I don't know who started it, and the veterans confided their unhappiness, all of which were about the Korean War without exception.