Last Orders: the War That Came Early
“Arno Baatz shouted as the men he led got into the train. They were lucky—this was a passenger car, even if it was one with hard seats. They wouldn’t have to sprawl on the floor of a freight car that stank of horseshit from its previous occupants.
For once, the Landsers didn’t grumble at him. One of them said, “Back to the Vaterland!” He might have been announcing miracles. They’d been fighting the Ivans for a long time. Being sent back to Germany probably felt like a miracle to them. It felt li...ke something of a miracle to Baatz.
It was also a source of pride. “They figured we were reliable enough to help them clean out a nest of traitors,” the Unteroffizier said importantly. “Our regiment, our company, our squad. We’re not going to let them down, are we? Not when they’re counting on us, we’re not!”
He scowled at Adam Pfaff. The Obergefreiter looked back with an expression surely more innocent than the man who owned it. If Pfaff had thought he could get away with it, he would have sassed Arno about answering his own question.MoreLess
For once, the Landsers didn’t grumble at him. One of them said, “Back to the Vaterland!” He might have been announcing miracles. They’d been fighting the Ivans for a long time. Being sent back to Germany probably felt like a miracle to them. It felt li...ke something of a miracle to Baatz.
It was also a source of pride. “They figured we were reliable enough to help them clean out a nest of traitors,” the Unteroffizier said importantly. “Our regiment, our company, our squad. We’re not going to let them down, are we? Not when they’re counting on us, we’re not!”
He scowled at Adam Pfaff. The Obergefreiter looked back with an expression surely more innocent than the man who owned it. If Pfaff had thought he could get away with it, he would have sassed Arno about answering his own question.MoreLess
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