The journey starts from the Titanic

"Okay! Call the pastor and the cowboys again, let's get drunk tonight!" Paul shook his head, and got rid of the scene of fighting with the German plane in the sky that was still in his mind!Paul had a lingering fear at the thought of almost losing his life under the strange Red Baron.Fortunately, after making great sacrifices, the German bombing was finally contained.

Unknowingly, it has been half a year since he came to France. With ignorant desire, he organized a group of flying volunteers from the United States to France. It didn't take long for him to fly into the blue sky and fight with the German Air Force.

Before the cruel battle scene, the original thoughts of whether it was to make meritorious deeds or seeking a kind of excitement all disappeared, and what was left was just numbness.Seeing too much death, every time I fly into the blue sky, I am hovering between life and death. I don't know which day I will return to the blue sky.

Now it is only a responsibility supporting Paul, because the few people who came with him are now the only one left. There is a beginning and an end, and he must persevere until the end of the war.

After a while, the group arrived at the Veterans Club.In the veteran club, anyone can find a way to be happy: singing, dancing, drinking, screaming, indulging in joy, so fun!

Every day old faces disappear here, and new faces are added every day.The Lafayette team has recently become a popular group of people in the club because they proved themselves with their actions. Not only did they survive the battle, but they also killed a lot of German aircraft. This made the veterans who looked down on them admired.

A rookie pilot is a veteran if he can live on the battlefield for 6 weeks. This is also the life cycle of a pilot on the Western Front.(Much longer than the infantry’s life cycle of less than 24 hours!) Paul had several companions who failed to survive the first few battles.

"Hey! Paul, you are late. Three glasses of self-punishment!" A handsome middle-aged man walked over with a bottle of wine. You can see from the scent of wine that he exudes, this person has been here for a long time.

"Oh oh oh!" the surrounding veterans roared, this is their way of expressing friendship.

"Reid, do you want to send us just this little wine? We won't be drunk tonight!" Paul said.

Reid, whose full name is Reid Casadi, is Paul's team leader and the only remaining veteran of the Lafayette Flying Team.At the beginning, he always ignored Paul and other rookies, but now he has become a good friend and comrade-in-arms.

This is a night of drunken lives and dreams. Everyone is joyously happy. For these veterans who have spent the rest of their lives, there is no need to be sad, but to enjoy every day.After waking up, he rose into the air again, and the blood spilled into the sky.

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In the early morning, during a rare holiday, Paul was foreshadowing in the room.

"Dear Laura:

I just got off the plane at the moment and I have something to say to you.First of all, please forgive my waywardness, my leaving without saying goodbye must make you angry, right?

I will not regret my decision. I have experienced a lot here. I left you and Andrew. Although there are many inconveniences, God has opened up another world for me.

The people here love peace. They are brave and sacrificed. They are a group of strong people. Although they may be thieves or selling salted fish, it is not important. What is important is that we fight together.

All people are equal. There is no distinction between high and low. The only people I can rely on here are my teammates. This has shattered my own sense of superiority in my heart, and I am ashamed of this.

The young master of the Mellon family is actually an ordinary person!Haha, I am now living in the same room with a black man named Eugene. Although we have different skin colors, we get along very well. Eugene has helped me a lot. He is an excellent boxer and he is trained Next, my skill is great!

By the way, if any fellow William treats you badly, I'll go back and help you teach him, he should not be my opponent.It's a pity that I didn't attend your engagement wedding, I hope you are happy!

Tell me, how are you now?I love you very much, and Andrew, thinking of you every day, please don't worry about me, I have a very good life, it is wonderful.

In addition to Eugene, there are also the kindly Colonel Georges Cernot, the daring Captain Cassadi, the compassionate priest, the sunny and handsome Rollins and others. They are making history with me, Because we are the Lafayette Flying Team!

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Due to space limitations, I will not list them all.Give me my regards to Andrew, I want to say something to him, sorry.Also, remember to take care of yourself!

Yours, Paul!"

After so long, I finally wrote this letter.Paul put down his pen and murmured.When he was about to go out to send a letter, Eugene hurriedly walked in, "Good news, Paul, another 30 new members will join us tomorrow, and the new plane will be sent to us. Then we can communicate with you. The Germans have a big fight."

"Really? Great!" Paul laughed excitedly.

"Well. They are all from the United States. I heard that the U.S. Army Air Communications Office was involved in this matter? You see, the Chinese workers outside are already expanding the airport!" Eugene walked to the window and opened the curtains. Many yellow-skinned and black-haired men ran to the expansion airport.

Not only repairing the airport, but even the mechanical maintenance team of the Lafayette Flying Team also joined the Chinese.Although the Chinese workers were a bit clumsy at first, they were obedient, hardworking, and gradually gained recognition from everyone.

"Is Mr. Mellon here?" There was a knock at the door, and a man with a grim face stood at the door, staring at Paul.

Chapter 200 Rescue Private Paul

"What? You want me to leave here?" Paul looked at the man in front of him angrily and shouted his usual battle cry-"I won't leave the Lafayette Flying Team, only death can separate us!"

"Sorry, this is an order of the U.S. military to report to the Army Aviation School in Long Beach, California before October 1917!"

The man was unmoved, and slowly withdrew the certificate of appointment from his arms. Today he came on behalf of the US Expeditionary Forces Command, in order to allow this lucky guy to return to the United States as an instructor in the aviation school.

The U.S. military’s armaments are lagging behind. There are millions of soldiers to be trained, the army has been expanded greatly, and there is a serious shortage of instructors.

Under such circumstances, the U.S. Army Aviation Service sent more pilots to France for training, and on the other hand recruited elites from the Lafayette Flying Squad to train pilots in China.

"Sorry, gentleman, I don't think you have the right to order me. We are now part of the French Overseas Combat Corps."

Paul unceremoniously refused.

Knowing you would say this, the man was not annoyed, and said solemnly: "We have discussed this matter with the French side, and they agreed to recruit members of the Lafayette Flying Team. So this matter is imperative!"

Paul was silent. He knew that the French now wanted the United States, not to mention the recruitment of the Lafayette flight team, even if a large number of French air force elites were transferred to the United States to become flight instructors.

"Why did you choose me?" Paul asked.

"No, it's not just you!" The man shook his head, "In addition to you, there will be others who will be called back to the country. Your experience is exactly what we need. The war needs more well-trained pilots, Lafayette Flight The squad is a seed, and now it’s time for it to take root. Take the order! Captain Mellon!"

Paul always felt that things were not that simple, but he couldn't think of any way to refuse this order.

"You have three days to prepare. Three days later, I will send someone to pick you up!" The man smiled slightly, leaving a note of appointment and left.

After leaving Paul's room, the man came back to Georges Zanot's office.

"How is it? My friend, you are digging my corner!" Georges Zanot laughed.

Had it not been for the face of the 50 planes, he wouldn't let the other party dig out the elite of the Lafayette Flying Team so easily!There are five elites, it hurts to think about it.After finally being cultivated, the Americans rushed to check it cheaply.

"The young man is good, but he is a bit twisted and reluctant to leave. He seems to have a lot of affection for this place!" The man smiled.

Today, a staff colonel from the Expeditionary Forces Command, he left a lot of work and ran here to deliver an order. It was really a fuss.But there is no way. This is an order personally issued by the commander-in-chief General Pershing, which specified that Paul Mellon should return to the United States.

I really don't know what this kid comes from?

The man thought to himself, and began to discuss with Georges Seinault about drawing the elite of the Lafayette flying team back to China to become instructors.

The formal order was quickly issued, and this caused a small disturbance in the base!

Most members of the Lafayette Flying Squad felt that it didn't matter. As long as they were fighting the Luftwaffe, whether they were in the sequence of the French army or the US army, the sequence was the same, but most people still preferred the United States. After all, it was their own country.

The only difference is that after being conscripted back to the country, he will not be able to enter the battlefield for a period of time.Some people think this is safe, and some people feel reluctant.Soaring above the nine heavens, walking between life and death, they have become accustomed to this kind of life, accustomed to everything in the Vosges base, to leave, to them is like a deserter, a shame.

Georges Sainot said that the transfer of Paul and others is only necessary to obey the overall situation of the war. The Lafayette Flying Team will not be cancelled, but will expand. There will be more planes and more fresh blood. Join in, it is not only a force, but also a school, and more pilots will grow here.

"Eugene, won't you return to the United States?" Paul looked at his comrades who had been with each other day and night for the past six months. If he hadn't rescued him by righteousness and attacked the German aircraft without his life, he would have died.

"No, Paul! I love this country, this country treats me very well, I want to stay to defend her!" Eugene said firmly.

As a black man who had to run from the United States to France due to discrimination, France gave him the respect that made him give up his boxing career without hesitation (Eugene has reached the eighth-finals). He is against France. The country has deep feelings.

In this regard, the French are much more kind than the United States. She treats everyone who has shed blood for France as a citizen, regardless of their ethnicity.After the First World War, two to three thousand Chinese laborers settled in France, and the tens of thousands of Chinese laborers employed by France were given the opportunity to become French citizens, but most people thought they gave up for various reasons.This is one of the reasons why the French Foreign Corps has always been so popular.