At 20. April 43 Promoted to the corporal for us young Gunners took place. Our Chief, lieutenant. Siebeck, did not take it, his most recent soldiers aufzuheften even the second link on the Red Milicja. At this day we got a lot good things to eat and drink. In the evening, Kleber and me had to come to the BI and join the celebration. I could settle me but still not in this operation. Everything was so strange to me.

Beginning of April we got a Fu.MG [“Shipborne”, Today radar] Add. I lived with 4 Man a barrack. There we could switch undisturbed and exercise. To determine a Uffz had about us. Beckurts, a huge man, the sound its loud organ to like to let. We took him seriously, had not the stubbornness and the routine still Yes my friend and I, as they were in the old. But with time we noticed already, What was a wind. Later, in April 1944 as “Peter” came to us from the hospital and saw both of us so, as we settled us and what confidence we enjoyed, He said to Sergeant. Theissen, It would be his work, We had to herausgemacht. Sergeant. Theissen contra gave him, and said, He would have only spoiled us by his doofe way.

Soon went to a slogan, would rebase made it and it outputs the South. It was in fact. We packed our bags and verluden. The muddy ground and the tough General mud caused us all sorts of difficulties, to bring the measuring troop cars with the dahinter hanging devices on the fixed road. It was possible only by tempering of tractors. The first destination was Smolensk, where we stayed at the Narva barracks. The next day it went then at faster speed of the rain, until inevitably leading to Roslavl road to Sechtschinskaja. This is 40 km South Roslavl. In the first evening, we reached the place. These were large buildings and a large air base. We had to March to our new position still in deep darkness and because we had lost the orientation, We were often up to the hips in the snow or were in the midst of large puddles. Because the position was still occupied, We had to in the so-called. “Military care shanty” übernachten. Die Stellung wurde in den nächsten Tagen frei und wir konnten daran gehen, the position after our plane expand. It has made much pleasure in tough mud. This was still, that it most 1. April again snowed. Barracks were torn away and rebuilt elsewhere, new estates built etc.. This should be a rest for us and we should remain longer because. So after we had already the position, We wanted to have. I liked it anyway.