The health worker cut open the soldier's cotton-padded coat, and found that his right arm was only connected to a little flesh, and half of his body was covered in blood. The health worker immediately used first aid to stop the bleeding, but it was too late. He couldn't help but fell to the ground, and his breathing gradually became weak.
, the bright pupils gradually faded, and he still said in a weak voice:
"Company Commander, I can still continue to fight, and I want to become a hero like you..."
Before the hero finished speaking, he had stopped moving, and his eyes were still looking at Xia Yuan. The soldiers all cried. Xia Yuan squatted on the ground, blinking his eyes desperately to prevent tears from falling, but a drop of tear still fell from his cheek.
The tears were so hot as they rolled down, hurting the scar on his face and hurting his heart.
He had seen too many scenes of such sacrifices. Many soldiers had their internal organs shattered by the enemy's shells, but he did not feel anything. However, he did not eat or drink, and soon died in the tunnel. Some soldiers
They were injured on the battlefield and kept silent because they knew that once they were injured, they would not be able to go to the battlefield again, so many wounded soldiers were unwilling to admit the fact that they were injured.
Xia Yuan closed his eyes with his hands and said with tears in his eyes: "You are already a hero, Huang Xinmin, we will always remember you!"
He stood up and looked at the seriously injured soldiers in the No. 2 Tunnel. After thinking over and over again, he decided to send someone to send them to the No. 1 position. The most difficult thing was not to transport the wounded back to the No. 1 Tunnel, but it would require a lot of effort, even
Use orders to get them out of the battle. The wounded have their own reasons for refusing:
"My injuries are not serious, my arms and legs are not broken, and I can still destroy the enemy."
"My determination is to fight the enemy to the end. I will not go down!"
"I am a party member and I can continue to fight. I cannot insult party members!"
"As long as I have a breath, I will fight with the enemy!"
"Even if I can't go out to fight, I can still guard the tunnel!"
"I am a member of the Youth League, and I have sworn an oath not to leave the line of fire even if I am injured!"
The soldiers spoke impassionedly one by one. Even if Xia Yuan ordered them to withdraw, they still refused and vowed to live and die with the position. The soldiers in Tunnel No. 8 and Tunnel No. 1 were all killed in Tunnel No. 2.
The emotions of the soldiers inside were infected, and their red eyes showed an unprecedented fighting will.
They did not wait too long. The enemy called in U.S. fighter jets, bombers and artillery fire to cover the lost Shangganling position. Xia Yuan could only lead the team to temporarily retreat to Tunnel No. 2.
A lightly wounded soldier lay at the entrance of the tunnel, responsible for blocking the enemies who rushed into the tunnel.
"who!"
the soldier shouted.
"Ninth Company Commander, Xia Yuan!"
Hearing his own voice coming from outside, the wounded man quickly put away his gun and looked at the dozen soldiers entering the tunnel with surprise. His eyes stayed on Xia Yuan and asked with great surprise: "You are Captain Xia!
!”
Xia Yuan shouted: "Send the wounded in and send two people to guard the tunnel entrance."
The conditions in Tunnel No. 2 were more difficult than expected. Half of the tunnel was collapsed by the bomb, and there was a mess everywhere. The air was filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke, sulfur, blood, feces and sweat. The remains of the martyrs were placed on both sides of the tunnel.
On the side, several seriously wounded soldiers were lying in agony in the tunnel. They heard the movement outside the tunnel, struggled to get up and looked at the soldiers coming in, and said excitedly:
"Captain Xia, it's Captain Xia!"
Xia Yuan's arrival shocked the seriously injured men in Tunnel No. 2. They dragged their seriously injured bodies and struggled to get up to take a look at Xia Yuan's face. Although they were on the same high ground, the people in each tunnel were
The soldiers all have their own tasks. Even if they are two positions next to each other, the soldiers in the tunnel have few opportunities to come into contact.
When they came back, they already knew that there was such a fighting hero on the Shangganling battlefield. Now that they finally saw him, they couldn't help but be excited.
Xia Yuan walked forward quickly, held the hands of the soldiers, and said excitedly: "I'm here. You should rest quickly. When your injuries are healed, we can continue to fight."
The seriously injured soldiers were happy and enthusiastically welcomed the soldiers in other tunnels. The seriously injured squad leader of the second platoon of the 4th company said: "Xiao Shen, take out the radish and let the soldiers eat it first."
Xiao Shen was the young soldier who had just been responsible for guarding the entrance of the tunnel. He was slightly injured. He sighed, took out a half-eaten radish from the bag hanging on the wall of the tunnel, ran over and said: "Even
Chief, please eat some radish."
Xia Yuan's eyes fell on the shriveled bag. He scanned the tunnel and saw that there was almost nothing to eat. He shook his head, "You eat these things, we have eaten them."
Position No. 2 and Position 11 are the two most tragic positions at the moment. From the first day when the Battle of Shangganling broke out, they encountered a ferocious enemy attack. On the first day alone, they were already lost. After such a long battle,
The soldiers in the tunnel changed one batch after another, and the conditions in the tunnel became more and more difficult. Xia Yuan saw this and felt pain in his heart.
The conditions in Tunnel No. 1 are actually not very good. The food has been basically eaten, so water was dug out last night, which greatly improved the water shortage situation in the tunnel.
Xia Yuan saw a lot of biscuits on the ground and knew what was going on. It wasn't that the soldiers didn't want to eat biscuits, but that the biscuits at this time could choke people. If you eat a biscuit, you won't even be able to swallow it.
If you eat it and swallow it hard, it can even scratch your throat.
The soldiers squatted on the ground, looking at their comrades in Tunnel No. 2, feeling very distressed but helpless.
The enemy's artillery fire covered the surface positions and reverse slopes of Shangganling. It was basically impossible for Xia Yuan to transport water from the No. 1 position. He had to wait until the enemy's shelling ended.
As for why they didn't transport some water during the battle, the soldiers' bodies were already as thin as firewood tortured by hunger. It was already very reluctant to bring some weapons and ammunition to fight. Then they brought water from position one and kept fighting.
Getting to the second position is almost impossible.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Even Xia Yuan never thought that he and his men could reach the second position. This round of artillery fire basically destroyed the stick soldiers. They were trying to
In the face of overnight harassment by volunteers, building bunkers close to each other can resist small-scale harassment by our army, but once the cannon fires, their bunkers will be blown up in one piece.
In order to encourage the soldiers in Tunnel No. 2, Xia Yuan decided to lead a combat team and a health worker to stay in Tunnel No. 2, ordering other soldiers to return to their respective tunnels first, and at the same time instructing the soldiers who returned to Tunnel No. 1 to keep the soldiers in Tunnel No. 2 safe.
Report the situation to Company Commander Dai Wannian and see if water can be brought up.
On the night of October 25, Shangganling, which had been devastated by artillery fire and gunpowder smoke all day, quietly became quiet as night fell. At night, a transportation team of the Volunteer Army accepted the task of transporting ammunition to Highland 597.9, and a platoon of soldiers set off from the rear.
, they transported the materials to Tunnel No. 1, and then Tunnel No. 1 found a way to transfer them to other tunnels.
At night, the water transport team set out from Tunnel No. 1 and risked their lives to transport water and basic supplies to Tunnel No. 8 and Tunnel No. 2.
The seriously injured people in Pit No. 2 had been relying on drinking urine to survive. When they drank the water they had not seen for a long time, they took a sip very carefully for fear of drinking too much. Then they said that they should give this water to other injured people. You push me.
Alas, this scene was once staged in the tunnels of Shangganling.
Considering that the situation in Tunnel No. 11 might be the same as that in Tunnel No. 2, Xia Yuan asked the soldiers in Tunnel No. 2 to drink water while asking about the situation in Tunnel No. 11.
A wounded man who was a transporter described some of the conditions in the tunnels.
During the struggle to hold on to the tunnel, due to the need for artillery fire and bombardment, the tunnel entrance changed from time to time. In order to find the tunnel entrance, the transport team often encountered enemy fire. The No. 11 tunnel entrance was held for ten days, lacking water and food.
The shortage of ammunition was very serious. The superiors searched for the location of the entrance to tunnel No. 11 more than once, but the position was destroyed by enemy artillery fire. They sent people to support them several times, but could not find the entrance to the tunnel.
Xia Yuan immediately decided to lead two soldiers as the vanguard to find the lost entrance to Tunnel No. 11. Carrying some weapons and ammunition, as well as a small amount of water, he, Sun Shuren, and Wang Yuanhe headed towards the No. 11 position.
At night, they set out.
The enemy's artillery fire was extremely fierce and they stopped bombing the 597.9 Highland. However, the artillery fire still covered the main peak of Shangganling and our army's logistics supply route. After the bombardment, Shangganling was filled with gunpowder smoke and covered the entire mountain top.
From time to time, artillery shells landed on the reverse slope and made a roaring sound. They braved the enemy's artillery shells and got into the smoke. They moved forward cautiously from a distance of two or three meters. The enemy's flares lit up from time to time. They
Stopping and walking, when passing through the enemy's blockade area, he crawled on the ground. With the cover of night vision, he successfully led the two of them to a stop behind a rock beside a river ditch.
The smoke and dust here are thinner, and the enemy's flares are brighter. Xia Yuan lies behind the rock and looks ahead. 40 meters away is the hilltop they want to go to.
With the help of night vision and eagle eyes, he saw a dark tunnel on the reverse slope. It was only the size of a bucket and its location was very hidden. If it weren't for night vision, it would be difficult to find it.
The moment the enemy's flare went out, Xia Yuan led the two people to rush forward quickly, and after advancing twenty meters, the enemy's flare took off again. The three people quickly fell to the ground, but the enemy's flare turned against them.
Then one hung in the air.
Sun Shuren was lying on a piece of loose soil, breathing heavily. The dust was filled with the smell of ammunition, which made his nostrils itchy. He just wanted to sneeze, but he tried his best to suppress it.
When they were more than ten meters away from the reverse slope, the enemy discovered them, and rows of bullets were fired at them. Xia Yuan's movements were very vigorous, and he rushed to the reverse slope with a strong step, very fast, but Sun Shuren and Wang Yuanhe were
Not so lucky, Sun Shuren was shot and died, and Wang Yuanhe was seriously injured and lying on the ground.
Wang Yuanhe shouted without raising his head: "Company commander, leave me alone, I will climb down."
Xia Yuan endured the grief in his heart. Both of them were soldiers in Tunnel No. 1. They had experienced many battles together, and their friendship was very deep. Now that he saw one of them sacrificed and the other seriously injured, he felt in his heart
The grief comes from time to time.
"We must go back alive!"
Xia Yuan knew that he could not rescue the other party at this time.
Position 11 has not been counterattacked by the soldiers. The stick soldiers are still on position 11. Once a fight breaks out, they may not be able to take advantage. Moreover, the enemy's artillery fire is bombarding the reverse slope in front of them.
From his observation, there was no suitable position for attack in this area. If he really wanted to take cover here, he would die here. He could only grit his teeth, turn his head and move toward the tunnel.
At this moment, someone in front whistled softly, and then shouted softly: "Here is the one who delivers ammunition, here is the one who delivers ammunition!"
Xia Yuan was stunned for a moment, and looked forward with the help of his powerful night vision. He saw a steel helmet swinging in the direction of the sound. He thought again that the Chinese words he just heard were a bit awkward, and he quickly became alarmed. He no longer paid attention to it, but
Move towards the location where you just discovered the cave entrance.
In a pile of rubble, he saw the tunnel entrance of Position 11. As he approached, he felt a rush of hot air and heard the sound of shovels shoveling soil inside.
"Who!" Someone suddenly spotted him in the tunnel and shouted sharply.
"I am the ninth company commander, Xia Yuan."
Xia Yuan climbed out of the loose soil and dove into the tunnel.
It had been a long time since I had seen the comrades who came to support me. The shouting comrade was stunned for a long time, and then he suddenly opened his arms and hugged Xia Yuan's neck. He turned around and shouted softly, with excitement in anticipation: "Comrades.
, Ninth Company Commander, it’s Ninth Company Commander! That battle hero!”
The tunnel suddenly boiled with excitement, and people everywhere said: "Fighting hero, fighting hero is here!"
Xia Yuan's hand was held tightly by more than a dozen pairs of black hands. Dark faces appeared in front of him. A dirty soldier looked at him with excited eyes. This was something he had never seen before.
His eyes were so bright, as if filled with countless hopes.
Late at night, the logistics transporters risked their lives to deliver radishes and steamed buns. Although there was only one basket, the soldiers at Position 11 who had not eaten much for a long time were very happy and shouted excitedly: "Chief
Someone has been sent! The chief has sent someone!"
It seems that this is their hope.
Today is definitely a day of great encouragement for the soldiers in Tunnel No. 11. Not only did the fighting heroes in Tunnel No. 1 suddenly come to Tunnel No. 11, but the transporters sent by the chief also brought many goods.
The lack of food gave the soldiers in Tunnel No. 11, who were running out of ammunition and food, great hope.
The soldiers sat together, leaning against the damp stone wall, discussing and asking about Xia Yuan's battle deeds. They heard that the US Seventh Division was defeated, and the soldiers said excitedly:
"If you fight well, you should fight like this! Make them hurt and defeat them! Victory will belong to us sooner or later!"
"Comrades, our efforts have not been in vain. If we stick to the tunnel, victory will belong to us sooner or later!"