Xia Yuan still left two apples on his body. After saying goodbye to the transporters, they separated in the ravine. The transporters continued to carry food, weapons and ammunition to the tunnel, and Xia Yuan continued to lead the soldiers to the ravine.
Get water.
After walking not far, we finally came to the foot of the mountain.
The roar of the enemy's heavy machine gun came from far behind them. The soldiers suddenly turned back and looked in the direction where the transporters left. On the smoke-filled high ground in the distance, they could see the bullets fired by the enemy's heavy machine gun in the distance.
Long chains of fire were formed, swinging across the valley like long whips. Judging from the density of guns and artillery, there were at least five heavy machine guns and more than ten mortars bombarding them.
The machine guns screamed and the shells roared.
It shook the valley and also shocked the hearts of the four people.
"Company commander!" a soldier shouted.
Xia Yuan gritted his teeth and turned to look at them. There were tears on their faces. Those were their comrades. How could he not feel heartbroken? Under such fierce firepower from the enemy, let alone a
A platoon or even a battalion may not be able to charge forward.
Compassion does not command troops.
Xia Yuan understands this. If they go, they may not be able to help much, and they may even be exposed. Not only will they not be able to get water, but they will even be unable to return to the tunnel.
Only at this moment did he understand how much suffering the commanders felt when making such choices and issuing orders.
Should he watch his comrades bleed and die, or should he go over and provide reinforcements?
This is just like when you are retreating, sending the troops to stay behind to block the attack is the same. The palms and backs of the hands are full of flesh. If you send the troops to block the attack, aren't the troops sent out not their comrades?
These transporters are using their lives to create opportunities for the soldiers in the tunnels.
Xia Yuan did not speak, and the soldiers did not blame him. They understood this in their hearts and could only shed tears silently.
The sound of machine gunfire continued for more than half an hour before it stopped. When the sound of machine gunfire in the valley disappeared and when the sound of artillery stopped being noisy, it seemed to indicate that the comrades who had just spoken to them had left them.
Xia Yuan led them to find this river located on the flank of Position 11 and the north mountain of 537.7 Highland. It is better to say that it is a river than a very narrow stream, about one step wide, and the water is not very deep.
Using night vision, we can roughly determine that it is only as deep as half a little finger.
Beside the creek, he saw many corpses, each carrying water containers on their backs. They were lying in a crater, watching from a distance.
The stick soldiers on the mountains on both sides seemed to know that the volunteer soldiers would come here to fetch water, so they set up many bunkers here. The flares in the sky came one after another, illuminating the water in the ditch and the water on the ground.
The corpses are so conspicuous. These corpses are not only those of volunteer soldiers, but also those of the US military and stick soldiers. After all, they are stationed in the mountains and need to drink water. Sometimes the water delivered by logistics is not enough.
All the soldiers were full. At this time, they had to risk their lives to fetch water from the river ditch at the foot of the mountain.
On the reverse slope of Highland 537.7, Xia Yuan relied on his eagle eyes to see the tunnels under the No. 9 position of Highland 537.7. Position No. 9 was on the reverse slope of the mountain opposite them. Many of the bunkers were on Position No. 9.
Tunnel No. 1 allows you to overlook this small ditch from a high place. It is said to be a small ditch. Under the devastation of artillery fire, the craters where the shells fell were filled with water.
A soldier said: "Company commander, leave the task of fetching water to me. I promise to get the water back!"
Xia Yuan carefully observed the enemy's layout and said, "Don't worry, I'll see if there are any other ways!"
The enemy's machine guns are aimed at the ditch in front of them, and there are more than one. No matter how good your marksmanship is, you can't kill all the enemy's machine gunners in a short period of time. Moreover, the enemy still has soldiers to supplement them. This method of collecting water is really difficult.
It's too risky.
He thought for a while, looked at the puddles blown up by the shells, and groped around on his body for a while, but found nothing useful, and then asked: "Do you have any ropes on you?"
The three of them shook their heads.
Xia Yuan's eyes dimmed and he said: "If there is a rope, tie the rope to the mouth of the bottle and let's go over. It is safer to tie the rope to get water than to go down to get water."
He has the bomb-throwing skill and can accurately drop the kettle into the puddle, so that he can get water very safely.
"Let's take off the enemy's clothes!"
Xia Yuan looked at the corpse of the enemy lying not far away, looked at the time, thought about it seriously, and said, "You guys take cover here, I'm on my own!"
The three soldiers quickly said: "Company commander, no, let's go, you wait here!"
Xia Yuan said: "This is an order! Besides, believe me, I will be fine!"
With so many corpses lying underneath, he would not be noticed if there was an extra one. He held the gun, climbed over the bunker, and used the gap when the flare went out to slide down the mountain and quickly approached the enemy's corpse beside the ditch.
With a 'bang' sound, a new flare was launched into the sky. Xia Yuan stepped on the ground with his feet, stopped himself, and lay quietly on the ground, as if he were a corpse. The shining flare was hanging in the sky, and the wind blew
As it moves, the flare also moves.
With the calmness skill turned on, Xia Yuan held the gun and lay on the ground. He glanced at the enemies on the opposite position. From time to time, he looked at the enemies on position 11. Under the illumination of the flares and through the eagle's eyes, the enemies were looking towards the ravine.
He kept looking around, his lips moving, chatting about insignificant things.
It seems that they were complaining about letting them garrison Shangganling. After replacing the US 7th Division to garrison Shangganling on the 24th, their casualties increased every day, and their morale became lower and lower day by day. Many soldiers in the team were captured from other places.
The strong men had no desire to fight. They just wanted to survive one day at a time, praying in their hearts that the volunteer soldiers would not rush out.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Most people come here just to get some kimchi in the army. After all, in the army, the food of the United Nations military, which has coalition forces from more than a dozen countries, is still very good, including rice and kimchi.
It’s enough, there’s seaweed soup, and sometimes you can even eat squid brought in from other countries.
This kind of scene is very familiar. Many of the reactionary soldiers are just for a living. Some of them are strong men who have been captured. Only a very small number of them join the army for revenge.
After waiting for the flares in the sky to go out, Xia Yuan released the foot brake and rushed down the mountain at a very fast speed. After approaching the body of the foreign Japanese, he quickly took off the clothes from the foreign Japanese's body, huddled in the crater, and stabbed the body with a bayonet.
Cut the clothes into strips, tie them to the mouth of the bottle, and then stick a stone on the mouth of the bottle.
The purpose of this stone is to let the kettle be thrown into the puddle. The weight of the stone will make the mouth of the bottle downward, and water can be poured in from the mouth of the bottle. As long as more water is poured in, the kettle will sink and the bottle will be stuck.
The stone in the mouth can greatly reduce water loss.
It doesn't matter if it is lost, the second pot of water can be filled with the first pot of water.
Xia Yuan tied a rope and threw the kettle over. The kettle landed accurately in the puddle. He picked up the rope and shook the kettle floating on the water, allowing more water to pour in. In less than two minutes, a
The pot of water was filled. Xia Yuan waved to the soldiers behind him and motioned for them to come down and one of the soldiers brought down the water pots.
"Company commander, here you go!"
Soldier Hu Zhaochun ran down with a water bottle and lay down in the crater as a corpse while watching the company commander fill the water.
Xia Yuan used this method and spent more than an hour filling up all the water. He threw the filled kettle to Hu Zhaochun and said, "There is a lot of water now, drink it quickly."
Hu Zhaochun was so hungry and thirsty that he drank tons of water from the bottle in his arms until his stomach was full. After finishing the bottle of water, he stopped and burped comfortably.
Hu Zhaochun threw the kettle to Xia Yuan: "Company Commander, I've finished drinking."
Xia Yuan asked: "Do you still want to drink?"
"Company Commander, I won't drink anymore."
Xia Yuan looked around and saw that no stick soldiers were paying attention to the movements on his side, so he realized that this was a good opportunity. He said, "Go and call them down, come and drink one by one, and we will leave after drinking."
Xia Yuan handed him seven or eight kettles and warned: "Be careful when you go up. Don't be exposed."
"Yes! Company commander!"
Hu Zhaochun hung the kettle on himself and climbed up the mountain carefully. When the flare was on, they would lie on the ground without moving, regardless of whether the enemy was looking at them. When the flare went out, they would crawl back.
, the direction Xia Yuan took them was towards Shangganling, and the enemy rarely noticed this side, which gave them a lot of room for maneuver.
Especially when fetching water, it is less likely to be discovered by the enemy.
What's more, the mountains are filled with smoke and clouds. When flares are shining over the mountains, the mist in the mountains is hazy and it is not clear. Especially in their direction, the smoke from the blockade area is mostly concentrated on the main peak of Shangganling and below the main peak.
In the ravine, this place is like a huge funnel. Once the hazy smoke comes in, it is difficult to dissipate out.
The mountain ridges of positions 0 and 5 of 597.9 Highland, the main peak of Shangganling, the positions 1 and 11 of 597.9 Highland, and the north mountain of 537.7 Highland, just form four walls. As long as the smoke gathers between these walls,
It's like entering a room.
The hazy gunpowder smoke was like morning mist. Coupled with Xia Yuan's method of fetching water, it was difficult to see the enemy even if they were using flares. When they saw the volunteer soldiers going to the water hole to fetch water, they only saw him.
A hazy figure.
After Hu Zhaochun went back, Li Wenyou came over. He also held a jug of water and drank it. After drinking, he took several jugs filled with water and went back. After Cao Nianchun came down, he carried the remaining portion away.
Xia Yuan held a kettle and drank. After he was full, he filled the last kettle with water, wrapped the cloth around himself, carried the kettles filled with water on his back, and led the three of them to climb in the direction they came from earlier.
In the past, after narrowly escaping the enemy's cause, they stood up and hid behind a stone.
Hu Zhaochun, Li Wenyou, and Cao Nianchun had excited smiles on their faces. They were no longer thirsty and had filled more than 30 bottles of water. As long as they took them back, they could solve the water shortage in the tunnel.
But a bad news hung over the heads of the four people. Due to the counterattack at night, collecting water, and rushing on the road, too much time was wasted. At this time, the sky was already shimmering, and there was no fog gathering in the morning. Today may be
A nice weather.
It's dawn.
This undoubtedly increased the difficulty for the four of them on their way back, but they had to rush back today. Xia Yuan and the others retreated to the foot of the main peak of Shanggan Mountain, staring closely at Position 11 and the enemy on the reverse slope, and discussed countermeasures.
Hu Zhaochun said: "Company commander, let me attract the enemy's firepower, and you can take the opportunity to rush into the tunnel."
Xia Yuan flatly refused: "This is not a good suggestion. None of us can sacrifice. I will bring you back safely."
At this time, they were covered with water. When they hung the empty kettles before, they didn't feel the weight. But now they hung the kettles full of water, and they felt the weight pressing on them. There were four people, and each of them had eight or nine hangings on them.
A kettle, plus weapons and bullets, the soldiers who were severely malnourished themselves consumed a lot of energy by going back and forth.
And before them was a fire blockade area of an enemy bunker a hundred meters away. It was not easy to get in under such circumstances.
Finally, Xia Yuan thought of a way. He untied the rope on his body, tied the water bottle on his body to the rope, handed the other end to Hu Zhaochun, and said: "Next, you three rush over as fast as you can.
I will cover for you from behind!"
He added: "Keep two grenades and ten bullets for yourself, and give me the rest!"
The three of them were shocked and said quickly: "Company Commander, how is this possible!?"
It is absolutely impossible to ask the company commander to cover them.
Xia Yuandao: "What's wrong with this? As long as you rush into the tunnel and organize a small force to fight back, with your cover, I can go back! And it's not completely bright yet.
Now is the best opportunity!"
Looking at the hesitant faces of the three people, Xia Yuan untied the cloth strip on his body without any explanation, tied the water bottle on his body to the end of the cloth strip, and gave the other end to Hu Zhaochun, staring at the three people: "This is an order!
"
With tears in their eyes, the three of them took off the grenades and bullet belts on their bodies and handed them to Xia Yuan, while they kept a grenade and a magazine of bullets.
When they came out, considering their own load, they only carried five magazines of bullets and five grenades. All the ammunition on their bodies was gathered together, and they only had one hundred rounds of 7.62 bullets and a dozen grenades, but this was not enough for Xia Yuan.
Thinking that it was enough, he took the ammunition and looked around to select a suitable position for sniping.
Today, he will use big eight pills to kill the enemy severely,