Chapter Eleven: Prepare for Battle
"All the officers and soldiers of the third company were there. Follow my order. Everyone took five minutes to go with me and pull a bundle of grass growing on the roots and stems, and let's go back to the spot to gather."
Company Commander Zhao Yifa, standing on the hillside on the bottom of the valley, pointed with his fingers not far away, covered with heavy snow, and said in a commanding tone to all the soldiers of the Third Company who were squatting down to rest.
All the officers and soldiers of the Third Company who had been rushing all night, after hearing the order issued by company commander Zhao Yifa, they stood up from the snow and followed his steps.
It took about five minutes for each soldier to pull out a large bundle of grass. According to Sun Lei's prior request, the grasses drawn by the soldiers must be long and hard. Otherwise, they will not be of great use later.
After all the soldiers of the Third Company pulled out a large bale of weeds as required, they returned to the place where they were resting.
Immediately afterwards, the company commander Zhao Yifa issued another combat mission and said strongly: "Comrades in the company, we will be more than an hour before the first battle since we entered North Korea. Now, I will issue combat missions to each platoon.
"The second row ambushed on the opposite hill, and then take the grass you just pulled up, and wipe off the footprints left from the snow with the bundle of weeds they pulled.
"As the 'sharp knife platoon' of our third company, the first row is responsible for the most difficult combat task this time, which is to ambush the bottom of the valley, build simple fortifications, block the enemies coming from the valley bottom of the opposite valley, intercept them and not let them advance half a step forward.
"Of course, after you leave this mountain, every warrior in the row will also wipe out all the footprints you left on the snow with the grass you just pulled, so as not to alarm the enemy.
"The third row is left on this hill, and the second row opposite is also a row ambushed at the bottom of the valley. The three sides form an ambushed circle in the shape of U-shaped ambushing to block the enemy's pace of advance north."
After saying this, the company commander Zhao Yifa deliberately paused, first glanced at the third company, and stood opposite him, and then continued to say loudly: "Wait, everyone will listen to my gunshots. Before I shoot, no one is allowed to shoot, so as not to disturb the enemy coming from the opposite side. Have you heard it?"
All the officers and soldiers of the company standing opposite the company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju immediately replied in unison with enthusiasm: "Report to the company commander, we have heard it!"
After receiving the deafening and affirmative answer from all the officers and soldiers of the company, Zhao Yifa, the company commander who had a great general's style, waved his hand and spit out two words from his mouth: "Start!"
With the order of the company commander Zhao Yifa, the soldiers from the first and second rows of the mountain retreated from the mountain and went down to the mountain one after another, and rushed to their respective positions.
As the soldiers walked forward, they took the bundle of grass with a hard texture in their hands and wiped off their footprints that left on the snow.
After the second and first rows of soldiers who had withdrawn from the mountain, the company commander Zhao Yifa took a look. His rusty and worn pocket watch, which was still rusty and worn, was displayed on it at 9:35 am.
After putting away his pocket watch, he took a telescope and looked at the hill opposite him, the slope of the hill opposite, and the valley bottom.
He was surprised to find that the footprints left on the snow had indeed been wiped clean according to the method proposed by Sun Lei.
At this moment, if it weren't for close observation, it would be really hard to find that there were footprints of different sizes and shades on this large area of snow.
After putting away the telescope, Zhao Yifa, the company commander who was lying on the top of the mountain on the left, gave a thumbs up in the direction where the row was located at the bottom of the valley, which took ten seconds.
Those who know naturally think that the company commander is giving a thumbs up to Sun Lei, a new soldier in rows and squads. Those who don't know think that the company commander is making strange gestures to someone.
"Leizi, look, our company commander gave you a thumbs up!" Deng Sanshui, a veteran of the three companies, who were ambushing at the bottom of the valley, gently patted Sun Lei's shoulder beside him, pointed more than a hundred meters away, and the direction of the three rows on the left top was in the direction of Sun Lei's ear, and reminded in a low voice.
Looking in the direction of Deng Sanshui's finger, Sun Lei indeed saw the company commander Zhao Yifa, who was exposed from the top of the left, showing his upper body, giving him a thumbs up.
Suddenly, a proud smile appeared on Sun Lei's cheek, and he secretly felt that some of the skills he had learned, a retired special forces soldier who had traveled through modern society, had not been in vain. He was used on the battlefield of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea where he is now, and it was very useful.
"Old Deng, what's this? Isn't this just an idea? It's a piece of cake for me. When the battle begins, you can see something nice." Sun Lei, who looked proud, praised Haikou at Deng Sanshui next to him.
As an old soldier with three years of military experience, Deng Sanshui, after hearing what Sun Lei said, he felt that the new recruit next to him was just bragging. When he saw the enemy, it would be nice that Sun Lei would not be scared to pee his pants.
Because Deng Sanshui has seen many new recruits, once these new recruits go to the battlefield, they will forget all the key points of shooting during training, let alone let them shoot. Many new recruits go to the battlefield for the first time and are scared to pee their pants.
For Deng Sanshui, it was just a common and common thing. Therefore, he thought that Sun Lei, a new recruit who had just joined their third company and had only been two months old, was bragging and was not worth refuting at all.
It is said that "good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles away." The fact that using pulled grass to wipe the footprints left on the snow soon spread in three rows. The soldiers all said that this trick was produced by "Little Zhuge" Sun Lei.
This trip was passed down by ten, ten hundred, and in less than half an hour, almost all the officers and soldiers of the entire Third Company knew about this matter, and Niu Tiezhu, who was the leader of the Third Company, was naturally no exception.
Niu Tiezhu, the squad leader of the two soldiers, placed one ear on the snow and heard continuous vibrations coming from the opposite side.
When he raised his head, he heard Sun Lei and Deng Sanshui, the two soldiers under his command, still talking in a low voice. He suddenly made him angry.
Because of the subjective conjecture and speculation that Sun Lei wanted to be a deserter, the company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju both criticized Niu Tiezhu, who was the first squad leader, and asked him to conduct a profound review in front of all the officers and soldiers of the company.
Therefore, Niu Tiezhu, who was smaller than the needle, held a grudge against Sun Lei, the new recruit under his command, and was worried that he would not have the chance to retaliate against Sun Lei. Now Sun Lei took the initiative to come to the door, how could he let it go easily?
"Sun Lei, if you say something bad, believe it or not, I will shoot you. Deng Sanshui, shut up, otherwise, I will clean up together." Niu Tiezhu couldn't help it, so he lowered his voice and cursed angrily at Sun Lei and Deng Sanshui who were biting his ears.
Sun Lei and Deng Sanshui, who knew they were in the wrong, were angry when they saw their squad leader Niu Tiezhu, and they all closed their mouths, holding the 38-large rifle in their hands, staring at the vast white opposite, waiting for the Han army with about a battalion of troops coming from the opposite side.
Niu Tiezhu, whose anger was still alive, saw vehicles and people appearing more than a hundred meters away from the opposite side. He lowered his voice again and ordered a group of soldiers next to him: "Prepare for battle!"
Chapter completed!