Chapter 144: Return to Sanlian
Wang Erkui and others, who were originally full of doubts about Sun Lei, witnessed that Sun Lei's method of using snowballs to remove heat was very feasible and effective. They changed from the sarcasm of Sun Lei just now to the praise of Bollinger at this time.
Of course, in less than a minute after Sun Lei, they all grabbed a large piece of snow from the snow next to them and formed a large snowball.
At the beginning, they all used a large snowball to warm their hands. After the hands were warmed up, they took off their wet cotton boots and socks, warming their cold feet.
In less than half an hour, Sun Lei led a total of 55 volunteer soldiers to warm up their hands and feet with their snowballs from their respective regiments.
An hour ago, the volunteer soldiers who had just stopped to rest were still trembling with cold. After only more than an hour passed, while their hands and feet were warming, their whole bodies became warm.
At the beginning, Sun Lei, as the platoon leader, asked the 55 volunteer soldiers who led him to rest on the spot for half an hour before leaving. After their troubles, they delayed about an hour in this place.
After all of them were warm, Sun Lei felt that if they continued to delay in this place and wanted to rush to the front line to find the large volunteer army, they would probably be much longer than the time agreed in the telegram.
So, Sun Lei looked at the watch on his left wrist. It was already eleven o'clock in the night, and it was about 150 kilometers away from where the front line troops were located. We had to continue rushing.
"Comrades, get together quickly. Let's get out immediately and keep moving forward!" Sun Lei looked around the volunteer soldiers standing in groups of three or five around, and quickly greeted everyone and said in a somewhat urgent tone.
After this time, Sun Lei used the method of platoon snowballs to get heat, the 55 volunteer soldiers who followed him changed their attitude towards him by a 180-degree change.
Previously, they all thought that Sun Lei was not suitable for the platoon leader who led the team at all, so they naturally didn't convince him in their hearts. They just were polite to him on the surface and did not tear his face.
At this moment, they were all impressed by Sun Lei, and they all responded positively to his summons, and no one treated him with the previous eyes.
In less than ten seconds, the volunteer soldiers who had gathered together and chatted with each other in groups, immediately fought into five rows of eleven columns, waiting for Sun Lei's next command.
After Sun Lei glanced at the 55 volunteer soldiers who were highly motivated, he turned around, waved his hand, and ordered: "Listen to my orders, comrades, follow me to move southward."
In this regard, Sun Lei and the fifty-five soldiers behind him, based on the meeting place marked on the map, and with the direction designated by the compass, in this harsh environment of ice and snow, at six o'clock tomorrow morning, when it was just dawn, they finally arrived at the designated location and met with the large troops on the front line.
What surprised Sun Lei was that the place where the fifty-six people met with the front line was actually Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, and two days ago, it had recovered this lost land that had been occupied for more than half a year.
What he never expected was that after they joined the front-line volunteer army that recaptured Pyongyang City, North Korea, this time they were assigned to the original hero company - the third company of the Sharp Knife Company.
After seeing the company commander Zhao Yi, Sun Lei couldn't help but tears flowed down his eyes, and rushed forward, giving Zhao Yi a warm hug.
"Company Commander, I finally found you and our Sharp Knife three-company company. Since the battle of Songgu Peak more than ten days ago, I have learned that our Sharp Knife three-company company has suffered heavy casualties. I really didn't expect to see you again on the front line. I was so excited." Sun Lei said excitedly while hugging Zhao Yi tightly.
Company Commander Zhao Yi also hugged Sun Lei, who had not seen for many days. Since he completed the blocking mission on the Songgufeng position two weeks ago, he withdrew with the remaining platoon of troops, he followed the large army to continue to advance south, and never saw Sun Lei and other soldiers in a row of sharp swords.
Until a few days ago, Zhao Yi, who continued to advance south with the front line troops, saw the report of their three-company company defending the Songgufeng battle in the newspapers in the Volunteer Army. Only then did he learn that Sun Lei and Zhang Da were the only two soldiers who had fallen down in the Sharp Knife Company. The other soldiers in the Sharp Knife Company had died heroically on the battlefield of the position.
This time I saw Sun Lei, the company commander Zhao felt more intimate. While patting Sun Lei's back with his hands, he also comforted with tears in his eyes: "Comrade Sun Lei, in the battle of Songgu Peak more than ten days ago, our three-in-one Sharp Knife was indeed suffering heavy casualties.
"When the battle ended, our third company of Sharp Knife Company had only about one platoon of troops left, and only you and Zhang Dake survived in your platoon. Comrade Wang Wenju and I, the instructor, led the remaining platoon of soldiers to continue to fight with the large troops advancing south.
"After more than ten days, our Volunteer Army troops recovered Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. In the past two days, we will temporarily rest in Pyongyang City. According to Director Zhi's instructions, the organization of our Sharp Knife Company will be restored. The fifty-five people you brought will be incorporated into our newly-Sharp Knife Company. Now, you are going to fight under my hands again."
When Zhao Yigang finished speaking, Wang Wenju, the instructor standing aside, immediately said: "Comrade Sun Lei, not only that, given your outstanding performance in many battles, especially in the Songgufeng battle, he has become a role model worth learning from for our entire army, I will let you be the newly-edited platoon leader of the sharp knife platoon.
"Also, the fifty-five soldiers you brought were all incorporated into the newly-organized sharp knife platoon as a reinforcement platoon. The 38th parallel is more than 100 miles south, and there are many tough battles to fight next. Our sharp knife platoon is led by your kid. Company Commander Zhao and I look at you very well."
Chapter completed!