The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 96 The Bombing of the U.S. Army

Xia Yuan came to the open space beside him, asked the soldiers around him for an engineer shovel, and tried to shovel the ground, but the ground was frozen hard, and this area was rocky, so it was impossible to dig a smokeless stove.He thought about it seriously, and called Wu Wenxiang: "Old Wu, bring the people in the cooking class with me, let's go get some hot food."

Wu Wenxiang looked at the injured soldiers, nodded, and went to call some soldiers from the cooking squad, and they came to the huge water diversion pipe.

Ping He turned his head and asked, "Xia Yuan, what are you doing?"

"Digging a smokeless stove, the ground inside is too hard, we need to find a softer place to dig."

Xia Yuan replied.

Not long after walking, the roar of US military planes came from the sky. Xia Yuan was startled, "Hiding under the pipeline! Pinghe! The US military planes are coming!"

Following Xia Yuan all the way, the members of the Seventh Company had a little understanding of Xia Yuan's ability, Ping He immediately waved his arms, "U.S. military aircraft! Cover up!"

When the soldiers of the Seventh Company heard this, they acted quickly, but the soldiers of the Ninth Company were still a little unclear.

Wu Qianli stood up: "Hidden, hide quickly!"

"Hide the body!"

The other soldiers of the Ninth Company could only follow the soldiers of the Seventh Company. Although the soldiers had doubts in their hearts, they still had very strong execution ability. They quickly concealed the bodies of the dead comrades and quickly hid in the cave.

Lei Gong pulled Wu Wanli, "Hide!"

Wu Qianli walked over quickly and squatted beside Lei Gong: "The US military planes are here again, probably trying to find us, but they never expected that we are right next to these pipelines."

Lei Gong nodded: "Qianli, how are you going to fight tonight?"

Wu Qianli looked at the time: "I don't know yet, I will ask the people from Jiulian later to see how they fought last night."

Lei Gong nodded and grabbed him, "Don't forget the artillery platoon this time."

Wu Qianli nodded heavily, turned to look at Wu Wanli who was holding the radio, and rubbed Wu Wanli's hat: "Protect the radio."

"Yeah." Wu Wanli hummed, "Brother, you have to be careful."

"Don't worry, you just follow Lei Gong to learn artillery, and you will become an artillery soldier in the future!"

"Ok!"

During the conversation, the roar of U.S. military planes came from the sky, and it spread continuously from the distant sky. The soldiers of the Ninth Company who had doubts at first lost their voices and hid crowdedly in this narrow cave.

Ping He also fell down from the water diversion pipe, squatted beside Xia Yuan, and looked up at the sky through the gap between the pipes.

A formation of U.S. military planes flew from the distant sky, and dropped napalm bombs one after another on the rolling hills. The napalm bombs fell on the high mountains, and a dazzling flame shot into the sky, accompanied by a huge explosion. There was a roar, and a shocking wave of air swept in, rolling up the gravel and snow from a distant mountain, and spreading it thousands of meters away.

Their hidden area was not spared either. The residual heat from the spreading fire directly melted the snow on the top of their heads, and the water flowed down from the cliffs. The waves blew away the white cloth covering the faces of the sacrificed soldiers, melted the snow under them, and also heated up the frozen cheeks of the soldiers hiding in the cave, and made their faces glow red. .

Holding the gun in his arms, Ping He looked at the bright flames in the distance: "It's really warm."

Xia Yuan nodded, his eyes lost for a long time: "Yes, it's really warm."

In their line of sight, the originally thick snow layer was melting at a speed visible to the naked eye. The speed of melting was very fast, and the bare rocks on the surface were exposed in a short while.

A round of bombing by U.S. aircraft set fire to several hilltops.

The bombing ended, but it was convenient for Xia Yuan. The snow on the ground melted and exposed the surface. He could see where the dirt and rocks were at a glance. He didn't need to look for a place to dig a smokeless stove in the snow.

After the U.S. artillery bombardment ended, the nearby mountains were covered with scorched earth. Yu Congrong shouted: "Wanli, give me the radio station."

Wu Wanli turned his head: "Why are you going?"

Yu Congrong took the radio, exhaled the cold air, and said, "The soil on the mountain after the US bombing is hot. I'll bury the radio in there. Maybe the battery will be able to thaw out."

When he came out, he saw Xia Yuan cooking today's meal, stepped forward and asked, "What are you cooking?"

"What else could it be?"

Xia Yuan took out the can from his arms, picked up the frozen beans inside with a bayonet, and threw it into the pot.

Wu Wenxiang brought a lot of snow, poured it into the helmet on the ground, raised his head and greeted Yu Congrong: "Platoon Leader Yu."

Yu Congrong smiled and said, "Leave me an extra piece of meat later."

Xia Yuan: "The meat is reserved for the wounded, where did you get hurt?"

Yu Congrong clutched his chest in a gesture: "Oh, I'm hurt, I'm hurt."

Xia Yuan laughed and scolded: "Get lost!"

Yu Congrong chuckled, "Let's go."

Fried noodles, crushed potatoes, canned meat, and biscuits were smashed together and made into a paste. This meal has almost become the favorite food of the soldiers of the Seventh Company.

Xia Yuan thought for a while and said, "Make some more sugar water and let the soldiers drink some sugar water."

There are some leftover chocolates and candies in the U.S. military cans he carries. After they are thrown into the water and melted, they taste sweet and can replenish physical strength and nutrition.

It was the first time for the soldiers of the Ninth Company to see a smoke-free stove. Some soldiers of the Ninth Company came over to help them get some snow and dry firewood, or learn to dig a smoke-free stove. After digging seven or eight smoke-free stoves, they put U.S. military helmets are placed on top, and the gaps are covered with mud, filled with snow and boiled.

Smelling the fragrance wafting in the air, the soldiers of Jiulian swallowed their saliva from time to time.

"How long has it been since you guys ate?" Xia Yuan gave up his seat and let the soldiers of the Ninth Company get closer to the mouth of the pot to keep it warm.

"The fried noodles I eat have been on the road recently, and I don't have much dry food with me. I have eaten the potatoes and fried noodles, so I will eat snow. Eat more snow to survive hunger." A little soldier rubbed his hands and looked into the pot. The batter was cooked, and asked: "What is this, it smells so good."

Wu Wenxiang stirred the batter in the pot with a stick, and explained: "Put fried noodles and canned food from the U.S. military together and cook them together. The taste is not bad."

The soldiers of the Ninth Company knew it. They stared at the smoke-free stove and said, "There is no smoke. No wonder your Seventh Company dared to light a fire to cook. This is a great idea."

The soldier in the cooking class next to him lit the pot and said, "Well, I have to thank the second platoon leader, Xia Yuan."

The soldiers of the Ninth Company turned their heads and looked at Xia Yuan in surprise: "You are Xia Yuan! The new battle hero of the Seventh Company!"

"Battle heroes are not considered, we are just ordinary fighters, what we should do is to go to battle and kill the enemy." Xia Yuan's face was covered with dirty cloth strips, and his appearance could not be seen, especially his face and The clothes on his body were black.

No wonder the soldiers of the Ninth Company couldn't tell the difference.

A soldier of the Ninth Company said: "Comrade Xia Yuan, our battalion commander has told us about your deeds, and every time we fight, he will say, hey, look at you, and then look at Xia Yuan of the Seventh Company, The three of us held on to the same position, against the artillery fire and tanks of the US army, and insisted on holding on to the reinforcements. If it were you, you would be put down by the enemy when you went up."

A soldier next to him said: "When we took the bridge last night, the battalion commander told us that we should learn more from Xia Yuan in war."

Xia Yuan smiled knowingly, brushed the jar with hot water, there was still oil and water in it, and handed it to the soldier who was talking beside him: "Drink this soup."

The little soldier looked at the hot water in the jar, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, shook his head and said, "I won't drink it, let our squad leader drink it, he's injured."

Xia Yuan scolded: "If you tell you to drink, you can drink it. It's a waste of time. Your squad leader is indispensable."

In the same way, he scooped up some hot water in other jars and gave them to the soldiers around him one by one. Seeing that they were holding them without moving their mouths, he said helplessly: "I'm going to put sugar water in the jar after drinking it. There is still oil and water in it. Pour it out." What a pity, you drink it first, and later you will scoop up the empty jar with sugar water and serve it to the wounded soldiers, who are cold from bleeding, drink some sugar water to keep warm and replenish their strength."

The soldiers of the Ninth Company in front of them drank the hot soup in their hands with peace of mind, and handed the empty jar to Xia Yuan.

Xia Yuan scooped up some sugar water and said, "Go ahead, it's a little hot, tell them to be careful, don't burn it, and come over to serve some food later."

"Hey, thank you, Comrade Xia Yuan!"

Looking at the backs of the soldiers leaving, Xia Yuan smiled, turned his head and took out all the cans on his body, "I cooked all these today, let the soldiers have a warm meal, eat well! Eat well! "

The squad leader of the cooking squad at the side smiled and said, "Platoon Leader Xia, why don't you just come to our cooking squad and be the squad leader."

Wu Wenxiang smiled honestly: "I've been the platoon leader for you, what about our second platoon?"

The soldier said: "You do it."

Wu Wenxiang shook his head: "I'll be the deputy platoon leader."

"Platoon leader, the company commander called you for a meeting."

While listening to everyone talking, a soldier in the second row ran over and shouted.

Xia Yuan clapped his hands, handed the stick to the soldiers beside him, got up and said, "Okay, Wu Wenxiang, you are here to arrange for the soldiers to cook, dig a smoke-free stove, and some boiled water and sugar water."

Wu Wenxiang responded: "Yes!"

"Fill me some more boiled water, take it with me and follow me."

Soldiers in the cooking class used canned jars to hold some boiled water and distributed them to other soldiers.

The soldiers in the second platoon said in a low voice: "Platoon leader, be careful, I just said that the battalion commander got angry, say... say."

Xia Yuan paused, poured out the boiled water in the jar in his hand, and replaced it with sugar water, "It's okay, say it."

"Tan Battalion Commander said that you are uneasy and kind."

Xia Yuan smiled, didn't answer, but said: "Okay, just pretend to be so much."

Then he said to the soldiers in the second row: "Go and call all the people in the second row and let them serve tea."

"Hey."

Xia Yuan came to the cave with soldiers carrying boiled water. Wu Qianli, Mei Sheng, Tan Ziwei who was unconscious, Yu Congrong, the third platoon leader, and the ninth company platoon leader were all there. Coming from afar, they looked over one after another.

Xia Yuan held a jar of steaming hot water in each hand, and said with a smile, "What are you looking at, drink some hot tea to warm up."

Mei Sheng said: "Drink the wounded first."

"Instructor, I arranged some sugar water for the wounded." Xia Yuan showed a smile on his face, and handed the sugar water to the indifferent Tan Battalion Commander, "Tan Battalion Commander, drink some sugar water."

Tan Ziwei stared at Xia Yuan and Wu Qianli, grinned and said, "You two just attacked me."

Wu Qianli laughed dryly: "That's impossible, the second platoon leader gave you medicine, because you passed out from the pain."

Tan Ziwei stared: "Wu Qianli, you still frame me!"

Wu Qianli said: "Tan Battalion Commander, you've wronged me, that's enough, let's not get entangled in this matter, it's more important to blow up the bridge, you drink some sugar water to warm up first."

"Don't drink." Tan Ziwei looked at the sugar water in Xia Yuan's hand, still sullen.

Wu Qianli kicked the soldiers of the Ninth Company in the buttocks, and the soldiers of the Ninth Company persuaded them one after another: "Battle Commander, you can just drink, your body is more important."

"Yes, Battalion Commander, what's the matter after the meeting?"

Looking at the anxious Ninth Company soldiers, Tan Ziwei moved his body, looked at Wu Qianli and Xia Yuan, and scolded with a smile: "You two boys, if I didn't wake up quickly, would you send me back to the rear?" gone?"

Wu Qianli smiled dryly: "That's impossible, even if you're in a coma, it won't hurt if you take the medicine."

"go."

Tan Ziwei glared at Wu Qianli, took the sugar water, and said, "Your hands are also tender, and now you feel a little pain in the back of your neck."

Xia Yuan laughed and said nothing.

Tan Ziwei took a sip of sugar water and said, "It's not bad, I'm interested."

Wu Qianli clapped his hands: "Okay, hurry up and have a meeting."

He squatted down and asked, "Last night, how did you bomb the bridge? What tactics did you use? Which part did you bomb?"

Tan Ziwei sipped sugar water and said, "Yang Zi, tell them."

"Yes!"

A young soldier named Yang Zi stepped forward and said, "It's still the old trick, attacking east and west. Our second platoon feigned attack on the north side of the bridge, pulling the gun line, blocking the eye, suppressing the enemy's heavy firepower, and distracting the enemy's attention." Force. In the south of the bridge, the first row, under the cover of the third row and the fourth row, pretended to be wounded US soldiers, infiltrated the bridge deck, and carried out the task of bombing the bridge!"

His voice was low and low, "But they were discovered. A row of comrades sent explosives to the bridge before they died. Blast, the action failed."

Wu Qianli fell into deep thought.

Mei Sheng asked: "Have you figured out the enemy's firepower deployment?"

Yang Zi didn't speak, even Tan Ziwei fell into silence.

After being silent for a while, he opened his mouth and said in a hoarse voice: "When we arrived, the new reinforcements from the U.S. Army had just arrived, and we didn't have much time to touch the enemy's defenses. acted."

Wu Qianli looked at the sky outside, and then looked at the time: "It's still early, first find out the deployment of the US military, and make plans."

He turned his head and looked at Xia Yuan, "Xia Yuan, you are familiar with this aspect, and I will leave it to your second platoon to complete the defense by touching the enemy."

Xia Yuan nodded: "Yes!"

Wu Qianli turned his head and asked Yu Congrong again: "How is the radio station?"

Yu Congrong said: "I, Pinghe, buried the battery of the radio station in the soil on the mountain, and I will take a look with Pinghe later."

"En." Wu Qianli looked at Tan Ziwei and said, "Leave this matter to our Seventh Company, and we will definitely blow up the Shuimen Bridge."

He turned his head and said, "Action!"

(End of this chapter)