The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 175 Arriving at NO.11 Tunnel

The health worker cut open the soldier's cotton padded coat, and only a little flesh was attached to his right arm, half of his body was covered in blood.The hygienist immediately used first aid to stop his bleeding, but it was too late, he couldn't hold on and fell to the ground, his breathing gradually weakened, his bright pupils gradually faded, he still said in a weak voice:
"Company commander, I can continue to fight, and I want to be a hero like you."

The hero hadn't finished speaking, he was still, his eyes were still looking at Xia Yuan, the soldiers were crying, Xia Yuan squatted on the ground, blinking his eyes desperately to prevent tears from falling, a tear still fell from his cheek Rolling down, the tears were so hot, it hurt the scar on his face, and also hurt his heart.

He has seen too many scenes of such sacrifices. Many soldiers were shaken by the enemy's shells, but he didn't feel the slightest, but they didn't eat or drink, and soon died in the tunnel. Some soldiers When they were injured on the battlefield, they kept silent, because they knew that once they were injured, they would not be able to go on the battlefield again, so many wounded soldiers were unwilling to admit the fact that they were injured.

Xia Yuan helped him close 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, looked at the seriously injured soldiers in the No. [-] tunnel, thought twice, and decided to send someone to send them to the No. [-] position. The most difficult thing was not to transport the wounded back to the No. [-] tunnel. Use commands to get them out of combat.The wounded each had their own reasons for refusing:

"My injury is not serious, my hands 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'm a party member, I can still fight, I can't insult a party member!"

"As long as I have a breath, I will fight with the enemy!"

"I can't go out to fight, but I can still guard the tunnel!"

"I am a member of the Youth League, and I have sworn an oath that I will not be 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 emotions of the soldiers here are contagious, and there is an unprecedented fighting will in the red eye sockets.

Time didn't make them wait too long. The enemy called in fighter jets, bombers and artillery fire from the US military to cover the lost Shangganling position. Xia Yuan could only temporarily retreat to the No. [-] tunnel with his team.

A slightly wounded man was lying at the entrance of the tunnel, responsible for blocking the enemies who rushed into the tunnel.

"Who!"

shouted the soldier.

"Commander of the Ninth Company, Xia Yuan!"

Hearing his own voice from outside, the wounded man hurriedly retracted his gun, looked in surprise at the dozen soldiers entering the tunnel, his gaze rested on Xia Yuan, and asked in great surprise: "You are Company Commander Xia! !"

Xia Yuan shouted: "Send the wounded in, and send two people to guard the entrance of the tunnel."

The conditions in Tunnel No. [-] were more difficult than expected. Half of the tunnel was blown down, and there was a mess everywhere. The air smelled of gunpowder smoke, sulfur, blood, excrement and sweat. On the side, several seriously wounded soldiers were lying in the tunnel in agony. They heard the movement outside the tunnel, struggled to get up and looked at the soldiers who came in, and said excitedly one by one:

"Commander Xia, it's Commander Xia!"

The arrival of Xia Yuan caused a shock to the seriously injured in the No. [-] tunnel. They dragged their seriously injured bodies and struggled to get up to see Xia Yuan's face. Although they were on the same high ground, the people in each tunnel Soldiers have their own tasks, even if it is two adjacent positions, the soldiers in the tunnel rarely have the opportunity to contact.

When they came again, they already knew that there was such a fighting hero in the Shangganling position, and now they finally saw it, how could they not be excited.

Xia Yuan stepped forward quickly, holding the hands of the soldiers, and said excitedly: "I am here, you should rest well, and when the injuries are healed, let's continue to fight."

The seriously wounded were happy and warmly welcomed the soldiers in the other tunnels. The squad leader of the second platoon and the first squad of the 4th company who was seriously injured said, "Xiao Shen, take out the radish and let the soldiers eat first."

Xiao Shen was the young soldier who was in charge of guarding the entrance of the tunnel just now. He was slightly injured. He groaned, took out a half-eaten radish from the bag hanging on the wall of the tunnel, ran over and said, "Even Chang, you eat some carrots."

Xia Yuan's eyes fell on the shriveled bag, and he swept through the tunnel. There was almost nothing to eat. He shook his head, "You eat these things, we have eaten them before."

The No. 11 position and the No.[-] position are the two most tragic positions at the moment. Since the outbreak of the Shangganling Battle on the first day, they have encountered fierce enemy attacks. Only on the first day, they have already lost their defense. After such a long battle, The soldiers in the tunnel changed batch after batch, and the conditions in the tunnel became more and more difficult. Xia Yuan saw it and felt pain in his heart.

The condition of Tunnel No. [-] was actually not that good. The food was basically eaten, and the 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, so he 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 to death. After eating a biscuit, they didn't even have the saliva to swallow. Eat it and hold back your swallowing, and even grind your throat.

The soldiers squatted on the ground, looking at the comrades in the No. [-] tunnel, their hearts were very distressed, but there was nothing they could do.

The enemy's artillery fire covered the surface position and the reverse slope of Shangganling. It was basically impossible for Xia Yuan to transport water from the No. [-] position, and he had to wait until the enemy's shelling was over.

As for why they didn't bring some water over during the battle, the soldiers' bodies were already tortured by hunger, and it was already very reluctant to bring some weapons and ammunition to fight. Getting to the second position is almost impossible.

Even Xia Yuan never thought that he would be able to reach the No. [-] position with his men. This round of artillery fire basically blew up the stick soldiers. In order to deal with the overnight harassment of the volunteers, they built bunkers next to each other. Of course, they could resist Our army's small-scale harassment, but once the artillery fires, their bunkers will be blown up in one piece.

In order to encourage the soldiers in Tunnel No. [-], Xia Yuan decided to lead a combat team and a health worker to stay in Tunnel No. [-]. He ordered other fighters to return to their respective tunnels first, and at the same time told the soldiers in Tunnel No. The situation told the company commander Dai Wannian to see if the water could be brought up.

On the night of October 10th, Shangganling, which had been devastated by artillery fire and gunpowder smoke for a day, quietly quieted down as night fell.At night, a transportation team of the Volunteer Army accepted the task of delivering ammunition to the 25 Heights. A platoon of soldiers set off from the rear. They transported the materials to the No. 597.9 tunnel, and then tried to transfer the materials to the No. [-] tunnel to other tunnels.

At night, the water delivery team started from Tunnel No. [-], risking danger to deliver water and basic supplies to Tunnel No. [-] and No. [-].

The seriously wounded in Pit No. [-] have been relying on drinking urine to get by. When they drank the long-lost water, they took a small sip carefully, for fear of drinking too much, and then said to give the water to other wounded, you push me Yes, this scene was once staged in the tunnels of Shangganling.

Considering that the situation in No. 11 tunnel might be the same as that in No. 11 tunnel, Xia Yuan asked the situation in No. [-] tunnel while letting the soldiers in No. [-] tunnel drink water.

A wounded former transporter described some conditions in the tunnel.

In the struggle to hold on to the tunnel, due to the needs of 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 has been defended for ten days, and the shortage of water, food, and ammunition is very serious. The superior has searched for the location of the NO.11 tunnel entrance more than once, but because the position has been destroyed by enemy artillery fire, it has changed several times. They sent people to support them, but they couldn't find the tunnel entrance.

Xia Yuan immediately decided to lead two soldiers as the vanguard to search for the lost No. 11 tunnel entrance, bring some weapons and ammunition, and a small amount of water, and move towards the No. 11 position with Sun Shuren and Wang Yuanhe.

At night, they set off.

The enemy's artillery fire was extremely fierce, and the bombing of the 597.9 highland was stopped, but the artillery fire still covered the main peak of Shangganling. Our army's logistics supply route, Shangganling after the bombardment, was filled with gunpowder smoke, covering the entire mountain.

From time to time, shells landed on the reverse slope and roared. They braved the enemy's shells and got into the smoke, and moved forward cautiously at a distance of two or three meters. The enemy's flares lit up from time to time. They Stopping and walking, when passing the enemy's blockade area, he crawled on the ground. With the help of night vision cover, he led the two of them successfully to the rock beside a river ditch and stopped.

The smoke and dust are thinner here, and the enemy's flares are brighter. Xia Yuan crouched behind the rock and looked forward. The mountain they were going to was 40 meters away.

With the help of night vision and eagle eyes, he saw a dark tunnel on the reverse slope, only the size of a bucket, and the location was very hidden. If it wasn't for night vision, it might be difficult to find.

At the moment when the enemy's flares went out, Xia Yuan led the two of them to rush forward quickly, advancing 20 meters, the enemy's flares lifted into the air again, and the three quickly lay down on the ground, but the enemy's flares opposed them, one after another. One hangs in the air.

Sun Shuren was lying on a piece of loose soil, panting heavily, the dust was filled with the smell of ammunition, his nostrils were irritated and itchy, just wanting to sneeze, he tried his best to suppress it.

When they were more than ten meters away from the reverse slope, the enemy spotted them, and a row of bullets swished towards them. Xia Yuan's movements were very vigorous. Not so lucky, Sun Shuren was shot and died, and Wang Yuanhe lay on the ground with serious injuries.

Wang Yuanhe shouted without raising his head: "Company commander, leave me alone, I will climb down."

Xia Yuan resisted the grief in his heart. Both of them were soldiers in Tunnel No. [-]. They had experienced several battles together, big and small. The grief comes in bursts.

"We must go back alive!"

Xia Yuan knew that he could not rescue the other party at this time.

The No.11 position has not been counterattacked by the soldiers. The stick soldiers are still on the No.11 position. According to his observation, there is no suitable position for attack in this area. If he really wants to cover here, he will die here. He can only grit his teeth, turn his head and touch the tunnel.

At this moment, someone in front whistled softly, and then yelled softly: "The one who delivers the ammunition comes here, the one who delivers the ammunition comes here!"

Xia Yuan was slightly stunned, and looked forward with the help of powerful night vision. There was a steel helmet dangling in the direction of the sound. He thought that the Chinese he had just heard was a bit awkward, and he quickly became alarmed.I didn't pay attention to it anymore, but moved towards the position where I just found the hole.

In a pile of rubble, he saw the tunnel entrance of the No.11 position. After approaching, a gust of hot air rushed towards his face, and he heard the sound of a shovel shoveling soil inside.

"Who!" Someone in the tunnel suddenly discovered him and shouted sharply.

"I, Ninth Company Commander, Xia Yuan."

Xia Yuan crawled out of the loose soil and plunged into the tunnel.

It’s been a long time since I saw the comrades who came to support me. The comrade who shouted was stunned for a long time, and then he opened his arms suddenly, hugged Xia Yuan’s neck forcefully, and then turned his head and shouted softly, with excitement as expected: “Comrades! , Ninth Company Commander, the Ninth Company Commander! That battle hero!"

The tunnel suddenly boiled, and rumors spread everywhere: "The battle hero, the battle hero is here!"

Xia Yuan's hand was tightly held by more than a dozen pairs of jet-black hands, dark faces appeared in front of him, and dirty soldiers looked at him with excited eyes, this was something he had never seen before. His eyes were so bright, as if they contained countless hopes.

In the middle of the night, the transporters in the logistics direction risked their lives to bring radishes and steamed buns. Although there was only one basket, the soldiers in the No. 11 position who hadn’t eaten much for a long time were very happy and shouted excitedly: “Boss! Someone is here! The chief is here!"

It seems that this is their hope.

Today is definitely a day of great encouragement for the soldiers in the No.11 tunnel. Not only the combat heroes in the No. The lack of food gave great hope to the soldiers in the No. 11 tunnel, which had run out of ammunition and food.

The soldiers sat together, leaning against the damp stone wall, discussing radially, asking about Xia Yuan's battle deeds, and hearing that the US Seventh Division had been defeated, the soldiers said excitedly:
"Fight well, that's how you should fight! Beat them sorely, beat them! Victory will belong to us sooner or later!"

"Comrades, our efforts are not in vain, stick to the tunnel, victory will belong to us sooner or later!"

(End of this chapter)