The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 178 Fetching Water!

Xia Yuan still left two apples on his body. After saying goodbye to the transporters, they separated in the ravine. The transporters continued to deliver food, weapons and ammunition to the tunnel, and Xia Yuan continued to lead the soldiers to the ravine. fetch water.

After walking not far, I finally came to the foot of this mountain.

The roar of the enemy's heavy machine gun came from far behind them, and the soldiers suddenly turned their heads to look at the direction where the transporter left. In the distance, the high ground filled with gunpowder smoke could see the bullets fired by the enemy's heavy machine gun from a distance. Long chains of fire were formed, flung in the valley like long whips. Judging from the density of guns, there were at least five heavy machine guns and more than ten mortars.

Machine guns were whining, shells were roaring.

Shaking the valley also shook the hearts of the four of them.

"Company commander!" shouted a soldier.

Xia Yuan gritted his teeth and turned his head to look at them. There were crystal tears on their faces. They were their comrades. How could he not feel pain in his heart? A platoon, even a battalion may not be able to rush up.

Kindness does not hold soldiers.

Xia Yuan understands this, if they go, they may not be able to help, even they will be exposed, not only will they not be able to get water, but even whether they can go back to the tunnel will be a problem.

Only at this moment did he understand the torment those commanders felt when they were making such choices and giving orders.

Should I just watch my comrades bleed and die, or go to the reinforcements.

This is like when retreating, sending that army to stay behind to stop the attack is the same. The palms and backs of the hands are fleshy, and sending that army to block, isn't the army sent out their comrades?
These transporters are using their lives to create opportunities for the soldiers in the tunnel.

Xia Yuan didn't speak, and the soldiers didn't blame him. They also knew this in their hearts, and they could only shed tears silently.

The sound of machine guns rang out for more than half an hour before it stopped. When the sound of machine guns in the valley disappeared and the noise of the cannon stopped, it seemed to indicate that the comrades who had just talked to them had left them.

Xia Yuan led them to find this river located on the flank of the No.11 position and the North Mountain of the 537.7 highland. It is called a river, but a very narrow stream, about one step wide, and the water is not very deep. For night vision, it can be concluded that it should only be as deep as half a little finger.

Next to this news, he saw many corpses, carrying containers of water on their backs, lying in a bomb crater, watching from afar.

The stick soldiers on the high mountains on both sides also seemed to know that the volunteer soldiers would come here to fetch water, so they set up many bunkers here, and the flares in the sky were one after another, illuminating the water in the ditches. The corpses are so conspicuous. These corpses are not only from the volunteer soldiers, but also from the U.S. military and stick soldiers. After all, they are stationed on the mountain and need to drink water. Sometimes the water sent by the logistics is not enough to let them All the soldiers had enough to drink. At this time, they had to take risks to fetch water from the river ditch below the mountain.

On the reverse slope of the 537.7 Heights, Xia Yuan, with his eagle eyes, saw the underground tunnel of the No. 537.7 formation on the [-] Heights. The No. [-] position was on the reverse slope of the mountain opposite them. Tunnel No. [-] can be condescending, overlooking this small ditch. It is said to be a small ditch. Under the devastation of artillery fire, the craters where the shells fell one by one were filled with water.

A soldier said: "Company commander, give me the task of fetching water, and I promise to fetch the water back!"

Xia Yuan carefully observed the enemy's layout and said, "Don't worry, I'll see if there is any other way!"

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, and the enemy still has soldiers to replenish. It's too risky.

He thought for a while, looked at the puddle that was blown out by the shells, groped his body for a while, but found nothing useful, and asked, "Do you have any rope on your body?"

The three shook their heads.

Xia Yuan's eyes darkened, and he said, "If there is a rope, tie the rope to the mouth of the bottle and let's touch it. It is safer to tie the rope to fetch water than to go down to fetch water."

He has the skill of throwing bombs, and he can accurately throw the kettle into the puddle, so that he can get water very safely.

"Let's pick off the enemy's clothes!"

Xia Yuan looked at the enemy's corpse not far away, glanced at the time, thought carefully, and said, "You guys cover here, I'm alone!"

The three soldiers hurriedly said: "Company commander, no, let's go, you wait here!"

Xia Yuan said: "This is an order! Besides, trust me, I will be fine!"

There were so many corpses lying underneath, and no one else would be noticed. With a gun in hand, he turned over the bunker, and with the help of the gap where the flares went out, he swiped down from the mountain and quickly approached the enemy's corpse by the ditch.

With a bang, a new flare was lifted into the sky, Xia Yuan stepped on the ground with both feet, made himself stop, and lay quietly on the ground, like a corpse, the shining flare hung in the sky, the wind blowing As it moved, the flare also swayed.

With the cool-down skill activated, Xia Yuan lay on the ground with his gun in his arms, his eyes swept across the enemy on the opposite position, and from time to time he looked at the enemy on the No. 11 position. Li kept looking around, his lips twitched, chatting about unimportant things.

It seems to be complaining about having them stationed in Shangganling. Since the 24th US Division was replaced on the [-]th to station in Shangganling, their casualties are increasing every day, and their morale is getting lower day by day. Many soldiers in the team are from other places. He didn't have any intention of fighting, but just held the idea that he could live every day, and prayed in his heart that the volunteer soldiers would not rush out.

Most people do it to get a bite of kimchi in the army. After all, in the army, the food of the United Nations Army, which has coalition forces from more than a dozen countries, is still very good. Rice, kimchi are enough, and seaweed soup, sometimes you can eat it Squid that came to other countries for reinforcements.

This kind of scene is very familiar, and many soldiers in the reactionary faction are there to make a living. There are young men who have been captured, and 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 let go of the foot brake and rushed down the mountain at a fast speed. After getting close to the body of the foreign devil, he quickly took off the clothes from the foreign devil's body, curled up in the bomb crater, and stabbed him with a bayonet. The clothes were cut open, made into strips, tied to the mouth of the bottle, and then a stone was stuck on the mouth of the bottle.

The purpose of this stone is to throw the kettle 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. The stones at the mouth can greatly reduce the loss of water.

It doesn't matter even if it is lost, the second pot of water can be filled with the first pot of water.

Xia Yuan tied the rope and threw the kettle over. The kettle landed precisely in the puddle. He picked up the rope and made the kettle floating on the water shake, allowing more water to pour in. In less than 2 minutes, a The pot of water was filled, Xia Yuan waved to the soldiers behind him, signaling them to come down and one soldier took all the pots down.

"Company commander, here you are!"

Soldier Hu Zhaochun ran down with a water bottle, lying in the bomb crater like a corpse, while watching the company commander fill the water.

Xia Yuan used this method and spent more than an hour to fill up all the water. He threw the full jug to Hu Zhaochun and said, "There is a lot of water now, drink it quickly."

Hu Zhaochun was so hungry and thirsty that he hugged the water bottle and poured tons and tons of water until his stomach was full. After drinking a pot of water, he stopped, burped his mouth comfortably, and burped comfortably.

Hu Zhaochun threw the water bottle to Xia Yuan: "Company Commander, I'm done drinking."

Xia Yuan asked: "Are you still drinking?"

"Company commander, stop drinking."

Xia Yuan looked around and saw that there were no stick soldiers paying attention to his movement, 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 water bottles, and said: "Be careful when you go up, don't expose yourself."

"Yes! Company commander!"

Hu Zhaochun hung the water bottle on his body, and climbed up the mountain cautiously. When the flares came on, he didn't care whether the enemy was watching them or not, he just lay on the ground and pretended to be a dead body. When the flares went out, they climbed back again. , Xia Yuan led them in the direction of Shangganling, and the enemy rarely noticed this side, which gave them a lot of room for maneuver.

Especially when fetching water, it is not easy to be discovered by the enemy.

What's more, the mountains are filled with gunpowder smoke and clouds and mist. When the flares shine over, the mountains are hazy and foggy, which makes it hard to see clearly. Especially in their direction, most of the gunpowder smoke from the blockade area gathers on the main peak of Shangganling and the area under the main peak. In the ravine, and this place is like a huge funnel, once the hazy gunpowder smoke enters, it is difficult to dissipate.

The No. 597.9-No. 597.9 position of the 11 highland, the mountain ridge, the main peak of Shangganling, the No. 537.7 position of the [-] highland-No.[-] position, and the North Mountain of the [-] highland, just formed four walls. It's like getting into a room.

The hazy gunpowder smoke is like the morning mist, and with Xia Yuan’s method of fetching water, even if the enemy fires flares, it is difficult to see it. When they see volunteer soldiers go to the water hole to fetch water, they can only see it. A hazy figure.

After Hu Zhaochun went back, it was Li Wenyou who came over. He also drank a jug of water. After drinking, he took a few jugs filled with water and went back. After Cao Nianchun came down, he carried the rest away.

Xia Yuan hugged a water bottle and drank it. When he was full, he filled the last water bottle with water, wrapped the cloth strips around himself, carried the water bottles one by one, and led the three of them to crawl in the direction they came from earlier. In the past, narrowly escaped from the enemy's cause, they stood up and hid behind a stone.

Hu Zhaochun, Li Wenyou, and Cao Nianchun all had excited smiles on their faces. They were no longer thirsty, and they had filled more than 30 pots of water. As long as they brought them back, they could solve the water shortage in the tunnel.

But a bad news hangs over the heads of the four people. Due to the counterattack at night, plus water fetching and rushing, too much time was delayed. a nice weather.

Its daybreak.

This undoubtedly increased the difficulty for the four of them on the way back, but they had to rush back today. Xia Yuan and the others retreated to the foot of the main peak of Shangganling, staring at the No. 11 position and the enemy on the reverse slope, discussing countermeasures.

Hu Zhaochun said: "Company commander, let me attract the enemy's firepower, and you take this 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, their bodies were full of water. They didn’t feel heavy when they hung the empty kettles, but now they felt the weight on them when they hung the full kettles. Four of them, each with eight or nine A water bottle, plus weapons and bullets, the soldiers who were severely malnourished went back and forth, consuming a lot of energy.

And in front of them is another 100-meter-long enemy bunker fire blockade. In such a situation, it is not easy to get in.

In the end, Xia Yuan thought of a way. He untied the rope on his body, tied his water bottle to the rope, handed the other end to Hu Zhaochun, and said, "Next, the three of you rush over as fast as possible. I will cover for you in the rear!"

He added: "Keep two grenades and ten bullets for yourself, and give me the rest!"

The three of them were startled, and hurriedly said: "Company commander, how can this be possible!?"

It is absolutely impossible for the company commander to cover them.

Xia Yuan said: "What's wrong with this, as long as you rush into the tunnel and organize a small group of troops to fight back, with your cover, I can go back! And the sky is not completely bright yet, so take advantage of Now is the best opportunity!"

Seeing the hesitant faces of the three people, Xia Yuan couldn't help but untied the cloth strips on his body, tied his water bottle to the end of the cloth strips, and stuffed the other end to Hu Zhaochun, staring at the three people: "This is an order! "

The three of them had tears in their eyes. They untied the grenades and bullet belts on their bodies and handed them to Xia Yuan, while they kept a grenade and a magazine bullet for themselves.

When they came out, considering their own weight, they only carried five bullets and five grenades. All the ammunition on their bodies was gathered together, and there were only one hundred rounds of 7.62 bullets and a dozen grenades. For him, enough is enough, he took the ammunition and looked around to choose a suitable position for sniping.

Today, he will use the big eight grains to shoot the enemy hard,

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