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Chapter 83 The Smokeless Stove Appears! (seeking subscription)

The station assigned to the Seventh Company is in a valley, and the soldiers are crowded together to rest against the wind and snow. Your feet are stuffed into my trouser legs, and my feet are stuffed into your trouser legs. Just rest like this.

"The company commander and instructor are back."

Wu Qianli and Mei Sheng came over, and Wu Qianli shouted, "Yu Congrong, bring two soldiers to fetch things from me."

When Yu Congrong heard this, he stood up happily: "Come on, Pinghe, Xia Yuan, let's go get something."

The company commanders of the companies of the 239th regiment heard that the Seventh Company had seized a truckload of supplies, which was still very rich, and they came here early to wait. They gathered around the location where the supplies were stored, and were discussing the batch of supplies, the supplies on the cart Moved to a relatively narrow cave.

When Xia Yuan arrived, he heard the group of company commanders discussing the battle from a distance. He took a closer look and saw that some of the company commanders were ashen-faced, travel-stained, and dark-cheeked. Some of them wiped their cheeks with snow. It’s like a tabby cat, it’s kind of funny, some of their cotton clothes were scorched by fire and covered with mud, some didn’t know if they were grazed by bullets, curly blackened cotton came out of the cracks, and some Their clothes were tattered and swayed in the wind and snow, and they looked happy with smiles on their faces.

The arrival of Wu Qianli attracted their attention.

"Company Commander Wu, I heard that you seized these supplies?"

Wu Qianli was a little proud, and said with a smile: "That is, well, this is the soldier who seized the supplies, the second hero of our company."

Several company commanders stared at Xia Yuan: "Hey, good guy, this head is not small. He can come back from Xiajieyu alive and get such a large truckload of supplies. The hero will definitely not run away."

"That's right, hahaha."

Wu Qianli smiled happily.

"What are you so happy about?"

The regiment guide came over, just in time to see Wu Qianli's hearty smile, and couldn't help asking.

Wu Qianli restrained his smile, "This isn't our company's second hero coming soon, so I'm happy."

The leader of the regiment stretched out his finger and pointed at Wu Qianli: "You, it's alright, don't stand outside, come in with me."

The cave is not big, and it is full of supplies. Among them, four heavy machine guns and twelve super bazookas stacked in the corner are the most conspicuous. Blowing up US tanks and armored vehicles is also the most scarce weapon and equipment for volunteer soldiers.

In the early days of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, volunteer soldiers lacked effective weapons to destroy tanks. The usual means of dealing with tanks was to use cluster grenades and explosive kits. In the middle and late stages, Lao Su’s support gradually came into place. Volunteer soldiers also had more means to deal with tanks and armored vehicles Many of them are anti-tank grenades.

For the early War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, twelve super bazookas were very rare.

The company commanders of the 239th Regiment saw the supplies in the cave, their eyes lit up, "It's strange, so many bazookas were captured by Comrade Xia Yuan from Xiajieyu?"

The regiment guide smiled and said: "Well, you really want to thank Comrade Xia Yuan. Without him, we don't have much supplies now. Okay, our 239 regiment is now reduced to 5 infantry companies. Naturally, the distribution of supplies must On average, but these cotton clothes, medicines, and canned food, our 239th regiment can't just enjoy it for ourselves, but also share some with the brothers of the 238th and 240th regiments. The battle has reached this level, and the soldiers of the other regiments are not doing well. , Some soldiers can't even eat enough, eat snow and fried noodles for a long time, without any nutritional intake, have diarrhea, night blindness, and there are many soldiers who are frostbitten and unable to participate in the battle."

"Therefore, this batch of materials must be distributed centrally. After counting, there are 23 boxes of military coats, ten pieces in each box, a total of 230 pieces, 21 boxes of cotton clothes, fifteen pieces in a box, a total of 310 five pieces, and ten cotton socks. Boxes, 140 pairs in one box, 33 pairs in total, [-] boxes of cotton boots, [-] pairs in one box, [-] pieces in total, more than [-] boxes of various medicines, including anti-inflammatory drugs, chilblain medicines, painkillers, first aid kits, bandages Wait, fifteen boxes of various cans. Nine boxes of grenades, twelve super bazookas, thirty-three shells, four heavy machine guns, five boxes of bullets, and two boxes of rifle bullets."

"Now the materials are distributed centrally. The military coats are evenly distributed to the three regiments. Each regiment can get more than 65 military coats, 45 cotton clothes, [-] pairs of cotton socks, [-] cotton boots, ten boxes of canned food, and more than [-] boxes of food. Wait, the grenade will not wait, and the surplus supplies will be sent to the division headquarters, as for the twelve bazookas, four for each of the three regiments, and eleven shells."

The team leader looked at the deputy who was in charge of recording, and asked, "Is everything recorded?"

The deputy nodded: "It's all recorded."

"Okay, now distribute the military coats. According to the previous distribution, first take the supplies of the seventh interspersed company, five military coats, a box of canned food, anti-inflammatory drugs, painkillers, first aid kits, and bandages. Zuka, four shells, two boxes of grenades, and two boxes of rifle bullets."

In fact, after the battle ended, volunteer soldiers also seized a lot of good things from the front positions of the US military. The distribution of materials was based on the total materials, while the materials seized by Xia Yuan were distributed according to the standards of the three regiments.

After a while, Wu Qianli, Xia Yuan, Yu Congrong, and Ping He returned to the place where the Seventh Company was stationed with the supplies assigned to them.

Wu Qianli looked at the time, and there was only one hour left before dawn, "It's getting late, open this box of cans, let everyone eat better."

Yu Congrong opened the box, tore open the cans with difficulty, and couldn't help saying: "These cans are all frozen."

Xia Yuan had an idea, "Commander, let's light a fire and cook."

Wu Qianli looked at the sky: "How can this work? The U.S. military planes are still spying in the sky. If they find out, they will be in big trouble."

Xia Yuan said with a smile: "Company Commander, I can make a smokeless stove, so you can take care of it."

After finishing speaking, he found the engineering shovel worn by the soldiers, and started digging on a piece of relatively soft ground with a sense of slope. One thing to say, the ground looked soft, but it was also frozen hard. It took a lot of effort to dig out a stove with double stoves. The hole of the stove was small and the inside was big. He dug a hole behind the double stove. Open up, and dig out three exhaust ducts about two or three meters long and fifteen centimeters deep behind the expansion chamber.

The flue and expansion chamber are covered with branches on the first layer, dry leaves on the second layer, and the third layer is covered with soil, so that a simple two-burner smokeless stove is dug.

Xia Yuan explained to them: "After digging in this way, the smoke will follow the hole to the three gullies, but the gullies are covered with branches, leaves and soil, and they will gather in the ditch, making it difficult to escape. If it is emitted, the amount of smoke emitted will not be very large, and it cannot be seen from the sky. We only need to use a baffle to block the fire here."

Wu Qianli walked around the stove, turned to Yu Congrong and said, "Hey, don't tell me, this method is really good."

Xia Yuan smiled, "Company commander, remove the contents of the steel helmet we seized and put it on the stove as a pot."

"I'll get it." Ping He quickly ran back, took two helmets, and used a knife to remove the contents inside, exposing the cold steel.

Xia Yuan put the helmet on the stove, filled the helmet around with soil, then grabbed a handful of clean snow and put it in the helmet, lit some dry leaves with a lighter he captured, and Yu Congrong brought some dried leaves. The firewood was placed next to Xia Yuan's feet. When the fire started, several people watched and found that there was smoke coming out of the soil covered on the ground, but the amount of smoke was so small that it could hardly be seen.

"This method is okay, Xia Yuan, where did you learn it from?" Yu Congrong was a little surprised. Ever since they arrived in North Korea, making a fire and cooking has become their biggest problem, and Xia Yuan did not expect this problem to be solved.

The burning hole only needs to be blocked by a baffle, so that it will not be discovered by the enemy.

Xia Yuan smiled: "I learned this from the old man in our family. He figured it out by accident when he was hiding from the Japanese devils while eating on the mountain. I learned it from him."

"Are you guys making a fire and cooking?"

Mei Sheng walked over from a distance, and was startled when he saw a few people cooking with a fire. Just as he was about to remind him, he saw that the stove they used for cooking was quite special. Like cooked, there is a faint smoke, and the amount is very small.

From a distance, nothing can be seen at all.

Yu Congrong said with a smile: "Instructor, look at the smoke-free stove that Xia Xiaozi figured out. Even if you cook during the day, you can't see the amount of smoke like this."

Mei Sheng walked around the smoke-free stove, his eyes fell on the white smoke, and he asked in surprise, "How did you do this? There is only so much smoke coming out."

Xia Yuan simply told Mei Sheng how to dig a smokeless stove, and Wu Qianli smiled and said, "Come on, I'll take you to dig one for a try, it's actually very simple."

Wu Qianli took the engineer shovel, found a slope and started digging, the ground was frozen hard, under the guidance of Xia Yuan and Xia Yuan, a simple smoke-free stove was dug in more than ten minutes, Wu Qianli Following Xia Yuan's method just now, cover the expansion chamber and the three flues with branches, leaves and soil.

Mei Sheng asked in amazement: "Can we achieve Xia Yuan's effect like this?"

Wu Qianli smiled: "That's right, it is such a simple digging that can achieve smoke-free effect. Even in the daytime, this method still works. You can see the one dug by Xia Yuan. There is a fire inside, and there are fires coming out from the top." There's hardly any smoke coming."

Mei Sheng was thoughtful: "I watched them eating in the 238 regiment, and they always ate frozen food. Even we ate, and never lit a fire. This method is very effective and can be promoted throughout the army!"

Volunteers are currently marching, and they often cannot eat hot food. The best way to eat fried noodles is to wash them with water, but there are no living conditions. Once a fire is lit, it means exposure.

Xia Yuan's method does not mean that it can isolate 90.00% of the smoke, but it can isolate [-]% of the smoke. If every team can dig out such a smoke-free stove and make some hot tea during the break, it will be greatly improved. The entire life of the Volunteer Army.

Mei Sheng told Xia Yuan this idea and asked for his opinion.

There was a smile in Xia Yuan's eyes: "Yes, this is a good thing, why not, I think it's better to draw some more pictures, so that everyone can understand how to dig a smoke-free stove more easily and quickly."

Ping He squatted on the ground, stirred the hot tea in the pot with a wooden stick, raised his head and said, "This is good, everyone can drink hot soup after learning it."

Yu Congrong threw a piece of canned beef that had been frozen into ice into the helmet, sniffed the scent, and put his arms around Pinghe with a grin: "Yes, everyone can drink hot soup after learning. In such a cold day, there is nothing better than that." A mouthful of hot soup will warm you up even more.”

Xia Yuan looked at Mei Sheng, and he did what he said. The smoke-free stove is actually very simple, the main thing is to pass the rising smoke through the expansion chamber to the three flues dug at the rear, and the branches, leaves and soil covered on it can greatly Slow down the time for the smog to dissipate to a certain extent, which forms a so-called smokeless stove.

Xia Yuan used a pen to simply draw the hand-drawn drawings of the smoke-free stove. It is simple, easy to use, and the effect is remarkable. The commander of the 239th Army praised it and decided to vigorously promote this method of digging stoves, and finally spread to the entire Corps, and even the entire army and division of the Volunteer Army to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.

The emergence of smokeless stoves allowed the volunteers to eat hot meals and drink hot soup on the cold battlefield, which greatly improved the lives of soldiers.

At Wu Qianli's request, the soldiers of the Seventh Company were the first to learn how to dig a smokeless stove.

The breakfast in the morning is the most comfortable for everyone. The canned beef boiled in hot water is mixed with some fried noodles to make a salty paste. The taste is much better than fried noodles and potatoes. It is heart-warming to drink. They It’s been a while since I entered North Korea, and I haven’t even drank hot water. I basically ate fried noodles. With the snow on the ground, many soldiers had diarrhea. A sip of hot tea made them sigh.

"How is it, is it good to drink?"

Xia Yuan sat beside Wu Wanli.

Wu Wanli hugged the can and nodded, "It's delicious."

Xia Yuan looked at the shimmering sky and said, "Drink more if it tastes good, there will be a fierce battle tonight."

Wu Wanli turned to look at Xia Yuan, and asked, "Brother Yuan, do you think we can win?"

Xia Yuan turned around and smiled: "It's definitely possible. The Americans are not gods. There's nothing they can't win. They'll be knocked down with one shot."

The two chatted for a while, and the roar of US military planes flew overhead, and the sound of soldiers passing passwords came from a distance.

"Enemy aircraft! Pay attention to concealment!"

"Enemy aircraft! Pay attention to concealment!"

Xia Yuan pulled Wu Wanli against the cliff, looked up at the clouds above his head and boarded the plane, "Sooner or later, shoot them down!"

On November 11th, the U.S. troops stationed on Changjin Lake began to prepare to retreat. The retreat time was set on December 30st. Their retreat order was to give priority to the troops in Liutanli, and wait until the troops in Liutanli arrived in Xiajieyu After that, he went to reinforce the U.S. troops in Xinxingli. It was at this time that Smith uttered that famous saying.

'Retreat, hell! We're not retreating, we're just advancing in a different direction (we're not retreating, we're just attacking in a different direction)'

In fact, Smith's move is equivalent to abandoning the U.S. military in Xinxingli.

And something happened inside the U.S. military in Xinxingli. The commander of the polar bear regiment, Colonel McLean, was killed, and the command was handed over to the battalion commanders of the three battalions within the polar bear regiment. However, on the day No. 30, a helicopter came , Actually picked up two of the three commanders, the big soldiers saw that the already low morale of the polar bear group directly stretched their hips.

"The superior has issued an order to launch a general attack on the U.S. troops in Xinxingli tonight! The main force of the 81st Regiment of the 241st Division is here!"

At 81:241 in the evening, Mei Sheng came back quickly, carrying an order from his superiors in his hand, "The main force of the 1250st Regiment of the 11st Division has arrived at the 30 Heights, and the general attack is scheduled for [-]:[-] tonight! We will wipe out all the U.S. troops in Xinxingli in one fell swoop! Another thousand miles away , the head of the regiment told you to go to the regiment headquarters for a meeting to discuss the battle plan for tonight."

After reading the combat order, Wu Qianli slapped his thigh: "Okay! Instructor, you go to mobilize before the battle, and I will go to the regiment headquarters for a meeting."

At this time, Xinxingli was already surrounded by our army. The main force of the 81st Division reached the 1250 Heights, and the 240th Regiment also successfully crossed the river bridge and reached the 1100 Heights.The four regiments have formed an encirclement situation against the U.S. troops in Xinxingli, and the final decision will be made tonight!
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