The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 838 Growth
Within two hours, the enemy launched sixteen attacks on the third company. Many soldiers were injured. Chen Hanxiang, a platoon of soldiers, had his right hand pierced, so he used his left hand to throw a grenade, preferring to die rather than leave the position.

Platoon leader Xu Guangtian was injured on the head. When he was bandaging himself, three puppet soldiers rushed to him. A lanky man rushed over and hugged him tightly. Xu Guangtian cleverly picked up the sand and violently The ground tilted back, and the puppet soldier let go of his hand with an "ah" sound, and rubbed his eyes.

The two puppet soldiers behind were lying on the ground and were about to shoot. Platoon leader Xu Guangtian rushed up, grabbed the carbine, kicked the lanky man down the slope, and beat him to death with the butt of his gun, only three or four meters away. Another puppet soldier in the distance then climbed over and took off the grenade from the enemy's corpse, and threw it at the enemy group attacking down the mountain, killing two on the spot.

He then used the enemy's weapons and ammunition to fight with the enemy. He would fight wherever the enemy came from, and he could fight back many enemies by himself.

The fierce battle lasted until about three o'clock in the afternoon. The enemy's last attack was repulsed by the first and third platoons on the smoke-filled hills.

The position was littered with enemy corpses, as well as bullet impact points, charred earth, and blood-stained black soil.

At this moment, the gunfire around the hill became more intense.

After a day of fighting, the casualties in each company and platoon were too high. Only platoon leader Shen Xixi, third squad leader Liu Xueming and two soldiers were left. However, they still insisted on fighting the enemy. After running out of ammunition, they fought the enemy with bare hands.

The second and third platoons were ordered to come to support the first platoon, and the comrades of the first platoon participated in the counterattack with them. They always stayed on the position and killed more than 200 enemies. After several days of fierce fighting, the third regiment of the Li Puppet Army came into contact. Suffering severe head injuries and heavy casualties, they eventually lost their ability to attack.

That night they were replaced by the Eighth Wing.

The fierce fighting will continue.

During the continuous fighting, the soldiers of the 335th Regiment were hungry and thirsty. Coupled with the invasion of cold air, they felt even more hungry and thirsty. Many soldiers' lips were chapped and sore.

The fifth company machine gunner Liang Renjiang was so hungry and thirsty that he picked up a few leaves and licked the water on the leaves. He really wanted to have a full drink and a delicious meal, but there were only a few people on the position who were bombed by the enemy. Scorched earth and shrapnel, nothing.

He accidentally picked up a round, bright pebble next to the machine gun, put it in his mouth and began to grunt. This attracted the attention of his assistant Li Jinglong, who asked in surprise: "Old Liang, what did you eat?"

"Stone."

"You're lying. Stones can be used as food? Then what do you need farmers to do?"

"I don't believe it, look." Liang Renjiang spit out the stone in his mouth and said with a smile: "Hold it in your mouth, you will have more saliva, and you will be less hungry."

"Then I'll give it a try too."

Liang Renjiang's new 'invention' soon spread throughout the battlefield, and the soldiers all started to hold stones in their mouths. Liang Renjiang was right. Holding stones in your mouth will indeed produce more saliva, so hungry The feeling is much less.

Just when everyone was hungry and thirsty, the cultural teacher Dai Wenli climbed up to the position again. A kettle hanging on his body was filled with water. The soldiers picked up Dai Wenli excitedly.

This young man has a tenacious spirit. He does not believe that young intellectuals are weak and incompetent. They are also warriors and strong men.

He carried the wounded one after another. He was so tired that his back was sore and his legs were weak, and he did not want to stop to take a breath.

Now that he has experience in dodging artillery fire, he has become the most popular person among cadres and soldiers. Everyone believes that as long as there are cultural teachers around, someone will take them down if they are injured.

At this moment, Dai Wenli almost became their hope.

Because every time he goes into battle, he thinks about the soldiers.

Not only did they bring spades and picks, but they also brought kettles filled with water.

Once he climbed up to the position, just as the enemy began to charge. Dai Wenli lay down in the trench, and saw the shaking figures of the enemies in the smoke. The soldiers were afraid of hurting him, so they advised him to get down quickly. , but he said persistently:

"No! I must throw a grenade and beat the enemy hard!"

He lay down with the soldiers, holding a grenade in his hand, staring at the enemy. When he saw the enemy approaching him, he really wanted to throw the grenade away, but none of the soldiers moved. He also knew that the discipline on the battlefield was strict. , had to wait patiently.

When the beads of sweat on the enemy's forehead were clearly visible, someone suddenly shouted 'Hit'!
Boom! Boom! The grenade thrown by the soldiers exploded. Dai Wenli raised his arm and with a bang, the first grenade he threw out of his hand exploded in the enemy group.

Dai Wenli clearly saw an enemy fall, and he shouted excitedly: "I killed an enemy, I killed an enemy!"

There are many educated young people like Dai Wenli who are entering the battlefield for the first time.

Zhao Ruilong from the Third Company and Translator Zhao were also among them.

He was a student who had just graduated from school, and he happened to catch up with the craze of fighting in North Korea. Many educated young people in the school actively signed up to participate. He can speak Korean and is lucky enough to join the army. He goes deep into North Korea with the army and goes to the front line.

Zhao Ruilong came to the Korean battlefield full of enthusiasm, but the situation on the Korean battlefield was completely different from what he expected.

The U.S. military's firepower is beyond imagination.

Even when they were on their way, there were US military planes in the sky coming to harass them from time to time and bombing them from time to time. Many people died in the bombing, and a soldier was even injured trying to protect him.

Zhao Ruilong blamed himself for this for a long time.

Later, they fell behind. Zhao Ruilong thought he might die on the Korean battlefield because the elder Liu was injured at that time. Xia Yuan, Zhou Mao, and Xiao Heping were still young and lost their way in the mountains. Let alone find them. We have troops, and we are quite lucky not to encounter the enemy.

Who would have thought that a soldier aged sixteen or seventeen would stand up and lead them back to the company.

Now the company is fighting with the enemy, many soldiers have died on the battlefield, and most of them have been injured.

The company only had one health worker, which was obviously not enough to transport the wounded, so he and the health worker took on the task of transporting the wounded. The two of them ran to the position carrying a stretcher. The soldiers were very happy when they saw the two men coming.

"Translator Zhao, the wounded person is over there."

A soldier pointed him in the direction.

Zhao Ruilong ran along the trench and found a bomb shelter. Three soldiers wrapped in gauze were hiding in the bomb shelter. One of the soldiers was seriously injured, and judging from the situation, he was already somewhat unconscious.

Cao Xinde, the only health worker in the company, was about the same age as the eldest brother Liu. He followed the army all over the country. He used to be a village doctor in the village and knew how to make some mud houses. Later, the Japanese came and burned the village. They killed people and robbed things.

He hid in a ravine to the west with several villagers and survived.

Later, when the Eighth Route Army came, he joined the army and became a health worker with some medical skills.

This time, it will be more than ten years.

The troops he was assigned to were dispersed and reformed. Later, after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, his superiors wanted to promote him. Cao Xinde had no experience, so he refused. He would order simple bandaging and treatment, and let him lead others. Farmers really can't do this.

Since his previous company structure was gone and he didn't want to leave the grassroots level, his superiors asked him where he wanted to go.

The Third Company happened to be training not far from the hospital at that time, so Cao Xinde chose to stay in the Third Company. Like Liu, he stayed there for several years. "Uncle Cao, Uncle Cao." Zhao Ruilong immediately called to Cao Xinde.

When Cao Xinde came over, Zhao Ruilong said quickly: "Uncle Cao, how is his condition?"

Cao Xinde squatted on the ground to check, and said quickly: "Quick, put him on a stretcher, and let's send him to the rear."

If they are only lightly wounded, then the situation is not bad. They only need to be sent down the mountain to rest on the reverse slope in the rear. The seriously injured need to go to the field hospital in the rear, which is actually the temporary field hospital at the regiment headquarters. Cao Xinde said: " I guess the temporary hospital at the regiment headquarters may not be able to cure him."

Zhao Ruilong asked breathlessly: "He was fucked very hard?"

"It's very heavy. It depends on him whether he can carry it." Cao Xinde sighed.

Zhao Ruilong felt uncomfortable looking at the soldier's dark and young face on the stretcher.

"Thirsty, thirsty."

Suddenly, the confused warrior opened his flaky lips and shouted softly.

Upon seeing this, Zhao Ruilong was about to put the stretcher on the ground, but Cao Xinde stopped him: "Don't feed him water!"

Zhao Ruilong was puzzled: "Why?"

Cao Xinde said: "The wounds on his body are bleeding now. If you feed him water, the water entering the body will flush his blood, causing more blood to flow, which will only make him die faster."

Zhao Ruilong's face tightened, and Cao Xinde said: "I have seen too many soldiers before. I could have persisted for a period of time, but some soldiers didn't understand. If he wanted to drink water, the soldiers would feed him water, and he drank a lot. As a result, As soon as the water washed away, the blood in the body was drained, and he died in a short time. "

Zhao Ruilong looked at the soldier and said bitterly: "Comrade, if you persist, you will be at the hospital soon."

At this time, the planes circling in the sky discovered them, swooped down, and started strafing.

"hidden!"

Cao Xinde shouted, put down the stretcher, and threw it on the wounded and Zhao Ruilong.

The large-caliber bullets from the plane hit the ground, and the mountain debris was scattered everywhere. Fortunately, the bullets passed by them, and the planes in the sky also whizzed past their heads.

Cao Xinde stood up and looked up at the plane, but saw that the plane was turning in a circle in the sky and about to dive down again.

"Quick, hide on the reverse slope!"

Cao Xinde has experience in hiding from airplanes. From whichever direction the airplane is coming, just look for a dirt bag and hide on the opposite slope.

"Protect the wounded." Cao Xinde placed the stretcher on the reverse slope, lay on the wounded again, and said to the trembling Zhao Ruilong: "Don't be afraid, close your eyes."

Zhao Ruilong curled up, held his head, and closed his eyes tightly.

Doing so is completely resigned to fate. Cao Xinde understands that if he is hit by a plane bullet, his death will be instantaneous. In an instant, his body will be broken. Few soldiers who are hit by enemy planes can survive, even if they survive. After coming down, they all became disabled.

The bullets from the plane still grazed the open space not far from them, leaving two long and crooked impact points, and the broken branches and sawdust of the trees were scattered everywhere.

While the plane was turning around, Cao Xinde got up from the ground, grabbed the stretcher, and said, "Quick, the plane won't arrive for a while. Let's get into the woods quickly."

At this moment, Zhao Ruilong felt that his legs were weak and he was out of his mind. When he heard the buzzing in the sky and Cao Xinde's shouts, he suddenly came back to his senses. He quickly grabbed the sides of the stretcher, supported his weak legs, and followed Cao Xinde's movements. Go into the woods.

"How's it going? It's okay."

The dense pine forest provided them with cover. Cao Xinde led him to hide behind the trees and asked.

"It's okay." Zhao Ruilong showed a forced smile.

"Xia Yuan's combat ability is very powerful. I have been in the army for so many years, but I have never seen a soldier as powerful as him. When he was in Northeast China, he broke the bomb-dropping record of the entire army, no, probably the whole country." Cao Xinde laughed. Chatting with him, trying to distract his attention and relieve his stress:

"At that time, he was a celebrity in the army. If he hadn't been so young, I guess he would have been a company commander. It was also thanks to him that he fell behind."

Zhao Ruilong nodded and said, "Thanks to him. I didn't expect that he was so powerful before."

"Hai, this kid is from Nanhe. It was during the Chinese New Year when we met in Nanhe. I passed by this kid's house and was sleeping in front of his house. This kid ran out of the house. He is also destined to us." Zhao Ruilong looked much better, and Cao Xinde continued:

"At that time, instructor Hu saw that he was young and didn't want him."

"Ah, there is something else like this."

"Yeah, guess what? After we left, this kid ran out on his own and followed us all the way. He followed us far away before he saw us." Cao Xinde said with a smile: "If it weren't for the worry that he would be in danger if he went back, Instructor Hu At that time, I almost sent my comrades to send him back.”

After talking about this, the pressure on Zhao Ruilong was indeed reduced a lot. He didn't expect that Xia Yuan almost didn't join the army before.

"Okay, it's time to leave. The American plane has also left."

Cao Xinde patted the dirt off his body, stood up and looked at the soldier on the stretcher, his face changed: "It's bad!"

"What's wrong?"

"Not breathing." Cao Xinde checked and touched the soldier's body. It was frozen. He sighed: "This boy's name is Luo Genqiang. He joined the army during the liberation. He was also a poor boy without a family. For him, the army is his home, the motherland is his home, and defending the motherland is protecting his home.”

Zhao Ruilong showed a trace of sadness on his face.

"Maybe, in more than ten years or a few decades, no one may remember their names." Cao Xinde pulled off Luo Genqiang's honor slip. On the ordinary slip, only Luo Genqiang was written, July 1930. On the 7th of the month, a Dongshan native, when he wrote the note, maybe he didn’t even remember where his home was.

Cao Xinde looked at the soldier's dark face and could barely see his original appearance.

He took out the towel on his body, rubbed it in the unmelted snow under the tree roots, and wiped the soldier's dark face.

"Come here clean and leave cleanly. We can't do anything, so we just wipe his face clean. When we meet his family down there, they will recognize him."

Zhao Ruilong felt even more uncomfortable.

This incident touched him greatly and accelerated his growth.