Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

Chapter 26 The best shooter!
Ji Chungeng was extremely grateful for the Seventh Company's help. If it weren't for the Seventh Company's help, their Sixth Company would probably have been finished. The most important thing was that the mission had failed, which might have cost them a lot.

After bidding farewell to Ji Chungeng who expressed his gratitude profusely, Wu Qianli led the team on their journey.

Soon they successfully met up with Lei Gong and his men, and then continued to speed up and rush to Dayu Cave.

Li Guotao followed the team and continued moving forward.

At this time, Pinghe suddenly came over and said, "The title of the best sharpshooter of the seventh company belongs to you."

After this battle, Pinghe was completely convinced. Li Guotao's marksmanship had surpassed his and he had no choice but to accept it.

Li Guotao turned his head to look at Pinghe, and asked with a smile: "Are you convinced so quickly?"

Pinghe said helplessly: "I can't help but admit it! You are simply a genius."

Li Guotao smiled and patted Pinghe on the shoulder, saying, "Keep working hard. I believe that one day you will reach my level."

Pinghe couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Why does this kid talk so rudely?

You haven't inherited any of our ancestors' virtue of humility!

Pinghe gritted his teeth and said, "Just wait! One day, I will surpass you."

Li Guotao gave Pinghe a thumbs up and said with a smile: "If you have ambition, I'll wait for you."

Wu Qianli, who was walking in the team, heard the conversation between the two and turned to Mei Sheng next to him and said, "Li Guotao is making rapid progress!"

Meisheng smiled and said, "That's right! He is probably the only one who can convince Pinghe."

"And this kid learns English very quickly. In some areas, he's even better than me."

Wu Qianli asked with some surprise: "So you are convinced too?"

Mei Sheng smiled and said, "The facts are before our eyes, we have no choice but to accept them."

"This kid is indeed a talent. We can focus on training him in the future."

"Besides, your precious brother is pretty good too."

"I think it's much better than when you first joined the army."

Wu Qianli gave Mei Sheng a blank look.

Mei Sheng said with a smile: "You must be brave enough to accept the reality and don't deceive yourself."

Wu Qianli was speechless for a moment and could only change the subject and shouted: "Everyone, speed up and get to Dayudong as soon as possible."

After daybreak, while the troops were resting, Li Guotao opened the system mall again and directly purchased more than 2,000 sets of cotton-padded clothes and quilts. He set the locations on the system map and airdropped them to a friendly force that was heading to the Changjin Lake area.

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Inside the temporary headquarters of a certain division of the 9th Army of the 20th Corps, the division commander looked at the map in front of him with a look of worry on his face.

"The mountains ahead are getting higher and higher, and the road is getting harder and harder to walk on. The damn weather is getting colder and colder, it's freezing to death."

The chief of staff next to him said helplessly: "The Changjin Lake area is a plateau mountainous area, and the temperature is very low in winter."

"And according to the instructions of our superiors, we can only avoid the main roads and take the mountain roads to infiltrate the enemy's flank."

"So the roads are rugged and difficult to travel, and we have to cross some snow-capped mountains. The worst thing is that the meteorological department estimates that the Changjin Lake area this year will be colder than in previous years."

The commander couldn't help but curse: "Damn it, even God is against us. God is really blind."

The chief of staff went on to say, "The biggest problem is that the troops lack thick cotton-padded clothes. We came too hastily, and most of the troops did not have time to change into thick cotton-padded clothes." "The logistics department is trying to transport them to the front line as soon as possible, but no one can guarantee how long it will take."

"Moreover, the enemy has increased its bombing intensity in recent times, and the enemy troops are also accelerating northward. The situation is urgent, and we must speed up and reach the designated location as soon as possible."

"A large number of soldiers have suffered from frostbite. Most of our soldiers have no experience in withstanding such extreme cold, and they don't have enough thick cotton clothes, so..."

The division commander frowned and said: "No matter how hard or difficult it is, we must grit our teeth and persevere, and resolutely complete the tasks assigned by our superiors."

At this moment, a soldier came running over and said, "Report to the division commander, the 266th Regiment reported that they encountered an enemy transport plane airdrop during their march."

"The airdrops are all cotton-padded clothes and quilts. The troops are collecting parachutes. The preliminary estimate is that there are about 2,000 sets."

"what?"

The commander's eyes widened in surprise, then he smiled and said, "Is there really such a good thing as pie falling from the sky, and it just happened to fall on our heads?"

"I'm not dreaming, am I?"

The chief of staff suddenly remembered something and said, "I heard that friendly troops also encountered the same situation and seized more than a thousand sets of cotton-padded clothes and quilts."

The division commander looked puzzled and said, "Is the United States so generous? They actually airdropped cotton clothes and quilts to us?"

"Even if these beasts are extremely wealthy, they can't possibly be so generous in supporting the enemy!"

The chief of staff said, "They definitely don't have such kind intentions. Most likely their planes landed in the wrong place and landed on us."

The division commander stared at the map and frowned. He pondered for a moment and said, "The weather is getting colder and colder, and the enemy is advancing northward quickly. Maybe they are also short of cotton-padded clothes and quilts, so they are using airplanes to drop supplies."

"Maybe these American pilots were not familiar with the terrain, so they dropped to the wrong location."

"Send the order immediately to collect all the cotton-padded clothes and quilts, and then distribute them uniformly through the division headquarters."

"Yes!"

A soldier responded quickly and turned to convey the order.

At this time, the chief of staff frowned and said: "What we lack most now is cotton-padded clothes and quilts. This is originally a good thing, but..."

The division commander immediately reacted and said, "We are now secretly infiltrating the enemy's flank, and the enemy has not discovered us yet."

"According to the plan of our superiors, our entire Ninth Corps will penetrate the enemy's flank and launch a sudden attack to annihilate the enemy's eastern troops."

"If something like this happens now and the enemy discovers our whereabouts, it may have an impact on the entire battle situation."

The chief of staff nodded and said, "I am worried about this as well."

The division commander frowned and said, "We can't just refuse the cotton-padded jackets we picked up for free, right? We can't just watch the soldiers freeze to death."

"Our soldiers can die on the battlefield, but they must not freeze to death in the snow."

"Now that things have come to this, we can only try our best to conceal our tracks. We can't care about so many things anymore."

"But this matter still needs to be reported."

The chief of staff said quickly: "I will report this to the military."

The division commander continued, "The troops should continue to speed up and advance to the designated location. Inform all regiments that if they encounter enemy aircraft, they must take precautions to hide and avoid exposing their whereabouts in advance."

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)