Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

Chapter 4 Without delay!

Lei Gong handed the rifle in his hand to Wu Wanli and said, "This is for you. Your brother agreed!"

"Remember, never point your gun at your own people."

Wu Wanli nodded vigorously, reached out to grab the gun, looked at it carefully for a long time, then put it on his back with satisfaction. He raised his head and looked at Li Guotao next to him with a proud look.

Haha, he's still just a little kid after all!

"Okay, let's all go back to sleep! Wu Wanli, you sleep on my upper bunk."

Wu Wanli said seriously: "The company commander asked me to stand until dawn, but it's not time yet!"

"Hmph~!"

Lei Gong shook his head helplessly and said, "The three brothers are all of the same character."

"Where are you? Stop standing here!"

Li Guotao said helplessly: "I really can't sleep!"

Lei Gong said: "If you don't sleep well now, it will be difficult to get a good sleep when you get there."

At this time, a howling cold wind blew in from the crack in the door, making Li Guotao shrink his body due to the cold.

"It's getting colder!"

Lei Gong said casually: "We are already in the Northeast, how can it not be cold?"

Hearing this, Li Guotao suddenly remembered something and pinched his cotton coat. It was too thin!
"We will go to war abroad wearing this!"

Lei Gong said helplessly: "This is the only one I have now."

Li Guotao turned and walked towards the compartment in the front of the carriage. This was the temporary company headquarters of the Seventh Company, and kerosene lamps were lit inside.

"report!"

"Come in!"

Meisheng put away his daughter's photo, looked up, and saw Li Guotao walking in.

"What's with you?"

Li Guotao said, "Instructor, the weather is getting colder. When we get to the Northeast, are we going to wear this cotton coat?"

"I heard that the winter in Northeast China and North Korea is very cold, dozens of degrees below zero, and we will be frozen to death."

Li Guotao suddenly remembered that during the Battle of Changjin Lake, the soldiers of the 9th Corps arrived at the Changjin Lake area wearing thin cotton-padded clothes, but they encountered a cold winter that had not been seen in decades, with temperatures of more than 40 degrees below zero, and tens of thousands of soldiers froze to death or suffered frostbite.

In fact, the Ninth Corps was not without cotton-padded clothes, but its original mission was to go south across the sea to fight, so it had been training in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, and the thin cotton-padded clothes distributed were those from the south.

After the Korean War broke out, the situation on the front line became tense, so the 9th Corps was suddenly transferred north to fight in Korea.

At that time, the headquarters also asked the Ninth Corps whether the cotton-padded clothes had been distributed.

The Ninth Corps responded that cotton-padded clothes had already been distributed.

However, both sides overlooked a key issue, that is, the temperature difference between the north and the south, which led to differences in the cotton clothes of the northern and southern armies.

The 9th Corps was issued thin cotton-padded clothes from the south but was suddenly transferred to fight in Korea.

By the time they realized the problem, it was already too late. Due to the urgent situation on the front line, the 9th Corps had no time to change its equipment and had to rush into North Korea, which resulted in the tragedy.

Li Guotao realized this problem and felt it necessary to report it to his superiors.

But Mei Sheng couldn't help but sigh and said, "The superiors have already noticed this problem!"

"We originally planned to change our clothes while resting in Shandong, but the front line was in crisis and we received an urgent order to go north, so we didn't have time to mobilize enough cotton clothes and quilts."

"Our superiors have instructed us to change our equipment in Shenyang! All departments are coordinating to help us gather supplies."

Hearing this, Li Guotao couldn't help but sigh. In this case, it's still too late!
If Li Guotao's guess was correct, even if they arrived in Shenyang, they would not be able to get enough cotton clothes and quilts.

After all, the entire Ninth Corps has 150,000 troops, and so many cotton-padded clothes and quilts cannot be mobilized in a short time. What's more, the situation on the front line is tight now, and hundreds of thousands of troops have already set out from the Northeast to the front line. The country was poor and weak at that time, and at least at this period, supplies in the Northeast are relatively scarce.

Damn it! It’s all because of those damn foreigners!
Li Guotao cursed inwardly, then asked: "Instructor, what if we can't get enough cotton-padded clothes and quilts?"

Meisheng smiled slightly, patted Li Guotao on the shoulder, and said, "We have seen all kinds of storms and waves, and a mere severe cold can't defeat us!"

"You must firmly believe that we are invincible, and even God cannot defeat us!"

At this time, Wu Qianli, who was sitting on the side, suddenly stood up and said with a serious face: "When we fought the Japanese back then, it was much more difficult than it is now, but didn't we survive it anyway?"

"We had nothing to eat and nothing to wear, but the enemy provided them for us. We had no guns or cannons, but the enemy made them for us."

Li Guotao was greatly encouraged and he firmly believed that such a group of fearless fighters would be able to overcome all difficulties.

However, victory comes at a price.

Li Guotao chatted with the two men for a few more words and then left. All he could do now was to do his best to reduce the losses of the troops.

Looking at Li Guotao's departing back, Mei Sheng asked, "What do you think of this Li Guotao?"

Wu Qianli replied: "Very smart, but his skills are not good enough."

"This battle will surely be extremely brutal. On the battlefield, you can't win or survive just by being smart."

Mei Sheng nodded in agreement and said, "As company commanders and instructors, what we need to do is to minimize the losses and try to bring them all back alive."

Li Guotao was lying on the wooden bed. Now all he could rely on was the system.

One hundred points can be obtained every day. Li Guotao just checked and found that one point can be exchanged for a set of cotton clothes and quilts.

According to the itinerary, there should be a few more days.

A few hundred sets of cotton-padded clothes and quilts were nothing but a drop in the bucket for the entire 9th Corps.

However, every one we can save counts.

But how can we get these supplies out without attracting other people's attention?
Li Guotao began to study the system mall seriously and found that the materials exchanged through the system mall can be taken out at any time and placed in the designated location.

In addition, this system mall also has a delivery function, which allows the system to airdrop supplies.

This setting is very considerate, but the system mall does not include shipping, and airdrops require a 10% fee.

However, once he reaches the battlefield, using airdrop can avoid arousing other people's suspicion, at least no one will suspect him.

Li Guotao has made up his mind to exchange all the points he will earn in the next few days for cotton-padded clothes and quilts, and then find a suitable opportunity to take out all these things.

The next day, the train continued to move north and the weather gradually became colder. Fortunately, the carriage was crowded with people, so it was not too cold.

But the air quality was really unbearable for Li Guotao.

Li Guotao came to the car door again, where the air quality was relatively good.

Lei Gong, who had just finished smoking, knocked his pipe on the gap of the car door. Although this guy looks big and strong, he is actually a dexterous person. He made the pipe himself and it is quite exquisite.

Li Guotao asked with a smile: "Thunder God, can you give me two puffs?"

Lei Gong looked up at Li Guotao and said, "Don't you not smoke? What's wrong? Are you scared of going to the battlefield?"

Li Guotao shook his head.

Lei Gong smiled and said, "It's okay to be afraid. This is your first time on the battlefield. It's normal to be afraid."

"Take Yu Congrong for example! Even though he is so arrogant now, he was scared to death when he first went to the battlefield."

(End of this chapter)