Anti-US and Aid Korea's Sharp Knife Company

Chapter 173 Searching for Pine Nuts
The Korean army in a battalion in the military fortress in Xiajieyu has a strength of more than 1000 people. Among them, most of them came from within a few tens of miles a few days ago. Among the strong men captured, there are also a small number of Han troops fleeing from the north to the south.

As the battalion commander, Lee Doo-hyun still has an injury on his arm, and he is still wearing a bandage. Even a few days ago, he was still in the U.S. military field hospital in the rear, and he didn't want to return here so soon. to the cruel battlefield.

However, due to a military order issued by his superiors, he had to choose unconditional obedience. He brought the combat staff officer Jin Shengji, who had recovered from his injuries, and his former subordinates, who were less than a company strong, to Xiajieyu Ri three days ago. As the battalion commander of the Korean army, he assisted a regiment of American troops stationed here to guard the military fortress.

After lunch, Lee Doo-hyun went back to the barracks to rest, but his combat staff officer, Kim Sung-ki, knocked on the door and walked in, angrily reporting to him: "Battalion Commander, these Yankees are really disgusting. After we come here, Every time they have to eat their leftover meals, for today’s lunch, none of the soldiers in our company ate any vegetables or meat, so they were given a bowl of rice to eat.”

After listening to the small report that Kim Sung-ki made to himself, instead of being angry, Lee Doo-hyun smiled at him and comforted him: "Brother Sung-ki, it's not worth it for you to be angry about this kind of thing." When.

"On our way to Xiajieyuli three days ago, I believe not only me, but you should also have seen that the villages and towns along the way have been bombed by US military planes, and many villagers have been displaced. There is nothing to eat and starve to death.

"For us, if we didn't join the army and follow the US military to deal with the Korean People's Army attacking from north to south, as well as the powerful Chinese People's Volunteers, we might not have enough to eat now. Not to mention that every meal can eat one A meal of rice will become a luxury.

"As the saying goes, people have to raise their heads under the eaves. Even our country's supreme leader, Syngman Rhee, has to look at the faces of the Americans. We low-level military officers, it's better not to provoke the Americans, and endure the calm for a while. Taking a step back, the sea and the sky are wide open, our dogs are already good enough to fill their stomachs."

What surprised Kim Sung-ki was that his old boss, Lee Doo-hyun, hated the American soldiers for treating them differently from South Korean soldiers and regarded them as "inferior people".

Now he found that Lee Doo-hyun's attitude towards Americans was so negative and low, which greatly exceeded his imagination.

Out of curiosity, Jin Shengji couldn't help asking: "Your Excellency, Battalion Commander, you used to be the same as me. You hated Yankees who looked down on us Korean soldiers. What's the matter now? Are you going to surrender to Yankees?" ?”

Faced with this question from Kim Sung-ki, Lee Doo-hyun continued to smile slightly, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Sung-ki-kun, why can't you see the current situation clearly? Even with the addition of other United Nations forces, they cannot fight against the more powerful Chinese People's Volunteers. For the survival of you and me, we must obey the arrangements of the Americans."

Seeing the current situation of Li Doo-hyun, who was depressed and depressed, Kim Sung-ki was still a little bit reluctant, and said emphatically, "But, Battalion Commander, you don't know, but I heard from some Yankees that the Xiajie we are stationed at is The military materials and supplies in the Yuli military fortress are about to run out, and the rations of the American soldiers have not been reduced at all, and the first thing to do is to use the strength of our battalion.

"This is absolutely true. Starting tonight, including you and me, all our soldiers and officers will only be given a bowl of rice and half a can of beef for each meal. They will not even provide coffee and whiskey. , do you think the Yankees treat us like this, shouldn't we protest?"

If this had been done in the past, Lee Doo-hyun would have protested to his superiors a long time ago. Of course, more often than not, the reply from his superiors was that the protest was invalid, and everything would follow the arrangements of the U.S. military in coordinated operations.

He knew that the result would be like this, and now after listening to Jin Shengji's report, he replied in a light tone: "Shengji-jun, don't get too excited. Didn't you say that just now, just reduce some supplies to us?" The amount of rations for a battalion is only the minimum staple food. It is good enough to eat a large bowl of white rice for each meal, and it is better than starving.

"What's more, the Yankees didn't do their best. We didn't give each of us an extra half can of canned beef for each meal. As for coffee and whiskey, we don't need to drink it, the worst is to drink boiled water. "

On this side, the U.S.-South Korea allied forces stationed in Xiajieyu are about to run out of rations, which is enough for a day. Before tomorrow night, the U.S. military must send planes to drop food by air.

Among the Korean troops stationed in Xiajieyu, some South Korean soldiers, represented by combat staff officer Kim Sung-ki, expressed extreme indignation and complaints about the reduction of their rations by the US military.

On the other side, the Volunteer Army stationed on the hillside five kilometers south of Xiajieyuli has three companies with sharp knives. Now it is on the verge of collapse when all rations are exhausted. Before dark, more than [-] soldiers fainted from hunger. , but there wasn't any chow mein that could take out a lifesaver.

Just when Sun Lei was feeling impatient, he observed through the military telescope in his hand that there was a large pine forest about 300 meters away on the south side of the hillside, and autumn is a good time to pick pine nuts.

Although it is winter, Sun Lei thought at this time, if he is lucky enough, there may be some pine nuts on the pine trees that have not been picked. After all, this place is considered inaccessible and belongs to the remote mountain area.

After the company commander Zhao Yifa and the instructor Wang Wenju listened to Sun Lei's report, after a short discussion, they had no choice but to agree to Sun Lei's proposal, and Sun Lei led the soldiers in the cooking class , Go to the large pine forest 300 meters south of the hillside to find edible pine nuts to eat.

When the soldiers of the cooking team heard that 300 meters away from the south side of the hillside, there might be pine nuts to eat in the large pine forest, they rushed to the place under the leadership of Sun Lei as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

After rushing to the pine forest, they came here feeling disappointed, because they searched the pine forest with a radius of about 200 meters, and there were very few pine nuts collected on the pine trees.

A group of more than a dozen of them collected less than fifty pine nuts together. Immediately, Sun Lei, who led the team, began to feel worried again. Stamping on the thick snow on the mountain.

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