Chapter 18: The Story of Correspondent Xu Shun: The End
"Half more will be able to reach the 786 regiment station"
Xu Shun looked at the mountains and forests in the distance and said to Niu Ding beside him.
"Well, this is Shishuipu, and it is still thirty kilometers away from the 786th regiment station."
Recalling the mission map, Niu Ding recognized their location at a glance.
At this time, it was the fourth communication mission, and after the fourth journey, the destination of the communication mission of the two was already in sight.
"There's a puddle ahead, let the horses drink some water"
Looking at the horses that were panting a little, Xu Shun lifted the reins, the horses stopped, and he dismounted and led the reins to a puddle. As soon as they reached the puddle, the horses quickly lowered their heads and began to drink, and the two thick lips moved, and the puddle descended at a speed visible to the naked eye, but soon, the dark current below filled the puddle again.
Unlike camels, horses need a lot of fluids, especially after long walks.
"Platoon commander, we were so quiet along the way on this mission, I didn't see half of the devil's hair"
Combing the mane of the horse, which was drinking water, Niu Ding sighed.
After realizing his mistake, Niu Ding re-examined the mission route he formulated, this time, he found no less than seven serious mistakes, but all the way down, there were no problems, don't encounter the attack of the devil or the puppet army, the time when they took the initiative to observe, they didn't even encounter the devil and the puppet army.
You know, this is a devil-occupied area, it's the territory of devils, and there are a large number of devils stationed in various cities, although they deliberately bypassed important cities, but it's too incredible that they haven't encountered a single devil.
"Presumably the devil's life is not easy either"
"The number of devils is too small, they are so much about the country, so many people, and they are not good enough to invade our country
Xu Shun thought back to a guerrilla attack he had encountered before, combined with the cultural class of the division headquarters, he guessed the reason why the devil didn't run the patrol, and his mouth was smiling, and his smile was full of schadenfreude.
Why don't the devils come out on patrol?
Xu Shun has figured it out now.
It's not that I don't want to, but I don't dare, this is because I was scared by the Eighth Route Army, just like the previous ambush battle, I didn't even dare to let out a fart after being bombarded, I didn't dare to go out of the gate of the station, and I even dug anti-artillery holes inside my station.
The Eighth Route Army is no longer the Eighth Route Army it used to be.
The 119th Division is no longer the 119th Division of half a year ago.
Today's 119th Division is a shotgun for artillery, and the days when bullets needed to be counted in every battle are gone, and the battle in which every shell needs the approval of the brigade commander and division commander does not exist anymore.
More than half a year ago, at that time, every battle bullet had to be used accurately, and sometimes after a battle, a veteran with outstanding marksmanship might not be able to use ten bullets, and the recruit could only carry a red tassel gun in hand-to-hand combat. Machine guns were often just decorations, and there were a few in the artillery unit, but the shells were so few and pitiful that there were too many cannons when they needed them, so the division and brigade commanders could only order that the artillery should not fire without their approval.
Every time you encounter a difficult bunker, you can only fill it with your life in the end, especially the devil tank, which can only be blown up by waves of people holding grenades, and because of the lack of grenades, many times a tank can press a main regiment to retreat.
At that time, I lost a lot of veterans!
But now, the first thing to start a war is to cover the mortar, the sound of artillery from the beginning of the battle to the end of the battle did not see the fire out, a battle is not a few thousand shells that is a strange thing, the machine gun is even more abrupt, each machine gun has several ammunition men, riflemen ammunition is also a hundred shots per battle, and even requires as much practice as possible in the battle.
As for the grenades...
Thinking of the grenade, Xu Shun's face was strange.
When he was chatting with the comrades of the transport brigade, he heard that because of the grenades, the independent regiment was now going crazy, and the patriotic overseas Chinese had transported tens of millions of grenades to them, and the warehouses over there could not be stacked, and in order to transport these grenades, the special transport troops over there worked for a month to complete the transport. Now the independent regiment urged the division headquarters to transport grenades, and threatened not to transport 10 million grenades and not to give other supplies.
Tens of millions of rounds... How long will it take to run out! Xu Shun exclaimed in his heart.
According to the independent regiment, in order to consume as many grenades as possible, it has been ordered that the consumption of grenades by each unit in each battle must not reach a certain amount, otherwise they will be scolded.
After the horses drank the water, Xu Shun and Niu Ding found a slightly hidden place and began to prepare food for the horses.
Cut some grass for the horses to eat, mixed with special corn feed, the horses ate very happily, their round and bright black eyes showed a happy luster, and from time to time they snorted.
Even after a long journey, the two horses were still in good health.
Coo-goo·····
Suddenly, a voice that only he could hear sounded, Xu Shun and Niu Ding subconsciously touched their stomachs, looked at each other, and then tacitly took out the lunch box they carried, built a temporary fire pit, and began to cook.
Corn, rice, and a little bit of bacon bought from a nearby villager are mixed and boiled in a lunch box, and the bacon with salt added to it adds a lot of flavor to the food, and it is very delicious to eat.
This piece of meat was bought by them at the villager's house for a large ocean, not with mission funds, but with Xu Shun's monthly salary last month, to be honest, this is the first time he has received a monthly salary.
In the past, everyone in the army was poor, and everyone voluntarily gave up their monthly salary, but now that they are rich, they have begun to pay them again.
It took a while for the food to cook, and the steam came out of the lunch box, smelling the steam mixed with the smell of bacon, Xu Shun felt the rumbling in his stomach become more intense.
The unique aroma of bacon made him feel a lot less distressed about the ocean.
The fire burned very much, and soon, the food was cooked.
Put the lunch box in cold water to cool, and after a few minutes, the two couldn't wait to open the lunch box and start eating.
Chewing bacon in his mouth, Xu Shun had to admit that the rice with meat was too delicious, the unique aroma of lard permeated his mouth, and the originally tasteless boiled rice made people appetize.
Although he was very distressed when he used Dayang, the moment the bacon was eaten in his mouth, Xu Shun suddenly felt that it was worth it, and the remaining little distress disappeared.
In the future, my monthly salary will be used to buy meat to eat! He made up his mind. Anyway, it's useless to keep money in your hands.
However, it is still not as delicious as the military canteen!