Liang Guocheng was lying in a snow pit, and before Li Yuanchao buried him in snow, he loaded the * bullet and put it on his chest in case of emergency. He felt a burst of nervousness and excitement in his heart, nervous that he had not dared to look at him since he was a child, and now he had to face the killing of the enemy. He could imagine the flesh and blood flying after the gunshot, and felt that if he took a knife to kill a face-to-face person, he would not be able to attack even if it was an enemy; But with * he can do it. He was excited to fulfill his vow to kill the enemy and serve the country. Under the snow of more than minus 30 degrees, my nervous body trembled slightly, and my hands covering my mouth and nose were oozing sweat. The person was lying in the snow pit, his head next to the ground, and only then did he feel Li Yuanchao, walking on the ground for a while and listening to the reason with his ears. Now he could clearly hear the chaotic footsteps in the distance approaching him, and only then did he feel the rich experience of Li Yuanchao's old scouts and the decisiveness in handling things. The sound of footsteps was getting closer, and the danger was getting closer, and the sound of the enemy could already be heard. Liang Guocheng's heart was pounding as if it was about to pop out of his mouth, and he was even more nervous. He wanted to know where Li Yuanchao was, as long as he could see him, he wouldn't be so nervous, at least he felt safe. He raised his head slightly, and the snow on both sides of his head fell instantly, and if he lifted it further, the snow fell more, and his head was exposed. The voice came closer, as if in front of the head. Suddenly, the footsteps and talking all stopped.

"Come out! I see you, come out! Two languages, English and clumsy Chinese: "Come out, see you, come out!"

English voice: "Don't come out and shoot again!" ”

There is always a front and back for the two languages, the first one is in English, and the second is in Korean. The American soldier learns to speak Chinese, just like the tongue is not straight. Although he didn't study a foreign language in college, he could understand simple English. He knew that he had encountered a patrol from the United States and North Korea.

Liang Guocheng was so nervous that he even felt his scalp tense for a while, and he could hear his heartbeat, "Was it discovered by the enemy?" He put one hand to his mouth, and the other slowly moved to his chest, grabbed *, and tried to rush out several times to shoot his gun, but held back. remembered Li Yuanchao's words not to move no matter what situation he encountered.

Suddenly, there was a sweep of machine guns and rifles, which was a common trick of the enemy. Then, the patrolling enemy seemed to feel safe, and chatted, and some of them smoked cigarettes. Liang Guocheng heard an enemy walking towards the place where he was lying, and his nervous heart almost jumped out of his throat. The American GI walked behind a big tree in front of him and peed. A smell of urine rushed to the nose, what do American soldiers eat every day? Urine smells worse than the Chinese, he thought.

The enemy is gone. The two of them had been hiding under the snow for almost an hour, shivering from the cold.

Li Yuanchao patted him on the shoulder and encouraged: "It's good, it's the scout's material!" ”

Liang Guocheng said: "When the enemy shouted, I thought I was discovered, and I wanted to stand up several times and sweep the enemy with *." ”

Li Yuanchao said: "This is a common trick used by the enemy to scare people. ”

Liang Guocheng asked: "What should we do now?" ”

Li Yuanchao said: "Follow the enemy's footprints, and it is safest to be able to smoothly reach the enemy's defensive position!" Because the other patrol team will not take the route that the previous team has just patrolled. ”

After the enemy patrol left, a messy trail of footprints was left in the woods and snow. After Li Yuanchao was sure that the enemy had gone away, he took Liang Guocheng to follow the footprints and walked forward cautiously. If you follow the enemy in this way, you will not encounter the enemy patrol again in a short time, because any unit has its own rules, once every few hours, and will not send two patrols at the same time, walking the same route; In addition, before approaching the enemy's position, there will be a large * area, in this vast snowfield, it is impossible to find a minefield, and following the footprints is the best way to cover the enemy's minefield.

When the sky is bright, I can look at the surrounding environment, follow the messy footprints of the enemy patrol, the snow is solid, and the "foot cuffs" can be removed from the feet The speed has been accelerated.

The woods are not very large, most of the woods that grow naturally in the cold zone, needle pine trees and birch trees, mixed with a few other tree species, so that they can resist each other's pests and diseases, and the trees also grow into towering trees in order to compete for the sun and become useful wood. When they were about to leave the woods with confidence, Li Yuanchao suddenly stopped, listened attentively, and beckoned the two of them to hide behind a big tree. Li Yuanchao took out the binoculars from his satchel and looked at them, turned around and handed the binoculars to Liang Guocheng. He took the binoculars and looked, on the edge of the woods, the American and South Korean patrols were resting. They sat in the snow, some smoked, some ate; Some take off their shoes and scrape the snow of the soles. In fact, in order to prevent the soldiers' feet from freezing and burning, the regulations stipulate that their socks must be changed every two hours, and in order to prevent someone from being lazy, the squad and platoon leader will supervise to ensure that the regulations can be carried out to everyone. However, because China had just been founded, the country's financial resources could not reach it, and there was a shortage of winter clothing, under the severe cold winter of North Korea, tens of thousands of people froze to death and suffered frostbite during the three years of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea.

Out of the woods, it's a road. The U.S.-South Korean patrol, resting for a while, got out of the woods and left in a car. Li Yuanchao took Liang Guocheng to follow behind, and just as he was about to leave the woods, a team of American military vehicles drove over. They retreated into the woods and hid in the snow, and the American convoy was very long, with dozens of vehicles, and it was easy to pass through the convoy; And the infantry came with him. The two of them lay on their stomachs in the snow without moving, and soon their whole bodies froze, especially the hands and feet and fingers, which were painful at first, and slowly numb after the pain, and finally lost consciousness, as if they had fallen.

It seemed impossible to cross the road during the day, and besides, there was a long open area after crossing the road, and it was impossible to hide at all, and if the two of them walked in the open snow, they could see it at a glance, and they would become a live target for the enemy. Li Yuanchao took Liang Guocheng to retreat into the woods, found a thick tree, helped Liang Guocheng up first, and disposed of his footprints and went up the tree. Taking out the binoculars, the front was white, and about five kilometers could faintly see the barbed wire fence on the enemy's position, and under the heavy snow, the enemy's position could not see the firing point at all.

Li Yuanchao handed the telescope to Liang Guocheng and said, "We can only wait in the tree until it gets dark before we act." ”

Liang Guocheng said: "We can rush through the gap between the enemy. ”

"Then we'll be exposed to the enemy's eyes." Li Yuanchao said: "If you don't protect yourself better, you're not a good scout." My own life is gone, how can I complete the task assigned by my superiors? ”

Letting the cold wind blow, they sat motionless in the tree for a day until late at night, when they jumped down from the tree. Because his hands and feet were frozen and he lost consciousness, his legs were arched on the tree, and he couldn't straighten out from the cold; When he went down from the tree, he couldn't grasp the tree with his hands, and he couldn't coil the tree with his legs arched, but fortunately, the snow was thick on the ground, so people would not fall and get hurt. After getting off the tree, his legs were arched and he couldn't stand up at all. Li Yuanchao sat on the snow and told Liang Guocheng that he first rubbed his eyelids with snow, rubbed them to get hot, then took off his shoes, pulled up his trouser legs, rubbed his legs and feet, and rubbed both feet and legs hot, and his fat legs were slowly straightened. At this time, Liang Guocheng admired Li Yuanchao very much, and felt that he understood everything, and what he learned from him was something he would never learn from books. Although he was born in the north and it snowed, he had never seen such a heavy snow; It's cold in winter, and I never thought it would be so cold in the minus 30 degrees. If it weren't for Li Yuanchao, he wouldn't know what to do now, and he might freeze to death here.