Chapter XXIV

I didn't sleep long before I was woken up by the company commander, and in a daze, I found that I had a thin marching quilt on my body, which was also covered by my comrades when we were asleep.

It was as uncomfortable as he struggled to open his jerky eyes, and his eyelids seemed to be stuffed with sand. But the eyes that had just opened were soon pierced by the light of the flares. The sound of gunfire and artillery gradually became clearer, in fact, the sound of gunfire never stopped, but I seem to have become accustomed to not taking it seriously at all, isn't it? I slept well in the sound of gunfire just now.

"Get ready for battle!" Company Commander Zhang said: "The battle is tight, it's time for us to go." ”

"Company commander, it's not dawn yet! I haven't slept for two hours yet! I opened my mouth and yawned.

When we found the team, it was already more than three o'clock in the morning, and it would be dawn around five o'clock on the winter night in North Korea.

"What's the big deal about sleeping less?" Company Commander Zhang glared at me and said, "The comrades in front are all bleeding and dying?" We're still sleeping here, can you sleep? ”

"That ......" was said by Company Commander Zhang, and I felt embarrassed. Looking at the comrades-in-arms around him, they didn't complain about anything, and they all tidied up their bags silently.

Originally, I thought I would be integrated into the team, but after a few days of suffering, I was once again exposed to my vulnerable side in the modern era.

Although I have not been in this world for a long time, the suffering I have suffered is unimaginable compared to that of modern people. But compared to the volunteers around him, what can it be? They all seem to be used to it all.

"Let's go!" Captain Chu shouted and ran towards the destination, his voice was still so firm, and his movements were still so powerful, as if just these two hours of sleep had completely restored his strength.

I rubbed my painful eyes, yawned a few more times in succession, and felt only a burst of powerlessness and helplessness in my heart, I really didn't know what they thought, and I didn't understand what supported them to have such superhuman endurance and hardship spirit.

The destination was not far away, but it was only twenty minutes away, which was a little small compared to our march in the past few days, so the troops stopped before I was mentally prepared.

Soon the troops of a regiment were dispersed to various heights, and our company was assigned to a mountain peak called the 288.7 heights, where the Datong River flowed noisily not far from the rear, and the distance extending more than a hundred meters to the east in front was the road!

Don't say it, I'm scared when I see the road. When we are marching, we are comfortable when we see the road, but when we are fighting...... I knew it wouldn't be long before there would soon be hordes of enemies on this otherwise comfortable looking road. And I know very well in my heart that the enemy we are facing now is no longer those unbeaten puppet armies, but the US military, which has a large number of modern weapons.

"Build the fortifications!"

With the company commander's order, we were all dumbfounded. Because of the two days and three nights of sleepless forced march, the shovel has long been unknown to us. Soldiers, you look at me, I look at you, I don't know what to do.

"Company commander......" I exclaimed in embarrassment, "there is no shovel here!" ”

"If you don't have a shovel, dig with your hands and pry with a bayonet!" Company Commander Zhang didn't say a word, and took the lead and dug it up with his hands.

Digging by hand? What a bitterness in my heart! But at the same time, it was necessary to know that the fortifications were indispensable, and that it was necessary not only to dig them, but also to dig deeper than before. Because it was the U.S. military who was waiting for the arrival, and the shells and gasoline bombs were no joke.

Thinking of this, I had to look at my hands affectionately, and then in pain I stretched them out into the snowdrift as if I had pushed two comrades who had always been loyal to me into a fire pit.

It was okay at first, the top layer was thick with snow, and I didn't feel much pain except that my hands were cold. But further down, damn it...... This mountain, where there is more gravel than soil, has only been dug for a while, and there are bursts of pain from the fingertips. I had no choice but to pull out the thorns and loosen the soil first, and then lift the soil out one by one. I couldn't help but think in my heart, I want to practice the eagle claw skill or iron sand palm in the martial arts novel, and now it's gone!

"Platoon commander! You can't dig like this! The old squad leader saw that I had dug such a small pit for a long time, so he reminded him: "According to your digging method, you can't hide a leg when the enemy comes!" ”

"So what's the solution?" I couldn't help but say with a bitter face: "If this hand is gone, how will you hit the enemy later?" I can't hold the gun steadily! ”

"Look at me!" The old squad leader smiled, and as he spoke, he moved his hands quickly: "First dig a deep pit down, and then use a bayonet to dig down the soil and rocks one by one, and look ......"

"Oh, and this knowledge!" I saw that this was much more efficient than when I loosened the soil and held it out, so I quickly thanked him and got to work.

But after a while, there was a problem, the ground with a lot of gravel was not firm, and as soon as the pit was dug deep and the gravel next to the trench fell down, it was difficult to even shoot the trench, let alone dig a single air-raid shelter.

"Alas!" The old squad leader couldn't help but sigh and said: "This land is the land that eats people without spitting out bones!" ”

"What do you say? Can't you dig a bomb shelter? I couldn't help but ask, a little strangely.

"It's hard to do bomb shelters!" The old squad leader replied, "But it's okay to get more wood to support it." Just ......"

The old squad leader took a handful, gently shook his hands and sifted out the angular stones inside and said: "These stones, as soon as the cannonballs explode in a battle, these stones will become shrapnel!" ”

"That's ...... so"

I couldn't help but feel a chill in my heart, and a scene flashed through my mind. The fortifications that the volunteer soldiers worked hard to dig with their hands here were easily collapsed by the heavy artillery of the American army, and the shells fell everywhere and the gravel flew indiscriminately, and the soldiers had nowhere to hide, and the high-speed flying stones easily took away the lives of one volunteer soldier after another like shrapnel......

That...... Then why are you digging trenches so hard by hand? Is it our turn to dig a grave this time?