Chapter XXVI

In the wee hours of the morning, before sunrise, the sky was a little cloudy, and there were still a few stars scattered in the deep, slightly daytime sky. The weeds shivered slightly on the icy snow, shrouded in mysterious light everywhere.

The sound of gunfire flickered far and near, and occasionally a few shells landed not far away, kicking up patches of dust, but this did not attract the slightest attention from the soldiers. They had long been accustomed to such an environment, and they built bomb shelters on their own as if nothing happened.

At this time, the sound of artillery stopped, and the soldiers stopped their work and stood up.

"The Yankees are coming up!" The old squad leader glanced at the empty road, and then bent down to toss his bomb shelter.

"Comrades, hurry up!" Company Commander Zhang ordered: "The Yankees are coming up, and they will all put their own air-raid shelters in order!" More wood, the Yankees' heavy artillery is no joke! ”

"Yes!" The warriors answered, and the cat bent down and sped up to dig into its own bomb shelter.

At this time, there was a rare moment of silence all around, and the sound of crickets with bayonets sharpening small sticks with their bayonets resounded, and those who did not know saw it thought that this position was a carpentry workshop.

I touched my ears and listened to the sound of gunfire all day long, even when I slept at the sound of gunfire, when the sudden silence made me a little uncomfortable, and for a while I had the illusion that I had a problem with my ears.

This reminds me of an ancient story about a man who loved cleanliness and was not used to being taken captive and thrown into a dirty place, and when he was rescued after a while, he was not used to being clean.

I put a sharpened wooden stick into the bomb shelter, but I wondered if I would not be used to the days without the sound of guns, or if I could live after the war, or if I could return to modern times, I would not be able to get used to not killing people.

With a "woo-......", a plane flew over the heads of the fighters without warning.

"Devil! The American devils are coming! ”

"Get ready for battle!"

The fighters quickly realized what was going on and grabbed their rifles and went to the trenches. Looking along the winding road, in the haze, US tanks appeared one after another at the corner of the road, a total of eight, seven "Xia Fei" and one "Sherman". Each tank was followed by a dozen infantrymen, all wearing steel helmets and carrying guns, and the muzzles of their guns were slanted downward.

The tank drove slowly down the road, and the Sherman turret turned from time to time to observe its surroundings.

It is said that the Sherman tank had several leading technologies in World War II, one of which was that it took less than ten seconds for the turret to rotate for a week, and it was also the only tank in World War II equipped with an artillery vertical stabilizer that could fire on the move. Now it looks like it rotates the turret flexibly, and it really lives up to its name. In comparison, the "Xiafei" tank is much more rigid.

Fortunately, most of them were "Xiafei" light tanks, and I couldn't help but swallow my saliva. If all the eight tanks in front of us were replaced with "Pershing", they would become mobile batteries that could not be beaten in front of us, and could not be driven away. That would undoubtedly pose a great threat to us, who lack anti-tank weapons. Now it's just this kind of light tank that the volunteer army is used to fighting and a medium tank with not too much firepower, which can be quite bearable!

......At this time, there was a sound of motors behind me, and I was somewhat surprised to look at the US military convoy that appeared behind me, first a few cars full of US troops, followed by a few gray jeeps, followed by all kinds of military vehicles that could not be seen at a glance, and some of the cars were dragging terrifying large-caliber field guns.

The U.S. military doesn't want to pass through our defense zone like this! I couldn't help but be surprised to see this scene, how could they break through so rashly? With eight tanks and a company of infantry as the vanguard, you want to pass through our defense zone? They really think of us as the original Indians!

But when I thought about it, this may be the reason why the enemy reconnaissance plane did not detect us, and remembered that when the reconnaissance plane flew over our heads just now, the soldiers were all buried in the trenches and some of them were in the bomb shelters. Under these circumstances, when the light was not very good in the early morning, it was normal for the US military planes not to notice us who were building fortifications.

Sometimes it's not a good thing to over-trust and rely on modern equipment.

Tanks drove past one after another, and the roar of engines and the smell of gasoline soon filled the valley.

I moved the rifle in my hand a little breathlessly, only to feel a little dry mouth and tightness in my chest. The American GIs that I had only seen on TV and movies in the past did not expect to appear in front of my eyes now. Although the battle has not yet begun, the expressions on their faces, the uniform equipment, and the seemingly relaxed and leisurely movements will make people feel an invisible pressure.

This may be the so-called military might! Although I had been in contact with American soldiers before, I couldn't see clearly at night at that time, but now I see a team of American soldiers walking by in an orderly manner during the day, and it feels really different.

This kind of pressure is not seen in the puppet army, and it is not felt. This should be said to be the difference between a soldier and a civilian with a gun.

Whew...... At this time, the vanguard of American tanks and infantry, mixed with the infantry, came to the nearest stretch of the road, and the deerskin boots creaked in the snow. It was getting brighter and brighter, and we could even see the exhaustion on the faces of the American GIs and the slag of their beards under their steel helmets.

In fact, I also know that the quality of the US military is not very good, after the end of World War II, the United States in order to cut spending a large number of disarmament, the original 12.5 million troops to less than 600,000, and these 600,000 troops have to be dispersed around the world.

When the Korean War broke out, the US military hastily increased its troops, most of whom had never fought a war and were stunned with the dream of making meritorious contributions, and the other part were veterans who had participated in World War II. Of course, there are also veterans who have been serving, such as the first Task Force Smith to fight in North Korea, but the number of such veterans is too small.

Therefore, in terms of overall quality, the US military is not comparable to the British army, which is mostly composed of World War II veterans. It's just that the U.S. military has been systematically trained, and its spirit is vastly different from the puppet army that it fought before, which really makes me feel a great pressure.