"Platoon commander, what's wrong with you? We've been waiting for you to give you a reconnaissance mission, you've been here for almost five minutes, what are you thinking? The members of the nine-member reconnaissance team sent out by the third company of the sharp knife company were all squatting in a hillside depression, and Wang Erkui, a soldier in a row, saw the platoon commander Sun Lei, who was next to him, put down the military telescope in his hand and was stunned in place for a long time, he lowered his voice and asked in a tentative tone.

Sun Shulin, a volunteer soldier who was squatting on the side, saw that after his comrade-in-arms Wang Erkui next to him finished asking, Sun Lei, the platoon commander with a telescope in his hand, was still stunned and did not speak.

After less than ten seconds, Sun Shulin gently patted Sun Lei, who was less than a meter away from him, with his hand, and asked in a puzzled tone: "Platoon commander, what's wrong with you?" Didn't you just do it, Comrade Wang Erkui just asked you a question, and you haven't answered it yet? ”

After Sun Shulin patted him on the shoulder so gently, Sun Lei came to his senses, put down the military binoculars in his hand, and faced the eight volunteer soldiers squatting in front of him, and after hesitating for a moment, he forced a smile and said: "Comrades, just now, I just walked away for a while, there is no big problem, you can rest assured, the reconnaissance mission assigned to us by the company commander and instructor is over, and we must return to the company station immediately." ”

For Sun Lei's answer, it obviously made Wang Erkui, Sun Shulin, and several other volunteer soldiers feel a little suspicious, they think that Sun Lei's stunned state just now with a sad face does not look like nothing has happened.

Since, Sun Lei is reluctant to tell them, if they are forced, it is estimated that they will not get an answer, after all, Sun Lei is the platoon commander, and they are all ordinary soldiers, if they continue to ask the platoon commander, I am afraid that it will not be good for the reputation of each of them.

What's more, they are now less than 500 meters away from the military fortress where a large number of US-South Korean coalition troops are stationed, and if they quarrel, they will definitely attract the attention of the enemy, and then they will also be exposed.

So, when Sun Lei finished speaking, the eight volunteer soldiers who followed him to reconnoiter the enemy did not continue to say anything, but followed him safely back to the trench dug on the hillside five kilometers south of Xiajieyuli.

After returning to the trench, Sun Lei first ordered the eight volunteer soldiers who followed him to return to the position where their platoon was, and how did he go to report to the company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju.

"What, there is no shadow of our army around the lower corner? Comrade Sun Lei, are you sure you see it clearly? After listening to Sun Lei's report, the company commander Zhao Yifa immediately made a big shock, and then he accentuated his tone and continued to say in an eager tone: "Comrade Sun Lei, I can tell you, I asked you to go to investigate, not to make a joke, once you delay the fighter due to the inaccurate information you provided back from reconnaissance, the consequences will be serious, and I am afraid that you will not be able to make up for it if you shoot your kid a hundred times." ”

Even if the company commander Zhao Yifa raised the severity of the problem to this level, Sun Lei, who was squatting in front of him, still insisted on his own opinion and said: "Company commander, the report I just gave you is true, and there is absolutely no half-truth." Although I, Sun Lei, have not been in the ranks of our volunteers for a long time, I still know which is more important, how can I joke on this issue. ”

When Sun Lei just finished speaking, the instructor Wang Wenju, who was squatting next to him, had been looking down at the time displayed on the watch on his left wrist just now, and it was only at this time that he raised his head and faced the company commander Zhao Yifa who was squatting in front of him, and said in a worried tone: "Old Zhao, now the time is about to be one o'clock at night."

"If it had been as planned for a large force to besiege Xiajieyuli, the battle would have started an hour ago. But now there is no movement at all, and the information that Comrade Sun Lei has just provided to us after the investigation is true, in my opinion, nine times out of ten. ”

After hearing this, the company commander Zhao Yifa sighed, shook his head and said: "Alas, before we marched, the content of the telegram sent to us by our superiors said that we must arrive at this place before twelve o'clock tonight, and cooperate with the large army to besiege the battle of Xiajieyuli, and let our three companies of the Sharp Knife Company be responsible for blocking the US-South Korean coalition forces fleeing south from the direction of Xiajieyuli."

"The current situation is true, there is not even a shadow of the large army, and more than an hour has passed, I am afraid that this battle plan to besiege Xiajieyuli has failed. Shall we stay on this hillside and wait for the army to arrive? I really don't know what to do now. ”

Just as the company commander Zhao Yifa sighed and finished saying this, the radio station of the third company of their sharp knife company had not been able to contact the regiment headquarters, and the operator Wu Cheng rushed to the front of the company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju along the trench cat waist at this time.

"Report, company commander and instructor, just now our company's radio station and regiment headquarters have finally been contacted. In addition, the regimental headquarters sent us a new telegram. After the telegraph operator Wu Cheng squatted in front of the company commander Zhao Yifa and the instructor Wang Wenju, he could not hide the excitement in his heart, and waved the content of a telegram that had just been copied in his hand, and said with emotion.

Company Commander Zhao Yifa immediately turned his head to the side of the telegraph operator Wu Cheng, and urged in an eager tone: "Yes, that's really great, Comrade Xiao Wu, hurry up and bring the copied telegram sent by the regiment headquarters to our company, so that I and the instructor can take a look." ”

As soon as the company commander Zhao Yi's voice fell, the telegraph operator Wu Cheng handed the telegram in his hand to him with both hands and said: "Company commander, this is the content of the telegram sent by the regiment headquarters, please take a look at it first." ”

After receiving the telegram from the telegraph operator Wu Cheng, the company commander Zhao Yifa read the content of the telegram for about ten seconds, and after reading the brief telegram content, he sighed lightly, and then handed the telegram to Wang Wenju, the instructor next to him, stomped his feet twice, and said: "Lao Wang, you can also look at the content of the telegram sent by the regiment headquarters, alas, we arrived here on time and on schedule, and we even came early." ”

When he took the telegram and put it in front of him, he saw that the content of the telegram was only a simple sentence: The time for attacking Xiajieyuli was postponed for some reason, and the sharp knife company was on standby three times.