Sun Lei, who heard the slight roar of the plane, first thought not that it might be a US military transport plane heading to Xiajieyuli to deliver food, but that it was very likely that it was a US fighter plane carrying out a combat mission at night.

Different from his highly sensitive reaction, the other volunteer soldiers in the platoon and two squads who stayed in the trench to carry out the excavation task were all looking weak and still working slowly, as if they had not heard the roar of the plane from the distance on the south side of the hillside.

After arousing Sun Lei's high vigilance, he took the military telescope in his hand and made an observation of the night sky on the south side of the hillside, but he didn't see anything, the night sky was pitch black, and there were no stars or moon tonight.

In this regard, Sun Lei secretly thought that nine times out of ten, it was because this US military plane flying from south to north was far away from the hillside where they were located, and the military telescope he held in his hand could not observe such a long distance, so he did not find it.

After waiting for a full five minutes, the roar of the plane was getting louder and louder, and Sun Lei once again put away the military telescope and looked in the direction of the sound on the south side of the hillside.

This time, I really saw the true face of the US military plane, I really didn't know it, and I was shocked when I saw it, not that Sun Lei felt frightened at this time, but that he felt a little sudden surprise.

Suddenly, Sun Lei, who was still in a state of high tension just now, breathed a sigh of relief, because at this time, it was about five miles away from the location of the hillside where he was.

Judging from its model and posture, this US military plane that came from the south to the north was not a fighter plane, but a transport plane with a much larger fuselage.

What made Sun Lei feel even more happy from the bottom of his heart at this time was that this US military transport plane flying from south to north was only a few hundred meters above the ground, and it was not flying at high altitude.

Therefore, he could observe through the military telescope in his hand and find that the US military transport plane flying at an altitude of only a few hundred meters above the ground at this time was like a big bird flying in the night sky, shining dazzlingly in the pitch black.

After discovering this situation, Sun Lei paused for about ten seconds, he quickly put away the military telescope in his hand, and gave orders to the volunteer soldiers of the first and second squads of the third company and one platoon of the sharp knife company around him: "Now, comrades, stop what they are doing, from now on, we don't have to dig trenches anymore."

"At the same time, the comrades of several other squads in our platoon do not need to continue to strengthen the bomb shelter. The big guy listened carefully to see if he heard the roar of airplanes coming from the south side of the hillside. ”

As soon as they heard Sun Lei's order to stop digging trenches, the volunteer soldiers of the first and second classes, who were already physically exhausted, all stopped their work and sat down on the aisles of the trenches.

After the soldiers of these two squads heard the second half of what Sun Lei said, they all pricked up their ears very seriously and listened, and sure enough, they heard the roar of an airplane, and they all said to Sun Lei, as the platoon leader, that they heard it.

Although many of these volunteer soldiers came from rural areas and had not experienced the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, they had already seen the power of US planes in the short days since they arrived on the Korean battlefield, and naturally they could hear the roar of the planes.

After hearing the answers of the soldiers of these two squads, Sun Lei immediately comforted them and said: "Comrades, you can rest assured, this time we heard the roar of the US military plane, not from the US fighter plane, but from a US military transport plane flying from the south, which does not pose any threat to us at all."

"Moreover, I dare to pack tickets to comrades, this US military transport plane that is about to fly over the hillside where we are going to the military fortress of Xiajiayuli, five kilometers north, to deliver airdrop supplies to the US-South Korean coalition troops stationed inside."

After saying this, Sun Lei first paused for a few seconds, he saw the soldier with a frightened expression on his cheeks just now, and then he changed his appearance of surprise at this time, and then he changed his words and continued to ask: "Comrades, you say, are we going to ask this US military transport plane for food this time?" ”

As soon as Sun Lei's words fell, the soldiers of the two squads who were sitting on the ground of the trench aisle on the left and right sides all replied in unison: "Yes!" Want! Want! ”

As the saying goes: say important things three times!

In this regard, Sun Lei took advantage of the situation at this time and ordered: "Okay, now I order you to go to the comrades of the cooking squad as quickly as possible, and find some dry pine branches on the edge of the large pine forest south of our trench, and light a few fires, and I will have a way to let the pilot of the US military transport plane give us airdrop food to eat." ”

Just now, the soldiers of the two squads who urgently needed to dig trenches were still weak one by one, who knew that it had only been a few minutes, and they were all like chickens, and they were all in good spirits.

I saw them spit out a word from their mouths with a loud voice, and replied, "Good! ”

The soldiers of the two squads who had finished answering got up from the ground very quickly, the first squad leader rushed to the cooking squad to find someone, and the second squad leader led the others out of the trench and ran towards the large pine forest more than 200 meters to the south.

"Platoon commander, the soldiers of the first and second classes have gone to the pine forest to make a fire, so what are we doing in these squads?" A soldier from the third squad who had stopped consolidating the air-raid shelter stepped forward and asked Sun Lei, who was the platoon commander.

At this time, Sun Lei found that the soldiers of the other three squads and several machine gun crews in the platoon he led had all walked out of the air-raid shelter, gathered in front of him, and looked at him with Bawang eyes.

After thinking for a few seconds, Sun Lei gave them another order: "Okay, I also order you now, and you should all rush to the pine forest in the south to pick up pine branches and make a fire with the soldiers of the first and second classes." ”

After giving this order, the thirty or so soldiers standing in front of him dragged their tired bodies, but with a smile on their cheeks, climbed out of the trench, followed the soldiers of the first and second squads walking in front of them to the large pine forest in the south, and ran on the snow as if they were smearing oil on the soles of their feet, and ran quite fast.