"Lao Zhao, wake up quickly, it's already 17:50 in the evening, and we have ten minutes to go. Many soldiers have already woken up, you said that your company commander slept more soundly than anyone else, hurry up. ”

Wang Wenju, the instructor of the third company, woke up early, and after seeing the time displayed on the watch, he quickly got up from the bunk on the snow, and walked to the company commander Zhao Yifa's bunk money not far away.

Zhao Yifa, the company commander who had just slept for less than two hours after being tired all day, felt that his arm was pushed, and he was staring in a daze, thinking that it was a naughty soldier in the company who was probably playing tricks on him.

was about to open his mouth to scold his mother, but after the words came to his mouth, Zhao Yifa heard that the person talking next to him seemed to be his old partner instructor Wang Wenju, fortunately, his reaction was quite timely, and he swallowed the words back into his stomach.

As the commander of the third company, he opened his mouth to scold a few soldiers in the company, which was like a common thing for him, but if he scolded the instructor Wang Wenju, it is estimated that Wang Wenju will ignore him all night today.

Previously, Zhao Yifa, who had already enjoyed this kind of "cold violence", was deeply touched, and he naturally did not dare to provoke Wang Wenju easily. Otherwise, he doesn't care who it is, as long as it disturbs his sweet dreams, he has to be scolded a few words to relieve his anger.

When Zhao Yifa opened his sleepy eyes and looked at it, sure enough, the person squatting next to his bunk was the instructor Wang Wenju himself, he first yawned and said with a smile: "Instructor, don't wake me up alone, we have dozens of people, you woke them up one by one." ”

Seeing the lazy appearance of the company commander Zhao Yifa, Wang Wenju was not angry, and he said in an aggressive tone: "Company Commander Zhao, these three companies are not only my Wang Wenju's alone, but also you, the company commander." Get up quickly, and wake up with me the soldiers who are still sleeping in the company, and we will set off in less than ten minutes. ”

Because Zhao Yifa was still asleep just now, he didn't hear what Wang Wenju who was squatting next to him clearly said, and thought he was just here to wake him up.

Suddenly, at this time, he heard Wang Wenju say that it was less than ten minutes before they set off, that is, at eighteen o'clock in the evening.

As if he had been electrocuted, Zhao Yifa was too lazy to lie down on the cover just now and wanted to lie down for a while, he immediately stood up and shouted loudly at the soldiers of the three companies around him: "The soldiers of the three companies woke up, call up the comrades who have not woken up next to you, give the comrades three minutes, take care of their marching backpacks, and urgently assemble on this piece of snow opposite me!"

At this time, the soldiers of the third company woke up in five rounds, half-asleep, or still asleep, and after hearing the words of the company commander Zhao Yifa shouting out loudly, they all felt deafened, and they all got up and quickly took care of their marching backpacks.

Soon, after three minutes, except for the company commander Zhao Yifa and the instructor Wang Wenju, a total of 73 soldiers stood on the white snow with well-maintained marching backpacks on their backs.

After glancing at the high-spirited soldiers standing opposite him, the company commander Zhao Yifa said loudly: "Comrades, although there are only seventy-five people left in our third company, our third company, as a sharp knife company, has made a military order in front of the regiment commander to carry out the task of interspersed operations this time, and we must rush to the destination of this interspersed operation before twelve o'clock this evening, that is, five kilometers south of Wenjing. ”

After saying this, the company commander Zhao Yifa paused, pursed his chapped lips, glanced at the time on the pocket watch he was holding, raised his head and announced loudly: "It's eighteen o'clock in the evening, all the soldiers of the Third Company, listen to my command, and set off now!" ”

With the order of the company commander Zhao Yifa, all the soldiers of the third company who were ready to go were drowned in the night, relying on their two eyes to identify the road, and marched towards the interspersed destination more than 40 kilometers to the south.

These three companies are the "sharp knife company" of the whole regiment, and the first row is the sharp knife platoon of the third company, and there is a row of sharp knife squads, which is naturally at the forefront of the team, and it can really be said that it is the first to take the lead.

As the squad leader of the third company, Niu Tiezhu, is naturally the first to walk in the third company, of course, the company commander Zhao Yifa with a compass and the instructor Wang Wenju, as the leader of the third company, are naturally at the forefront.

Due to the fact that it was a night march, according to the probability, it was not allowed to turn on the flashlights and make loud noises, and the three companies marched all the way south, and only the "creaking" sound of the soldiers' feet on the thick snow could be heard.

After walking for about two hours, many soldiers were tired and out of breath, and after seeing this situation, the company commander Zhao Yifa took out the map he carried with him and compared it with the instructor Wang Wenju.

Observing their location through the map, after traveling for two hours, Cheng Lu had walked about twenty kilometers, and he was almost halfway to the destination that he interspersed this time.

So, after some deliberation, the two of them decided to take a break for twenty minutes and then move forward at full speed.

You must know that not only did they march at night, but they also walked on the snow, which was neck deep, and the weather was cold, and the temperature was below minus 20 degrees, and the march in two hours was not slow in two hours under such harsh conditions.

In addition, a lot of the snow on the ground did not melt completely, and it froze, and many soldiers accidentally slipped and fell when walking on it.

Since this was a secret march at night, they were naturally not able to take the main road, but only some steep and rugged mountain roads, which made the march even more difficult.

When the company commander Zhao Yifa announced a temporary rest for 20 minutes, the tired and panting soldiers all put their marching backpacks on the snow, and they sat down to rest.

"Lao Deng, how can we eat this fried noodles, we don't have any water, if we eat it directly, it will be too dry." Sun Lei covered his hungry stomach, and frowned slightly at Deng Sanshui, who was sitting next to him.

Although Sun Lei was born as a special soldier before he came to the era of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, he had never had the experience of eating fried noodles.

Deng Sanshui, who was sitting next to Sun Lei, smiled and scolded him: "Aren't you a monkey Sun, you have a lot of ideas, how can you stump your kid by eating a fried mein." I'll give you a demonstration, and you'll see. ”

As soon as Deng Sanshui's voice fell, he took out a small handful of fried noodles from the ration cloth bag hanging on his body and put it in his mouth. Then, with his other hand, he grabbed a handful of clean snow from the side and stuffed it into his mouth.

In this way, Deng Sanshui took a handful of snow on the fried noodles and chewed them with his mouth, showing a comfortable and enjoyable appearance, which made Sun Lei, who was sitting on the side, directly dumbfounded and stunned him.