Chapter 40: Barricades

By the time the captured weapons and food were delivered to the regimental headquarters stationed ten kilometers away, it was already about five o'clock in the morning, and with the snow covering the whole place, the sky had already become a little brighter at dawn.

After returning to the Third Company, Wang Wenju, an instructor of the Third Company who was responsible for delivering weapons and food to the regimental headquarters with a squad of soldiers, immediately found Zhao Yifa, the company commander who was on standby on the high ground on the south side, and conveyed the latest combat mission issued by the regimental headquarters.

"Lao Zhao, the regiment headquarters has assigned a new combat mission to our third company, let us rest in place for half an hour, and then start acting immediately." Wang Wenju, the instructor of the third company, was on the high ground on the south side, and after finding his old partner Zhao Yifa, the company commander, he immediately stood in front of him and went straight to the point.

Zhao Yifa, the commander of the third company, who was chewing a piece of chewing gum from the captured US Army C rations, didn't close his eyes all night, and heard Sun Lei say that chewing a piece of gum could refresh him, so he did it without saying a word.

However, one of the problems that made Zhao Yifa puzzled was that the chewing gum obtained from the captured US Army C rations tasted quite sweet at first, but it tasted bad after less than five minutes, and he was naturally very curious when he ate this kind of foreign thing for the first time.

At this moment, instructor Wang Wenju walked up to him and said about the new combat mission, and the company commander Zhao spit out the tasteless chewing gum in his mouth and fell on the same white snow.

"Lao Wang, what is the new task assigned by the regiment headquarters to our company, hurry up and tell me, do you want our third company to gnaw a hard bone, now the weapons and equipment of our third company are no worse than their South Korean troops, I really want to fucking fight with them."

At this time, the company commander Zhao Yifa had just captured a lot of advanced weapons, equipment, guns and ammunition discarded by the ROK army, and left half of them to arm the third company.

Seeing that his old partner was so enthusiastic and full of expectations for the latest combat mission assigned by the regiment headquarters, Wang Wenju was greatly relieved, he originally thought that his grumpy and very impulsive old partner Zhao Yifa would have resistance, but this finally put him at ease.

Instructor Wang Wenju, who had no worries, said to the company commander Zhao Yifa: "Old Zhao, the regiment headquarters has assigned a very difficult task to our third company this time, that is, to intersperse near the ** hole to the east of Wenjing.

"Set up barricades on the only retreat road in **dong to prevent the South Korean troops stationed here from retreating after the battle of **dong, even if they can't be annihilated, they must leave their weapons and equipment behind."

Originally, Zhao Yifa thought that after their third company obtained advanced weapons and equipment this time, the regiment headquarters would assign a front-line combat mission to their third company, but at first he was so excited that he couldn't do it.

But after listening to his old partner instructor Wang Wenju, he said that the mission of their three companies to penetrate behind enemy lines this time was to let them set up roadblocks, and suddenly, his enthusiasm was suddenly low to the freezing point, and the whole person became disheartened.

Because in Zhao Yifa's view at this time, their third company was a sharp knife company in the regiment during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression or the War of Liberation, and it was naturally the first company-level combat unit to rush to the forefront of the battle.

Although at that time, Zhao Yifa was still an ordinary soldier in the Third Company, and when the whole country was liberated, he became the commander of the Third Company, which had made great achievements and was known as the "Sharp Knife Company", and became the military commander of the Third Company with a glorious and fine traditional style.

It's good now, Zhao Yifa has only been the commander of the third company for a few years, and since entering the Korean war this time, the three combat missions accepted by the third company are not the most front-line, which has made Zhao Yifa dissatisfied, and this time it is what makes him the most dissatisfied.

In the opinion of Zhao Yifa, who had led the troops to fight for many years, since their third company, as a sharp knife company with brilliant achievements in the whole regiment, should have rushed to the front line to fight against the ROK army and the United Nations army led by the US army, this time they were assigned to their third company to risk great danger to intersperse behind enemy lines to set up roadblocks, how could they not make the short-tempered Zhao Yifa angry.

Since Zhao Yifa is the company commander of the third company and an old party member, he naturally understands the party spirit principle of obeying the organization, even if he is unwilling, he must absolutely obey the orders issued by the regiment headquarters.

"Alas, well, since the regiment headquarters ordered our three companies to intersperse behind enemy lines to set up barricades, I, as the company commander, did not say a word and absolutely obeyed. However, this tool for setting up barricades or something, the regiment headquarters should provide it to our third company, right? ”

Zhao Yifa, who beat his chest for a long time, after a long sigh, he was a little depressed, and asked his old partner Wang Wenju who was standing in front of him.

After hearing this, Wang Wenju spread out his hands, smiled helplessly, and said, "Hehe, my old man, I'm afraid you're thinking too much." This time, we captured a large number of weapons, equipment, guns, and ammunition left by the enemy, took out half of them, armed ourselves, and handed over the other half to the regiment, which has already made the company commanders and instructors of the other dozen companies in the regiment quite complaining. ”

"Besides, we are on the list of captured weapons and equipment handed over to the regiment headquarters, but they are all clearly recorded, and none of the military weapons and equipment have been left behind. The more than 30 shovels of ordnance, as well as five large boxes with a total of 100 mines, and more than 300 grenades, these are all American-style weapons and equipment. ”

As soon as instructor Wang Wenju's words fell, the heart of company commander Zhao Yifa immediately cooled down, people originally thought that so many mines and grenades would not be used until they were on the front line in the future.

This plan can't catch up with the changes, and it hasn't warmed up yet, and this time the task of setting up roadblocks has to put all the hard-won family funds into it, which naturally makes Zhao Yifa, the company commander who regards these things as treasures, very distressed.

"Okay, since the regiment commander and the political commissar have spoken, I, Zhao Yifa, have nothing to say, just obey the orders of their two old commanders, I will go to assemble the team, and after resting for half an hour, we will set off to the ** hole."

After biting his lip, Company Commander Zhao Yifa took a deep breath and let out a long breath, which showed his final attitude and spoke.

Instructor Wang Wenju, who was standing on the side, saw that his old partner finally accepted this order, he also breathed a sigh of relief, and reached out and patted Zhao Yifa's shoulder, in order to comfort his old partner who was usually unable to hold his breath.