"This scholar is really a scholar, and he talks about it very well, it turns out that using charcoal to make a fire can not smoke, this black wooden block, there is such a great ability, I really fucking heard about it once."

Zhao Yifa, the company commander with a confused face, after listening to the instructor Wang Wenju popularize the relevant knowledge about charcoal in simple terms, he suddenly realized, took out a small black wooden block from the sack, played with it several times in his hand, and said in a somewhat surprised tone.

Zhao Yifa, the company commander who looked like a curious baby, was curious about the source of charcoal, so he asked Sun Lei, who was standing aside, "Just now, the instructor talked about the formation and origin of charcoal, how do you know that after being bombed by American devils' fighter planes, there will be charcoal in the places where there are several broken houses on the side of the road?"

Faced with the company commander Zhao Yifa's inquiry, Sun Lei, who had already prepared the draft, put on a standing military posture and reported loudly: "Report to the company commander, when we were stationed in those dilapidated houses just now, I looked around and found that more than half of the houses were wooden structures.

"After being bombed by U.S. fighter planes, I made a bold judgment that although the dilapidated houses were blown into ruins, because of the bombing, the wooden structure of the houses burned violently at high temperatures.

"And there's a lot of charcoal in that place, and I can't fit it in a sack I just had. I took a look, and there was so much charcoal that we could use it for at least a week. After the recruit Sun Lei finished answering, he asked the company commander for instructions. ”

Just now he was puzzled, and after listening to Sun Lei's report, company commander Zhao Yifa immediately smiled.

He immediately gave an order, "Then what are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and bring more soldiers, bring all the guys who can hold things, fill them full, damn it, let's use charcoal to make a fire in the future." ”

Just waiting for the company commander Zhao Yifa to give an order, Sun Lei, after answering the "yes", took at least one platoon of soldiers, holding all kinds of guys that could hold things, and rushed towards the ruins that were blown up more than 100 meters away.

It took about an hour for Sun Lei and the soldiers of that platoon to return with a full load, and the backpacks, backpacks, sacks, etc. they held in their hands were full of black charcoal.

Using charcoal to make a fire for cooking and heating, all the officers and men of the third company stayed in this large dense woods from the dawn of the morning until nightfall.

After dinner, they withdrew from the forest, smeared the night road, and headed for the area around Yunshan.

Originally, the company commander Zhao Yifa and the instructor Wang Wenju discussed and decided that after eating this morning, they would rest in place for two hours and rush immediately, but they were dissuaded by Sun Lei.

Sun Lei believes that they have now entered the hinterland of the mountainous region at the back of the Korean Peninsula, and if they march during the day, the further they go, the easier it will be for US fighters to detect their presence by US warplanes that frequently patrol the air.

In addition, there are quite a few U.S. and South Korean troops heading towards the mountainous back of the Korean Peninsula, and if they encounter a large force during the day, it is inevitable that there will be no encounter.

If a fight breaks out, their third company will not only lose its troops, but will also delay its journey, and will be surrounded and intercepted by the US army and the ROK army's northward troops, and will not be able to rush to the area around Unsan on the original date.

Since US fighters hardly go out at night, and the northward troops of the US and ROK armies also rest at night, it is not easy for their third company to be discovered if they choose to hide in the forest during the day and march again at night.

After listening to Sun Lei's suggestion, instructor Wang Wenju and company commander Zhao Yifa both felt that this idea was quite good, and immediately adopted it and decided to rest during the day and march at night.

Although they were in a large dense forest just more than 100 meters away from the site where it was bombed into ruins just now, and the pilot of the US fighter plane that found them also reported to the US-ROK joint operations command in the rear.

However, the three companies spent a whole day in this large area of dense woods, and they did not find any US warplanes dropping bombs on them, or any US and ROK ground troops attacking them.

This is mainly due to the fact that since the United Nations forces led by the United States and the ROK army have reached Pyongyang, the Korean people who have suffered defeat have fled in all directions, and there are many small groups of troops fleeing to various places.

If the small units fleeing in all directions are to be encircled, pursued, and intercepted, it will definitely consume a lot of manpower, material, and financial resources.

Therefore, the rear command naturally ignored the report of this US fighter pilot.

It was precisely with this in mind that Sun Lei suggested that they should not be transferred and continue to stay in the forest until the evening.

In this way, after resting during the day and marching at night, after walking for six days, in the early morning of October 25, the third company finally arrived at a place more than 30 miles away from Yunshan.

Since there were no woods within a radius of several kilometers from this place, it was impossible for them to use the woods as a cover, so the company commander Zhao Yifa immediately decided that their third company would occupy a strategic high ground here.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, all the officers and men of the Third Company arrived at a strategic high ground in the lower valley of the Qingchuan River, and then they took a temporary rest on the spot.

The soldiers of the third company, one platoon, and two squads in charge of the perimeter guard reported to company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju that they had found a boundary monument 500 meters away, on which was written in Korean, and they could not read it at all.

"Comrades, I would like to reveal to you a new situation, our comrades who are in charge of guarding the periphery have found a boundary monument, which is written in Korean, I would like to ask comrades, if any of you can read Korean, come with me to take a look." Company Commander Zhao Yifa walked among the soldiers who were resting, and asked with a solemn face.

Sun Lei, whose eyes were worried to ensure that he was not sleepy, stood up from the snow at the whole time and reported: "Report to the company commander, I can understand Korean." ”

Zhao Yifa, the company commander who was in an extremely anxious mood, immediately said: "Okay, it's Sun Lei, you kid, go, come with me to have a look." ”

Soon, it took about a minute, and the company commander Zhao Yifa, instructor Wang Wenju, and Sun Lei and several of their soldiers rushed to the boundary monument.

Sun Lei, who was standing in front of the boundary monument, just glanced at it, and reported in a categorical tone: "Report instructor, company commander, according to the Korean characters written on this boundary monument, the place where we are located is called Wenjing. ”