"What, Lao Wang, you mean, we, our three companies and one platoon, that veteran named Li Dequan, was frozen to death when he was resting in place for forty minutes just now?"

Zhao Yifa, the commander of the third company, who was lying on the snowy plateau on the south side, was directing the soldiers next to him to prepare an ambush, and suddenly, he heard Wang Wenju, the instructor of the third company, who had returned from the inspection of the complete company, and told him that after Li Dequan was frozen to death, he was unequivocal in his usual fighting, but at this time he became shocked, looked at Wang Wenju with unbelievable eyes, and said in a slurred manner.

What made instructor Wang Wenju unexpected, his old partner Zhao Yifa was usually a very bold person, and sometimes even the regiment commander dared to contradict him, but after hearing the bad news that a soldier of their third company was frozen to death, he behaved abnormally, as if he had changed someone, which was really unexpected by him.

After being stunned for a moment, instructor Wang Wenju nodded, probably touching the scene, and said with emotion: "Lao Zhao, don't be too sad, the combat environment we are facing now is cold."

"It snowed for several days in the past few days, and the temperature was more than minus 20 degrees Celsius this night, and even when the sun came out in broad daylight, the temperature was more than 10 degrees below zero. Come to think of it, it has been more than ten days since we entered the Korean War.

"The previous week was fine, we could eat at least three hot meals a day, but these days, we don't have much food, the charcoal has also been burned, the logistics supply is not available, there is a lack of clothes and clothing, hunger and cold, and it is normal for one or two people to freeze to death. It's just that what I didn't expect was that this bad phenomenon came so quickly, and I am afraid that the battle will become more and more difficult in the future. ”

Although the company commander Zhao Yifa was a little surprised that Li Dequan, a soldier in the company, was frozen to death, it was only a surprise, but it did not affect his confidence in winning the war.

At this time, he heard the instructor Wang Wenju lying next to him, and what he said just now revealed a pessimistic mood, which suddenly made him feel a little indignant, and immediately criticized and educated his old partner instructor Wang Wenju.

"Hey, I said, Lao Wang, don't be pessimistic. We just fought a handful of U.S.-South Korean forces this morning. Although, we didn't even fight with the U.S. military, but the Korean army that fought was a lot of fart, and the South Korean army couldn't help fighting at all, and even the Imperial Association Army that was defeated during our victory over Japan was not as good, at that time, we didn't have guns or cannons, and it wasn't a little devil who made it for us.

"My Great Instructor Wang, it's not good for you to fight with this emotion. Here, as your old partner, it is necessary for me to criticize and educate you. If you think about it from another angle, let's fight in this kind of cold and freezing environment, and whether it is the Yankees, or the United Nations army that came out, and the South Korean army, aren't they all fighting in this harsh environment?

"The environment of both sides is the same, so what are we afraid of? If the logistics supply can't keep up, let's fight a few more ambushes and cut off a few more strongholds of the South Korean army, and their weapons and food are not all from our volunteers. So, Lao Wang, you have to be a person who pays attention to people like me. ”

After listening to Zhao Yifa's words of criticism, education, enlightenment and persuasion, Wang Wenju, an instructor who did not know much about military affairs as a political work cadre, suddenly opened his mouth, and made him realize that Zhao Yifa, who he had looked down on before, was able to tell such a big truth at this time, which really made him a little worried about Zhao Yifa.

After deliberation between the two of them, it was decided that after the battle was over, they must apply for the glorious title of martyr in the regiment for Li Dequan, a soldier in the company who had just frozen to death, and issue a pension to his family in China.

In addition, because they still have to continue to fight and march south, Li Dequan's body may not be able to be transported to Dafang in a short time, so they can only bury it and make a mark in this place, and only send people to find Li Dequan's body when the war is not tight.

A few moments after the two of them had finished deliberating, that is, at about one o'clock in the morning, they heard a series of disheveled footsteps and sporadic gunfire directly opposite them.

Moreover, this voice was faintly heard before, and now it is becoming more and more clear, which makes the soldiers of the third company of the Volunteer Army ambushed on the high ground on the south side all widen their eyes one by one, staring at the white and low-lying snow in front of them.

At this time, Zhao Yifa, a company commander with rich combat experience, took the worn-out telescope and once again made an observation of the large low-lying open land directly north of them.

Suddenly, they found that there were more than a thousand meters away from them on the opposite side, and sure enough, a group of soldiers fleeing south appeared, the number was relatively small at first, and after waiting for more than ten seconds, there were more and more soldiers fleeing south.

After careful observation by Zhao Yifa, the company commander with a telescope, he found that these soldiers who fled south were all South Korean soldiers, so he quickly put down the binoculars and made all the soldiers of the three companies ambushed around him ready for battle by word of mouth.

This battle, as before, after hearing the first shot fired by him, the soldiers inside the company opened fire on the South Korean troops who were retreating south on the opposite side, and no one was allowed to shoot lightly until he had the first shot.

Seeing that the scattered soldiers of the Korean army retreating from the opposite side to the south were getting closer and closer to them, the soldiers of the third company of the Volunteer Army who were ambushed on the high ground on the south side, although their eyes were bloodshot, their cheeks were red from the cold, their hands had also turned cold from the warmth just now, and their feet had become cold.

Even in this case, the soldiers of the third company of the Volunteer Army strictly adhered to discipline, and no one made any noise and movement, and the soldiers lying on the snow could clearly hear the heartbeats of their comrades on the left and right.

When the ROK soldiers on the south side were more than 200 meters away from the 3rd Company of the Volunteer Army ambushed on the high ground on the south side, the company commander Zhao Yifa took out his pistol at this time, aimed at the head of a soldier who was walking at the forefront of the ROK army on the south side, and fired the first shot with a "bang".