"Herald, come here!" Company Commander Zhao Yifa looked left and right, pointed at the herald who was squatting more than 20 meters away, made a "come here" gesture, and shouted in a slightly anxious tone.

Without saying a word, the herald hurriedly trotted all the way over, standing in front of the company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju.

Immediately afterwards, the company commander Zhao Yifa continued to the herald: "Pass my order, the time for the large army to besiege Xiajieyuli has been postponed, and now, the soldiers of the third company of our sharp knife company continue to dig trenches until dawn.

"Tell the platoon commanders of the first, second, and third platoons, take the squad as a unit, dig air-raid shelters on both sides of our trenches, and each air-raid shelter is at least two meters deep, and can accommodate about ten. During the day, you can hide in an air-raid shelter and rest all day. ”

When the company commander Zhao Yifa finished speaking, the herald hurriedly conveyed his person who was digging an air-raid shelter to Liu Yiming, the second platoon commander, and Feng Pengju, the third platoon commander.

Since Sun Lei, who was the first platoon commander, was in front of the company commander Zhao Yifa and the instructor Wang Wenju, the company commander Zhao Yifa gave the task of digging an air-raid shelter, and he heard the content of the task clearly, so naturally he would not let the heralds bother to speak again.

After three and a half hours of digging trenches just now, the volunteer soldiers who had already been in three companies of sharp knives were exhausted, and if they were allowed to continue digging air-raid shelters, in the eyes of company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju, it would really be a bit inhumane.

But the problem was that they had no other way now, and according to the contents of the telegram sent by the regimental headquarters, if they wanted to continue to hold on to this hillside without being discovered by the enemy, they could only hide in the bomb shelter during the day.

Otherwise, as soon as the US planes approach and fly at a low altitude, they will be completely exposed on this hillside, and the US planes will casually drop dozens of bombs on this hillside, and it is estimated that they will all be killed in three companies with sharp knives.

It can be said that under the helpless situation, company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju had no choice but to adopt the method proposed by Sun Lei to continue digging air-raid shelters to deal with it.

At first, the soldiers of the third company of the Sharp Knife Company heard that the company commander Zhao Yifa gave the task of continuing to dig the air-raid shelter, and most of the people felt very incomprehensible about it, but after the active propaganda of the three platoon commanders, especially the vigorous propaganda of the first platoon commander Sun Lei, the soldiers were once again beaten as if they were bloody, and continued to devote themselves to the action of digging the air-raid shelter.

In fact, Sun Lei's method of persuading them to a platoon of soldiers is actually very simple, that is, to dig a bomb shelter, and their entire platoon can hide in it, almost no longer afraid of the enemy's aircraft and artillery bombarding them.

Thinking that the bomb shelter would have such a great effect, just from the perspective of protecting their own names, the soldiers of the three companies of the sharp knife company all changed from hesitation at the beginning to active enthusiasm at this time.

For the volunteer soldiers of the third company of the sharp knife company at this time, only a small number of them had a small number of tools such as military shovels, and most of them took off the bayonets on their rifles and shoveled the soil with bayonets in the cold and biting weather.

There was also a small number of soldiers, who were equipped with guns other than rifles, and did not carry other tools such as shovels, which would be a tragedy, and in order to rush for time, they had to use their own hands to dig and shave the frozen frozen soil.

At this time, it was about one and a half o'clock in the night, the temperature was below minus 30 degrees, and the surface of the hillside was covered with ice and snow, so the soil under the ice and snow was naturally frozen, and it was very difficult to dig down with an ordnance shovel or bayonet, let alone with bare hands.

Like Li Sihai, a soldier in the first platoon of the three companies of the sharp knife company, he was a machine gunner in the first platoon, and it can be said that he did not carry tools such as armor shovels, nor was he equipped with a rifle with bayonets, so in desperation, he had to dig with his bare hands.

In less than half an hour, the machine gunner Li Sihai had already broken both hands, and he was still bleeding down, and the frozen ground dug out was pitiful.

Even so, Li Sihai gritted his teeth and continued to insist, without any intention of retreating, because he knew that if he could dig out more frozen soil, the other soldiers would also have less frozen soil, and if he was allowed to be idle, he would definitely not do it.

Among the soldiers of the entire three companies of the Sharp Knife Company, there were no less than 30 soldiers like Li Sihai who were digging the soil with their bare hands, and when the company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju inspected the whole company, they really made the two of them feel distressed by this after discovering this situation.

In the face of the vigorous persuasion of company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju, the more than 30 soldiers who were digging the soil with their bare hands agreed to it, but when they found out that the company commander and the instructor had turned to leave, they hurriedly plunged into the action of digging the soil with their bare hands, and no one had any intention of stopping and not doing it.

Of course, the soldiers, who carried a small number of shovels and a large number of bayonets, had their hands worn out and bruised and purple in less than two hours of digging in the earth.

The reason why it was like this was because none of them had gloves, they all put their hands directly in the cold wind and low temperatures, and when they looked at the whole sharp knife three times, all of them had broken skin and bled blood.

After the hard work of all the personnel of the Third Company of the Sharp Knife Company, it took about five hours from about half past one in the night to half past six in the morning, and finally the air-raid shelter for the scheduled task was dug.

When all the personnel stopped, they all had to collapse to the ground, and they didn't even have the strength to get up and walk, they all sat on the ground and gasped for breath, and they were all so hot that they were sweating profusely and sweating.

When the day was just dawning, it was already about seven o'clock in the morning of the next day, and the company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju hurriedly asked all the soldiers of the three companies of the sharp knife company to hide in the air-raid shelter to rest, and no one was allowed to come out without his order.

In addition, company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju called the three platoon commanders Sun Lei, Liu Yiming, and Feng Pengju, who were tired of dogs, to the front and asked him to pick out at least three people from their respective platoons after half an hour, and take turns to be responsible for the guard of the trench air-raid shelter, and change the guard every two hours.

Regarding the order given by the company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju, Liu Yiming and Feng Pengju, who were so tired that they couldn't breathe, although they were a little reluctant in their hearts, had no other way, so they had to express no objection to this and nodded in agreement.

Anyway, in the eyes of the two of them, Sun Lei and their platoon carried out the vigilance task for the first two hours, and the two of them could rest for at least two more hours, which was already good compared to Sun Lei, who had no time to rest.