"Instructor, according to the principle of democracy, I choose the minority to obey the majority." Sun Lei thought for a moment, looked at the instructor Wang Wenju sitting opposite him with helpless eyes, and shook his head lightly.

Immediately, he shifted his gaze to Zhao Yifa, the company commander who was sitting next to instructor Wang Wenju, and continued: "Since the company commander and the other two platoon commanders think that digging trenches is important, in my opinion, it is better to dig the trenches first. Anyway, there isn't much time left for us to dig trenches, less than four hours at most. ”

The contents of the telegram received from their superiors from the outskirts of Pyongyang showed that they were required to rush to the hillside five kilometers south of Hajayu-ri before 12 midnight on the next day, and cooperate with the large force of the volunteers attacking Hajayu-ri to block the US-ROK forces retreating south.

It should be particularly pointed out that at the beginning, the troops stationed in the military fortress of Hajayuri were originally only the US-ROK coalition forces, but later, some UN troops came to reinforce them, but they were mainly US-ROK coalition forces.

Originally, the instructor Wang Wenju thought that Sun Lei would stand on his side to speak, but what he never expected was that at this critical time, Sun Lei, this kid, actually "defected" and fell to the company commander Zhao Yifa, which made him secretly angry in his heart, but he was helpless.

After a long sigh, instructor Wang Wenju said in a helpless tone: "Okay, since everyone agrees to let the soldiers rest in place for half an hour, they will immediately devote themselves to digging trenches on the slope of this hill, although I have some objections to this, but I still obey the consensus reached by everyone just now,"

Since, in the end, even the instructor Wang Wenju, who had an opposing opinion, agreed, the company commander Zhao Yifa immediately ordered Sun Lei, the commander of the first platoon, Liu Yiming, the commander of the second platoon, and Feng Pengju, the commander of the third platoon, who were sitting opposite him, to immediately inform the soldiers in their respective platoons who were resting in place that they had about 20 minutes left to eat more fried noodles that they had brought with them.

As soon as the rest time was over, they immediately threw themselves into the operation of digging trenches, and all the members of the three companies of the Sharp Knife Company, from the instructors and company commanders to the ordinary soldiers, joined in.

Immediately afterwards, after Sun Lei, Liu Yiming, and Feng Pengju said goodbye to company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju, they immediately returned to the place where their respective platoons were located, and conveyed the latest instructions of company commander Zhao Yifa to the soldiers in the platoon.

"What? Platoon commander, we have walked more than 150 kilometers in one day in the past two nights, and we have just reached the destination of this march, and our comrades are tired enough, and they are still exhausted and have not rested.

"It's good now, just give us big guys half an hour to rest, and let us start digging trenches on the spot, our bodies are not iron, and now the weather is so cold at night, it's more than 30 degrees below zero, this work of digging trenches is really impossible to do." Wang Erkui, a soldier in the third company and one platoon of the Sharp Knife Company, was the first to jump out after listening to Sun Lei, who was the platoon commander, read out the latest instructions of the company commander Zhao Yifa, and immediately expressed his opposition to this.

Immediately behind, the soldier Sun Shulin, who was sitting not far from him, also said with an embarrassed face: "I said, Platoon Commander Sun, our platoon is at the forefront of this march, and the physical strength consumed is more than that of the comrades in the second and third platoons behind.

"Also, along the way, the soldiers in our platoon have eaten all the fried noodles they carry with them, so if they replenish such a little ration to dig trenches, from the perspective of the actual situation, our physical strength will not be able to keep up at all."

"Not to mention asking the big guys to dig trenches for more than three hours, that is, digging for an hour, it is estimated that many people in our platoon will fall to the ground due to physical exhaustion. In the unlikely event that someone gets sick at this time, it will greatly weaken the combat effectiveness. ”

Hearing Wang Erkui and Sun Shulin say this, the other volunteer soldiers who gathered together and sat together also expressed their objections, like a mountain and a sea, which suddenly made Sun Lei's mind bigger.

But to tell the truth, what instructor Wang Wenju and the soldiers in the platoon said is not unreasonable, most of the people in the third company of the sharp knife company are dragging their tired bodies, and finally rushed to the destination of the march, wanting to have a good rest, and wait for more than three hours to stay on this hillside to stop the US-South Korean coalition troops retreating south from the north side of Xiajieyuli.

This is a good thing, only half an hour of rest, and they will immediately have to spend a lot of physical strength to dig trenches, and they now have a very big problem is lack of food and clothing.

Almost all the fighters of the Sharp Knife Company carried the fried noodles with them, and the rest was not enough to eat two meals, and in order to replenish their strength, it is estimated that even the few remaining fried noodles must be eaten before digging the trenches.

But the problem is that if they finish all the fried noodles tonight, they will only be able to fight hungry for the next few days, which will inevitably have a frustrating effect on morale.

Not only the soldiers in the first platoon rebounded loudly, but also the second platoon where Liu Yiming was and the third platoon where Feng Pengju was, and even the soldiers in the cooking class, who were rarely at the forefront of the battle, all expressed their opposition to the matter of digging trenches on the spot.

Just now, the opposition of the soldiers in the first row was still very high, and I don't know what kind of ecstasy soup Sun Lei gave to the soldiers in the first row, but in less than five minutes, the soldiers in the first row listened to what he said, and their attitudes changed one hundred and eighty degrees, from all the opposition just now to support at this time.

After learning about this, Zhao Yifa, the company commander who was on fire, felt that if he did not dig trenches to fight this blocking battle, the casualties would definitely be very large, and this was a last resort and imperative, and he could not stop it because of the temporary opposition of the soldiers.

After thinking about it for a while, the company commander Zhao Yifa hurriedly summoned the herald who was not far away and asked him to call Sun Lei over, because at this time, it is estimated that only this usually scheming guy can help him convince the soldiers of the whole company, and in addition, he can't think of any other good way, so he can only pin his hope on Sun Lei.

In the opinion of the company commander Zhao Yifa at this time, after all, just now, Sun Lei persuaded the soldiers in a row with his three-inch incorruptible tongue, since he was able to convince the soldiers in a row, he could also persuade the other soldiers in the third company of the sharp knife.