"Everybody listen to me and stop moving. The comrades are all resting for a while in this rare forest next to us, and then we will continue to move forward. ”

When all the more than 60 soldiers of the Third Company of the Volunteer Army marched to a dense forest at the foot of the mountain, Zhao Yifa, the company commander who was at the forefront of the team, immediately turned around and gave an order in a loud voice in the face of the soldiers who were struggling to advance in the thick snow.

With the order of the company commander Zhao Yifa, after walking for more than an hour, the soldiers of the third company of the Volunteer Army, who had just crossed a mountain ridge that did not look high, had already felt tired, and naturally they all stood in place one by one.

Because they had walked all the way, no place was flat, and they had almost to climb the snow and lie on the ice, and they had just climbed up and down a mountain covered with thick snow, and more than an hour earlier, they had just finished a blocking battle.

Besides, this man is also flesh-long, not made of steel, and they have not been together for almost from 0:00 last night until now at 6:00 in the morning

eyes, can be described as sleepy, tired, hungry and tired.

Even in such a state of extreme physical exhaustion, none of the soldiers of the Third Company of the Volunteer Army said the word "bitter," absolutely obeyed the task of another long-distance journey to the enemy line issued by the regiment headquarters, and completely obeyed the orders of the company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju.

The soldiers, who were already tired and out of breath, stood in place and gasped for breath for a long time, and then they followed the company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju into the woods not far away together in an orderly manner.

As soon as the warriors entered the woods, they laid down the marching backpacks that felt increasingly heavy on their backs, and sat down on them one by one to rest.

Although it was a rest, all the soldiers still held their guns tightly in their hands, in order to prevent a surprise attack by the enemy at some point, so that they could switch from resting in place to fighting at the first time.

Seeing that the soldiers were all hanging their heads one by one and resting on their respective marching backpacks, many of them had just sat down for less than five minutes before closing their eyes and snoring for the first time in a long time.

The soldiers who stayed next to them, fearing that the tragedy of Li Dequan, a soldier in the first platoon of the third company, would be staged again, so they took advantage of the fact that their comrades-in-arms were asleep to put on the military coats and thick coats worn by the soldiers of the South Korean army that they had captured.

Originally, Zhao Yifa, the commander of the third company of the Volunteer Army, and Wang Wenju, the instructor, the two of them still thought about waiting to enter this small dense forest, solicit the opinions of the soldiers, and brainstorm ideas.

However, to their surprise, the level of physical and mental exhaustion of the warriors far exceeded the imagination of the two of them, and in this case, their original plan for brainstorming had to be lost.

Not to mention that the ordinary soldiers of the Third Company were physically and mentally exhausted, including the company commander Zhao Yifa and the instructor Wang Wenju, each of them had bloodshot eyes in their two eyes, and their feet were almost frozen unconscious, and their bodies were also extremely tired.

Since the two of them are the backbone of the entire Third Company, if the two of them do not show a superior mental outlook and state, it is estimated that this team will not be easy to lead.

To put it bluntly, Zhao Yifa and Wang Wenju both felt too tired, but after all, one of them was a company commander and the other was an instructor, there was no way, the two of them could only hold on.

After looking at the soldiers who were resting in place around him, Zhao Yifa, who was sitting on his marching backpack, first sighed, and then turned his head to Wang Wenju, who was sitting next to him, and said: "Alas, Lao Wang, look at it, after this battle, the soldiers are not lightly tired."

"Tell me, we just said that we want to mobilize the soldiers to brainstorm in this forest, as far as we look at it now, I'm afraid we have to let the soldiers have a good rest, as for coming up with a way to march smoothly and safely during the day, I'm afraid we can only find another way."

Wang Wenju, who was sitting on the side, couldn't help but nod slightly after listening to his old partner's sighing words, and said with infinite emotion: "Yes, Lao Wang, I think that when we had just crossed the Yalu River into the northern mountains of the Korean Peninsula and had not yet fought with the US and South Korean armies, our three companies had a total of nearly 100 troops.

"Look at it now, it has only been a little more than a week, and the strength of our third company has been reduced by one-third, of which a quarter of the soldiers have been killed in battle, and only a few people who have been seriously injured have been sent to the field hospital in the rear, and their lives and deaths are still unknown.

"If we continue like this, we don't know how long we can hold on to it. Although our Third Company has a glorious historical tradition, whether it was during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression or the War of Liberation, we have never encountered such a harsh war environment as it is now. ”

Zhao Yifa naturally empathized with his old partner's feelings, but as the military commander of the Third Company, what he thought about the most in his heart was that no matter how far their Third Company was reduced, even if it was until the last person left in the battle, he could not let the battle banner of the Third Company fall.

However, in the face of Wang Wenju, whose eyes were red, Zhao Yifa did not say what he thought in his heart, but turned the conversation and went straight to the point: "Old man, don't send so many emotions first, let's think about how to march during the day today." ”

After saying this, Zhao Yifa suddenly had an idea, slapped his thigh, and said to Wang Wenju in a consultative tone: "By the way, Lao Wang, you see if this will work." Let's call the few squad leaders and platoon commanders who are still left in the company and discuss the issue of marching during the day on a small scale. ”

As soon as Zhao Yifa finished speaking, Wang Wenju, who was sitting on the side, also patted his thigh, and said excitedly: "Old Zhao, I think your idea is good." The remaining three platoon commanders and several squad leaders are all veterans of our company's combat experience, and it would be a good idea to discuss them on a small scale. ”

Seeing that Wang Wenju had just said this, he suddenly paused, as if he had thought of something, and suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he patted his thigh again, and said in a mysterious tone: "Also, Lao Zhao, there must be one person in our small-scale discussion." ”

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Yifa and Wang Wenju, who understood each other, looked at each other and smiled, and almost at the same time, they called out the name of a soldier in their three companies: "Sun Lei." ”