Chapter 176: A World of Difference
When Sun Lei hurriedly rushed to the air-raid shelter belonging to the third company of their sharp knife company, he found that the four soldiers who had followed Wang Erkui before and attempted to steal the fried noodles from him had closed their eyes, and no matter how he shook his body, he didn't wake up.
So, Sun Lei secretly made a bold guess, that is, nine times out of ten, these four soldiers were the same as Wang Erkui just now, and they were already fainting from hunger. He really couldn't think of anything else than that.
For him, this is a major matter of human life, and he must not be careless, and he must be taken seriously.
didn't have time to think too much, Sun Lei hurriedly pinched the four fighters one by one, and after about two minutes, the four soldiers who fainted from hunger slowly woke up one after another.
After seeing the four of them wake up, Sun Lei didn't say a word, handed each of them a small handful of fried noodles, and woke up several other soldiers next to him and asked them to go outside to get some clean snow.
The four soldiers who fainted from hunger ate a small handful of fried noodles in the snow, hoping to relieve the extreme hunger in their stomachs, and in any case, it could save their lives temporarily.
When the four of them ate it, although they still felt hungry in their stomachs, at least they didn't faint, and the four of them were immediately grateful to Dade for Sun Lei's rescue just now.
Seeing that his platoon commander still had fried noodles to eat, in the air-raid shelter, the stomachs of those soldiers also growled at this time, because they had also eaten all the fried noodles on their bodies.
The time is now more than one o'clock in the afternoon, and it has long passed the usual lunch point, including Sun Lei, the stomach feels the hunger one after another, and for a while, the sound of the stomach growling.
Sun Lei, who realized the seriousness of the lack of rations, naturally did not dare to hesitate at all, and hurriedly gave a small handful of fried noodles to several other soldiers in the air-raid shelter, so that they could temporarily fill their stomachs.
After walking out of the air-raid shelter, half of the fried noodles in the ration bag on Sun Lei's shoulder had been consumed.
Afraid that the other soldiers in the platoon would faint from hunger again, Sun Lei, as the platoon commander, visited the five air-raid shelters belonging to their platoon one by one and confirmed the sister level of each soldier.
was really afraid of something, in the other four air-raid shelters, Sun Lei found a total of ten soldiers fainting from hunger.
He had no choice but to take out all the remaining fried noodles from his body and distribute them to the dozen or so hungry fighters to eat, so as to temporarily relieve the hunger in their stomachs.
You must know that at the beginning, the company commander Zhao Yifa and the instructor Wang Wenju gave Sun Lei a death order to ensure that all the people in the three companies of their sharp knife company were alive, and no soldier could be starved to death because he had no rations.
So, Sun Lei went to the air-raid shelters where the second and third platoons were located, and woke up Liu Yiming, the commander of the second platoon, and Feng Pengju, the commander of the third platoon, respectively, and asked them to pay attention to the degree and situation of the hunger of the soldiers in their platoon.
Liu Yiming and Feng Pengju naturally didn't want the soldiers in their platoon to be starved to death because they had no rations, and they also took out their remaining fried noodles and distributed them among the extremely hungry soldiers in their platoon.
Although there are not many fried noodles distributed to the soldiers, that is, a small handful, and some can only eat a small bite, it is already very good for nothing to eat.
In addition to the company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju, Sun Lei can be said to have verified all the people in the three companies of the sharp knife company one by one, and after confirming that there was no danger of life, he returned to the trench to observe and guard the south side of the hillside.
On this side, the soldiers of the 3rd Company of the Sharp Knife Company of the Chinese Volunteers on the hillside located five kilometers south of Xiajieyuli have eaten the last bit of their company's remaining ration -- fried noodles.
Because the US troops crossed the entire Pacific Ocean to fight in the very harsh climate of the Korean Peninsula, the food provided by the US military logistics supply department was the envy of other units around the world at that time.
The U.S. soldiers stationed in the corner of Xiajie had not only delicious canned beef, but also bread and sandwiches for lunch today, and everyone could get a large cup of coffee brewed on the spot, and everyone could drink the whiskey of the equalizer.
The U.S. military is the dominant force among the U.N. forces that help South Korea advance northward, while the other countries do not have very many troops and are fed much better than they were when they fought in their own countries.
In particular, the soldiers of the South Korean troops, although they are not as good as the food of the American army, they eat rice and canned food at every meal, and when the American soldiers have drunk enough coffee and whiskey, the rest is distributed to the soldiers of the South Korean army who are fighting together.
No, the commander of the South Korean army battalion Lee Doo-hyun, who had previously escaped death in the Cheongchon River, and his combat staff officer Kim Sung-ki, the two of them were leading a battalion of South Korean troops that had just been formed to assist a regiment of American troops in the defense of the military fortress in Xiajiayu-ri.
Since the battle of the Cheongchon River, after the ROK troops of the battalion led by Lee Doo-hyun were broken up and fled, he was wounded and sent to the US military field hospital for treatment.
In view of the tight front line at this time, Lee Doo-hyun was slightly injured and could not get out of the line of fire, so in less than three days, he re-recruited more than 1,000 troops and formed a battalion of the Korean army, which rushed to Xiajieyu-ri three days ago.
In fact, the reason why the South Korean army is very weak in combat effectiveness on the Korean battlefield is because the vast majority of its soldiers have not undergone long-term military training, let alone how brutal the war has been before.
Most of them were recruited from the local area, and they were given some guns, put on South Korean uniforms, and heard that they could have food to eat, so they were conscripted into the army.
The South Korean army, which has expanded its military resources in this form, naturally cannot compete with the Chinese People's Volunteers who experienced the War of Resistance Against Japan and the War of Liberation, and its strength is not on the same level at all.
After more than a month of fighting, including the US military, everyone believes that although the weapons and equipment of the Chinese People's Volunteers are backward and the logistics supply cannot keep up, even they are in awe of their stubborn combat effectiveness, let alone the vulnerable South Korean army.