"Hey, what's going on, it's past twelve and five o'clock at night, so there's no movement at all. Previously, according to the instructions of the superiors, the large army was going to besiege the US-South Korean coalition troops stationed in the military fortress of Xiajieyuli at 12 o'clock tonight, and now there is no gunfire at all. ”

Zhao Yifa, the company commander who was squatting in the trench, waited for about an hour, and felt that the situation around him was very quiet, so he took out the old pocket watch in his jacket pocket, and from 11:55 to 12:05 at night when the displayed time was displayed, there was no sound, so he turned his head and asked Wang Wenju, the instructor who was squatting next to him.

At the same time, the instructor Wang Wenju also kept his head down, staring intently at the watch on his left wrist, and also kept looking at the time displayed on the watch, although he also muttered in his heart, but he didn't say it.

It was only at this time that instructor Wang Wenju raised his head, shifted his gaze from the watch on his left wrist to the company commander Zhao Yifa, who was squatting next to him with an anxious look, and replied in a slightly worried tone: "Lao Zhao, like you, I haven't heard any movement, and I estimate the current situation, it won't be the time for the large army to besiege Xiajieyu is temporarily postponed." ”

After hearing that instructor Wang Wenju finished speaking, company commander Zhao Yifa immediately let out a "gurgle" in his heart, and spontaneously gave birth to a feeling that something was wrong, and if it was unfortunate that instructor Wang Wenju said it, the consequences would be very serious.

Not to mention, all the volunteer soldiers of the third company of their sharp knife company, the trench that they spent nearly three and a half hours digging just now was of little use, and what was more serious was that the rations carried by the soldiers were already very little.

If the start of this battle dragged on for too long, it was estimated that the volunteer soldiers of their entire company would die if they continued to stay in this place hungry at that time, which was something he did not want to happen.

After thinking about it in his heart for most of the day, the company commander Zhao Yifa once again took out the old pocket watch and looked at the time, which made him feel that it was already twelve o'clock and fifteen in the middle of the night, why didn't there even move at all.

Zhao Yifa, the anxious company commander, hurriedly asked Wang Wenju, the instructor next to him, in a deliberative tone: "Lao Wang, it's been fifteen minutes now, and there is still no movement in this direction in the north Xiajieyu, tell me, what should we do next?" ”

Although at the beginning of the discussion on the question of whether or not to dig trenches, instructor Wang Wenju was still opposed, but after the decision made at the impromptu meeting, even if he had reservations, he was very nervous when he saw that the battle that had been planned to besiege Xiajieyu had not started for a long time in the past ten minutes.

Hearing the company commander Zhao Yifa ask him this, after thinking for a while, he replied seriously: "Old Zhao, in my opinion, it is not a way for us to wait here, it is better to send a squad of people to form a reconnaissance team to investigate the situation near Xiajieyuli, and at least to get in touch with the large volunteer army that is about to besiege Xiajieyuli." Otherwise, we'll have to continue to wait in the trenches. ”

Regarding the proposal of instructor Wang Wenju, the company commander Zhao Yifa immediately responded: "Lao Wang, your idea is good, we have no way to send a telegram now, we can't get in touch with other brother troops, and the only way now is to send people to get in touch with the big troops in the vicinity of Xiajieyuli." ”

After saying this, the company commander Zhao Yifa deliberately paused for a few seconds, then changed the conversation and asked with a little distress: "However, Lao Wang, according to the current situation, who should we send to lead a squad of soldiers to form a reconnaissance team?" ”

As soon as the company commander Zhao Yi's voice fell, instructor Wang Wenju immediately replied without thinking: "Old Zhao, do you still need to ask me this question, in our company, who else can there be besides Sun Lei who has the smartest head and the most heroic person in battle." ”

Therefore, the company commander Zhao Yifa and the instructor Wang Wenju immediately decided to send a platoon commander Sun Lei to lead a squad of people to form a reconnaissance team to carry out the task of approaching Xiajieyuli to investigate the situation and get in touch with the large army of the Volunteer Army that was about to besiege.

After receiving this task, Sun Lei immediately called Wang Erkui, Sun Shulin and other eight volunteer soldiers in a platoon, and followed him to the surroundings of Xiajieyuli to inquire about the situation.

After all, the hillside where they are located is still about five kilometers away from the military fortress where the United States and South Korea are stationed in the north of Xiajieyuli, and in addition, it is a dark night, and there are mountains and peaks in the middle, with an altitude of tens of meters or even more than 100 meters, and the line of sight is greatly obstructed, even with military telescopes, the observation distance cannot exceed two kilometers.

Before leaving, Sun Lei not only asked the eight volunteer soldiers who went with him to carry weapons and equipment, but at the same time, he also brought the military uniform of the South Korean soldier he was wearing, which might come in handy if he arrived near Xiajieyuli.

Being able to take on the task of finding out the situation in the corner of Xiajieli was a very honorable thing for the other eight soldiers in a platoon except for Sun Lei, although they knew that there might be great danger in this trip, they all showed a look of overjoy, and nodded yes after Sun Lei finished his order.

After less than two minutes, after a total of nine volunteer soldiers of the Sharp Knife Company, including Sun Lei, had finished their preparations, Sun Lei led the other eight people to climb out of the trench that had just been dug and walked in the direction of Xiajieyuli in the north.

This is about five kilometers away, Sun Lei and his nine-person reconnaissance team took about 20 minutes to rush to a hillside less than 500 meters away from Xiajieyu, Sun Lei, who was holding a telescope, observed the surrounding environment, but was surprised to find that the company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju said that there was not even a shadow of the volunteer army.

To be exact, within a radius of five hundred meters around Xiajieyu, except for the nine of them, there was no one else in sight, and suddenly, he broke out in a cold sweat.

You must know that before they marched from their garrison on the outskirts of Pyongyang, they received a telegram from their superiors telling them to rush to the south of Hajayu-ri by 12 o'clock the next night, and to lay an ambush on the hillside about five kilometers away, to be responsible for blocking the remnants of the US-Korean coalition forces fleeing south from Hajayu-ri.

Almost all the volunteer soldiers of the third company of the sharp knife company thought that at about twelve o'clock tonight, the large army of the volunteer army would launch a siege on Xiajieyuli, but the current situation was that no shadow of the large army of the volunteer army was found, and Sun Lei was dumbfounded all of a sudden.