After descending from the north side of the hillside, Sun Lei led a total of 35 volunteer soldiers from three companies and one platoon of the Sharp Knife Company to the military fortress of Xiajiayuli, five kilometers to the north.

Of course, the purpose of their march this time was not to attack Xiajieyuli, which was guarded by a US legion, at night, but to blow up the airfield on the eastern outskirts of the military fortress that had just been built and had been officially put into use.

In addition, it was marching on foot at night, and the movement was not very big, even if it was rushing on top of the thick snow, before leaving, Sun Lei, as the platoon commander, repeatedly stared at the volunteer soldiers in a row, and he must pay attention to the range of his steps, even if the speed of the march is slower, he can't make the movement too big, so as not to startle the snake.

Although, two days ago, the volunteer soldiers of the third company of the sharp knife company changed into the uniforms of the ROK soldiers, so as to deceive the trust of the US pilots who flew the transport planes and airdropped supplies to them on the hillside.

This time, Sun Lei still did the same, including himself, so that all the volunteer soldiers in a row were still wearing the uniforms of the Korean soldiers, but a white towel was tied to the shoulder on their left side, in order to distinguish them from the real Korean soldiers.

Because Sun Lei didn't know that there was not even a single Korean soldier in this military fortress in Xiajieyu, and Sun Lei still didn't know the specific whereabouts of the nearly 1,000 Korean soldiers.

He thought that if he got to the outskirts of Hajayuri and exchanged fire with the U.S. and South Korean troops stationed there, they were wearing almost the same clothes as the South Korean soldiers, and in order to distinguish himself from the enemy, it would be necessary to tie a white towel on his left arm.

Of course, at about 8 o'clock this morning, the battalion that marched out from this military fortress in Xiajieyu was simply a South Korean army unit, and it has not returned until now, and in the opinion of Ma Dipu, the commander of the US regiment stationed in this military fortress in Xiajieyuli, I am afraid that the South Korean troops in that battalion will be more auspicious.

At about 10 o'clock this morning, Colonel Madip, the commander of the US Army, although he had a telephone conversation with Lee Doo-hyun, the commander of the South Korean battalion, urging Lee Doo-hyun to launch an attack quickly, did hear the sound of artillery that lasted for about half an hour later, and some sporadic gunfire.

However, after less than an hour, it became silent again, and in this regard, the commander of the US Army, Colonel Madeep, also made emergency contact with Lee Doo-hyun, the commander of the South Korean military battalion, through a walkie-talkie.

As a result, no matter how they could be contacted, there was no reply from the South Korean military battalion commander Lee Doo-hyun on the walkie-talkie, and it was precisely because of this that the US army commander Madip ordered that the US soldiers stationed in the military fortress in Xiajieyuli should be on guard tonight to prevent accidents.

Even though US Army Commander Madip had not fought with the Chinese Civilian Volunteers who crossed the Yalu River in the northern mountainous areas of the Korean Peninsula, he found out from many of the fraternal units of the US troops who had withdrawn south that although the Chinese Volunteer Army units did not have any air superiority, they liked to launch attacks at night, which was a headache for many US-led UN forces.

Even though the commander of the US regiment, Madip, repeatedly ordered his subordinates to strengthen their vigilance at night, and there should be no shortage of open posts and secret posts, but these American soldiers, who were accustomed to pampering and pampering, did not take what their boss as the regiment commander said seriously.

No, the task of vigilance has been issued for more than an hour, and the soldiers of the third company of the US army, who are in charge of the guard task in Xiajieyuli, are in groups of three or five in the sentry, smoking cigars for cigars and whiskey for those who should be drinking whiskey, and they have forgotten all the warnings of Colonel Madip, the commander of the US Army, anyway, they think that after so many days, if the Chinese volunteer troops attacked them, they would have come a long time ago, and it would not be worse than this night.

Under the leadership of platoon commander Sun Lei, it took about an hour for the volunteer soldiers of the Sharp Knife Company to march on foot on the thick snow, and their current position is about 500 meters away from the airport on the eastern outskirts of the military fortress in Xiajieyuli.

On the night march, Sun Lei only relied on a compass in his hand, and he didn't even bring a combat map, all based on the memory in his head, which shows that Sun Lei is really a good material for leading troops to fight.

The soldiers of the Volunteer Army of the Third Company of the Sharp Knife Company had only slept for less than six hours in the afternoon, and many of them were now dozing off, because they were so sleepy that they had not slept well for almost a day.

In order to successfully complete the task of blowing up the airport, Sun Lei decided to let the volunteer soldiers in the platoon led by him stop first, and rest for more than ten minutes to relieve their fatigue.

When Sun Lei took out the military telescope to observe the terrain in front of him, Sun Lei found that there was a small hill with a length of more than 50 meters and a height of five or six meters 300 meters away from them and about 200 meters away from the front.

In this regard, he secretly rejoiced that this small hillside was a natural barrier for him, and that a platoon of them with a total of three stones and six men could hide on the south side of the hillside, so that they would not be discovered by the enemy troops in the direction of the airfield and Xiajieyuli.

So, Sun Lei gave an order, and led a platoon of volunteer soldiers to call the pace of the march, and it took less than two minutes to rush to the south side of this hillside, and then rested on the spot.

What Sun Lei never expected was that the volunteer soldiers of this platoon who followed him were all in good spirits as if they had been beaten before they came.

As soon as he came to the south side of this hillside, within half a minute, Sun Lei heard snoring, and he looked left and right only to find that about half of the volunteer soldiers in their row squatted on the snow and fell asleep.

What's more, Sun Lei just arranged a squad of soldiers to be responsible for guarding, but there were three soldiers in a squad who could fall asleep standing on the snow.

It can be seen that the soldiers are too sleepy, otherwise, they would not have been able to fall asleep uncontrollably in this night when the temperature reached more than 30 degrees below zero, which made him feel a little sad in his heart.

was about to carry out the task of blowing up the airfield, but at this time, half of the soldiers in the platoon fell asleep, which was a serious violation of military discipline.

But Sun Lei, as the platoon commander, couldn't bear to blame these sleeping soldiers, because he knew that if the soldiers were not too sleepy, if their bodies were not too tired, they would not be able to deliberately sleep in such bad weather.