Chapter 54: Three Layers of Barricades
"Yes, yes, why didn't I think about it. Sun Lei, your kid's head is smart, so I can't even sigh as an instructor. ”
Wang Wenju, the instructor of the third company of the Volunteer Army, after listening to the method that Sun Lei came up with, nodded with satisfaction, and praised without hesitation.
After praising Sun Lei, Wang Wenju looked at the company commander Zhao Yifa, who was standing aside with a serious expression on his cheeks, and asked in a consultative tone: "Lao Zhao, I think Sun Lei's attention is good, what do you think?" ”
After sighing lightly, Zhao Yifa, the company commander with a somewhat solemn face, nodded slightly, and replied a little helplessly: "What else can I do, the time is tight and the task is heavy, and now I only have to use the method that Sun Lei came up with to give it a try." ”
So, the two of them called the herald to him, and asked Sun Lei to repeat what he had just said again, and conveyed it to the soldiers of the whole company.
Seeing that the method he came up with was adopted, Sun Lei said goodbye to the company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju, and returned to work on the slope where their squad was located.
It took less than a minute to walk to the slope section that their class was responsible for, and Sun Mancang, who didn't know where to come from, walked up to Sun Lei and gave a thumbs up, and said with great admiration: "Okay, Sun Lei, you kid is worthy of being a big celebrity in front of our company commander and instructor, and it is good to speak, and the people who came out of our old Sun family are awesome."
"In just over 10 minutes, we have changed from digging down the hard road surface to planting mines in the snow covered by the road, rolling stones down from the slopes on both sides, and moving trees from cutting down trees on the slopes on both sides."
In the face of Sun Mancang's praise for his suspicion of slapping a horse, Sun Lei was not cold, and what he was most concerned about was that Sun Mancang quickly taught him his unique skills, that is, the skills of being able to throw a grenade more than a hundred meters away and also hit the target.
Without saying a word, Sun Lei opened his mouth and went straight to the point: "Sun Mancang, you old boy, don't just say these beautiful words, let's talk about it in advance." I've taken the burden off your shoulders, and you've taught me your grenade-throwing skills, and now it's time for you to make good on your promises. ”
Sun Mancang, who is usually notorious among the soldiers, would have turned his face and refused to admit it if he was in front of others, but in front of Sun Lei, he didn't dare to do so.
Because he knew in his heart that Sun Lei was by no means an ordinary person, since he was able to make the company commander and instructor change their minds, it was entirely possible for him to change his mind again, and naturally he could not afford to offend.
Sun Mancang, who was standing with a smiling face on the side, said with some embarrassment: "Brother Sun Lei, you also know that the skill of throwing grenades can not be learned in a day or two, you let me teach you right now, I'm afraid I can't do this." ”
After saying this, he suddenly changed his words, and continued in a consultative tone: "However, I can give you a drill now, you look at it carefully, just warm it up first, and when we get to the battlefield, the two of us are closer, and it's not too late for me to teach you to throw grenades, Brother Sun Lei, do you think this is good?"
In Sun Lei's opinion at this time, what Sun Mancang just said is indeed true, and now he will immediately teach him to throw grenades, this unique refusal is really unrealistic, it is better to warm up and learn to observe it first.
After thinking of this, Sun Lei nodded slightly, and agreed in a somewhat helpless tone: "Okay, since that's the case, then do as you say, you can throw one first and let me take a good look." ”
After hearing Sun Lei's words of promise, Sun Mancang, who was still a little worried just now, was afraid that Sun Lei would not agree to him, so he quickly found a fist-sized stone from the side, threw it in front of Sun Lei, and flew out in the air.
When this fist-sized stone was thrown out and fell to the ground, as far as Sun Lei could see, it was at least a hundred meters away from them, and Sun Mancang's actions before and after throwing the stone just now were clearly seen by his keen eyes, and he could be regarded as learning some kung fu.
Of course, in Sun Lei's opinion at this time, in addition to learning the skill of throwing grenades from Sun Mancang, there is a more important thing at the moment that he can't slack off.
That is, it is necessary to set up a roadblock on the 50-meter slope road assigned by their class before midnight tonight.
So, after Sun Lei finished reading it, he said goodbye to Sun Mancang and went to work on the section of the road he assigned.
Due to the temporary change in the method of setting up roadblocks, not only did Sun Mancang, who usually often cheat and cheat, feel that he was amnesty, but at the same time, it also made the soldiers of the third company and the whole company breathe a sigh of relief.
The soldiers of the entire Third Company were all mobilized, changed to squads, and first went to the slopes of the mountains several tens of meters high on both sides of the road, rolled down large stones, and paved the more than 200-meter-long road.
Immediately afterwards, they went to the slopes on both sides, cut down dozens of trees the thickness of bowls, and rolled down from the slopes, across the road more than 20 meters wide, like single-plank bridges built on streams.
In the end, the soldiers of the 3rd Company took the five boxes of mines they had brought with them, a total of about 100 mines, and arranged them all in the snow under the stones.
By the time the three-story barricades were set up, it was already about half past eleven o'clock in the evening, half an hour ahead of the completion time of the orders given to them by the regiment headquarters.
Although the barricade made of stones, tree trunks and mines had been completed, many soldiers thought that the barricade they had made was too rudimentary.
When the battle of Guitoudong starts, will the soldiers of the Korean army who have retreated here after the defeat easily move the stones and tree trunks?
What worries the soldiers the most is that their method of planting mines is too simple, and it is easy for the engineers of the South Korean army to find them, and when the time comes, the mines they planted will be dug out of the snow covering the road one by one.
Then they had been busy for nearly four hours before, not only were they busy in vain, but the more than 100 mines they had captured at the risk of their lives were also wasted in vain and returned to the hands of the ROK troops.
Fortunately, Zhao Yifa, the commander of the Third Company, and Wang Wenju, the instructor, had previously listened to Sun Lei's new plan for setting up barricades that he had come up with, and after careful analysis, they both believed that this method was feasible, and the soldiers' worries were unnecessary.