"All the officers and men of the third company are here, listen to my command, everyone spend five minutes with me, go with me over there and everyone pull out a bundle of grass with longer rhizomes, and then we will go back to the same place and gather."

Company Commander Zhao Yifa, standing on the hill on the side of the valley floor, pointed to the snow-covered grass not far away, and said in a commanding tone to all the soldiers of the Third Company who were squatting down to rest.

All the officers and men of the Third Company, who had been on the road all night, got up from the snow one after another and followed his steps after hearing this order given by the company commander Zhao Yifa.

It took about five minutes for each soldier to pull out a large bundle of grass, and according to Sun Lei's prior requirements, the grass pulled by the soldiers must be long and hard. Otherwise, it won't be of much use to wait.

After all the soldiers of the third company pulled out a large bundle of grass as required, they returned to the place where they were resting.

Immediately afterwards, the company commander Zhao Yifa issued another combat mission, and said sonorously and forcefully: "Comrades of the whole company, we are still more than an hour away from the first battle since entering the DPRK.

"The second platoon went to the hill on the other side, and then took the grass you had just pulled, and wiped out the footprints left on the snow, and each of them wiped out the sheaf of grass that he had pulled.

"The first platoon, as the 'sharp knife platoon' of our third company, is responsible for the most arduous combat mission this time, that is, to ambush at the bottom of the valley, build simple fortifications, block the enemy coming from the bottom of the valley opposite, intercept me, and not let them advance half a step.

"Of course, after you have left this mountain, every soldier in the platoon will also take the grass you just pulled, and wipe out all the footprints you left on the snow, so as not to startle the enemy.

"The third platoon stayed on this hill, with the second platoon on the opposite side, and the platoon ambushed at the bottom of the valley, forming a U-shaped ambush encirclement on three sides to block the enemy's northward advance."

After saying this, the company commander Zhao Yifa deliberately paused, first glanced twice, and all the officers and soldiers of the third company who were standing opposite him and were ready to go, and then continued to say loudly: "Wait, everyone must listen to the sound of my gun, and no one is allowed to shoot before I shoot, so as not to disturb the enemy coming from the opposite side, have you heard it?"

All the officers and men of the whole company, who were standing opposite the company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju, immediately replied in unison with high morale: "Report to the company commander, we have all heard it!"

After receiving a deafening affirmative reply from the officers and men of the whole company, Zhao Yifa, the company commander who had the demeanor of a general, immediately waved his hand and spit out two words from his mouth: "Go!"

With the order of the company commander Zhao Yifa, the soldiers of the first and second platoons who withdrew from the hill descended from the hill one after the other and rushed to their respective positions.

As the warriors walked forward, they took the bale of grass in their hands with a somewhat hard texture, and wiped off all the footprints they left on the snow.

After the soldiers in the second and first rows who had withdrawn from the hill were in place, the company commander Zhao Yifa took a look at his rusty and worn pocket watch, which could still be written, and the time on it was 9:35 a.m.

After putting away his pocket watch, he took his binoculars and looked at the opposite hill and the slope of the opposite hill, and the valley floor.

To his surprise, the footprints left on the snow before were wiped clean according to the method proposed by Sun Lei.

At this moment, if it weren't for close observation, it would be really difficult to find that there were footprints of different sizes and shades on this large area of snow.

After putting away the binoculars, Zhao Yifa, the company commander lying on the hill on the left, gave a thumbs up in the direction where the row of ambushes at the bottom of the valley was located, for a full ten seconds.

Those who know naturally think that this is the company commander giving a thumbs up to Sun Lei, a recruit soldier in a platoon and a squad, and those who don't know think that the company commander is making a strange gesture to someone.

"Leizi, look, our company commander gives you a thumbs up!" Deng Sanshui, a veteran soldier of the first platoon of the third company who was ambushed at the bottom of the valley, gently patted Sun Lei's shoulder next to him, pointed to the direction where the three rows on the left mountain were more than 100 meters away, and attached his mouth to Sun Lei's ear, reminding him in a low voice.

Looking in the direction of Deng Sanshui's finger, Sun Lei really saw Zhao Yifa, the company commander who was revealing his upper body from the mountain on the left, and was giving him a thumbs up.

Suddenly, a smug smile appeared on Sun Lei's cheeks, and he secretly felt that some of the skills he had learned from a retired special forces soldier who had crossed over from modern society had really not been learned in vain, and they were all used on the battlefield of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea that he was now in, and came in handy.

"Lao Deng, what is this, isn't it just an idea, it's a piece of cake for me. Wait until the battle starts, and you'll see. Sun Lei, who looked proud, praised Haikou Road at Deng Sanshui next to him.

As a veteran soldier with three years of military experience, Deng Sanshui, after listening to Sun Lei's words, felt that the recruit next to him was just bragging, and when he saw the enemy, it would be good if Sun Lei was not scared to pee his pants.

Because Deng Sanshui has seen a lot of recruits, once these recruits go to the battlefield, they will forget all the essentials of shooting during training, let alone let them shoot, many recruits are scared to pee their pants when they go to the battlefield for the first time.

For Deng Sanshui, it is already a common thing in Songping, so he thinks that Sun Lei, a recruit who has just joined their third company and has only been in the third company for two months, is just bragging, and it is not worth refuting at all.

There is a saying that "good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles", and the matter of using pulled grass to wipe the footprints left on the snow soon spread within three companies and one row, and the soldiers all said that this trick was "Little Zhuge " Sun Lei.

In less than half an hour, almost all the officers and men of the entire Third Company knew about this matter, and Niu Tiezhu, who was the leader of the first platoon and one squad of the Third Company, was naturally no exception.

Niu Tiezhu, the squad leader who was separated from Sun Lei by two soldiers, put one ear on the snow, and heard the sound of continuous vibration from the opposite side.

When he raised his head, he heard Sun Lei and Deng Sanshui, two soldiers under him, still talking in a whisper, and suddenly made him angry.

Because of the previous subjective speculation that Sun Lei wanted to be a deserter, the company commander Zhao Yifa and the instructor Wang Wenju both severely criticized Niu Tiezhu, who was the leader of the first squad, and asked him to make a profound review in front of the officers and soldiers of the whole company.

Therefore, Niu Tiezhu, whose heart is smaller than the eye of a needle, has a grudge against Sun Lei, a recruit under his hand, and is worried that he will not have a chance to retaliate against Sun Lei, but now Sun Lei has taken the initiative to send it to the door, how can he let it go easily.

"Sun Lei, you kid talk again, believe it or not, Lao Tzu shot you. Deng Sanshui, you fucking shut up with Lao Tzu, otherwise, Lao Tzu will clean up together. Niu Tiezhu couldn't help it, so he lowered his voice and scolded Sun Lei and Deng Sanshui, who bit their ears, angrily.

Sun Lei and Deng Sanshui, who knew that they were at a loss, were angry when they saw their squad leader Niu Tiezhu, and they all closed their mouths, holding the 38 big cover rifle in their hands, staring at the opposite side of the white expanse, waiting for the Korean army with about a battalion of strength coming from the opposite side.

Niu Tiezhu, who was still angry, saw the shadows of vehicles and people more than a hundred meters away from the opposite side, he lowered his voice again, and ordered to the soldiers next to him: "Prepare for battle!" ”