Chapter 108: Marking Locations
"By the way, Comrade Sun Lei, the five South Korean soldiers captured by you belong to the South Korean unit, where did they wander here, have you questioned them?"
Instructor Wang Wenju, who was sitting on a smooth stone, was eating freshly cooked potatoes while asking Sun Lei, who was sitting next to him, in a chatty tone.
Company Commander Zhao Yifa, who was sitting next to instructor Wang Wenju, had just eaten a large mouthful of boiled potatoes, and when he heard instructor Wang Wenju's question, he only chewed twice in his mouth and swallowed a small piece of steaming potatoes in his mouth.
He bared his teeth several times, even so, the company commander Zhao Yifa didn't wait for Sun Lei, who was sitting on the other side, to speak, he preemptively continued to ask: "Yes, Comrade Sun Lei, these questions asked by the instructor are very critical, you have to answer them truthfully."
"Just now, we were all patronizing the two sacks of potatoes, but we left the five captured South Korean soldiers aside and forgot to interrogate them. Ten minutes ago, I sent Zhang Dake with the soldiers of his knife squad to the regimental headquarters at the rear, and then asked the regimental headquarters to send someone to escort them to the prisoner of war camp in the rear.
"If you kid forgot to ask when he captured them, I'll send someone to chase Zhang Da now, but they'll still have time. Of course, if you asked, you wouldn't have to chase them anymore. ”
Everyone else took the freshly cooked potatoes assigned to their hands, took out one and ate it directly without even peeling the skin, including the company commander Zhao Yifa and the instructor Wang Wenju, but Sun Lei was poor and particular, he had to peel the skin of a potato in his hand before eating.
After the instructor Wang Wenju and the company commander Zhao Yifa finished asking questions one after another, Sun Lei finished peeling the skin of the potato he was holding, and he walked up to the two of them without eating a bite, and replied: "Company commander, instructor, if you didn't ask me just now, I really forgot."
"As for the questions that the instructor just asked me, I held a gun to their heads when I captured them. They said that it belonged to the 1st South Korean Regiment and had escaped from the Yongcheonyeong position, which was located 40 kilometers to the southeast.
"According to their confession at the time, since three days ago, the South Korean regiment stationed in Longchuanling was fiercely attacked by other units of our volunteers, and their South Korean regiment suffered very serious casualties, and the five of them who did not want to die in the battle risked their lives as deserters, and fled all the way to the northwest to this small village at the foot of the mountain.
"Originally, these five guys were going to hide under the cellar made of the dry well for a few days, to avoid the limelight and come out again, but they didn't expect to be captured by me. That's about how it went. ”
When Sun Lei finished his report, the company commander Zhao Yifa and the instructor Wang Wenju, who were sitting next to each other, had already eaten a steaming potato in their respective hands, and they were not even willing to leave the potato skin.
After calming down, instructor Wang Wenju thought for a while, and then asked the company commander Zhao Yifa to take out the map and spread it out directly on the ground in front of them, wanting to determine the location of the Longchuan Ridge mentioned by Sun Lei just now.
After carefully examining the map, company commander Zhao Yifa pointed to a landmark on the lower right of the map, which was marked with the words "Longchuanling" in traditional Chinese characters, and clicked with his hand.
After watching the map, the company commander Zhao Yifa and the instructor Wang Wenju suddenly frowned, their faces became a little ugly, and they both shook their heads, as if to say that the information provided by Sun Lei just now was not of much help to them on this march.
After taking his eyes off the map, instructor Wang Wenju looked at Sun Lei, who was squatting on the edge of the map, with a scrutinizing eye, and continued to ask: "Comrade Sun Lei, do you recall it well, did the five captured South Korean soldiers tell you that near Longchuan Ridge, there is a place called Longyuan Peak?" You don't have to rush to answer me first, and then think about it carefully. ”
Sun Lei, who had just peeled the skin of the potato he was holding, was about to eat a mouthful of the smooth potato with his mouth, but suddenly heard the instructor Wang Wenju ask, so he had to squat in place and reminisce.
After thinking for a moment, Sun Lei's eyes suddenly lit up, he seemed to have thought of something, and hurriedly used his other hand to mark the lower right side of Longchuan Ridge on the map in front of him, and replied loudly in a very excited tone: "Instructor, company commander, I remember, those five guys did mention Longyuan Peak in passing."
At that time, they said that the place where the South Korean regiment to which they belonged was originally stationed was at Longwon Peak, 20 kilometers south of Longchuan Ridge, and because the commander of a battalion of the US military who was fighting with them asked the regiment to continue northward, they advanced their position to Yongcheon Ridge.
"If I'm not mistaken, according to the scale shown on this map, the Longyuan Peak, which has no standard on the map, should be in this location nine times out of ten, come, instructor, company commander, you take a look."
As soon as Sun Lei's voice fell, the company commander Zhao Yifa and the instructor Wang Wenju looked at the place where Sun Lei pointed his finger, and they all thought that Sun Lei's kid was not simple, he could even understand the map, and he was really a rare talent.
However, what worries the two of them is that if the information provided by Sun Lei is inaccurate, it will lead to the failure of their mission to penetrate behind enemy lines this time, and the consequences will be very serious.
For the sake of prudence, the company commander Zhao Yifa raised his head, and while confirming with Sun Lei in a serious tone, he also said the powerful relationship, "Comrade Sun Lei, this joke can't be made." Are you sure that the five South Korean soldiers you captured said that, and if they deceived you and the instructor and I believed what you said, the consequences would be terrible. ”
Just now, Sun Lei's mood was still very happy, but after he heard the company commander Zhao Yifa say that the problem was so serious, he immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.
At the same time, he also made a bold guess in his heart: the destination of their three sharp knives interspersed behind enemy lines this time was probably this place called Longyuan Peak that had no standard on the map.
After recalling it, Sun Lei replied in a categorical tone: "Company commander, instructor, I, Sun Lei, dare to vouch for my own head, when the five captured South Korean soldiers were questioned, they should have told the truth."
"Because at that time, I and the other two soldiers were holding the guns in their hands to the heads of the five of them, even if it was to save their lives, they didn't dare to deceive us with nonsense."
Seeing that Sun Lei had said everything to this point, he couldn't help but believe it from the company commander Zhao Yifa and the instructor Wang Wenju, only to see Wang Wenju take out a pencil and draw a small circle on the map with Sun Lei's hand just now, as a mark.
It was only at this time that the company commander Zhao Yifa and the instructor Wang Wenju showed a long-lost smile on their cheeks.
Company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju determined the final destination of this march behind enemy lines, not to mention happy in their hearts.
But Sun Lei, who was squatting on the side, couldn't be happy, because when he took a bite of the peeled potatoes on his hands, he found that the potatoes were not even hot, as if he was eating a long ice cream without any taste.