Chapter 58: Discovering the Enemy
"Boom, boom, boom......"
"Bang ......"
"Da Da Da ......"
Not long after 12 o'clock in the morning, suddenly from the direction of Guitou Cave, five kilometers to the west, there was a constant sound of artillery firing and gunfire, and immediately let the soldiers of the third company of the Volunteer Army who were lying in ambush on the slopes of the north and south sides of the road on the left and right.
Ambushed on the hillside on the south side of the east-west highway were Zhao Yifa, commander of the third company, and Wang Wenju, instructor, leading the second platoon and the third platoon together with more than 30 soldiers, while ambushing on the hillside on the north side of the highway was the third company and one platoon of three soldiers.
"Oooo ……”
The soldiers of the Third Company of the Volunteer Army, whether they were ambushed on the hillside on the south or north side of the road, were stunned for a moment when they heard the sound of gunfire, and then they all got up from the snow and shouted with joy, and everyone had joy on their cheeks.
However, on the hillside on the south side of the road, Zhao Yifa, the commander of the Third Company, and Wang Wenju, the instructor, were still lying on the snow, and the two of them had solemn and serious expressions on their cheeks.
At the beginning of the period, Zhao Yifa wanted to show his authority as a company commander at the first time to block the soldiers' spontaneous celebration, but was stopped by Wang Wenju, the instructor next to him.
In the opinion of the instructor Wang Wenju at this time, the soldiers had been hungry for a whole day, and the comrades were waiting eagerly for most of the volunteers to attack Guitoudong to start, and they had been waiting for 24 hours from 0:00 last night to now.
Having waited for the battle of Guitou Cave to begin, why not let the warriors express their long-awaited joy in this way?
Moreover, within a radius of five kilometers, except for the third company of their volunteers, there were no South Korean troops, and they did not need to be too cautious.
Of course, this cheering time should not be too long, three or five minutes is enough, otherwise, it will not be enough to make too much noise.
No, the soldiers on the hillsides on the north and south sides of the road, after cheering for three minutes, Zhao Yifa, the company commander who was holding a pocket watch and pinching the time, hurriedly stopped the soldiers who were still jumping and shouting not far from him.
And this time, instructor Wang Wenju did not stop the company commander Zhao Yifa again, but the two joined forces and walked side by side in front of the soldiers.
"Alright, alright, give me some quiet. Go back to the snow where you were lying on your stomach. Anyone who does not obey the order will have only one end, and that is to be shot. Company Commander Zhao Yifa shouted loudly at a loud voice.
Instructor Wang Wenju, who was standing on the side, also had a solemn expression on his cheeks, and immediately reconsidered: "Comrades, it's almost enough, you should hurry back to your position just now." Otherwise, it will be handled in accordance with the way Company Commander Zhao said. ”
Just now, these soldiers were still full of joy, and after hearing the words of company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju singing and harmonizing, they all stopped and obediently returned to the position they had just been.
Due to the echo between the hillsides, the uphill gathering on the north and south sides was only less than 30 meters, and what the company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju said just now, the soldiers of the three companies and one platoon staying on the north side of the hillside naturally heard it clearly.
As the platoon commander, Liu Sanshui had just mingled with the soldiers in the first platoon, and after hearing the orders issued by the company commander and instructor from the hillside on the south side, he realized the seriousness of the problem, which made him, an old party member of the third company, regretful.
Deng Sanshui, who felt ashamed and embarrassed, also hurriedly stopped the soldiers who were still cheering, and led the soldiers back to their original positions, and no one dared to say a word at this time.
Even Sun Mancang, who has always had a free and casual attitude, didn't want to procrastinate and mumble like before, he didn't even dare to breathe, and returned to the position he was lying on just now with a row of soldiers, his palms were in a cold sweat, for fear that he would be the first to be shot himself, and the whole person was trembling.
At that time, the company commander Zhao Yifa, who was still a little anxious, saw that in less than a minute, the soldiers had obediently returned to the position where they were lying just now, whether it was the hillside where he was or the hillside across the road, the silence had regained itself, which could be described as "death-like silence".
After instructor Wang Wenju saw that the situation had been fundamentally controlled, he really made him pinch a cold sweat, in case his old partner Zhao Yifa, who was the company commander, said something, if the soldiers didn't buy it, they really didn't know how serious the regret would be.
Time passed minute by minute, and the soldiers of the three companies who were ambushed on both sides of the road were suffering, they were all in high spirits, their eyes were wide open, listening to the sound of gunfire one after another from the direction of Guitou Cave, but they didn't think they were so excited just now.
By the bright moonlight, the soldiers of the third company who stayed on the hillside saw at the end of the road, not to mention the retreating US-South Korean troops from the direction of Guitoudong, there was not even a single shadow, and everyone had a disappointed expression on their cheeks.
Zhao Yifa, the commander of the third company who was ambushed on the hillside on the south side of the highway, kept holding his dilapidated military telescope and kept looking in the direction of the west side of the highway.
Needless to say, the large number of vehicles driving towards them must be the United States and South Korean coalition troops retreating from Guitou, and the distance is getting closer and closer, and the speed of driving is not particularly fast.
And what Zhao Yifa didn't understand was that a large number of vehicles driving from the direction of Guitoudong didn't turn on their lights at night, I don't know if they did it on purpose, or they forgot it because they fled in a panic.
Zhao Yifa, who put down the binoculars, gave an inspiring order to the more than 30 soldiers of the third company, the second platoon and the third platoon on the southern slope of the hill where he was located: prepare for battle.
Immediately afterwards, the herald, who had received the order from the company commander, lay on the hillside on the south side near the road, exposed his upper body, held a small red flag in both hands, and waved the flag to the soldiers of the three companies and one platoon on the north side of the hill on the opposite side of the road.
After Liu Sanshun, the commander of the first platoon of the third company, saw the flag of the command soldiers on the south slope on the opposite side, he immediately understood what it meant, and quickly ordered all the soldiers in the first platoon to prepare for battle, waiting for the company commander to give the order to fight.