Chapter 15: Birthday

The more devils were fighting and killing outside, and it took a long time before they slowly quieted down...... In fact, it didn't be quiet in the end, because there have been moaning one after another, but we can be sure that the Yue devil has given up attacking Jihua in the 581 position, at least tonight.

I think they must be wondering at this point...... How can we do it without revealing their whereabouts and at the same time creating a riot among them. To know...... The more devils engaged in infiltration warfare, at least a few people had to be sacrificed, but we didn't even get out.

They may wonder...... Maybe it's just that we are wearing the uniforms of the Vietnamese army so we don't recognize it, or maybe they have realized that we must be using the tunnel, after all, the Vietnamese devils are also veterans of using tunnels.

But no matter what, they don't come up with a proper solution when they don't think of a proper solution.

It's just that we don't dare to go out either...... Obviously, it is dangerous to go out in this dark night, especially in this situation where the enemy situation is unknown, what if there are still a few teams lurking outside? If we go out this time, there will be chaos in the fight, and no one can figure out whether the people around us are friends or foes, and even if there is a tunnel, it will be useless.

So we can only continue to stay inside and wait quietly, the only thing that can relax is that the mouth of the pit can be stuffed without marching.

It just doesn't seem to make much difference whether it's stuffed or not, because the air coming in is not fresh, and it's filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke and blood. Moreover, the darkness outside was very worrying, and no one dared to guarantee that a few grenades would suddenly be thrown in the darkness......

So under the pressure of this fear, in the end we still stuffed the march to death. Fortunately, several vents had been installed at the top of the tunnel. Otherwise, we're going to suffocate here.

That time can be said to be like a year. I can't imagine the physical and psychological torture that I have never experienced firsthand.

Drowsy...... But he didn't dare to sleep. Because I was worried that I would never wake up as soon as I fell asleep, and I really couldn't fall asleep in this stuffy, dark, wet, and smelly environment.

Want to move...... Okay, you can do that, but you can only do a limited number of movements, such as twisting your upper body and shaking your head.

When he arrived at Zuihou, Xiaoshi couldn't help it, so he whispered and complained: "Platoon commander, you should get a set of chat codes tomorrow, such as one long and three short is hello...... So you can chat when you're idle! ”

When I heard this, I couldn't help but get angry. He didn't want to think about it either...... If you can talk to the sky with a communication rope, then you have to remember how many codes, I'm afraid that a thick book can't remember it.

Zuihou couldn't stand it anymore, so Wang Kechang whispered: "Marx...... I heard that you can write a poem, read one! ”

"Don't do it!" Marx was a little embarrassed.

"Read it!" Xiao Shi chimed in: "Anyway, the march is stuffed, and it can't be heard outside if you talk quietly!" ”

I also acquiesced to this, firstly, I believe that the Vietnamese devils have retreated, secondly, there are still the moans of the wounded soldiers of the Vietnamese army outside, and more importantly, I know that the silany effect of the quilt is still very haode, so there is no big problem with whispering.

"Let's have a song!" Wang Kechang urged: "Otherwise, we will all be bored to death......"

"Okay!" Marx said in a crepe manner: "Then read a song." You are not allowed to laugh! ”

"No laughing promises!" Wang Kechang and Xiaoshi immediately issued a guarantee.

After a moment of silence, Marx read with a little sadness:

"On this day of your birthday. You sacrificed,

On the day of your sacrifice, it is your birthday.

On this day of your birthday, you killed three enemies,

On the day of your sacrifice, a victory was born.

Thereupon......

The day of your birth became the day of your death,

The day you die becomes the day of your eternal life! ”

The tunnel was terrifyingly quiet, and everyone thoughtfully savored every sentence and word in this poem, not because of how well it was written, but because it really resonated with us.

After a long time, I asked, "What's the name of this poem?" ”

"Birthday!" Marx replied silently.

"Is it the truth?"

"The real thing!" Marx nodded: "My fellow countryman...... Died during the attack on the Red River, and that day happened to be his birthday! ”

So I didn't know what to say, all I could think about was ...... If his parents knew that he died on this day, they don't know how sad they would be.

Then we soon lost our interest, and a few of us sat silently in the tunnel with our eyes open until dawn, and even for a while, I believe we seemed to be asleep vaguely...... Yes, I'm not sure if I'm asleep, I'm in that half-asleep state, until the voice of Company Commander Luo came from the walkie-talkie, and I woke up.

"Second Platoon Leader!" Company Commander Luo said: "It's almost dawn, get ready to get out of the tunnel!" ”

"Yes!" I answered and asked the soldiers to get ready, and then I put aside the corner of the marching quilt, and tried to look out of the tunnel, and found that there was only a little white fish belly in the sky, and it seemed that it was not only us who could not hold back in the tunnel.

"Action!" With Company Commander Luo's order, the soldiers and I immediately rushed out of the tunnel with our guns in our hands and set up our guns outside.

When constructing the tunnel, we had already considered the problem of deploying troops when leaving the tunnel, so the outside of this tunnel was a bunker facing the hilltop formation, and if there was an enemy at the top of the mountain, we were afraid that we would have to face fire from several directions at the same time.

Of course, this is very important, as the old man said: "The hilltop position is a daily battleground for both the enemy and us, because the enemy often builds tunnels on the anticline, and whoever occupies the hilltop position has the initiative for a day!" ”

I know very well what the old man is talking about about initiative, for example...... If the hilltop position is in our hands, then we can arrange a few machine gunners or snipers on the hilltop position to block the slope where the Vietnamese army is located, and the rest of our soldiers can move relatively freely.

Contrarily...... If the mountaintop position is in the hands of the Yue devils, then we will either desperately take back the mountaintop position, or we will be ready to stay in the tunnel for another day.

The first thing to do when you get out of the tunnel is, of course, to clear the mines...... At this time, the map drawn when the mine is planted comes into play, according to the map we can easily find the location of the mine, if it is stepped on by the devil is a pit, otherwise it must be taken out and adjusted to the safety gear for the next use.

After doing this, we dare to start cleaning the battlefield with confidence...... At that glance, there was blood and stumps and severed arms everywhere, but to our surprise, there were not many corpses.

But I know that this does not mean that we did not kill or wound many Vietnamese soldiers last night, but because the Vietnamese soldiers have the same habit of dragging away the corpses as much as possible, obviously...... Last night, when we were waiting boredly in the tunnel, the more devils were busy dragging the corpses, which could be seen by the mud marks left by the moving corpses everywhere on the battlefield.

But that's fine, let's not bother to help the Yue devil bury the corpse, you must know that this is our territory, if the Yue devil leaves the corpse here...... As soon as the rain washed away, it began to rot within two days, and no one could stand the smell.

Then we cautiously climbed up to the top of the hill in a straggler formation and looked down...... Where is there still the shadow of the Yue devil, I don't know where to run for a long time.

Only then did the soldiers laugh out loud:

"This time, the devil can be regarded as stealing chickens and rice!"

"It's a pity that we don't know how many enemies we killed last night!"

"Let's not say there's a company!"

"If you want me to say...... More were killed by themselves! ”

With a coax, the soldiers all laughed proudly.

I also agree with this statement, last night we were able to cause a large area of damage to the Yue devils, at most it was the beginning of a burst of shelling, and then the grenade was thrown by a blind man, so these blood stains on the slope and stumps and broken arms are more because of the accidental injuries of the Vietnamese army themselves.

"Alas! The method of the second platoon leader really works! Liang Lianbing couldn't help but say with some convincing: "To be honest...... Originally, I wasn't optimistic about this tunnel, because I thought it was a passive defense...... Besides, this tunnel can't help but explode, as long as the devil casually stuffs a grenade and explosives bag in, we'll be finished...... I didn't expect there to be so many famous halls! ”

"Needless to say!" Xiao Shi said triumphantly: "Follow our platoon commander...... Which time has it not been a victory? ”

"you!" I scolded angrily: "If you are so confident in me, who was worried about asking this and that before the fight started last night!" ”

"I ......" Xiaoshi touched his head embarrassedly and replied, "Aren't I careful......

With a coax, the little stone provoked a burst of laughter from the warriors again.

"Well done!" Company Commander Luo stepped forward and patted me on the shoulder, and said, "This has been tested in actual combat, and your tunnel tactics have proved to be useful, let's work harder to build a few more tunnels!" ”

"Company commander!" I said, "What the third platoon leader said just now also makes sense, and I've been thinking about this question for a long time...... The vitality of our tunnel is a little worse, once the Yue devil discovers the location...... You'll be passive right away! ”

Company Commander Luo nodded and said, "Nothing is perfect as soon as it is built, slowly find a way to improve it, with you as a think tank...... Don't worry about me! ”

I couldn't help but sweat when I heard this, and I put the responsibility on my head so easily.

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Note: The poem "Birthday" in this article was written by a soldier on the Laoshan front with the pen name Shanzi. (To be continued......)