The garrison assigned to the 7th Company is in a valley, and the soldiers are crowded together to rest in the wind and snow, your feet are stuffed into my trouser tube, and my feet are tucked into your trouser tube, and so on.

"The company commander and instructor are back."

Wu Qianli and Mei Sheng walked over, and Wu Qianli shouted: "Yu Congrong, take two soldiers to get something with me." ”

When Yu Congrong heard this, he stood up happily: "Come on, Pinghe, Xia Yuan, go, take something." ”

The company commanders of each company of the 239th Regiment heard that the Seventh Company had captured a cart of supplies, which was still very rich, so they came over early to wait, and they gathered around the place where the supplies were stored, discussing this batch of supplies, and the materials on the cart were moved to a relatively narrow cave.

When Xia Yuan arrived, he heard this group of company commanders discussing the battle from a distance, and when he looked closely, several company commanders with gray faces, dusty and dark cheeks did not clean up, and some of them wiped their cheeks with snow, like a flower cat, a little funny, some of the cotton clothes on their bodies were scorched by the fire and covered with mud, some did not know if they had been grazed by bullets, and the cracked places ran out of curly and blackened cotton, and some of their clothes were tattered, swinging in the wind and snow, and their faces were smiling and looking very happy.

Wu Qianli's arrival attracted their attention.

"Company Commander Wu, I heard that you seized this batch of materials?"

Wu Qianli was a little proud, and said with a smile: "That's, oh, this is the soldier who captured the supplies, the second hero of our company." ”

Several company commanders stared at Xia Yuan: "Oh, good guy, this head is not small." was able to come back alive from the lower corner, and got such a large cart of supplies, the hero definitely didn't run away. ”

"That's, hahaha."

Wu Qianli smiled happily.

"What are you so happy about?"

The group guide walked over, and just saw Wu Qianli smiling, and couldn't help asking.

Wu Qianli restrained his smile, "This is not our second hero who is about to come out, happy and happy." ”

The regiment guide stretched out his finger and nodded at Wu Qianli: "You, okay, don't stand outside, come in with me." ”

The cave is not big, and it is full of supplies, among which the four heavy machine guns and twelve super bazookas stacked in the corner are the most conspicuous, and the black barrel gives people great pressure, which can easily blow up American tanks and armored vehicles, and it is also the most scarce weapons and equipment for volunteer soldiers.

In the early days of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the volunteer soldiers lacked effective weapons to destroy tanks, and the usual means of dealing with tanks was to use cluster grenades and explosives packs.

For the initial War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, twelve super bazooka were very rare.

The company commanders of the 239th Regiment saw the supplies in the cave, and their eyes lit up, "Strange, so many bazookas, all of them were captured by Comrade Xia Yuan from Xiajieyu?" ”

The regiment director smiled and said: "This, you really want to thank Comrade Xia Yuan, if it weren't for him, we wouldn't have much supplies now." Okay, our 239th Regiment is now reduced to 5 infantry companies, and the distribution of materials is naturally average, but these cotton clothes, medicines, and canned food, our 239th Regiment can not only enjoy it for itself, but also give some to the brothers of the 238th Regiment and the 240th Regiment. ”

"Therefore, this batch of materials should be distributed centrally, and after counting, there were twenty-three boxes of military coats, ten pieces in one box, a total of two hundred and thirty pieces, twenty-one boxes of cotton clothes, fifteen pieces in one box, a total of three hundred and fifteen pieces, ten boxes of cotton socks, twenty pairs in one box, a total of two hundred pairs, fourteen boxes of cotton boots, ten pairs in one box, a total of one hundred and forty pieces, more than thirty boxes of various medicines, including anti-inflammatory drugs, chilblain medicines, painkillers, first aid kits, bandages, etc., and fifteen boxes of various canned food. Nine boxes of grenades, twelve Super Bazookas, thirty-three shells, four heavy machine guns, five boxes of bullets, and two boxes of rifle bullets. ”

"Now the materials are distributed centrally, and the army coats are evenly distributed among the three regiments, and each regiment can get more than 70 army coats, 100 cotton clothes, 65 pairs of cotton socks, 45 cotton boots, 10 boxes of canned food, food and grenades, and the excess materials are sent to the division headquarters, as for the 12 bazookas, 4 for each of the 3 regiments, and 11 shells."

The regimental director looked at the deputy who was in charge of recording next to him, and asked, "Is it all recorded?" ”

The deputy nodded: "It's all recorded." ”

"Okay, now distribute the army coats, according to the previous distribution, first take the supplies of the seventh interspersed company, five army coats, a box of canned food, anti-inflammatory drugs, painkillers, first aid kits, bandages, a bazooka, four shells, two boxes of grenades, two boxes of rifle bullets."

In fact, after the battle, the volunteer soldiers also captured a lot of good things from the forward positions of the US army, and the distribution of materials was on the basis of total materials, while the materials captured by Xia Yuan were distributed according to the standard of the three regiments.

After a while, Wu Qianli, Xia Yuan, Yu Congrong, and Pinghe returned to the place where the Seventh Company was stationed with the supplies assigned to them.

Wu Qianli looked at the time, there was only an hour left before dawn, "It's not early, this box of canned food is opened, so that everyone can eat better." ”

Yu Congrong opened the box, tore open the cans with difficulty, and couldn't help but say, "These cans are frozen." ”

Xia Yuan had an idea, "Company commander, let's make a fire and cook." ”

Wu Qianli looked at the sky: "How can this work?" The US planes are still reconnoitring in the sky, and if they find out, they will be in big trouble. ”

Xia Yuan smiled and said, "Company commander, I will make a smokeless stove, you can just watch it." ”

After speaking, he found the sapper shovels on the soldiers, and began to dig on a piece of land that was relatively soft and had a sense of slope, and began to dig, there was a saying, the ground looked soft, but it was also frozen hard, and it took a lot of effort to dig out a double stove eye stove, the hole of the stove eye was dug small, and the inside was dug large, he dug a pit behind the double stove eye, which was the expansion chamber of the flue, and the stove eye was opened, and three exhaust flues about two or three meters long and fifteen centimeters deep were dug out behind the expansion chamber.

The first layer of the exhaust flue and expansion chamber was laid with branches, the second layer was laid with dry leaves, and the third layer was covered with earth, so that a simple two-burner smokeless stove was dug up.

Xia Yuan explained to them: "After digging in this way, the smoke will come to these three ravines along this pit, but the ravines are covered with branches, leaves and soil, and they will gather in the ditch, and it is difficult to disperse, even if they do, the amount of smoke will not be very large, and they cannot be seen from the sky." We only need to use a baffle to stop the fire. ”

Wu Qianli circled around the stove, turned his head and said to Yu Congrong: "Hey, don't say it, this method is really good." ”

Xia Yuan smiled, "Company commander, let's take the captured steel helmet, remove the things inside, and put it on this stove as a pot." ”

"I'll get it." Pinghe quickly ran back, took two steel helmets, and used a knife to remove the contents inside, revealing the cold steel.

Xia Yuan put the steel helmet on the stove, filled the steel helmet with soil, and then grabbed a handful of clean snow and put it in the steel helmet with his hand, and lit some dry leaves with his own captured lighter, Yu Congrong brought some dry firewood and put it next to Xia Yuan's feet, and when the fire rose, several people watched, and found that there was smoke coming out of the soil covered on the ground, but the amount of smoke was very small and almost invisible.

"This method is okay, Xia Yuan, where did you learn it?" Yu Congrong was a little surprised, since arriving in North Korea, making a fire and cooking has become their biggest problem, but they didn't expect this problem to be solved by Xia Yuan.

The burning hole only needs to be blocked by a baffle so that it cannot be detected by the enemy.

Xia Yuan smiled: "I learned this from the old man in our family, this is what he accidentally figured out when he used to eat in the mountains and hide from Japanese devils, I learned it from him." ”

"You... Cooking over a fire? ”

Mei Sheng walked over from a distance, saw a few people cooking on the fire, was shocked, and just about to remind, he saw that the stove they made a fire to cook was more special, the fire of the stove pit was blocked by a piece of bark, and the ground seemed to be cooked, and the amount of smoke was very small.

From a distance, you can't see anything at all.

Yu Congrong said with a smile: "Instructor, you see that the smokeless stove that Xia Xiaozi has figured out is to make a fire for cooking during the day, and you can't see such a amount of smoke." ”

Mei Sheng circled around the smokeless stove, his eyes fell on the white smoked dirt, and asked a little surprised, "How did you do this?" There was only such a light of smoke coming out. ”

Xia Yuan simply told Mei Sheng the method of digging a smokeless stove, Wu Qianli smiled and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to dig one to try, it's actually very simple." ”

Wu Qianli took the sapper shovel, found a slope and began to dig, the ground was frozen hard, under the guidance of Xia Yuan, it took more than ten minutes, a simple smokeless stove was dug up, Wu Qianli learned Xia Yuan's method just now, and covered the expansion chamber and the three flues with branches, leaves and soil.

Mei Sheng asked in surprise: "Can this achieve the same effect as Xia Yuan?" ”

Wu Qianli smiled: "That's right, it's just such a simple digging, you can achieve a smokeless effect, even in the daytime, this method still works, you can see the one that Xia Yuan dug, there is a fire in it, and there is almost no smoke coming out of it." ”

Mei Sheng thoughtfully: "I watched them eat in the 238th regiment, they all eat cold food directly, even if we eat, we never make a fire, this method is very effective, and it can be promoted by the whole army!" ”

At present, when the volunteers are marching, they often can't eat hot food, and the best way to eat fried noodles they eat is to wash them with water, but there are no living conditions, once a fire is lit, it means exposure.

Xia Yuan's method does not mean that it can isolate smoke 100 percent, but it can isolate 90 percent of the smoke, if each team can dig out such a smoke-free stove and make some hot tea during rest, this can greatly improve the life of the entire volunteer army.

Mei Sheng told Xia Yuan about this idea and asked for his opinion.

Xia Yuan's eyes revealed a hint of a smile: "Yes, this is a good thing, why not, I think it is best to draw some more pictures, so that everyone can understand how to dig a smokeless stove more easily and quickly." ”

Pinghe squatted on the ground, stirred the hot tea in the pot with a wooden stick, raised his head and said, "This is good, everyone can drink hot soup after learning it." ”

Yu Congrong threw a piece of frozen canned beef into the steel helmet, sniffed the fragrance, and hugged Pinghe with a grin: "Yes, everyone can drink hot soup in the future, on such a cold day, there is nothing more warm than a sip of hot soup." ”

Xia Yuan looked at Mei Sheng, just do it, the smokeless stove is actually very simple, the main thing is to transmit the rising smoke through the expansion chamber to the three flues dug in the back, and the branches, leaves and soil covered on the top can greatly slow down the time for the smoke to disperse, which forms the so-called smokeless stove.

Xia Yuan used a pen to draw a simple hand-drawn drawing of the smokeless stove, easy to understand, clear at a glance, and later the excavation method of the smokeless stove spread in the 239th regiment, and slowly spread to the commander of the 27th Army, the method of the smokeless stove is simple, easy to get started, and the effect is remarkable so that the commander of the 27th Army praised it, and decided to vigorously promote this method of digging the stove, and finally spread to the entire corps, and even the entire army and division of the Volunteer Army to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.

The emergence of smokeless stoves allowed volunteers to eat a hot meal and drink a mouthful of hot soup on the cold battlefield, which greatly improved the lives of the soldiers.

At the request of Wu Qianli, the soldiers of the Seventh Company were the first to learn to dig smokeless stoves.

The breakfast in the early morning is the most comfortable for everyone to eat, the canned beef that is boiled in the hot water, stirring and stirring some fried noodles, making noodles into a salty lake, the taste is much better than fried noodles and potatoes, it is warm to drink, they have been in North Korea for a while, they have not drunk hot water, basically eat fried noodles, on the snow on the ground, many soldiers have diarrhea, a sip of hot tea makes them sigh.

"How's it going, is it delicious?"

Xia Yuan sat beside Wu Wanli.

Wu Wanli held the canned food jar and nodded: "It's delicious." ”

Xia Yuan looked at the glimmering sky and said, "Drink more if it's good, there will be a fierce battle tonight." ”

Wu Wanli turned his head to look at Xia Yuan and asked, "Brother Yuan, do you think we can win?" ”

Xia Yuan turned his head and smiled: "Sure, the Americans are not gods, what is there that can't be won, they will be knocked down with one shot." ”

The two chatted for a while, and the roar of US planes flying overhead came from the sound of soldiers passing by, and the sound of soldiers passing passwords came from a distance.

"Enemy planes! Beware of concealment! ”

"Enemy planes! Beware of concealment! ”

Xia Yuan pulled Wu Wanli against the cliff, raised his head and looked at the clouds above him to get on the plane, "Sooner or later, one day I will knock them down!" ”

On November 30, the U.S. troops stationed on Changjin Lake began to prepare for retreat, and the time of retreat was set for December 1, and their retreat order was to give priority to the troops in Liutanli, and wait until the troops in Liutanli arrived in Xiajieyuli, and then go to reinforce the U.S. troops in Xinxingli, and it was at this time that Smith said that famous sentence.

‘retreat， hell! were i advan a differeion'

In fact, Smith's move is tantamount to abandoning the U.S. military in the emerging world.

And something happened within the U.S. Army in Xinxingli, the commander of the Polar Bear Regiment, Colonel McClair, was killed, and the command was handed over to the commanders of the three battalions within the Polar Bear Regiment, but on the 30th, a helicopter came and picked up two of the three commanders.

"The order from the higher authorities has been issued, and a general attack will be launched against the American troops in Xinxing Li tonight! The main force of the 81st Regiment of the 241st Division is coming! ”

At seven o'clock in the evening, Mei Sheng came back quickly, with the order issued by his superiors, "The main force of the 241st Regiment of the 81st Division has arrived at the 1250 heights, and the general attack is scheduled for half past eleven tonight!" In one fell swoop, the U.S. military in Xinxing will be wiped out! In addition, the regiment commander asked you to go to the regiment headquarters for a meeting to discuss tonight's battle plan. ”

After reading the battle order, Wu Qianli slapped his thigh: "Okay!" Instructor, you go to do the pre-war mobilization, and I'll go to the regiment headquarters for a meeting. ”

At this time, Xinxingli was already surrounded by our army, the main force of the 81st Division reached the 1250 heights, and the 240 regiments also successfully crossed the river bridge and reached the 1100 heights. The four regiments have formed a situation of encirclement of the US troops in Xinxingli, and the final word will be made tonight!