The information brought by Xia Yuan made the soldiers in the tunnel understand the meaning of the battle more profoundly, and their fighting mood was even higher, and they scrambled to say: "Commander of the Ninth Company, please ask your superiors to fight, and the surface positions occupied by the enemy will all be taken back by us!" ”

Looking at the rising emotions of the soldiers, Xia Yuan comforted: "Comrades, our task is to hold the tunnel, the longer we hold on, the more time we can buy for the rear troops, hold the tunnel, and victory will get closer and closer to us." ”

Although the conditions of the No. 11 tunnel are difficult, the will of the soldiers is very strong, and even if it is difficult and the environment is harsh, it is difficult to resist the determination of the soldiers to win.

The will of the soldiers at this time can hardly be described in words, we are not born in their time, we do not know the suffering they have experienced, we do not know their yearning for a peaceful life, we only know that the will can transcend the limits of the human body, beyond life and death.

The transporter risked his life to bring a basket of food, and for the first time the soldiers in the No. 11 tunnel felt a slight feeling of fullness in their stomachs, and while eating the steamed buns and radishes sent by the transporter, they talked:

"We can no longer ask the comrade transporter to deliver things, for we don't know how many comrades have shed blood and died. Where do we eat steamed buns and turnips, it's simply the blood of the transporter. ”

"Yes, it's better to lick the stone wall when you're thirsty, and drink some urine."

They looked at the only hygienist in the pit and said, "Hygienist, you don't criticize you for drinking urine to quench your thirst, do you?" ”

The hygienist asked, "Why criticize?" ”

"Hey! Usually drink some cold water and you stop, 'You can't drink it, you have to make a fuss in your stomach!' ’”

The soldier learned the tone of the hygienist, which caused everyone to laugh, Xia Yuan also laughed, and then became silent again, drank urine to quench his thirst, licked the stone wall, and his heart ached.

Xia Yuan asked, "Comrades, don't you feel bitter?" ”

Immediately, many voices answered:

"It's bitter, there's a little..."

"Bitter! Who can say that there is no bitterness, but we are willing to endure this hardship today! ”

Xia Yuan asked curiously, "Why?" ”

One of the warriors smiled and said, "Because we are the 'loveliest people'!" ”

Another soldier's voice sounded: "It's not bitter, it's much better than the Red Army's 25,000-mile long march!" We haven't eaten grass roots yet, belt miles! ”

Another soldier replied, "Yes, and the bark, why is it bitter if we drink some urine, and aren't we eating turnips and steamed buns now?" ”

Xia Yuan pursed his lips and smiled, and suddenly wanted to travel to the special period of the Red Army to take a look.

Under the strict blockade of the enemy, holding the tunnel is the only task of the volunteer soldiers, Xia Yuan's arrival has increased the combat enthusiasm of the soldiers in the tunnel, after all, he is a living combat hero, and he is a combat hero who has been commended by the military department, Xia Yuan can obviously feel that the soldiers in the No. 11 tunnel like him very much.

But also, he often fought in the No. 1 position, No. 8 position, and No. 2 position, and his deeds had long been brought back to the tunnel by the soldiers who participated in the battle together, and word of mouth passed on it, even in the No. 11 tunnel, and the first batch of soldiers in the No. 11 pit were people from the Ninth Company.

During the day on the 26th, the tunnel operation was once again in a state of anxiety, and the stick soldiers once again occupied the surface position of Shangganling, sabotaged the tunnel, and carried out fire strikes on the volunteer soldiers in the tunnel, and the enemy's artillery and machine guns fired at the mouth of the tunnel.

The soldiers crouched behind the fortifications at the mouth of the tunnel, their teeth itching with hatred, and several people shouted at the same time: "Company Commander Xia, when are we going out!" ”

Since Xia Yuan arrived last night, he has taken over the command of the No. 11 tunnel.

Then there was a scramble of requests, "Company Commander Xia, send me out first, I will definitely knock out the enemy's firepower!" ”

"Lian Commander Xia, let me go, I haven't been there once!"

Xia Yuan opened his mouth and said: "Comrades, calm down, let's rush out now, almost no different from sending them to death, hold the tunnel, as long as the enemy dares to come in, we will beat them back!" ”

Originally, only the size of the oil drum of the mouth of the tunnel after experiencing a round of enemy shelling, it became bigger and bigger, the cannon continued to fall in front of the mouth of the tunnel, the fierce explosion shook the whole mountain, the tunnel set off a wave of air, the smoke of gunpowder made the environment in the tunnel more bad, the bullets hit Ding Dingdang, the bullets bounced away in the mouth of the tunnel flying around.

After the enemy continuously used throwing grenades, explosives and other means to destroy the tunnels of the volunteers, they built bunkers on the left and right sides of the tunnel entrance, and cooperated with artillery fire to block and destroy the tunnels. This frequent destruction caused the empty soil and gravel to pile up higher and higher at the entrance of the big cave, almost blocking the entrance of the cave. But the soldiers in the tunnel are more tenacious, you blow up, I repair, and the clods and gravel are cleaned up as they fall, but due to the intensification of the enemy's firepower, the casualties of the soldiers are also increasing.

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This is not a good way, Xia Yuan can't help but consider that the enemy will use more vicious and ferocious methods, once the flamethrower and poison gas are used, the casualties are estimated to be greater. At the same time, he also found that his decision-making mistakes in this regard were far less good than those done by Company Commander Dai Wannian.

"We must not allow the enemy to suffocate us in the tunnels, we should buy time, fight actively, and strike at the enemy's living forces at a small cost!"

Xia Yuan thought in his heart, summoned the soldiers in the tunnel, brainstormed, discussed countermeasures, and everyone gathered firewood and flames.

In the end, they decided that it was necessary to wage an active struggle, and to intensify the sorties of small units, to strike frequently at the enemy, to blow up its bunkers. Even throwing a grenade and hitting a shuttle machine gun is better than passively suffocating in a tunnel. Only by fighting in this way, constantly dropping fists on the enemy's head, can we strike at the enemy's destruction and ensure safety in the tunnel.

Xia Yuan looked at the soldiers in the tunnel and said, "Let's form six battle teams and take turns to blow up the enemy's bunker in front of the mouth of the tunnel!" ”

He took the lead, and the soldiers stopped him, and he persuaded: "As a company commander, I should lead by example, the enemy is very fierce this time, and I can't let them succeed!" Victory must be ours! ”

Xia Yuan pulled a grenade, in a burst of gunsmoke, he rushed out of the tunnel with two soldiers, with a strong reaction, he held a machine gun, hiding in front of the tunnel to shoot quickly at the enemy, this group of enemies did not even react, the bullets came in a row, let out a scream, and the bullet penetrated the body.

In the smoke of gunpowder, Xia Yuan shouted: "Up! ”

The two fighters rushed out of the pit with a blaster, one left and one right stuffed the blaster into the enemy's bunker, the soldiers quickly withdrew, accompanied by a huge roar, the smoke spread in front of the mouth of the pit, Xia Yuan immediately ordered: "Get ready!" Hit a nice counteroffensive! ”

He stepped forward again, holding a machine gun and plunged into the mouth of the pit filled with gunpowder, the soldiers in the pit were shocked by Xia Yuan's heroic figure, and one by one burst out with unprecedented fighting spirit, the first combat group quickly attacked, under the cover of Xia Yuan, they shot at the stick soldiers stationed on both sides, threw grenades one after another, and exploded outside the pit in a row.

The pit left by the enemy's bunker became Xia Yuan's bunker, he held the machine gun and set up a firepower point in the pit, the heavy machine gun in the enemy's fire bunker could not suppress Xia Yuan's light machine gun at all, just because Xia Yuan's light machine gun fire rate was not only outrageously high, but also very accurate, the bullet Ding Ding hit the ground in front of the opponent's bunker gun, and the stick soldiers inside were shocked to break out in a cold sweat, and they didn't dare to raise their heads and Xia Yuan to shoot at Xia Yuan several times.

The fighters of a combat squad successfully drilled out of the tunnel, continuously firing at the enemy, and the demolition team came out of the tunnel, carrying blasting canisters, and under the cover of the fighters, constantly crawled close to the enemy's bunker, stood up reluctantly, and stuffed the sounded blasting canister into the enemy's gunhole, accompanied by a roar, the enemy's bunker was reimbursed in a puff of gunsmoke.

The sortie began, and where the enemy built the bunker, the warriors tore it off. Destroy as many as you build, and knock the enemy farther and farther away from the mouth of the tunnel.

When the warriors retreated into the tunnel, the enemy swarmed again, quickly built bunkers, and the warriors in the tunnel rushed out again, and this tug-of-war was staged not only in Tunnel 11, but also in other tunnels.

Sticking to the tunnel under the enemy's strict blockade, drinking water has become the primary problem, everything that contains water and can moisturize lips like toothpaste has long been sucked by the volunteer soldiers, and the little water carried by Xia Yuan has become the most precious thing in the No. 11 tunnel, these waters are stored by Xia Yuan, he knows the importance of water sources, and he knows that there is hope only with water.

The problem of the water source of the No. 1 pit was basically solved, and even the No. 8 pit and the No. 2 pit also enjoyed the care of the well in the No. 1 pit but because the hole of the No. 11 pit almost disappeared, coupled with the enemy's tight garrison, and the lack of manpower in the pit tunnel, it was already more difficult to send the water source from the No. 1 pit to the No. 2 pit than to ascend to the sky, and how to pass through the enemy blockade and find the disappeared No. 11 pit was undoubtedly a huge problem for the tunnel troops who lacked manpower.

At night, the thirsty warrior squatted in front of the wall, licked the damp wall with the tip of his tongue, and chirped his mouth, wanting to quench his thirst, Xia Yuan sat on the ground with a gun in his arms, and looked at the young warrior: "Are you thirsty?" ”

The soldier shook his head: "Company commander, I'm not thirsty. ”

His mouth was chapped and had a layer of dry skin, but his mouth still said that he was not thirsty.

Xia Yuan took the marching kettle captured from the enemy, carefully poured some of the lid of the kettle, and said, "Come and drink some." ”

The warrior's eyes were longing, but his will was determined not to drink.

He said, "Company commander, drink it, I'm not thirsty." ”

Xia Yuan was moved and distressed in his heart, he said: "Of course I want to drink, but not now, wake up the soldiers and drink some by themselves." ”

He only brought four water bottles, and he also had to carry weapons and ammunition, so he couldn't bring that much at all. And he hasn't eaten enough for a long time, even if his physical fitness is different from ordinary people, but he can't eat enough for a long time, and he has no strength to exert his true strength.

It was already very difficult to carry enough ammunition, and only four more water bottles could be carried.

The resting soldiers were woken up, Xia Yuan asked everyone to come around, opened the kettle, and said: "We don't have much water in the tunnel, if we want to win the battle, we have to save some drink, and if no one is there, just drink a small cover." ”

After speaking, he asked the first person to drink first, and the soldier said, "Company commander, you drink first." ”

Xia Yuan scolded: "If you want to drink, you will drink, why is it so ink, hurry up." ”

The soldier took a sip cautiously, wet his lips, and stopped drinking, Xia Yuan was distressed, and said sternly in a commanding tone: "Drink it!" That's an order! ”

Under Xia Yuan's severe persuasion, the warrior drank the water from the lid and licked his mouth unsatisfied.

More than ten soldiers, one person drank some, only half of the water in the kettle was left, and the problem of water shortage still lingered on the heads of the soldiers in the tunnel, and the No. 11 tunnel could not be boiled due to the passing of the water. Luckily, the water is groundwater, and with only a little sediment, it is very clean.

Water shortage is still a huge problem, when the soldiers are resting, Xia Yuan pondered in his heart, how to let the soldiers in the No. 11 tunnel get rid of the predicament of water shortage, the hygienist has not slept yet, sat next to Xia Yuan, and asked in a low voice: "Company commander, what are you thinking?" ”

Xia Yuan asked him, "Do you know where the nearest water intake point is?" ”

The hygienist thought for a moment and said: "On the way to the 537.7 heights, there is a ravine, where there is a small river ravine, but it has been blocked by the enemy on the 537.7 North Mountain and the enemy on the eleventh position, and it is not easy to get water. ”

The hygienist seemed to know Xia Yuan's thoughts, there was a serious shortage of water in the tunnel, even if Xia Lian Chang brought four pots of water, it was far from being able to solve the current water shortage problem.

"How far is it from here?" Xia Yuan asked.

"It's about three or four hundred meters."

Xia Yuan pondered.

The distance of three or four hundred meters is actually more than 500 meters from the No. 1 pit to the No. 11 pit tunnel, but it is very difficult and the danger factor is even higher to take into account the enemy on the three positions and the enemy on the zero position.

On the contrary, if you go to the ravine between the 597.9 heights and the 537.7 heights to get water, maybe there will be a glimmer of hope, Xia Yuan thought about it seriously, and almost knocked on the board to decide, organize the soldiers to fetch water tonight!

If you want to get out of the current predicament, you have to fight for it!

"It's okay to have night vision, eagle eyes, and to pass through the enemy's line of sight."

He looked at the flares outside the tunnel, which were gradually extinguishing, and the enemy's flares did not mean that they continued all the time, a flare could last for more than thirty seconds, and there was more than ten seconds of darkness in between, and sometimes the dark time would be longer.

"Only by freeing the fighters from thirst can they exert greater combat effectiveness!"

Xia Yuan knew that the third phase of Shangganling would start next month, and the end of October would be the end of the second phase of Shangganling, and Shangganling would enter the stage of a major counteroffensive from the 11th.

The ace divisions have basically completed the adjustment, and they have all been pulled to Shangganling!

Our army will be able to blow the horn of a counteroffensive right away!