Xia Yuan still left two apples on his body, and after saying goodbye to the transporters, they parted in the ravine, the transporters continued to carry food, weapons and ammunition to the tunnel, and Xia Yuan continued to lead the soldiers to the ravine to fetch water.

After walking a short distance, I finally came to the foot of this mountain.

From behind them, the roar of the enemy's heavy machine guns was heard, and the soldiers looked back in the direction where the transporters had left, and in the distance on the smoke-filled heights, they could see from a distance that the bullets fired by the enemy's heavy machine guns formed a long chain of fire, like a long whip thrown between the valleys, and judging from the density of the guns, there were at least five heavy machine guns and more than ten mortars bombarding.

Machine guns are neighing, shells are roaring.

It shook the valley and shook the hearts of the four.

"Company commander!" One of the fighters shouted.

Xia Yuan gritted his teeth and turned his head to look at them, their faces were filled with tears, those were their comrades, how could he not feel heartache in his heart, under such fierce firepower of the enemy, not to mention that a platoon or a battalion might not be able to rush forward.

Tzu is not in charge of the army.

Xia Yuan understands this, if they go, they may not be able to help much, and even they themselves will be exposed, not only will they not be able to get water, but even whether they can go back to the tunnel will be a problem.

Only then did he understand how tormented the hearts of those commanders were when they made this choice, when they gave orders.

Is it to watch their comrades shed blood and die, or to go over to reinforce.

It's like when you retreat, it's the same as sending that force to stay behind and block the attack, the palms and backs of your hands are full of meat, and if you send that force to block it, isn't the force sent out their comrades?

These transporters are using their lives to create opportunities for the fighters in the tunnel.

Xia Yuan didn't speak, and the warriors didn't blame him, they also knew this in their hearts, and they could only cry silently about it.

The sound of machine guns rang out for more than half an hour before it stopped, and when the sound of machine guns in the valley disappeared and the sound of artillery stopped being noisy, it seemed to indicate that the comrades who had just spoken to them had left them.

Xia Yuan took them to find this river located on the flank of the eleventh position and the north mountain of the 537.7 heights, saying that it was a river, it was better to say that it was a very narrow and narrow stream, about one step wide, and the water was not very deep, through night vision, it could be concluded that it should only be as deep as half a little finger.

Next to this message, he saw many, many corpses, carrying containers of water on their backs, lying in a crater, watching from afar.

The stick soldiers on the high mountains on both sides also seem to know that the volunteer soldiers will come here to get water, so they set up a lot of bunkers here, and the flares in the sky are one after another, the water in the ditch is bright, and the corpses on the ground are so conspicuous, these corpses are not only the volunteer soldiers, but also the American army, the stick soldiers, after all, they are stationed in the mountains, and they also need to drink water, and sometimes the water sent by the logistics is not enough for all the soldiers to drink, at this time, They had to risk going to the ravine below the mountain to get water.

On the anticline of the 537.7 Heights, Xia Yuan relied on his eagle eye to see the tunnels under the No. 9 position of the 537.7 Heights, and the No. 9 positions were on the anticline of the mountains opposite them, and many of the bunkers were on the No. 9 positions.

One of the soldiers said: "Company commander, leave the task of fetching water to me, I promise to get it back!" ”

Xia Yuan carefully observed the enemy's layout and said, "Don't worry, I'll see if there is any other way!" ”

The enemy's machine gun is aimed at the ditch in front of him, and there is more than one, no matter how good his marksmanship is, he cannot kill all the enemy's machine gunners in a short period of time, and the enemy has soldiers to replenish, this way to get water, it is too risky.

He thought for a while, looked at the puddle that had been blown out by the shell, groped around his body, groped for a while, found nothing useful, and said, "Do you have any rope on you?" ”

The three shook their heads.

Xia Yuan's eyes darkened, and he said: "If there is a rope, tie the rope to the mouth of the bottle, let's touch it, it is safer to tie the rope to get water than to go down to get water." ”

He has the ability to throw bombs, and he can accurately drop the water bottle in a puddle, so that he can get water very safely.

"Let's go pick up the enemy's clothes!"

Xia Yuan looked at the corpse of the enemy who fell not far away, glanced at the time, thought about it seriously, and said, "You guys are covering here, I'm alone!" ”

The three soldiers hurriedly said: "Company commander, no, let's go, you wait here!" ”

Xia Yuan said: "This is an order! Also, trust me, I'll be fine! ”

With so many corpses lying down there that he would not be noticed, he took his gun, climbed over the bunker, and with the help of the gap extinguished by the flares, he slid down the hill and quickly approached the corpses of the enemy by the ditch.

With the sound of the 'horn', a new flare rose into the air, Xia Yuan stepped on the ground with both feet, let himself stop, and lay quietly on the ground, as a corpse, the shining flare hung in the sky, the wind was blowing, and the flare was shaking.

The calm skill was turned on, Xia Yuan held the gun, lay on the ground, his eyes swept over the enemy on the opposite position, and from time to time he looked at the enemy on the eleventh position, under the illumination of the flares, through the eagle eye, the enemy kept looking into the ravine, his lips squirmed, where he was chatting about inconsequential things.

It seems that they are complaining about letting them garrison Shangganling, after the US Seventh Division was replaced to garrison Shangganling from the 24th, their casualties are increasing every day, and their morale is getting lower and lower day by day.

Most people are just mixing a mouthful of kimchi in the army, after all, in the army, the food of the United Nations army with more than a dozen coalition forces is still very good, rice, kimchi tubes, and seaweed soup, and sometimes you can eat you fish reinforced by other countries.

This kind of picture is very familiar, and many of the soldiers in the reactionaries are trying to get a bite to eat, and there are strong men who have been captured, and only a very few of them have joined the army for revenge.

After waiting for the flare in the sky to go out, Xia Yuan released the foot brake and rushed down the mountain at a fast speed, after getting close to the corpse of the foreign devil, he quickly took off the clothes on the corpse of the foreign devil, curled up in the crater, cut the clothes with a bayonet, made a strip of cloth, tied it to the mouth of the bottle, and then stuck a stone on the mouth of the bottle.

The purpose of this stone is to make the kettle drop in the puddle, the weight of the stone will make the bottle mouth downward, and the water will be poured in through the bottle, as long as the more it is filled, the kettle will sink, and the stone stuck in the bottle mouth can greatly reduce the loss of water.

It doesn't matter if it is lost, the second pot of water can be filled with the first pot.

Xia Yuan tied the rope and threw the kettle over, the kettle fell into the puddle accurately, picked the rope, and made the kettle floating on the water surface shake, so that more water could be poured in, and in less than two minutes, a pot of water was filled, Xia Yuan waved his hand to the warriors behind him, and motioned for them to come down and bring the kettle down.

"Company commander, here you go!"

Soldier Hu Zhaochun ran down with a water bottle and lay down in the crater as a corpse, while watching the company commander fill water.

Xia Yuan used this method, spent more than an hour, filled all the water, threw the filled kettle to Hu Zhaochun, and said: "There is a lot of water now, drink it quickly." ”

Hu Zhaochun was so hungry and thirsty that he held the kettle and poured it up until his stomach was round and he drank a pot of water.

Hu Zhaochun threw the kettle to Xia Yuan: "Company commander, I'm done drinking." ”

Xia Yuan asked, "Do you still drink it?" ”

"Company commander, don't drink anymore."

Xia Yuan looked around, and saw that no stick soldiers were paying attention to the movement on his side, so he realized that this was a good opportunity, and he said, "Go and call them down, come and drink them one by one, and let's leave after drinking." ”

Xia Yuan handed him seven or eight kettles, and told him, "Be careful when you go up, don't expose it." ”

"Yes! Captain! ”

Hu Zhaochun hung the kettle on himself, and carefully climbed up the mountain, when the flare was on, regardless of whether the enemy was watching them or not, he lay on the ground and did not pretend to be a corpse, and when the flare was extinguished, they climbed back again, Xia Yuan took them in the direction that was biased towards Shangganling, and the enemy rarely noticed this side, which gave them a lot of room to operate.

Let's try it soon, everyone. 】

Especially when it comes to getting water, it is less likely to be detected by the enemy.

What's more, the mountains are full of gunsmoke, clouds and mist, flares shine over, the mountain fog is hazy, and it is not real to see, especially in their direction, most of the gunpowder smoke from the blockade area is gathered on the main peak of Shangganling and in the ravine under the main peak, and this place is like a huge funnel, once the hazy gunpowder smoke comes in, it is difficult to dissipate it again.

The No. 0-No. 5 position of the 597.9 height, the main peak of Shangganling, the No. 1-11 position of the 597.9 height, and the north mountain of the 537.7 highland, just formed four walls, as long as the gunpowder smoke gathered between the walls, it was like drilling into a room.

The hazy gunpowder smoke was like a morning mist, coupled with Xia Yuan's method of taking water, even if the enemy was firing flares, it was difficult to see, and when they saw the volunteer soldiers going to the puddle to get water, they only saw a hazy figure.

After Hu Zhaochun went back, it was Li Wenyou who came, he also drank a pot of water, and after drinking, he went back with a few jugs full of water.

Xia Yuan drank a kettle in his arms, and after he was full, he filled the last kettle with water, wrapped the strip of cloth around himself, carried the kettles full of water one by one, and led the three of them to crawl in the direction they had come before, and they got out of the enemy's cause without danger, and they stood up and hid behind a rock.

Hu Zhaochun, Li Wenyou, and Cao Nianchun had excited smiles on their faces, they were no longer thirsty, and they were filled with more than 30 pots of water.

But a bad news hung over the heads of the four people, due to the counterattack operation at night, coupled with fetching water and hurrying, too much time was delayed, at this time the sky was already shimmering, and there was no fog gathering in the morning, and today may be a good day.

It's dawn.

This undoubtedly increased the difficulty for the four of them on the way back, but they had to rush back today, Xia Yuan and the others withdrew to the foot of the main peak of Shangganling, staring at the No. 11 position and the enemy on the anticline, discussing countermeasures.

Hu Zhaochun said: "Company commander, let me attract enemy fire, and you take the opportunity to rush into the tunnel." ”

Xia Yuan flatly refused: "This is not a good suggestion, none of us can be sacrificed, I will bring you back safely." ”

At this time, they were full of water, and they didn't feel heavy when they hung up the empty kettle before, but now they hung the kettle full of water, and they felt the weight on them, four people, each with eight or nine kettles, plus weapons and bullets, and the warriors, who were themselves severely malnourished, came and went, and consumed a lot of physical strength.

In front of them was a fire blockade area of the enemy's bunker that was 100 meters away, and in such a situation, it was not easy to get in.

In the end, Xia Yuan thought of a way, he untied the rope on his body, tied the kettle on his body to the rope, handed the other end to Hu Zhaochun, and said: "Next, the three of you rush over as fast as possible, and I will cover for you in the rear!" ”

He added: "Keep two grenades and ten bullets for yourself, and give me the rest!" ”

The three of them were taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Company commander, how can this be!?" ”

Let the company commander cover them, this is absolutely not okay.

Xia Yuan said: "What's wrong with this, as long as you rush into the tunnel and organize a small force to counterattack, with the help of your cover, I can still go back!" And the sky is not completely lit up yet, taking advantage of now, is the best opportunity! ”

Looking at the hesitant faces of the three people, Xia Yuan couldn't help but untie the strip of cloth on his body, tied the kettle on his body to the end of the strip of cloth, and stuffed the other end to Hu Zhaochun, staring at the three of them: "This is an order!" ”

With tears in their eyes, the three of them untied the grenade and bullet belt on their bodies and handed them to Xia Yuan, while they kept a grenade and a bullet with a magazine.

When they came out, considering their own weight, they only carried five bullets with magazines and five grenades, and all the ammunition on their bodies was gathered together, and there were only one hundred rounds of 7.62 bullets and a dozen grenades, but this was enough for Xia Yuan, he carried ammunition and looked around to choose a suitable position for sniping.

Today, he is going to shoot the enemy with the big eight grains,