"The enemy will not build such useless fortifications for no reason."

"There are still a lot of them ahead, obviously the US troops here have moved forward, why do they still build so many fortifications."

"This means that the enemy's artillery is in the rear!"

Xia Yuan squinted and stared at the rear, the crooked mountains obscured his vision, but he was basically sure that the enemy's artillery group was in the rear.

Qin Shoutian was a little excited, he had done a lot of reconnaissance tasks, and it was really rare for someone with a unique vision like Xia Yuan to do so, he hadn't thought about it at all, he just thought that these fortifications were built by the U.S. army while advancing, and after the troops advanced, these fortifications were left behind.

It is no accident that these fortifications have been left behind, if the American infantry is stationed along the way, they will build a large number of machine-gun fire bunkers, such fire bunkers are very rudimentary, sandbags and logs, you can build one in a very short time, if you want to be simpler, you only need to pile some sandbags in front of you, which can also be used as a fire point.

These remaining firing points can be used for reconnaissance and deployment of troops in the rear when they are marching.

There was no artillery group of the American army in the ravine, so it can be seen that the artillery group of the American army must be in their rear.

Sure enough, they crossed the ravine, and an open field suddenly appeared in front of them, and there were American troops stationed on the mountainside of the mountain pass, barbed wire fences all over the place, and the lights of the cars were especially obvious, pulling a 105 howitzer, and searchlights shone in the forest.

Qin Shoutian and Xia Yuan were startled at the same time, behind a boulder hidden on the mountain ridge, there was a US military sentry in front, and they were on the same mountain ridge, and under the mountain was the artillery position of the US army, which was brightly lit, and a large number of American troops had also entered the firepower point fortifications here, arming along the way.

"Artillery groups of the American army!" Qin Shoutian observed the surroundings and used his memory to memorize the terrain around the enemy's artillery group.

"Behind those trucks there was a cannon pulled, and reinforcements from the American army came."

Xia Yuan's eyes moved slightly, and he secretly said badly.

"We reconnoitred along the way, and there was a regiment of reinforcements from the US army coming in from the west, and it was impossible to move so quickly."

Qin Shoutian shook his head and said resolutely: "This is definitely not reinforced by the American troops of that regiment. ”

"I also didn't find any signs of American reinforcements in the ravine, the guns were coming from other directions."

Xia Yuan's voice was a little solemn: "They are going to shell the 336.8 heights this morning, after the sun rises, and these cannons are prepared for the morning attack." ”

"Platoon Commander Xia, what should we do!?"

Qin Shoutian asked anxiously, "With so many howitzers, if they bombard the high ground once, how many soldiers can survive, we can't let them succeed." ”

Xia Yuan was thinking, and at the same time staring at the artillery position of the US army at the bottom of the mountain, "One, two, three......"

"Platoon Commander Xia?" Qin Shoutian shouted softly.

"Don't worry, I'll count how many sentry posts there are in the U.S. military."

Xia Yuan continued to count, slightly surprised, there are more than 40 large and small open and dark sentinels in a small artillery army, and there are all over the mountain, halfway up the mountainside, and in the forest.

The 1st Marine Division was so frightened by the Ninth Corps that there are now more than 40 open and dark sentinels used for night vigilance, which is somewhat frustrating.

But think about it, the 1st Marine Division has just completed the Inchon landing, confidently marching towards the Yalu River on the Sino-North Korean border, backed by the world's largest power, the United States, with the world's most powerful weapons, nuclear weapons, the world's most advanced naval aircraft carrier battle group, with the most top-level logistics supplies, and more than a dozen countries supporting each other, this is a battle that has attracted worldwide attention.

And their 1st Marine Division is the trump card of the trump cards and the elite of the elite.

I never thought that the first battle was almost wiped out by the volunteers, so that the current 1st Marine Division is a little afraid of the volunteers, and they can't sleep at all without turning on the lights at night, don't bury enough mines around themselves, don't set up enough sentry posts, and don't sleep well.

Xia Yuan wanted to laugh, but with a hint of bitterness, he subdued the 1st Marine Division, and the Ninth Corps also paid a heavy price, for this battle, they made great sacrifices, he was a witness to that battle, and the cruelty is self-evident.

Thinking about it, Xia Yuan's gaze became firm.

Blow up this bunch of people dog day!

Xia hiked and observed for more than 20 minutes, and with the help of eagle eye and night vision, he found several loopholes in the enemy's tight defenses, after all, people are people, and not everyone in the US military is conscientious, even if it is those sentry posts, not all US troops are willing to stare around with all their hearts, especially in the second half of the night, it is a test of will.

Many of the soldiers newly added to the 1st Marine Division are college students, and they want to enter the army for some training, but they never thought that they would be sent to the Korean battlefield.

During this period, the students in China were full of faith, and there was no country where the students were more determined than the students in the early days of the founding of the country.

It was precisely because of this that Xia Yuan was given the opportunity, he took Qin Shoutian to touch down from the ridge, through the dense forest, cautiously waded through the minefield, and observed by himself at several enemy posts, as he thought, there were many American troops in the sentry posts who were sleeping.

There were two or three soldiers at the outpost, and these soldiers belonged to the same company, and they knew each other, and if one wanted to sleep, he would take the other two with him.

They also comforted each other: "Relax, the Chinese will not appear here, in front of us, there are infantry, we are safe, don't worry, sleep, I also slept last night, it's okay." ”

Seeing that everyone I knew was asleep, it was not interesting to keep vigil alone, so I slept in my sleeping bag.

In fact, as the artillery unit and logistics unit of the US army are the safest, the means of the volunteer army to deal with the US artillery are limited, and they cannot bombard the artillery against the artillery, and they can only engage in sneak attacks, and often the interspersed sneak attacks will be discovered, and not all the volunteer soldiers who are interspersed with the troops have night vision and eagle eyes like Xia Yuan.

The logistics troops, in the rear of the US troops, basically did not suffer casualties.

When the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea just broke out, the US Air Force suffered relatively few casualties and was very safe, but later, the volunteers had the means to deal with the aircraft, and the US Air Force was not safe. The most unsafe thing is the front-line combat units, and the combat effectiveness of the volunteer army is too strong, which is obvious to all, and the casualties of the front-line combat units are very heavy when they are divided, interspersed, and guerrilla.

"These foreign devils in the sentry are resting."

Qin Shoutian was a little surprised that Xia Yuan brought him the route, the sentry soldiers who passed by were all sleeping, he didn't understand these foreign devils, you must know that they are on the battlefield now, and it is very dangerous at night, they are still in the mood to sleep.

"The student soldiers, they don't have the will to fight, they came to the Korean battlefield just to mess around, they are looking forward to returning home as soon as possible, and when they get to the battlefield, without the supervising troops, they will retreat faster than anyone else."

Xia Yuan explained to Qin Shoutian.

"The student dolls were all sent to the battlefield?" Qin Shoutian was even more surprised.

Students are relatively valuable in the country, with knowledge, ideals, and beliefs, in addition to the martyrs who sacrificed, he admires these students the most, when the mountains and rivers are scattered, it is these students who parade the streets, fight for human rights, and when the country is in danger, it is these students and young people who publicize, actively donate, and support the front line.

Even many students competed to save their lives to fight in Korea, and they were proficient in poetry and songs, Chinese and Western musical instruments, and brought a rich spiritual life to the soldiers.

The student soldiers of the U.S. Army made him feel a little different about the students in his impression.

Xia Yuan explained to him: "Foreign countries are different from China, most of the students abroad are trying to make a living, and it is the most important thing to go back alive, if they die on the battlefield, no one will remember them, but China is different, we sacrificed, and we will be called heroes and role models by the people." ”

Pausing to wait for the enemy patrol to leave, he added: "Don't compare our students with theirs. ”

Qin Shoutian nodded as if he didn't understand, the names of the students are the same, but the countries are different, and the quality of the people is naturally different.

With night vision and eagle eye, Xia Yuan took Qin Shoutian through the minefield and barbed wire arranged by the enemy, and inserted it into the forward position of the enemy's artillery position, and a huge problem appeared in front of him, this area was not only barbed wire, but also searchlights and enemy patrols.

"Once you've passed through here, it's the enemy's artillery position."

The artillery position was brightly lit, one howitzer after another was transported to the inside by truck, a huge white cloth covered with a raised howitzer, a large number of shell boxes were stacked under the camp tent, and the American soldiers who came and went moved the boxes of shells from the car, and some American soldiers pushed the cannons under the tents, and the soldiers in command asked them to cover the cannons with white cloth.

The searchlight swept over, and the two hurriedly lay on the ground until the darkness appeared in front of them, and the two raised their heads again.

Qin Shoutian observed for a while, and couldn't help but feel a little nervous in his heart: "Platoon Commander Xia, many foreign devils haven't slept yet, so it's not easy for us to touch them." ”

These foreign devils are preparing howitzers and shells for tomorrow's battle, and the entire artillery position is very busy, which is in sharp contrast to the sleeping US soldiers in the guard posts on the periphery.

Xia Yuan carefully observed the situation of the US army's artillery position, and couldn't help but mutter: "Fuel tanks, shells, howitzers, these US troops have really big hearts, they actually pile these things in the middle, they are not afraid of explosions, and the entire artillery position has been blown through?" ”

He was thinking about another question, that is, whether the bullet could detonate the gasoline barrel, if he could, he could completely fire a shot at the enemy's gasoline barrel, and he would be able to blow up half of the enemy's artillery position, if not, then their position would be exposed, and they would be surrounded and intercepted by the enemy, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

This is a very serious question, Xia Yuan never thought of detonating the gasoline barrel with a bullet before, most of them were seen in the TV series, the protagonist fired a shot at the enemy's gasoline barrel, and the gasoline barrel exploded directly, there are also such plots in many games, there are several barrels of gasoline in a corner, a large number of soldiers are approaching, you don't need to hit the soldiers, you can blow up all the soldiers by hitting the gasoline barrel.

But that's an anti-Japanese drama and game, how can it be compared with reality, the conditions for detonating a gasoline barrel are more harsh, one is a used gasoline barrel, half a barrel of gasoline is left, and the gasoline barrel is filled with a large amount of oil and gas, and it may explode when it encounters sparks.

In another case, gasoline is ignited by a spark from a bullet hitting an oil can, and when a flame appears, it detonates.

But these cases are without exception, and the conditions are very harsh, and sometimes even unlikely.

Xia Yuan thought about it for a while, abandoned this method, squinted and knocked on the artillery position in the distance, and thought of another method, throwing the grenade over, using the explosion of the grenade to detonate the shell, thinking about it carefully, it is unlikely, at a distance of more than 100 meters, the speed of the grenade falls on the shell 100 meters away, and it is very likely that there will only be an air explosion.

It is even more impossible to detonate a shell with a bullet.

"Xia Platoon Leader, Xia Platoon Leader."

Qin Shoutian didn't know what Xia Yuan was thinking, and after the enemy patrol left, he shouted in a low voice.

Xia Yuan raised his head and said, "I need to get closer, this position is not enough!" ”

Qin Shoutian glanced around, and said in a low voice: "Platoon Commander Xia, we can't go any further, we may be exposed if we go any further." ”

"It's come this far, and it's a shame to retreat now. Give me the grenade on you. ”

Xia Yuan has his own methods, but they are very risky.

Qin Shoutian gave him all the grenades on his body, and Xia Yuan took out three more from his arms, one grenade, two enemy grenades, plus the four grenades that Qin Shoutian gave him.

"That's enough."

Xia Yuan put the grenade into his arms and said: "Listen to me, I will throw a grenade to the west later, I will throw the grenade as far away as possible, causing chaos on the enemy's position, you are waiting for me here, I will take advantage of the chaos to rush to the searchlight in the distance, you are responsible for covering." ”

He stuffed the grenade into his belt and continued: "If the enemy doesn't find it, don't shoot, if the enemy finds out, shoot him, remember one thing, the enemy moves closer to your position, you immediately retreat!" Go back the way you came, there are marks on the way, don't make a mistake. ”

Qin Shoutian was slightly surprised: "Platoon Commander Xia, no, this is too risky, there are so many enemies, there are two of us......"

"Listen to me, an adventure is an adventure, but if it is possible to blow up the enemy's artillery positions, the adventure is enough!" Xia Yuan threw the two grenades that were not very comfortable to him and said, "Will you use this thing, take it, and use it at a critical moment to save your life." ”

Qin Shoutian still thinks that this matter is too risky and the danger factor is too high.

The artillery positions were armed with at least one company of enemy troops, while there were only two of them, and were surrounded by enemy searchlights and machine-gun fire points, which, once exposed, would fire at them in unison.