The day survived again in the fierce battle.

In the last battle, they captured more than 30 American troops, eliminated more than 80 American soldiers, and the remaining American troops had fled, leaving a large number of guns, ammunition, and canned food on the position, and the second and third platoons had also arrived at the position.

"Thanks to you, the battle wouldn't have ended so soon."

Xia Yuan gratefully shook Cui Yong's hand, if it weren't for their timely support, what would be the situation of Lao Yang and Wu Ping, I really didn't dare to think that although he himself had the ability to kill the enemy, he would also have to pay a huge price.

It is difficult to block four hands with two fists, and the enemy finds that he is the only one, and if he really wants to surround him, it is difficult to cope with it with dozens of bullets alone.

"Company Commander Xia, you are so modest, we all know what you have done, with more than a dozen people ambushing the enemy in the middle of the mountainside, you insisted on holding out for half an hour, five tanks, a company of American troops, you dare to take people to fight, we admire it very much."

Cui Yong sighed and said that if it were him, he might not have been able to blow up the enemy's tank with a dozen people, or maybe he would have died without even touching the enemy's position.

In comparison, Cui Yong stood in Xia Yuan's perspective, and he couldn't do it like Xia Yuan at all.

The three of them entered the position where a company of the enemy was stationed, and it is estimated that few people believed it. More than a dozen people resisted the attack of a battalion of the enemy, blocking it for half an hour, and no one believed it.

There is no other thought than admiration.

Although the 393.1 high ground was held, they also paid a huge price, Cui Yong said: "Commander Xia, the next position, leave it to us, you withdraw to the rear to rest and rest." ”

"Company Commander Cui, although we only have these people left, we also have a certain amount of combat effectiveness, they can survive, they are all veterans who can fight well, as long as there is enough food and ammunition to resist the fierce attack of the enemy of a company, there is absolutely no problem."

Xia Yuan said: "The defense line of the Jiuluan Mountain position is very long, and it is almost impossible for a company to hold on, and it is inevitable to fall, but it is a matter of time or time, and we cannot retreat." ”

Company Commander Cui said: "Your company has suffered heavy casualties, and the next battle can be entrusted to me with confidence."

"Truth be told, when I didn't hear from you about reinforcements, I wanted to retreat with them."

Xia Yuan interrupted Company Commander Cui's words and continued: "I plan to take them to the rear of the enemy and engage in the enemy's transport troops, although they can't change the occupation, but it's like a mosquito, bite the enemy, make the enemy uncomfortable for a while, and it can be regarded as a soldier who can help the front line sacrifice, your arrival has given me hope to continue to hold on, and I hope that Company Commander Cui will not refuse, we have sacrificed so many people in this position, let us retreat at this time, we can't do it." ”

"Company Commander Cui, we really can't do it, Company Commander Lei died with the American army on the position, and the soldiers fought with the enemy with their wounds until the last drop of blood was shed."

Instructor Shao sat next to Xia Yuan and sighed.

At this time, the scouts of the second company came back with a few soldiers, and when the company commander Cui saw this, he got up and said, "This is our instructor, Lin Sheng." This is Xia Yuan, the commander of the first battalion and the first company of the 538th Regiment, and the instructor Shao Wenxuan, the instructor of the first company. ”

Instructor Lin held Xia Yuan's hand and said, "I've heard about you for a long time, I have always wanted to meet you, but we are in two regiments, I didn't expect to see it today, the same as before, it hasn't changed." ”

"Instructor Lin has seen me before?" Xia Yuan said with some curiosity.

"Lao Xia, you used to talk about books, but many people went to listen, and I and the instructor were there, and you spoke really well." Company Commander Cui said.

"I see." Xia Yuan nodded and said, "This is the instructor of our company. ”

"Instructor Shao."

"Instructor Lin."

The two said hello briefly, looking at the gradually darkening sky, and the breeze blew coldly.

"Fortunately, the rain has stopped, and the day is getting darker, and the enemy may not attack again." Instructor Lin said.

Everyone nodded, and the combat effectiveness of the US army at night would be discounted, and there would basically be no more attacks.

Xia Yuan furrowed his brows and said, "Not necessarily." ”

Company Commander Cui said: "Company Commander Xia, will the enemy attack at night?" ”

"The enemy is bound to take the high ground, although their men will not attack, but it does not mean that their artillery will not, during the day we will knock down the position again, and at night the enemy will not be able to hold his breath and bombard the position, I suggest that the position be advanced by two hundred meters."

As soon as Xia Yuan finished speaking, the soldiers of the second company's cooking squad had already finished the meal and called them: "Company commander, it's time to eat." ”

Several people didn't move, all thinking about what Xia Yuan said.

"It's better to be cautious." Instructor Lin agreed with Xia Yuan's words and said: "Regardless of whether or not we will bombard our position tonight, we must be prepared in advance, and advance the position by two hundred meters, which can prevent the enemy from shelling, and when the enemy attacks again tomorrow, they will definitely not think that our position has been extended forward, and they may be able to catch the enemy by surprise." ”

After discussion, they felt more and more that this suggestion was really good, and they decided to wait until after dinner and extend the position two hundred meters forward.

"Today we eliminated a company of the enemy and captured a lot of weapons and equipment and canned food, which is enough for us to eat for a while, but there is not much medicine, which is a bit of a pity."

Instructor Shao followed everyone to the cooking place where the cooking class cooked, chatting with everyone as he walked.

Company Commander Cui and Instructor Lin attached great importance to the results of this battle, not only the weapons and equipment of a company could help them hold their positions, especially the five tanks parked on the position, although the tank was blown up by Xia Yuan, but Xia Yuan only blew up the tracks of the tank, and the tank soldiers were all killed by Chen Lie, and there were still a lot of shells and heavy machine gun bullets in the tank.

In addition to weapons and ammunition, followed by the canned food captured on the battlefield, the soldiers have been fighting for a long time, and there is not enough time to rest, the mental and physical fatigue, coupled with the casualties caused by the battle, as instructors, they have to always pay attention to the emotions of the soldiers, which is very difficult, but they are still not full, and the soldiers will inevitably have great emotions.

They fought on the front lines, fighting the enemy, but they could not guarantee even the most basic three meals a day.

It is impossible to complain, after all, no matter how strong the volunteer soldiers are, no matter how firm their beliefs are, but in such a situation, even if it is a piece of iron, it will fluctuate, not to mention the flesh and blood soldiers.

"We have captured a lot of canned food on the position, and we can finally give the soldiers a full meal, and if the enemy does not attack tonight, the soldiers can rest well, so that it will be very beneficial for tomorrow's battle."

Instructor Lin's words are from the bottom of their hearts, the battle has been fought so far, those of them who are commanders, there is no soldier who does not feel sorry for him, being able to watch the soldiers eat and dress warmly, and live is their greatest expectation, if they can win the battle again, it will be better.

Xia Yuan was a little curious and asked, "How is the situation of your 539th Regiment?" ”

"What else can I do, when I hit the moon, I suffered heavy losses, many comrades were sacrificed, the division headquarters did not reinforce us with food and medicine, many wounded people did not go back because of the lack of timely treatment, and fell on the way back, when they sacrificed, they were looking forward to driving the foreign devils away, but they never thought that they were injured by the foreign devils' artillery before they even saw the foreign devils."

Cui Lian Chang sighed, "I didn't plan to talk about these frustrating things, but that's the case. ”

He raised his head to look at Xia Yuan and Instructor Shao, and said, "I heard from our regiment commander that your regiment fought beautifully, blowing up the enemy's artillery position, holding its own position, and keeping the enemy from continuing to advance." Moreover, not long ago, the division headquarters just sent a batch of ammunition, saying that it was captured by you, which is really good, and I admire you very much. ”

"The victory is also exchanged for the sacrifice of the soldiers, without the fighters working hard, how can there be the current victory, you also saw our situation when you came, it is such a class of people." Instructor Shao was a little depressed, and Xia Yuan on the side patted Instructor Shao's shoulder, looking a little helpless.

A company has come all the way, constantly injured and attritional, Instructor Shao saw in his eyes, he has always been stiff to get to the present, as the instructor of the company, he has to make his waist stand up, not that the soldiers have not collapsed, he himself collapsed first.

Instructor Shao blinked, as if to prevent something from falling, Xia Yuan patted Instructor Shao's shoulder and said, "Don't talk about our situation, go to eat first, and only after you have a full meal can you have the strength to fight." ”

"Yes, only when you have enough food can you have the strength to fight, let's go eat!"

Instructor Shao nodded heavily.

Dinner was sumptuous, much more than before, canned beef, canned chicken, and canned fruit and vegetables, which were quite hearty.

Standing among the soldiers, Company Commander Cui said: "These cans, and the comrades who were able to take the high ground today, all depend on the comrades of the first company, if it were not for them, the position would have been lost a long time ago, and they used their lives to hold the position and resist the enemy's advance." But now they also need to rest because of their own heavy casualties, and just now I talked to Company Commander Xia and Instructor Shao about this. ”

After a pause, he turned his head to look at all the soldiers of the second and first companies, and said in a loud voice: "But! Instructor Shao and Company Commander Xia insisted on staying on the position, they said, the enemy has not been beaten away, we can't rest yet, we must fight the enemy to the end, until the enemy is driven away, until the war is won! ”

"The commander of the first company, the instructor of the first company, and all the soldiers of the first company have set an example for our second company, they are our role models, we are our respected heroes, we will inherit their will and fight the enemy to the end!"

"Fight to the end!"

The soldiers of the second company clenched their fists vigorously and said with a fighting spirit.

"These foods are not easy to come by, everyone is hungry, eat first, only by eating enough and recuperating can you fight with foreign devils, and tomorrow will be another bloody battle."

"Yes!"

The soldiers went to eat, and Company Commander Cui and Instructor Lin took a few soldiers to the stationing place of the first company with a meal.

There were only a dozen people left in the company, and the few people who harassed the enemy led by Instructor Shao also had abrasions, but fortunately, the injuries were not great, and they all sat on the ground covered with weeds to rest. Wu Ping was seriously injured, and after bandaging, the bleeding stopped, but if he could not be sent to the rear for treatment in time, it would not be long before he could hold on.

"Comrades, let's eat something first, after a day of fighting, we're exhausted, eat something, rest and rest."

Company Commander Cui asked the soldiers to hand out the canned food boxes with food in their hands to everyone, but the soldiers did not answer, so Company Commander Cui asked, "Why don't you eat?" ”

Xia Yuan said: "The seized food is so orderly, let's eat it first with the comrades of the second company, you have been running all the way, you are sleepy and hungry, and the next battle will only be more difficult, if you don't have enough to eat, how can you fight with foreign devils." We were fine, chewed some wild vegetables, but it was nothing. ”

At this time, Company Commander Cui, Instructor Lin, and several comrades of the Second Company who came over together found that the comrades of the First Company were holding a handful of wild vegetables in their hands, saying that it was a wild vegetable rather than grass, and they put it in their mouths and chewed it, and they swallowed it desperately into their stomachs when it was difficult to swallow.

This made them extremely moved, what a lovely comrade this is, he will chew the weeds himself, and give them food.

Company Commander Cui grabbed the wild vegetables in the hands of a soldier, this soldier was Wang Xiaoliang, he was also injured, his leg was slightly injured, his flesh was cut by shrapnel, and he was already wrapped in bandages, Wang Xiaoliang watched Company Commander Cui grab his wild vegetables and put them in his mouth, so he reminded: "Company commander, drink some water, just eating wild vegetables is a little dry." ”

Company Commander Cui looked at a few people, waved his hand, chewed heavily, only felt that his mouth was dry, swallowed hard, and said: "I have also eaten wild vegetables, when I used to fight little devils, the devils grabbed food, and there was nothing to eat in the base, so the company commander took us up the mountain to dig wild vegetables, but the wild vegetables were cooked, so it was not good to eat like this." ”

He put the wild vegetables in the cans and said, "It's delicious to heat it up like this." Company Commander Xia, if it weren't for you, the position would have been lost a long time ago, you have merit, how can I watch you eat wild vegetables. ”

Xia Yuan said: "This is different. ”

Cui Lian said: "How is it different, I am a human, aren't you a human?" If you are asked to watch us eat canned food, then it is okay not to eat this canned food, and we will eat wild vegetables with you. ”

Instructor Shao said: "Company Commander Cui, this can't be helped, Lao Xia has his own plans." ”

Company Commander Cui looked at them and asked, "What are your plans, or have you received any new tasks?" ”

Xia Yuan glanced at Company Commander Cui and said, "I want to take them to cut off the transportation troops of the US army, as for this task, there is no such task, it is my own decision." ”

Company Commander Cui and Instructor Lin and the others had shocked looks on their faces.

"No, there are only a dozen of you, and many of them are wounded, what's the difference between going and sending them to death!"

Company Commander Cui immediately disagreed, and said, "Company Commander Xia, I won't watch you die!" ”