Hearing the voice of the elder Liu, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Xia Yuan slid down the mountain along the covered snow, and saw that the eldest Liu was stuck between the two stones.

But what made Xia Yuan frown was that one of Elder Liu's legs was in a weird ninety-degree twisted state.

"Stinky boy, what's wrong with coming down? Hurry up, you take them to the troops. ”

When the elder Liu saw Xia Yuan, he scolded and asked Xia Yuan to get out of here.

The farther the company went, the more difficult it was for them to catch up.

If you can't catch up and fall behind, this barren mountain range, the sky is cold, and the ice and snow are covered, it is easy to lose your way, once the direction is lost, the consequences are unimaginable.

And the position where he was stuck was very steep, and it was difficult for two or three people to drag him up.

What's more, one of his legs was broken, and even if he dragged it up, it would slow down their marching speed, and eventually become a burden to them.

"Squad leader, what are you talking about?" Xia Yuan resolutely disagreed, slid to the side of the elder Liu, grabbed the iron pot, and dragged it hard, directly dragging the elder Liu up.

"Sss

Tearing to the broken leg, the elder Liu bared his teeth, his face was pale, and beads of sweat flowed down.

Xia Yuan carried the elder Liu behind him, pestled the ground with a Garand rifle, stabilized his body, and climbed up through the snow.

"I didn't expect to be saved by you." Elder Liu said with emotion, "I can't believe it, I'm only sixteen years old." ”

The eldest elder Liu was a head taller than Xia Yuan, and in the face of the harsh terrain environment, he was able to carry himself on his back and climb onto the path step by step.

"I'll wait for you to save me later." Xia Yuan exhaled and said with a smile.

"Okay."

Elder Liu insisted.

When they climbed to the hillside, Xiao Heping, Zhou Mao, and Zhao Yi had been waiting for a long time, and the three of them looked at the elder Liu worriedly.

"There's no, when I was fighting in the past, I ate all the bullets, and it's all right." The elder Liu is very optimistic about the injuries he has suffered on his body, but he is worried about the combat mission, "I have gone far away, and I don't know if I can catch up." ”

"This wind and snow are so big, if you can't catch up, it won't take long to cover up the traces left by their walk."

Xia Yuan frowned, staring at the road ahead, under the howling wind and snow, the traces left by the soldiers of the third company walking on the road were becoming fewer and fewer.

If it had been a little later, it would have all disappeared.

Before leaving, they buried the bodies of the sacrificed soldiers in the snow, and the elder Liu said with emotion: "They also accompanied me to the north and south, but I didn't expect to stay in North Korea." ”

Everyone didn't speak, and their mood was a little sluggish.

Elder Liu smiled optimistically again: "People, after all, there is a separation of life and death, maybe tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, you and I are gone." ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Heping and the others were a little more uncomfortable.

Elder Liu felt that it didn't matter: "But our motherland is standing, and the people of the motherland are living a good life, compared to our sacrifices, it is nothing." ”

Don't look at the eldest Liu who is not in shape on weekdays, he likes to tease new comrades, but in the national righteousness, he will never lose.

After a brief farewell to the fallen soldiers, the five set out on the road to pursue the company.

Because the company walked fast, they ran to the top of the mountain, looked around, the mountains and fields were silent, vertical and horizontal, there was no figure in sight, the wind and snow raged on the earth, everywhere was vast, there was no trace of the activities of the predecessors.

"Squad leader, where are we going now?" Xia Yuan looked at the vast white snow and asked.

The traces were almost erased by the wind and snow, and at a glance, it was white.

Elder Liu couldn't grasp the direction, so he could only point ahead: "Then let's go forward, maybe our team will keep moving forward." ”

Zhou Mao said: "Squad leader, maybe the company commander will stop and wait for us if they find out that we haven't followed." ”

Translator Zhao exhaled and said, "If I can meet a fellow North Korean, I can still ask him for directions." ”

Xia Yuan's heart moved: "Then go forward, if you are lucky, you should be able to meet our team." ”

Having made up their minds, the group walked down the ridge.

When we arrived in the dense forest, the sky was getting darker and colder.

Xia Yuan carried the elder Liu, Xiao Heping supported Zhao Yi, and Zhou Mao was in charge of the front reconnaissance.

Stepping on the vast snow, looking for large traces that cannot be seen, groping ahead. The snow in the forest was deeper, reaching the ankles, one foot deeper, one foot shallow, and no one knew what was stepping on in front of them.

The sky was dark and I couldn't see my fingers, the cold wind was howling and blowing on people's cheeks, and the eyebrows and eyelashes were covered with frost.

I don't know how long I walked, Rao is Xia Yuan's strong physical fitness, and he couldn't bear it, so he found a big rock to hide from the wind and snow.

Elder Liu sat on the ground, looked at his twisted thighs, and grinned: "Xia boy, find me two wooden sticks." ”

Xia Yuan saw that the broken leg of the eldest elder Liu was covered with wind and frost, and blood seeped out.

"If you don't deal with it, I'm afraid this leg won't be saved." Translator Zhao leaned over and glanced at it, his brows furrowed.

"I'll give you a simple bandage." Xia Yuan asked Zhou Mao to find a few thick wooden sticks and tore off a few cotton clothes, "Bear with it, it will hurt." ”

"Xia boy, come on, let's bear it." The eldest Liu is also a tough guy, grabbing the cotton clothes behind him and stuffing it into his mouth, biting it hard, and nodding to Xia Yuan.

The meaning is saying: Stinky boy, come on.

Xia Yuan nodded slowly, twisted a little hard, first straightened the twisted legs of the elder Liu, and then fixed them on the legs of the elder Liu with four thick wooden sticks, and the strips of cloth were tightly wound.

The elder Liu had already fainted in pain, his face was pale, and a lot of blood oozed from his thighs again.

Xia Yuan has a good understanding of the acupuncture points of the human body, and did a simple hemostasis for the eldest Liu, and took out a box of canned food from his arms.

"Zhou Mao, dig a smokeless stove, cook some hot soup later, and give it to the elder Liu to drink." Xia Yuan stood up and exhaled: "There is too much blood loss, his body is cold, get him more hot soup." ”

"Hey."

Xia Yuan looks young, but he is very sophisticated and resolute in the way of dealing with people, it is hard to imagine that he is only sixteen years old.

The soil on the ground was frozen hard, and Zhou Mao spent a lot of effort to dig up the frozen soil.

"I'll do it."

Xia Yuan walked over, divided the soil by two, pried open a large piece of soil, simply excavated, covered with wooden sticks and weeds, and covered with snow, and the simple smokeless stove was ready.

Lift the big black pot behind Lao Liu, put it on the frozen soil, and it took a lot of effort to light the firewood, seal half of the hole with soil, and check the smoke from the smokeless stove, if the smoke is not very large, you don't need to care.

When it was dark, a small amount of smoke did not have much effect, and even if it floated into the air, it was difficult for anyone to see it.

Canned meat is frozen hard and needs to be baked in front of the fire.

Xiao Heping was on guard not far away, looking back, there was a deathly silence all around, and it seemed that no enemy would appear.

When the pot was hot, Zhou Mao threw a large amount of snow into the pot, staining the bottom of the pot, and the snow quickly turned into a piece of hot water, and a large amount of white smoke came out.

"This won't be discovered by the enemy."

Zhou Mao looked at the amount of smoke and was a little worried.

"No, it's too dark, and it's surrounded by a large area of mountains and forests, so it's hard to spot."

Xia Yuan shook his head.

The white smoke rising from the hot water quickly dissipated in the dark night sky.

The hot water boiled, Xia Yuan found a wooden stick, pried open the lid of the can, and used the wooden stick to pluck the food in the can.

Zhou Mao found some wild vegetables nearby and threw them into the pot.

After a while, a faint scent spreads.

Smelling the fragrance, everyone's stomachs screamed uncontrollably.

"It smells so good." Translator Zhao, who took care of the eldest Liu, leaned over, sniffed it, and couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

"The American devil's canned beef, it's a pity that I didn't bring much, otherwise I would have had a little more."

Da Lao Liu seemed to be attracted by the aroma of meat in the pot, slowly woke up, smelled the fragrance of the broth, and felt a spasm in his stomach.

On the way out, most of the canned food they carried was eaten by the soldiers who fought closely on the front line, and there were very few canned food left behind.

Only some chow mein remains.

Chow mein is poured into a pot and mixed with the broth to increase the viscosity and aroma.

Eating like this is undoubtedly extravagant, and when Lao Liu saw it, he almost scolded his mother.

Xia Yuan said calmly: "Our rush over the mountains and mountains will consume a huge amount of physical energy, especially if you and Zhao Translator have to eat some good food, don't worry, after eating, we will seize it from the American devils, these canned meat, there are more American devils." ”

Touching the station of the American devil, no one is more skilled than Xia Yuan.

In the past, there were many American devils' supply trucks out of the way, and the cans seized were not about cans and boxes, but about cars.

It's all going outside one by one.

"You kid, don't talk big, it's still a question whether we can find the troops now, and with me as a burden, you can't get out." Elder Liu said with a wry smile.

"Don't say those frustrating words, what is cumbersome and not cumbersome, don't say that."

Xia Yuan squatted on the ground, making a simple spoon, wrapped with a wooden stick and an empty can, it was a simple spoon.

There are a lot of fried noodles, and the fire is so big that the paste in the pot quickly thickens.

Zhou Mao poured a large amount of snow into the pot again.

Xia Yuan asked him, "Brother Mao, how are your hands?" ”

"Out of the way." Zhou Mao shook his head.

"Come over here and make a fire."

Xia Yuan gave Zhou Mao a place.

Zhou Mao was not polite, squatted beside Xia Yuan, and took out a red, swollen, cracked palm, and bright red blood flowed out from the cracked position, drying up on the palm.

As soon as the fire was baked, Zhou Mao felt that his cold palm had regained a lot of warmth, and turned his head and said: "It's warm, this smokeless stove is really easy to use, it is estimated that we will cook on a fire under the noses of American devils, and they may not be able to find us." ”

"It's better to be careful, we're separated from the big army now, and we don't know if the direction of this walk is accurate or not, and we're surrounded by the enemy."

Xiao Heping's sense of distress was still quite good, he held the gun, stood on a stone, and looked around.

"Don't say those frustrating words, our big army rushed over, and the American devils couldn't hold it." Zhou Mao is very optimistic, he believes that falling behind will not affect too much, they are cooking classes, and even falling behind will not have a great impact on combat effectiveness.

As for eating, there is no need to worry about it.

After entering the court, for such a long time, they lit fires and cooked only a handful of times, and the time to travel was the most, and most of the time, the soldiers hurriedly ate a bite of fried noodles, canned food and biscuits seized from American devils, and hurried away after eating a mouthful of snow.

"What Zhou Xiaozi said makes sense, but we still have to find the troops, and we can't always fall behind."

The elder Liu leaned against the stone, covered with a futon, and his whole face was as pale as a piece of brittle paper.

When he spoke, the corners of his mouth twitched.

Although the wound has been treated simply, there is no medicine to assist, and the broken bones stimulate the cranial nerves of the elder Liu from time to time, he does not dare to scream, among the few people present, he is the oldest, he is the backbone of this team.

If even he can't carry it, then the morale of this detachment is not high, and whether or not a large army can be found is still a serious problem.

Translator Zhao didn't speak, squatted next to the smokeless stove, and baked his body with the temperature of the smokeless stove.

The continuous rush and tossing made his spirit on the verge of collapse, if it weren't for the fact that this group of warriors was younger than him and strong-willed, he subconsciously thought that he was older and wanted to set a good example.

I'm afraid that Zhao Translation would have collapsed a long time ago.

"Translator Zhao, the climate in North Korea is bad enough."

The elder Liu saw that Zhao Translator was bored and didn't speak, so he chatted with him.

"Bad enough."

Zhao Ruilong rubbed his palms, someone chatted with him, and his mood was indeed a lot better.

The elder Liu likes to tease the new comrades on weekdays, but in terms of comforting people, he is not ambiguous, the two chatted familiarly, and Xia Yuan and the others obviously felt that Zhao Yi's mood was better.

"It's time to eat."

Xia Yuan stirred the noodle soup in the pot and shouted with a smile.

The bowl they ate in was an empty can of food seized from the enemy, and each of them held a bowl and sat on the ground and snorted silently.

Obviously, everyone was hungry.

Today's rice is batter, with some canned salted meat and wild vegetables found by Zhou Mao.

Compared with the fried noodles eaten along the way and the snow water drunk, the taste is not to mention how delicious it is.

"Eat more, there's still something in the pot."

Elder Liu beckoned and gave Xia Yuan a piece of meat in the bowl.

Xia Yuan moved his position and said, "Squad leader, you need nutrition now." ”

Elder Liu scolded with a smile: "Stinky boy, I don't know my body, come here." ”

"Eat, I have." Xia Yuan twisted to the side and ignored the elder Liu.

"Peace, come here." Seeing that Xia Yuan was not moving, Elder Liu shouted at Xiao Heping again.

Xiao Heping ignored it, squatted on the stone, snoring and eating.

Zhou Mao was burning the pot, and he didn't pay attention to it.

Zhao Yi didn't need to mention it, there was not much meat in the pot, Xia Yuan gave the only meat to Zhao Yi and the elder Liu, Zhao Yi squatted on the side of the pot, drank the noodle soup, and left the meat slices in the bowl.

"Translator Zhao, I'll give you Sheng." Zhou Mao saw that Zhao Translator had finished eating, so he took the initiative to serve Zhao Translator a meal.

"No, no, I'll do it myself."

When Zhao Yiyi was serving rice, he poured the meat in the bowl into the pot, filled half a bowl of salty paste, and squatted aside to eat.

(End of chapter)