Chapter 10: Turkish Humor (1)

  After the landmine was buried on the highway, Pak Tong-ming led his men to ambush on both sides of the road. Chen Zizhong led the old soldiers who were drawn from the bayonet company to sneak into the vicinity of the UN military camp, and the hiding position was less than 50 meters away from the sentry.

  The two highlands that Ting Ruge was about to occupy were typical parent-child peaks, with the shorter child peak near the highway and the taller parent peak near the UN military base, overlooking the child peak from above. When Ting Ruge led his men up to the parent peak, a squad of South Korean soldiers were huddled in a cave, drinking hot coffee around a bonfire. He took two soldiers with him, used bayonets to cut off the sentry's throat, and charged into the cave with hand grenades, capturing the South Korean soldiers.

  The semi-permanent fortifications built by the Korean army on the mother peak saved the soldiers from digging trenches, and a heavy machine gun on the fortification was a pleasant surprise, enhancing defensive firepower. The soldiers also encountered some minor troubles, they didn't know how to deal with the captured US military standard rations, canned biscuits, and canned goods. Some soldiers wanted to leave the canned goods for their comrades who were setting up an ambush, while others opposed it, saying that carrying six or seven cans on their buttocks was not as good as bringing more hand grenades, American devils' hand grenades were easier to use than hand grenades. The soldiers who wanted to have a big feast looked at the canned goods like a new bride, smiling wryly, they didn't have Chen Zizhong's good stomach, after eating stir-fried noodles for several months, there was no oil star in their belly, swallowing a few cans would probably cause diarrhea, and they wouldn't have the energy to fight.

  Ding Ru gently stroked the heavy machine gun, clearing his throat and swallowing saliva: "When retreating, blow up the cans and heavy machine guns together. Captain Chen has captured many things, we don't need these three melons and two dates."

  Chen Zizhong gave the order to die, and Wu Xiaomao, the second squad leader, became Ding Rujin's shadow. He crouched down to smoke, coughing violently from time to time: "Deputy Captain Ding, this is just right. We should talk like this with these rough men. The captain said that we must bring the spirit of the Sharp Knife Company to the guerrilla troops."

  Ding Ruogang said: "I've heard about your situation, you can't pretend to be a roughneck, you're an intellectual."

  "Jian Dao Lian is just a group of rough men with guns, what's the exception?" Wu Xiao Mao smoked his cigarette to the end, burning his mustache, before reluctantly putting out half of it and continuing. Every day, crawling and rolling around, all the cigarettes in his pocket are defective goods.

  Ding Ru just smiled and said: "Smoke a little less."

  "Good." Wu Xiaomao coughed and moved aside, still spitting out mist.

  Three golden plaques on the wall of Sharp Blade Troop: Chen Zizhong's courage, Hou Fenzhen's hammer, and Wu Xiaomao's gun. Chen Zizhong came from the Anti-Japanese United Army, Hou Fenzhen used to be a bandit, and Wu Xiaomao had done underground work for four years. They all made great contributions in Sharp Blade Troop's reconnaissance missions. Several times when the Reconnaissance Department wanted to send someone, Chen Zizhong would intercept them with his flying spittle: Sharp Blade Troop doesn't care about digging up others' secrets, but thinking of digging into their own wall corner, oh grandma!

  Wu Xiaomao is a Shanghainese, originally named Wu Fengyu, graduated from National Jinan University. He has delicate skin, long eyelashes and big eyes. After his identity was exposed, he wore cheongsam and high heels to stroll through the streets without being inspected. Wu Xiaomao is well-versed in righteousness, after graduating from university, he followed his Chinese professor to participate in revolutionary activities. With the help of his father-in-law's connections, he entered the China General Chamber of Commerce Bank where Du Yuesheng was the chairman, and rose to the upper class, attending various banquets, as a cover for his wife, gathering a large amount of valuable intelligence. That autumn, the Shanghai underground party organization had a traitor, the couple withdrew from Shanghai and were later captured in Jiangsu. Every soldier in the Sharp Blade Regiment has scars, Wu Xiaomao is no exception, most of his scars came from the enemy's torture. Under extreme torture, Wu Xiaomao did not reveal a word, the enemy forced him to smoke opium, although he was later rescued by the underground party organization and successfully quit drugs, he contracted a severe coughing disease, smoking more fiercely than eating.