Chapter 61 Volunteers rely on mutual warmth to resist the cold of winter nights

After talking about the "one shortage", that is, the lack of food and drink, let's talk about the "two shortages", that is, the lack of clothes and less clothing. When the volunteers entered the DPRK, due to the rush of time and the lack of understanding of the North Korean climate, many troops set off wearing a thin layer of autumn clothes, and a few even wore single clothes. This is hard for the volunteer soldiers. As soon as they entered the DPRK, the coldness of North Korea gave the volunteers a disarm.Although it was not the coldest time at that time, the temperature had dropped to below zero, even minus 10 degrees Celsius.The soldiers of the Volunteer Army slept in the open on the ground, their cotton clothes were in tatters, they were uncomfortably cold, and their hands and feet were frostbitten.In this unbearably cold night, volunteer soldiers had no choice but to "tear off one end of the quilt to cover their frostbitten hands and feet."

The cold was unbearable, and the soldiers leaned together in groups of three and five, relying on their body temperature to resist the cold of the North Korean mountains.Leaning against each other and warming each other with body temperature, this is probably the most primitive and creative way to keep out the cold in the world. This way of warming each other against the cold was very common among these lovely volunteer soldiers in the early days of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea; this way of heating is unimaginable for those of us who live in heating rooms and sleep in cotton quilts .

This is called hugging for warmth. Three out of ammunition. You can't cook without rice, and you can't fight without ammunition. Due to the original transportation method of carrying piggyback on their shoulders, the soldiers of the Volunteer Army could not carry much ammunition; as soon as the gun fired, the ammunition was in short supply. So what to do?These volunteer soldiers had to rely on saving ammunition, and replenish themselves by picking up ammunition discarded by the enemy. At that time, the Volunteer Army had regulations requiring the "three no-strikes": do not see do not fight;

Can't aim but don't shoot; Do not hit from a distance. In fact, where is the "three shortages" (lack of food, lack of clothing, and lack of ammunition) in the volunteer army? The hardware conditions such as supplies, weapons, and equipment required for war, the volunteer army has almost no shortage, and the shortage is uncomfortable. I am afraid that the only thing that is not lacking is the energy that is not afraid of death, not afraid of difficulties, and wanting to win the reputation of the nation.