Soldiers Assault: Starting from the 7th Steel Company

Chapter 74 Injured

"Let's do it! We can only swim. I'm not afraid of death! I'd rather fight!" Chengcai was the first to sign up.

"Since you are not afraid of death, I can't be a coward. Chen Jiang, what about you?" Wu Liuyi asked.

"I'm from Zhejiang and grew up by the river, so there's no problem with my swimming ability." During the promotion exam, Chen Jiang also learned armed swimming experience from Zhao Chunqiang. He might be the most confident one among the five people who can swim across.

"I'll stay and provide you with fire support!" At this time, a comrade from another company said dejectedly, "I'm not a very good swimmer. There's no way I can make it across with all this heavy equipment on my back."

Everyone understood instantly after hearing it.
During this period, many regular troops in the army did not pay much attention to the subject of armed swimming, and they were considered good enough to ensure that everyone could swim.

This guy followed everyone all the way here, but was blocked by a river. It was really fate.

I guess he must be extremely regretting now why he didn't practice swimming more often.

But there was nothing we could do now. The weight he was carrying was already heavy enough, and it would be unthinkable if we tried to help him carry it too.

There was nothing nearby to increase buoyancy, and it was too late to cut down the trees.

"Liu Yunfei, I'm so sorry!" Chen Jiang walked over and patted him on the shoulder. After two days of getting along with each other, they had become somewhat familiar with each other. It was indeed painful to abandon teammates, but now they had to make a choice.

He handed him the Type 88 sniper rifle he had captured and briefly taught him the basics of sniping.

Then he began to quickly make the final preparations.

First, he ate the precious pack of field rations, especially the chocolate, which was an important guarantee of body calories.

Then do a brief warm-up to keep your body as warm as possible. Finally, tidy up your clothes and equipment to make sure that water is not trapped in your clothes and your equipment is not loose.

Seeing that it was almost dawn, the four of them had no time to lose. They quietly moved to the shore, eliminated the two "enemies" on guard, and then went into the water one after another.

I have to say, the water temperature is really fucking low.

Although everyone had tightened their cuffs and trouser legs, the river water still quickly seeped in through the gaps in their camouflage uniforms, making the whole body feel like it was falling into an icy cave.

The main thing is that I am tired and hungry now. The sourness and pain are really indescribable.

Freestyle is generally not chosen for armed swimming. Breaststroke is the most practical swimming style, which can effectively maintain body balance, observe the movement of the water surface, and minimize the swimming noise.

Some troops would choose sidestroke, but Chen Jiang and his team all chose breaststroke without exception.

After Chen Jiang entered the water, he clearly felt the huge gravity brought by the bag on his back. Even with the help of buoyancy in the water, he still needed to expend more energy every time he got up from the water.

He swam at the end of the team, and Chengcai was at the front as the vanguard.

By looking up, you can effectively observe the overall situation. Of course, if you are discovered by the enemy, Chen Jiang is the farthest away from the other side and will definitely be the most dangerous and difficult one.

Chengcai's swimming style is not good looking. It can be seen that he usually practices in a wild way.

But he had amazing willpower. He gritted his teeth and kicked his legs hard, swimming very fast in front.

At this time, everyone's body had already reached its limit, but he could still burst out with such powerful strength, which was really astonishing.

Xu Sanduo's condition was also good, only Wu Liuyi's eyes were tightly closed, his lips were turning purple and trembling slightly.

Chen Jiang swam to his side,
"Deputy Wu, how are you?"

"It's okay," Wu Liuyi gave a smile that was uglier than crying, "It's just too cold. It feels like I'm holding a piece of ice in my chest."

Chen Jiang understood that Wu Liu had not eaten anything before entering the water.

But even if he were to share his field rations with him, Wu Liuyi would definitely not take them given his arrogance.

Moreover, Chen Jiang himself was so cold that he could hardly protect himself.

Breaststroke is like this. Although the lower body can be stretched and blood circulation promoted by kicking the legs, and the arms can maintain a certain degree of activity by paddling, only the belly is the coldest and needs to be immersed in water all the time.

Just when Chen Jiang wanted to say something, someone from Old A on the shore finally spotted them and was about to sweep the river with a machine gun. At this critical moment, Liu Yunfei's sniper rifle finally opened fire.

"Snapped!"

The machine gunner Old A on the shore was hit and smoke was coming out, but the sound of the gunfire would quickly attract the enemy's intensive firepower.

"Hurry! Swim to the shore! Whoever reaches the shore first will provide suppressive fire."

In fact, there was no need for Chen Jiang to command. Chengcai, who was the first to land on the mudflat, ignored his fatigue and fought back while retreating with his gun raised.

His hands were shaking so badly from severe hypothermia that his accuracy was completely lost. He could only fire a few random shots to draw fire from everyone.

Fortunately, Liu Yunfei at the back was quite powerful. He used an 88 sniper rifle to shoot in and out of nowhere, and the machine gun position on the enemy's main position was suppressed for a short time.

Chen Jiang thought to himself: None of the people who can come to participate in the selection are ordinary people. There are really many hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the army.

With Liu Yunfei's assistance, Wu Liuyi and Xu Sanduo also successfully climbed ashore. The two immediately set up their guns to suppress the fire, especially Wu Liuyi's Type 81 light machine gun, who pulled the trigger desperately, which reduced Chen Jiang's pressure.

"Hurry up, Chen Jiang, come here quickly!"

The experienced Wu Liuyi knew that they could not suppress the enemy for long, after all, the enemy had an absolute advantage in numbers and equipment.

He had already seen that Liu Yunfei had been "killed". The young man who had been silent all this time stood up and shouted excitedly towards this side.

Although I couldn't hear clearly what was said, I could roughly guess that it was asking them to hurry up!
Fortunately, other trainees had also arrived here and started to force a crossing, thus drawing away some of the enemy's firepower, otherwise they would have been in greater difficulty.

Chen Jiang's physical strength was exhausted. He struggled to climb onto the mudflat, but he immediately felt goose bumps.
This feeling is very subtle, as if someone is targeting me!

He didn't bother to look at the scene around him, and immediately rolled to the side, just avoiding the bullets fired from the other side of the river.

Damn~
it hurts!

Just at this critical point, because he couldn't avoid it when he rolled over, there was a stone on the river bank, and his calf hit it.

Damn, will Wu Liuyi’s miserable situation in the original novel happen to me?
Chen Jiang felt a little scared.

But now is not the time to think about this. Xu Sanduo jumped out like a cheetah, grabbed Chen Jiang's backpack and dragged him into the bushes on the shore.

"Um~~~"

Chen Jiang was nearly strangled to death by the belt, but fortunately Wu Liuyi stopped Xu Sanduo in time.

"Sanduo, are you pulling a wild boar? There's a strap around it, can't you see it?" At this moment, Wu Liuyi also noticed Chen Jiang's injured right leg. "Chen Jiang, what about your leg?"

"It's okay, I just bumped into it while trying to evade the opponent! Let's go, let's go!"

Although Chen Jiang was in excruciating pain, he was determined to hold on in order not to drag everyone down. After all, he didn't hit any bones, so it wasn't a big problem.

Chengcai was so excited when he saw Chen Jiang finally coming over that he couldn't express it in words.
After a long while, he excitedly said, "We are the four of us from the Seventh Company, the four of us from Old A, haha, it's done!"

"Hurry up! There are people crossing the river over there, we have to get ahead of them!" Wu Liuyi and Xu Sanduo immediately helped Chen Jiang up and started walking forward.

Chengcai was shocked when he saw this, "What's wrong? Are you injured?"

"It's okay, it's just a small problem, it's okay, I can leave." Chen Jiang now understood Wu Liuyi's deep sense of powerlessness in the original drama. He wanted Old A's seat, but didn't want to drag down his comrades.

"Shut up! Look at your calves, they're so swollen." Wu Liuyi had already seen the truth. Although everyone was very tired now, they should be able to reach the finish line with him being supported like this.

The car Yuan Lang mentioned was parked right there.
It’s about three to five hundred meters away.

"Yes, Deputy Squad Leader Chen, don't be stubborn. Don't worry, Deputy Squad Leader Wu and I will definitely carry you over!" Xu Sanduo didn't know where he got the strength from, and his pace quickened.

Chen Jiang was really moved.

Although he was the first in the entire regiment and even the entire division in the usual 5-kilometer run, when it came to willpower, Xu Sanduo might actually be better than him.

"Hurry up, let me do it!" Chengcai saw that Wu Liuyi was also tired, so he ran over to change hands with him, but once he got in touch with him, he found that it was so heavy.

There was no way. Everyone was soaked. There might still be a lot of water in the bag. The weight was much heavier than before. With another person on board, it was simply fatal.

Chengcai only fought for a short while before his face turned pale.

"Chengcai, you haven't eaten anything. If you can't bear it, let me do it!"

"Bullshit! Didn't you eat too? How are you better than me?" Chengcai said to Wu Liuyi in a bad mood.

This actually made Wu Liuyi laugh.
"Okay, Chengcai, I appreciate your straightforwardness!"

The four of them were arguing with each other, carrying Chen Jiang and rushing towards the destination in their minds.

At this moment, Chengcai heard some movement behind him, turned around and looked extremely terrified.

It turned out that two groups of people had also crossed the river and were supporting each other and rushing towards this side, and their speed was much faster than this side.

"Hurry! Hurry up! The people behind are catching up!"

He got anxious and pulled too hard, which created a difference in strength between him and Xu Sanduo, causing the three of them to lose their balance and fall to the ground.

This move undoubtedly boosted the morale of those chasing behind, and their pace quickened.

"Ah~"

Chen Jiang really felt his legs hurt more. No matter where he hit, the situation was extremely bad.

"Chengcai, be careful!"

Wu Liuyi complained a little, then tried his best to help the three people up, and wanted to take Xu Sanduo's hand.

"It's okay, Deputy Squad Leader Wu, Chengcai is exhausted. You can switch with him. I can hold on!" Xu Sanduo indicated that he still had strength.

Chengcai could already see the face of the person catching up with him from behind at this time. He felt the joy of being the last one to come out on top. At this moment, he was a little shaken.

On one side is the comradeship, and on the other side is the opportunity that was hard-earned.

Maybe it's the only chance.

"Hurry up, hurry up! The people behind are very close!"

Chengcai's face turned red with anxiety, but he couldn't help at all. It was impossible for three people to carry him, right?

And in his current state, he certainly couldn't lift it.

"Let's go! There are only four spots. If you try hard, three spots will definitely be yours!" Chen Jiang said somewhat desperately.

(End of this chapter)