...The leaders of the Yan'an delegation rushed to the airport to visit. In addition to inspecting the new airport, they mainly visited the Eighth Route Army Air Force for its first large-scale combat, and awarded commemorative cups and certificates to pilots who have made meritorious services.
Have another celebration banquet, and then collectively discuss the future development direction of the Air Force.
Master Li, who had been busy for a few days, under the guidance of Master Kong and Master Ding, was studying how to make the best dinner in the airport cafeteria - agreeing to the best dinner requested by Major Davis after completing the mission.
Of course, Master Kong directs, Master Li holds the spoon, and Master Ding chops the vegetables.
Davis and Lao Wei from the New First Brigade who stayed behind to look after the house were watching. They also wanted to see what the three of them could come up with.
This is also the pastime that Kong Jie and the others have figured out. After a war, it is difficult to calm down no matter whether it is successful or not. However, by carefully making a dinner and not thinking about other things for the time being, you can calm down and think again.
Next step.
Kong Jie said: "Let's make fish balls and braised fish! There are a lot of fish paste and fish eggs left, so we can stew them with Zhang Ji Lao Tofu. This is a good dish.
Old Ding, go and wash these fish feeds.
Lao Li starts the pot and stews the tofu first!"
Li Yunlong stared and said: "Old Kong, what are you doing?"
Kong Jie said: "I'll teach you how to cook! You don't know how to cook, so why don't you want to teach you for free?"
Li Yunlong immediately became unhappy, "I said, Lao Kong, you are so big now. How come you can even compete with me and Lao Ding in cooking?
I won’t talk about Lao Ding, he’s a big and rough guy who can’t do anything but stew.
But don’t ask me, Lao Li, because we can cook when we are walking on the grass. Even the boss knows that we are an all-rounder. We don’t need a master to teach us how to cook. It’s self-taught, but it’s still delicious!
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Kong Jie said happily: "Come on, Lao Li, how did you develop your all-round skills? You don't need me to expose your shortcomings, right?"
"No, no, no! Can my old comrade pick up the slack from us? That would be too boring!"
Li Yunlong was immediately defeated when talking about the embarrassing incident of that year.
Old Wei on the side asked curiously: "Let me tell you, Old Li, where did you get so much donkey meat?"
Li Yunlong chuckled: "I got some meat donkeys from the old brigade commander!"
Old Wei was surprised and said: "Can the old brigade commander agree to this?
The economic situation of the army has greatly improved in the past two years. I heard that the old brigade commander, political commissar, and chief of staff took their allowances and bought a batch of small meat donkeys. They have been raising them for more than a year, and they are precious! p>
How else would others say that you, Lao Li, are the old brigade commander’s treasured child? The old brigade commander is even willing to give you such a precious thing?
Not to mention we ate it, but we didn’t even touch it!”
Li Yunlong said happily: "Who said I asked the brigade commander for it?
I asked the political commissar for it!
The brigade commander has always been naughty, always blackmailing me, always thinking about emptying my supply warehouse, and coming to me from time to time to scrape my oil and water, even to eat and take out. If he hadn't been disciplined, we would have wanted to fight with him.
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Davis said with admiration: "Li, you are really a brave general. You are the first person I have ever seen who dares to duel with a superior.
Li, if you have a duel with the old officer, you have to tell me and I will go and cheer you up!"
Li Yunlong:......
Lao Li thought to himself, this American guy is really stubborn. He only made jokes for fun, so how could this guy take it seriously?
But when it comes to talking, you still have to save face.
"Davis, let me tell you, there is nothing in this world that I dare not do!"
Kong Jie couldn't stand it anymore, "I say Lao Li, if we don't brag, we are still good comrades.
Are you still fighting with the brigade commander?
Let’s not talk about whether you, Old Li, have the courage. Even if you eat the courage of a bear’s heart and a leopard’s courage, I don’t think these three Li Yunlongs may be a match for the old brigade commander.
Who in our Taihang area doesn’t know that you, Li Yunlong, are the king of heaven and I don’t even look down on you, but you are the only one who is afraid of the brigade commander?”
Hahaha——
Li Yunlong did not refute, "Our old brigade commander is indeed a man. His commanding ability is incredible, and his martial arts skills are even more admirable.
I estimate that this guy, the monk, might even get beaten if he goes there!"
Brigadier Chen's military strength in the army is also at the ceiling level.
Li Yunlong stopped laughing and quickly changed the topic, "Come on, this donkey bone soup has been cooked.
Hurry up and cut the donkey meat into mince for me. I’m going to make donkey meat and burn it.
Huh? Davis, how come you put the donkey meat soup with skin and donkey hooves with hair directly in the pot to cook?"
Davis said: "Li, this is called the original flavor, it tastes better!"
"Do you Americans eat like this?"
"That's not true, one of your officers taught me that!"
"Who?"
Davis said: "An architect named Shi Dahu told me, and he also told me that I should eat less donkey meat!"
Ding Wei wondered: "Why is this?"
Davis said: "Shi Dabo is nonsense. Donkeys are very stupid animals. You often call people stupid like donkeys. Wouldn't eating such stupid animals become stupid if they eat too much?"
Everyone: "..."
Li Yunlong couldn't help but feel merry in his heart. Shi Dahu is getting better and better at deceiving people now, and he even deceived Americans.
He laughed and said: "Well, Davis, I'll wrap up your donkey meat for you later! We, Lao Li, are smart, even if we eat a few more donkeys, we won't be delayed!"
Kong Jie couldn't stand it anymore and said: "Davis, we have also prepared roasted turkeys for you. This is the first batch to be put on the market. There are roasted chickens and salt-baked chickens. You can try them all.
But I still like to slice the turkey into hot pot and dip it in some sauce, which makes it more delicious."
Everyone was talking and laughing.
The old brigade commander pushed open the door and walked into the kitchen and said loudly: "Li Yunlong, the political commissar and the chief of staff are here to congratulate you. You have made a fortune again!"
Li Yunlong was so frightened that he almost dropped his spoon, and quickly replied: "The brigade commander is welcome to come and inspect the work. What makes you rich or not? Isn't this for the purpose of developing the army!
It’s all for the great cause of resisting Japan, and it’s all the contribution of comrades. My personal contribution is so small that it’s not worth mentioning.
On the contrary, under the wise command of the brigade commander, we have won one victory after another, frightened the Japanese soldiers, and the seized materials have been piled up in warehouses. It is you who have achieved great results through hard work, strategizing, and winning the battle thousands of miles away.
Congratulations to the brigade commander, congratulations to the brigade commander, you are the role model for me, Li Yunlong, to learn from!
Brigadier, please wait in the restaurant. The food will be ready soon. Brigadier, please walk slowly, the kitchen floor is slippery!"
The brigade commander laughed and scolded: "Okay, okay, stop wearing your hat on me. You want to drive me away before I even open my mouth. Are you itchy?
The New Fourth Army Headquarters sent you a telegram of thanks. They took the opportunity to transport the special plane of the commander of the Thirteenth Japanese Army in Shanghai. Afterwards, they confiscated 500 large yellow croakers, 460 small yellow croakers, a batch of gold-encrusted gifts, a batch of antiques, and even the Emperor.
The sabers awarded to him are all on the special plane. Some of the gold bars they seized during this operation are going to be handed over to the headquarters. The headquarters has decided to reward a part of the gold bars for you to use as development funds. I have good news for you. Don’t be ignorant of good and evil. p>
This batch of antiques contains several Japanese knives captured in the Ming Dynasty, and I am going to give them to you."
Li Yunlong said happily: "Is there such a good thing?"
After so many years, how often has the brigade commander not made a blackmail call and had to hand over the equipment? This is the first time that the brigade commander has taken the initiative to give benefits like this.
"Thank you, Brigadier, thank you, Brigadier!"
The brigade commander smiled and said: "Political Commissar, you can see, this bastard will change his face as soon as he hears that he will get some benefits!"
Davis pulled at the corner of Kong Jie's clothes and looked at the old brigade commander in confusion: "Kong, who is this officer?"
Kong Jie's voice rose slightly: "This is the officer whom Lao Li just told you he wants to fight with!"
"Huh?" The old brigade commander turned his head.
Li Yunlong quickly put a smile on his face and rushed forward, handing over a can of 50,000 yuan special drink, "Hey, old captain, you see it's hot today, and it's even hotter in the kitchen. You can have a drink."
Put out the fire!"
Davis scratched his head in confusion - didn't Li say he wanted to duel with this officer?
The political commissar changed the topic at this time: "Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, we have brought you good news, but how is the implementation of the Zero Industrial Plan?
At that time, the big leaders will pay special attention to visit."
Kong Jie said: "The Zero Industrial Plan is progressing smoothly. With the help of Lieutenant Colonel Doolittle and Major Davis, we successfully obtained cooperation with the American Stark Special Automobile Company and produced the first batch of trailers with a towing capacity of 30 tons.
The goods have arrived. Our frequent air transportation operations have attracted all the attention of the Japanese to HD. In fact, we also have transport aircraft troops heading to the border with the Soviet Union to transport this batch of supplies.
The first batch of special trailers from one battalion have been put into use one after another, and all the heavy equipment of the Guizi Iron Works and Steel Works that were seized in Yangquan, Taiyuan, and Jingxing directions have been brought back to the base area and are being installed and debugged."
While they were talking, another group of people walked in, it was the big leader and his party.
The commander-in-chief smiled and said: "So you are here, are you making some special dishes?
By the way, can we order some food? We haven’t had such luxury in a long time."
A leader immediately echoed: "Yes, is there beef brisket stewed with radish? My favorite is radish!"
The big leader asked: "Is there any fish head with chopped pepper? Is there spicy pork rinds? I can smell the aroma!"
Kong Jie said with a smile: "Since you are visiting our team, you can naturally eat whatever you want, whatever you want. Leaders and comrades, just eat with ease. If you really like the food here, you can eat it here."
After staying for ten days and a half, a team opened the door to welcome you!"
Commander Fu smiled and said: "Kong Jie, you're welcome, I want to eat braised carp, haha!"
Brigadier Zhang on the side said: "Kong Jie, I heard that you have a new heavy-duty tractor?
In order to move back the Type 45 150-meter heavy cannon and the Type 10-year 120-meter cannon from Taiyuan City West Fortress, we used a lot of construction machinery and tractors, which was more tiring than fighting.
If we had this 30-ton tractor, we wouldn’t just pull it away, we wouldn’t even need to disassemble it!
When will the second batch arrive next time, some of it should be allocated to us for use. Next time we go to Taiyuan, I will take them out to fry the little devils!"
Doolittle, who followed in, said: "Kong, why don't you introduce the latest model of 45-ton tractor trailers, and do you want to consider the aircraft production line?
Introducing the P38 fighter production line, which can rival the Japanese military’s most advanced Zero fighter.”
As soon as Doolittle said these words, the whole kitchen fell silent.
Even the leaders who came from Yan'an were breathing a little faster. In everyone's opinion, this was a great thing. They even thought that if they were Kong Jie, they would definitely nod and agree without hesitation.<
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Unexpectedly, Captain Kong frowned, looking deep and hesitant.
As soon as this gesture was revealed, some leaders wanted to go up and kick Kong Jie in the butt, urging him to agree quickly.
Now that we have Doolittle's line, if this business path is really open, it will definitely be of great benefit to the development of the Eighth Route Army's military industry enterprises.
What is this kid still hesitating about?
And what surprises everyone is yet to come.
Faced with Kong Jie's hesitation and embarrassment, Doolittle not only showed no dissatisfaction, but quickly added: "Kong, don't worry, with our friendship as a foundation, if you are willing to cooperate and do this business,
I will definitely find ways to help you get more discounts and offers."
There was a hint of coaxing Kong Jie in his words.
"In this case, Lao Du, then I wish us a happy cooperation!"
Kong Jie calmed down his original expression of embarrassment and hesitation, stretched out his hand with a smile, and held it tightly with Doolittle's big hand.
Everyone:......
After Doolittle left, a leader immediately asked in confusion: "Kong Jie, what is going on? Why do Doolittle and the others seem to be begging you for business?"
Kong Jie explained: "The aviation companies and interest groups behind Doolittle must also be thinking about expanding sales channels.
Today, our Eighth Route Army is in the initial stage of military industry development. The demand for external resources during this period is the greatest. It can be said that this is an urgent market that still needs all kinds of resources and materials.
The United States is selling this type of production line to us, and it is probably a production line that they have eliminated long ago. We don’t even have an aviation industry foundation, and we still need time to fully understand the technology. The United States is not worried about us overtaking it.
In this case, China has such a big market, why don’t people come in and make money?
As for the hesitation I showed just now, it was also a deliberate attempt to lower the price.
Yes, they and the United States do have technology, but they also need to understand that our Eighth Route Army will not be able to cook without them.
The Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the US military also have the same technologies. We are now customers, and we have the money in our hands. We buy from whomever we want. Do you think the Yankees are in a hurry?
Therefore, when it comes to cooperating with the United States, it is not that we should beg the United States, but that they and the United States should beg us.
So when it comes to this matter, Doolittle has to thank me!"
After listening to this, all the leaders were suddenly enlightened and sighed with emotion.
Kong Jie, this kid, really knows how to understand people's hearts.