The Eighth Route Army's large-scale attack on the main transportation lines and strongholds of the Japanese Army, mainly the Zhengtai Railway, has come to an end for the time being. It launched successive attacks and repairs, and it went back and forth several times.
And this time the attack was just like what Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, and Zhao Gang talked about while drinking.
The strategic purpose of launching this offensive was very successfully achieved, but the final battle situation, due to various reasons, once expanded to a scale that exceeded the expectations of the Japanese army and even the Eighth Route Army itself.
Everything always has two sides, which has caused many troubles.
Of course, this is something for later, so I won’t mention it for now.
After the Eighth Route Army headquarters once again issued an order to stop the offensive and all units to take a temporary rest, each combat unit returned to its garrison to recuperate and secretly prepare to deal with the Japanese army's retaliatory raids.
Independent group.
Resident.
Regiment leader Kong Jie was holding an engineer shovel and showing off his new masterpiece to the battalion commander, company commander, platoon leader and even squad leader on the training ground at the station.
The whole process only took five minutes. Captain Kong stuck his butt out and dug a deep trapezoidal pit with a diameter of 70 centimeters and a depth of about 60 centimeters in the relatively soft soil at the edge of the training ground.
Then, Captain Kong dug another similar smaller pit about thirty centimeters away from the deep pit, then penetrated the two deep pits through the bottom, and then piled the excavated soil on top of the previously dug pit.
Around the pit.
This second deep pit, in Kong Jie's words, was used to put iron pots for cooking food. Then, Kong Jie dug out three strips of about 15 centimeters along the north, west and east sides of the iron pot pit.
Depth, trench about two to three meters long.
Finally, Kong Jie found branches and wheat straw and spread them across the three trenches dug along the No. 2 pit, and then covered the branches and wheat straw with loose soil.
After doing all this, Kong Jie dropped the engineering shovel, patted the dirt on his hands, then turned his head, looked at Wang, the leader of the cooking team who had been carrying the iron pot, and said: "Old Wang, you can fight
When the pot is ready, place the iron pot in Pit No. 2, and then pile soil on the edge of the iron pot to ensure that no smoke leaks."
"Yes!"
Lao Wang took the iron pot and stacked it on the dug No. 2 pit, and piled soil around the edge of the bottom of the pot.
"Captain, can it be done so easily?"
Lao Wang obviously still can't believe it.
Kong Jie said: "It's that simple. Just now I took the ordnance shovel and started working. As you saw, it only took five minutes to complete. Lao Wang, if you don't believe it, you can give it a try." "Yes!"
Without saying a word, Lao Wang immediately poured a pot of water into the pot, then covered the pot, found tinder and firewood, struck a match, lit the tinder, then set up the firewood and dug through
The No. 1 pit is used as a stove, and the firewood is delivered to the bottom of the iron pot in the No. 2 pit.
The soldiers who were closer could naturally see some firelight emerging from Cave No. 1, but the soldiers who were a little further away could not see anything and quickly squeezed in to join in the fun.
The firewood that Lao Wang brought was not completely dry. When it was not fully burned, a lot of thick smoke came out from under the No. 2 stove.
However, the surrounding area of the iron pot was heavily piled with soil, and the thick smoke could not escape, so we dug three trenches (flues) 15 cm deep and 2 to 3 meters long along the perimeter of Pit No. 2.
Gradually spreading outward.
It's just that the top of the flue trench is covered with branches, wheat straw, etc., and also covered with loose soil, so the thick smoke will not be emitted directly, but will wrap around the branches, wheat straw, and soil, and then a little
Spread outward little by little.
At this time, if the thick smoke that originally came from under the stove was compared to a river, after being divided by branches and wheat straw, it gradually turned into small streams one by one, or even small streams only as wide as a palm.<
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Only soldiers who are close can see the thin smoke that gradually floats up.
If you are a little further away, you will not be able to detect the firelight in the earthen stove, nor will you be able to detect the rising thin smoke.
"Captain, what kind of novelty are you digging? Why does it look like a stove?"
The cadres could no longer hold back their curiosity, and Second Battalion Commander Shen Quan took the lead in asking questions.
Kong Jie asked: "Let me get out of the way with you first, Chen Quan, can you tell me, what are the benefits of using this method to make fire for cooking?"
Chen Quan stood nearby, looking at the unclear firelight under the pit and the thin smoke lingering around, and suddenly realized:
"Captain, that's awesome! I understand, with just a few words of yours, from now on our troops march in the wild and make fires to cook, we no longer have to worry about the smoke and light from the fires exposing our positions!"
"Everyone, take a look at this simple stove device that the regiment leader dug out with an engineer shovel. It is separated by two pits to avoid direct exposure to firelight. In addition, this flue is used to evacuate thick smoke.
It can make the smoke very light, and if you are a little further away, you won't even notice that someone is lighting a fire to cook here."
"Think about it, everyone, with this fire-making device, in the future when we are fighting guerrilla warfare in the mountains and forests and dealing with the little devils, can we have hot meals without worrying about being exposed?"
After Shen Quan explained, the cadres came to their senses one after another and all clapped their hands and applauded.
Deputy leader Li Yunlong even praised: "Lao Kong, how did you come up with this idea? If you have this method, why didn't you come up with it earlier? Damn it, when we were crossing the grass, we made a fire for cooking, and the smoke attracted the enemy.
planes and sneak attack troops. Later, the soldiers could only stuff raw things into their stomachs. I don’t know how many people fell ill because of this."
"If I had known that we had such a simple fire-making device, we could have avoided the sound of fire, light and smoke, and we would not have had to eat cold meals on the Long March!"
Kong Jie smiled helplessly and said: "Old Li, I just figured it out."
Cadres have begun to study how to dig out this fire-making device that can avoid fire and smoke.
Kong Jie said: "As for this fire-making device, you can simply call it a smokeless stove. Of course, it does not mean there is no smoke in the true sense.
As long as you cook over a fire, smoke is unavoidable.
It just diffuses the thick smoke through the flue.
Everyone has seen the digging and setting up. It is very simple. A soldier and an engineer shovel can complete it in five minutes. The bottoms of the two holes are connected. Then the fire pit used to hold the pot is dug out and a few flues are completed.
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There are not many details that need to be paid attention to. One is that the perimeter of the pot should be sealed, and the other is the branches and wheat straw above the flue. The places close to the iron pot should be denser, and the flue away from the iron pot can be slightly evacuated.
This is beneficial to the diffusion of dense smoke.
After returning home, your company and platoon leaders should organize the soldiers to conduct such smokeless stove digging training, and strive to dig out smokeless stoves skillfully and quickly.
No matter when, being able to make a fire to cook and eat hot meals is the foundation for soldiers to quickly recover their physical fitness and maintain their combat effectiveness."
"Yes!" the cadres responded one after another.
Li Yunlong turned to Zhang Dabiao and said: "Dabiao, when you get back, hurry up and train. All soldiers in the fourth battalion must learn how to dig and install smokeless stoves."
"Yes!"
While he was talking, without much firelight or smoke being emitted, the pot of water set up by the cooking team leader on the earthen stove was already boiling.
Lao Wang laughed and said: "Commander, the water is boiling. Your smokeless stove saves firewood, has strong firepower, and can also avoid exposure. It's really good!"
The cadres laughed together. The successful test of the smokeless stove gave everyone confidence.
This means that in the future, whether they are in the garrison or fighting guerrillas in the field, soldiers can have hot meals anytime and anywhere, as long as they carry a big pot.
You can have hot meals, but are you still worried about not being able to win the battle?