In the afternoon of the next day, the police platoon leader and others came back. Regardless of fatigue, he reported to Li Yunlong as soon as he got off his horse.
He said: "Captain, the brigade commander thinks that the intelligence sent by our regiment is very important. He has sent someone to send this information to the headquarters. The brigade commander said that the information provided by this intelligence is consistent with the intelligence from other places.
It confirms that it is basically certain that the Japanese army is about to launch a large-scale attack on our area. He asked me to inform you to quickly gather the troops and prepare to carry out the task of covering the retreat of the headquarters."
Hearing that there was going to be a big battle, Li Yunlong was very excited. He rubbed his hands and said: "I have been holding back for so long in Xingjiazhuang. I can't bear the idleness. Now it's better. I can have fun with the little devils."
Have a quick fight.
Immediately notify all battalions and companies to gather the troops, move closer to the regiment headquarters, and prepare for battle."
"Yes," the police platoon leader replied loudly.
Just as he was about to walk out, he suddenly remembered something and turned back and said: "Regiment Commander, the brigade commander also asked about the source of this information, and I said it was captured by Xu Dalong, the cooking squad of our regiment headquarters.
The brigade commander said, your Commander Li is really good at leading troops. The new regiment is very powerful in combat. Even a cook in the cooking squad is so powerful. When I get back, I will tell you Commander Li to reward this cook well."
Li Yunlong suddenly became nervous. He stared and said, "About the Type 92 infantry gun, you didn't disclose it to the brigade commander, did you?"
Li Yunlong is really worried. The new regiment has a Type 92 infantry gun. If the brigade commander finds out, he will probably be ordered to hand it over. This Type 92 infantry gun is Li Yunlong's treasure, and he is reluctant to hand it over.
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What kind of leader leads what kind of soldiers? The police platoon leader has followed Li Yunlong for so long, so of course he understands his thoughts. He immediately said: "Captain, don't worry. The money will not be leaked, I understand."
"Good boy, I assume you understand. Okay, you can go." Li Yunlong waved his hand and said with satisfaction.
After the police platoon leader left, Li Yunlong said to Wang Xiaohu: "Huzi, go and call Xu Dalong."
Li Yunlong felt that Xu Dalong was really unworthy of his talents. He wanted to announce the award to Xu Dalong in person and then ask him to report to the police platoon.
Soon after, Wang Xiaohu came back and said: "Captain, Xu Dalong is not here. He went out to fish for the health team."
Li Yunlong was a little confused when he heard this, and he cursed: "That's nonsense. It's freezing. Where can we go fishing?"
Wang Xiaohu said: "Captain, it's true. The people in the cooking team said that Xu Dalong took a soldier to go fishing in Shili River."
Shili River is a small river that flows under Cangyun Ridge and is a tributary of Fen River. There are fish in summer. But in this cold winter, I wonder how Xu Dalong can fish out of it? The troops of the new regiment are heading towards
As they gathered at Xingjiazhuang, Li Yunlong had nothing to do for a while. He got interested and ordered: "Huzi, prepare your horses, let's go and take a look."
Since Xu Dalong declined Li Yunlong's arrangement, he returned to the cooking class and received a hero's welcome. The soldiers in the class admired Xu Dalong very much. No matter what he did, there were people rushing to do it for him, and even his clothes were worn.
Wash it for him.
At the beginning, Xu Dalong enjoyed this atmosphere very much, but soon he became too idle and wanted to find something to do by himself.
At this moment, the health captain came over. After seeing Xu Dalong, he said with a smile: "Brother Dalong, a few more wounded soldiers from the first battalion need to increase their nutrition. Although we still have some pork, eating pork alone is not effective.
Okay, can you get some more beef and mutton? Fish will do, too."
Now that the officers and soldiers of the new regiment knew that Xu Dalong was capable, they naturally thought of him when dealing with supplies.
Xu Dalong was idle and had nothing to do, so he immediately agreed and said: "This is easy to say. Beef and mutton are difficult to get, but the fish is still fine. I will keep the wounded until they have enough to eat."
Xu Dalong took two steamed sweet potatoes, crushed them, broke them into small pieces, added half a basin of cornmeal, a small amount of white flour, poured some white wine, and then put them all in the basin and stirred vigorously.
Finally, cover it with a few pieces of dip cloth, cover it with a pot lid, and place it next to the stove.
Xu Dalong asked Lao Wangtou for some change, and went to the village to buy some large sewing needles. When he came back, he burned them red in the fire, bent them with pliers, and made a simple fishhook.
Early the next morning, Xu Dalong opened the washbasin, put the fermented bait into a jar, and brought a soldier from the cooking class with him, carrying a big pickaxe, a bamboo pole, a sack, and the bait.
Carrying two horses, he walked down the mountain.
Xu Dalong and others came to the river, walked along the river bank for a while, found a river bend, and then came to the ice.
The winter in northwestern Shanxi was so cold that the river froze at least three inches, making it very stable when stepping on the ice. Xu Dalong carefully chose a position and kicked the snow away from the ice with his feet, allowing the soldier to use it.
Big pickaxe for shaved ice.
Soon after, a hole the size of a washbasin was dug out of the ice. Xu Dalong sat on the edge of the hole, holding the twine holding the soles of his shoes, tied it to the bamboo pole, attached the fishhook, and took out the bait from the jar.
, first sprinkled some into the water and made a nest.
Xu Dalong waited for about ten minutes and then lowered the fishing line.
The soldier was also sitting next to him, looking longingly at the ice hole. Although he felt that Xu Dalong's story was a bit unreliable, he still hoped that Xu Dalong could really catch fish from it.
After Xu Dalong put down the fishing line, within a minute, the fish float made of reed pole started to move. As soon as Xu Dalong poled the pole, a crucian carp that was more than half a foot long was lifted up. Then Xu Dalong continued to float the fish like a performance.
The fish was caught.
Shili River is a small river with not many fish. However, when the water is cold in winter, fish will gather in deeper areas, so the number of fish here is relatively dense. In winter, it is difficult for fish to find food. They are hungry and smell the fragrance of bait.
They scrambled to grab the food, so Xu Dalong was able to connect the rod.
The little soldier was dumbfounded. Then he smiled happily and took the initiative to help Xu Dalong pick the fish and put them into a sack. In more than an hour, he filled half of the sack.
Li Yunlong and Hu Zi rode down the hillside, and saw Xu Dalong sitting on the river from a distance. He rode his horse to the river, dismounted, handed the reins to Hu Zi, and came to the ice.
Xu Dalong and others saw the group leader coming and stood up quickly.
Li Yunlong asked: "Did you catch any fish?"
Xu Dalong smiled lightly and did not say anything.
The little soldier rushed to say: "Report to the leader, there are really fish in the river. We have caught a lot. Take a look."
As he said that, he opened the sack. There were many frozen and hard crucian carp inside the sack, which was half the size of the sack.
Li Yunlong believed it now, and he said: "Xu Dalong, you really have some tricks up your sleeve, let me try."
Li Yunlong is very interested and wants to enjoy it himself.
Xu Dalong handed him the bamboo pole and loaded the bait for him.
The fish in the river really gave Li Yunlong face. It didn't take long before Li Yunlong caught one. He was very happy, so he put the bait on and put the fishing rod down.
Unfortunately, he sat there for almost ten minutes and could no longer catch any fish.
Li Yunlong said depressedly: "Damn it, Dalong, did you catch all the fish? Why is it that when I come, there are no fish?"
Xu Dalong put his head close to the ice hole, looked down, and said: "Commander, don't worry, there will be fish soon, there should be big fish." As he said that, he helped Li Yunlong change the bait.
Li Yunlong was doubtful and turned his attention to the fish float again. Suddenly the fish float started to shake, and then it went black. As soon as Li Yunlong lifted the fishing rod, the fishing line was pulled straight and even the fishing rod bent.
The little soldier shouted: "I've hit a big fish."
It turned out that the reason why the crucian carp in the river ran away was because a big fish came.
Li Yunlong's family is in the south. He often fished when he was a child and was very experienced. He walked the fish steadily for several minutes and finally pulled up a large carp weighing more than two kilograms.
He was very happy and caught several carp weighing more than a pound in one go.
He persisted for a while, and when he saw that there were no more fish, he stood up and handed the fishing rod to Xu Dalong. He said with satisfaction: "Xu Dalong, you are really talented. You can stay in the cooking class and help."
Lao Wangtou, please get some more supplies."
Returning to the cooking class, Lao Wangtou and the soldiers in the cooking class were very happy to see that they had gained so much.
Xu Dalong first made crucian carp soup for the wounded members of the health team. Of course, he would not do things like disemboweling, breaking belly, or scraping fish scales. After others had finished cleaning up, he made the fish soup himself.
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Not to mention, Xu Dalong's craftsmanship is really good. The crucian carp soup he makes is milky white and smells very fragrant. When you drink it in your mouth, the taste is even more delicious.
After the fish soup was delivered to the health team, the health captain was very happy. He said: "Dalong, you are really capable. I will tell the team leader that you will also help to get medicine for our health team in the future."
Each battalion and company of the new regiment arrived near Xingjiazhuang one after another, waiting for their superiors to issue formal combat orders.
The commander of the 1st Battalion, Zhang Dabiao, is Li Yunlong's right-hand man and a close confidant. Zhang Dabiao is a tall man, with a big head, big eyes, and is powerful and tough. He practiced martial arts since he was a child and served as a platoon leader in the 29th Army Sword Team.
During the Battle of Xifengkou, he killed nine Japs in one breath with a big sword. He was a rare tiger general.
After he arrived at the regiment headquarters, he saw that the food at the regiment headquarters was very good, including fish and meat. He was a little curious and found out that there was a talented person hiding in the cooking class, so he came to the cooking class to meet Xu Dalong for a while.