After being silent for a long time, Li Hao finally spoke: "Old squad leader, there is no store in front of us and no village in back. The troops have been marching to fight, and there is no time to stop and rest. We can only take one step at a time!"
"My opinion is that during the next march, whenever we encounter villages and towns, we will find ways to buy food, even if it is at a high price!"
"There are so many people, and they are all lightly or seriously injured. We need to reserve food for at least five days!"
The old squad leader shook his head and replied: "Five days is four hundred kilograms of rice!"
"The troops have to march in a hurry, and each soldier can carry up to fifty kilograms of rice. Our cooking team also has so many other belongings, even if we can buy so much rice, we can't take it with us!"
"Two hundred and fifty kilograms of rice, this is already the limit of our cooking class!"
"Don't forget, our cooking squad is faster than the infantry during the march. Before meals, we must rush to the front of the troops and prepare meals in advance for everyone. Cooking and eating cannot affect the marching speed of the troops!"
Li Hao frowned and didn't listen. At this moment, he only had one idea in his mind: how to solve the transportation problem of the cooking class!
In the past few days, he had personally understood that when marching with a heavy load on his back, he could bear it even if he supported it for a short distance, but he would not be able to keep up with the team even if he did not tire himself out over a long distance.
You must know that there are countless long-distance marches waiting for everyone to face in the next Long March, and this problem must be solved.
"Mules and horses! Use mules and horses to transport!" Li Hao suddenly thought in his mind.
But there were no mules or horses in the army at all, at least not seen by Li Hao in the 37th Regiment.
When Li Hao's brows furrowed involuntarily, the old squad leader suddenly interrupted.
"Haozi, what are you thinking about? Didn't you hear me talking to you?"
"Old squad leader, tell me again, you were distracted just now!" Li Hao reacted quickly.
"Haozi is still too young. He can't keep his temper and is not calm enough!" the old squad leader thought to himself.
Then he said: "Don't worry about food for the time being, the supplies sent by each battalion can last for three days!"
"What I'm most worried about now is the nutritious meal requested by the group leader!"
"The regiment leader gave a strict order. We will have rabbit meat tomorrow, but there will be nothing the day after tomorrow!"
"We can't let the wounded just eat wild vegetable soup like ordinary soldiers! It's not nutritious, and it may even hurt their bodies!"
As soon as the old squad leader finished speaking, he looked at Li Hao with a worried expression.
The title of deputy squad leader on my head was given to me because I knew how to hunt and fish, so the group leader took the risk of violating discipline.
If within two days of becoming the deputy squad leader, the injured would not have nutritious meals to eat, then I, the deputy squad leader, would definitely become a joke and lose the face of the regiment leader.
Li Hao's already frowning frown deepened now.
Hunting and fishing both take time, and they take a long time.
Next, the troops will have to march for at least two days, and there will be no time for themselves to do these things!
After a long time, Li Hao didn't think of a solution.
He could only shake his head and reply helplessly: "Old monitor, you can only take one step at a time!"
"It is impossible to go one or two hundred miles without rest. As long as the troops stop to rest, there will be a solution!"
Tonight was Li Hao's most relaxing march since he crossed over and became the Red Army.
A rifle, five bullets, an old fishing net being renovated, and a knife were all the belongings on Li Hao's back.
There were fewer things on my back, and my marching pace couldn't help but speed up a lot.
Li Hao walked very fast, but he did not rush forward without hesitation. Instead, he observed his surroundings while marching.
The worries of the old squad leader have been ringing in my ears. I have just become the deputy squad leader, and I must not become a joke because I cannot complete the task!
During the march, we must seize every opportunity to hunt prey and ensure the nutrition of the wounded.
Li Hao secretly made up his mind.
At this moment, his eyes were like a high-speed camera, searching for all available opportunities on both sides of the mountain road.
There are many opportunities, and the winding mountain roads pass by the river and shuttle through the woods from time to time.
But the troops were marching too fast. Everyone was marching with their heads down, and there was no time for Li Hao to seize these opportunities.
"Stop!"
After marching continuously for nearly twenty hours, Li Hao, whose legs were numb, finally received the order to stop the march.
"The cooking class will put up the pots immediately and boil water for everyone to soak their feet first, and then make a fire to cook!" Before he could take a breath, the old squad leader's order reached Li Hao's ears.
Soaking feet in hot water is what Li Hao does every day, and he will insist on it no matter how tired he is.
"It's better to go to the fish trap!" Li Hao decided while soaking his feet.
There were troops marching all around, and the prey must have been scared away.
Only the fish in the water have not been scared away. Fishing at night is unrealistic, so we can only set up fish traps!
This is my only chance to catch fish tonight.
"Brother Zhang, Brother Wang, come with me to chop moso bamboo, tree vines, and make fish cages!"
When there was still an hour before the troops set off, Li Haocai took two people to collect the fish cages.
The longer the fish cage sinks at the bottom of the water, the more fish you may harvest in the end. This is an eternal truth.
As long as it did not affect the march, Li Hao persisted until the last moment to collect the fish cages.
"It's rewarding!" Wang Bing shouted excitedly as his cooperation with Li Hao became better and better.
He was the source of nutrition for more than a hundred lightly and seriously injured people. This was too much pressure for a boy who was only thirteen years old. Wang Bing saw all this.
But who gave Li Hao this ability, and he was the only one in the Thirty-seventh Regiment who had the ability to get fish and prey!
So no matter what Li Hao did, Wang Bing tried his best to help him.
The three people only made three fish cages, but the rabbit's internal organs had become smelly due to time, so the effect of luring fish was even better. Each fish cage contained nearly ten miscellaneous fish!
"Tonight's fish soup is ready. When we get to the new position tonight, tomorrow night's nutritious meal will be ready!" Li Hao said with a long sigh of relief.
At seven o'clock in the evening, the troops finally arrived at the position required by the ferry superiors.
As soon as he sat down on the ground, company commander Zhang Yu rushed over, breathing heavily.
"Old squad leader, the regiment headquarters has received orders from our superiors. Our thirty-seventh regiment will cooperate with the other two regiments of the division's main force here. We will hold off the White Army here for three days and three nights and cover the main force of the Red Army as they cross the Xiangjiang River."
"So the cooking team must prepare in advance. When we cross the Xiangjiang River, blow up the pontoon bridge and get rid of the white dog pursuers behind us, it will be much easier. If everyone persists for a few more days, persistence will be victory!"
"I have to leave the team to buy food again!" The old squad leader's nerves that had just relaxed became tense again.
Then he ordered: "Wang Bing, please take everyone to cook~Haozi, Zhang Yun, the three of us will change clothes immediately and prepare to go to the white area to buy food!"
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