A large pot of oily pork stewed with vermicelli, a plate of scrambled eggs, and a basket of steamed buns mixed with grains were the best things the guerrillas could come up with at the moment.
Seeing the commander frowning, Zhou Ming thought the commander thought it was too crude, so he quickly explained.
"Chief, you came in such a hurry, we didn't have time to prepare, so we prepared two dishes!"
The commander knew that Zhou Ming had misunderstood, and quickly explained: "Such a good dish can only be eaten when the battle is won in the military region. Today I will take advantage of the guerrillas and have a good meal!"
You know, in normal times, the commander would definitely turn around and leave because of his own improvised dishes.
But today the commander did not refuse. He did not want to ignore the good intentions of the guerrillas. Although he was sitting at the table, he still ordered with a serious face: "Today's meal will not be an exception!"
"According to the regulations of our Eighth Route Army, cadres and soldiers must be treated equally. I will eat whatever the comrades eat. No special treatment is allowed."
Then he ordered the guard behind him: "Platoon Commander Zhang, after you finish your meal, remember to pay the troops' lunch meal expenses to the guerrillas. Life is difficult for everyone, and we can't take advantage of the guerrillas!"
"No, chief, our guerrillas can still afford a meal!" Zhou Ming quickly refused.
"If our battalion commander knew that the commander had to charge money for meals, I would definitely be scolded to death. And after you leave, commander, our superiors will compensate us as much as the food expenses we spent on this lunch, and it will never affect the guerrillas.
Team food!”
"And we were going to have pork stewed vermicelli for lunch. We borrowed the eggs from the landlord, so it didn't cost anything extra?"
The commander asked directly with an expression of disbelief: "Is the food of your guerrillas so good?"
Zhou Ming shook his head and replied: "It wasn't so good before. It's good to have one meal of meat every four or five days."
"Since the army got vermicelli, everyone eats less food and vegetables every day, and there is some surplus funds. Now we can have a meal of pork and cabbage stewed vermicelli almost every two days, which is delicious and filling!"
The commander was shocked again: "It seems that I still underestimated the benefits that vermicelli brings to our Eighth Route Army!"
Zhou Ming said: "Chief, with the vermicelli, not only do we eat better than before, but the common people can also have full stomachs!"
"Vermicelli fills the stomach, is twice as cheap as rice noodles, and tastes good. Common people like it very much. Many people eat two meals of vermicelli a day, one meal boiled in plain water for breakfast, and one meal boiled with cabbage and lard as a dish!"
"Especially the family members of our independent battalion soldiers, because they will receive free gifts of sweet potato flour when they buy it from the battalion headquarters. By buying sweet potato flour for the villagers, these family members can earn more than ten kilograms of sweet potato flour every month!"
"What's going on?" the commander asked with a raised brow.
Zhou Ming did not dare to hide anything, so he immediately told how the battalion headquarters could provide benefits to the families of the soldiers and prevent them from going to outsiders.
The commander was undoubtedly surprised again, and then he praised without hesitation: "This is a good idea!"
"Don't let the rich water go to other people's fields, let the families of the soldiers be fed first and live a good life, so that the soldiers no longer have to worry when they fight."
"At the same time, it can also stimulate other people in the base area and encourage them to join the Eighth Route Army!"
Zhou Ming said: "Chief, you are right, the situation is really like this!"
"I don't know what other people think. I know the dozens of guerrilla members very well!"
"The battalion headquarters has regulations that only the top 30% of the guerrilla team members in each training session are eligible to join the main force. In order to join the main force and let their families live a better life, everyone works very hard every time during training."
"There are also many team members who go home after guerrilla training to continue training secretly in order to get a spot to join the main force!"
"Otherwise, the guerrillas would not have been able to train like this in just over a month!"
"You must know that our guerrillas are semi-off-the-job troops. We only gather together for unified training during slack periods, and each training session does not exceed four hours. We are afraid that it will affect everyone's production and planting crops!"
"We must learn from this method of the Independent Battalion!" the commander made the decision at that time!
"When I go to Li Hao's place, I will learn from his experience and try to promote this method in one district. If it is indeed effective, I will report it to the military region and promote it throughout the army!"
"Captain Zhou, thank you for letting me learn so many things in Dengzhuang!"
"By the way, where is the nearest garrison to Dengzhuang? I will go there after dinner!"
Zhou Ming immediately replied: "Laoshu Village, which is fifteen miles away, is where the independent company is stationed. I will ask a few team members to lead you in a moment!"
At the independent company station, far away from the commander, he could hear shouts of killing.
After the commander showed his military division ID, the sentry let him go, and then subconsciously wanted to go in and report.
"Little comrade, there is no need to report, I can just go in by myself!" the commander stopped the sentry and ordered.
"Yes, Chief!" The Chief's order must be carried out, and the sentry didn't think much and returned directly to his position.
The commander nodded and continued to order: "The others stay, Platoon Leader Zhang, just follow me in!"
"Chief, you want to make a secret visit to the Independence Battalion!" the guard platoon leader immediately reacted.
"Yes, only in this way can I see the most realistic independent battalion!" The commander did not deny it and was the first to walk into the training ground!
The first person to enter the commander's sight was the first platoon of the independent company, which was undergoing gun training.
Unlike other troops who only train to raise their rifles to aim, when they aim, a stone is hung from the barrel of each rifle.
As a veteran, the commander can see the benefits of such training at a glance!
They usually train on rocks, and their arm strength must be very strong. When shooting on the battlefield, they can control the rifle stably, and there will be no situation where the rifle's recoil is too strong and it becomes unstable.
Seeing that many soldiers were shaking with their rifles in their hands. Everyone was a big man, but they still insisted on not giving up. A satisfied smile appeared on the commander's face.
The combat effectiveness of the troops trained with such high intensity is definitely not much different!
Suddenly, a voice sounded from the crowd.
The platoon leader with a pistol hanging on his waist patrolled back and forth among the ranks, checking the movements of each soldier while shouting.
"Don't stop, just hold on. There are only the last ten minutes left. If anyone can't hold on and let the stone fall from the muzzle, the chicken soup for the evening will be gone!"
The commander did not move, and stood aside until their training was over. Then he walked to the platoon leader and asked: "Hello, comrade, I would like to know how long your gun training lasted just now!"
Seeing a small pistol hanging on the commander's waist, the platoon leader quickly saluted: "Hello, chief!"
"Our gun training lasts half an hour!"
"The next step is to conduct live-fire training, with each soldier getting two bullets!"
Seeing the soldiers starting to gather as soon as they took off the rocks hanging from the muzzles of their guns, the commander frowned and asked, "Don't you even need to rest?"
"I just saw that many soldiers' hands began to shake because they held their guns for too long!"
The platoon leader thought for a moment and explained: "Report to the commander, this is the battalion commander's rule!"
"The battalion commander said that this will be closer to actual combat. The enemy on the battlefield will not wait for us to rest before fighting!"
"Not only will there be live-fire shooting after the gun training, but also long-distance cross-country, roadblock training, and crawling training will also be possible immediately after the end of the live-fire shooting!"
The commander agreed very much with this statement. If we want the troops to develop combat effectiveness as soon as possible, the training must be as close to actual combat as possible.
I made a decision without thinking about it: "In that case, I'll go with you to see it, don't you mind?"
"If you don't mind, please help yourself, chief. We're going to the shooting range now!"
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