Chen Zifeng looked at him with a strange expression. So steady! So fast! I didn't expect him to feel so good!
The New Fourth Army is really a poor boy celebrating the New Year, and everything they eat tastes delicious! Many people have said that the communist army is so poor that it will never be able to celebrate the New Year! But others just celebrate the New Year, and even get better and better! It is simply a piece of cake.
Weird thing!
10-18
Tugou Town.
According to Staff Officer Wu, Tugou Town was only established in the early years of the Republic of China, and no one can remember the specific time.
It is a common poor village in northern Jiangsu and eastern Anhui. When you enter the town and look around, you will see some private houses with mottled mud walls and blackened straw roofs scattered among the lush trees. Chickens and pigs are on the streets.
Wandering around, some half-grown children stood in the distance, looking at them in surprise.
A young New Fourth Army soldier stood on the street and looked at them with the same surprise.
Staff Sergeant Wu waved to him and said: "Platoon Commander Wang, get in the car!"
Platoon leader Wang climbed onto the truck and looked at Chen Zifeng and others in surprise.
Staff Officer Wu introduced: "They are people from the First National Army, and they are here to investigate the hijacking of supplies from the First National Army. This is Captain Chen. Captain Chen, this is Platoon Leader Wang. In May, the supplies for the First National Army were sent out of Tugou
He is the one who controls it."
Chen Zifeng smiled and asked: "Platoon Leader Wang, you were the last one to see the National First Military Supply Truck, right?"
Platoon leader Wang said a little nervously: "Yes. There are some small villages ahead, and there are guerrillas in the villages. I also got on the truck transporting supplies that day. If any guerrillas intercept, I will tell them."
Chen Zifeng asked: "Usually, how far do you send?"
Platoon Leader Wang said: "As long as I see the person they picked up the car hit, my mission will be completed."
Chen Zifeng asked again: "That time in May, where did you send it?"
Platoon leader Wang looked ahead, pointed, and said: "That's the front. Look over there, there are a few hills, and there is Xilai Temple in the mountains. That day, I saw someone waving on the hill over there, so I said to the person escorting the car,
Now that I’ve seen your people, it’s time for me to get off the car.”
"You got off here that day?"
"Yes." Platoon Leader Wang replied.
"Nothing unusual was found? For example, did you hear gunshots?"
"I didn't find anything unusual, and I didn't hear any gunshots. I got out of the car and walked back. This happened several times last year, nothing unusual, that's it, nothing else."
10-19
Ten minutes later, Chen Zifeng's pickup truck stopped at a place called Xilai Temple.
He got out of the car and looked around. There wasn't much to look out for. Several rolling hills were surrounded by ponds and river branches. There were sparse trees on the mountains and below. Generally speaking, the scenery was pretty good.
He asked: "Where is Xilai Temple?"
Platoon leader Wang said: "It has collapsed a long time ago, leaving only a few broken walls. This place is called Xilai Temple, and a little further east is called Donglai Temple. There are not even broken walls over there. In this area, there are only
There are only two place names left."
"This is where you saw the person picking up the car?"
"Yes, it's right here. I don't know about the rest." Platoon Leader Wang said this and looked around.
Chen Zifeng, Li San and others naturally dispersed and looked for traces nearby. Logically speaking, if someone hijacked ten trucks of National First Army supplies here, they should leave some traces.
But Chen Zifeng also understands that over the past two months, he has been exposed to the sun and rain, and even if there are traces, they have been washed away!
Li San did find a bullet casing in the grass, but it was rusty and couldn't explain anything!
Chen Zifeng took out the message from Qiao Yanfang from his pocket and read it carefully.
Staff Officer Wu came over and said slyly: "Captain Chen, you can't find any traces, so you may have to guess at us?"
Chen Zifeng raised his head and stared at him, and suddenly said: "If you want to eat stewed meat and green onion pancakes, where can you eat them?"
Staff Officer Wu was surprised, "What do you mean?"
Chen Zifeng pointed out the telegram to him, "I said here that the stewed meat and scallion pancakes are delicious. Didn't you notice?"
"I thought that was just a casual talk," Staff Officer Wu said in surprise.
"This is the clue provided to me by Vice Captain Qiao! And it's an important clue!" Chen Zifeng glared at him fiercely!
Staff Officer Wu looked at him even more surprised, vaguely seeing something else in his eyes!
He turned around and said loudly: "Puilator Wang, where can I get stewed meat and green onion pancakes around here?"
Platoon Leader Wang's eyes wandered back and forth on the faces of these people. I don't know if he thought of something. He suddenly pointed eastward, "Then we can only go to Dashanzi! There is a ferry there, and there are several restaurants and snack bars.
Home! Do you want to eat?"
Staff Officer Wu laughed strangely and looked at Chen Zifeng proudly, "Captain Chen, I finally figured it out. The stewed meat and green onion pancakes can only come from Dashanzi! They can't come from us! Right!
We have to bring food, but we can only bring a few rice balls or two flatbreads! This is the best! Stewed meat! Scallion pancakes! Don’t even think about it!"
Chen Zifeng stared at him and moved his mouth, but did not say any vicious words.
He pointed to Platoon Leader Wang and said, "Brother, please lead the way! Let's go to that big Shantou!"
Staff Sergeant Wu also put away his sarcastic smile and nodded vigorously to Platoon Leader Wang.
10-20
Judging from the map, Da Shanzi is right next to Gaoyou Lake in the east. Gaoyou Lake in this area is long and slender, more like a river. Therefore, it is almost inevitable that Da Shanzi is the only ferry in this area!
Ten minutes later, Chen Zifeng's pickup truck stopped in a chaotic town.
There is only one street in the town, facing the ferry by the lake. On both sides of the street, shops and residential buildings are crowded together.
Chen Zifeng looked forward along the small street and saw a small shop at a glance. There were only five words on the sign of the shop: "Stewed Pork and Scallion Pancakes"! Without saying a word, he walked into the small shop!
The food sold in the small shop is exactly what is written on the sign: stewed meat and chopped green onion pancakes. What attracts people in this shop is the aroma of stewed meat and chopped green onion pancakes! No matter who you are, when you enter this shop, you will
Everyone will be salivating!
Its sales method, according to current parlance, should be called a set meal, which is a bowl of stew and a plate of chopped green onion pancakes!
Chen Zifeng had nothing to say, so he asked Staff Officer Wu and others to sit down, and then asked the waiter to serve eight portions of stewed meat and chopped green onion pancakes!
A large bowl, with four square pieces of red, tender and tender pork belly placed in it. The broth is thick and oily, full of aroma, and a spoonful of red chili sauce has just been poured on it, which makes everyone's excitement.
My stomach growled loudly.
That plate of pancakes was even better, with green onions, crispy dough on both sides, and a few sesame seeds. It was so fragrant! Cut the two pancakes into eight pieces and put them neatly on a small plate.
As for how to eat it, it is self-evident. Either dip the cake into the broth, or soak the cake directly in the broth.
Platoon leader Wang put a piece of meat into his mouth, chewed it twice, opened his big, oily mouth, took a breath of air, and said with a bright smile on his face: "Oh my god, this is better than Chinese New Year!"
Staff Officer Wu smiled at Chen Zifeng and said, "We can only eat meat during the Chinese New Year. I'm afraid there are only one or two pieces of meat in a bowl of vegetables. Captain Chen, there's no way we can compare with you!"
Chen Zifeng looked at him and said nothing for a while.
He had indeed heard that before arriving in northern Shaanxi, the Red Army of the Communist Party of China ate grass roots, bark, and even leather belts along the way! But it was strange, they suffered so hard, and did not receive a penny of military pay, but those soldiers
Keep following the team! And keep going until now!
Chen Zifeng and Li San didn't have much to do with this lunch. But a few people from the New Fourth Army had their faces flushed and their eyes turned into slits from laughter!
10-21
The ferry terminal in Dashanzi is actually the same as the ferry terminal on the Xiangjiang River in Changsha, but it is simpler and more dilapidated. Their ferries are similar to the ferries in Maojin Ferry, they are also wooden boats. Oxen carts, carriages and even cars can drive on it.
Pedestrians are squeezed between various vehicles.
Chen Zifeng judged that this section of Gaoyou Lake is about one kilometer wide. The pier on the opposite side of the lake is called Nanhekou.
As soon as he landed on the shore, he looked around and found the ferry management office. It was a row of bungalows. The ticket window was in the first one. Don't ask, the second one was the ferry office!
Chen Zifeng, Staff Officer Wu and Li San entered the office. Chen Zifeng twisted his mouth at Li Sanyi.
Li San sat down opposite the manager with a smile, pulled out his pistol, put it gently on the table, and then said: "What's your last name, boss?"
The boss was so shocked that his eyes were straight, and he kept saying: "Xiangui, Xiangui, my surname is Yang. You...you..."
"Boss, let me ask you a few questions. Please think carefully before answering, okay?"
"You say, you say."
"Have any military trucks passed through this ferry recently? Think carefully before answering."
"Yes, yes."
"When? Think carefully before answering!"
"Oh, it must have been more than a month or two. The specific time, I... I really can't remember."
"At that time, several trucks passed by, military trucks, several! Think carefully before you answer!"
"I...I can't remember clearly. Maybe there were at least seven or eight cars. I can't tell. It's been a long time and I can't remember."
"Then, think about it carefully whether they came in the morning or in the afternoon!"
"Afternoon, afternoon, I remember this."
"Why?" Li San tilted his mouth and smiled at him.
"I... I usually come in the afternoon. Someone else comes to watch me in the morning, so it's the afternoon."
"I'll ask you the last question again. Please think carefully before answering!"
"You say, you say."
"After those trucks landed on the shore, which direction did they go? South, north, east, which direction did it go?"
"Go south!" the boss said.
Not to mention Chen Zifeng, even Staff Officer Wu was very surprised. This room faced the ferry, how did he know which direction the truck went after it landed? And he said it so simply!
Li San also had the same idea, "How do you know! You're not just guessing!"