Chapter 1 The army is short of meat
Yoo Nishio stood there in a daze, his eyes starting to straighten. The alternating light and dark sky in the distance, as well as the slight tremors of the surface, including the continuous sound of artillery and faint noise, all indicate that a great battle is going on there. And that direction is the Kaifeng City that Nishio Shaozuo just left!
"Nishio-kun, Nishio-kun." Ren Laifeng shouted twice in a row, and Nishio Yangxiong came back to his senses. "How? That's a nice windfall, isn't it? ”
"What windfall?" Nishio Yoo muttered a sentence, and looked behind Ren Laifeng's eyes, and behind him was Kaifeng, who was fighting. Yoo Nishio's face finally changed, "Renjun, what do you mean by this?" Are you talking about an unexpected gain that the Japanese army in Kaifeng was attacked? ”
"What? Isn't this a small windfall? Ren Laifeng asked with a puzzled face.
"It was you who notified the Chinese army to attack the city where the imperial army is located, which is also a windfall? Renjun, please don't insult my wisdom! Nishio was a little annoyed. You can lie to me behind my back, but you can't point my nose at me and call me a fool!
"Insulting your intelligence? Nishio-kun, where do you think you go? Our army's general offensive today was a plan that had been set a long time ago. Even if we don't cooperate to save people today, the general attack on Kaifeng City will still be carried out on time! Your mission has already been completed after rescuing the people, and I asked you to send them out of the city, right? ”
After Ren Laifeng said a few words, Yoshio Nishio began to prick up his ears and listen carefully.
"If I hadn't let you out of the city, could you have guaranteed that not a single shell from either of the warring sides would fall on your head? If the Chinese army storms the city, can you guarantee that none of you will have to go to the front? Nishio-kun, you were supposed to participate in the defense of the city with bullets in the face, but now that you can stand here and comment on the battlefield, isn't this a windfall? ”
Nishio Yoshio pondered for a moment that this was the reason, and bowed ninety degrees to Ren Laifeng with the attitude of knowing that he would change his mistakes, "Thank you Ren Jun!" ”
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say. Nishio-kun, we are friends, and there are many opportunities for cooperation in the future. ”
"Definitely, definitely."
"Farewell." Ren Laifeng waved goodbye and calmly walked away with his team. Yoshio Nishio looked at the city in battle, pondered for a moment, and simply took his men along the main road to the west. He didn't plan to participate in the battle in the city, so in that case, it was better to leave this place of right and wrong first, go out and find a county and town occupied by the Japanese army for two days, and then come back after the war here is over.
In this way, the offensive and defensive battle of Kaifeng City was in full swing, but a Japanese army outside the city quickly drove into the distance.
On April 1, 1939, the Third Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army formed a mixed division with the 20th Division as the backbone to attack Kaifeng. The battle lasted until 6 o'clock in the evening, and the troops led by General Zhou Zunshi killed and wounded nearly 800 Japanese soldiers, shot down one Japanese plane, six combat vehicles, and more than 10 armored trucks.
Although Lin Xincheng, deputy commander of the Flying Tiger Battalion, was successfully rescued, he was severely tortured by the Japanese army during his captivity, and was wounded in many places.
Without the deputy of the Lin battalion, the logistics work of the Flying Tiger Battalion, which was already on the right track, was once again piled up in front of Ren Laifeng. Because of the addition of logistics, Ren Laifeng's daily work has been enriched again.
"Commander, the brothers of the Independent Brigade haven't seen meat for half a month. When will the brothers be able to eat meat? Li Lishan was reporting to Ren Laifeng about the plight faced by the troops.
"Now that the troops are in trouble for the time being, let the brothers be patient a little longer, and they will get better after this period."
"It's not a question of the difficulties of the troops. Some companies can eat big fish and meat every day, but our independent brigade is coarse tea and light rice. It's not fair! Commander, you said before that you should treat everyone equally, why is the food of our independent brigade different from that of other companies? Li Lishan also let go this time, blushing and arguing. Fu Erchong, the commander of the second company who came to do the same errand, sank his face.
"Oh? And what's going on? Which company are you talking about? Ren Laifeng was a little surprised, would this be the case under his nose?
Li Lishan opened his mouth and didn't speak, Fu Erchong couldn't help but stand up, "Li Lishan, you're talking about my second company, right?" ”
"Yes, I'm talking about the second company! Why do you have meat to eat every day in the second company, and our independent brigade can only have cabbage and radishes all day long? "Usually in the Flying Tiger Camp, who dares to shout at Fu Erchong in person? Li Lishan seems to be really anxious today.
"Hahaha." Fu Er laughed loudly at the sky, this time not only did Li Lishan's head bulge, but Ren Laifeng's face was also difficult to look at, this old Fu was too arrogant!
"What's the big deal with me when you came to the commander, it turns out that you just want to eat a piece of meat. I'll tell you Li Lishan right now, not a single piece of the meat eaten by the brothers in the second company was received from the commander, and we all earned it ourselves! ”
Earned it yourself? Hearing these words, Li Lishan was dumbfounded on the spot. Can the troops still earn pork? Is he a soldier who can fight a war or a merchant who does business?
"Lao Fu tell me, what's going on?" Ren Laifeng's brain is much more active than Li Lishan, and as soon as he heard it, he knew that there was something going on here, so he quickly asked Fu Erchong to explain the mystery.
"What else could it be? Find a place to buy it yourself. Our mainland supplies are tight, and the supply of meat cannot keep up. The brothers can't get up for a few days without eating meat for training, so how can they go to the battlefield to fight devils? I sent a few people to sneak over to the Yellow River to buy pork. Is it wrong for me to pay out of my own pocket to improve the food for the brothers? Li Lishan, you are reluctant to spend money yourself, but you are angry with us for the second company? Do you do that? ”
"I, I, who is angry with you for the second company?" Li Lishan's face was flushed, but he looked pale and weak when he refuted, "Okay, I'm red-eyed." I was wrong! I'm sorry Company Commander Fu! As he spoke, he hugged his fists and bowed to Fu Erchong.
This time Fu Er was embarrassed, "Brother Tateyama is polite." What do your brothers say sorry? The brothers of the independent brigade want to eat meat, so come to our second company and take it as they please. You can also go to the second company to have dinner together. Commander, I'm here to put down my words, but it's our brothers from the Flying Tiger Battalion, whoever wants to eat meat will come to our second company! How's that, Brother Tateyama? You'll come back with me in a moment to open meat. ”
"Alright. You two went out to solve your own problems, didn't you see that I still have a lot of official documents here that have not been completed? Ren Laifeng ordered the eviction of customers, and Fu Erchong and Li Lishan hurriedly walked out of the office. As for whether they are going to eat meat or do something else, Ren Laifeng doesn't care, and he doesn't know how busy he will be with the slap-thick document on the desk.