Chapter XII
It's been a long time since I've eaten fresh meat, and in this kind of rout of hundreds or even thousands of kilometers, everyone knows what it means to be in good health. Although everyone is much better than the other defeated soldiers, and there are at least two porridges a day, half a month of jungle life has already exhausted everyone's physical strength.
Zhao Zhi decided not to leave today, everyone had a big meal, and made up for their bodies. Uncle Guo and a few scouts were ready to find out if there was a water source nearby, and the machete said that where wild boars usually live, there must be a water source. The goats and machetes have been hunters, and they are very familiar with collecting their prey. In a short time, the huge boar was disemboweled, and the rotten people who couldn't wait gathered around and helped the goats and machetes to break the boar into small pieces that could be carried on their backs.
With the addition of the rich man, there was nothing left of the wild boar, and the clean boar blood was also put into the empty kettle, saying that it could make soup. The pork belly was taken by Lang Zhong, saying that it was a medicine that could detoxify. Even those wild boars were put into a backpack by the old cannon, ready to find water, wash it and boil it in a pot. In the end, the wild boar skin full of bullet holes was taken away by the long hair, saying that Uncle Guo was old and had bad legs, and he wanted to make a leather mattress for Uncle Guo.
To the southeast of the woods, Uncle Guo and they found a small stream with good water quality and fish in it. According to the machete, water with fish is drinkable. By the time Zhao Zhi pressed the rear team to find the creek, the old cannon and the others who came first had already started roasting. A huge wild boar leg was placed on the fire, roasted and fragrant, and the fat dripped into the fire, giving off an enticing aroma. The people of the Northeast are really good at eating meat, and Lao Pao's barbecue skills are very good. Before the leg was fully cooked, everyone gathered around and cut the wild boar with daggers or bayonets. After three or five minutes, only a bare bone stick remained in a pork leg, and everyone didn't care about talking and buried their heads in munching.
The old cannon roasted four pork legs in a row, and everyone slowed down the speed of eating meat, which made the sweaty old cannon breathe a sigh of relief. As the sun set, everyone rubbed their swollen bellies, drank stewed wild vegetable and pig soup, and laughed comfortably. Zhao Zhi leaned against the tree by the creek and drank the soup slowly, with a smile on his face. A large wild boar of several hundred catties was eaten by less than 400 people, and everyone ate half a catty of meat on average. This bit of meat is nothing, but at least there is a little more hope to get out of the jungle, which is also the reason why Zhao Zhi is really happy.
Some of the meat that was left was made into jerky by the rich man and hidden as a reserve. Zhao Zhi was very satisfied with the rich man, and the eating and drinking of hundreds of people made the rich man very busy every day. The only thing the rich man did every day was to gather everything he could eat, wild vegetables, mushrooms, and even leaves, but the rich man always kept everyone fed. The rich man did not take care of the rest, and while it was not yet dark, he was leading a few people to fish in the stream, and he wanted everyone to have fish soup tomorrow morning.
Today's wild boar meat is very enjoyable for the rotten people to eat, and the old cannon and a few guys get together to discuss the hunting when they march in the future. Goats and machetes, who have been hunters, are naturally the best candidates, and although they don't meet big guys every day, they will at least provide some meat for everyone.
At night, I still found a slightly low wood, and everyone slept in the trees, and the well-fed ones naturally slept well.
The night was fine, and the next morning, everyone drank the rich man's fish soup as they wished. The soup made from a few small fish and wild boar bones actually made the rotten people drink the taste of the delicacies of the mountains and the sea. The female soldiers who went out to collect wild vegetables reported that there were a lot of wild vegetables around, and they also found a lot of animals that didn't seem to be too afraid of people, so Zhao Zhi decided to rest here for two days and collect some food by the way, after all, in the jungle, such an environment is not easy to find.
Hundreds of people were divided into many small teams, scattered in the dense forest, collecting everything they could eat, replenishing everyone's empty stomachs. The results of the two days were still very good, and the machete team followed the trail of the wild boar, found the wild boar's nest, and brought back several live baby wild boars and a dead female wild boar. The female soldiers now only pick mushrooms, and the dried mushrooms that dry make everyone's backpack full. The other teams went down to the next set, dug the pit after the pit, and after two days, the animals in this forest almost disappeared.
"What should I do, there are too many things, I can't take them away" The rich man with a sad face followed behind Zhao Zhi and complained bitterly. Zhao Zhi miscalculated the ability of rotten people to find food, and the mountains of meat had begun to spoil. If the rich man was to throw away the hard-earned meat, it would be better to kill him, so he came to Zhao Zhi to find a way.
Zhao Zhi was bored with a branch to stir the bonfire, looking at the flames in front of him, Zhao Zhi suddenly came up with a solution. "Chop some sticks and come back and make them into poles. Cut open a tent, wrap the dried meat, and carry it away"
The team finally hit the road, and the procession of hundreds of porters was spectacular. Except for the scouts, the others not only carried two backpacks on their backs, but also carried a flat pole with two bags of dried meat hanging from it. Even a few little wild boars were tied up by the rich man with a few bags of dried meat, and were being led by several female soldiers in the middle of the team.
The rotten people carrying plenty of food were happily walking when an explosion suddenly sounded in the mountains and forests ahead. The team was a little shorter, and everyone was lying in the grass for the first time. Zhao Zhi took a few doglegs and carefully touched it in the direction of the explosion smoke, but fortunately it was not the direction of the scouts.
, what exploded? Is there anyone else here besides them? Zhao Zhi marched while letting the doglegs spread their guard. A thick smoke billowed from the woods in front of them, Zhao Zhi and the doglegs quietly leaned up, and as the distance shortened, a smell of barbecue came over. Zhao Zhi trembled when he saw the long hair beside him, and his throat couldn't help but feel nauseous. The smell of barbecue that came from the explosion meant something that everyone knew very well in their hearts that the smell of barbecue at this time and their smell of roasted wild boar meat were completely different concepts.
Everyone moved slowly, slowly approaching the place where the explosion had occurred. The smell of meat mixed with the smoke became stronger and stronger, making everyone vomit and vomit wildly. The center of the explosion was under a tree, which could be seen to be broken, and the broken tree was crackling and burning. The grass with a radius of the roots of the trees was littered with smoky fragments of corpses, from which the smell of meat emanated. A human leg was tossed high and hung from the branch of a tree, steaming. In the meadow not far from the tree, there were several corpses lying on the ground, looking at their military uniforms, they were all soldiers of the expeditionary force.
"This dog's day is to use a grenade to detonate explosives and blow himself up," the long hair, who squatted at the scene of the explosion, carefully looked at the traces. "I guess I'm hungry, you haven't seen those corpses, they're all like bones" Mao raised his eyebrows, very sad.
"Sir, there's still a living one," Long Hair, who was examining the corpses, suddenly shouted. Zhao Zhi hurriedly ran over, and sure enough, a corpse shaped like dead wood was still blinking. Damn, it's still a second lieutenant, Zhao Zhi looked at the rank on the collar of the tattered military uniform. "Bring it back, let Lang Zhong show it" Zhao Zhi instructed the two dog-legged men to bring this second lieutenant back first, and then expand the search area with a few people with long hair, to see if they could find some more alive.
There was the sound of something running in the grass, Zhao Zhi gestured, and everyone slowly squatted in the grass, holding guns and aiming ahead. There was a cry of birds, and it turned out to be a machete with the scouts, who had also heard the explosion and came over.
"There are people over there, there are a lot of gunshots" The machete has always been concise and to the point, and the words are like gold, and the direction he points to is the direction of the main road. "It can't be those shriveled calves on the road, right?" The old cannon smiled gloatingly, he remembered the guys who robbed them.
Grabbed Zhao Zhi, and the uncle with a face full of vicissitudes looked solemn, "Dog, we can't wade into this troubled water." You are not an immortal, you can't save so many people, and they won't listen to you. ”
Zhao Zhi nodded in frustration, he really wanted to go to the road to have a look. They are all brothers of the expeditionary force, and he wants to help them, but what Uncle Guo said is not wrong, they will not listen to a little captain, there are too many officers in the rout. His brothers could no longer give their brothers life-saving food, or they would die in the jungle.
With some ammunition collected from the corpse, Zhao Zhi and the others returned to the team. Lang Zhong, who had been waiting for a long time, ran up quickly, "Sir, the one I just brought back is a woman, there is nothing wrong with the person, but she is too hungry." The rich man just fed her half a bowl of porridge, and now she is a little refreshed, saying that he wants to see you."
The female second lieutenant's name is Yuan Qingqing, who is from the Fifth Military Hospital, and got together with several male soldiers after falling behind. They ran out of food three days ago, and a few of them were poisoned while eating wild vegetables, and the rest had to lie on their stomachs and wait to die. It was a major who blew himself up, and a major who didn't have the courage to fight with the Japanese army had the courage to blow himself up. Zhao Zhi and the others also admired that old man very much, and he destroyed himself very completely, and the corpse couldn't be put together.
After seeing Yuan Qingqing, who had recovered his spirit a little, Zhao Zhi pulled Lang Zhong to the side, and looked at Lang Zhong's pig brother look at Yuan Qingqing, Zhao Zhi kicked Lang Zhong fiercely. He didn't understand why Lang Zhong was interested in a skeleton-like woman with so many beautiful female soldiers in the team, "She is also a military doctor, I will follow you in the future, you have to protect her safety"
Xiucai found Zhao Zhi, took out the map of the captured Japanese army, and showed it to Zhao Zhi, "Sir, I have been looking at the map of the Japanese army for the past few days. You guys, this is the Japanese army's supply point, this is the place where we ambushed the Japanese army. So this red line leading directly to the river, will it be the road next to us? And it's been a few days, and we haven't met the Japanese scouts again, could it be that the Japanese army set us up again and waited for us in front? ”
Zhao Zhi looked at the valley marked by Xiucai on the map, and had to admit that what Xiucai said was very reasonable. If the Japanese army really set up a trap, it would be very dangerous for the exhausted routers to come here. For Zhao Zhi and them, the Japanese army had blocked their retreat, and everyone had been imprisoned in the Savage Mountain.