Located in the Ganges Delta in northeastern India, Kolkata was designated as the capital of British India in 1772 and has since ushered in a period of rapid development into a modern metropolis on a grand scale.

In 1911, the British moved the capital of British India to New Delhi, and Kolkata's development came to a standstill, but it remained the largest trading port in eastern India.

Since the fall of Rangoon, the port of Kolkata has become the most important distribution point for the Allied forces in Southeast Asia, which is one of the reasons why General Stilwell built his training camp in Ramgarh.

On the evening of 11 July, the train in which Li Siwei and his entourage were riding slowly entered the railway station in the northern suburbs of Kolkata...... Ga ......" stopped on the platform.

"It's here! It's ......."

The soldiers who stayed on the train for two days and two nights suddenly perked up, and the noise was everywhere, "Dog's day, it's finally here......

"Gear up! Ready to get off ......"

Immediately, the roars of officers at all levels resounded throughout the carriages, "Don't worry! Don't mess around! Cheer up, don't disgrace the 66th regiment......"

"Turtle's,"

Li Siwei withdrew his gaze from the car window, slowly stood up, straightened his clothes and hat, and walked to the car door energetically.

"Snort...... Sneer......"

One by one, the doors opened.

"Bang...... Snap ......"

All the soldiers rushed out, went down to the platform, and quickly assembled, one by one, full of energy and vigorous steps.

"You're Captain Li, aren't you?"

As soon as Li Siwei got out of the car, a captain officer came over with two guards, looking at Li Siwei with a smile on his face, "Cui Jiande, the director of the preparatory department of the training camp, has been ordered to come to meet your department!" ”

"Secretary Cui has worked hard!"

Li Siwei glanced at the young officer in front of him, and smiled, "I don't know how far the training camp is?" ”

"The training camp is still three days away,"

Officer Cui hurriedly smiled, "At present, the training camp is still in the preparation stage, and the boats bound for the training camp are not enough...... Your unit needs to rest all night in the camp in the eastern suburbs, and you will be able to board the ship early tomorrow morning! ”

The camp in the eastern suburbs was built next to a temporary wharf, rows of simple wooden houses were neatly arranged, and piles of materials were piled up into a hill inside, and groups of soldiers and laborers were busy in the camp, dark-skinned laborers were busy carrying supplies, and neatly dressed soldiers patrolled and supervised.

Li Siwei and his entourage followed Officer Cui straight into the camp, and quickly two white-skinned officers greeted him, greeted him warmly, and then stood aside and looked at Li Siwei and his entourage, with a big smile on his face, "Great!" Top ......"

The Chinese was a little sloppy, and Li Siwei could understand it, so he hurriedly smiled, "Great!" Top ......"

Seeing this, Director Cui shook his head with a wry smile and looked at Li Siwei, "Head Li, they will also say this......"

As he spoke, Officer Cui pointed to a row of wooden houses in the corner of the camp, "You arrange for your brother to take a bath first......

"Take a bath?"

Li Siwei was stunned and looked at Director Cui suspiciously, "Do you want to take a bath?" ”

"Hmm,"

Officer Cui smiled and nodded, "Every time fifty people go in, after taking a shower, they go out through the back door, get new equipment in the backyard, and get vaccinated...... Then it's time to rest. ”

"Oh,"

After hearing this, Li Siwei nodded hurriedly, "I'll arrange it!" ”

After that, Li Siwei hurriedly passed the order, and as soon as the soldiers heard that they were going to change their equipment after taking a bath, they were immediately overjoyed, and Hou Zhenhua rushed to the door of the bathroom with the first batch of soldiers.

"Clothes! Clothes ......"

At the door of the bathroom, two sturdy guards stood pointing to the clothes on the soldiers and waving their hands again and again, "Take it off!" Take off ......"

"Uh......"

The soldiers understood what they meant, hesitated for a moment, unloaded their backpacks, took off their military uniforms, and rushed to the bathroom door naked.

Two guards counted the number of people, and when they counted fifty, they closed the door.

Li Siwei watched silently from the side, couldn't help but be a little worried, and hurriedly found Director Cui, with a look of embarrassment, "Officer Cui, my wife is also in the team......"

"Uh......"

Officer Cui was stunned, his face full of surprise, "Your lady also came out of the mountains?" ”

"Hmmm......"

On the same day, Wu Ruolan jumped out of the car without permission, and if it was serious, it was disobedience, Li Siwei naturally didn't want to say it clearly, so he had to sigh softly, "This matter is a bit complicated......

"Mosa,"

Li Siwei didn't say anything, and Secretary Cui didn't want to ask again, so he shook his head with a smile, "You ask her to go back later, and then ...... Anyway, the bathroom is empty! ”

"That's good!"

Li Siwei breathed a sigh of relief, "The foreigners are over there...... I also have to bother Secretary Cui to say hello! ”

"Easy!"

Officer Cui smiled, turned around and walked to the two white officers standing far away, and said a few words with a smile to the two of them before hurriedly coming over, "Commander Li, no problem!" ”

"Thank you!"

Li Siwei smiled and nodded, turned around and went to the back team to find Wu Ruolan, secretly a little lucky.

The army has its own rules in the army, and if you meet a rigid person, this matter is really a bit difficult to organize.

Wu Ruolan was taking care of the wounded in the back team, and when she saw Li Siwei coming in a hurry, she greeted her with some surprise, "Siwei, what's wrong?" ”

"Hmmm......"

Li Siwei explained the matter in a whisper, and at the end gently patted Wu Ruolan on the shoulder, "Don't worry!" Foreigners seem to be very talkative, you just wait for me here! ”

"Mo Shi,"

Wu Ruolan nodded with a smile, "Don't be afraid of them, you are the head of the regiment!" ”

"Uh......"

Li Siwei was stunned and smiled self-deprecatingly, "Turtle'er, when you come to the territory of foreigners, why is Lao Tzu empty?" ”

The organizers of the training camp were Americans, and the territory was British...... The situation is a bit complicated, and Li Siwei has not yet figured out the situation, so he is naturally much more cautious.

But there's nothing wrong with being cautious!

At the beginning of night, all the soldiers took a bath, got vaccinated, received new equipment, and settled down in the barracks.

The barracks were clean, and the wire beds were neatly arranged.

The new equipment is complete, including military uniforms, shoes and hats, military blankets, mosquito nets, water bottles, mosquito masks, and even a box of anti-mosquito oil and a box of anti-locust powder.

"Turtle's,"

The barracks was brightly lit, and Li Siwei sat on the edge of the bed, playing with the 666 powder box in his hand, with a worried look on his face, "This thing...... It's poisonous! ”

"Oh?"

Shi Meng, Huang Hua and the others who were sitting on the side looked at Li Siwei one after another, their faces full of doubts, "Dog's day, what are you doing with poison to Lao Tzu?" ”

"Look!"

Li Siwei picked up the box and pointed to the instructions on it, "The ingredient of this thing is hexachlorocyclohexane......

As a college student who graduated from science and engineering, Li Siwei knows more or less about the harm of HCH to the human body.

However, where did Huang Hua and the others know, they looked at the English instructions on the box and looked at them at a loss.

"Hmm,"

Seeing this, Li Siwei had to point to the following taboo matters and explained, "What about this, you must not ...... it"

"Captain Li,"

As soon as Li Siwei spoke, Officer Cui walked in with a smile, "The food has been prepared, you can send some brothers over to get it." ”

"Okay!"

Li Siwei hurriedly put down the box, got up and went to touch the cigarette, "I'll let people go over and get ......."

As he spoke, Li Siwei took out two cigarettes and handed one to Officer Cui.

Officer Cui took the cigarette with a smile, "Let the brothers go, just take it, the rice and mutton are enough...... The Allies are generous! ”

"There's a lot of fat pork, huh?"

Hearing this, Sun Dali stood up with excitement on his face, "Turtle'er, I haven't eaten pork for more than a month, and it takes several pots of pork stewed vermicelli to satisfy my ......cravings."

"Yes to ......"

Shi Menghuanghua and others hurriedly agreed.

There is no shortage of meat to eat on the road, but the meat of those wild animals still tastes a little different from pork.

"Uh......"

Officer Cui was stunned for a moment, and quickly shook his head, "That...... Pork is really hard to come by. ”

As he spoke, Officer Cui lowered his voice, "The people here all believe in *** religion, and they don't have pork...... We can't eat pork either! ”

"And this is exquisite?"

The generals were immediately a little stunned.

"Turtle's,"

Li Siwei swept away the generals, "The so-called following the customs of the locals have been memorized by Lao Tzu!" ”

As he spoke, Li Siwei looked at Director Cui again, and humbly asked, "Director Cui, are there any other taboos?" ”

"That's what the lowly knows is this!"

Officer Cui shook his head, his eyes fell on the 666 powder box that Li Siwei put next to the bed, his expression moved, and he pointed to the box, "And this...... This thing is very effective against locusts, but you must be careful when using it, that thing is poisonous ......"

The acute toxicity of 666 powder is small, but it will accumulate in the central nervous system and adipose tissue after entering the human body through gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tract and skin absorption, thereby causing damage to the nervous system, respiratory system and organs.

"It's really poisonous!"

After listening to Officer Cui's explanation, the generals were a little afraid, "Lao Tzu don't want this, let them return all the original things of Lao Tzu......"

The ointment was packed in a bamboo tube and was carried by the soldiers, but after taking a bath, the original backpack, military uniform, shoes and hats, weapons, water bottles, and bamboo tubes were ...... Except for the ocean, all belongings were taken away by foreigners.

"So those things?"

Officer Cui was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help shaking his head and smiling bitterly, "It's all burned, and I won't come back......"

"Burned?"

Even Li Siwei was shocked, "Those things can still be used!" ”

"That's right!"

The generals were immediately excited.

"Holy shit, how can it just burn like this? That's not bad......"

"That's it, Lao Tzu's leather shoes don't even have a hole......"

"Those kettles are made of brass, and they're worth a lot of ......."

"The military blanket that Lao Tzu got from the little devil is thick and warm......"

Seeing the excited appearance of the generals, Officer Cui had no choice but to look at Li Siwei with a gloomy expression, and explained in a low voice, "Head Li, this ...... It's also to prevent diseases! ”

"Hmm,"

Li Siwei naturally understood, but the family wealth that he had saved with great difficulty was burned down, and it was inevitable that there was still some pain in his flesh, but he had to wave his hand helplessly, looked at the generals and sighed softly, "Forget it, if the old doesn't go, the new won't come!" ”

Hearing this, the generals had to sigh helplessly.

"Let's eat first!"

Seeing that the generals looked depressed, Li Siwei had to reluctantly lift his spirits, "Mess him with a few big fat sheep and let the brothers have a beautiful meal......"

"Okay!"

As soon as it came to food, the generals immediately came to their senses, dispersed in a hurry, and arranged dinner for each other.

As Officer Cui said, the allies were very generous, but Li Siwei and his party of more than 500 people brought back 15 whole sheep, basically one platoon can be divided into one head, some borrowed the cooking utensils in the camp and stewed, and some built a grill and roasted...... They were so busy that they all smiled.

In a short time, the aroma of barbecue and stew filled the camp, and laughter and laughter were everywhere.

Along the way, the soldiers have been gnawing on dry food for several days, and at this time, smelling the aroma of meat, where do they remember the belongings that were burned?

"Holy shit,"

Wang Liugen turned the simple grill made of wooden sticks, his face full of excitement, "It's the first time I've eaten meat like this when I've grown so big!" Good boy, a whole sheep! ”

"Hey, hey,"

Huang Hua was also smiling, "It's wider than the beef that the head of the regiment made in Taiping Village!" ”

Speaking of Taiping Village, Shi Meng and Sun Dali also laughed, "When will the whole beef stew be comfortable!" That taste...... Gee! ”

"yes!"

Li Siwei smiled and nodded, his expression was full of remembrance, "Time flies so fast, it's been five years in the blink of an eye......"

Five years have passed, many brothers who had eaten beef in Taiping Village have left, and many brothers who have not been to Taiping Village have joined in, but that memory has always been buried in Li Siwei's heart and has never been forgotten.

"Sid, is it baked?"

At this moment, Wu Ruolan walked over and changed into a brand-new military uniform, with a heroic spirit in her pretty, a playful smile on her pretty face that was cleanly washed, and a brisk voice, "I also want to eat roast mutton......

"It's coming!"

Li Siwei turned his head, stretched out his hand and pulled Wu Ruolan to sit down beside him, and looked at her with a smile, "Now, you can be lazy......"

"I don't want to be lazy!"

Wu Ruolan pursed her lips, a little aggrieved, "But, I can't understand a word of what those sisters said......

There are a group of medical staff in the camp, but they are all foreigners, and after they took over the sick number of the wounded, Wu Ruolan couldn't help much because of the language barrier.

"Moshit!"

Hearing this, Li Siwei patted the back of her hand lightly and comforted her softly, "It's good to get used to it for a while!" Those local doctors can't speak Chinese, can't you still help? ”

"Yes!"

Hearing this, Wu Ruolan perked up and smiled again, "I'll go back after dinner...... There's always a way to talk to them! ”

"That's right!"

Li Siwei smiled and nodded, "Besides, when you get to the training camp, there are still your sister Rou'er!" ”

"Cooked! Cooked......"

As soon as Li Siwei's words fell, Wang Liugen shouted happily, "Quick, get the plate ready......

"Okay!"

The brothers sitting around the fire got up, picked up the plates and handed them over.

Wang Liugen, Huang Hua, Sun Dali and others picked up knives and cut them on the whole sheep that was roasted to a golden brown.

In a short time, only a skeleton remains.

As the night wore on, laughter and laughter still wafted through the campfires.