"Bring me a bowl!"

"Serve me a bowl first!"

"I'm going to have a bowl too!"

…………

Standing in front of the big iron pot buried in the snow, the soldiers of the third company of the Volunteer Army immediately surrounded them, holding their own dishes and chopsticks, and shouted to Zhang Liujin, the leader of the cooking squad who was standing in front of the big iron pot and holding the spoon.

Don't look at Zhang Liujin as a squad leader of the cooking squad, but when he followed the soldiers of the Third Company to the battlefield, he also had to take a gun to kill the enemy, compared with other veterans of the Third Company, he was unambiguous in his fighting.

It's just that before he participated in the revolution, he worked as a cook in a restaurant in the north, and after joining the revolutionary team of the Third Company, he naturally couldn't let his good cooking skills be buried, so he was assigned to the head of the cooking class.

But this Zhang Liujin, he is not only a cook who cooks well, but also plays very accurately with this marksmanship, and usually trains very hard, even if he fights with bayonets, he also performs extremely Meng Yong.

Therefore, several other soldiers in the cooking squad are mainly responsible for lighting fires and cooking, as well as the logistics support work of the third company, but Zhang Liujin, who later became the leader of the cooking squad, can go into battle with the combat troops of the third company to kill the enemy.

Seeing the hungry soldiers with rumbling stomachs, they all gathered in front of the big iron pot containing the steaming and fragrant beef soup inside, Zhang Liujin, as the leader of the cooking squad, took the big spoon in his hand and gave these soldiers one after another to eat.

Moreover, while giving food to the soldiers, Zhang Liujin reminded him kindly: "Comrades, don't worry, everyone has a share, everyone can eat, and yours are indispensable, take your time." ”

Those soldiers who had not eaten during the day had long been so hungry that their chests were close to their backs, and where could they still listen to Zhang Liujin's persuasion, so they didn't care about this, and continued to squeeze forward, wanting to have a bowl of hot and fragrant beef soup to eat a full meal earlier.

It had only been less than ten minutes, and there was not much left of the boiled beef broth.

In the army in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, it still emphasized the unity of officers and soldiers, but in this icy and snowy Korean battlefield, Zhao Yifa, the commander of the third company, and Wang Wenju, the instructor, usually ate to the soldiers first after the cooking class was served.

After the soldiers had eaten, the two of them took their own dishes and chopsticks and went to the cooking class to eat, and this time, even though the hunger of the two of them was not much worse than that of the soldiers, they still followed the custom, without any exceptions.

After seeing that the soldiers who were still scrambling to eat just now had dispersed, the company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju, who were hungry, took their lunch boxes and walked briskly in the direction of the cooking squad not far away.

When the two of them stood in front of the big iron pot, they were dumbfounded, they really didn't know if they didn't know it, and they were startled when they saw it.

More than ten minutes ago, it was still a big pot full of beef soup, but now there is only one pot base left, not to mention enough for the two of them to eat, at most it can hold half a bowl.

"Oh my God, no, this is a lot of effort, and the soldiers of our third company are too good at eating, so there is only such a little pot base left. Company commander, instructor, how can the three of us eat separately? ”

I don't know when and where Sun Lei came out, he also took his empty lunch box, stood in front of the big iron pot, first glanced at the big iron pot, then turned his head, looked at Zhao Yifa and Wang Wenju who were stunned in place, and asked in a surprised tone.

Sun Lei, as an ordinary soldier of the Third Company, should come to eat first with the other soldiers, but he felt that the soldiers around him were rushing forward, it was really unorganized and undisciplined, so he thought that when the other soldiers finished eating, it would not be too late for him to go again.

Unexpectedly, he followed the steps of company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju, but saw such a result, the remaining beef soup in the big iron pot was only a base, which made him feel crying and laughing on the spot.

Without waiting for the company commander Zhao Yifa, who didn't know what to say, and the instructor Wang Wenju accosted him, Zhang Liujin, the leader of the cooking squad standing in front of the big iron pot, shook his head helplessly while covering his shriveled stomach with his other hand, and said: "Comrade Sun Lei, it's not that you and the company commander and the instructor didn't drink a mouthful of beef soup, it's the four of us, including me." ”

As soon as the words of Zhang Liujin, the leader of the cooking squad, fell, Sun Lei asked him with a tentative tone and a smile: "I said, old squad leader, you didn't eat with other soldiers just now, didn't you hide a lot of ingredients for boiling beef soup from yourself."

"If that's the case, you see that we don't even have the commander and the instructor to eat now, so it's better to take advantage of the fact that now, you can quickly take out all the ingredients that are hidden, and let's boil half a pot again."

Zhang Liujin, the leader of the cooking squad just now, still had a helpless expression on his face, and suddenly heard that Sun Lei, a recruit who had just joined their three companies and two teams, said that he had secretly hidden the ingredients for boiling beef soup, and it was in front of the company commander and instructor, which immediately made him feel angry about it.

"Sun Lei, you little comrade, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense. I and the rest of the soldiers in the cooking class took out all the ingredients in the wooden box and boiled a large pot of beef broth.

"In front of the company commander and instructor, you can't slander my Lao Zhang's character. How can I say that he is also a veteran of our third company, and he is still one of the few party members of our third company. If you don't believe me, I can swear by my party spirit. ”

Since he became the squad leader of the three-in-a-row cooking class, Zhang Liujin has been down-to-earth and conscientious, and has never deducted a little bit of food in the company, he heard that Sun Lei framed himself for secretly hiding the ingredients for making beef soup, and immediately used a serious tone, and did not hesitate to defend himself by swearing.

What Sun Lei didn't expect in advance was that what he just said in a half-joking tone had caused such a big indignation from the cooking squad leader Zhang Liujin, making him feel that he was really a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

Sun Lei, who was ashamed, suddenly remembered at this time that he had been rewarded with an unopened wooden box by the company, which contained the "C rations" for three American soldiers.

After sighing lightly, Sun Lei hurriedly apologized to Zhang Liujin, the leader of the cooking squad, "Squad leader Zhang, I misunderstood you just now, I'm really sorry, I'm sorry to you, you have a lot, don't be like me, a rookie." ”

Zhang Liujin, the angry cooking squad leader, saw that the attitude of this recruit named Sun Lei to apologize to him was quite sincere, so he waved his hand politely, smiled slightly, and accepted it.

Since there was not even a single bit of the "C rations" of the American soldiers captured inside, Sun Lei had no choice but to carry forward the collectivist spirit of giving up his small family for everyone, ran back to the place where he was resting just now, and hugged the wooden box that had not yet been opened.

Sun Lei, who was holding a wooden box in both hands, walked up to Zhang Liujin, the leader of the cooking squad, and after handing it forward, he smiled indifferently and said: "Oh, squad leader Zhang, I still have an unopened wooden box here, which contains the same ingredients for making beef soup as just now, you can take it and boil another pot of beef soup."

"The company commander and instructor, and you and I can't go hungry. In addition, I think there are still a lot of soldiers who are not full, so let's boil more this time, so that the big guys are full and work hard when they are full. ”