"By the way, Lao Wang, we don't have millet and white noodles now. Wait, let the cooking squad boil a pot of soup for the soldiers. You can't boil a pot of boiled water and let the soldiers drink it. ”

Zhao Yifa, the commander of the third company of the Volunteer Army, suddenly thought of the practical problem that they had run out of food two days ago, so he raised it to his old partner instructor Wang Wenju.

Just now, Wang Wenju, as an instructor, was still very happy that Sun Lei, a new recruit, came up with the idea of taking a military flag of the South Korean army to fool the way that there might be a pilot of the US fighter plane in the air at night.

When Zhao Yifa raised this question, Wang Wenju realized the seriousness, as the so-called Qiao woman is difficult to cook without rice, and now the hidden danger of not being able to make a fire at night has been eliminated, but what to cook has become another problem that bothers them.

After thinking for a moment, Wang Wenju spread out his hands and said in a slightly helpless tone: "Lao Zhao, don't say it, I really forgot about the fact that we ran out of food two days ago because of a moment of excitement just now."

"Since we don't even have food now, we have to boil a pot of hot water, and then ask the big guys to brew the fried noodles they were allocated with hot water and eat them. For now, that's all we can do. ”

After listening to the conversation between company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju, Sun Lei, a recruit who had not yet left, inadvertently caught a glimpse of the wooden box containing the US soldier's "C rations" that was placed more than ten meters away.

He just glanced at it twice, and then suddenly had an idea, and thought of a solution, Sun Lei pretended to be mysterious and smiled: "I said, company commander, instructor, don't worry too much."

"Hehe, although our three companies ran out of food two days ago, I have now come up with a good way, tonight, the comrades of the cooking class can cook a pot of fragrant rice. And, I'm sure, the food is no worse than that of the American soldiers. ”

Zhao Yifa, the company commander who was at a loss, after listening to what Sun Lei said, he said disapprerovingly: "Sun Lei, you monkey cub." You don't talk big about me and the instructor here, we don't even have a little food for the three of us, what can you do to let the comrades in the cooking class cook, you are just nonsense. ”

As an instructor, Wang Wenju has a different opinion from the company commander Zhao Yifa, he looked at Sun Lei standing in front of him with expectant eyes, and said with a pleasant face: "Comrade Sun Lei, I know that you kid has a lot of methods, don't continue to sell Guanzi, quickly tell me what you want to do, let me listen to it with the company commander." ”

Sun Lei, who was grumbling with hunger, saw the attitude of the company commander Zhao Yifa towards him, and originally wanted to sell the guanzi, but when he saw that the instructor Wang Wenju's attitude towards him was still excellent, he decided to simply say his thoughts.

What's more, the method he came up with was not only to fill his own stomach, but also to sit around and walk away hungry for a day like him.

After sorting out his thoughts a little, Sun Lei first pointed with his finger, and the one more than ten meters away in front of him contained the unopened wooden box containing the US soldier's "C rations".

Immediately afterwards, he said everything in his heart at this time: "Instructor, company commander, look at it." Isn't that the 'C ration' that our captured American soldiers ate......"

Zhao Yifa, the company commander who was in an extremely anxious mood, suddenly interrupted Sun Lei's words at this time, and said angrily: "You don't need to say this, I don't have to be blind with the instructor, you just go straight to the point and say, just let the comrades in the cooking class cook tonight, I don't want to listen to other nonsense." ”

Facing the company commander Zhao Yifa interrupting his words, Sun Lei was not angry, just smiled slightly, and continued: "In the 'C rations' eaten by this American soldier, there must be starch and dehydrated vegetables and beans, as well as beef, and a small amount of seasoning.

"There is no need to worry about the fire being discovered by US fighters who may be conducting reconnaissance in the air tonight, and now that we have the same ingredients as the US soldiers eat, are we still worried that the comrades of our cooking class will not be able to cook a big pot of fragrant and good rice."

After Sun Lei finished speaking, the company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju, who listened attentively, immediately applauded with emotion, and invariably praised and said: "Okay, Comrade Sun Lei, the method you came up with is good, it's really good." ”

Next, instructor Wang Wenju asked the comrades of the cooking class to take away the unopened wooden boxes containing the "C rations" eaten by the US soldiers.

After opening the seal, I took out the starch, beans, dehydrated vegetables, beef, and spices from the wooden box.

Since there was no river within a radius of several kilometers in the area where they were now, the water needed for cooking had to be cleaned of snow, and after a fire had been made, it was put into a hot iron pot to boil water.

You must know that the snow that sticks together can only be turned into a small amount of water, and the required half pot of water alone makes the comrades in the cooking class busy for more than half an hour, putting it into the hot iron pot again and again, and they are very busy.

In this compartment, the comrades of the cooking squad were very busy, and the other soldiers of the third company were not idle, except for one squad to be responsible for guarding, the other soldiers were responsible for finding some dry trees nearby for fire. 、

Sun Lei was the only one who didn't have to go around collecting firewood, but found a slender branch, hung up the flag of the South Korean army he had captured, and planted it in the place where their third company was.

In addition, in order to let the US military planes that may conduct reconnaissance in the night sky see this military flag clearly, Sun Lei also built a few fires next to it, and the soldiers who came back after collecting firewood gathered around those fires to keep warm.

It took about an hour or so for the comrades of the cooking class of the Third Company of the Volunteer Army to finally boil a large pot of beef soup with great effort, and the fragrance wafted everywhere where their Third Company was.

Smelling the smell of the beef soup wafting over, the soldiers who were squatting next to the fire to keep warm were all greedy, and ten of them still had saliva left in their mouths.

"Comrades, the comrades of our cooking class have already boiled a big pot of fragrant beef soup...... "Instructor Wang Wenju came to the soldiers and said with a smile on his face.

But before he could finish speaking, the soldiers who were still squatting by the fires to keep warm just now stood up one after another, took the dishes and chopsticks in their hands, and rushed to the cooking class not far away......