Chapter Seventy-Three: Dinner
The main course of dinner is a pot of chicken soup, with a few plates of greens and home-brewed sorghum wine.
In other words, this pot of chicken soup may not be much to me in modern times, but for me now...... Alas! I don't know how long it's been since I've eaten hot soup, in my impression, I've drunk it a few times on the front line, but it's also mushroom soup, not only vegetarian but also hasn't added much condiment, so although it's delicious, I always feel like there's something missing.
Now this pot of chicken soup is carefully cooked, and of course it tastes better than mushroom soup, so how can I bear it...... Immediately held a large piece of the sea bowl to eat.
The one is enjoyable, but the appearance is a little ugly. But fortunately, Zhang Fan's parents are also understanding people, and they know that our soldiers live a hard life on the front line, and it is normal to have such a reaction, so not only do they not mind, but they always kindly persuade me to eat more.
Later, I learned from Zhang Fan that this pot of chicken soup was the only hen in their family that laid eggs, and her mother would pick up an egg every day for her father to replenish his body.
I regret hearing that...... I originally thought it was just a chicken, but in modern times, it is not something that can be eaten as much as you want, who would have known that people in this era even the life of a military commander is so hard. If you know this, where can you drink this chicken soup!
But Zhang Fan didn't care, but praised me: "My parents know that you saved me twice on the battlefield, but they don't know how to repay you, so the more you eat, the happier they will be!" ”
That's true, but it's easy to repay me...... Just let your daughter make a promise!
It's just that I just think about it, and I'm not stupid enough to say it...... What else can you gain by saying it in this way other than being offensive?
"Xiao Yang!" After three rounds of drinking. Commander Zhang opened the conversation: "I don't know much about the other battles you fought. But ......"
Commander Zhang paused. After a full hiccups, he continued: "These two times to save Xiaofan...... I listened to Xiaofan in detail! ”
"Dad, you ......" Zhang Fan blushed and wanted to protest, but was interrupted by Commander Zhang waving his hand.
"It's not easy!" Commander Zhang handed me a glass of wine and said solemnly: "Many people say that your battle in the field hospital was luck...... I don't think so! You have to know that you are dealing with well-trained Vietnamese devil agents, and almost one person against a platoon, defeating the special forces with special operations methods...... Who the fuck has that luck to fuck a few devil agents! ”
"Lao Zhang!" The aunt said on the side: "Speak Sven, people are guests!" ”
Then my aunt turned to me and said, "Xiao Yang, don't mind, your Uncle Zhang is also a soldier, a rough man!" ”
Hearing this, I couldn't help laughing: "Auntie, you are too polite." Am I too? If this soldier doesn't have a rough tone, how can he fight devils on the battlefield? ”
"Right...... Yeah! Commander Zhang patted my arm and said: "This is said to my heart, being a soldier is to be rude, to be arrogant, like a girl and fight a fart!" Ignore them, let's continue ......"
"Squeak!" At this time, there was a brake sound outside the door, followed by a few knocks accompanied by a baritone: "Uncle Zhang, I sent you the documents you wanted!" ”
"It's Xiao Chen!" The aunt quickly got up and greeted a young soldier with a white face and a neat military appearance.
I don't know weishenme, as soon as he came in I felt a kind of hostility. Sensitive, I quickly realized that it was because of Zhang Fan.
It seems that they are rivals in love...... Seeing this, I couldn't help but glance at Zhang Fan, but I saw her face full of unhappiness. It seems that he was discouraged by the arrival of the young soldiers, so he understood Zhang Fan's intentions.
"Hmm, Xiaofan is back? There was also a guest ...... "The young soldier stretched out his hand to me with a smile on his face and asked, "Who is this ......?"
"Yang Xuefeng!" I got up and shook my hand politely.
"Hmm, it turns out that you are Yang Xuefeng!" The middle-aged soldier's face was stunned for a moment, and a trace of jealousy flashed in his eyes, and then he quickly pretended to be happy and held my hand with both hands and said, "Oh, it turns out that you are Xiaofan's life-saving benefactor, thank you so much!" xiexie you saved the little sails......"
Depend on! I couldn't help but curse in my heart: This guy is going to play tricks, he said as if he was thanking me, but in fact, he was clearly demonstrating to me or implying that my Xiaofan's relationship with him was extraordinary, otherwise what did I have to do with him if I saved Zhang Fan.
Zhang Fan was immediately unhappy, but because of the inconvenience of his parents beside him, he had to sit on the side with an unhappy face and not speak.
Commander Zhang is also a smart man, how could he not know the trick he played, so he immediately interrupted the young soldier's words and introduced to me: "This is Chen Jiahao, the regimental staff officer of the Ninth Frontier Division, and Xiaofan has known each other since childhood...... Jiahao, you came just in time, let's listen to Xiao Yang's introduction of the next battle experience, maybe it will help you! ”
Commander Zhang obviously didn't put this Chen Jiahao on the same level as me.
Later, I learned that in fact, this Chen Jiahao is the son of the commander of the Ninth Frontier Division, and the commander of the Ninth Division is Zhang Lao's old subordinate, so this Chen Jiahao grew up with Zhang Fan since he was a child, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a childhood sweetheart.
Everyone can see that he is interested in Zhang Fan, but Zhang Fan doesn't like him like that, so he wants to compare me everywhere......
"Huh!" Listening to Commander Zhang's words, Chen Jiahao laughed a few times in embarrassment: "Yes! I heard that Comrade Yang Xuefeng has won many battles on the front line, and I want to study hard! Otherwise...... How to command the troops to fight! ”
Although Chen Jiahao's words were polite, I clearly heard the disbelief in this tone, and even a little provocative. Especially zuihou sentence...... That's clearly reminding me that he's commanding a regiment!
"Xiao Yang!" Commander Zhang put Chen Jiahao aside and continued to say to me: "This second battle ...... It makes me even more surprised the more I listen to it, one person with six soldiers can actually block the attack of a company of more devils? And most of them are still female soldiers...... At first, I suspected that Xiaofan was bragging, but then I read the newspaper and believed it...... Well played! Well played! Come, I'll toast you! ”
I knew that Commander Zhang was talking about the battle on the Nameless Heights, so I replied, "Actually...... That time we had a geographical advantage, otherwise it would be impossible to stop a company! ”
"Huh!" Commander Zhang objected: "No matter how big the geographical advantage is...... Your Uncle Zhang has also been on the battlefield and fought, ordinary people see that the feet are soft, and you can still keep a cool head to analyze the battlefield situation, and make reasonable use of the terrain to distribute firepower, especially Zuihou's move...... How did you come up with the idea of hiding in the ruins to fool the Yue devils? ”
Hearing this, I couldn't help but praise in my heart, sure enough, it was still an insider to watch the doorway, and a layman to see the excitement, Commander Zhang said the key to the victory of this battle in a few words.
"Look at what you said!" The aunt interjected on the side: "If Xiao Yang didn't think of this trick, then our daughter would be gone?" ”
Commander Zhang couldn't help but be stunned, and then hahadaxiao: "Yes, yes, yes...... Look at what I said, punish yourself with three cups! Self-punishment for three cups ......"
Zhang Fan hurriedly persuaded on the side: "Dad, drink less!" ”
"It's okay, it's okay!" Commander Zhang smiled: "I'm happy today, come ...... Xiao Yang, let's not get drunk! ”
"Don't get drunk!" I ignored Zhang Fan's eyes and touched a few glasses with Commander Zhang, only to be so angry that Zhang Fan secretly kicked me twice under the table.
Actually, I'm also greedy...... I haven't had a drink in a long time. On the other hand, he also hit it off with Commander Zhang at first sight, so he aroused the joy of drinking.
"Comrade Yang Xuefeng!" At this time, Chen Jiahao raised his glass to me and asked, "I don't know which military school you graduated from?" ”
"I didn't go to military school!" I say.
"Oh!" Chen Jiahao said with some regret: "I still said it...... Originally, with your merits, being a battalion commander was enough. I didn't go to military school......"
"Aren't there many battalion commanders in our army who have not gone to military school?" Zhang Fan seemed to be unable to hold back any longer, and retorted loudly: "Why can't we be able to do it if others can!" ”
"You can't say that, Xiao Fan!" Chen Jiahao seemed to have known that someone would say this, so he replied seriously: "I have done research...... There is a common problem in our troops, that is, the military quality is not high enough, and many grassroots cadres cannot read the map, and this will cause great trouble on the battlefield and sometimes even bring great casualties to the troops...... From this point of view, I believe that the rectification and reform of the troops should start with improving the military quality of the grassroots units! ”
I have to admit that this Chen Jiahao has two hands, his trick is to promote his strengths and avoid weaknesses, on the surface he is righteous and stern, but in fact, he is looking for my weaknesses to attack.
"That's right...... Zhang Fan replied without showing weakness: "But I think this military quality is not from the military academy, the battlefield is the place to practice hard kung fu, some people have not entered the military academy, the military quality is also top, some people have studied in the military academy for several years, and they dare not go to the ...... on the battlefield."
In fact, Chen Jiahao has not been on the battlefield, but it is just because he is a staff officer, and he usually sorts out documents or formulates combat jihua at the regiment headquarters.
"Huh! Xiao Fan ......" Commander Zhang saw that the atmosphere was a little wrong, so he interrupted Zhang Fan's words and said, "If you don't know what is happening on the battlefield, don't talk nonsense." People have also been on the battlefield, but the division of labor is different! ”
Then Commander Zhang turned to me and asked, "Xiao Yang, what do you think about this?" ”
So I understood that Commander Zhang was not just talking to me, but probably wanted to know how to start reorganizing the troops so that they could better and faster adapt to the front-line war. (To be continued......)