The next afternoon, the police platoon leader and others came back. Regardless of fatigue, he reported to Li Yunlong as soon as he got off the horse.
He said: "Captain, the brigade commander thinks that the intelligence sent by our regiment is very important. He has sent someone to send this information to the headquarters. The brigade commander said that the information provided by this intelligence is consistent with the intelligence from other places. Confirmation, it is basically certain that the Japanese army is about to launch a large-scale attack on our area. He asked me to inform you to quickly gather the troops and prepare to perform the task of covering the retreat of the headquarters."
Hearing that there was going to be a big battle, Li Yunlong was very excited. He rubbed his hands and said: "I have been holding back for so long in Xingjiazhuang. I can't bear the idleness. Now it's better. I can have fun with the little devils." Have a quick fight.
Immediately notify each battalion and company to gather the troops, move closer to the regiment headquarters, and prepare for battle. "
"Yes," the platoon leader replied loudly.
Just as he was about to walk out, he suddenly remembered something and turned back and said: "Regiment commander, the brigade commander also asked about the source of this information, and I said it was captured by Xu Dalong, the cooking squad of our regiment headquarters.
The brigade commander said, Commander Li is really good at leading troops. The new regiment is so powerful that even a cook in the cooking class is so powerful. When I get back, I will tell you, Captain Li, to reward this cook well. "
Li Yunlong suddenly became nervous. He stared and said, "About the Type 92 infantry gun, you didn't disclose it to the brigade commander, did you?"
Li Yunlong was really worried. The new regiment had a Type 92 infantry gun. If the brigade commander found out, he would probably be ordered to hand it over. This Type 92 infantry gun is Li Yunlong's treasure, and he is reluctant to hand it over.
What kind of leader leads what kind of soldiers? The police platoon leader has followed Li Yunlong for so long, so of course he understands his thoughts. He immediately said: "Captain, don't worry. The money will not be leaked, I understand."
"Good boy, I assume you understand. Okay, you can go." Li Yunlong waved his hand and said with satisfaction.
After the police platoon leader left, Li Yunlong said to Wang Xiaohu: "Huzi, go and call Xu Dalong."
Li Yunlong felt that Xu Dalong was really unworthy of his talents. He wanted to announce Xu Dalong's award in person and then ask him to report to the police platoon.
Not long after, Wang Xiaohu came back and said, "Captain, Xu Dalong is not here. He went out to fish for the health team."
Li Yunlong was a little confused when he heard this, and he cursed: "That's nonsense. It's freezing. Where can we go fishing?"
Wang Xiaohu said: "Captain, it's true. The people in the cooking class said that Xu Dalong took a soldier to go fishing in Shili River."
Shili River is a small river that flows under Cangyun Ridge and is a tributary of Fen River. There are fish in summer. But in this cold winter, I don’t know how Xu Dalong can fish out of it? The troops of the new regiment were gathering towards Xingjiazhuang. Li Yunlong had nothing to do for a while. He became interested and ordered: "Huzi, prepare your horses, let's go and take a look."
Since Xu Dalong declined Li Yunlong's arrangement and returned to the cooking class, he received a hero's welcome. The soldiers in the class all admire Xu Dalong very much. No matter what he does, there are people rushing to do it for him. Even his clothes are washed for him.
At the beginning, Xu Dalong enjoyed this atmosphere, but soon he became too idle and wanted to find something to do by himself.
At this moment, the health captain came over. After seeing Xu Dalong, he said with a smile: "Brother Dalong, a few more wounded soldiers from the first battalion need to increase their nutrition. Although we still have some pork, eating pork alone is not effective. Okay, can you get some more beef and mutton? Fish and meat are also fine."
Now that the officers and soldiers of the new regiment knew that Xu Dalong was capable, they naturally thought of him when dealing with supplies.
Xu Dalong had nothing to do, so he immediately agreed and said: "This is easy to say. Beef and mutton are difficult to get, but the fish is still fine. I will take care of the wounded to eat enough."
Xu Dalong took two steamed sweet potatoes, crushed them, broke them into small pieces, added half a basin of cornmeal, a small amount of white flour, poured some white wine, and then put them all in the basin and stirred vigorously. Finally, cover it with a few more pieces of dip cloth, cover it with a pot lid, and place it next to the stove.
Xu Dalong asked Lao Wangtou for some change, and went to the village to buy some large sewing needles. When he came back, he burned them red in the fire, bent them with pliers, and made a simple fishhook.
Early the next morning, Xu Dalong opened the washbasin, put the fermented fish bait into a jar, and brought a soldier from the cooking class with him, carrying a big pickaxe, a bamboo pole, a sack, and the fish bait. Carrying two horses, he walked down the mountain.
Xu Dalong and others came to the river, walked along the river bank for a while, found a river bend, and then came to the ice.
The winter in northwest Shanxi is extremely cold and freezing. The river freezes at least three inches, and the ice is stable when you step on it. Xu Dalong carefully chose a position, kicked the snow on the ice with his feet, and asked the soldier to use a big pickaxe to shave the ice.
Soon, a hole the size of a washbasin was dug out of the ice. Xu Dalong sat on the edge of the cave, took the twine holding the soles of his shoes, tied it to the bamboo pole, attached the fishhook, took out the bait from the jar, first sprinkled some into the water, and made a nest.
Xu Dalong waited for about ten minutes and then lowered the fishing line.
The soldier was also sitting next to him, looking longingly at the ice hole. Although he felt that Xu Dalong's matter was a bit unreliable, he still hoped that Xu Dalong could really catch fish from it.
After Xu Dalong put down the fishing line, within a minute, the fish float made of reed rods started to move. Xu Dalong took the rod and lifted up a crucian carp that was more than half a foot long. Then Xu Dalong caught fish one after another like a performance.
Shili River is a small river with not many fish. However, when the water is cold in winter, fish will gather in deeper areas, so the number of fish here is relatively dense. In winter, it is difficult for fish to find food and they are hungry. When they smell the fragrance of bait, they rush to grab food, so Xu Dalong is able to connect the rod.
The little soldier was dumbfounded, then smiled happily and took the initiative to help Xu Dalong pick the fish and put it into a sack. In more than an hour, less than half of the sack was filled.
Li Yunlong and Huzi rode down the hillside and saw Xu Dalong sitting on the river from a distance. He rode his horse to the river, dismounted, handed the reins to Hu Zi, and came to the ice.
Xu Dalong and others saw the group leader coming and stood up quickly.
Li Yunlong asked: "Did you catch a fish?"
Xu Dalong smiled lightly and did not say anything.
The little soldier rushed to say: "Report to the leader, there are really fish in the river. We have caught a lot. Take a look."
As he said that, he opened the sack. There were many frozen and hard crucian carp inside the sack, which was half the size of the sack.
Li Yunlong believed it now, and he said: "Xu Dalong, you really have some tricks up your sleeve, let me try."
Li Yunlong is very interested and wants to enjoy it himself.
Xu Dalong handed him the bamboo pole and loaded the bait for him.
The fish in the river really gave Li Yunlong face. It didn't take long before Li Yunlong caught one. He was very happy. He loaded the bait and put the fishing rod down again.
Unfortunately, he sat there for almost ten minutes and couldn't catch another fish.
Li Yunlong said depressedly: "Damn it, Dalong, did you catch all the fish? Why is there no fish when I come?"
Xu Dalong put his head close to the ice hole, looked down, and said: "Commander, don't worry, there will be fish soon, there should be big fish." As he said that, he helped Li Yunlong change the bait.
Li Yunlong was doubtful and turned his attention to the fish float again. Suddenly the float started shaking, and then it went black. As soon as Li Yunlong lifted the fishing rod, the fishing line was pulled straight, and even the fishing rod bent.
The little soldier shouted: "I've hit a big fish."
It turned out that the reason why the crucian carp in the river ran away was because a big fish came.
Li Yunlong's family is in the south. He often fished when he was a child and is very experienced. He walked the fish steadily for several minutes, and finally pulled up a large carp weighing more than two kilograms.
He was very happy and caught several more carp weighing more than a pound in one go.
He persisted for a while, and when he saw that there were no more fish, he stood up and handed the fishing rod to Xu Dalong. He said with satisfaction: "Xu Dalong, you are really talented. Just stay in the cooking class and help Lao Wangtou get more supplies."
Returning to the cooking class, Lao Wangtou and the soldiers in the cooking class were very happy to see that they had gained so much.
Xu Dalong first made crucian carp soup for the wounded members of the health team. Of course, he would not do things like disemboweling, disemboweling, or scraping fish scales. After others had finished cleaning up, he made the fish soup himself.
Not to mention, Xu Dalong's craftsmanship is really good. The crucian carp soup he makes is milky white and smells very fragrant. When you drink it in your mouth, the taste is even more delicious.
After the fish soup was delivered to the health team, the health captain was very happy. He said: "Dalong, you are really capable. I will tell the team leader that you will also help to get the medicine for our health team in the future."
Each battalion and company of the new regiment came to the vicinity of Xingjiazhuang one after another, waiting for their superiors to issue formal combat orders.
Zhang Dabiao, the commander of the first battalion, is Li Yunlong's right-hand man and close confidant. Zhang Dabiao is a tall man with a strong back, big head, big eyes, and is powerful and sturdy. He practiced martial arts since he was a child and served as a platoon leader in the 29th Army Sword Team. During the Battle of Xifengkou, he killed nine Japanese soldiers in one breath with a sword. He was a rare tiger general.
After he arrived at the regiment headquarters, he saw that the food at the regiment headquarters was very good, including fish and meat. He was a little curious and found out that there was a capable person hiding in the cooking class, so he came to the cooking class to meet Xu Dalong for a while.
