The first letter delivery failed like this.
While the six people were drying their clothes, platoon leader Hu Zhijun held a keynote meeting there.
Wang Ke was the only soldier allowed to attend.
There are no flying pigeons to deliver messages, and there are no telephone calls. Now the command platoon has lost all contact with the company, the regiment, and the farm logistics. There is no food, no vegetables, no oil, salt, no non-staple food, no kerosene, and there is no coal to burn right away. What to do for heating?
"If there is nothing to burn, we can dismantle the doors, windows and door frames over there. It will be difficult if there is no food. Let's eat one meal a day, so that we can last for a week." The telephone monitor suggested.
"Let me see, let's have some porridge. There are still some rice grains on the floor of the warehouse over there. Can we get them back?" Huang Zhonghe, the wireless monitor, said.
"We encountered the same problem as the Red Army back then, no food or food! I was thinking that the cars given to us could not come in, and we were cut off from news. The company commander, regiment commander, and division commander must be more anxious than us. Think about it, everyone. The solution, looking at the snow in front of us, we need to persist for at least 20 days." Platoon leader Hu Zhijun stood up, walked to the window, and said outside. "This year is an extreme weather event that has never happened in a century. We are still not prepared enough."
Platoon leader Hu Zhijun turned around and said to Wang Ke: "Wang Ke, you have a lot of clever ideas. Say a few words."
Wang Ke was a little shy. It was his first time to participate in such a keynote meeting. After looking at several squad leaders, he said: "I think the food problem is not difficult to solve. Didn't our command platoon participate in field survival training before? Haven't we all experienced the test of harsh living environments..."
"Wang Ke is talking about the important point." Squad leader Yueyang interrupted him. If it hadn't been for the snow, he would have returned to the company to celebrate the New Year. Then after the year, you can leave the team with honorable discharge. Now not only do I have to celebrate the New Year here, but I also almost lost my life. In peaceful times, what is this!
"Let me talk about food first. The wireless squad leader is right. There are some rice grains on the floor of the warehouse, but there are many mouse holes below the ground. The food and mouse meat stored in the holes can be eaten; there are also hiding places in the snow. The birds that come to our warehouse; and the many fish under the horse manure in the pond behind the farm station..."
"Wang Ke, wait a minute. What you said earlier is quite reliable, but what you said later is pure nonsense. I ask you how to catch the birds in the warehouse? Where is there a pond behind the mechanized farming station, and where is there any horse manure? Even if there is, How can we dig when it's freezing cold?" Squad leader Yueyang interrupted Wang Ke again. He looked down upon this recruit who was favored by the leader more and more.
Platoon leader Hu Zhijun, wireless squad leader Huang Zhonghe, and telephone squad leader all paid attention to Wang Ke. Especially the telephone squad leader, through this snow rescue, got to know Wang Ke up close and felt his wisdom and perseverance.
At this time, Wang Ke smiled and didn't care at all about monitor Yueyang's hostility towards him. He said confidently: "Squad leader, let's have braised sparrow at noon tomorrow."
"Okay, then I want to see what you are capable of?" Squad Leader Yueyang said unconvinced.
"Actually, squad leader, I also learned from your Yue family army back then. If you don't believe me, I'll see the results tomorrow." Wang Ke was not convinced.
Huang Zhonghe, the telephone monitor and wireless monitor, absolutely believed in Wang Ke. When he saw this situation, he immediately shouted: "Bet, bet. If we eat it at noon tomorrow, you, my old man, will not eat it, and you will have to wash the dishes."
"Then what if we can't eat? Wang Ke, what will you do? Just go squat in that dry well all night." Squad leader Yueyang is still worried about falling into that dry well, which has become a laughing stock for him.
"Okay, everyone, stop talking. Wang Ke, are you sure you can catch sparrows tomorrow? If it's difficult to catch sparrows, digging mouse holes is one way." Platoon leader Hu Zhijun came out to smooth things over.
"Report to the platoon leader, no problem. I promise to hand over 800 sparrows tomorrow."
"How many? 800, stop bragging." Monitor Yueyang stared. Telephone monitor and wireless monitor Huang Zhonghe were also startled by Wang Ke's praise of Haikou.
The next day, the snow stopped, and the sun came out for a rare occasion. Although it shined hard, the air was still dry and cold. Wang Ke was very happy when he saw it. He called together the four soldiers from the wireless class, the four soldiers from the telephone class, and the three recruits from his own class, and held a short meeting.
"Have you seen the warehouse opposite? Let's send the gongs and drums guys in first, put them on the ground, repair and seal the broken windows, and leave five or six good windows. After half an hour, you bend down and go under the outside window. , wait for my order, you all close the windows. A few of us ran inside as hard as we could, rushed in and were responsible for closing the door, and then we played gongs and drums inside. Listen carefully, we are not allowed to stop until the end."
The eleven soldiers nodded, this was related to the belly problem.
It's snowing, and the birds have nothing to eat. It's rare that there are some scattered rice in this warehouse. A few soldiers repaired all the windows inside first. Some of the missing pieces of glass were simply blocked with blackboards, and a path was dug out of the outer walls of the windows to facilitate a detour. After packing up, several people left the empty warehouse far away. There were several such warehouses in the field.
The warehouse that is going to be used for "operation" today is the largest, and it is also the warehouse where it is easier for birds to enter and exit.
Everyone split up and the soldiers preparing to close the windows lurked under the gables on both sides. The remaining six or seven people were lurking in the house closest to the warehouse, preparing to rush in and close the door later.
Soon, sparrows flew over in twos and threes, and more and more sparrows flew into the warehouse. Because there is a thick layer of snow in the snow outside, on the eaves of the house, and on the telephone poles, the sparrows who are exhausted from flying have nowhere to settle. A minute later, the entire warehouse floor was almost covered with dense sparrows. Wang Ke, standing in the distance, waved to the soldiers on the gables on both sides. They split into two groups and quietly walked along the wall under the window to the back gable. Under the window, Wang Ke blew the whistle "beep..." and the windows behind were closed at the same time. There were two four doors for entry and exit here. , six or seven soldiers swarmed in and closed the door.
In an instant, the sparrows in the warehouse soared into the sky with a "boom" and fled in all directions in the warehouse. But all the doors and windows were closed, and there was only a "crackling" sound coming from the warehouse. Sparrows hit the glass, the door, the wall, and the roof.
Wang Ke picked up a gong "Dangdang" and knocked, and suddenly the gongs and drums in the warehouse rushed together. Except for two soldiers who looked at the door, other people ran around in the warehouse while knocking on the gongs and drums. The soldier responsible for closing the window stood by the window, dancing and shouting at the sparrows flying in the room.
This is called closing the door to catch sparrows! Thousands of sparrows fled desperately inside the house, but there was nowhere to escape. Five minutes passed, and some sparrows were exhausted and fell to the ground. Ten minutes passed, and the sparrows that had been flying non-stop fell like rain. Most of the sparrows were exhausted and frightened to death. died. Even those who were not exhausted were still flopping on the ground and no longer had the strength to fly.
Wang Ke and others threw away the gongs and drums in their hands, picked up the dough bags placed behind the door, and began to pick up sparrows.
How many did you pick up? Anyway, those who carried it to the phone shift had six pockets full.
In the end, no one counted whether there were a thousand of them.
The platoon leader Hu Zhijun and the telephone monitor couldn't close their mouths with laughter. These six bags of sparrows weighed at least 200 kilograms. They could eat three or four meals without any problem. If you catch them this way, there is no need to catch mice or dig mouse holes anymore.
Yueyang squad leader came to Wang Ke and said, "Forget it, I won't criticize you. My gongs and drums are for artistic performances. You use them to scare sparrows. It is really a waste of art and disrespect for life."
"Squad leader, back then the Yue Family Army had a slogan: They would freeze to death without demolishing the house, and starve to death without looting. When they ran out of ammunition and food, they used field survival training to find food for themselves. The nutrition of this sparrow is high in protein. Kidney-tonifying.”
When everyone heard this, they laughed.
On the third day, the squad leader took the initiative to find Wang Ke, "Last time, where did you say there were fish? You can't go to Baiyangdian, and we can't catch any fish."
Wang Ke raised his head and looked at the sky, "Squad leader, there are fish, but they need some effort. I wonder if we have a three-tooth rake in the warehouse?"
"Yes, we have all the tools. Let's go fishing in a few afternoons."
Monitor Yueyang came over with a sparrow in his hand, chewing on it. As soon as he heard that the squad leader and the others wanted to catch fish, he interrupted: "Wang Ke, I believe in catching sparrows in the ice and snow, but catching fish is not bragging, right?"
"Let's go together, let's go together." The telephone squad leader winked at the wireless squad leader Huang Zhonghe. Now the entire platoon, including platoon leader Hu Zhijun, admired Wang Ke.
In the afternoon, taking advantage of the good weather that no longer snowed, everyone except platoon leader Hu Zhijun and those on duty carried shovels and three-tooth rakes and set out for the farm's mechanized tillage station. When we arrived at that place, even the telephone monitor was a little discouraged. There was ice and snow everywhere. Where was the fish pond?
As if seeing everyone's doubts, Wang Ke said: "Squad leader, do you see that the snow behind this house is different from other places?"
Monitor Yueyang said: "I don't see any difference, they are all the same."
Telephone monitor and wireless monitor Huang Zhonghe both nodded.
"No, haven't you noticed that the snow in this place has melted? The snow in this place is less than that in other places. This is because the horse manure below is fermenting and the heat flows upward." Wang Ke finished speaking, Pick up the shovel and start shoveling away the snow, digging down.
Sure enough, the ground under the snow was soft, unlike other places where it was all frozen soil.
The telephone monitor was still very experienced. He shoveled the soil above to both sides, and soon the horse manure below was exposed. It was very soft. With a three-tooth rake and a shovel, we quickly dug down to a depth of two feet.
"Where are the fish?" Squad leader Yueyang was very excited at first, but when he dug two feet deep and there was still horse manure underneath, he became a little uneasy.
"dig again and turn up the horse manure." the telephone monitor shouted.
Soon, after digging down a few more feet, the monitor on the phone suddenly shouted, "We have it!" He reached out and pulled out something the size of a washbasin from the horse manure below, "Hey, it's a turtle." The turtle was thrown up. , the back shell is as green as grass, and the belly is as white as snow. Scratching in the snow. This turtle weighed five kilograms, and the horse manure underneath was only slightly damp at first, with some water seeping in some places.
"The bottom of the pond is below. Let's push forward and turn the horse manure back." At this time, there was no need for Wang Ke to speak anymore. The squad leader on the phone had already begun to give instructions.
Soon, loaches and eels were thrown up along with the horse manure. The soldiers were picking up buckets from behind. Each eel and loach is thicker than a finger. The largest eel is about the same thickness as the Yueyang squad leader’s wrist. In less than an hour, a marching pot was filled to the brim.
"Okay, fill this in first. This is our non-staple food warehouse. That's all for today. We'll come back after eating." The telephone monitor jumped up and gave Wang Ke a big hug first, then walked over and revealed Opening the lid of the army pot, there were seven or eight turtles inside, each weighing five or six kilograms, while the bucket was full of loaches and eels.
"It's a pity, there is no wine." Squad leader Yueyang had to be convinced at this time.
