Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 166 Grassland Project

Huang Xiong also participated in the expedition as the squad leader of the third company. He had never seen such an extravagant march.The troops marched along the coast, while the Navy's "Fubo" ship slowly advanced not far away, maintaining the same progress. Every time it was time to rest in the camp, the supply ship would quickly dock and unload from the wide springboard. Get off the kitchen cart with wheels.

The kitchen carts are exquisite in structure, all made of thin iron plates, with stoves and chimneys—originally they were drawn by horses, but now they are temporarily transported by boats without horses.The firewood collected by the soldiers was quickly ignited, and baskets of food were unloaded from the ship.

The cooking cart set up the cauldron and started to boil water.The water is pumped from a special water boat. This behavior makes the yellow bear feel outrageously extravagant - he knows that these Australians have to "treat" everything, including drinking water - they don't drink raw water, Do not drink water from rivers or wells, and forbid those under your command to do so.

Ma Qianju, who organized the logistics, didn't think such behavior was a big deal: the traversers didn't have enough bleach to provide clean water in the wild.Moreover, it is quite difficult to supply fresh water along the way along the coast - the west of Lingao is a water-scarce area.It is safe and convenient to transport by boat, which saves the time and energy for soldiers to find and fetch water.

The food in the basket is neither rice nor flour, but pieces of things wrapped in paper, with numerals called Arabic numerals and a few words on them: Grassland No. [-], Grassland No. [-], etc. Paper packs have color blocks of different colors.The yellow bear watched with great interest as the cooking soldiers opened the paper, revealing off-white or brown lumps inside, which really didn't arouse any interest.

When the water boiled, these large and small lumps were put into the boiling water and boiled, and soon a strange fragrance came out of the pot.The scent attracted the yellow bears and soldiers who hadn't eaten for a long time, and they came to the source of the scent, something.There was something mushy cooking in the pot, brown in color.It looks very appetizing, but the aroma is so strong that it makes people drool - especially for this group of people who have been walking for a long time with their things on their backs.

"What is this?" He asked the cooking soldier who was stirring the pot with a spoon.

"Meadows One and Two."

"What is this?"

"I don't know, Mr. Ma got it directly from the farm." The cooking soldier sniffed, "It smells good, so I don't know what it is."

"Batter? I'm not used to flour." A soldier from Lingao said.

"Batter? Yours is delicious. I think it's potato flour."

"No, I usually eat white rice, and I eat sweet potatoes when I go out to fight? How can I do it like this." Huang Xiong's experience is that it doesn't matter if the soldiers are as naked as beggars, but once they go to battle , must eat and drink well.

"Dinner is ready, dinner is ready!" The cooking soldier tapped the edge of the pot with a horse spoon.

The soldiers received their meals in order of number, the first in a row, the second in the second, and of course the third in the ninth in the third row.In order to fully reflect the equality between officers and soldiers, officers at all levels of the new army lined up with soldiers to receive meals from the beginning of training.It has now become a custom.Although this system annoyed some officers—white rice with salted fish and vegetable soup every day was a luxury meal for soldiers, but it was a bit monotonous for officers who were used to eating in logistics canteens.Some people secretly went to the cafeteria to get extra meals after ordering meals.After Ma Qianju discovered this problem, he strictly prohibited it, ordering the officers to have meals with the soldiers-he himself set an example.

After a few days with great perseverance, Ma Qianju realized that this matter was no more than a 5-kilometer cross-country run. It was not that the longer you persisted, the easier it would be, but the longer you persisted, the more painful it would be. Finally, he decided to give the officers extra meals every night.During this expedition, the officers put an extra can of 125g canned luncheon meat in their backpacks—this treatment made all the traversers swell their eyelids.

The yellow bear took a portion of the paste in order, looked at it for a while, closed his eyes, and put a spoonful of "paste" into his mouth. The delicious fragrance contained in this taste almost disturbed his sense of taste—there is still such a thing in the world. Delicious stuff!He quickly swallowed all his share, and hurried to the cooking class to see if there was any left.As a result, the side of the pot was already crowded with soldiers who arrived first, and everyone raised the pot high, asking for another spoonful.

It was the first time for the cooking soldiers to face such a hot scene, and it was not good to share the little paste left at the bottom of the pot with anyone. In the end, they added some water and distributed it to everyone as if it were soup.

Dongmen Chuyu nodded, and wrote in his notebook with satisfaction, "Grassland No. [-] and No. [-] are very satisfied."

After eating, the female nurses of the health team landed, carrying boxes with red crosses on their backs, and asked if anyone felt any pain or discomfort. Suddenly, many people said that their feet hurt or their stomach hurt.

Seeing Guo Fu in the nurse team, Tian Liang also complained that her stomach hurts.The large-scale stomachache scared the leisurely hippopotamus on the boat—so many people had stomachaches just after eating, could it be food poisoning, or even large-scale diarrhea? Diarrhea, this joke is too big.Take the medicine box and go ashore to deal with it in person.

"Your stomach is fine." Hippo patted Tian Liang's stomach angrily, and it really hurt him now.

This stomach ache farce ended soon, the whole group continued to set off, the kitchen truck was reloaded on the ship, and the soldiers packed up everything, including using soil to bury their feces and garbage left behind—where did the sanitation work go? Neither can be ignored.

These more than 200 people walked on the deserted road, all the way to Baitu Port. The weather was clear, and the soldiers marched to the beat of military drums. Along the road, they occasionally encountered some farmers and traders, and sometimes passed through villages.Seeing them passing by with a dignified military appearance, many people would watch the excitement, but there was no avoidance—the reputation of "benevolence and righteousness" of the traversers seemed to have spread to every corner of the county.

The gentlemen and patriarchs of the villages along the way, in order to build relationships and buy safety, will send people to visit them when they see them passing by, saying that they have prepared tea and grain, chicken, duck, pork and other things to work for.Xi Yaya always made the sweaty elders retreat after saying something to them, but he didn't accept any gifts.This made Huang Xiong feel unbelievable-in his opinion, marching without disturbing the people or looting is already a first-class disciplined army, and they don't even want meat delivered to the door?

He mentioned this idea to You Huo, who laughed loudly: "Meat? Ask the health team if you want it."

"Why don't you want it?" The yellow bear was stunned. Could it be that the meat these Australians eat is special?

"Your time with us is still short, and you will naturally understand in the future."

When it was getting late, the troops had already traveled two-thirds of the distance, and tomorrow they would march into the mountains.According to the map, Baitu Village is less than 15 kilometers away from the campsite in a straight line. Xi Yazhou ordered the camp to prepare for the next day's attack.

"Camping! The cadets of each platoon will be in charge!" Xi Yazhou gave the order.

The cadets who came to the military and political school with the troops were assigned to each platoon as trainees.Observe on the spot how the officers served by the traversers command and manage the troops.There were also a few cadets in the headquarters.Give an order and they are immediately busy.

The camp training has been conducted countless times in normal times, and no matter for officers, cadets or soldiers, they all know what they have to do.After choosing the campsite, each platoon organizes itself, assigns its own sections and tasks under the coordination of the cadets, digs wavy trenches according to the drill code, and uses the excess soil to build earth barriers, and barbed wire fences are erected on the earth barriers. , Wooden towers were erected at the four corners of the camp.Weeds and small trees within a distance of 100 meters outside the trench were completely cleared.

Whenever camping, you must first arrange fortifications. This is the first principle of the ancient Roman army's camping, and it is also the principle followed by the troops of the traversers.This is true even when they have technological equipment and training far beyond this plane.

The soldiers cut down wooden poles, and the two tarpaulin raincoats in the backpack were tied together to form a two-person tent. The camping was divided into rows, with drainage ditches and motorized roads between each area.According to the plan, it is also clear where each platoon needs to maneuver in the event of an emergency, and everything is arranged in an orderly manner.

Seeing that this group of cadets, who are only fifteen or sixteen years old, can actually do things in an orderly manner, Huang Xiong clicked his tongue—he is not without this ability, but it is the experience accumulated over the years in the army— ―This group of non-commissioned officers has only spent two months at Kunren's place.Although it looks a little immature, Huang Xiong believes that in time, after seeing a few more battles, these little brats will become qualified officers.

He secretly found a cadet in his platoon: "Where did you learn this?"

"The chiefs taught it well, and there's this—" the little boy cadet took out a frayed book from his satchel: "Infantry Drill Code".

"Just read a book?"

"The chiefs use this book to teach it in detail, how to dig trenches, how to camp, and how to arrange the troops when marching—" the cadets talked about this infantry drill in a tone of extreme admiration, saying it "what? Both".

Is it the book of war?Huang Xiong thought, isn't this just talking on paper?Although he can't read, he still knows Zhao Kuo's allusions.In retrospect, Australians really like to flip through books. Although soldiers are not allowed in the headquarters, he sneaked a few glances inside when he passed by. The most things inside are various books and large scrolls. The literati's study.

Australians are ready to read books and fight?This really made him feel unbelievable.

(End of this chapter)