The beacon of youth

After finishing all this, Li Yong went to rest in the tent. Li Yong still shared a tent with Wang Chengde. The company commander and the instructor lived in the same room. Hu Xiaolian, the captain of the health team, had to live in a tent by herself because she was the only female soldier in the whole company and couldn't live with others.

Hu Xiaolian’s tent was next to Li Yong’s and Wang Chengde’s. Li Yong lay on the oilcloth mattress and listened to Hu Xiaolian humming a ditty in his tent. I don’t know what she was singing. It seemed to be some folk songs from northern Shaanxi, and Li Yong didn’t understand the lyrics. , but Hu Xiaolian's sweet voice is very popular.

At this moment, Wang Chengde came in, and when he heard Hu Xiaolian humming a little song next door, he said to Li Yong, "Dayong, I think this Hu Xiaolian has taken a liking to you, maybe you were interested in you when you were recuperating at someone's home, but At that time, if you made any moves, it would be a violation of discipline, but now that his man has sacrificed, and she is a martyr, it is normal if you have any thoughts, and I support it, why don't you go and have a look?"

Li Yong thought about the past very much in his heart, but he was embarrassed to say it out. He thought to himself what it means to have an idea, and what an idea is. You can’t just keep thinking about everything. You have to take action. If you are a soldier, you have to do things quickly. , I rushed forward when I felt it. This is also my experience in two lifetimes. I took her down when she was recuperating at her family.

However, this matter can only be done and cannot be said, and can only be understood but cannot be conveyed in words, but he said: "What happened, Lao Wang, now I think about our company's food, our food can only last for half a month. What will we do in half a month? What will our 400 people eat? Drink the northwest wind?"

Li Yong called the instructor Wang Chengde Lao Wang. In fact, this Lao Wang is not old at all. He is only 24 years old this year, but he is a veteran with eight years of military experience. It is too much for Zhao Tuanzhang to transfer Wang Chengde to the secret service even as an instructor. After a lot of hard work, the head of the regiment also understands very well that no matter what kind of troops, no matter what method you use to train, the party branch must be strong. This must not be shaken. This is the foundation of our army's ability to overcome all difficulties. where.

Building the party branch on the company was proposed by Mao Zedong at the Gutian meeting during the Long March of the Red Army. Although a party branch is not large, it is a strong cohesion center. Only in this way can our troops burst out with unparalleled strength. combat effectiveness.

Li Yong also agreed with the team leader's point of view. He was the one who offered to send an experienced instructor at the beginning, and Wang Chengde lived up to his expectations. After arriving in the company, he not only cooperated with Li Yong's work very hard, but also established a company party branch. Even the party branch has become a strong collective.

After listening to Li Yong, Wang Chengde said with a smile: "Dayong, you are worried about this? I didn't even think that we could have half a month's food before. When we were in the old army, we could have five days' food Everyone laughed secretly. It is commonplace to eat hungry and full. You don’t have to worry. A considerable part of the enemy is cavalry, let's find a way to clean up its cavalry first, as long as we fight well, we can use horse meat as dry food."

Li Yong thought about it too. If everything was ready, it would not be a war. How could the logistics support system of that era be compared with the modern one.

At noon on the second day of the march, the troops entered the big forest. The deeper they went, the deeper they went. Mentally prepared, the soldiers who knew the way told Li Yong and Wang Chengde that it would take two days to walk fast, and three days if they were delayed.

All kinds of small animals run around in the big forest in summer, and wild flowers bloom in patches where the trees are sparse. Li Yong admires the scenery in the big forest very much, and murmurs in his mouth how much it would be like to travel now if there is no war Well, I think reality is reality. Li Yong ordered the soldiers in the reconnaissance platoon to catch small animals as much as possible, but not to shoot.

The troops marched day and night from the forest that sheltered the sky from the sun. The winding mountain road was narrow and steep. One of the dark hills had just moved over, and the other was in front of the soldiers. After the continuous march, the troops camped and the cooking team was busy. Lighting a fire and cooking, other soldiers are setting up tents. Now the soldiers like to live in tents. It feels good that the wind can’t blow and the rain can’t get in the way. There are also groups of three or five catching small animals. Li Yong asked the platoon leaders of each platoon to Let me tell you that it’s okay to catch small animals and eat them after dinner, but you can’t go far, and be careful to get lost in the big forest.

Getting lost in a big forest is very scary. Even in the daytime, the sunlight can only come in through the gaps in the leaves. You simply can’t tell the difference between east, west, and north. At night, you can’t see any direction-indicating objects like the Big Dipper. Staying in place and walking around will only result in starvation or being eaten by large beasts. Here is a little trick for your reference.

If you lose your way in the big forest, don’t panic first, see if you can use your knowledge to tell the direction, and then contact the relevant personnel to rescue you. If you really lose your sense of direction, you can No one can be contacted, the last solution is to look for a direction and go straight forward, looking for a river in the forest, as long as there is a forest, there is a river, and after finding the river, follow the river downstream, as long as the will is strong enough basically can come out.

The spy company ate millet porridge, big pancakes and pickled vegetables for dinner. After walking for a day, everyone ate deliciously. After eating, everyone roasted small animals over the fire made by the cooking team. Now we can see the skills of each row , They caught everything. The young man in the police class caught a few pheasants, and roasted the oil on the fire. Even Li Yong salivated and shouted. After the pheasants were roasted, Li Yuming broke off two chicken thighs and gave them to Li. Yong, Li Yong wrapped a chicken thigh in a cloth and put it in his pocket, and ate the other one as he walked.

This roasted pheasant thigh is really fragrant. When I was young, I saw an eagle catching a chicken in the mountains. At that time, I was only eleven or twelve years old. I went to the mountains to play with two friends. I was very excited to see the eagle catching the chicken, because the pheasant It was too big, the eagle could not fly high after catching it, so I chased it closely on the ground with my two little friends. This chase covered a mountain road of more than ten miles. After running away, the three little friends roasted the big pheasant caught by the eagle on a flat field in the mountains.

When I ate it, I felt that it was delicious. I can’t describe it. After I grew up, I ate a lot of chicken. I can cook it in any way. I also tasted the flavors of various places. I also tried to bake it myself, but I feel that it is not as good as roasted in the mountains when I was a child. The fragrance may also have something to do with being hungry or having little oil in the stomach. Thinking about it for almost 30 years, the smell has not been forgotten.