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Nine chefs
During the Long March, Xie Fangci worked as a purser in the Third Army. There are 9 chefs in your company. The monitor's name is Qian. He is short and dark. He usually doesn't talk much. He is from Ji 'an, Jiangxi. The deputy monitor surnamed Liu, of medium height, is from Xingguo, Jiangxi. Tell a joke. Lao Wang, who carries water, is also from their hometown in Jiangxi. At that time, we marched every day to fight. In order to reduce the burden on the cooks, the superiors stipulated that each person was only allowed to pick 40 kilograms. But it's all an ambush, with copper pots filled with food, and everyone picks sixty or seventy pounds. At the party meeting, they also advised Xie Fangci that he only cared about the cooks, not the soldiers. What will the troops eat in case they can't get food ahead? Everyone is thinking about the seventh battle. Xie Fangci had nothing to say, so he had to let everyone have more choices.
On the March, the cookhouse squad was the most lively: pots and bowls, knives and pots, jingling for a while; Lao Liu, the vice monitor, tells a joke and sings a folk song from time to time, which makes everyone laugh. The soldiers looked at it and said, "Look, here comes our troupe!" Happy to leave, they still flew away whistling, just like carrying a burden of sixty or seventy pounds on their shoulders.
However, the cookhouse squad is the hardest part of the March. During the rest of the troops, they also boil water for commanders and soldiers to drink. When camping, they have to pack pots and stoves, chop wood, wash vegetables and cook, and only sleep for two or three hours every night.
After the troops entered Guangxi, there were few families in mountainous areas, the food supply was difficult, and the work of the cooking squad was even heavier. They often have to climb several mountains and run to the front of the troops to buy millet. Millet must be peeled to eat. Once, they didn't know where to find a small stone mill. The monitor was afraid that he would not find a stone mill in the future, so he bought it from his hometown. So, the cook added this 130-40 kg stupid guy. Later, the vice monitor picked up a broken sieve and dustpan on the road. From then on, the cookhouse squad was no longer called the troupe, but was called the "small mill" by the soldiers.
Soon, the troops intercepted the enemy in Ren Shan, southeast of Tucheng, Guizhou, and they even held the forward position. The cookhouse squad was separated at the back, and several times people were sent to deliver meals, but they were all beaten back by the enemy. The soldiers didn't eat for a day and a night, and the vice squad leader was anxious to circle around the stove. He muttered to several cooks for a while and said, "purser! Let me and Lao Wang send it again! " He left with Lao Wang and rice on his back. Everyone stood on the mountain and looked at them. I saw Lao Wang in front and the vice squad leader in the back, running out of the enemy blockade quickly. Everyone was about to applaud when the enemy's light machine gun rang and Lao Wang fell in one session. Then, the vice monitor also fell. The quartermaster and the staff sergeant were sad for a while and thought they were dead. But in the middle of the night, they came back. The vice monitor said jokingly; "We reported to that terrible place, but the child wouldn't let us in!" It turned out that they fell down on purpose to deceive the enemy. Because of their vigilance, rice was finally sent to the position, ensuring the victory of the battle.
Once out of Guizhou, the cookhouse squad leader suffered from eye diseases and his eyes were red and swollen like peaches, but he still carried a burden of more than 70 kilograms and followed the troops with crutches. At first, his eyes just shed tears, then Huang Shui came, but he was still not idle, always looking for something to do.
Before entering the snow-capped mountains, their superiors told them to go into battle lightly. They threw away all the unnecessary cookers and only picked the food that the whole company could eat for a day or two. In addition, everyone also brought some ginger, peppers and more than ten kilograms of dry wood.
Liangzi Mountain is very high, and the troops have been climbing it all day. The air on the mountain is very thin. Glittering snow is everywhere, and the branches are covered with ice flowers. Climbing to the top of the mountain, some people really can't walk, so they sit down and rest, but once they sit down, they can't get up. The cook quickly went up to feed ginger, poured pepper water and pulled him up. At this time, the chefs became restaurant workers again. The slogan of the cookhouse squad is "Don't let a soldier die on the mountain, J", but just as the soldier was rescued, two cooks fell down by themselves. No matter how you shout and feed ginger and pepper water, it's of no help and you can't get up anymore.
In Maughai, the troops rested for a while. Here, everyone prepared 10 days of dry food, and the drinking class also prepared some more green rye.
On the second day after entering the grass, the cooking squad leader once again proposed: "purser! The soldiers walked in the mud; My feet are soaked through. How can I do without burning some hot water? " The quartermaster didn't think of this, but felt that the grass marching cooks were harder than the soldiers, and they were fed up with carrying rice to cook. How can they increase the burden? He didn't agree. But as soon as they arrived at the campsite, they boiled their feet. The soldiers all praised the cookhouse squad for doing well and caring about everyone's health.
Things are getting worse. One morning, a cook was walking in front of the purser with a copper pot, and suddenly he fell dead without saying a word. The second cook came running from behind him with tears on his livid face, picked up the copper pot and left defiantly.
The weather on the grassland has become extremely fast; One minute it's windy, blinding people, and the next minute it's heavy rain, which gives people goose bumps. At noon, it rained heavily, and the troops stopped to rest. The cookhouse squad quickly found a place to set up a pot and burn ginger soup and pepper water to relieve the cold for the soldiers. When the soup is ready, the cook who just picked out the copper pot carries the bowl to the soldier. Hardly had he handed the ginger soup to the soldier when he fell to the ground and stopped breathing. Just working for half a day, watching two comrades die, how can you not be sad?
On the fifth night, when camping, the company commander will add a few soldiers to the cooking point. When the cooks learned about it, they recommended the monitor to see the company commander. The squad leader said to the company commander: "Company commander, you must not draw people from the company and affect the combat effectiveness of the troops; We can bear the burden of sacrificed comrades! " The company commander thought about it and thought what he said was reasonable. At that time, after several battles, there were only 30 people left in the company of 100, and there was really no way to transfer to the cookhouse squad.
Just after midnight, Lao Qian secretly got up to boil water for his comrades. The quartermaster knew that he had a high fever yesterday and asked him to rest. He refused to rest. So the flight attendant stood up to help him. The quartermaster looked at his short and thin face and couldn't help thinking of many past events.
They are neighbors in their hometown. Lao Qian has no relatives and is a lonely poor man. Later, the Red Army came to his hometown and he took part in the revolution. At that time, Xie Fangci was still at home. He often came to say, "Thank you for being admitted. Won't you join the Red Army?" Chiang Kai-shek rode on our heads and shit, and for three days, he "encircled" and attacked at both ends. Can you swallow this tone? "Under his propaganda and influence, Xie Fangci took part in the revolution. On the Long March, he had the most difficult time. When marching, he carried a burden of dozens of pounds on his shoulders and never let others change. When camping, I always tell others to rest, but I grab the job myself. If this goes on, he will be all skin and bones. Everyone advised him to pay more attention to his health, but he always said, "it doesn't matter, I can eat and sleep, I'm tired." "He is very concerned about the soldiers, and even in the case of continuous marching, he tries his best to improve his life. Local tyrants eat pickled fish and bacon, and he never wants to taste them. Everything was left to the soldiers. Therefore, when soldiers mention him, they always proudly say, "With our monitor here, we won't be hungry, ..."
The purser was thinking when the monitor urged him, "Thank you, go and have a rest. I will do it alone. " His words interrupted Xie Fangci's train of thought. By the light of the fire, Xie Fangci found that the sweat on the monitor's face was as big as soybeans. He felt that something was wrong. He was about to ask him, but he whispered, "thank you, give me some water to drink!" " At this time, the water boiled, and Xie Fangci was busy lifting the lid. Suddenly, he heard a voice behind him. Looking back, the old money fell to the ground. Xie Fangci rushed to the front, jumped on the monitor and shouted. The fire was blazing in the kitchen hall, but the body of the monitor Qian grew cold on the chest of the company quartermaster. Some people died on the battlefield, others died under torture, and monitor Qian died on the job? D is in front of the cooker. The chefs woke up, even the chief and the soldiers came, and everyone was in tears.
The next day, the copper pot was brought up by another cook. When camping every day, the troops still have boiled water and foot washing water as usual.
When the troops arrived in northern Shaanxi, the copper pot was carried on the shoulder of the company quartermaster. The company commander saw it and bowed his head. The soldiers saw it and shed tears. Where is the purser? Tears have long since dried up. Nobody said anything, but everyone knew that the chefs had died. However, in the most arduous Long March, the company's soldiers did not sacrifice anyone because of hunger except fighting and downsizing. The copper pot that marked the achievements of the martyrs is still precious in their company.