When the day passed, Shanzi dispatched a platoon from each company to dig wild vegetables all over the hillside.
After all, this is a barren mountainous area, and there are not many edible wild vegetables. After two hours, we only collected more than a hundred kilograms, mostly shepherd's purse, purslane, gray greens, etc.
In the local area, when the poor could not open the pot, they had the habit of using elm leaves to satisfy their hunger. At this time, a dozen soldiers climbed up the only two elm trees and picked all the green leaves.
Since there was no basket, the soldiers took off their shirts and wrapped wild vegetables and leaves in their gowns.
Unexpectedly, while digging wild vegetables, someone picked up five hares that had been killed by bombs and three bloody hedgehogs.
There is an original mountain spring under the cliff at the northern end of the Jiagu Valley. After three consecutive expansions and constructions, a reservoir of more than ten square meters was built. Due to the overflow of the spring water, a gurgling stream was formed from south to north.
For the convenience of cooking, the Third Company built the kitchen next to the pool, with the east side close to the cliff, a full 150 meters away from the camp. Because of this layout, it was protected from damage during this bombardment.
Shanzi has loved hunting wild animals since he was a child. He and Xiao Liu personally skinned and disemboweled hares and hedgehogs, and rinsed them clean.
According to Shanzi's arrangement, Jin Ye, Yanni and other seven women were responsible for the lunch cooking.
After washing the wild vegetables by the sink, Yanni and Qiu Hong began to cut the meat. Jin Ye told Yanni to pick out the largest rabbit leg and set it aside. Chop the rest into minced meat and add it to the pot with the wild vegetables.
Chopping off a rabbit leg, Yanni asked: "Who should eat it?"
Jin Ye said: "Stubborn eyes."
Qiu Hong said: "Jin Yegu, this is not good, people will scold him for being special."
For the sister-in-law who has become a reality, Qiu Hong's name makes Jin Ye feel irritated.
So Jin Ye talked incoherently: "What are you doing to be special? From now on, we will not allow aunts and uncles to be younger. They will either be called the tuba or the platoon leader. If the stubborn eyes are starved to death, who will lead us to break out of the encirclement?"
After finishing what he wanted to say in one breath, Jinye sent Chunping and Chunxing to wash the pot and light the fire, called Xiaoyan and Xiaosu to wash the dishes and chopsticks, and after taking care of themselves, they hurried to a hidden place to urinate.
After finally waiting until noon, the hungry soldiers finally waited for the news that the meal would be served. Everyone took turns gathering in front of the kitchen in platoons to fill their empty stomachs with a bowl of light wild vegetables.
When Yanni served the fat rabbit leg to Shanzi, Shanzi didn't say anything. After walking out of the kitchen, he gave it to a seriously injured soldier.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Shanzi held a meeting of cadres above the platoon to prepare for the night breakout. Although the meeting was short, more than ten plans were drawn up.
The sun sets in the west, the evening breeze blows gently, and the bright red sunset dyes the mountains, forests and fields.
Bathed in the breeze and sunset, the six young men smiled happily and carried six loads of steamed buns to the top of the mountain. The soldiers had a delicious meal with the fragrant salted eggs.
Unexpectedly, night has fallen, and a layer of gray mist has enveloped Yukou Mountain.
At eight o'clock sharp, the first and third companies quietly evacuated their positions and rushed to Xishan to join the second company.
It was not long before the troops were assembled and quickly advanced westward following Shanzi's command.
According to the plan, the breakout formation consisted of fourteen light machine guns and fifty sharpshooters in the forward position. Xiaolong led the second company in the rear formation. There were also six machine guns distributed on both sides of the formation to specifically suppress the enemies on both wings.
There is a reason why Shanzi chose the Western Front as the breakthrough point——
First of all, the enemy's encirclement is in the shape of a long oval, and the number of troops on the north and south fronts is greater than that on the east and west fronts, accounting for about two-thirds of the total.
Relatively speaking, due to the narrow and short defense lines on the east and west sides, only one-third of the troops were occupied. However, when breaking out from the western front, the enemies facing head-on confrontation were only half of the one-third.
Even when the western front broke out, the enemies on other lines of defense quickly surrounded them, but because of the long distance, they were beyond their reach for a while, which gave the independent battalion some time and space to break out.