Chapter 2 I am strong enough to carry the ammunition box
The Japs' sweep was very powerful this time, and all units of the Eighth Route Army responded hastily. For example, the New 1st Regiment quickly entered a stalemate after encountering the enemy, and there was no time to distribute rations. However, orders were given from above to turn all the food into dry rations and distribute them to each soldier to ensure that each soldier had two to three days of dry food.
"Let's go!" The old soldier was the quartermaster, and he had three soldiers under him, all of whom were also quite old. He said that the younger ones had been transferred back to the front line. After all, when facing a strong enemy, it would be good to have one more person fighting.
"Boss, I'm strong, so give me the heaviest burden!" Chen Xiao walked to the two fullest wicker baskets, picked up the shoulder pole, and was about to put it on his shoulders.
"My last name is Wang, you can just call me Lao Wang. Scholar, have you ever carried a load?" The old soldier did not trust Chen Xiao's ability. Although Chen Xiao was very tall and had strong shoulders, his fair face and skin, his hands without calluses, and the long gown he wore clearly showed that he was probably a rich young man who was lazy and did not know the difference between grains.
Chen Xiao was stunned. He had never carried a load before. However, after taking a look at his attribute panel, he saw a full twelve points of strength attribute. He didn't believe that he couldn't even carry a load. After all, if the strength attribute of the quartermaster in front of him, Lao Wang, was counted, it would not exceed 7, and he was almost twice as strong as him. Could it be that he couldn't even carry a load?
"It's okay, I'm strong!" He bent down and put the carrying pole on his shoulders.
" Hey, hey , hey! Don't be so picky, you want to hurt your waist!
You have to squat down and carry it straight. The straight wood can support a thousand pounds. You have to stretch your body straight to avoid straining your waist! "The quartermaster Lao Wang became anxious when he saw his posture. A load weighed more than 100 pounds. If he strained his waist, it would mean another injured person and would also hinder the team.
However, the scholar in front of him was indeed very strong. He just bent over and lifted up the more than 100 pounds, and it looked very easy.
Lao Wang sighed, "Alright! You guys go first. Xiucai, you go in front of me and I'll go at the back to support you."
The other three veterans from the kitchen squad responded and set off with their loads on their shoulders. Chen Xiao followed behind them, but he could not walk anymore after just a few steps.
Why?
Because on him, the carrying pole was the carrying pole, and the wicker basket was the wicker basket. Although the carrying pole was placed on Chen Xiao's shoulders, the two large baskets were shaking back and forth. He could not move, and if he walked any further, the food in the baskets would fall out.
"Don't sway your body. Take a step and then lower your body so that the basket can move with it. Then your body can sway with the basket. Look at how the three loads in front of you are moving."
Chen Xiao felt a little embarrassed after hearing this. He thought it would be easy to carry, but he didn't expect that even carrying a load requires skills. However, he was very intelligent after all. He only took a few glances at the loads of the three veterans in front of him and saw the difference.
The three veterans in front were carrying their loads in a rhythmic manner, walking in small and fast steps with little shaking, and their walking rhythm was consistent with the shaking of the basket. Once they were in sync, their walking was smooth.
The manifestation of Chen Xiao's agility being one or two points higher than that of ordinary people is that he is better than ordinary people in controlling his body. In addition, his intelligence is also very good, so he learns things quickly. After taking a few steps, he found his own rhythm.
Seeing the scholar mastering the skills of carrying a load in such a short time, Lao Wang was stunned for a moment, then he was relieved: "As expected of a scholar, he learns things quickly!"
The new regiment had more than a thousand people in three battalions. The others went to the positions of the second and third battalions. Chen Xiao followed Lao Wang to the position of the first battalion and began to distribute dry food.
Each person was given two multi-grain steamed buns, a bran cake, and a bowl of fried rice.
Each soldier had a long ration bag, which was first filled with rice, then cakes, and finally multi-grain steamed buns. This was the three-day ration for an Eighth Route Army soldier when he broke out. When Chen Xiao learned that this was the amount of food for one meal, but it was actually the amount for an Eighth Route Army soldier for three days, his nose felt a little sour.
During the journey, he sold his watch and suit and changed into long coats and cloth shoes, so he never went hungry, because he knew the feeling of having no food in his stomach and heartburn after a meal.
Dry food was distributed to each squad. On the position, Li Yunlong was observing the enemy situation with a telescope. He had just repelled an enemy attack. His task was to delay the enemy here so that the division headquarters and field hospital in the rear would have time to move.
When he turned around, he found that there was a person who was not his subordinate in his position. He was a fair-skinned young man in a long gown, who was carrying a load and following the cook, Old Wang, to distribute military rations.
"Zhang Dabiao!"
"arrive!"
Li Yunlong pointed at the fair-skinned young man who was busy working in the position and asked a tall and strong man with a big knife and a pistol on his shoulder: "Zhang Dabiao, who is that? Why is there a fair-skinned scholar ? Why don't we arrange for him to be transferred!"
Zhang Dabiao understood immediately: "Captain, that is a student from Shanghai who came to our base. His name is Chen Xiao. We originally planned to arrange for him to move with the common people, but he refused to leave. After hearing that the commander of our New 1st Regiment is Li Yunlong, he refused to leave. He said that he wanted to break out with us and leave only after we break out."
When Li Yunlong heard that this was another troublemaker, he lost interest: "The division headquarters and field hospital have been moved?"
Zhang Dabiao nodded: "The division headquarters and the hospital have already been relocated. If we hold on for a while, it will be our turn to relocate."
"Transfer? Hehe! Without the pressure from the rear, I can finally let go of my hands and feet! Go catch a spy and find out which Japanese unit is on the other side..."
While distributing military rations, Chen Xiao looked at the Eighth Route Army soldiers. They had a variety of weapons, including swords and spears. Their clothes were not all gray military uniforms. Some of them only had a hat. But fortunately, 80 to 90 percent of them had guns, and 80 to 90 percent of them had complete military uniforms. According to historical records, this was considered a relatively well-off unit in the Eighth Route Army.
Soon the rations were distributed, but there were still a few people's rations left in the carrying pole. Those were the rations for the regiment commander and the battalion commander. This had become the rule of the new regiment. When rations were distributed during wartime, the officers would be the last to be distributed. If there were not enough rations, the officers would be the ones to starve.
"Are you the scholar named Chen who is unwilling to move with the common people?" After taking a bite of the pancake handed over by Lao Wang, Li Yunlong glanced at the scholar following behind Lao Wang and asked.
"Yes, Captain Li!" Chen Xiao replied calmly.
"Now you can't leave even if you want to. Be careful and find yourself a weapon, even if you can just go to the kitchen to get a rolling pin. Otherwise, if you run into the Japanese, you won't even have a chance to fight back!" Although Li Yunlong looked down on this kind of pale scholar, he was a patriotic young man who had come to , so he still had to give him some advice.
Unexpectedly, this handsome scholar in front of me was quite calm: "Captain Li, I am strong and can carry the ammunition box."
