Chapter 10 Instant Noodle Strategy

  That day, Zhong Batian had just sent a batch of grain to the Anti-Japanese Military Alliance and returned. After that, Hong Shan invited him to drink together.

  "Deputy Commander! What is the commander doing now?" Hong Shan asked with a mouthful of food.

  Zhong Ba Tian downed the wine in his cup, raised his head and drank it all, dazed that pair of already slightly drunken small eyes, looked at Hong Shan, then put down the wine cup after, quietly watching Hong Shan refill his cup again, only then slowly said: "What else can be done? Besides training soldiers, isn't it just hiding in a mountain cave?"

  After drinking another cup, Hongshan continued to ask: "Deputy Commander, have you found that the commander has been different from before since he returned to Heilongzhai?"

  "Ah!" Zhong Bao Tian held up his wine cup and said: "Yes! How come he's always with that silly girl, chattering away, without any regard for the soldiers' hard work! However, he really is talented! He's too talented! Damn it, look at those soldiers, they're all worked up by him, their eyes are all red like they have a vendetta against the Japanese!"

  Hong Shan nodded and said, "Firstly, let's talk about his background. He claims to be a student from Nanjing, but he doesn't look like one at all! He looks more like a born leader. Secondly, the silly girl with him was wearing a dress that they said was a treasure, something that our Chinese people definitely can't produce."

  Hong Shan immediately nodded and said, "Also, why does he hate the Japanese so much? And what about that camera and handgun on him, why are they different from the ones we've seen before?"

  "Alright! Hongshan, let's not worry about these things anymore. Come on, have a drink!" Zhong Batian downed his cup in one gulp and smacked his lips: "I feel that as long as we follow Commander, there won't be any mistakes. Whatever he says, we just listen and execute!"

  "Hmm!" Hong Shan also nodded and said: "Commander has a lot of talent, doesn't care about past grievances, is a personal talent ah!"

  Zhao Xiaofeng actually understood that he had been too explicit, and there were many things that he really shouldn't have brought out. But in order to change his own circumstances and fiercely strike the Japanese devils, he had no choice. And it was precisely because of this that he now deeply gained the love and support of his brothers.

  Zhao Xiaofeng has been with Mo Yuhuan, this silly girl, for the past few days, but he hasn't had a moment to himself. He clearly understands his situation - although he now has 700 soldiers, it's still far from enough to contend with the Japanese, and the surrounding powers, big and small, are also threats to him. To stand out in this chaotic world, to achieve great things and build a grand career, one must have real power. Obviously, even if each of them became as strong as he is, these few hundred people would still be far from meeting the conditions, and it's very likely that they would bring disaster upon themselves. When the time comes, they won't even have their lives, so how can they strive for a life of happiness?

  It's simply the word "chaos!" Zhao Xiao Feng finally made up his mind, all he wanted to do was survive in this chaotic era, and also lead his loyal subordinates and those ravaged civilians to live a better life than before. And for them to live more happily and prosperously than before. The premise of achieving all this is to grasp an even stronger power.

  Zhao Xiaofeng, who had figured it out, immediately began planning how to become a real commander, not just a nominal one, but one who could command thousands of troops at any time! With guns and talent, this goal can be achieved. Now his own forces are relatively rich, mainly thanks to the help of Yanwangzhai and Qilinzhai. What he needs to do most now is to strengthen the reform of his elite forces. As long as they make a name for themselves, many people who are willing to fight against Japan will come knocking on their doors.

  Then there's economic development, without money, nothing can be done, and we must vigorously develop the economy, but I don't understand anything about it, what should I do?

  Zhao Xiaofeng could be said to have racked his brains, Japanese people's cars, electrical appliances... Wow! Got it! Zhao Xiaofeng exclaimed, he immediately called over Pu Ye.

  Pu Ye met the commander for the first time, feeling a bit nervous in his heart. Zhao Xiaofeng found him to be quite amusing with his awkward demeanor and immediately broke the silence saying: "Master Pu! There's something I'd like to ask you!"

  "Commander, please speak!" Pu Ye immediately said with a nod and a bow.

  "Is our country's grain abundant now?" Zhao Xiaofeng asked.

  Pu Ye was taken aback for a moment, then said: "It's okay, as long as you have money, you can buy rice and flour!"

  "Good!" Zhao Xiaofeng immediately said: "This matter will be handed over to you for handling, and you must purchase a large amount of white flour!"

  "Yes!" Pu Ye looked at Zhao Xiao Feng with a strange expression.

  Zhao Xiaofeng saw his puzzled look and smiled: "There's one more thing, I want to make a noodle press machine!"

  "What's wrong?" Pu Ye laughed and said: "If the commander wants to eat noodles, I'll just ask my wife to make some for him!"

  "No!" Zhao Xiao Feng waved his hand and said: "I'm going to make instant noodles now!"

  "Instant noodles?"

  "Right!" Zhao Xiao Feng nodded and said: "This kind of noodle must be fried with oil first, the dough is mixed with water, and during the frying process, the water will evaporate, so the surface of the fried noodle product will have countless holes. After adding boiling water, it's like a sponge absorbing water, the noodles can quickly become soft. In this way, by soaking the noodles in broth to flavor them, and then frying them to dry them out, we've created a type of instant noodle that can be both stored and cooked with hot water! Moreover, we also use high temperature and pressure to extract the concentrated juice from stewed beef and chicken bones, making a nutritional supplement. As a seasoning for instant noodles, this way our soldiers only need hot water to eat delicious and nutritious hot noodles at any time! And..." Zhao Xiao Feng's eyes sparkled with excitement: "We can also sell it abroad, earn profits..."

  "Yes! Yes!......" Uncle Pu was confused.

  Zhao Xiao Feng knew it was hard to make the old man understand, so he immediately gathered a group of women from Shili Village for a trial. After nearly a month of experimentation, the delicious instant noodles were finally born.

  Zhao Xiaofeng was delighted to imagine that instant noodles had brought him countless gold, dollars, and had also brought him cannons, tanks, planes, and ships... "Haha! I'm laughing triumphantly! I'm laughing triumphantly!..."

  Having seen the production of instant noodles take shape, Zhao Xiaofeng finally arrived at the training base in the back mountain, he hadn't been there for a long time.

  The rear mountain is very suitable for military training. The surrounding mountains are surrounded by four sides, the middle depression is very gentle, and the mountains are connected by small roads.

  Zhao Xiaofeng crouched on the hillside, quietly looking down, and saw Ah Lang facing more than 100 sweaty subordinates, shouting: "Brothers! In order to complete today's training project smoothly, in order to win the title of Lian, I hope everyone will hold on! The commander said that only by sweating more during training can we bleed less during battle! Does everyone know?

  "Got it! Got it!"... More than a hundred people answered in unison, in a chaotic and disorderly manner. Zhao Xiao Feng couldn't help but furrow his brow, what kind of army is this?! Cough!

  But Ah Lang, who was originally a bandit, didn't care at all and loudly shouted: "Good! Next is the second item.

  Zhao Xiaofeng's training program is diverse, and he started planning it based on the special forces' training model. After all, he himself had been in the army for a month. He required soldiers to get up at 5:30 every morning. The first step was for each person to carry 20 kilograms of heavy objects and run 5000 meters on mountain roads; the second step was to start training at 8:00 and do 300 push-ups. They also had to crawl through a 30-meter barbed wire fence back and forth 100 times; the third step was to learn how to use various weapons at 11:00, although there were not many weapons in the army now, but at least there were nearly twenty kinds. The fourth step was to start shooting training at 13:30, with each person holding a Type 81 rifle and a stone tied to the muzzle with a rope, without moving for two hours; the fifth step was to train shooting targets for an hour, but bullets were scarce, and each person could only shoot three bullets per day, which means they could fire once every twenty minutes. After that, they also had to practice martial arts. He required each of them to jump 1.5 meters high and then heavily slam their backs onto the ground.

  Such a complicated military training was simply child's play in the eyes of these northeastern men. Zhao Xiao Feng couldn't help but stick out his tongue, he didn't even see one soldier who couldn't take it. Was it that people from this time period had better physical constitutions than modern people? He really couldn't understand why modern people were so afraid when receiving military training, often finding all sorts of excuses to escape training.

  In fact, he didn't understand that these subordinates used to be bandits growing in the mountains of Northeast China. Every day they ran on the mountain, and although they felt tired with these training projects, they now felt like heroes of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Army! Moreover, there was another motivation driving them, which was to become a "first-class" warrior.

  This is just the first step, and the entire training plan has three steps. The second step is: every day after dinner for half an hour, continue to run 5000 meters with a load of 20 kilograms; and also interspersed with swimming training, requiring wearing clothes to swim 1000 meters in one breath. Fortunately, there is a large lake with hot springs in this mountain, which solves both their training and bathing needs.

  The third step is to train them in the laying of landmines, the use of hand grenades, and skills such as trench warfare, night fighting, searching and escaping. They are also taught various wilderness survival techniques, capture techniques, climbing techniques, swimming and boat handling techniques, as well as demolition techniques, obstacle breaking techniques, including simple communication techniques, shooting techniques for various weapons, and simple Japanese conversation. Although some techniques can only be limited to a group of knowledgeable people, everyone has to listen and let them understand that every bit counts, after all, these people are their elite troops.

  At this time, Zhao Xiaofeng really understood how terrible it was to be uncultured. An official like Ah Lang couldn't even read the materials he wrote himself, and fortunately, there was a military advisor named Pu Ye to help him.

  Zhao Xiaofeng returned to the cave, which he had already arranged for someone to renovate and decorate. At this time, Mo Yuhuan was lying on the bed, staring at Zhao Xiaofeng with a pair of bright black eyes.

  "Wow!" Zhao Xiao Feng swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and hummed in a pleased tone: "Sweet honey! I'll lick your little tongue! Just like a baby lying in your arms..." Zhao Xiao Feng took step by step towards her, oh my god!... He only felt his heart beating faster, blood pressure rising, whole body burning with desire, heh heh! I'm going to take off your clothes! I want to be rough, wild and crazy once!... Ah! Saliva was flowing out, Zhao Xiao Feng wiped the corner of his mouth where drool was about to flow out, thinking to himself: "Must stay calm, must keep calm, can't be like a country bumpkin who's never seen the world, or like a hungry wolf in heat! Otherwise, this little girl will look down on me!"

  Suddenly, Zhao Xiaofeng's eyes fell on the large bucket of water, and to his surprise, not a single drop of water had been used, and Mo Yuhan was still dirty. He couldn't help but feel shocked - after all, Mo Yuhan was a girl who loved cleanliness, so why hadn't she taken a bath? "Do I have to... Hmph! Ugh! How disgusting!" Zhao Xiaofeng slapped his own forehead, cursing: "Damn it!" Zhao Xiaofeng was regretting his own disgusting thoughts - after all, Mo Yuhan was an idiot now!

  "Husband!" Mo Yuhan suddenly spoke up, startling Zhao Xiaofeng, and hearing her soft and gentle tone, Zhao Xiaofeng almost couldn't take it again.

  "What's wrong, silly girl?" Zhao Xiaofeng swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked.

  "I want to take a bath!" Mo Yuhan exclaimed.

  "Take a bath!" Zhao Xiaofeng said in surprise: "Why didn't you take a bath when I went out?"

  "Give me a wash!" Mo Yuhan shouted.

  "Ah!" Zhao Xiao Feng was startled, "This... Hehe! Not taking advantage of a good deal is stupid!" Having made up his mind, Zhao Xiao Feng immediately helped her up and said: "Come on, silly girl, let your husband help you take off your clothes!"

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