"Old Lu, you go back and tell Staff Officer Li that I spent the night in the artillery camp tonight, and if there is something to ask him to come here to find me!" Liao Fan said to Lu Liming beside him, "I also told Captain Ma that at ten o'clock in the evening, I will go to him." ”

Lu Liming left after agreeing, the eve of the war should have been the most tense and busiest time, but Liao Fan was the most idle time, he had already arranged everything, and let the officers below arrange the specific things, there was no need to do everything himself. If Liao Fan interfered in anything, not only would he not be able to cultivate the ability of the officers below, but he would also be full of exhaustion. The independent 33rd Division is so big, he must put down the power in his hands.

"Brother, let's not go to the canteen of your artillery battalion tonight, you can open a small stove for me alone!" Liao Fan said with a smile.

"Don't embarrass your brother and me, you don't know my craftsmanship, what I make is not as delicious as yours!" Liao Jundong glanced at Liao Fan, "Didn't you embarrass me and deliberately look at my jokes." ”

"Hey!" Liao Fan also smiled and shook his head, "It seems that I will continue to eat in the cafeteria in another place." ”

"Don't worry, since I left you behind, I must be prepared, and I finally had a meal with my own brother, so I can't be too sloppy, I have already told the cooking class Lao Ning, let him cook a few dishes alone tonight, and your favorite fried golden cicada!" Liao Jundong said with a smile to Liao Fan.

"This is good, it seems that I didn't come in vain today, brother, do you have any wine here?" Liao Fan got up and walked to the next room of the headquarters, the next room of the artillery battalion headquarters was Liao Jundong's residence, Liao Fan opened the door and looked at the neatly placed in the room, and then began to rummage through the boxes and cabinets to see if Liao Jundong was hiding wine here.

"Don't you drink a lot? And you're going to patrol the position at night, and the smell of alcohol is not good! Liao Jundong didn't stop Liao Fan from rummaging through things, because there was no wine at all where he lived.

Liao Fan rummaged through the cabinets for a while, and there was nothing left in the whole room except for a few books and some clothes.

"No need to turn it over, I don't have any good things here, except for the watch you gave me, the most valuable thing is my two matching guns, if you really want to drink, I'll go to the villager's house to change a few catties of burning knives!" Liao Jundong said.

"Forget it if you don't have it, I don't really want to drink it anyway, I just feel that there are good dishes, and there is no good wine to match, which is a bit of a waste!" Liao Fan returned to the chair and sat down, "But we should prepare a little wine in the future, we can not drink it, Ma Wanzhong and Hu Guoshan are not fuel-efficient lamps, although they don't say anything every time they come to me, but I heard the soldiers say that the two of them don't drink less in their own station, and as long as they don't delay things in the future, it's okay to drink a little." ”

Liao Fan doesn't drink or smoke, but so many old men get together, they can have no cigarettes, but no alcohol is like something.

"You pour a drink, how can you drink, as the supreme commander of the 33rd Independent Division, if you are drunk, how can you deal with the matter?" Liao Jundong disagreed with Liao Fan drinking, "But prepare a little wine and let a few of them satisfy their hunger, you can't drink it." ”

"Good! There was still some time before it got dark, so I went to see what delicious food Lao Ning had prepared! Liao Fan couldn't sit still in the command headquarters, so he decided to go to the cooking class to see what Lao Ning was cooking for him.

The entire barracks of the 33rd Independent Division were built on the mountain, and the front half of the buildings was made of mountain stones, and the back half was indeed a cave dug out. Very few buildings were built on their own, and most of the shelter from the wind and rain was in caves.

The canteen of the artillery battalion is in the cave, and after entering the cave, the cave is relatively humid and cool, and it is completely different from the heat outside. As soon as he entered the cave, Liao Fan smelled the aroma of food, and it was obvious that the cooking squad of the artillery battalion had already prepared the meal.

Now that the 33rd Independent Division has entered a wartime state, the cooking squad has to prepare meals in advance, deliver them to the positions, and the soldiers eat on the positions.

"Lao Ning!" Liao Fan shouted at the entrance of the cave, and the sound kept echoing in the cave.

"Brother Fan, why are you here?" Lao Ning trotted all the way over, wiped his wet hands with his apron and said.

"I'll see what you can cook for me!" Liao Fan came up and patted Lao Ning on the shoulder and said.

"Brother Fan, I'm preparing the ingredients, I've prepared an afternoon meal for the soldiers this afternoon, and now I just have my hands free." Lao Ning smiled apologetically.

"It's the right thing to do, but I'm bothering you Lao Ning this time."

"There's no trouble, no trouble, Brother Fan, tell me directly what you want to eat, as long as we have it here, I promise to make it fragrant for you." Lao Ning said proudly.

"I admire your Lao Ning's craftsmanship, but let's stop chatting here, I want to see what delicious food your Lao Ning has prepared, go!" Take me to see it. ”

At the door of the cooking class hangs a sign that reads, "Idlers are not allowed to enter." Entering the door, Liao Fan saw that the lights inside were bright, but these lamps were oil lamps and torches, and some soldiers were still preparing dinner.

Ning Ning, the elder of the cooking squad, took Liao Fan into the back kitchen, and the soldiers all got up to greet Liao Fan, and Liao Fan also nodded at them, signaling them to be busy and leave him alone.

"Lao Ning, take me first to see what you have prepared for the soldiers!" Liao Fan said.

Lao Ning led Liao Fan to the front of a platform, which was covered with a thick white cloth, and it was still slightly hot under the light. Lao Ning lifted the white cloth, revealing a steaming meal.

"Brother Fan, this is prepared with the soldiers, there are only two vegetarian dishes and steamed buns for dinner at night, and a meat dish will be served to the soldiers at noon!" Lao Ning introduced Liao Fan, and the meals in front of him were like soldiers under Lao Ning's hands.

"It's tiring enough to prepare these for your cooking class every day, right? Although it's cool in the cave, it's summer after all, and you definitely can't eat on time when you're busy, it's really hard for you! ”

"Brother Fan, this is really not, when we are busy, our battalion commander will arrange for soldiers to help cook, and we will eat an hour later than the soldiers, which is more tiring during the war, and we need to send food and drink to the position, in fact, this is also what we should do, they are responsible for fighting, we are responsible for their full meals, everyone has different division of labor, and the soldiers are well fed, so they can fight well."

After Liao Fan heard Lao Ning's words, he felt empowered: "Lao Ning, you have a good consciousness, everyone performs their duties to do what they should do well, I should give you Lao Ning a medal as a model worker." ”

Lao Ning touched his head, he couldn't understand what Liao Fan said, but judging from his expression, Liao Fan was praising him, so he was very happy.

"Brother Fan, everything I prepared for you tonight is over there!" Lao Ning took Liao Fan to another platform.

There is a grass carp and some vegetables on the table, which are common ingredients in Taihang Mountain.

"Brother Fan, this grass carp is leftover from this morning, but it is still fresh, if it weren't for Brother Liao's greeting and keeping, we would have boiled a pot of soup tonight and divided it among the brothers." Lao Ning said with a smile.

"Well, let's braise this fish, it's hard to be extravagant for a while, and it will trouble you Lao Ning a lot." Liao Fan said.

"That's fine, I'm going to salad these spinach cold, and there are some peanuts here."

"Okay, you can do this, I heard my brother say, you got some knowledge, I'm here for this tonight." What makes Liao Fan most interested is that he knows, although he knows more at this time, it is rare to be able to make a dish.

"Haha, this is also what I just caught today, arranged by our battalion commander, and specially left for Brother Fan." Lao Ning walked in front of Liao Fan with a bowl, and there was a bowl in it.

Liao Fan nodded with satisfaction, then smiled at Lao Ning and said, "Lao Ning, do you have any wine here?" ”

Lao Ning shook his head, but he finally knew why Liao Fan wanted to go on this trip in person, it turned out that he came to see if he had any wine here.

"Brother Fan, don't you drink alcohol?" Lao Ning asked in wonder.

"I don't know what's wrong today, I really want to drink, it seems that I don't have this oral today!" Liao Fan said.

Liao Fan helped Lao Ning prepare the ingredients in the cooking class, and only if he participated in it himself, the meals he made were delicious and delicious, so Liao Fan was not lazy at all, and worked with Lao Ning in the cooking class for more than an hour before preparing four dishes, a braised fish, a plate of cold vegetables, peanuts, and his favorite fried golden cicada.

When everything was done, Lao Ning walked to Liao Fan's side and whispered: "Brother Fan, I still have half a bottle of burning knives here, which I got from my fellow countryman last time." ”

Liao Fan's eyes lit up: "Hurry up, take it out and I'll take it away, you'd rather be really interesting." ”

When he returned to the headquarters of the artillery battalion, the sun was already setting in the west, and the sun was not so hot on his body, and Liao Jundong was sorting out things in the headquarters.

"Coming back?" Liao Jundong looked at Liao Fan carrying a basket, knowing that he had already brought the food over, and hurriedly sorted out a table.

Liao Fan put the food on the table, glanced at the command headquarters, and found that the map that was originally hanging on the wall had been taken down: "Will you move to the forward position tonight?" ”

"Yes, everything that should have been arranged in the past has already been arranged, and tonight I will ask Gongyong to move everything to the artillery position, and I will still work in the second position from tomorrow!" Liao Jundong began to pack his things and prepare for dinner.

Liao Fan put the food on the table: "Brother, find two teacups, let's have a drink tonight." ”

Liao Jundong watched Liao Fan take out a bottle and was a little surprised: "Where did you get this from?" ”

"Lao Ning's rest, let me bring it." Liao Fan said with a smile.