Zhang Wei returned to the station of the preparation camp, the camp was much quieter than the previous chaos, under Qiu Wei's organization, the soldiers performed their duties, did things with something, cleaned up the tents and shops with nothing, and the soldiers were also relatively tired, so the camp was very quiet.

The most important thing going on in the preparation camp now is to have a meal.

In order to let the soldiers eat this meal, Zhang Wei personally went to the cooking class, and when he saw the battalion commander coming in person, he made the cooking class very uncomfortable.

"Report to the battalion commander, we, we're cooking."

A cooking squad leader gave Zhang Wei a standing upright, these guys and soldiers have not received much training, and now Zhang Wei is even more out of the soldiers to make a report on standing upright, which looks uncomfortable.

Zhang Wei smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Okay, don't report it, you better cook well." In front of him were three infantry companies' cooking squads, totaling more than thirty people, setting up six large iron pots, boiling water for cooking, and piling up ingredients and rice bags around them.

Zhang Wei walked over, and in addition to the non-staple food given by the 46th Division, there were also bags of military ration rice wrapped in white rice bags on the ground.

"Sir, how much should we cook for dinner?"

The cooking squad leader followed behind Zhang Wei and asked, among the cooking squad leaders of the three companies, he was the oldest qualified.

"How much food do we have left?" Zhang Wei just wanted to know about the food reserves of the troops, and it was not easy to get food for the next retreat and battle.

"Sir, those newly received non-staple foods are not counted, fresh meat and those green vegetables can't be stored for a long time, they have to be eaten quickly, and what can really be put is those rice and cooked dry food and bean sprouts, jerky, and dry bread."

"The rice is all military ration rice, and now our battalion has more than 30 big bags in our hands, and there are a lot of fried dry food, and then there are those pork jerky you got before, the rice and dry food are eaten normally, and they can last less than 20 days.

According to what the cooking squad leader said, the reserve battalion has about 20 days' worth of grain, which is not a small amount, but the retreat stage is coming, and the supply of the entire assault column will definitely not be smooth in the retreat, and the grain storage may not be enough at that time.

When the troops retreated, it seemed that Zhang Wei had to ask for food supplies from above.

"Okay, you guys cook first, start eating as soon as possible!"

"Yes!" The cooking squad deals with the ingredients, Zhang Wei is watching them do it on the side, the battalion commander is staring at the side, how dare these cooking soldiers not contribute, a few pork fans given by friendly soldiers are spread on the canvas, the cooking soldiers use kitchen knives to shave pig hair, scrape the skin, these pork are indeed relatively fresh, blood red and blood-red, today's main dish is pork stew, first take off the pork bones, chop the meat, and then stew with those vegetables, bean sprouts, and stew on the pot.

There is not so much attention in the army, and the food is also, first of all, the management is enough, the method is relatively rough, the ingredients are thrown directly into the pot when they are done, and the vegetables sent by the friendly army are also chopped with kitchen knives and put into the pot.

The dish is being cooked, and there are also two pots with lids on the side, and rice porridge is cooking, and the cooked rice is uniformly distributed military rice, wrapped in white, and the military rice packaging with the military standard is displayed.

The military rations were transported to the military stations by local manpower, and after the army itself purchased them from the grain merchants, they were then transferred to the troops through military transportation, and then distributed by the troops themselves.

After all, it was the early stage of the war, and the military ration institutions in the rear could completely provide more than enough rice to the front, and in addition to the main rice, there were also dry bread processed by various processing plants to supply the combat troops on the front line.

Prices have not yet skyrocketed, and the price changes of agricultural products are not very large, so the logistics organs of the national army can still afford it. In addition to the pork stew, the cooking class also used bayonets to cut the pork jerky into small pieces and mix them with rice porridge.

These pork jerky were purchased by Zhang Wei after reselling the seized goods in Hunan, and after drying, they were easy to store, and in order to replenish the soldiers' physical strength, they cut a few extra hangings of pork jerky and threw them into rice porridge.

Rice and dried porridge, pork stew, is today's food, this dish is definitely luxurious in the army, Zhang Wei has already smelled the fragrance on the side, the cook put the things into the pot and stewed, and put the pig bones together, these bones can be used to stew a pot of soup until the next meal.

Some soldiers smelled the smell and rushed to the cooking squad impatiently, of course, all of them were driven back by their respective squad and platoon leaders, Zhang Wei was standing there, and no one wanted his soldiers to embarrass themselves.

Zhang Wei saw that the meal was almost cooked and the dishes were about to be cooked, so he told the people in the cooking class that the meal would start as soon as the meal was ready, and then he went back to the tent first, it takes time for a battalion to divide the food, since the meal has been prepared, Zhang Wei has no need to continue to watch them distribute the food, and the rest of the things are organized by the platoon commanders of each company, and what he has to do is only to supervise the work of the cooking class and improve the food level as much as possible.

The cook lifted the lid of the cauldron, a burst of aroma came out of the porridge pot, and billowing steam came out, and then looked at the pork stew, it was almost there, and the one in charge was stirring the vegetable soup.

"It's time to eat!" The three cooking squad leaders shouted at the same time. The soldiers couldn't bear it for a long time, and they hadn't eaten any serious meals for a few days, and now when they heard about the meal, they all couldn't wait to rush out, but the squad platoon leader was there, and they didn't dare to make a mistake, so they could only receive meals in squad and platoon units under the leadership of the squad and platoon leader.

"Line up, get the porridge first, then the vegetables!" The soldiers lined up, looking at the meal excitedly, smiling on their faces, how many days have they not eaten hot rice, today it is pork and white rice porridge, how can they not be excited, some are holding military lunch boxes, some are holding enamel bowls, and they are lined up to take turns to eat.

"Everybody has it, it's all quantitative!" The cooking squad leaders shouted, this is telling the soldiers not to be greedy and take more, the food is rationed, and like weapons and ammunition, you can't take more.

The soldiers are holding military lunch boxes and enamel bowls, the cooks are holding spoons, two spoons of porridge per person, and one bowl of vegetables per person.

It's a pity that no one succeeded, and all of them who wanted to take advantage were scolded by the cooking squad leader, and then scolded by the squad leader and rushed to the front.

After receiving the meal, the soldiers took the squad as a unit, and after a squad was led, the whole class went to the tent to eat under the leadership of the squad leader, and the whole camp prepared for the camp was full of fragrant food, and the soldiers ate a lot, and the atmosphere in the camp was much better.