Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

It was already January of the 43rd year, and it was already the dead of winter in the Taihang Mountains. The earth was bleak and the rivers had frozen early.

In order to protect the waterwheels from being damaged by freezing, the waterwheel workshops along the river stopped working before the ice formed, and the small waterwheels were unloaded. At this time, only the waterwheels that also served as irrigation devices were still frozen on the river surface, looking particularly lonely.

Of course, that was just an appearance. In fact, in the woods not far from the river, the newly built workshop was emitting black smoke, the steam-driven equipment was running non-stop, and the arsenal's production was in full swing.

"Let's go, the team is going to Huishui Bay to catch fish!" Someone in the village shouted, and immediately attracted the attention of the children in the village. Then, children of all ages, wearing all kinds of cotton clothes, appeared on the street. Then, children of all ages rushed forward and caught up with the guard company.

Backwater Bay is a section of the river bend east of the Wild Boar Forest. Due to the terrain, the river water swirls around here, which makes the riverbed here particularly deep. Later, when the water conservancy project was built, the detachment built a dam in the river section below the backwater bay, making the backwater bay a reservoir for storing water. At the same time, the canal built also irrigated the large tracts of farmland east of the Wild Boar Forest.

With a reservoir, fish must be raised. Everyone wants this! Even in such a wild environment, as long as there is such a reservoir, the fish will know how to reproduce here. What people need to do is to regularly feed some weeds, coarse grain powder and other foods into the reservoir.

It's winter now. The water surface of the backwater bay, which spans more than 2000 meters and stretches for more than meters, has long been frozen into a layer of solid ice. The fish inside cannot get oxygen and have long been suffocating.

Li Yuexuan, who had been in Liangjia Village for more than a year without going out for a breath of fresh air, naturally thought of the reservoir and the fish here! Hunting? We had a concentrated hunt just after the autumn harvest, and another concentrated hunt after winter. The next hunt will probably be before the New Year. It must be said that there are not so many tigers, jackals and other predators in Taihang Mountain, but there are really too many wild boars.

Amid the children's loud cheers and the adults' hopeful eyes, the soldiers of the guard company appeared on the ice with various tools and fishing nets. Then, they broke the ice, cast the nets, and lit a bonfire by the river to keep warm. The children gathered here and were reluctant to leave.

I don't know how long it took, but Hu Lanzhou, who came over to give instructions, shouted loudly: "Everyone, raise the net!"

"Let's pull up the net. Let's pull together..." Dozens of strong young men worked together and used the winch hung on the tree by the river to help. The fishing net deep in the water was pulled out little by little.

Then... well, the reservoir was built less than two years ago, and even in winter fishing, there weren't many big catches. The largest was a grass carp weighing more than five kilograms, followed by a carp weighing more than four kilograms, and finally a crucian carp weighing about half a kilogram. Smaller fish simply couldn't be caught by the mesh of the fishing net...

By the river, beside the bonfire, Li Yuexuan watched everyone busying around and wanted to help, but Big Bear and Little Bear blocked his way and wouldn't let him pass. In desperation, Li Yuexuan had someone bring over a grass carp, which he pierced directly onto the three-edged thorn in his hand and roasted on the bonfire.

Seeing their deputy captain grilling fish, the soldiers became more excited. They pulled the fishing nets up one by one, and threw all kinds of fish, big and small, onto the ice, letting the children run with them one by one. The children did not take advantage of the situation, but put all the fish in the buckets brought by the soldiers, waiting for a feast after returning.

However, not long after, the aroma of grilled fish from Li Yuexuan's side wafted over, immediately attracting the children's attention, and they no longer wanted to go fishing on the ice.

"Xiaotian, I really suspect that you are here just to grill fish! Not only did you bring three-edged thorns, you also brought pepper and salt, and cumin... We only grow a little cumin by the river, and Taoist Jue'an uses it as a medicinal herb, and you brought it to grill..." Li Yuexuan said while grilling fish. "It was Taoist Jue'an who asked me to bring it. He said that this can remove the cold, and it is just right for comrades to use when eating fish, so I just want to try it!" Cai Xiaotian said.

"Okay...well, you little brats are all greedy, right? Go and tell them what I said, each of you bring a fish, grass carp, about one pound, and we'll grill it!" Li Yuexuan saw the children surrounding him and didn't hesitate anymore. He directly asked the children to get the fish.

Soon, the children came back each holding a fish, and looked at Li Yuexuan eagerly as he grilled the fish for them.

Looking at the more than 30 children of all ages gathered together, how could Li Yuexuan handle it? So the special service squad soldiers who were on guard around him came into play. Each of them was responsible for three pieces of wood. After they were done, they found branches and strung them together to roast for the children...

Just as everyone was busy catching and eating fish, the sentry on guard in the east came running over in a hurry to report: "Captain, our team has arrived from the east, with about 1600 people."

"A team of 1600 people? Who are they? Have you contacted them?" Li Yuexuan asked with a frown.

"We've made contact. They said they are from the New Second Regiment, and their commander Kong Jie is in the team! Here, these are their pass and credentials!" The sentry handed over two pieces of paper.

"Haha, the New 2nd Regiment is really back! My goodness, the New 2nd Regiment has been fighting in the Jizhong Plain for more than half a year, right? I thought they would continue to fight in Jizhong from now on. So, go to the telephone point and call the detachment headquarters to inform the detachment commander and the political commissar. Xiong Da, bring me some paper and pen..."

The sentry went to make a phone call. Li Yuexuan personally wrote a pass and asked Xiong Da to send it to the east to the New Second Regiment. The pass written by Li Yuexuan only had the authority of 5 people, requiring them to be regimental-level cadres and bring at most two guards. This was not because he was making things difficult for people, but in Liangjia Village, ordinary teams were not allowed to come, especially outside teams.

In order to accommodate the foreign teams to exchange weapons and ammunition from the arsenal, Huidong Village in the east and Weijia Village in the west have become the two material exchange points for the arsenal. It is better to keep Liangjia Village a secret. Well, this is not aimed at the New Second Regiment, but all the teams that come here are treated this way, including the independent regiment.

The bear ran away in a hurry, and half an hour later, Kong Jie appeared at the edge of the reservoir with two guards.

"Haha... Peregrine, you seem to be living a good life. You even grilled fish for me? Is this specially for us, Old Kong?" Kong Jie's voice was full of enthusiasm.

"Captain Kong, haha... welcome back to Taihang Mountains! Due to confidentiality restrictions, your main team can only take a detour to Weijia Village from the south. I'm sorry in advance!" Li Yuexuan said.

"Ah...haha..." After saying that, both of them laughed. (End of this chapter)