The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Begins in Songhu

Chapter 244: Everyone is mortal since ancient times? Leave a loyal heart to shine in history

Half an hour later, a bag of bamboo shoots, still smelling of fresh soil, was delivered to Hu Biao in Taierzhuang.

When he opened the bag, Hu Biao was suddenly at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

What can I say! Although many bamboo shoots are large in size, they are already too old. The taste is like chewing bamboo, and they are obviously not suitable for cooking.

It is understandable that such a situation occurred, and we cannot blame our sister Annie.

Because he guessed that this girl was picking bamboo shoots for the first time in her life, so how could she know the tricks involved? After she started, she just picked the big bamboo shoots.

Fortunately, there were quite a few bamboo shoots in this bag, far more than the one pound that Hu Biao asked for; after some picking and choosing, they peeled out enough fresh spring bamboo shoots.

While waiting for the bamboo shoots to arrive, Hu Biao was already busy with the other steps of preparing the dish of pickled pork with preserved vegetables.

For example, after blanching the ham and ribs, add enough boiling water, put in scallion knots, ginger slices, and rice wine, bring to a boil over high heat and then simmer over low heat.

By the time Hu Biao had prepared the spring bamboo shoots, they had already been simmered on low heat for half an hour.

After adding the spring bamboo shoots, continue stewing for 20 minutes, then add the bean curd sheets, and finally stew for 10 minutes. The dish is then completely done.

Because bacon is added, no salt is needed during the whole process.

Zanana, who was worried about Hu Biao's cooking skills, tasted the food a little bit with the intention of trying it out.

My evaluation in my mind is: the soup is thick and white, and tastes delicious, the spring bamboo shoots are crisp and tender, the bean curd sheets are soaked in the soup, and the salty and fresh blend of bacon and ribs is very memorable.

In the following time, under the silent gaze of the other 271 members of the entire suicide squad tonight.

Ling Lanfang felt a little embarrassed and began to eat the pickled pork with preserved vegetables, which was full of the respect that the younger generations like Hu Biao had for a respectable ancestor.

As she ate, a tear rolled down her face, which had become much rougher than her peers' skin due to long-term exposure to the elements since joining the army, and fell into the steaming soup.

Then, more tears fell one by one.

The reason for this is not only because this dish of pickled pork with preserved vegetables is surprisingly delicious.

It made her taste the flavor of spring, as if the environment around her was no longer the Taierzhuang battlefield filled with smoke and blood, but the bamboo forest in her hometown in Guangxi Province in spring.

There is no war there, and no beast-like Japanese devils.

It also allowed her to taste her mother's flavor, and reminded her of how her mother stayed up all night under the oil lamp to prepare her luggage before she left to join the army.

Finally, after finishing a big bowl of pickled pork with preserved vegetables without leaving any soup.

After wiping the tears from her eyes, Ling Lanfang said a little embarrassedly, "The pickled pork with preserved vegetables made by Commander Hu is really delicious, but it's a bit irritating to my nose and eyes. It made me cry."

"Oh! My hand was shaking when I was adding pepper powder just now, and I accidentally put too much." Hu Biao said.

In fact, in order not to affect the flavor of the pickled pork with preserved vegetables, he only added a little bit of pepper; he said this simply because he didn't want to embarrass this respectable ancestor too much.

At the same time, Hu Biao's heart was filled with desolation, and he couldn't help but sigh silently:

"I'm afraid that the younger generations of Chinese people in the future will sigh at how the ancestors like Ling Lanfang were as brave as men and were ready to die.

No one noticed that they were actually some young girls in their prime, with families and all kinds of beautiful fantasies.

But at this critical moment for the nation and the country, she stood up regardless of her own status as a daughter and fought together with millions of other Chinese people..."

By this time, it was already midnight, and there was not much time left before the night attack that would officially be launched at 1 o'clock tonight.

After Ling Lanfang calmed down her excitement, she stood up and said to Zanana calmly:
"Captain Zha, could you please tie up the grenade for me?"

"Okay!" After hearing this, Zanana agreed solemnly, and then tied a chest pendant with four grenades firmly to Ling Lanfang's chest.

And this was just the beginning. They then tied grenades to many other parts of her body, including her back and waist, until Ling Lanfang looked like she was covered in grenades, totaling eleven or twelve.

At the same time, the other members of the death squad also got busy one by one. They also helped each other to hang a large number of grenades and hand grenades on their bodies.

The reason for this is that, firstly, grenades are truly a powerful weapon during night raids; especially when facing Japanese soldiers hiding in fortifications and rooms, throwing a grenade in can quickly solve the problem.

Second, after the Japanese suffered losses in their night attack last night, they were obviously more cautious tonight.

Not only did they deploy more troops to strengthen the defense of the positions, but they also deployed a tank as the core of defense at every key position.

Even the weakest Type 12 light tank of the Japanese has 37mm thick armor on the front; it also has a 7.7mm caliber tank gun and two mm caliber vehicle-mounted machine guns.

All of the above combined pose a much greater threat than a machine gun bunker.

Before tonight, Mo Shuiyan and the wizard, together with a group of college and high school students, as well as blacksmiths, carpenters and other craftsmen, produced reliable DIY anti-tank weapons.

A good cook cannot cook without rice. Hu Biao and his men had no other choice but to tie grenades and hand grenades all over their bodies and rush forward to blow up the tank.

By the way, when necessary, they would rush forward to blow up the Japanese light and heavy machine gun fire points.

Bomb the areas where the Japanese gathered, and bomb every target they thought was worth their lives.

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It should be noted that Ling Lanfang opened her arms with a calm expression and allowed Zanana to tie grenades to her body one by one.

With a 'click' sound, a flash of light came on, freezing Ling Lanfang's appearance at the moment.

But the person taking the photo at this moment was not Lao Yu, a native of Xuzhou.

Even though this novice knew that Ling Lanfang had less than a 10% chance of coming back alive after participating in the operation tonight, he still had some beautiful fantasies and would not use Hu Biao's weird camera to take pictures of the other party.

So the person taking the photo at this moment is actually a foreigner.

To be more precise, it was another war photographer from Uncle Sam's family: Robert Capa.

When he heard the news that the legendary Hu Biao and Hu Tuanzuo had reappeared in Taierzhuang, he took great pains to board the plane that the bald principal was flying to inspect and hurried to Xuzhou.

And this morning, he successfully entered Taierzhuang with a battalion of reserve troops from the 131st Division.

There was no way! He rose from a commoner, established countless military exploits, and became a fierce general on the battlefield. During this period, he had a battlefield romance with a popular dancer. The key point was that the dancer died in his arms.

All of the above plots have aroused great interest among the Western masses.

Hu Biao now has a huge reputation in the entire white community, so huge that an interview with him is a guarantee of sales.

That's why Robert Capa took the huge risk and plunged into the Taierzhuang incident.

Of course! This foreigner’s adventure was not in vain.

He took many photos in Taierzhuang and finally published the best ones in Uncle Sam's Life magazine after the battle.

Among all the photos published, apart from Hu Biao and his companions, the most memorable one is this one of Ling Lanfang.

Robert Capa also wrote some widely circulated texts in the article.

There are many towns with turning points in history, such as Waterloo, Gettysburg, and Verdun. Today, a new name has been added: Taierzhuang...

The young female soldier and her comrades actually knew that it would be difficult for them to come back alive.

But before the attack, their attitude was so calm and peaceful; so peaceful that I had the illusion that they were not going to a fatal battle, but to a luxurious dinner party.

This is the attitude of the Chinese people, who are always perceived as numb.

Perhaps the secret lies in an ancient oriental poem that was mentioned during an interview with Captain Hu Biao, but which I still don’t quite understand.

That line, written hundreds of years ago, before Uncle Sam's family was even born, goes like this:
Since ancient times, everyone has died. Leave behind a loyal heart that will shine through history...

(End of this chapter)