Devil's Army

"Auntie, take this first." Leng Feng and He Guihua handed out lunch boxes to each person. Mao Lang and Diao Lang followed behind Leng Feng and He Guihua and handed them lunch boxes. Short Wolf and Black Wolf handed the lunch boxes they had taken from the car to Mao Lang and Diao Lang.

"After you get your lunch boxes, don't leave yet. I'll show you how to make them."

This is self-heating rice, which was a common thing in Leng Feng's time. But it was not available during the Anti-Japanese War.

There weren't many people, so they were all sent out quickly. Leng Feng stood in front of the fellow villagers and said to everyone:

"Open the box first. There is a heating pack in the interlayer of the box. This heating pack is not edible. You must remember this. Add water to the interlayer of the heating pack, and the water should not overflow the line on the scale. Then wait about 15 minutes and you can eat it." Leng Feng demonstrated how to open a box of self-heating rice.

The villagers all looked skeptical. "You can heat up cold rice by adding cold water without lighting a fire?"

After opening the boxes, the villagers were all excited. There was meat in the rice, chicken stewed with mushrooms, sweet and sour pork ribs... These were all delicacies from heaven for the villagers who only saw fish twice a year.

"Our own allies are still the best!" The villagers had tears in their eyes, and some of them even wiped their eyes with the corners of their sleeves from time to time.

A skinny woman with a sallow complexion knelt down with a lunch box she had just opened in her hand and said repeatedly:

"Thank you, thank you!"

Then the ragged, pale-faced man behind her knelt down and said:

"thanks, thanks."

"What are you doing?" Leng Feng asked as he helped the kneeling woman and man up.

"Her name is He Chunhua." He Guihua supported the woman and said to Leng Feng. Her parents were killed by the Japanese three months ago. She is pregnant with a child. Her husband was stabbed to death by the Japanese last month in order to save the little food. She has been relying on digging wild vegetables and the relief from the villagers to survive."

"His name is He Bangzi. His family has long been out of food, so he and his sister have to rely on digging wild vegetables and tree bark to fill their stomachs."

"The food we hid in the house was searched out by the Japanese a long time ago. We thought that since the Japanese had just searched out the food, they wouldn't come back so soon. So we brought back the little food hidden in the cave outside to eat. Who knew that it would be searched out by the Japanese again today. Fortunately you came, otherwise we wouldn't know how we would get through the rest of the days." A woman with a equally sallow complexion next to He Chunhua said sobbingly.

"Fellow villagers, don't worry. The Japanese devils don't have such good teeth. We must take back all the food they stole!" Leng Feng shouted to the villagers.

"Good!" Applause broke out among the fellow villagers.

At this time, the big man and the gray wolf came over with a bucket of water and a spoon. The gray wolf added water to the self-heating rice of the villagers one by one.

The fellow villagers who had added water and those who had not yet added water gathered together in groups of three or four to chat.

After a while, everyone was surprised to find that the lunch box had really become hot.

"Brother, I have meat here, lots of meat." An eight or nine-year-old girl ran up to He Bangzi and said excitedly.

"This girl's name is He Lingdang, she's 13 years old, and she's He Bangzi's biological sister." He Guihua said to Leng Feng.

"My parents were all killed by the Japanese during their raids."

Due to long-term malnutrition, the 13-year-old girl looks like an eight or nine-year-old girl.

"Brother has some here too. I'll give you some meat." He Bangzi pulled his sister to his side and said.

"Well, no need, brother, you eat yours, I have some too." Little Bell's childish face raised up with a smile.

The rice was ready, and everyone started to eat it voraciously. They were more excited about eating than during the Chinese New Year.

The special forces members couldn't help feeling sad when they saw the satisfied looks on the faces of their fellow villagers.

Their meals consisted of at least two meat dishes, two vegetable dishes and a soup, and seasonal fruits and milk after meals. However, the villagers of this era were satisfied with just a full meal, not to mention meat.

At this time, He Chunhua led two middle-aged men towards Leng Feng.

"Captain, do they have something to ask you?"

"My fellow countryman, please tell me if you need any help." Leng Feng said enthusiastically with a smile.

"Yeah, Captain, yeah."

"It's okay. If you have any difficulties, just tell us. We will try our best to do what we can."

"Hmm, hmm," the two middle-aged men scratched their heads, their faces flushed, but they just couldn't say "hmm."

He Chunhua, who was standing beside him, was so anxious that she shouted:

"Hey, let me tell you, these two grown men act like little girls."

"Captain, their wives are still hiding in the cave and haven't eaten yet. After eating this meal, they said it was the best meal they had ever had in their lives. See if we can give their wives a portion to try as well."

"Oh, that's no problem. Mao Lang, go get three more lunch boxes from the car." Leng Feng turned and said to Mao Lang.

"Yes." Mao Lang turned around and jumped into the car, took out three lunch boxes and handed them to the two middle-aged men and He Chunhua.

The two middle-aged men bowed and said repeatedly: "Thank you, thank you, Captain."

He Chunhua blushed and waved her hands, saying, "No, no, I can't have it. I've already eaten."

"Just take it. You have a baby in your belly, so you need more nutrition." Leng Feng continued.

He Chunhua took the lunch box, bowed to Leng Feng with tears in her eyes and said, "Thank you, Captain!"