Chapter 701 Cooking Sheep and Slaughtering Cattle for Fun (Part 1)

The monument is speechless, the sea of ​​history is deep, and the memory is eternal.

Langya Mountain, formerly known as Langshan, is located in Hebei Province, China.

Lang and wolf are homophonic, so it is also called Langshan.

Later, because of the towering peaks and dangerous peaks that looked like wolf teeth, it was also called Langya Mountain. It was one of the ten scenic spots in ancient Yizhou and the eight scenic spots in the ancient city of Baoding.

During the Anti-Japanese War, Langya Mountain was one of the famous base areas.

The famous General Yang at that time was inspired by the story of three attacks on Zhujiazhuang in the Water Margin. He saw that the terrain of Langya Mountain was crisscrossed with ravines, connected by mountains and rivers, and there were winding paths between the mountains, which looked very much like Zhujiazhuang. Pantuo Road, Taoist priest Li Yuanzhong was invited to transform it.

Of course.

The transformation here is not some Feng Shui formation, but the direction of some mountain roads, trees and hidden whistles.

The transformed Langya Mountain played a good role as a base area, and the Japanese's many raids finally failed.

But General Yang did not relax because of this. He quickly realized that there were still huge hidden dangers in Langya Mountain:

If the Japanese army mobilizes heavy weapons to launch a large-scale raid on Langya Mountain, the troops and people in the mountain will be surrounded by the Japanese army and have nowhere to escape.

However, before he took effective measures, the Neon people's large-scale raids on Langya Mountain had already arrived.

August 1941.

Gang Ning assembled 5 divisions and 6 brigades to launch a large-scale raid on the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region.

They first concentrated their forces to divide and surround the headquarters of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, trying to eliminate the rabbits' command organizations in one fell swoop.

In order to protect the safety of the headquarters, General Yang decided to transfer the main force of a regiment in Langya Mountain away from Langya Mountain to reinforce the headquarters.

As a result, the team in Langya Mountain became empty. There were only four guerrilla groups and some militiamen in the mountain.

As expected, the cunning enemy army did not miss this opportunity and immediately launched a surprise attack on Langya Mountain.

September 24th.

The Japanese army and the puppet army gathered more than 3,500 people. Under the command of the commander, they sent troops to block all exits of Langya Mountain. The troops were divided into nine groups and attacked Langya Mountain under the cover of aircraft and artillery.

Fortunately, General Yang did not panic. He carried out decisive attacks on Songshan and Zhouzhuang through multiple mobilizations, attracting the troops from Jiulian Mountain and Nianzitai, and opened up the Langya Mountain for more than ten miles, allowing the people in the mountain to attack. The villagers and warriors were given a chance to retreat.

And since it is a retreat, someone must take the rear.

The seventh company was in charge of the rear at that time. After completing the task of covering the retreat of the masses, the first and third platoons evacuated one after another in accordance with the order, and the second platoon continued to cover the large troops.

The Sixth Squadron and the two remaining machine gun groups were responsible for suppressing and occupying the West Pass with machine gun fire and buying time for the troops to evacuate.

Among them, there were five warriors who blocked the enemy in Qipantuo, namely Ma Baoyu, Ge Zhenlin, Hu Delin, Hu Fucai, and Song Xueyi.

The five warriors took advantage of the terrain to fight to the death with the enemy, killing and wounding more than 90 people. When they had no way out, they jumped off the cliff.

With their steadfast integrity, they wrote a magnificent chapter that swallowed up mountains and rivers and frightened the enemy.

In the end, three of the five heroes, Ma Baoyu, Hu Delin, and Hu Fucai, died heroically. Ge Zhenlin and Song Xueyi were hung on branches on the cliff and survived.

After recovering from his injury, Ge Zhenlin also participated in the Peninsular War and was a well-deserved hero.

The heroic spirit of heaven and earth remains awe-inspiring for thousands of years.

Facing Ge Zhenlin himself.

Even Wang Aimin, who dared to ask Xu Yun whether the beef was real or fake, did not dare to say a word at this time.

It was not fear, but excitement and reverence that sealed his mouth.

However, Ge Zhenlin himself didn't care about the so-called Ge Yingxiong. He waved his hand casually and said:

"Okay, comrades, let's not talk about the past. I am much luckier than others to be able to live in this world."

"some people"

As he spoke, Ge Zhenlin looked at the scene again and hesitated to speak.

But in the end he did not continue to speak out.

He actually wanted to tell Wang Aimin that everything he and his comrades had done was so that everyone could live a life of eating beef at will.

Some people really can't wait until today, but if countless Chinese compatriots can live a life of eating meat, their blood will not be in vain.

But when the words came out of his mouth, he hesitated.

After all, the reason why the base can eat so much beef this time is largely because the new year is approaching.

In the other 364 ordinary days, or even during the past Spring Festival at the base, everyone cannot actually eat beef so happily.

Therefore, after hesitating again and again, Ge Zhenlin stopped talking.

I hope there can be such a day

And just when the atmosphere at the scene was getting a bit solemn, a burst of restlessness suddenly came from the crowd not far away:

"Look, the cow is coming!"

The cow is coming.

I don't know who made this noise.

Seen within a second.

Swish——

Almost everyone in this area suddenly looked towards the other side of the open space that was not cordoned off.

The impact of these three words on the current scene is so great that it can almost be compared to the concept that some people in future generations will say that GTA6 is on sale.

Even Ge Changlin, who had stopped talking, couldn't help but look up at the opposite side.

I saw him waving his hands towards Huang Peiyun, Li Hengde and others, and said seemingly casually:

"Comrade Huang, we are here to watch the fun today, let alone heroes."

"Just think of me as an ordinary soldier, and let's focus on the original matter - you can call me Comrade Ge or Comrade Chang Lin."

Seeing Ge Changlin's resolute attitude, Huang Peiyun couldn't help but look at each other and Li Hengde, and nodded slightly:

"In this case, we would rather obey orders than be respectful."

"Okay, let's just listen to Comrade Ge. Everyone should go back to their seats first. Since the cow has arrived, I guess other things will be here soon."

Wang Aimin and others restrained their gazes after hearing this, but some people still glanced at Ge Changlin from time to time.

This is a living legend. How can it not be exciting to appear in front of him like this?

Of course.

While occasionally peeking at Ge Changlin, Wang Aimin and others mainly focused on the open space in front of them.

I only see this moment.

A transport vehicle has appeared on the other side of the clearing, and it is driving towards the center of the clearing.

at the same time.

Several support staff from the sideline team appeared out of nowhere like the Viet Cong and began to prepare various things at the center:

Some people are moving tables, some are preparing water pipes, and some are tinkering with some small boxes.

Less than half a minute later.

The transport vehicle accurately stopped at the center of the area, and then several members of the sideline team, also wearing blue logistics uniforms, jumped out of the vehicle. They walked skillfully behind the vehicle and opened the door.

This transport vehicle looks like it has been modified. The rear baffle can be set up at a certain angle to form a slope - this slope is not a common small slope, but a gentle slope with a small angle to the ground.

Then with the cooperation of some other devices.

The staff of the sideline team quickly dragged down a cow that was tied to an iron plate.

The cow looked very strong, with smooth yellow hair. It was tied to an iron plate and motionless.

There were four wheels fixed on the bottom of the iron plate, so after getting off the ground, it was easily dragged to a desk.

See this situation.

A young man in the team of Li Hengde and others couldn't help but stretched out his hand, pointed at the cow and said:

"Hey, that cow seems to have been bled?"

This person's name is Huang Gai, who has the same name as an old general from the Three Kingdoms. He and Wan Ningxia, the only girl in Li Hengde's group, are lovers who have known each other since college.

Upon hearing this, Wang Aimin glanced at the direction pointed by Huang Gai:

"Xiao Huang, how did you tell?"

"There is a wound on the neck."

Huang Gai's eyesight was notoriously good, and he raised his chin towards the cow's neck again:

"It's just on the neck. The wound is about the size of a palm."

Wang Aimin said simply.

Although he couldn't see the cow's wound clearly due to vision problems, Ge Changlin had mentioned this before, so they expected the cow to be killed beforehand.

He didn’t understand why stabbing a cow while it was awake would be reported, but he did know one thing:

If the cow is not stunned and killed, the cow will definitely resist.

To know.

Cows are not animals that can be controlled with one hand like chickens or ducks. When they become manic, their destructive power is even more powerful than that of domestic pigs.

Even if you want to kill a cow in the countryside, you have to find a fellow villager to pull it down and knock it unconscious with a hammer before cutting it. Therefore, it is logically reasonable for the base to stun the cow first and then bleed it.

Many of the comrades at the scene were educated people who had never seen blood. It would be bad if they saw that kind of scene of hammers hitting their heads. It would leave some psychological shadow.

Just when Wang Aimin was thinking about these things, Huang Gai's voice on the side became a little louder:

"Brother Wang, look, the master who killed the cow has raised his knife!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Aimin quickly retracted his thoughts and looked towards the center of the field.

It's exactly what Huang Gai said.

At this time, there was already a master who looked like a butcher with a knife in his hand, and he began to think about how to cut the cow.

"Old Wang, can you do it?"

Seeing Wang Weimin circling the scalper, Luo Lian, deputy director of the logistics department of the base's sideline team who personally escorted the cow, couldn't help but complain:

"How many times have you been doing this? Could it be that you haven't killed a cow in five or six years and have even forgotten the basic skills?"

Wang Weimin is one of the few chefs in the base. He worked in the same unit as Luo Lian before joining the 221 base. The two have known each other for more than ten years now.

"Luo Laoer, fart on your mother!"

Hearing Luo Lian's question, Wang Weimin immediately responded with a curse word. Anyway, the center was more than ten meters away from the nearest crowd:

"Can you fucking forget the art of killing cattle? It's just like a bicycle. As long as you learn how to ride a bicycle, you can ride it as soon as you step on the pedal in 20 or 30 years."

Luo Lian rolled his eyes when he heard this:

"Then what are you doing? You don't draw the knife, you just keep turning it around, and you keep touching it."

Wang Weimin sighed and looked at Luo Lian with a hopeless look:

"I'm feeling the texture of the meat and wondering where to cut it - the structure of each cow is different, and most people have herniated discs."

Luo Lian thought about it, and it seemed to be the same.

Of course.

He said this mainly because the two of them were very familiar with each other, and he would not feel comfortable not teasing Wang Weimin. He was not trying to give advice to an expert from an outsider.

If an unfamiliar chef were to do the cooking, he would definitely not say anything. Even if he had some ideas, he would definitely speak politely and use the word "gay".

Wang Weimin knew his friend's character, so he didn't pay attention to those words and quickly turned his attention back to the cow in front of him.

This cow is a standard Chinese native yellow cattle in terms of breed. Wang Weimin first observed its hair and eye area.

The coat is shiny and fine, the skin is soft and elastic, the eye socket is full, and the teeth are aligned.

Those who were cows in their previous lives should know this.

Calves usually start to grow the first pair of milk incisors about half a month after birth.

At 4-5 months of age, the four pairs of milk incisors will grow together, and then they will gradually wear and become shorter.

When buffaloes are about 3 years old, and cattle are 1.5-2 years old, they will grow the first pair of permanent teeth to replace the milk incisors, that is, "opposite teeth".

In the future, one pair will be replaced every year, from "4 teeth", "6 teeth" to "8 teeth" in turn - 8 teeth are also called neat mouths, similar to the three-star card in the golden shovel.

After the cow's mouth is leveled, the permanent teeth begin to wear out in sequence, and the wear surface gradually changes from a rectangular pattern to a black oval, or even a triangle. The gap between the teeth gradually expands until the tooth root is exposed, and the permanent teeth finally fall off.

This cow's teeth are very neat. Combined with other signs, it is not difficult to see that it is an adult cow at the peak of its life.

This type of cow has the best taste and a high meat yield, which is really a rarity in this day and age.

It is definitely not state-level, but ordinary slaughterhouses basically don't want to touch this type of cow.

After a while.

After roughly understanding the pattern, Wang Weimin no longer hesitated and waved to his side:

"Xiao Li, Xiao Zhao!"

"Here!"

As soon as the voice fell.

Two young men with sleeves on their arms came to Wang Weimin.

Wang Weimin pointed at the dead cow on the iron plate and ordered:

"Xiao Li, hold the cow's hind legs, Xiao Zhao, put a plastic bag under the cow's skin, and then hammer the meat according to my instructions."

The two young men nodded at the same time.

The cow sent from the base slaughterhouse had been bled, but not skinned, but the skin had been ligated.

After the two young men got into position, Wang Weimin walked to the side of the cow and started cutting from the tarsal joint.

Swish--

With a sound similar to scissors cutting cloth, the blade quickly opened the cowhide along the inner middle line of the hind legs.

Snap!

While Wang Weimin was cutting, the man wearing Xiao Zhao's sleeves was also hammering the meat as required.

Then Wang Weimin began to peel the fur along the inner line of the hind legs to the left and right sides. His technique was extremely skillful, and it was hard to tell that he had not butchered a cow for five or six years.

Five minutes later.

"Huh"

Wang Weimin removed the hide from the hock to the base of the tail, and at the same time cut off the cow's calf and the tip of the tail.

After doing all this, Wang Weimin continued to cut from the hock, cut off the connective tissue, ligaments and some of the hair that was not peeled off, cut off the hind hooves, and put them aside.

So far.

The hind leg skin has been separated from the body.

In the following time.

Wang Weimin used other methods to peel off the cow's chest and abdomen skin, cutting from the midline of the chest and neck to both sides, peeling off the chest and neck skin and the front leg skin to the shoulders.

Then he still removed the front hooves.

After these steps.

Wang Weimin's knife cut the cow's head again, and the whole person took two steps back and took a deep breath.

After taking a good breath.

Wang Weimin signaled two assistants to come forward, and the three of them pulled hard.

I saw that amid the exclamations of the crowd.

Swish——

A piece of cowhide was completely torn off from the cow, with no fat, meat or cuts on the skin!

Seeing this.

There was a huge cheer:

"Master, you have great skills!"

"So amazing."

"Awesome!"

"Comrade, what do you want the awesome skills for?"

"My god, this skill is better than Zheng the butcher in my village."

"Can you stick it back and perform it again? Our workshop can help with welding."

Looking at the cheers that kept coming from all around.

Wang Weimin raised his eyebrows at Luo Lian a little bit, and the meaning was very clear:

Is your skill okay?

Luo Lian couldn't stand his friend's arrogance, so he pretended to be thirsty and walked to the side to drink water.

Of course.

Wang Weimin didn't get too arrogant because of this. After all, he had only peeled the cowhide now, and the remaining meat cutting was where he could show his real skills.

According to the organization's regulations.

Among the eighteen branches of the base, except for the main factory and several other small factories with few staff, the meat cut by the other large factories will be directly used for the New Year's Eve dinner of the factory employees.

The total weight of the cattle is roughly the same, that is, if the front cattle is small, the back cattle will be larger.

Therefore, the key factor that determines how much meat everyone can eat is the skill of the butcher.

For poultry like yellow cattle, which can produce hundreds of kilograms of meat, the influence of skill is still not small.

If there is not much meat on the bones removed in front of everyone, then even if the total amount of meat is not as much as other factories when weighing the meat, the butcher has reason to refute:

You all saw the bones I removed with your own eyes, and there is no meat on them, so it is definitely not my fault - after all, the weight of bones and organs of cattle is different. Maybe our cow has a big skeleton?

But if there is a lot of meat left on the bones, then even if it is really a problem with the cow's organs, it will be difficult to explain in public opinion.

Thinking of this.

Wang Weimin's mentality also calmed down immediately. He took a deep breath and picked up the butcher knife again.