s: First update today, there will be more tonight s2: Some readers suggested that the hydrogen-oxygen engine is too high-end and not suitable for early stage rockets.
Because I am military-illiterate, I really don’t know much about this.
Now change the rocket to a liquid oxygen kerosene engine.
After listening to Rommel's words, Captain Manstein also smiled and said: "We can't do it unless we retreat.
The protagonist of this battle is the tank, and the ground between the two army positions has long been damaged. , The advantage of our tanks is speed, but in that kind of terrain, it is difficult to take advantage of speed.
Only fools fight them in that bad place."
Captain Guderian also said: "Yes, the area between Tangpu and Tuli is the most suitable for us.
It is beneficial to us to use this as a battlefield."
"Well, we'll talk about these things later.
Today, Major Long sent a few cans of mutton soup.
You haven't tried it, haven't you."
Captain Rommel dragged out a box from under the cot like a treasure, and took out a rectangular can from it. can.
This can is as big as half a pillow.
Guderian's eyes lit up: "I've never tasted this can of mutton soup.
Quickly open it and try it.
It's for lunch today."
Manstein smiled and said: "I have eaten mutton soup before.
When I was doing exchanges in China a few years ago, I had several kinds of mutton soup, and they all tasted good, but I have never eaten canned ones."
"This is a Sichuan-style mutton soup.
It is made from mutton, mutton bones, pork bones, chicken and, oh, crucian carp, and chicken and crucian carp.
The seasonings are pepper, Sichuan peppercorns, ginger, and It contains orange peel, salt and sugar."
Rommel struggled to read the Chinese instructions on the can and said, "Oh, this is a canned Chinese military can.
Each can is for four people."
This box of cans was originally used by the Chinese army, so the instructions were naturally not in German.
Although the Chinese observation team is equipped with chefs and catering teams, and fresh ingredients are provided to them by sea and air, the country also provides them with a lot of canned and convenience foods in accordance with regulations.
However, as a member of a big foodie empire, I don’t want to eat canned food when fresh food is available.
The Chinese observation groups on both sides of the war had stored a lot of canned food and various convenience foods.
If they couldn't eat these things, the Chinese would use them as favors and give them to the officers and soldiers of both sides to build relations.
They quickly opened the cans with can knives.
By the way, this can knife is also a patented product of China.
Both warring parties bought it without killing them.
With this little thing, it is much easier to open cans.
What was in the can was not the soup they expected, but several cardboard boxes of different sizes with the contents written on them.
Rommel opened a carton with "mutton" written on it.
Inside were four sealed tinfoil packages.
He took out another tinfoil package and opened it.
There was a layer of oil paper inside.
"This can is also packed too well."
Rommel was embarrassed and continued to open the oil paper, finally revealing what was inside, which was a stack of sliced mutton.
"This soup looks like white chocolate."
Guderian said with a weird look.
He also opened a carton with "dry soup ingredients" written on it.
There were also four tinfoil packets inside.
After opening one, he found a grayish-yellow thing.
Rommel sniffed and said: "Well, the delicious smell is indeed soup.
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Maybe the Chinese made it by boiling it dry on purpose."
He was right.
This "dry soup" is made of The cooked soup is separated into fat, which is then vacuum dried and pressed into biscuit-sized blocks.
The separated fat is packaged separately for easy storage and transportation.
"There is also a grease bag here, with oil in it."
Manstein also opened a grease bag, which contained a fragrant piece of animal fat.
In addition to these, there is also a box of vegetable packets in the can, which are dehydrated green onions and coriander.
Finally, there is a box of seasoning for four people, which contains a special seasoning mixed with chili powder, Sichuan peppercorns, seasoning salt and MSG.
"The instructions say that this can can be used as a pot.
Add one liter of boiling water to each portion of mutton soup, and you can eat it in five minutes.
If you boil it, it will taste better.
Oh, I have an alcohol stove here, let's cook it Try it."
Rommel read the instructions, and several people took action immediately.
The three guys quickly unpacked all the packages, threw the mutton slices, soup, fat and dehydrated vegetables into the cans, and then added water according to the markings in the cans.
Rommel dragged out an alcohol stove and a box of solid alcohol from under the bed, added a piece of jelly-like solid alcohol to the stove, lit it with a match, put the can on it, and started cooking.
By the way, this set of alcohol stoves is also made in China, and both the stove and the solid alcohol are patented products.
Solid alcohol is actually very simple.
It is to mix alcohol, stearic acid and paraffin in a certain proportion, add sodium hydroxide solution and then heat it.
Then pour it into the mold while it is hot.
After cooling, the finished product is ready.
This set of stoves is easy to carry and use, ensuring that frontline officers and soldiers can have hot food at any time.
It is also highly concealable because there is no smoke when burning alcohol.
There will be no unlucky things like being discovered by the enemy because of lighting a fire, which will attract shells and bullets.
Therefore, it is very popular with frontline officers and soldiers on both sides.
Both sides purchase large quantities of finished products from China, as well as solid alcohol production licenses, and distribute large quantities to the frontline.
After a while, the water boiled, and an alluring fragrance suddenly wafted out.
"Oh, it smells so good.
It is indeed Chinese food.
To be honest, I didn't know it until I went abroad.
Only after I went abroad did I realize that our German food is so terrible.
It's really a food hell.
I actually lived in hell for twenty years. several years" "Yes, after returning from China in 1913, it took me a long time to get used to German food again."
"Don't talk about Chinese food, French food and Italian food are better than our German food.
When it comes to food, the British may be the only people in the world who are more unlucky than us."
"When I become a general, I will definitely hire a chef from China."
"I can't wait that long.
When this war is over, I'm going to learn Chinese cuisine.
By the way, that New Oriental Chef School is called, it can provide correspondence courses, and I'm going to learn it myself."
"Okay, when you learn well, I will come to your house for dinner often."
The three German guys stared at the boiling mutton soup with green eyes while sighing.
"Rommel, are you okay?
I can't bear it anymore."
Rommel looked at his watch: "Wait a minute, the instructions say that after the water is boiled, it tastes best after boiling for fifteen minutes."
At this time, the tent door was suddenly opened, and a serious voice sounded: "What are you doing?"
As soon as the three guys saw the person, they jumped up and saluted.
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"Ah, ah, ah Major Rundstedt" Rundstedt stood at the door with his hands behind his back, glanced at the fragrant soup pot, and said with a serious expression: "What are you doing?"
"Well, Major Long from China sent a box of canned mutton soup.
We are testing it, yes, to test its taste," Rommel said quickly.
The other two nodded vigorously.
Rundstedt sniffed and said seriously: "Okay, count me in.
I will also participate in this experiment.
No problem, right?"
Rommel nodded quickly: "No, of course there is no problem.
This kind of can is suitable for four people.
It's just time.
Guderian, hurry up and prepare a tableware for Mr.
Major."
"Well, I just came back from the China Observation Mission, and I happened to bring some Chinese bread.
Let's experiment together."
Rundstedt took out a big paper bag from behind.
He had his hands behind his back just now, so no one saw it.
He also went to the observation group to have a meal and brought back some oriental bread.
Immediately, the four people sat down and feasted.
After the meal, Rundstedt rubbed his belly comfortably and said to the three captains: "I received news that according to air force reconnaissance, the armored forces of the British and French forces have begun to take action and are marching towards us.
The superiors have decided to attack this afternoon.
Prepare for an armored battle with them."
At two o'clock in the afternoon, in the sky south of Tangpu, several medium-sized airships painted in pure white and marked with red crosses appeared, and they were hovering in the sky.
This is the airship used by observer groups from various countries.
When Britain, France and Germany were about to go to war, they also came to watch as onlookers.
This is the world's first tank battle, and this opportunity cannot be missed.
This kind of battle is not convenient to watch on the ground, so airships are the best choice.
On one of the airships, Wei Dabao, who was lying in front of the observation window, suddenly shouted excitedly: "The German tanks are setting off, it's about to start."
Everyone immediately became busy.
"Quick, turn on the camera immediately.
The superiors have orders to film this battle."
"Damn it, you didn't even open the lens cover.
Do you know how to play?"
"Camera, give me a camera" "You laymen, get out of the way and let the professionals do it."
"There are too many people.
If I had known earlier, I should have flown a plane to see them."
A group of young officers armed with photographic equipment scrambled for the best shooting position.
General Wang, who was leading the team, got angry and immediately scolded: "Don't crowd me.
What does this look like?
Everyone except the photographers should line up for me and take turns."
Not only were Chinese observers preparing to take photos, but military officers from the United States, Italy and other countries also took out photographic equipment and began to record this unprecedented tank showdown.
It has been raining heavily in most parts of France for a while, and it didn't clear up until yesterday.
But it was summer at this time, and after a day of exposure to the sun, the water on the ground had almost dried up.
Although the weather has turned cloudy again today, the armored soldiers on both sides are looking forward to it.
It would be really hard to fight in the sun.
Chariots of this era were not equipped with air conditioning, and steel had better heat conductivity.
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If it was driven in the sun, the inside would become almost like an oven.
Then it's not called fighting, it's called human barbecue.
I saw smoke and dust billowing from the side of the Allies on the ground.
Thousands of tanks rushed towards Tangpu.
A few kilometers behind the tank formation, there were a large group of cars and armored vehicles loaded with infantry, as well as a small number of cavalry and motorcycles.
Their combined noise was so loud that it could be heard even from the airship.
The German troops in the direction of Tangpu also responded.
More than 600 tanks drove out from various military camps, gathered into three groups, and waited in the direction of the Allied forces.
At the same time, the German artillery positions also began to take action.
Hundreds of heavy artillery opened the cannon fodder, and the thick and long barrels pointed south.
This collision of steel is coming
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