Chapter 531 American Canned Meat

No work involving digging a pit is easy, and digging this kind of mud pit can make people exhausted. Leonid, who had worked on the ground for a long time, knew this very well, but he also had no good solution for this situation.

Leonid, who lowered his head and pondered for a while, thought of a way to boost morale and replenish the soldiers' physical strength, and then raised his head to tentatively speak to Malashenko.

"I have an idea, Comrade Malashenko. We have a batch of American canned meat that we just received in the logistics department of our division. I originally planned to take them out after winning the battle, but it seems more appropriate to use them now. What do you think?"

"American canned meat?"

Hearing the answer given by Leonid, Malashenko, who had not reacted at first, was a little stunned.

After a few seconds, Malashenko realized that the Lend-Lease aid provided by the United States to the Soviet Union had increased significantly after the Pearl Harbor incident.

Roosevelt, who was called the "ancestor of white left" by later American and even Western extremists, provided a lot of aid to the Soviet Union as one of the most meritorious presidents in American history, and provided massive aid to the Soviet Union at the most critical moment in the form of timely assistance.

The outbreak of the Pearl Harbor incident allowed Roosevelt to finally get rid of the shackles of isolationism in the United States and work hard. Roosevelt, who had a very clear understanding of the important role of the Soviet Union in containing Germany, always firmly believed that one of the basic bottom lines was that the Soviet Union must not be defeated by Germany! In order to achieve this goal, it is worth it to pay and provide more aid.

When studying in Moscow, Malashenko often went to the school library to read some declassified historical materials. During World War II, the total amount of canned food aided by the United States to the Soviet Union reached an astonishing figure of 108% of the Soviet Union's own production, which was more than the total canned food production of the Soviet Union itself!

The rest of the miscellaneous aid, such as airplanes, tanks, and screws, was also available. In the most difficult times, Roosevelt even allowed Stalin to customize his own aid list. The United States would quickly ship out what was in short supply and what was most needed to the Soviet Union, instead of sending it to the Soviet Union when the United States had excess products or unused inventory.

Russian experts and scholars believe that the Americans contributed to winning the Great Patriotic War. This is a recognized fact in Russia. Malashenko, who has read a lot of Russian historical materials and records, also believes so.

Considering that the aid that could be provided to the Soviet Union through the Lend-Lease Act has increased significantly with the United States joining World War II last year, it is not a rare thing for the grassroots Red Army troops on the front line to get canned meat produced in the United States.

Curious about what the American canned meat in the mouth of Division Commander Leonid looks like, Malashenko, who has not tasted American canned meat during World War II, couldn't help but speak quietly.

"Comrade Division Commander, what are those American canned meats called? Can you show them to me?"

The reason for asking such a question is that the food of the regiment commander, comrade Malashenko, has not been very good recently.

After leaving Natalia's delicious food supply, Malashenko returned to the front line and started eating dry bread again. Although the quality of the bread he could eat as a regiment commander must be much higher than that of ordinary soldiers below, it was made of refined flour without sawdust. Although the taste of chewing in the mouth was not very good, it was still acceptable.

But this kind of food, which is considered to be extremely delicious by ordinary Red Army soldiers, almost made Malashenko's mouth taste bland.

As a time traveler from the future, Malashenko has long been accustomed to the exquisite life of big fish, big meat, and fine flour. It is disgusting to think about chewing dry bread for a long time, not to mention whether his stomach can bear it.

Now there are canned meat shipped by Americans, and just thinking about it is enough to make Malashenko salivate.

Hearing Malashenko's question, Division Commander Leonid did not hesitate. He called his orderly and ordered him to bring two boxes of American luncheon meat to cook a small meal in the middle of the night, and also bring two loaves of bread.

About ten minutes later, when Malashenko stared at the two boxes of American luncheon meat in front of him, the four conspicuous capital letters "SPAM" instantly reminded Malashenko of those terrible reviews.

"Breakfast is luncheon meat with bread slices, lunch is luncheon meat stew soup, and dinner is still luncheon meat and bread. Damn it! I hate this damn canned food, it's worse than the German "Mussolini's ass" canned food!"

The common enemy of all American soldiers during World War II was not the fascist army, but this kind of Spam luncheon meat canned food that almost made people vomit in almost every meal!

The American soldiers, whose appetites were spoiled by the strong logistical supply capabilities, hated canned Spam luncheon meat, but the Soviet soldiers who usually ate black bread mixed with sawdust regarded it as a delicacy and ate it with great pleasure.

Similarly, Leonid and Malashenko, who had their own small kitchen, each with a box of food, were also enjoying the meal.

After not seeing any oily food for several days, eating dry bread and drinking boiled water, it was not difficult to understand how powerful a box of canned Spam luncheon meat was to Malashenko.

Malashenko, who was so full that his tongue was almost gone, drank all the canned luncheon meat in front of him with the bread, then raised the water bottle next to him and took two sips. Only then did he feel "satisfied." Burped.

Mr. Leonid, who was sitting across the table, was not much better eating. Anything that tasted like meat was heaven!

"Comrade Malashenko, I have to say that these Americans are so happy! I heard that even ordinary people in the country can eat this kind of food at will, but I always feel that these Americans are bragging. !”

Commander Leonid didn't know how happy the Yankees' food was, but Malashenko, who had traveled from the past, knew it very well.

Canned Spam luncheon meat was thrown away like garbage by impatient U.S. soldiers during World War II, and was even thrown away decades later in the era of the U.S. Army in Korea.

The hungry Korean people took the cans thrown away by the US military as treasures and took them home. They mixed other dishes and food into the pot, poured water and stewed it, and it became a "legendary delicacy": military pot. .

Chinese melon-eating people who don’t know the truth thought that this delicacy was invented by the Koreans. The military hotpot imported from South Korea was once sold out on the Internet, which made Malashenko laugh and cry helplessly.