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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 768 (3) Canned food is very powerful

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    It is true that he felt that when the artillery force was strong and the enemy was weak, it was a good idea to withdraw the artillery in Kharkiv to a position out of the reach of the enemy artillery, specifically to provide fire support at a distance of 3,000 to 1,000 meters from the front of our position.  A very clever idea, but seeing the Japanese troops crossing the river without any reaction, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian National Army was obviously a little restless.

    "Your Excellency Petliura, if you are so anxious, I think you might as well send your 4th Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Division of Kharkov Volunteers to defend the right-wing position to attack, but whether it can achieve the desired effect depends on  It's very suspicious. The enemy's bridge is still behind their first line of positions, and our artillery is deployed far back and scattered. Now it can't even reach the opponent's first line of position five kilometers away. You really want to attack.  If so, you have to figure it out!¡±

    German Major General von Neuhaus, who actually assumed the front-line command mission in Kharkiv, put down the 8x50 1916 German Zeiss military telescope in his hand, handed it to his personal adjutant, and took another from the orderly behind him.  I picked up the newly opened can of ham and ate my late breakfast with a spoon.

    Although there is famine all over Russia and Ukraine, the German army's logistics supply standards are still one of the most advanced and richest in the entire European battlefield. For example, Major General von Neuhaus, the division commander, and his 47th Reserve Infantry Division  Among the rations given to the soldiers, various cans produced in Germany became a beautiful sight.  ""look

    In the time and space of 1918, tinplate packaging was widely used in German cans. The earliest cans in the world were made of glass bottles with cork and iron wire tightly plugged into the bottle mouth. As early as the end of the 18th century, the French general Napoleon led  The army was fighting in all directions. Because the battle front was too long, a large amount of food would rot and deteriorate after being transported to the front line. He hoped to solve the problem of food storage during the war and march, so he offered a huge reward of 12,000 francs. If someone could invent technology and equipment to prevent food from spoiling,  Just give him this huge sum of money.

    Many scientists in France were thinking hard about this. At that time, there was a chef named Nicolas Appert (17491841), who had worked as a worker in sauerkraut factories, wineries, candy shops and restaurants.  When he was selling fruit pulp, wine and other foods, he found that some foods tended to go bad, while others did not go bad easily.  He also accidentally discovered that food sealed in glass containers would not deteriorate easily if properly heated, and he was greatly inspired by this.  Therefore, Appel responded to the public reward and conducted specialized research on food preservation methods.

    After ten years of hard research, this guy finally succeeded in 1804.  He processes the food, puts it into jars, puts it all in a boiling water pot, heats it for 30-60 minutes, plugs it tightly with a cork while it's still hot, and then reinforces it with thread or seals it with wax.  This method can preserve food for a long time without deterioration. This is the prototype of modern canning.

    This Appel received a bonus from Napoleon and opened a factory to provide food for the French army.  Shortly after the advent of Appel's glass can, the British Peter Durand developed a tin can made of thin tin iron and obtained a patent in the UK, which is the ancestor of the iron cans commonly used today.

    In 1862, French biologist Pasteur published a paper stating that food was caused by bacteria.  Therefore, canning factories use steam sterilization technology to make canned food reach absolute sterility standards.  Today's aluminum foil packaging cans were born in the United States in the 20th century. Before that, tinplate became the packaging material of choice for can manufacturers in various countries. It is strong, durable, lightweight, and low-cost.

    If it were not for the bomb shelter at the frontline headquarters in Kharkov, Baron von Neuhaus could have enjoyed a sumptuous breakfast with his valet waiting on him. But this was a battlefield filled with artillery fire. Even in order to show solidarity,  This guy had no choice but to follow the custom and eat canned food with his subordinates. Canned German ham was one of the canned foods that the major general had a relatively good appetite for.

    If the German logistics support capability can provide each German soldier with a 250-gram can of meat, a 250-gram can of beans, and a 250-gram can of fish every day, then the interval between supplies to the Ukrainian National Army must be lengthened.  To three days or even a week, it is true that the precious German cans must be given priority to ensure the supply of the German army.

    As for the Ukrainians, it would be polite not to collect food from them and ask them to provide beef and pork. The food supply of the Ukrainian National Army is barely enough to satisfy three meals a day of black bread and potatoes, while the Kharkov Volunteer Division,  As a volunteer who defends your hometown and city, the weapons and bullets given to you are considered lucky. They only provide you with 2 meals in the morning and evening every day.

    If it were not for coordinating a subsequent large-scale counterattack, the best command position for the former enemy commander-in-chief of the German-Ukrainian forces, General von Francois, would have been to at least retreat to the Krasnov base, or simply retreat to Dnipropetrov.  He wanted to go to Skok, but General von Francois was so strong that he was willing to give up all the rare opportunities to make contributions and restore his past glory to von Francois.Major General House?  Therefore, von Francois was still in charge of the former enemy headquarters in the basement south of Kharkov.

    The real command of the front-line defense operations is Major General Sven von Neuhaus, commander of the 47th German Reserve Infantry Division, and Simon Petliura, commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian National Army. They are located at 2 in the building complex in the north of Kharkiv.  In a large stone house.

    "The Volunteer Division relies on strong fortifications to defend the city and can barely deal with it. How can we ask them to rush out to the field offensive position? I think either your division's reconnaissance battalion can be mobilized to attack, or the 3rd Infantry Division Artillery Regiment  How about pushing up the 75mm field artillery of the 3rd Battalion?" Simon Petliura pushed away the German can handed over by his orderly and asked after von Neuhaus.

    "It's futile, Your Excellency Petliura. At this moment, the coalition reconnaissance planes have begun to circle over Kharkov. Our limited artillery is used to help the Volunteer Division defend the position and the city, not to fend off water.  Those who blew up the pontoon bridge were very cunning. The place where the bridge was built was almost outside the range of all our artillery fire. If you wanted to reach the pontoon bridge, you had to at least push the cannon into the trenches on the front line. Do you think the Japanese artillery and aviation  Is the team a vegetarian? If we move here, the other side will attack us head-on!"

    ¡°As he spoke, von Neuhaus tapped the lid of the can with the spoon in his hand, and in an enhanced tone, he comforted the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian National Army and said,

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