Chapter 228: Seeing and Hearing (II)

The canned sardines purchased by the German Navy are all high-quality goods produced in Italy, and historically, because of the spread of war in the Mediterranean, the coastal fishery has been severely hit, and the catch of sardines has plummeted, and as a result, the canned sardines produced in France and Italy at that time have become the hard currency of the European upper class.

The canned sardines in Italy were much more delicious and oily than the piles of canned fish produced in Germany, which were popular with soldiers. Because of the large number of layoffs of the Italian army, seventy percent of the canned food produced in Italy was sold to European countries, earning back a large amount of foreign exchange funds urgently needed in Italy. The German army itself is a big consumer of canned food, and under the instructions of the new Führer, the German army is still constantly looking for and developing new varieties of military food, so Italian canned food has the advantage of high quality and low price, and has been incorporated into the logistics system of the German army by the high command.

Don't take some of the jokes and jokes of later generations seriously, as mentioned earlier, the food of the Italian army is actually very elegant. The Italian army's canned cured meat was indeed ridiculed by the soldiers as "Mussolini's ass", but considering that the local daytime temperature in North Africa exceeded 40 degrees Celsius, and it was basked in the sun for a week, even the British Navy's salty canned corned beef could be used as a chemical weapon when opened.

Germans have always been very greedy, and if you dig deeper into German food culture, you will find that German recipes are surprisingly varied, and you can find traces of German recipes that have appeared in European history. It can be said that the Germanic people were a hidden foodie people.

The Germanic barbarians were stupid and bold by nature, they dared to try all the new dishes they had never eaten, and once they met the German taste, they would become popular throughout the German-speaking region at an astonishing rate, when in fact there was really not much that was not to the taste of the Germans.

On the menus of German restaurants, you will find a large number of dishes with foreign pronunciations, including French, Italian, Czech, and even Russian names, which have been introduced to Germany from all over the world over the years. The Germanic peoples did not reject foreign cultures, as long as they did not conflict with their customs, and they were very fond of fashion, and there was no sign of the old-fashioned and conservative character of their national character.

Germans love food, especially in the military, and from the memoirs and diaries of those veterans, it is often found that they have searched for food all over the world, and even many are willing to risk their lives in order to get a bite of delicious food.

"The finest Italian canned sardines, made from the finest sardines and high-quality olive oil, can of this size can sell for 75 pfennigs in a Berlin store." Robin gestured with both hands and introduced Captain Fujiki to the side of him.

"Oh, seventy-five pfennigs, those two cans are one and a half Imperial marks, and you can have a lunch with hot soup in the restaurant." Captain Fujiki once went to Germany for a year of training, and he had some knowledge of the price of goods in Germany.

The economic policies of the Nazis were anything else, at least they stabilized the international exchange rate of the German currency, and for more than a decade after the Nazis came to power, the Reichsmark maintained considerable purchasing power. At that time, a light meal in a Berlin street restaurant was about a mark, consisting of vegetable and potato soup, a small piece of minced sausage, and a large piece of black bread. This package is aimed at the ordinary industrial working class in the city, at that time, an ordinary worker in Germany, the weekly salary was about 30 Reichsmarks, and the staff in the company would be a little higher, considering the traditional German family, the hostess usually does not go out to work, so this salary is no problem to maintain the life of a family of three, if the family has a large population, if the man does not want to tighten his belt to live, then he has to find a way to go out and find extra money.

"Have you been to Germany?" Robin asked curiously.

"For three or seven years, I lived in Berlin for a year." Fujiki said in German with a distinct accent.

"Where do you live in Berlin?" Robin asked.

"Carl Woodsberg Street... Number 73. Fujiki replied.

"Close to the train station?"

"Yes, close to Berlin Central Station." Then the two of them smiled at each other, as if they had found some common language.

"Karl Wuzbergstrasse in Berlin, where a distant cousin of mine lives." Robin turned to Igor and explained.

Captain Fujiki, who works at the Kure Harbor Diving School, finally found an opportunity to talk to the Germans, and of course it will not be wasted easily.

"If you don't mind, I have some questions for you, Captain Robin." Fujiki's posture is very low.

"What's the problem, Mr. Instructor?" Robin had already heard from Kijima about the identity of the Japanese naval captain.

The instructor of the Japanese submarine school looked to be in his thirties, but Robin was a little unsure, because the appearance of Orientals was generally younger than his actual age.

The captain, who was in his thirties, was also young and promising, and was able to become an instructor at the school, apparently an experienced submarine officer, and Robin couldn't help but be curious about the question Fujiki was about to ask.

"Captain Robin once fought in the European War, and must have sunk a warship of the British Royal Navy." Fujiki asked respectfully. In fact, Captain Fujiki is forty years old, and the naval instructor looks very glamorous, but it is much more difficult to go further than in combat units.

On the other side, instead of urging the two to move on, Kijima and several other officers surrounded Igor and introduced the personal belongings that the Japanese sailors had brought from home.

"Yes, the U106 once sank a British auxiliary cruiser and a B-class destroyer." Robin replied that the U-106 had actually sunk a number of anti-submarine gunboats and armed fishing boats, though he did not consider them warships.

"What a feat, Captain."

"Compared to my good comrades, the U106 record is very ordinary." In the face of outsiders, Captain Robin is still quite self-contained.

"No, no, in my opinion, this is indeed a remarkable achievement, especially when the Royal Navy is equipped with the most advanced anti-submarine weapons, and you are able to sink the opposing ship, you are a good submarine commander." Fujiki's expression was quite serious, and he felt that he really thought so.

Although the other party's German was stumbling, this sycophant was quite useful to Robin, and a happy smile immediately appeared on the face of the German captain.

"Thank you for the compliment, Captain Seven." Robin replied.

"No, no, no, I'm just stating a fact, Mr. Captain. Other than that... The question I want to ask is, I heard that the Royal Navy is equipped with a new type of detection system that can accurately detect the location of underwater submarines, and I wonder if your ship has encountered ships equipped with such new devices in combat. Fujiki asked.

"I don't know where you heard this rumor, Captain Seven, it's clear that you were deceived by the other party." Robin didn't stop to think about it at all, and replied directly with a smile: "To be honest, during the war, I also heard similar rumors, when there were rumors everywhere in the fleet that the British equipped their anti-submarine ships with new equipment that can detect the location of underwater submarines. The German captain paused, turned his head to look at his co-captain, and saw Igor holding a porcelain teacup that I don't know which Japanese sailor had brought out of his home, chatting happily with several Japanese officers.

"You must know that in the naval fleet, there has always been a lot of war-related gossip, and you are also a naval officer, so you should know that this is a very common thing. In fact, these rumors are often quickly debunked by facts, and this rumor about the detection system was quickly confirmed by our intelligence services, which was completely deliberately concocted by the Royal Navy. The aim of the British was to confuse the German submarine forces and even make the German officers and men fearful. You know that the greatest advantage of our submarines is that they have unparalleled concealment underwater, and once this advantage is broken, the submarine will become prey from a hunter, and this will be an extremely serious blow to the morale of the officers and men of the submarine force. The expression on Robin's face turned serious, even with a hint of indignation.

"You are saying that such equipment does not exist, this is a whole rumor made by the British Royal Navy." Fujiki said in surprise.

"Yes, it's a completely ridiculous rumor, the British don't have this kind of equipment at all, otherwise our submarine forces would have been annihilated by the Royal Navy a long time ago, how could I still stand here and have a pleasant chat with you. In my personal experience, my U106 has made more than a dozen combat cruises on the Atlantic route, with a range of more than 30,000 nautical miles, intercepted several large convoys with escort ships, and hunted countless cargo ships alone, but from beginning to end, I have never encountered this mysterious equipment, and the British Royal Navy will only use hydrophones to look for traces of submarines, so they will never try to catch my U106. Robin sneered at the corners of his mouth as a mockery of the Royal Navy.

"I see, it seems that I was deceived, but I really didn't expect that this was a rumor created by the British Royal Navy." Fujiki looked like he had suddenly realized.

"What the British are best at is bluffing, and in ten years' time, maybe someone will invent such a thing, but with the current technology..."Robin shook his head with disdain.

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