Lin Jun was woken up by Gu Shefu's knock on the door, and Molotov wanted to see him. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoLin Jun didn't sleep well just now, he kept dreaming, and it was a nightmare! For a while, he was flying in a fierce battle with German fighters in the sky of Moscow, and there were Messesmit everywhere and he could not see his own people! It seems that I saw my wife undergoing surgery again, and suddenly a bomb fell from the sky and blew the entire operating room into ruins!

After sobering himself up for a few seconds, he invited Molotov in, only to realize that it was already 4 o'clock in the morning of the 5th, and it was already dawn. All was safe in Moscow last night, and there were no German planes to bomb it.

Molotov's tired face was much more ugly than that of Lin Jun, who had slept well: he had been negotiating with American embassy personnel and business delegations last night.

Since March 12, the Lend-Lease Act of the United States has been in effect, and Britain has been receiving material aid from the United States, and a large number of volunteers have gone to Britain to directly participate in the war, including a large number of American pilots.

Gusev brought coffee in, and the purpose of the People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs was to report the results of the negotiations. Of course, Lin Jun's qualifications are Molotov's old, and his other positions are half a catty to eight taels, and the administrative level is still high by Molotov (this is equivalent to the several levels of cadres we said before, Lin Jun can't compare to Molotov even if he sits on the arrow, which is not tied to military rank and position. But Lin Jun is the "deputy commander-in-chief", plus he is in charge of logistics and the country's military production and supply, Molotov needs to report to Lin Jun first, and then he can find Stalin or directly let Lin Jun make the decision.

The situation of the talks was successful, but there were also significant obstacles ahead: the United States took the initiative to support the Soviet Union, but according to the American negotiators' own estimates, it was necessary to exclude isolationism (which would be based primarily on ideological differences, rather than "nothing to do with itself"). It will take some time, but if it is imported, it will be possible to transport goods other than "strategic goods" to the Soviet Union.

During the war, everything was "strategic materials", but the United States had not yet entered the war, so it was still possible to export "civilian" vehicles, machinery and equipment, clothing and food, and the prices were also very low, almost the cost price, and the transportation was handled by the Americans. It is also because the United States has not yet entered the war that cargo ships will not take the Atlantic route (that would collide with the German Navy). ), but from the Pacific Ocean to the Soviet Far East, and then by the Soviet Union itself from the rail to the European part.

The Americans would now face less resistance to the idea that they would not need congressional authorization, because it was "commercial trade" (of course, large exports of a strategic nature would have to be approved, but Roosevelt was not a decoration there). ), but would have increased the pressure on land transport in the USSR. The Americans were quite thoughtful, and even the railway facilities were to be "leased" and manufactured according to Soviet standards.

The general plan had been finalized, and Molotov handed Lin Jun a thick draft -- there were really all kinds of strange things in it, and Lin Jun had to sigh that the development of industry and agriculture in the United States contained many things that the current Soviet Union could not do.

When it comes to food aid alone, the United States will not only provide (lend-lease) a large amount of flour and edible oil and other foods to the Soviet Union, but also the military food of the US military is also on the list: however, it will probably take several months for Soviet soldiers to eat the C, D, and K rations of American GIs, because they are out-and-out "strategic materials", and it will take some time for Roosevelt to suppress those voices who are isolated from the Soviet Union.

When it comes to the daily food of the Red Army, Lin Jun, the "chief logistics minister", is really a little speechless -- except for the most difficult period of the siege of Madrid, Lin Jun has always enjoyed special supplies or purchased them with his surprisingly high salary allowances, that is, in 34 years, the food he would eat in Chukotka was special supplies for the Arctic region, and he has not really integrated into the life of ordinary people in the Soviet Union for several years.

The "grain hoarding project" that began the year before last was not greatly affected, first, because of the injury, and secondly: the living conditions of a high-ranking officer will not become tight, plus Vukinskaya is also a "superior" officer, and he is still a surgeon with a notoriously high salary and allowance, and he does not have about eighty or ninety children to support, so he does not have to only eat black bread and drink vegetable soup every day - in fact, Lin Jun and his wife have even saved money to raise children: food is a supply system (just like our ticket rationing system back then, just talking about food, different types of work, Children of different ages have a basic food supply from the state, and the number of comrades such as drivers and porters among the workers is the highest, and the lowest is in the office. For example, in 1980, the average truck driver had 48 pounds of food stamps, and the office accountant only had 32 pounds. There is also the grandfather of the Air Force general and the grandmother at the level of professor, and the two children basically don't have to worry about the couple.

The "two lives" have not suffered much, needless to say the flying stove of the pilot in the previous life, plus he was originally a well-known gourmand in the Moscow high-level, and he will be more particular about eating as long as there are conditions, in the eyes of Molotov and others, they are a little too fond of Chinese food, too particular! -- I have never really liked the traditional food of the Soviet Union for so many years. Lin Jun can't say it, but he knows it very clearly: compared with Chinese food culture, Russian food is still in a "primitive society". It's okay to eat brown bread with milk for a few days, but it should be like this all year round? Lin Jun can't stand it!

What will the soldiers eat? Lin Jun also knew that when he inspected the troops, he also ate the same food as soldiers, and he would not be picky in that situation, but the taste and quality were really unbearable for him. The air crews in the Air Force are better fed, as is the case all over the world, but the average army is not so good: it's okay in peacetime, but it's hard to get enough to eat in war.

Now it is impossible for the Soviet Union to achieve the same systematic military food supply as the US army, and in Lin Jun's view, compared with the United States, the food supply of the Soviet Red Army is at the level of the Civil War. A large amount of food supply is not a "canned box" matching supply like the US combat troops, but a bulk match, the standard is there, but you really want to supply all of it in wartime, unless you guard the logistics transfer station at the military level.

What are the standards? According to the daily food standard of the average army combatant in wartime, it is: 900 grams of bread (generally black bread) (October to March in winter) / 800 grams (April to September in summer), and 20 grams of secondary flour (Lin Jun didn't understand what these 20 grams of flour were used for, but the standard has always been there.) 140 grams of shelled grains, 30 grams of macaroni, 150 grams of meat, 100 grams of fish, 15 grams of soybean flour, 30 grams of fat (animal fat such as pigs and cattle), 20 grams of vegetable oil, 35 grams of sugar, 1 gram of tea, 30 grams of salt, 820 grams of vegetables (including 500 grams of potatoes, 170 grams of cabbage, 45 grams of carrots, 40 grams of beets, 30 grams of onions, 35 grams of roots, green leafy vegetables, cucumbers), 6 grams of tomato paste, 0.2 grams of bay leaf, 3 grams of vinegar, 0.3 grams of mustard, 20 grams of horse-tobacco, 3 boxes of matches per month, 7 pieces of cigarette paper per month, and 200 grams of soap per month.

The supply standards vary between the various branches of the armed forces, and the caloric value is higher in general conditions that are difficult, special, and physically exertional. At first glance, the standard is set well, a day of bread plus potatoes has two catties of six taels to two catties of eight taels, as well as half a catty of fish and meat, and other miscellaneous everything, but this is only the standard, and it is impossible to do it all in peacetime, let alone wartime. The troops generally have what to eat, and many times they can't eat enough at all, not only because of the shortage of materials during the war, but also because of the problem of whether they can be transported or not.

Fighting a war is that the Red Army soldiers generally eat on the spot, what they eat, except in special cases, they are generally made by cooking classes (it is also a pleasure to have some hot food during the war, which is very important in the Soviet Union with a cold and long winter. The bread warriors carried with them, and the cooking class generally only made a thick soup. ）。 Cooking squads are usually a kilometre or more away from the front line, and people usually carry food to the front line by tying backpacks with belts and carrying several water bottles. In platoon units, these containers are usually sufficient, as they are standard. Food ingredients are locally sourced or rationed by logistics troops, and are usually the same for every meal, with little change - the containers and cooking utensils used are similar to those of the American Civil War era (very primitive). ）。

The war was fought without the dizzying standard of food, which often consisted of cabbage soup or boiled buckwheat soup, which were common ingredients in the standard Soviet countryside. For logistical purposes, the usual add-ons are tea, coffee, salt, bread, macaroni, salted fish or canned meat.

Similar to the soldiers who used local food ingredients, their tableware was also varied: some were made in various places and brought by themselves, and of course, the most were rationed. Soldiers usually bring out a large soup spoon brought from home when they eat - the old tradition is that recruits are told to bring a large soup spoon from home when they are conscripted: this is the very famous "big soup spoon order" in the Red Army! Just tuck the spoon into your boots when not in use, and it's very easy to carry.

Lin Jun also smoked before his lung injury, and smoking as usual is not good for pilots, but the world's air forces, whether "in the past life or in this life", do not seem to have heard of any country where pilots must not smoke. Lin Jun usually only smokes high-quality cigarettes made in Georgia, of course, sometimes there are some special imported cigarettes, Alexander and Molotov will also give him some foreign high-end cigarettes, even the best American cigars are also long-term, but Lin Jun does not like those expensive and surprisingly expensive cigars.

The soldiers might want to smoke after eating, and the percentage of soldiers who smoke in the Red Army is still very high. The soldiers usually rolled their own cigarettes, often using cheap mahe cigarettes (hand-rolled by the smokers themselves, not machine-produced). But paper for cigarettes is generally hard to come by, and logistics, of course, prioritizes weapons, ammunition and food, not those few cigarette papers, so the soldiers use all kinds of paper, usually newspapers at the regimental headquarters. The army only provides tobacco directly from paper rolls, so how about smoking boxed cigarettes? Buy it yourself! Of course, there is no place to buy money in wartime. But even this was rare in war, where the distribution of tobacco was usually under the direct control of senior military officers. Pravda and Red Star were standard cigarette papers, and some soldiers said: "In all aspects of life, the quality of the cigarettes is what they care about the most." The smell of Mahe cigarettes is more like rotten wood, and when lit, it is like the smell of burnt leather, which definitely makes people who have never smoked it "deeply affected" - so some people say that the flavors that represent Russia are: leather boots, black bread, cabbage, Mahe tobacco!

The effect of cigarettes on morale is obvious, many soldiers would rather go hungry than get some tobacco, and even in battle, soldiers will find opportunities to smoke. You can smoke after the battle as long as time allows, but you must never forget your goal - once you do, you will never need to smoke again! Matches are also in short supply, matches look like tree branches, and lighters look very common, more fashionable is like an artillery shell, and soldiers like to write patriotic slogans or personal slogans on them, of course, there are also original prints.

There is one thing that is not indicated in the food standard, it belongs to the "supernumerary supply", but it must not be less, because it is vodka! Vodka and other alcoholic beverages were needed by the Red Army units, and the soldiers drank them whenever possible.

When awarding troop medals in wartime, the tradition of the Red Army usually staged a "purge of the medals" - the medals of the newly awarded were thrown into vodka bottles or enamel cups (it depended on whether the vodka was enough). The warrior had to drink it all and then take it out with his teeth without his hands.

Of course, another important part of the Red Army's drink was tea: tea and sugar were listed as important military supplies since 1886 during the Tsarist Russian period, which could eliminate diseases such as scurvy due to insufficient intake of trace elements, but the Soviet Union did not produce tea and had to rely on imports.

The Americans were going to provide food aid, and when the Red Army soldiers got their hands on those food from the capitalist world, they would love it. The young soldiers of the United States were still crooked about the food for the army, but even the English, who had always been discerning, would consider the rations extravagant. The army's logistics need to keep up, but instead of learning from the United States now, it is impossible for the Soviet Union to engage in the US military's food before the end of the war. Lin Jun knew this very well, even when he was preparing for the war before the war, he did not propose a systematic change in the army's food supply system, and only raised the ration standard in 40 years, because the limited resources should be used where they are most needed - the bottom is there, which will not be comparable with the deep pockets of the United States.

It's not easy to feed an army of tens of millions! And the situation will become more and more difficult, and it will be difficult to run a house. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )