Anti-US and Aid Korea's Sharp Knife Company

Chapter 157 U.S. Army Rations
The enthusiasm of the volunteer soldiers of the Sharp Knife Company has greatly exceeded Sun Lei's expectations. He originally thought that he would be able to trick the US military plane into throwing it down within two or three days after sending it out. food.

After the volunteer soldiers in the entire company heard the news, most of them no longer had any worries, and took out the fried noodles that they had left with them for less than two meals. A big mouthful of fried noodles was stuffed into his mouth, and a big ball of snowball was on the side, and he started to eat it hungrily.

From Sun Lei's point of view at this time, the forty or fifty volunteer soldiers sitting around him all looked like they were devouring food. It can be seen that the big guy walked on two legs for two nights and one day. Not only is the body very tired, but the stomach is also very hungry.

However, including company commander Zhao Yifa and instructor Wang Wenju, first platoon leader Sun Lei, second platoon leader Liu Yiming, and third platoon leader Feng Pengju, none of the five of them ate the fried noodles they carried with them, but looked at the soldiers sitting around them I ate it with big mouthfuls.

Because the five of them know that this method of boosting morale is more or less deceptive. In case the people in the entire company eat all the fried noodles, if the food cannot be dropped by the U.S. military plane in the end, it will not be possible. In two days, I am afraid that people will starve to death.

On the arduous Korean battlefield, whether it is freezing to death or starving to death, it has become a common thing in the past month or so. For many volunteer soldiers, it has long been a common occurrence. Strange.

Even so, from the perspective of company commander Zhao Yifa, instructor Wang Wenju, and Sun Lei, they should try their best to avoid the situation of starving to death as much as possible. After all, non-combat reductions will greatly damage morale.

Therefore, they must save the rations they have saved, that is, the only fried noodles, and wait until there are soldiers in the company who are really hungry, and then take them out to eat for these urgently needed soldiers.

Although among the five of them, many people's stomachs are also starved and shriveled, but as the cadres in the company, they must do this. This is a kind of responsibility, a kind of responsibility, and even more Obligations that require voluntary fulfillment.

Seeing that Sun Lei was sitting there without moving, Sun Shulin, who was sitting not far from him, asked Sun Lei in a curious tone after eating a few big mouthfuls of fried noodles and handfuls of snow and swallowing them into his stomach. Said: "Platoon leader, everyone is eating fried noodles, why didn't you eat a bite?"

After turning his head to look at Sun Shulin who was sitting next to him, Sun Lei replied with a smile on his face, "Comrade Sun Shulin, I'm not too hungry yet, it won't be too late to eat when my stomach is really full." , I see that you are all very hungry, you should eat first."

After hearing this, Sun Shulin looked at Sun Lei who was sitting next to him intently. He found that Sun Lei was 1.7 meters five, but his figure was a bit thin, and his weight was estimated to be less than 120 catties.

From Sun Shulin's point of view at this time, Sun Lei was so thin and weak, not as strong as he and other fighters. It is estimated that Sun Lei was indeed as he said, and he should not be very hungry.

So, Sun Shulin secretly thought of this in his heart, so he didn't pay too much attention to it, but continued to feed him the fried noodles that were only enough for a meal, and in the next less than 3 minutes, he ate a lot clean and dry.

Moreover, while Sun Shulin was eating fried noodles with snow, he was still fantasizing in his heart that after he finished eating the fried noodles, maybe after the battle started at midnight today, tomorrow, U.S. military planes will come to deliver the necessary food to them.

You must know that during the Korean War at that time, the lack of clothing and food for the large volunteer army marching south has become a regular phenomenon, and the logistics supplies often cannot keep up. It can be eaten, that is, eating bark and gnawing grass roots to satisfy hunger and hunger.

The logistics supply lines of the U.S. and South Korean allied forces are unimpeded. Not only can they eat meat and vegetables, but they can also drink beverages, such as coffee and cola. This kind of life is compared with the volunteers who were lucky enough to eat fried noodles In other words, it is really a sky and an underground.

Since World War I, there has been a saying among the U.S. Army, which is: the farther you run, the better you eat.

This sentence means that the farther away from the American mainland Shi Hong went to participate in the war, in order to maintain morale and combat effectiveness, the logistics support department of the US military paid more and more attention to food supply. Soldiers will naturally eat better.

During the Korean War at that time, soldiers on the front lines of the US military mainly used C rations during World War II, and the most common three-person C ration package contained biscuits, luncheon meat, beans, dehydrated vegetables, and fruit hard candies. , coffee powder, fruit juice, chewing gum, even cigarettes, matches, sewing kit and razor blades.

Most of the rations of the Korean army are provided by the U.S. military. Compared with the U.S. soldiers, the rations of the Korean soldiers will be lowered by a level. Going hungry is already pretty good.

What Korean soldiers eat is called ROK Army Ration, which is a substitute for C Ration under harsh conditions. Each "ROK Army Ration" contains 1.75 pounds of rice, 0.6 pounds of canned sardines, 1/3 pack of biscuits, salt and pepper , and 1 won bills in a waterproof bag. (According to the exchange rate at that time, it was about 12/[-] US dollars), which was used to purchase non-staple food by itself in combat areas.

Of course, what useful things these five hundred won banknotes could buy during the Korean War when wars were raging and food was scarce at that time were no longer within the scope of our consideration.

As for the food that Sun Lei advertised to the volunteer soldiers of the Sharp Knife Company, if they pretend to be South Korean soldiers outside the military fortress in Xiajieyu, they will naturally get the ROK army rations, not the US military. C rations for soldiers.

In less than 10 minutes, most of the volunteer soldiers of the third company of sharp knives who were resting in place had already eaten up the fried noodles they carried with them, not even a single fried noodle was left. They are all eagerly looking forward to the start of the battle and the food that the US military planes are short of.

However, for company commander Zhao Yifa, before the battle starts in less than three and a half hours, digging a simple trench on this hillside is the most urgent task right now, and Sun Lei also thinks so .

(End of this chapter)