C382 Whos going to make up for it?! (1/2)

When the cavalry company escorted Bismark and Xiao Letian back to the Sada War General Command, the sun was already setting in the west and the sky was enveloped by the sunset.

In front of Xiao Letian, the entire field of Sadova was filled with smoke and dust. This was not smoke, but smoke that came from two hundred thousand soldiers firing together to cook dinner.

Sometimes, the strength of a country could be seen from the way the army maintained its logistics. If this was the Qing Dynasty, then hundreds of thousands of soldiers would be exhausted in less than ten minutes for dinner.

For the logistics of the Qing army were entirely medieval. Large quantities of skinless wheat and rice, together with dried meat and stored vegetables, were transported thousands of miles from the rear.

When the grain was close to the front line, the specialized mill would peel it to make flour and rice. The advantage of this was that it could avoid the problem of food corruption in the process of transportation, but it also caused a lot of trouble for the use of the army.

After the soldiers from each department were given the rice noodles, they had to start processing. What good skills could a group of soldiers have? It was nothing more than a dry noodle cake that could choke a person to death, enough rice to last them for half their lives.

Looking at the supplies provided by the Prussian, a water can of tin, beef, bacon, and various kinds of unknown fish, the soldiers used their shifts as units to get the food. Usually, they would stab it with their bayonets a few times, and the smell of meat would start to permeate the air.

The oval metal pot that was like a telescope box was already placed on top of the bonfire, the water inside it had already started to bubble up, and a large chunk of beef and fish meat was poured in.

Dinner was not only for eating meat, but there was also a large amount of staple food, and hard bread that was about a meter long and heavy enough to be used as a door latch was distributed one by one. This was not the kind of pastries that Xiao Letian would eat in his previous life, this kind of hard bread was filled with a lot of salt even without adding a little sugar, it was also kneaded very solidly.

This was the European steamed bun. An adult eating four or five steamed buns at a time was equivalent to three or four steamed buns.

The dinner had meat, fish, carbohydrates, and soup, and finally canned fruit for dessert, which was not all. After the soldiers had finished eating, the cleaned tin pot could still be used to make coffee, and after the war the soldiers could sit on the ground on their backpacks and watch the distant mountains, the wild and the sunset, and the tiredness of the day's battle was quickly forgotten.

”Shaw!” Shaw? ” Just as Bismark was about to enter the commander's headquarters, he suddenly realised that Xiao Letian was seated on a horse, staring at the battlefield in a daze.

”Hmm? ”Hmm …” Oh, I'm sorry, I was a little distracted just now... Prime Minister, I will wait outside the tent. After all, I do not know the reason for the argument inside, but if I rashly go in, I'm afraid it will be embarrassing! ”

Bismark thought that this made sense. After all, it was not polite for Xiao Letian to be a guest in this kind of dispute. Thinking of this, he nodded his head and walked into the tent.

Xiao Letian dismounted from his horse and walked towards a cavalry unit by the side of the road that was about to start their meal. Looking at their military uniforms, Xiao Letian could tell that these were the king's guards and the meat broth on their bonfire was already starting to boil.

”Gentlemen, may I have a meal?” Xiao Letian, on her horse boots, walked towards her class.

”Stand at attention!” With a command from the squad leader, the ten cavalrymen put down their lunch boxes and saluted together. They were the guard cavalry soldiers, and the most important mission was to protect the big shot of the empire. They all knew who Xiao Letian was.

”Reporting, sir...” ”Guards Cavalry Division, First Brigade, Fourth Regiment, First Battalion, Second Company …”

”Stop Stop Stop...” What are you doing? I'm not your immediate superior, and I'm not even good at German. I wouldn't understand if you said too much, hahaha … ”Sit, sit!” Xiao Letian waved for everyone to sit down.

Xiao Letian did not put on airs, the soldiers clearly felt that the Eastern Prime Minister had grown a lot closer. In a short while, the soldiers had abandoned their formality and started to chat with Xiao Letian.

Xiao Letian could not speak German well, but his English was very high. Furthermore, there was still Jonas to translate later on, so it was not a problem for the two of them to communicate.

”Oh …” Hot, hot... This beef broth is too delicious … Please give me a piece of bread, thank you! ” Xiao Letian didn't put on airs at all, he picked up the lunchbox and ate a big piece of hard bread that was dipped in a thick broth, it was extremely sweet.

The soldiers only liked big figures who did not put on airs. Seeing that Xiao Letian did not hold anything back, they also started to eat freely. During this period of time, they even asked a lot of questions about China.

”Sir, you don't even need knives and forks for dinner. Do you all use two sticks?” How could he eat it … Is it true that even the poorest Chinese can wear silk? ”

”Prime Minister... Is it really polygamy in China? Can a man really marry many wives? Aren't they afraid of God's punishment? ”Are there really women from the East who are bound to their feet?”