The decisive battle against the Third Reich

The soldiers cheered, jumped out of the car and ran to the vegetable field, grabbing a handful here and there, and soon picked a lot.

The only thing that is certain is that the diet of foreigners is relatively monotonous, either mashed potatoes, baked potatoes or tomato sauce, so the vast majority of German soldiers choose cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots and the like.

Qin Chuan walked into the vegetable field and chose a few cabbages, radishes, lentils, garlic, peppers and the like.

"Major!" The baker held a few cucumbers with half of them in his mouth. He looked curiously at the things in Qin Chuan's hand and asked, "Why did you choose these?"

"Of course eating!" Qin Chuan replied.

The baker shrugged, as if he didn't understand Qin Chuan's approach. Others, including Eberhard, had the same idea, but Qin Chuan said nothing because he was a major.

Of course Qin Chuan understood that especially chili peppers, not to mention Europeans, even the Soviet Union rarely ate them.

But they soon discovered they were wrong.

Because not long after, a plate of fried lentils, cups to be exact... Since there were no suitable cutlery, I had to use cups and helmets. Then there are fragrant stir-fried vegetables and spicy and crispy cold radish.

Then he used two branches to cut into chopsticks, and Qin Chuan ate it with bread with relish... It was indeed a bit inappropriate to go with bread, but he had to make do with it, after all, vegetables couldn't fill his stomach.

"Major!" The soldiers came forward one by one after smelling the fragrance, with lustful looks on their faces.

Qin Chuan nodded to them, and then a few people started to take action immediately... You and I devoured each one, making some praises while eating.

"That's great!" Alfredo said, "I didn't know these vegetables could be so delicious!"

"Have we not eaten vegetables for too long?" Werner said: "Why do I think this is the most delicious thing I have ever eaten?!"

"God!" the baker said, "I can't believe I'm eating chili peppers. I always thought I never wanted to touch them in my life, but now... I realize that I was so stupid before!"

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Chinese food has this ability. Individual items such as chili, garlic or radish are not delicious, but if they are mixed together, it will bring an extraordinary impact to the taste buds.

As a result, that night, radishes, peppers, etc. that had been ignored suddenly became popular, and everyone had a feast of vegetables... Fresh vegetables may not mean much to ordinary people, but to people like It is tempting enough for people like Qin Chuan who have not been able to eat for months or even years on the battlefield.

Even when the troops were on the march again the next day, there were still piles of radishes and cabbage piled on the tanks and in the cars.

In fact, the march on the second day did not go very far. After only three hours and a dozen kilometers, we met the armored troops of the 6th Group Army marching from the other end.

Both sides were startled at first. From a distance, they saw a group of tanks approaching from the opposite side. They thought they were enemy tanks. Without saying a word, they quickly formed a battle formation and prepared for battle. The opposite side even fired a few mortar shells. ...The battle is tense, and there are many new recruits in the 6th Army.

When Colonel Slaine saw clearly the model of the tank on the opposite side through the telescope and then the cross mark, he quickly ordered: "Don't fire, it's one of our own!"

A German soldier stood on the tank waving the military flag, so the other side also realized that it was friendly forces.

They were troops from the 16th Armored Division of the 14th Armored Corps of the 6th Army. The division commander was Major General Hans Hube.

The two teams were very happy when they met, because it meant that they had completed the semi-encirclement of Stalingrad.

However, the two sides were not very friendly when they met, because Werner was very unhappy with the few mortar shells fired at the beginning.

"Hey!" Werner shouted to the soldiers on the opposite side from a dozen meters away as he walked towards the opposite side: "Who shot the mortar? You should find him and kick him out of the team, otherwise you will be killed by him sooner or later. dead!"

Although Werner's words contained elements of anger and joking, they were not completely unreasonable, because soldiers should be able to control themselves and wait for orders from their superiors before taking action.

Seeing that Werner's tone was a little arrogant and smelled of gunpowder, he replied unwillingly: "You should thank them for stopping their hands in time, otherwise you would have been annihilated by now!"

The officers and soldiers on Qinchuan's side couldn't help looking at each other when they heard this, and then suddenly burst into laughter, making the officers and soldiers on the opposite side laugh inexplicably.

Soon they knew what the problem was.

"Nice to meet you!" Colonel Slain stepped forward, shook hands with a major, and said, "We are from the 21st Armored Division, and I am the commander of the 1st Infantry Regiment!"

"God!" The major looked at Colonel Slain in surprise, then looked at the surrounding officers and soldiers, and said, "Are you the 1st Infantry Regiment? The 1st Infantry Regiment that won the Battle of Holm and reached Baku?"

"Yes!" Colonel Slaine puffed up his chest proudly, and then replied jokingly: "I thought I heard just now... you said you wanted to annihilate us..."

The officers and soldiers burst into laughter again.

The major glanced awkwardly at the soldiers behind him who were also stunned, and replied: "Sorry, Colonel, we didn't know it was you. I thought..."

As he spoke, the major glanced at the tanks of the 21st Armored Division not far away, and then said: "They may have made such a judgment because of your tanks!"

Slain took a look at the answer and then realized what the problem was... The tanks of the 21st Armored Division were carrying cabbages and radishes. Because they were worried that they would fall off the vehicle on the road, the soldiers also tied them up in bags or even bags with ropes. The trees are strung together, and they really don't look like a well-trained army.

Qin Chuan explained: "Major, didn't you realize that it was a disguise?"

"Oh, yes!" Colonel Slain nodded heavily: "That's our disguise!"

"Yes, Colonel!" the Major replied seriously: "They must be!"

Then everyone burst into laughter.

Colonel Slaine reported the situation of the division to his superiors. It was obviously inappropriate for the two armored divisions to be placed at the same location, so the 21st Armored Division was transferred back to the state farm again, that is, back to the place where they camped last night... ...The German soldiers are of course very happy about this, because this is a treasure mountain for them.

Rommel's order to Major General Strike was: "Carry out reconnaissance on Stalingrad and pay attention to the enemy's movements. We need a few days of preparation, and then it is time to let Stalingrad groan under the tracks of our tanks!"