So Wu Qianli distributed some of the food to the soldiers of the 6th and 7th companies.
When they got these things, they started eating them immediately!
Sure enough, although this thing is hard, the taste is much better than the fried noodles and potatoes they had eaten before!
At least the taste is rich and meaty, and they are already very satisfied!
Regarding this fried noodles, He Yumo also ate it after joining the army.
It is not the kind of fried noodles with oil, meat and vegetables that people eat in later generations.
It is a kind of food that is made by mixing sorghum, cornmeal, flour, and a little salt, then frying it.
It’s called fried noodles, but it’s actually more like fried flour.
This kind of fried noodles has been the military ration used by Chinese soldiers for decades.
It tastes very bad.
Because it is very dry at the entrance, it is difficult to swallow without water.
So it is usually eaten with water, but on the battlefield, sometimes it is difficult to find even a sip of water.
So with no other choice, the volunteers had to eat the snow on the ground. This is the origin of the saying "a mouthful of fried noodles and a mouthful of snow".
Moreover, the nutritional value of this fried noodles was so limited that many volunteer soldiers later developed night blindness due to long-term consumption and insufficient nutrition. This not only greatly affected their health but also made it very difficult to fight at night.
In fact, the reason why they chose to use this kind of food as military rations at that time was really a helpless move.
Because of the difficulty in supplying materials, the front-line troops were often unable to make fire in order to avoid being discovered by the enemy.
This kind of food can be stored for a long time and can be eaten directly, which perfectly solves the two major difficulties mentioned above...
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