The Third Reich in Desperation

If it weren't for the unpredictable war against Britain and the growing ambitions of the Soviets, Reinhardt would not have to use the food rationing system so nervously.

Text Chapter 394 Unlimited Canned Luncheon Meat

Of course, the food crisis in Germany is far from imminent.Therefore, Reinhardt also dared to order an unlimited purchase of canned luncheon meat for 3 days.

Prior to this, although the prices in the German market were not very expensive, most of the common daily necessities required shopping vouchers or shopping permits allocated according to household registration.

Of course, it is not impossible to buy food that exceeds the license amount, but you will have to pay double the price.

就拿首都柏林来说，这里的市民每人每周的配给量是面包2250克、肉700克、人造黄油280克、糖280克、人造果酱110克、豆子150克、人造咖啡63克、奶制品、脂肪和油420克、午餐肉2100克（这个不算在那700克肉里面，属于新一类食品）、牛奶1.4升（只有孕妇和儿童可以购买全脂牛奶）。

You know, the diet of the Germans is mainly meat like other Europeans. If they only ration 700 grams of meat per week, they will only have three or four thin slices after cooking. Even if they can get 2100 Kleinhardt The Flying Fish brand luncheon meat that was ordered to be produced and developed by the Rhine Consortium was far from satisfying them.

What is Flying Fish Luncheon Meat?This is very different from the taste of eating all kinds of ham sausages in later generations.

Just to put it this way, Flying Fish brand luncheon meat is mashed and processed animal offal that Europeans do not eat, and occasionally high-temperature sterilized rat meat that Asians do not eat, filled with soda powder, and mixed with a large proportion of starch. Meat flavoring agent, made into a red lump of "quasi-meat products".

Of course, if no one revealed the secret recipe, those German officers and soldiers who ate meat would never have imagined that this kind of luncheon meat, which is not too different in taste from meat, actually contains a small proportion of meat, and the content of the meat is all from them. Do not eat animal offal and rat meat.

Judging from the results and effects alone, Flying Fish Luncheon Meat is still a very successful product.

On the one hand, the market price of luncheon meat is almost only one-third of the equivalent amount of ordinary meat products.This allows those who have a big appetite and want to eat meat after eating up the quota of shopping coupons, they can buy luncheon meat for twice the price.

After all, even if the price of our luncheon meat is doubled, it is only two-thirds of that of conventional meat products, and it is even cheaper, which is completely affordable for the public.

When the Rhine Consortium promoted luncheon meat, the most famous slogan was "Flying Fish brand luncheon meat, so that people can afford more meat."

In fact, this slogan is completely accurate. After all, rat meat and internal organs are also meat, right?

The cheap cost of luncheon meat almost made the Rein Group, which monopolizes the production of luncheon meat, make a lot of money for Reinhardt, the German head of state.

Reinhardt is not a saint, he also has selfish motives.Besides, on the premise of not harming the interests of the country, who can blame people for making money based on their own abilities and ideas?

As for the use of national broadcasting to advertise luncheon meat for free...it's also for the people of the country to eat meat, isn't it?It's incidental, incidental...

Originally, there was no such thing as luncheon meat in German history. Although the taste is sometimes so unpalatable that people and gods are angry, but because the price is extremely cheap, it can be eaten immediately after opening the can, and it can be stored for a long time. Meat can replace the artifact.Reinhardt popularized luncheon meat for Germany, which is actually a very wise political move.

Before that, only 10 canned meat could be made from one kilogram of meat.But now, one kilogram of low-quality meat that no one used to eat can make 100 cans of meat that can barely be eaten.

This kind of canned food can not only easily provide meat to the people in the slave countries and occupied areas, but also consolidate the rule of the Third Reich.It can also provide more heat and oil for the officers and soldiers fighting on the front line, so that they can fight more vigorously.

Although the meat is inferior and the taste is a bit unpalatable, the fat and calories are real, and it is not a problem to replace ordinary meat products.Compared with Japan in Asia, which can only use pig blood mixed with flour as canned pork, Feiyu brand luncheon meat is still very conscientious.

"Führer, there is no problem with an unlimited supply of canned luncheon meat for 3 days." The Minister of the National Grain Administration assured Reinhardt: "The canned luncheon meat we ordered from the Reine Consortium has always been very sufficient. All the luncheon meat in stock is taken out, and while supplying the normal supply to the frontline troops, there is no problem with unlimited supply for one year in the rear.”

Because the shelf life of canned luncheon meat is very long, the German grain administration has approved a large number of purchase orders.These officials agreed that it is always a good thing to stock up because it is easy to deteriorate when stored anyway.

"It is still necessary to maintain a certain level of inventory, so that even if there is any accident, we will not be helpless." Reinhardt nodded, and told the minister: "There is no danger if you are prepared, and you must be cautious. It's a good thing."

In fact, Reinhardt is indeed quite cautious now, and it can even be said that he is a little too cautious.

Since Germany occupied Denmark, a large number of eggs, butter, condensed milk, bacon and other substances hoarded in Denmark that were originally destined for the UK were all shipped to Germany.At the same time, the occupied Danish coastal area can also continuously provide a large amount of fish, oysters, mussels and other seafood for the Third Reich.

In addition, with all the effort from Quisling, cod, salmon, herring, mackerel, herring, salmon, lobster, scallops, small sharks... and other fishery foods shipped from Norway to Germany also gave Germany a stable import The Northern Route of Food.

The current situation is that while Britain has blocked Germany's east import route, the Soviet Union has interrupted Germany's west import route.However, Italy has always maintained Germany's southern import route, and Germany occupied Denmark and its ally Norway also opened up a larger north food supplement route for the Third Reich.

Coupled with the recent defeat of the British home fleet, the British blockade of the North Sea has disappeared, and it may not be long before Germany can resume maritime trade imports.

At this time, it seems that Reinhardt's tense nerves can be relaxed a little bit.

"Let's do this." Feeling that it's really not good for me to keep food too tight, Reinhardt made up his mind after thinking about it: "Let's do it, try to sell substitute coffee, substitute sugar, substitute bread and other alternative foods on the market, Let the people increase the happiness on the table."

The substitute coffee that Reinhardt talked about is actually a coffee substitute processed from the fleshy root of a chicory plant.Substitute sugar is made from saccharin extracted from coal tar.Substitute bread is better, but white bread is mixed with impurities such as rye flour and potato flour.These substitutes will greatly increase the consumables that can be eaten on the tables of the German people, allowing Germany to stock more food.

Seeing such a stingy head of state, the minister in charge of food couldn't help but say a few words: "Prince, we have a lot of food in stock now, enough to support us to finish the war with Britain and France, and continue to store more food. More food, is it necessary?"

Reinhardt glanced at the short-sighted minister and sneered: "After the war? Do you think our opponents are only from the west?"

"This..." The minister was suddenly stunned by the question, and he found that he seemed to have overlooked something.

"These reserves are necessary!" Reinhardt waved his hand, and without waiting for the minister to give an answer, he said to himself: "We need to take over an important area in the future, and I need to allocate a lot of the stored food to The people there. Of course, don’t feel bad, just wait until the second year, and that area will give us more food and stronger public support. Even, provide us with more combat soldiers...... "

Text Chapter 395 Trust Relationship

"Dong dong dong."

As the door of the office was knocked again, Erhard shouted politely: "Please come in!"

Erhard closed the cap of the pen in his hand, gently placed it on the upper right corner of the table, and looked at a middle-aged man who was pushing the door and entering with a smile on his face.

"It's you, Comrade Valentin." Looking at the familiar figure in front of him, Erhard, his boss, smiled all over his face.

Yes, Erhard is a German. At the same time, he also served as the German director of the Kiev cooperative in Ukraine, one of the many Soviet-German railway construction cooperatives.

But after all, it was on the territory of the Soviet Union, so he went to the countryside and learned the name Comrade, which the Soviets like to use.

Of course, calling him a comrade does not mean that Erhard is really like-minded with these Soviets.At least here, Erhard's status is much higher than that of the Soviet leader Valentin who is nominally at the same level as him in the cooperative.

This is not because Erhard always likes to wear that majestic leather jacket on weekdays, which looks more domineering than Valentin who only wears civilian clothes.The real core reason for this gap in status is that the expenses for the construction of the Soviet-German railway cooperatives were all provided by the German government behind Erhard, and had almost nothing to do with the Soviet government.

On the one hand, this is due to the "rigorous" cooperative attitude of the Germans. They believed that the European standard railway network promised to the Soviet Union would be done well.Therefore, almost all the materials needed for road construction will be shipped from Germany to the Soviet Union immediately.

The Germans were so keen to help them build the railway, and the Soviet officials were naturally happy in their hearts.Once the matter of building an efficient railway is completed, every kilometer of railway built will add credit to their political achievements.So for this matter, almost no one is against it.

It's happy to be happy, but apart from naming and arranging a cooperative leader at the same level as Germany, the governments of various places in the Soviet Union don't care about all the materials needed by the cooperative.

The cooperative needs people, so let the German side recruit them.Food is needed to feed these people, so let the Germans make up for it.What, who pays wages and benefits?Of course it's from the Germans.

Anyway, the order issued by the superior is that all local governments are required to provide all conveniences for the railway construction project, and supply the equipment, equipment and construction materials needed for the construction of the project.If there are no requirements for other issues, then you can ignore them.

Of course, it's not that our Soviet government took advantage of the Germans.If you want to, you can order the people to make compulsory contributions to the country's construction, without paying a penny, regardless of food and clothing, just assign tasks, and let them do it.

It's your Germans who are brain-dead and don't know how to use this kind of means to obtain free labor. If you are stupid, you will be given food, clothing and wages. Who is to blame?If you want to blame, blame your own brains.

"Comrade Erhard..." Valentin also knew that he, the head of the Soviet Union, was just a false position set up by higher-level officials to divide up the credit. He had no power, and all expenses in the cooperative had to be paid. Rely on Erhard to find domestic demand in Germany.Therefore, Valentin has always lowered his attitude and communicated with Erhard in a very sensible way: "There is one thing...I hope you can help..."

When Valentin spoke, he hesitated, and his tone was a little awkward. No need to guess, Erhard also knew what the other party asked him for, and what it was related to.

This is already the 7th time!

"I know, this is the seventh time I've come to ask you for help. It's really troublesome for you...but I can't help it. Only you can help those suffering people." Valentin also knew I always trouble Erhard, and I am quite guilty when I speak.

"What? My friend, someone asked you to help find a job in the cooperative?" Unlike Valentin's embarrassment, Erhard joked calmly: "You know, Our cooperative simply doesn’t need so many people. To put it bluntly, these people just want to come to eat for free.”

Valentin, who was pointed out, seemed even more embarrassed. He raised his voice and argued with a blushing face: "No, no, they don't eat free food, they just want to eat for free. I guarantee that as long as the cooperative arranges work, they will all can be done carefully.”

"My friend, give them a way to survive, when I beg you...save my compatriots!" Varian began to beg for help for the seventh time with a cry.