Survive as a World War II Soldier - Chapter 110



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#110

I couldn’t contain my anger at the fact that they were messing with the food truck, of all things.

How important is rice!

Even in this Louisiana maneuver, corrosion was particularly important.

In the early days of the last war, American troops were supplied in tin cans.

It wasn’t that the cans were bad. They could be used for trench interiors, and empty cans were good for various uses.

However, from the perspective of distribution, it was too heavy, and from the perspective of receiving, the variety was limited and it didn’t taste good.

The reserves that were developed and distributed later also received more negative reviews than positive ones.

But what could be more important than eating in the military?

In order to provide quality meals even on the battlefield, the Army worked hard to develop military rations, and in 1938, C-rations were finally developed, which improved on many of the shortcomings.

He wanted to verify the C-ration by conducting large-scale mobile training.

Is the quantity sufficient, does it provide enough calories, is it nutritionally sound, does it have the right ingredients, etc.

Taste? I’ve never heard of jjambbap being delicious even in the 21st century.

Anyway, so that’s why corrosion was pretty important in this mobile training. But you messed around with it?

It was something I couldn’t just let go of.

“What on earth have you done?”

McNair opened his mouth in a tense voice in response to my chilling question.

“No matter how important training is, it’s something we all have to do to survive. We can’t starve ourselves, right?”

“yes.”

For soldiers, food was more important than anything else.

I can forgive the hardships of training and the petty things, but it is absolutely unacceptable for food to be cut off.

At my nod, McNair continued his explanation with a brighter face.

“So I decided that it would be okay for the food truck carrying the food to be hit by a bullet.”

So, what I’m saying is that he made the food truck invincible.

If it were a small-scale training exercise, it would be possible to pause for a moment because it was mealtime, but considering the scale of this Louisiana maneuver exercise, it was impossible.

So, it is possible that the food truck was given an invincible cheat key…

“Only the 3rd Army’s food truck was invincible.”

“what?”

This is not right. If you’re going to give invincibility cheats, you should give them together. Feeding one side and starving the other. Isn’t this the worst kind of discrimination?

“You misunderstand. The 2nd Army’s food truck never encountered the 3rd Army’s combat units, so there was no reason to judge it invincible.”

McNair shouted, quickly reading the meaning in my gaze.

“That’s what Lieutenant General McNair said. We never starved.”

Only then did I furrow my brow at Lieutenant General Ben Lear’s bland answer.

However, it seemed that the grievances of the officers belonging to the 2nd Army had not yet been resolved.

“But it is true that it is unfair.”

“Yes. Do you know what the 3rd Army did with that food truck?”

“Aren’t you just going to do some reconnaissance with that?”

“Even if you put it at the front of the unit and use it as a shield···.”

Officers belonging to the 2nd Army Corps poured out their complaints one after another.

“So the invincible food truck was used by the 3rd Army all year round?”

“yes!”

In my summary, the 2nd Army officers looked at me with longing eyes as if asking me to clear their name.

I gave those bastards a joint of justice.

“Ugh.”

“Why, to us···.”

“evil.”

After looking at the officers holding their shins and not knowing what to do, I looked at Lieutenant General Ben Lear.

“I’m sorry.”

“Yeah, I think you know why I’m angry.”

Fortunately, Ben Lear wasn’t as ignorant as Marshall said.

“What did you guys do when the 3rd Army used the invincible food truck in all weathers?”

“yes?”

“The food truck is invincible, but the guys on it are invincible?”

“Ha, but.”

“I should have beaten him up and taken it from him.”

“But the rules···.”

“Rules? Oh, right. Well said. Where is the rule that says you can’t hijack a food truck?”

The other side has better weapons? Then instead of whining that it’s unfair, you should take them by any means necessary.

Looking at Patton, who was the first to bring up the subject,

“See, I told you to beat up those drivers and take it away.”

“···”

Anyway, he was a guy you couldn’t hate.

##

That evening.

“thank you.”

McNair came quietly and thanked me.

“I didn’t take your side because you’re pretty.”

“yes?”

“I gave it to you because of George. The 2nd Army was stupid for not thinking of stealing the food truck, but you should know that you are no match for me.”

A trick?

What’s wrong with that? Where in the world does anything go without some back-up?

The important thing was not to get caught.

It was obvious to anyone that McNair had been paying attention to the 3rd Army throughout the maneuver training.

Even if you just look at the composition of the armies and their positions, the 3rd Army had an absolute advantage.

But I left it alone because I thought that it also had meaning.

“You have to learn how to fight in favorable situations and how to overcome unfavorable situations. So it doesn’t matter what tricks you used. But if it was something embarrassing to others, you shouldn’t have found out.”

McNair lowered his head at my rebuke.

But there is only one reason why I leave McNair alone.

Because he was Marshall’s man.

I also have subordinates who are somewhat lacking in showing off to others, and sometimes even embarrassing.

People like Georgina, Smith, and Patton.

If McNair could be that kind of person to Marshall, how could I do as I please?

but,

“Enough with the food truck talk, let’s talk about anti-tank guns.”

“Are you talking about an anti-tank gun?”

A color came to McNair’s face at my words.

“I thought that the Minister would also recognize the value of anti-tank guns.”

Ha, this kid.

I thought that I should just deal with Marshall and everything.

“Do you really think that the tank was captured because the anti-tank gun was so powerful?”

“yes?”

“In my opinion, it seems that it wasn’t because the anti-tank gun was good that they captured the tank, but because they were good at operating it.”

Since I was hiding well in every corner while drawing aggro with the food truck, I was able to take out the tanks that were rushing towards me without thinking, but anti-tank weapons were not that threatening yet.

“Performance is important, but isn’t it obvious for any weapon that how it is operated is the most important? You saw with your own eyes in this war how great results can be achieved when anti-tank guns are used well. And the budget issue is by no means something to be taken lightly.”

Seeing McNair insist on his opinion without hesitation despite my fierce gaze, I could see why Marshall cared about him. But that was one thing, and this was another.

“Budget. No, McNair, you’re mistaken. These are our American soldiers.”

“yes?”

“We’re American soldiers. We’re not Soviet soldiers who replace people for money, we’re American soldiers. Budget? It’s important. But it’s not more important than human lives.”

Unless it was something as light as Allah’s magic wand that could be carried around, the current anti-tank guns were wheeled cannons.

The story of increased power means that the barrel circumference becomes thicker and longer, and that story is,

“It’s so damn heavy. Can a person pull something that heavy?”

“Of course, it has to be towed so that it can be carried on a truck···.”

“Oh, so you’re going to drag it like that and then when you run into those Jerry guys, you separate them, dissipate the heat, and deploy? Don’t you think we’ll all die before that?”

“···”

The worst part about it was the people who operated it.

“If we were to make a towed anti-tank gun that could finish the job like you said, how many men would it take to operate one?”

“···”

“I don’t know, but I think it’s more than the five people needed to operate a tank. Doesn’t it cost money to feed and clothe them?”

Only then did McNair seem to come to his senses.

“And isn’t it true that anti-tank guns are useful when defending?”

We were going to beat up the Germans.

I couldn’t help but sigh when I saw a guy who didn’t even know what his role was.

I thought that even though the conscripted soldiers were disabled, the officers would be better, but I was very disappointed.

“I hope Carolina doesn’t make that mistake again.”

“I will do my best.”

Unlike McNair, who was barely saved, there were more than thirty high-ranking officers who were forced out without proving their competence.

“If you don’t have the skills appropriate for your rank, you should go home and rest.”

“That’s right. What matters is not age or rank, but ability.”

And Marshall had a remarkable ability to find talented people better than anyone else.

But there was a difficult problem that even Marshall could not solve.

“Why on earth are they···”

It was none other than the level of the soldiers.

“Haven’t they been operating camps at US military bases across the country for quite some time since the Bonus Army incident?”

“Yes, that’s right. There are places that were operating right up until the declaration of war and then closed down.”

“But wasn’t that all taught there?”

Since it wasn’t a boot camp, they couldn’t teach you everything you needed to know.

So, you can’t teach civilians how to handle anti-tank guns.

But I heard that, aside from that, he faithfully completed the basic education.

“Didn’t you say that you turned all the kids gathered there into humans and sent them out?”

Even though he was blind and couldn’t even read the letter L, he taught him how to read and write, and he also taught him basic hygiene methods such as brushing his teeth and washing his hands, as well as the basics of the metric system.

The smart ones started with digging and then learned how to drive cars and heavy equipment, etc. They didn’t teach them any martial arts, but they taught them in detail the basics of various specialty skills that could be useful no matter where they were put in the military.

Why did you teach and raise him so diligently?

That’s because I was planning to use it all at this time.

How many talented people have we nurtured over the past ten years?

“Why do all the soldiers end up like that? Did they really train them properly?”

“I educated him properly.”

“But why!”

When I shouted that the kids were just as idiotic now as they were during the last war, Marshall asked me with an expression on his face as if he didn’t know that.

“Why would such well-educated people come here?”

“!”

Marshall’s words that if he was doing well in society, there was no reason for him to join the military made me dizzy.

Marshall continued speaking, smiling cynically as he looked at me with a blank expression.

“And even if I enlist in the military, should I just remain a private?”

“then?”

“These guys who have received the kind of education and have become human beings that the Minister is talking about should all be employed as officers or non-commissioned officers. No, even then, there is a shortage of officers, so it’s a mess. How can we keep such high-level talents as privates?”

So I didn’t know whether I should take comfort in the fact that the level of non-commissioned officers and officers was better than the original history, or be frustrated by the fact that it was impossible to change the fact that the privates were useless.

Marshall added a word, perhaps feeling sorry for me who was at a loss for words.

“But wouldn’t it be better than this once we get through Carolina?”

“Do you really think so?”

“Wouldn’t the 400,000 people who rolled around here and came back there be better? Of course, the ones who are going to be sent to Europe, let’s see.”

Marshall pretended to roll his head for a moment, then opened his mouth with a grin.

“Considering the last war, it should be at least a million, so the remaining 600,000…”

It was so annoying to see him shrug his shoulders and say that there was nothing he could do about it.

In the end, it seemed inevitable that the private soldiers would be in a crippled state this time too.

However, not everything we worked hard for over the years ended in failure.

“They say that the new model developed by North American Corporation with a British engine has amazing performance.”

This news couldn’t help but be eye-opening.

A terrible thing