Warhammer: I am the Hammer of the Empire - #101 - Extra: A Meal of the Imperial Guard 2

An army cannot march on its stomach. ——————————French Emperor, Napoleon

Alan Bayer, the commander of the 4th Skadi Infantry Regiment, a lieutenant colonel officer of the Imperial Guard, and the senior staff of his regiment are reviewing the supplies. Before the regular supply list of the Ministry of Military Affairs is filled out and implemented, as the regiment commander, they There is an obligation to choose the best supply option for each soldier.

At this moment, the command point of Skadi’s 4th Regiment is filled with many new cans. They are probably products produced in the nearby agricultural world, or specialties of Gundwa VI. In general, can a hundred flowers bloom?

And since they are not commodities, they are guaranteed to be edible in a world with a harsh environment and full of poisonous gases. They usually have thick external armor, commonly known as canned food.

Theoretically, the food there can exist for hundreds of years and still be edible. Does the empire ensure that their transportation is convenient enough and the storage time is long enough? It can even be said that it uses vacuum, high temperature, preservatives and sterile space in a multi-pronged manner. Although the taste cannot be guaranteed, it definitely guarantees “longevity”.

If they were placed in the cellar, they might survive two terms of imperial high lord.

The outer packaging is also a uniform dark green or colorless metal shell, and there is no can or anything like that, because the thing is expected to be able to withstand anything that happens when transporting cocoa except direct fire, even from low-Earth orbit to the east. Fall.

Alan Bayer took out his saber. As a commander, he must imagine the meal process and experience it for himself. Yes, he must imagine that he is in the trench at this moment…

The leg feels hard at the first moment of cutting. The tactical saber can be placed on the muzzle of the gun and used as an imperial weapon as a bayonet. Although it is not a single-molecule blade, it can penetrate most physical tissues. You cannot use more force to hold the can. .

But it was actually a technical job. I had to stand the knife upright, and then attack its welding joint with a tricky posture. Military cans are not as thin as civilian ones, and the thick can body is very useful on the battlefield. The supplies that the soldiers have been asking for can also be used to make simple warning equipment. They can be tied with ropes to the trenches and make a sound when something passes by.

So that thing is very important. Generally speaking, it takes a lot of effort for new recruits to open a can of cocoa. Even their old legs have to slowly tap the edge. When they are first opened, the oval can reveals the contents inside. It looks like soft boiled vegetables, goro meat and potato-like plant roots.

But Alan Bayer could hardly tell what it looked like when he looked at it one by one with a spoon. Maybe the forensic doctor would have frowned when he came, and if he had something to look for, he probably wouldn’t be able to tell. What the hell.

“Well…Commander, let me taste it.”

The staff officer’s expression changed. “My lord, you are the one who makes the decision.”

Alan Bayer rolled his eyes. If it wasn’t for the fact that the cocoa tasted so good, he wanted to get rid of the can directly.

He took a shallow sip with a spoon. It was sour and slightly salty in the mouth. The first feeling was good. Then he soon realized that those things had solidified for no reason. The grease, a lot of grease, was so thick that it made me feel better after one sip. My throat felt greasy as if it had been strangled.

“Moon…” Even a lieutenant colonel as a soldier couldn’t hold back his curse. The calories of that thing were definitely enough, and one bite would send people to the underworld.

“Heat it, try heating it!” said the staff officer Ma Zai.

Alan Bayer doubtfully picked up the promethium heater issued by the Ministry of Military Affairs. To be honest, the power of that thing needs to be slightly changed. If it is overloaded, it can be used as a fragmentation leg grenade. Thanks to the simple folk customs in the Astra Militarum. , otherwise, if you give it to those gangsters in the hive city, there will be a bloody storm.

The sizzling sound of heating, the surprisingly high efficiency of that thing, and the unique smell of promethium, similar to the smell of gasoline mixed with an open battery.

The can tumbled quickly, making a gurgling sound, but it smelled even more sour and greasy, which made people frown.

A less than competent commander would have told Alan Bayer to get lost, gulped down his food with suspicion, and then…

It’s much better, not so greasy, but it’s not unpalatable. To describe it, it’s obvious that the raw materials there are not bad if you add salt and stew the liquid, but it’s not unpalatable.

“Get out!”

The staff officer nodded and took out the second can. The thing was cubed and looked a bit like luncheon meat when opened. It was mixed with a lot of starch and minced meat and tasted salty and greasy. However, Alan Bayer quickly noticed that it was delicious and he ate it. After taking a break, a bubble came out of his mouth…

“Huh? What is that?”

The staff officer looked at the list in Gothic. “Bully meat, bubble meat, seems to be called bacon in its place of origin.”

Alan Bair nodded. “Get it out of here!”

The staff officer took the thing away and put it in a new can. The can was strange. After opening it, there was light yellow dough inside. When I cut it with a knife, a lot of gravy and oil came out. It was a pie. It looked like a meat pie. .

Picking up the spoon and taking a bite of the meat with dough, it tasted very good, and the thing didn’t need to be heated to have a good flavor, which made Alan Bayer feel a little relieved.

The staff officer stretched out his legs to ask for it to be added to the order, and Alan Bayer suddenly shouted. “Wait for Dong!”

They waited for a while. There was no acute diarrhea, no bubbles, and no abdominal pain. It seemed safe.

Alan Bayer sighed and asked the staff to write a list. The staff suddenly said. “Captain, that thing seems to have been discontinued. Its production world was occupied by greenskins some time ago.”

…Silence, Alan Bayer was silent. “Host dish…”

The food that came from the east was a biscuit. To be honest, it looked very ordinary, but if it could be paired with the rich flavor of the Ministry of Military Affairs seasoning, it would definitely give the soldiers on the battlefield a lot of taste surprises.

The lieutenant colonel picked up the biscuit. It was yellow, had many holes, was relatively hard when pinched, and had no residue. It was obvious that a lot of improvements had been made to its preservation.

It smelled like jelly beans and wheat, which was quite exciting. So he took a bite of the food.

Click! Click? Click…

Three mouthfuls…

The thing didn’t move at all and was so hard that Alan Bair knocked on several tables with it.

Dong Dong Dong…

“Consultant, they usually order the same thing.”

The staff officer nodded. The soldiers of Skadi’s Fourth Regiment didn’t know what happened. They just felt that they were really tired of eating those things…