Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 221: Boarding, tea party (middle)

The history of the German Imperial Navy is not long. After all, the concept of a unified German Empire did not appear until the late nineteenth century, and before that "Germany" only existed as a common language.

The first true national navy in German history was the German National Assembly fleet established by the Frankfurt National Assembly after the German March Revolution in 1848.

At that time, the coastal defense situation of the German Federation was very serious. The United Kingdom and the Netherlands, which originally provided protection for the German coast, were no longer ruled by German monarchs. The former ally Denmark, at this time, was because of Schleswig-Holsch There was a serious disagreement with the German Federation on the issue of the ownership of the Tyne region. Soon the Schleswig-Holstein War broke out, and the powerful Danish navy immediately blocked the North Sea and Baltic Sea routes, cutting off the maritime foreign trade of the German Federation.

The German Navy was hurriedly organized under this situation. At that time, all the large ships added up to only eleven, of which only one was a regular warship, and the coastal frigate was originally handed over by the Germans from the Danish navy. Grabbed it from here. This fleet only existed for less than four years. It was disbanded because of the failure of the National Assembly. The ships were scattered and sold to the various member states of the Federation. Among them, the Kingdom of Prussia purchased two steam frigates, and these two warships became Prussia. One of the cornerstones of the subsequent rise of the Navy.

The current German Imperial Navy is composed of the Prussian Navy Fleet and the East German Federal Navy Fleet. The establishment time was 1871, and in the second year, after the successful Meiji Restoration, the Japanese government formally established the Imperial Japanese Navy. Therefore, the modern naval history of Japan and Germany is actually only one year apart. time.

The First World War was a watershed. The brutal war destroyed the powerful German high seas fleet and also gave the Japanese navy the opportunity to rise to Asia. The Japanese Navy’s attitude towards Germany is contradictory. They highly admire Germany’s powerful industrial and technological capabilities, but at the same time they have extremely contemptuous of the German Navy’s strength. You know that Japan owns two of the Seven World Wars ships, the third in the world in terms of total tonnage of warships...oh.. Now it is the second place. Now in the world, apart from America, which country can be in the Seven Seas with the Japanese Empire Contend.

The Japanese naval officers received British education, including a full set of Western upper-level etiquette. At any time, Japanese naval officers should not lose the face of the Japanese Empire because of rudeness. Therefore, Guidao and Hanabo are not unfamiliar with this Western-style tea party. In fact, the Japanese navy used to engage in afternoon tea and other tricks earlier, but in recent years, the trend of revitalizing the emperor has begun to rise, and lower-level soldiers have learned to land. The army red deer yelled the Japanese man Yamato soul every day, and the high-ranking navy only converged a little.

The area of ​​the folding table is not very large. These two tables are not the equipment of the submarine, but the crew of U106 brought them on the boat. They are usually used during weekend deck dinners because the tables are folded. After getting up, it does not occupy much space, and is usually stored in the battery compartment under the cabin floor.

The tablecloth was brought on board by the second-class Turman in the engineering squad. According to him, it was sewn by his mother. In addition to the U106's ship number, the careful mother also embroidered the tablecloth with Circle beautiful blue lace. Usually, the crew will never take out these two precious tablecloths when it is not an important occasion.

The tea set used is a standard item customized by the German Navy. In addition to the ship's hull number, the bottom of the tea set is also printed with a golden navy eagle emblem. Of course, if you don't turn it over, outsiders will not see it. The silver tableware was brought on board by Captain Robin. It was a gift from a friend. It is said to be a product of World War I. The handle is engraved with an exquisite iron crusader emblem.

"I didn't expect to drink such authentic English black tea on the sea." Guidao put down the tea cup and said with admiration.

"Our chef is said to have worked in the top restaurants in Hamburg, but I think he is best at making black tea." Robin said with a smile.

"Please smoke, gentlemen." The captain opened the silver cigarette case and leaned in front of Guidao.

"Thank you." Guidao leaned to thank him, and then took a cigarette from the pack.

There are very few non-smokers in the Japanese Navy. Life at sea is very boring. Sailors need to use nicotine to numb themselves. Another group of people chose alcohol because it was easier to get alcohol. At that time, the number of alcoholics in the Japanese Navy far exceeded that of the Japanese Army, and there were many senior generals from military orders and joint fleets.

The logistic supply of the Japanese Navy includes a variety of alcoholic beverages. There are related express provisions in the Japanese Imperial Army (Navy) Army Giving Order (Supply Order).

According to the regulations, each Japanese soldier can get one-third liter of sake or beer every day. Soldiers can also purchase various alcoholic beverages from the "bartender" located in the barracks ("bartender" in Japanese). "There are two meanings. One is the canteen in the barracks. Because it sells a variety of alcohol and snacks, it is called a bartender.). However, during operations, due to poor supplies (I took ammunition if I had enough capacity) and combat needs, Army troops often cut off the supply of alcohol to officers and sergeants, and each time the group of alcohol bugs in the Army were bitter.

However, this kind of problem rarely occurs in the navy. The Japanese navy has its own independent logistics system and even breweries specially dedicated to the navy, such as the famous Shanghai Jardine Brewery during the Republic of China, after the outbreak of the Pacific War , It was taken over by Sakura Beer Co., Ltd. (SakuraBeer), and began to brew Sakura beer specially for the Japanese Navy.

Not only stationed in Hong Kong, during combat, the Japanese Navy usually distributes some beer and sake to the soldiers before and after the mission. Before the war, it is to cheer up, win the victory, and lose it is comfort. Anyway, they Always find some reason to drink.

A lot of fine sake was carried on the Iraqi 60. When sailing encounters national or folk festivals, a certain officer’s birthday, or a certain training result, everyone can drink a few glasses to celebrate during dinner. .

"Cough, cough, cough..." Guidao was choked as soon as he took a puff of cigarettes, and started to cough. Nakasa Kishima was accustomed to smoking light-flavored cigarettes produced in Japan. When he encountered American cigarettes with a strong flavor like Robin, which was still mint flavored, he was hit without checking.

"It's okay..." Guidao waved his hands.

"This menthol cigarette is really strong." Zhong Zuo smiled and concealed his embarrassment, then looked down at the cigarette with a pretense.

"Cool...Cool, Kuro fell to death (COOL brand)." Guidao said to Hanabo. Although he had never seen this brand of cigarettes before, he was in the country. You can't show your cowardice in front of you.

"Ha, Suo fell to death." Huafang nodded seriously with a cigarette in his mouth.

"This is American smoke, captured from the sunken British transport ship during the war." Robin introduced.

"It turned out to be the spoils of your army. It really tastes different." Guidao immediately became in awe after hearing it. It turned out to be an ace submarine that had participated in actual combat, and the things he took out were extraordinary.

"Have you heard, Hanabo, this was obtained by Captain Robin after sinking a British transport ship~IndoMTL.com~ Guidao said to Hanabo that the word English was accented.

"Ha, dumb Bali Sanli Xinda (surely a trophy), Amiri Gata eight-piece (American cigarette)." Huafang nodded and praised Guidao.

The two Japanese naval officers even changed their smoking postures. They might get some martial arts from the German submarine if they smoked two puffs. The two of them carefully tasted each cigarette, which was addictive. The appearance made Captain Robin almost think that his precious cigarette was stolen and replaced with opium.

"Sao Zuo, you didn't find us just now, did you feel a little surprised to see us suddenly emerging from the sea?" Robin asked suddenly when the sailor was refilling the water for the Japanese.

"Yeah, I was really taken aback by you, so close..." Hanabo nodded and replied. When he realized that he had failed, it was too late to recover. "Sure enough... please have tea, Major." Captain Robin laughed, he had already got the answer he wanted most.

PS: I still can’t do it today. I don’t have a good cold, so tomorrow, it should be okay tomorrow.

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