While the Soviet army was preparing in full swing in the direction of Stalingrad, Qinchuan in Baku welcomed good news...their quality of life was improved.

As mentioned earlier, the temperature in the Transcaucasus region is very warm because the Caucasus mountains block the Siberian cold current in the north and the warm sea breeze blowing from the Black Sea, which makes the Transcaucasus region very suitable for crop growth, especially tea... 91% of the tea in the Soviet Union came from the Transcaucasus.

When Qin Chuan saw green tea trees planted on the mountain, he certainly would not let go of his long-lost hobby. He picked a tea-tip leaf from the mountain, borrowed a pot from the drinking squad and stir-fried it.

The tea fragrance quickly attracted a group of officers and soldiers around him to surround him in curiosity.

"Major, these leaves are actually food?" Werner looked at the tea fried in the pot and swallowed, "And it seems to taste quite good!"

"I think it will be better than black bread at least!" The baker looked up at the tea mountain not far from the camp, and looked puzzled: "But why... the Soviets planted so many such trees but wanted to eat black bread?"

Qin Chuan replied while stir-frying: "Because this is not food, it is tea!"

"Tea?" The soldiers were full of doubts.

"Like..." Qin Chuan explained: "A drink similar to coffee!"

The soldiers understood after saying this.

Although Qin Chuan loves to drink tea, he does not have the technique of stir-frying tea. It is said that the processing of tea requires kneading, rolling, fermenting, drying and other operations, but this does not seem to be a big problem. Of course, there will be no such high requirements on the battlefield. Just stir-fry for a while and then it will be out of the pot. Qin Chuan couldn't wait to grab a pinch and put it in a cup, and then pour some freshly boiled boiling water... In an instant, a strong tea fragrance echoed between his nose and throat.

This is the taste that Qin Chuan wants, the taste from his hometown, which makes him recall the small garden in his modern home. He always sits there while drinking tea and reading newspapers. This is the most leisurely moment of his busy day.

The soldiers followed suit, each brewed a cup of tea, and then tasted it carefully with suspicious expressions like drinking pesticides, but soon their attitude changed.

"It seems good!" The baker nodded while feeling the tea fragrance greedily: "There is a special fragrance. The major is right. It does have a refreshing effect similar to coffee!"

Werner took a sip and nodded, "Although there is no strong aroma of coffee, I think it is at least much better than artificial coffee!"

There are few coffees on the front line, and even if you can get some coffee occasionally, it is artificial coffee.

Unlike others, Alphredo praised it: "I think it's much better than coffee. I was surprised that the Soviets actually drank this thing, and I thought they could only drink vodka!"

"It's not from the Soviet Union!" Qin Chuan replied: "It's from China!"

Qin Chuan is right. Soviet tea was introduced to Russia from Mongolia in 1638, and tea was started in 1901. The first tea garden was in Sochi, the Transcaucasus region... The warm climate of the Transcaucasus is suitable for growing tea, and then it soon spread throughout this area to make it a tea base for the entire Soviet Union.

Qin Chuan decided to get more tea leaves in his spare time. One day, if he still had to fight in the snow like a stationed in Holm, it would be pleasing to drink a cup of hot tea.

Then Qin Chuan soon found himself behind because the German soldiers had already taken off their helmets one by one and couldn't wait to run towards the tea mountain, but they didn't seem to know how to pick the tea leaves and grabbed the leaves into the helmets one by one.

In addition, the German army's food has also improved to a certain extent.

This part is a relief from the security forces... The reason does not need to be explained. After the security division enters, it will complete the statistics of the Soviet people and then ask them to "pay taxes" to Germany.

The Transcaucasus region is not poor, but in fact they can be considered wealthy compared to other parts of the Soviet Union... They lean on the sea on both sides, the Black Sea on the other side is the Caspian Sea, and the mountains in the middle. In addition, the climate is pleasant, so fishing, planting, breeding, etc. can make a living.

Before this, most of the food they produced had to support the Soviet front, so they could only eat black bread on average.

But there is not much difference now. If there is any difference, it is that the food they originally used to support the Soviet army has become support for the German army.

In this way, the troops quickly ate white bread, vegetables, citrus produced in the Transcaucasus, and sometimes even mutton. If it weren't for the occasional Soviet submarine activity in the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea, the Transcaucasus would be like a paradise isolated from the battlefield.

But such days didn't last long.

That evening, Manstein called Colonel Slein and Qin Chuan to his command center.

And Colonel Qin Chuan and Slein could basically guess what Manstein was looking for them.

Sure enough, when Manstein saw them, he got up and walked up to shake hands with Colonel Slein and Qin Chuan, and handed over a telegram and said, "Col., Major, I'm sorry, this is General Rommel's telegram!"

Of course, the content of the telegram is to require the first Infantry Regiment to be built.

"I can't find an excuse to keep you here!" Manstein said: "Although I really want to do this, you understand that I can't do this, the battlefield needs you!"

"Yes, Lord Marshal!" Colonel Slain stepped forward and said, "We understand that this is our destiny, isn't it?"

"No!" Manstein replied: "This is not your destiny. You have established unparalleled merits and it is appropriate to get some rest time and enjoyment, so... it is the Empire that owes you!"

After pausing, Manstein said again: "Of course, I won't say that in front of the army!"

Qin Chuan understood what Manstein said.

There will be no problem saying such things in private conversations between officers, but if you say this in front of the army, it may affect morale, because the soldiers will think: Since the empire owes us, can we take it for granted some privileges or commit something to recover this "debt"?

Therefore, in front of soldiers, there will be no situation where the country owe them at any time, although this is not the case.
Chapter completed!