As the saying goes, "the people take food as the sky", whether they eat well or not directly affects people's physical fitness, and soldiers naturally have higher requirements than ordinary people in terms of eating because of high physical consumption, but many armies in the world do not do well in food. Recently, Russian Defense Minister General Shoigu was furious over the issue of Russian military food.
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According to the latest reports of a number of Russian media, a few days ago, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu inspected a machine infantry division in Rostov, which is located not far from the Russian-Ukrainian border and is a front-line unit against Ukraine. However, during an inspection of the troops' dining room, Shoigu was rarely angry in front of the cameras and severely criticized the troops' food.
Shoigu said: "The lack of meat on the soldiers' tables, fat and protein intake can not meet the training consumption, not even enough bread and garlic, when I was in charge of the army, always try to make the food as good as possible!" ”
Judging from the scene, the food of this unit is indeed not very good, there are very few meat dishes, basically vegetarian dishes, and the appearance is not very good, and it is worth pondering that this is still the food when the Russian defense minister came to inspect. According to the general situation, the superior military commander comes to inspect the troops, and the soldiers' food is a must-see part, and no matter which country's army will seriously perform at this time, try to do the best. But now this unit is actually unwilling to do the "face project" in front of the camera and in front of the minister of defense, which can only show that the food displayed is already very good in their hearts. Considering the special position and combat readiness of this unit, it can only show that the food of the Russian army is indeed not good at the ordinary grass-roots level.
However, this is certainly not the intention of the Russian military, but the Russian army is indeed short of money. Russia's military expenditure in recent years is about 60 billion US dollars, although it is still at the forefront of the world, but Russia is using this money to maintain a strategic nuclear force that is equal to the United States, considering that the US military expenditure is about 700 billion US dollars per year, which shows the great pressure on Russia, not to mention the rest of the purchase of conventional equipment, and there is not much money left on the food costs of soldiers. This dilemma can also be reflected in russia's years of no large surface ships in service, the delay in mass production of Su-57 fighter jets, and, in short, the lack of money.
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In contrast, the PLA's food is getting better and better, which is inseparable from the development of China's economy. Some time ago, CCTV's National Defense and Military Channel reported such a scene, and the theme of the current program was the logistics support of the People's Liberation Army. In the program, a certain cooking class of the People's Liberation Army provided the officers and men of the unit with sufficient nutrition and a rich variety of food in the field environment, and everyone had enough four dishes and one soup. It is worth mentioning that the cooking class even "fried sugar color" in the wild environment, making a braised pork with full color and flavor. The program also said bluntly: "This scene makes me believe that the chinese soldiers' field food protection work is more difficult than most countries." Because in the armies of other countries, soldiers are generally not required to fry sugar in the field conditions. ”
Although the funds are insufficient, the Russian army still maintains a high level of combat will and combat readiness, and some time ago, the British warship approached the Russian base to provoke, and the reaction speed of the Russian army confirmed this. U.S. sanctions cannot last forever, and as long as Russia grits its teeth and survives this difficult time, the economic situation is bound to improve.
(Editor: MWL)