▲ American soldiers who filter cigarette holders
Tobacco has a long history. According to historical records, in 1492, two crew members of Columbus discovered that Cuban natives lit dry cigarettes and smoked them, becoming the earliest smokers in Europe. 15 18, Spanish explorers discovered that Aztecs and Mayans smoked tobacco with empty reeds and learned to smoke, so the first cigarette was produced. 16 12 A man named John? Rolf planted the first acre of commercial tobacco in Virginia, USA. 1843, French tobacco companies began to produce Spanish-style cigarettes, which were officially named "cigarettes" in French, hence the word "English cigarettes". 188 1 year, a cigarette maker with a daily output of120,000 cigarettes was patented for invention instead of manual popularization and use.
▲ Early cigar processing and production
Everyone knows that smoking is harmful to health. Why does the army never ban smoking?
This is an indisputable fact. The outbreak of war is a test and challenge to human nature. Gunfire roared, devastated, facing life and death, full of panic and depression can only be temporarily resolved through cigarettes.
Cigarettes are a necessity on the battlefield.
▲ American soldiers who borrowed fire from each other on the battlefield.
1965438+In August, 2004, in order to meet the demand of 200,000 Belgian soldiers who fought against the German army, "I'd rather give us worse food, but also please give us tobacco", a non-partisan organization named "Overseas Club" raised funds for the United States and established the Belgian Soldier Tobacco Foundation to provide the required tobacco for every Belgian soldier at the front. In just three years, it raised nearly 2 1 000, transported 654,380+0.7 million packs of tobacco and 654,380+0.5 million cigarettes. At the same time, it also provided cigarettes for British expeditionary forces and prisoners of war, ANZ, Canadian expeditionary forces and South African contingents. During the two years from the outbreak of the war to September 30th, 19 16, they provided and distributed1430,000 cigarettes, 2.8 million packs of tobacco, as many as1000,000 pipes and tobacco bags.
▲ German soldiers smoke on duds.
▲ An American soldier lit a cigarette for a Japanese soldier on the battlefield.
During World War II, cigarettes became an important item for soldiers after guns and ammunition. American soldiers supply the most cigarettes, six packs a week, more in the navy, cigars, coffee and so on. They almost never leave their mouths when fighting. After satisfying the supply of cigarettes for our troops, we exported them to Germany, Britain, the Soviet Union and other wartime countries in large quantities, earning as much money as selling arms. Although Hitler didn't smoke, Nazi Germans also regarded cigarettes as a military necessity and gave each soldier six cigarettes or two cigars a day. In addition to the seized cigarettes, Soviet soldiers also like to smoke homemade polyurethane cigarettes. Each soldier can get 20 grams of horses and cigarettes every week. Most of the cigarette paper comes from millions of tons of cigarette paper flown by air in the United States. Some soldiers like to use books they carry with them as tools for lighting cigarettes.
▲ German soldiers who lit cigarettes with flame throwers.
▲ Russian soldiers who take turns to smoke.
Japanese military cigarettes and sweets are the main comforters, but for the light-tasting Japanese, they prefer the heavy taste of China cigarettes, which are mainly plundered from China. In our army's counterattack against Vietnam in self-defense, the soldiers all hid in the cat's ear hole, eliminating the fear of the battlefield, the yearning for their families and the long-term loneliness. Most soldiers kill time by smoking, and sometimes they also use cigarettes to commemorate their fallen comrades.
▲ Soviet female soldiers smoking cigars
▲ China soldiers having fun on the frontal battlefield of Laoshan.
In peacetime, although cigarettes are not rations in the army, they still play an important role. Tobacco plays a vital role in the comfort of soldiers. Many recruits learn to smoke only after joining the army. Besides killing time, smoking two cigarettes when you are anxious and stabilizing your mind has become a good psychological adjustment choice. Of course, because nicotine in cigarettes can constrict blood vessels, it can be used to stop bleeding in an emergency.