Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 914 Material Preparation
There are many clan landlords living together in Lingao, and few of them are willing to give up the current production and lifestyle of living together.Clan landlords have strong personal control and influence over the people of the same clan.This was the one thing the Senate hated most.

In the operation of the engine, a lot of human resources must be mobilized, except for the naturalized people.The population of these clan landlords was also the target of the Senate.

As long as the unsatisfactory poor people in the clan are removed, they will leave the core of the long house of the clan and provide a new life that is better than the current economic level.They would not have the self-awareness of being "someone's family" as they do now.In wild places like Taiwan and Jeju Island, there is no other support other than the Senate, and the mentality of these people will soon change.

The clan landlords who remained in Lingao will also become less threatening due to the loss of population, and their economic capabilities will also decline accordingly.

Liu Muzhou originally planned to wipe out the clan landlords, and Operation Engine happened to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

If these clan landlords refuse to send out the militia, then the Senate can justifiably "punish" them.

Thorpe returned his thoughts to the document in his hand. He was very disapproving of the standard of 350 grams of brown rice for each refugee provided for four consecutive months in the plan, because there are a large number of construction projects in the refugee camp that require the labor of the refugees. Maritime shipping will consume more physical strength, and there will be a lot of heavy physical labor for infrastructure construction and land reclamation when arriving at the destination.

Refugees stranded on Jeju Island have to be transferred to Lingao, Kaohsiung, Tiandu, Hongji and other places.Food demand time will be further increased.Thorpe intends to suggest that the Planning Institute increase the procurement of grain in Southeast Asia.

The first shipments of Siamese rice have arrived through the efforts of the Vietnam Trading Company, filling the original supply of Vietnamese rice that was starting to wither.Siamese rice is mainly indica rice. Most elders are used to japonica rice and are not used to this kind of rice, but ordinary people who have been in a semi-starved state for a long time are not so picky.

Another way to supplement food for refugees is to develop land on the spot.However, the soil layer of Jeju Island is relatively thin, and it is not a place suitable for large-scale agricultural production.In the history of North Korea, Jeju has always existed as a pasture and fishing port, and its agricultural production is very weak.

In the plan of the Council of Agriculture, it will be mainly used as a pasture.Reclaim part of the land with better natural conditions as land for agricultural production.It is said that the climate and environment of Jeju Island is suitable for growing potatoes. The growth period of potatoes is not long, and the yield is large. Potatoes are rich in vitamins. They can be used as staple food and vegetables, which can effectively supplement the food of refugees.

The Council of Agriculture has kept many seeds of crops suitable for planting in the cold northern regions. These seeds are close to the expiration date. Wu Nanhai talked with him last time and asked to open a special farm in Jeju Island to store and breed seeds.It's a two-fold thing.

Upstairs, the discussion among the veteran officers has come to an end.Only then did Thorpe walk slowly to Fu Sansi's side.There was a rather heated discussion about the life vest just now. Thorpe knew that this kind of life vest that was just made was not very ideal: the kapok-filled vest was heavy and bloated, and soldiers could hardly perform tactical actions wearing it. It is still satisfying that if you fall into the sea, this life vest can indeed keep you afloat.

Unexpectedly, the core of the debate among the veteran officers was not the mobility of the life vest but the color.Some people question whether such bright colors of life vests violate the principle of "low visibility" in combat.

Of course, this kind of objection is meaningless in this time and space - bright and eye-catching military uniforms have always been the mainstream of military uniforms from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Beautiful and gorgeous military uniforms, but temporary conditions do not allow it.Not to mention life jackets.

"Thorpe, how about the winter clothes of our detachment?" Zhu Mingxia asked, "You said you would bring samples for everyone to see this time."

Thorpe smiled: "The clothing factory has already delivered a batch of trial-produced winter uniforms to me. Originally, I planned to have a class fully dressed for everyone to see the effect, but today's weather is too hot, so everyone just take a look." Sample."

Everyone returned to the meeting room in the ship building. Thorpe's orderlies had spread out a full set of winter clothes for the northern region on the meeting table-this kind of winter clothes were mainly used for winter equipment for troops north of the Yangtze River and south of the Yellow River.In fact, it can also be used in areas slightly south or north, such as Jianghuai and Hebei.

"Type 31 Winter Clothes for Army Field Forces in the Northern Region" is made of imported British thick woolen wool, whichever is warm and waterproof.Short trench coat style with drawstring hem and cuffs.Because Lingao couldn't make zippers, the front placket of the military uniform was double-breasted and overlapped, with a high stand-up collar that could be fastened, and a waterproof hood of raw wool fabric was installed on the clothes - a warm hat was provided separately.The lower body is woolen breeches, with buckskin boots--deerskin is very warm and waterproof.Because there is not so much buckskin available, the bulk product intends to make part of it from cowhide.The hat is made of cotton "three tiles", which is also the so-called "hot hat" warm hat.After wearing this, soldiers can no longer wear steel helmets.Thankfully there is very little chance that Lingao soldiers need a helmet to protect their heads.

In addition to the jacket, there are additional clothing such as thin cotton vest/cotton liner.It is used to enhance the function of keeping warm in low temperature.After all, Lingao in this time and space has not yet produced woolen sweaters and sanitary clothes. Soldiers basically wear jackets directly over shirts, and the warmth retention effect is limited.

Soldiers' gloves and thermal socks were made of thick cotton yarn, and Fu Sansi felt that these things must not be able to keep warm.Under the current conditions, the ideal military gloves are duck-foot cotton gloves, which are hung around the neck with a connecting rope.It is not difficult to keep warm and easy to make, but you must take off your gloves when shooting in an emergency.For socks, you can consider importing woolen yarn to make woolen socks, but for the time being, they can only be thick cotton yarn socks.

If you go further north—such as entering the Liaodong region, the warmth retention of this uniform will be lacking.Therefore, the garment factory also trial-produced a military cotton coat as a supplement.

"With the cotton coat, almost everything is solved. I used to be a soldier in Shaanxi. Once I wore a military coat at night, I didn't have to worry about standing guard outside." Fu Sansi was full of praise for the military cotton coat.

It is very important for soldiers from the south to keep warm when they first go to the north, especially at present the main source of soldiers for the Fubo Army is from Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and other places.Suddenly going to the north, I can't adapt to the winter there at all, and the frostbite will be quite serious.If not handled properly, wound infection can be a huge logistical burden.Southern-born patriarchs also struggled to adapt to the local climate.

The elders looked at these newly made winter clothes and touched them with their hands from time to time.The woolen uniform looks really different from the cotton one, especially after adding collar badges, cap badges and various military logos, the full set of uniform looks really majestic, and it cannot be compared with the soft cotton military uniform.

"You look like a soldier." Fu Sansi sighed, "If there is no armed belt, the current military uniform is just a flour bag. It's loose, and the temperament of a soldier still can't be revealed..."

The military appearance of the Fubo army, I dare not say that this time and space is the strongest, at least it is much stronger than Daming and Jianlu.But to the veterans, the military appearance of the Fubo Army still looked a bit shabby.

"What is this?" Someone picked up a shell to make a container.

"This is an antifreeze ointment developed by the Ministry of Health. Each soldier will be given a box. The health team will also reserve some for use—and distribute it to refugees when necessary." Thorpe said, "Liu San is still organizing Runshitang Develop a frostbite ointment."

In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the Beishang Detachment, in addition to spare no expense to import woolen and woolen winter clothes, considerable adjustments were made to the personnel of the Beishang Detachment, and soldiers from Liaodong, Shandong, Henan, Beizhili and other places were transferred from the whole army. Transferred to the [-]th Battalion.Increase the rate of soldiers from northern regions.

Those soldiers from Shandong were organized into a company-level unit directly under the detachment, and then strengthened to each company and platoon to act as guides and interpreters.In addition to soldiers from Shandong, units of soldiers from southern Fujian and Hakka were also specially formed for landing operations in Taiwan.

In addition to recruiting local militiamen from Lingao, Dongmen Chuiyu and Wei Aiwen also plan to recruit some "mountain infantry" from the Li Miao people, mainly with cold weapons, and deploy them in Taiwan to "guard" and "crusade" the aborigines in Taiwan. .But Zhu Mingxia didn't think it meant much, but he didn't object - at least adding more low-level security forces could reduce the occupation of the northbound detachment.

"Everyone look at this." Thorpe took out a wooden box as if conjuring again.It was opened in an exaggerated way in full view.

Inside are several rough brass cylinders.Everyone's eyes suddenly became suspicious.A few seconds later, Zhu Mingxia finally understood. He cheered, took out one from the inside, put it on his eyes, and slowly pulled the lens barrel.

What was packed in the box was exactly the telescope that the army and navy had been pulling for a long time in the Planning Academy.

There are a large number of telescopes in the inventory of the Planning Institute and in the private storage of the veterans.But the army and navy also have a great demand for telescopes.The Army hopes to equip each company commander with binoculars, while the Navy has repeatedly stated that at least the captain of each ship should be equipped with binoculars—otherwise it will affect combat effectiveness.

In addition to infantry company commanders in the army, technical arms such as artillery and engineers also need binoculars.Therefore, documents such as applications for optical equipment and memorandums have always been the main documents on the desk of the Ministry of Science and Technology.

(End of this chapter)