Jagged Warlord

During the Western Zhou Dynasty in China, the "commitments" established on the communication lines had the function of providing food and other materials to the passing military brigade, and played a role similar to military stations. From the end of the 15th century to the beginning of the 16th century, the military stations established by the armies of some European countries were used for storage and storage. The permanent point of supplying military rations and providing camps for passing troops. Loire, the minister of King Louis XIV of France, once established a dotted military depot. With the development of firearms and the expansion of the scale of war, the military depots developed to be responsible for ammunition supplies, medical treatment, etc. A comprehensive support organization for tasks such as ambulance, repair and transportation.

For modern warfare, the military depot plays a very important role. First, the military depot stores a large amount of materials in advance, such as food, clothes, munitions, etc., and any troops need it can go to get it with the official document issued by the General Logistics Department. In the past, these were all It was prepared by the local government, but now it is prepared by the logistics department, which not only simplifies the process, but also reduces the local burden to a certain extent; secondly, the replenishment of soldiers has become easier. In the past, when recruiting recruits, the troops were usually recruited near the station. Soldiers, after recruitment, each unit has to select and hire by itself. After the establishment of the military station, the replenishment of soldiers can be done by the military station. If there is a shortage of troops, they can be replenished immediately after applying to the military station, and the supplementary soldiers are absolutely not Recruits who know nothing about military affairs are soldiers who have received basic training and education. This can greatly reduce the training pressure on the troops and facilitate synthetic exercises.

Where do so many high-quality soldiers come from? This starts with Li Mohan's ongoing army building. Li Mohan divides the SS into active-duty troops and reserve troops. The reserve force trains, and after half a year or even nine months of training there, they can then enter the active force to serve. The reserve force emphasizes early basic training, and the active force emphasizes the combined training of multiple arms in the middle and late stages.

When this plan was first proposed, some people objected, thinking that it would be unfair to the reserve forces. The reserve forces have worked hard to train recruits. When they were about to get their grades, all the active troops were dragged away by hula, hard work. They are all done by their reserve troops, but all the things that show off are done by the active troops.

Li Mohan refuted this idea: First of all, these soldiers belong to the entire SS, not the personal of any reserve force chief or active duty chief. possibility.

Secondly, although the active-duty troops have many opportunities to make meritorious deeds and are promoted quickly, in case of war, the active-duty troops must immediately go to the front line. The better you train recruits in the reserve force, the higher the evaluation of the active force, the more you prove that you are more capable, and naturally you will have more chances to be promoted. In addition, there are also benefits in the reserve force, such as being in the reserve force. There are more opportunities to reunite with family members, and the risk of work is lower than that of the active-duty army, but the job-level benefits that should be enjoyed are not less. Simply put, the active-duty army and the reserve army have their own advantages, and there is no one who suffers. Who takes advantage.

This military depot system is matched with the militia system. The militia refers to mass armed organizations that do not separate from production. The "Military Service Law" that is being compiled by the military government stipulates that all male citizens between the ages of 18 and 35 who are eligible for military service, except those who should In addition to conscripts in active service, they will be incorporated into militia organizations for reserve service. According to needs, female citizens will be recruited to join the basic militia. , education level, property status and length of residence, as long as they meet the conditions of the militia, they are obliged to join the militia in accordance with this regulation.

The militia division is divided into basic militia and ordinary militia. Soldiers who have retired from active service under the age of 28 and personnel who have undergone military training, as well as those selected to participate in military training, are incorporated into the basic militia organization. The remaining male citizens aged 18 to 35 who meet the conditions for military service, Incorporated into ordinary militia organizations, female militiamen are only organized into basic militias, and the number of them is controlled within an appropriate ratio.

In principle, the training of militia cadres and basic militia is organized and implemented by military stations in various places. According to the requirements of the training program, the training time for cadres is 30 days, which is generally completed within one year; the training time for militia is 15 days, which is completed once. Possess corresponding military skills and organization and command capabilities, and improve the ability to carry out their own work; militiamen learn to use weapons and equipment in their hands, and master basic military skills; The militia mainly conducts basic technical and tactical training, and the training time of professional technical soldiers is appropriately extended according to needs, which is generally longer than that of infantry.

The first batch of military depots were mainly built along the Shangqiu-Haizhou section of the Longhai Railway. The main purpose was to consolidate the connection between the industrial base and the port. Duan Qingxi was mainly responsible for the construction of all the military depots. The project is also familiar with the way, Li Mohan looked at the progress report, although Duan Qingxi's work attitude is very serious and meticulous, but the speed is still a bit slow after all.

After leaving the hospital, Li Mohan drove to inspect the construction site of the military depot in Xuzhou. There was a piece of land surrounded by wire, and the wire was a few soldiers with live ammunition standing guard.

Inside the wires are countless migrant workers sweating profusely to level the land, fill in the gullies, shuttle back and forth, men in vests, yelling to ram the earth, and big green mules pull more than a dozen rollers back and forth to flatten the rammed land. The crisp sound of the sound was heard very far in the wilderness in late autumn. Deep drainage ditches were dug along the surrounding area of ​​the park. On the well-leveled land in a corner of the site, masons set up scaffolding to rush to build houses.

Someone on the construction site had notified Duan Qingxi earlier, and Duan Qingxi came to see Li Mohan. Seeing Li Mohan frowning slightly, Duan Qingxi said first: "Marshal, it's not that I, Duan, are negligent, nor are the workers idle. Many jobs can rely on manpower, and the steam shovels, road rollers and other machines mentioned by the foreign engineer Samuel are not in place, and we can’t get up as soon as we want!”

The steam shovel Duan Qingxi talked about was actually an early excavator.

In 1835, the first single-bucket excavator driven by a steam engine was successfully manufactured. This excavator adopts a semi-rotary, rail-type, iron-wood hybrid structure, and a mast-arm structure similar to a crane. The arm is installed on the arm and the bucket is installed. On the arm, the steam engine drives the hoist to lift and lower the bucket through the chain and pulley block. The gear responsible for the expansion and contraction of the arm is also driven by the chain. There is one person on each side of the machine, who is pulled by a rope to realize the rotation of the arm, and is also responsible for operating the bucket door latch. , the whole set of excavation devices including steam boilers are all placed on the four-wheeled railway flat car, which looks like a steam locomotive with a boom-type single-bucket excavator installed in front of it. This excavator realizes strip-shaped excavation by continuously extending the rails. The excavation volume per hour is about 35 meters cubic meters, which is more suitable for railway construction, so people call it a railway shovel.

However, in the early steam shovels, because the slewing mechanism was only at the front part of the boom, the slewing angle was limited, and it had to be realized by manpower; the power of the steam engine was not large, the digging force was small, the bucket capacity was also small, and the movement would not be fast; Coal and water need to be added, and tracks need to be laid continuously. The overall efficiency is very low. After the 19s, the development of steam shovels entered a golden age and was continuously improved. During this period, large-scale railway construction in European and American countries , has been completed or is nearing completion, the steam shovel originally used to build railways has been applied to other fields such as canals and mines, such as the Panama Canal.

As for the road roller, it is a steam roller that appeared in France in 1860. When it comes to road rollers, I have to give a brief introduction to the development of compaction technology. As early as in ancient times, people used the hooves of herds to trample and knead the soil. and tamping to deal with the foundation of houses, compacting dams and embankments. Before the middle of the 19th century, road engineering in the West was mainly paved with gravel, and the compaction was mainly by natural rolling of vehicles. It was not until 1858 that rolling was invented. After the stone machine, the development of the gravel road was promoted, and the horse-drawn roller for compaction gradually appeared. This was the earliest prototype of the road roller. In 1860, the steam roller appeared in France, which further promoted and improved the gravel road. Advanced construction technology and quality accelerated the progress. At the beginning of the 20th century, the world recognized that gravel pavement was the best pavement at that time and was promoted all over the world. The concept of compaction gradually became known to people, and road rollers also appeared on various roads. on the construction site.

Li Mohan frowned even tighter now, and he said, "I remember we have steam shovels and road rollers, why don't you have any?"

Duan Qingxi said: "I know there are, but Samuel is holding everything, and we can't get any of them here!"

"How can this work?" Li Mohan's brows were completely twisted into a word, "Let's go, let's go to the industrial park!"

Duan Qingxi quickly took the opportunity to get into the car, "Commander, I'm going too!"

The car came all the way to the newly developed Xuzhou Industrial Park, and saw that it was also dusty, yellow sand filled the sky, and it was a busy scene.

Li Mohan sent someone to find Samuel, and when he met Samuel, he said happily: "Boss, our second chemical plant will be completed and put into operation in less than three months, and all the equipment for producing nitric acid is in place!"

Nitric acid is the mother of military industry. Gunpowder and explosives are inseparable from nitric acid. Now the world’s nitric acid is extracted from Chilean saltpeter. Once the war breaks out, the supply of Chilean saltpeter will be in short supply. For many years, the market for Chilean saltpeter Most of them are controlled by Europe and the United States. Once this own chemical plant is put into production of nitric acid, the explosives produced by its own arsenal no longer need to rely on saltpeter or purchase from distant countries such as Chile, and the cost is far lower than that of European and American countries. It is undoubtedly a huge competitive advantage in the international arms market.

However, Li Mohan still sternly asked Samuel why he used all the machinery in the construction of the industrial park, which slowed down the construction of the military depot.

Samuel was a little innocent. He shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's not that I don't give it, but that there are limited personnel who can operate these machines. I don't have enough workers here, so I don't have enough money to give it to Mr. Duan."