Chapter 980 Youye Gains Knowledge
Hearing Youye asking about weapons, Qubing thought for a moment and asked, "What weapons do those cannibal warriors usually equip?"
What weapons to equip depends mainly on what the enemy uses, and then equip the appropriate weapons accordingly.
Youye did not hesitate, as no one here knew the cannibal warriors better than him.
"They are equipped with a large number of javelins, and each person has at least one stone axe for throwing, which can also be used to chop people. A few people are equipped with bows and arrows, but their bows are of poor quality, with an effective range of only about 50 meters, and fewer arrows. In addition, there are shields made of branches, which are also quite a lot."
Qubing thought for a while after listening, and then said, "Then let's keep it simple. All auxiliary soldiers are equipped with wooden shields, and then equipped with a long wooden stick, and then ropes and handcuffs.
"These equipment are almost enough. They don't have to rush to the front during the battle. After our Shen Ce Guards control the battlefield, they will go forward to capture prisoners. In order to capture live people, they cannot use weapons that can easily kill people. A long wooden stick is very good. It can protect themselves and knock down the enemy without killing them. As long as they quickly control the enemy, it will be fine." "
In this case, the equipment for 4,000 people is easy to deal with. Our woodworking factory here can make it. However, is it okay to equip them with shields and wooden sticks? There will be no problem, right? "Youye thought for a moment before speaking.
"Don't worry, there's no problem. They are all auxiliary troops. We will let them go up only when we have complete control of the situation. Our soldiers will also cover them at that time. Nothing will happen." Qubing assured again.
"Okay, I'll listen to you. I'll arrange it right away. "You Ye nodded and stood up. He said hello to Qu Bing and went out.
In the following time, the entire Shen Ce Wei and the survivors' camp became lively. The military officer and deputy commander of the Shen Ce Wei were fully responsible for the soldiers' restorative training. Military Sima Wen Feiyu began to prepare logistics, mainly to place the two factory ships brought by the fleet, and then let the crew members who followed produce ammunition, and unload some of the food and handcuffs.
You Ye discussed the matter of recruiting militia with the officials in charge of the camp's political affairs, and then the administrative officer was responsible for the specific recruitment operations.
It should be noted that this time the auxiliary soldiers are compulsory conscription, which is the same as corvée labor, but this is military service, which is different from the recruitment system of the Han tribal guards. In other words, this group of auxiliary soldiers have no military pay, and they do not belong to the formal military sequence.
However, if there are casualties, the tribe will still provide pensions according to the standards of active military personnel. There is no salary in the first place, and it would be really unfair not to give pensions.
In addition, in terms of food, service During the military service, the tribe provides supplies. To put it simply, food is provided, but there is no money. If there are casualties, there will be military pensions. Those who are injured and disabled will be given titles. Those who sacrifice
will have their descendants given titles. Widows and orphans will receive pensions in accordance with the treatment of martyrs' families. Originally, if this matter was carried out in Hanyang County, it might be a bit troublesome, because the Han tribe recruits regular soldiers who are off-duty. If you don't pay them, they will be gone for several years. Who will take care of the women and children at home? Even if it is a short-term recruitment of auxiliary soldiers like this, it is impossible not to pay a penny, but it is different here.
The people in the survivors' camp only know that the Han tribe has sent regular troops specializing in fighting. Now they still need some help. They are not asking them to fight, but to capture prisoners. All healthy young and strong men are required to go. There is no money, but food is provided.
When the people heard this, they began to enlist obediently, without any objection.
The main reason is that there is a severe shortage of supplies here. There is no regular output except food, so there is no transaction at ordinary times, and currency is not used. , so they have no concept of money, and they don’t have much expenses in their lives, just like the cotton and cloth this time, which are still distributed uniformly by the tribe, and they have no place to spend money.
Moreover, their lifestyle is still in the transition stage of semi-private and semi-public ownership. These people used to live in a tribe with public ownership. After joining the Han tribe, they began to gradually shift to private ownership. But here, except for the fields that are planned for everyone and the grain that they harvested themselves, everything else is basically public.
Even the meat they eat, in addition to the livestock raised uniformly in the camp, depends on the hunting team to go out hunting or fishing, and after catching the prey, it must be brought back to share with each household.
The most important thing is that Youye often takes them out for actions, and never mentions the matter of giving money. The people don’t care at all. They just think that it is the same as the previous tribe, and the actions are arranged by the tribe.
This time, the people heard that yours and mine, and even food and other things were divided so clearly, and they were even a little uncomfortable. In their They thought that if the tribe wanted to organize all the men to go out to fight, then they should just go and fight. Why would there be so many troubles?
Such a situation was obviously unexpected by Qubing. He joined the Han tribe when he was young, and by the time he could remember, the Han tribe had already been privately owned, so the concept of distinguishing between property and welfare benefits had long been deeply engraved in his mind.
But it didn't matter, as long as the people were willing to fight. In fact, it was the case. The winter here lasted at least six months, half a year was winter, and it was impossible to grow food. It was impossible not to go out for such a long time. Sometimes they also needed to go out to chop wood, hunt and fish, otherwise they could only hibernate in the house, and there was no entertainment, which was really too hard.
When the administrator summoned the militia, Youye also went to the wood processing plant to ask them to make shields and sticks. However, although there were wind-powered sawmills here, the efficiency was still very slow. It was really difficult to get shields and sticks for 4,000 people in half a month.
"Uncle You, this is easy. We should have spare steam engines, air compressors and pneumatic tools on board. I remember there are also wind saws. Cutting wood with them is faster than with windmills. Don't worry, we will make it in time." Qubing immediately thought of a solution.
"Yes, yes, yes, when I went to the ship yesterday, I found a lathe inside. If it is used to grind wooden sticks, there will be no problem, and it is much faster than grinding wooden sticks by hand." Military Commander Wen Feiyu also said.
"What is a steam engine? What is a wind saw? The saws we have here are also windmills. What's the difference? "Youye asked puzzledly.
Qubing and Wen Feiyu were both amused and sad, but they felt in their hearts that Youye had indeed been away from the tribe for too long, and it seemed that he really needed to make up for it.
So the two of them took him to visit the two factory ships moored at the dock, one was a special medicine-mixing and loading ship, and the other was a mechanical processing ship. There was a group of people from the chemical group of the research institute specially sent on the medicine-mixing ship, and they became excited as soon as they arrived here.
Even the temporary leader of the chemical group responsible for medicine-mixing said that the environment here is simply a holy place for making double-base propellants.
To make colloid smokeless gunpowder, you must first make guncotton. Soak the defatted cotton in a mixture of concentrated sulfuric acid and concentrated nitric acid. This chemical reaction is always releasing heat. Under laboratory conditions, it must be carried out in a water bath and iced. The reaction temperature must always be controlled below 20 degrees, otherwise it will easily explode.
At the research institute on the island in the middle of the lake, if they want to prepare smokeless gunpowder, they can only use ice cubes stored in the winter to assist in the experiment. However, it is really cold here.
The river surface is frozen with ice, and the ground is covered with snow. The temperature is also very low. The highest outdoor temperature during the day is estimated to be minus ten degrees. Such a cold place is a holy place for preparing guncotton.
This is a natural refrigerator. Is there any better cooling condition than this?
Qubing and Wen Feiyu took Youye around. As a result, the group of people in the chemical group clamored to move the gunpowder workshop to the shore, saying that the environment on the shore is more suitable for production, especially when using ether to catalyze the guncotton into gel gunpowder. This process requires a ventilated environment, and the cabin is indeed sealed, which is obviously not suitable for such work, even with a gas mask.
So the three of them immediately finalized the matter, and then turned around and boarded another ship responsible for mechanical processing. Here, Youye saw what they called steam engines, air compressors, lathes and other things. Youye sighed again. He had only been away for a few years, and the development of the tribe had been so terrifying. The things produced were getting more and more advanced, and he couldn't understand many of them.
After determining the production plan, Wen Feiyu immediately recruited the logistics soldiers of the command center and asked them to send a spare steam engine, air compressor, wind saw and other tools to the wood processing plant.
There is no coal here, and even if there is, no one is mining it, so for the time being, we can only use wood as fuel to drive the steam engine. Shields and sticks are very easy to make. In addition, the wood processing plant here has wood reserves, and there are advanced tools brought by Qubing and others. It is not difficult to put together equipment for 4,000 people in a short time.
After arranging things, Qubing went to organize the auxiliary soldiers for training.
If you want to train, you naturally have to organize. After collective discussion between the top leaders of the Shen Ce Guard and Youye, they finally decided to use the ten-five system used by the people. Five people form a five, with a squad leader, ten people form a ten, with a squad leader, five tenths form a village, with a village leader, two villages with 100 people, and a centurion.
The village leader and the centurion are the smallest tactical units. Each time they go out to perform a mission, at least one village must be present, and at least two villages must be present for combat operations. If the Shen Ce Guard's platoon-level tactical unit is dispatched, it must be accompanied by at least 300 auxiliary soldiers.
After the organization, action plan, and the scale of the deployment were determined, the task of reorganizing the auxiliary soldiers was given to Youye. Qubing's request was to try to reorganize them according to their blood relationship and neighborhood relationship.
For example, fathers, sons, and brothers were organized into one team, or relatives and neighbors were organized into one team. The reason for this reorganization was mainly because there was not much time for training, so it was better to find a way to give full play to their survival instincts. If they were reorganized in this way, if their companions were in danger on the battlefield, they would consciously help without being told by others.
As the saying goes, fathers and sons fight together in battle, and brothers fight together to kill tigers. This is what it means.
Fellow villagers and clansmen are sometimes more useful than comrades-in-arms. If fellow villagers, clansmen, and comrades-in-arms are combined, it will be even more powerful.
After the auxiliary soldiers were reorganized, they were handed over to the Shen Ce Guard for training. Qu Bing directly transferred a company of soldiers to be responsible for the training. A company has 243 people, and each person leads 20 new recruits. There are only 200 instructors for 4,000 auxiliary soldiers. The remaining 40 people can do other things, such as organizing and coordinating training.
On the other hand, the Shen Ce Guard did not fall behind in their own training and started formal recovery training. Qu Bing also made adjustments to the training specifically for the current situation, especially adding physical training and the ability to march in the field armed, so that the soldiers can adapt to the climate and snow and glaciers here as soon as possible.
The shooting training reduced the amount of live-fire training. The amount of live-fire shooting training for each person per day was reduced to 30 rounds of ammunition. The remaining time was all spent on weighted gun holding, such as standing gun holding, hanging bricks or water bottles on the barrel, so that the soldiers can adapt to aiming against the snow background and practice holding the gun in cotton clothes in the cold climate.
Although the training ammunition was reduced to 30 rounds per day, the sound of gunfire could still be heard from morning to night at the shooting range. The sound of gunfire resounded throughout the valley. Fortunately, there were no high mountains nearby, just a valley with a low altitude, otherwise an avalanche might be caused.
After seeing this new type of firearm, the auxiliary soldiers and Youye were also surprised by its range and power. Youye even fired a few shots at Qubing's invitation and learned how to use the musket.
After firing a few shots, he held the rifle in his hand, pulled the bolt and said with emotion.
"What a good weapon! This is really a good weapon. It is powerful and has a long range. With such a musket, the enemy can't even get close to us and will be defeated by us halfway.
"The most important thing is that this thing is easy to use. I feel it is much simpler than learning bows and arrows. Even the crossbow is not as easy to use as this gun. I learned how to operate it after just a while. With a little practice, I can have a good accuracy. This is the most important thing. The leader is so powerful. "
Qubing chuckled when he heard this, and he continued to introduce it.
"That's right, this musket is powerful, has a long range, is easy to operate, easy to use, simple to learn, and easy to train. It is indeed a good weapon, but Uncle You, you still overlooked the most important point."
You Ye was stunned and asked in confusion, "The most important thing? Isn't it easy to train and quick to get started?"
Qubing shook his head and explained, "Simple to operate and easy to use. In fact, the Shenbi crossbow is not bad in this regard. It's just that compared with the musket, the firing rate is slower and the accuracy is not guaranteed. But if you only talk about the difficulty of learning, the difference between the two is actually not big."
You Ye frowned and nodded when he heard it, and asked again, "If it's not easy to use, what else can it be?"
Qubing chuckled and said as a matter of course, "Of course it's the faster production time. The composite bow made of horn wood installed on the crossbow takes too long to make, at least a year, and has an obvious disadvantage, which is that it is afraid of water and will easily break and delaminate when exposed to water.
"As for the musket, with sufficient materials and full-powered production and manufacturing, hundreds of guns can be manufactured in a day. Of course, the disadvantages of the musket are also obvious, with high ammunition consumption, large wear and tear of the gun, and low durability. After firing four or five thousand rounds of bullets, it has to be withdrawn from the first-line sequence and used as scrapped weapons and equipment by the second-line troops.
"But even if it is a scrapped musket, its accuracy is still better than that of bows and crossbows within a range of 200 meters.
"Uncle You, tell me, under the same easy-to-use conditions, which one is more suitable for large-scale equipment, the musket or the crossbow?" You
Ye had already understood it, so he rolled his eyes and said, "Is there any need to ask? Of course it's the musket. If you want to expand the army quickly, the musket is definitely suitable. Even if you want to expand the crossbowmen, you can't make so many crossbows in a short time."
Haha, it's not late today, and there are many words
(end of this chapter)
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