Camels have extremely strong physical endurance. According to research, camels can survive for 56 to 70 days without water or food. People who only drink water and don't eat can survive for 86 to 130 days.
If a camel goes without water for a long time, it will lose one third of its weight. However, once the water source is found, the lost water can be replenished in a very short time.
Yang Fan can fully feed the camels before setting off, and even feed them high-calorie and high-protein foods. Then rely on the huge carrying capacity of camels to carry food as emergency feed. Water can be settled along the way.
Camel meat is not only edible, but also delicious.
Camel meat is rich in protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B2 and niacin, which is very helpful in replenishing energy for the human body.
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In emergencies, camels can be killed for military rations. Camels also produce milk, and camel milk is a great tonic. In modern society, prices are frighteningly expensive. Most people can't afford it.
Camel meat replenishes qi and blood, strengthens muscles and bones, moisturizes skin, and is mainly used to treat malignant sores. Its hump is sweet, warm and non-toxic, and has the effects of moistening dryness, dispelling wind, activating blood circulation and reducing swelling.
Camel milk is slightly hot in nature and has the effects of nourishing, calming the mind, nourishing yin, and detoxifying.
It is very suitable to eat camel milk and camel meat in the desert. It can effectively alleviate various diseases that are easy to occur in the desert.
So how cold-resistant are camels?
Camels are endothermic animals and generally maintain a constant body temperature when the external temperature changes. The constant body temperature gives animals the ability to resist heat but become more resistant to cold, thereby better protecting themselves.
Camels are able to use their endocrine and nervous systems to achieve automatic regulation of body temperature. The endocrine system is responsible for the secretion of thyroid and adrenaline to adapt to seasonal short-term temperature changes.
The thyroid gland is associated with slow seasonal temperature changes, while the adrenal glands mainly deal with transient temperature changes.
The temperature in the camel's living area is often -20~-30C, and the lowest temperature even reaches -45~-50C, but the camel can still live a normal life.
Yang Fan searched for information and found that camels' cold resistance far exceeded that of war horses.
There is no need to worry about the camel freezing to death. The camels form a circle and can not only be equipped with camel cannons to form a camel city. Moreover, the camel's coat is so dense that people can cling to the lying camel to block the wind and keep warm.
Yang Fan now has one hundred thousand camels. In addition to those originally found on the grasslands, there are also those purchased from the Horn of Africa. The Horn of Africa is home to one-third of the world's camels, a total of 10 million.
Yang Fan planned to hand over the 100,000 camels to An Sanxi and change all the 50,000 cavalry into camel cavalry. Half as a mount and half as a transport animal.
But are camel soldiers and cavalry reliable in fighting and can they win?
Yang Fan started searching for information on his laptop.
When fighting in the desert, camels perfectly restrain war horses.
Compared with war horses, camels have stronger endurance, gravity-bearing and aggressiveness. The special smell of camels can also frighten war horses. Camels are heat and cold tolerant and their omnivorous habits also make them more adaptable to deserts.
Heavy armored cavalry cannot catch up with camels. When light cavalry and camel cavalry fight, because the camels are much taller, they have the advantage of being condescending and are also at a disadvantage.
Moreover, Yang Fan also has a camel cannon and a 7.92mm three-barreled light Gartley machine gun mounted on the hump. There is absolutely nothing wrong with using a camel as a mount.
As for these 100,000 camels, they were originally prepared for transporting supplies for the army. That doesn't matter much.
In the Horn of Africa, there are as many camels as you want, and there are tens of millions of camels in stock. Yang Fan can buy them freely, which allows Ali, the middleman, to earn more of the price difference, so as to enhance Ali's strength.
Looking back, he simply asked Ali to purchase again, purchasing 300,000 camels at once. From now on, these desert boats will be indispensable for the use of troops in the northwest. This thing has a large carrying capacity and is a good thing for land transportation.
During the Qing Dynasty, the Dashengkui trading house relied on huge camel caravans to trade from Zhangjiakou to Moscow and Prague. In the three hundred years before the opening of the Trans-Siberian Railway, it was camels that supported the overland trade between Europe and Asia.
After Yang Fan thought about it carefully, he picked up his pen and started writing a reply to An Sanxi. He repeated his thoughts. At the same time, let him study the feasibility of a camel cavalry raid. Then, let the adjutant on duty in the study give the reply letter to the officer who sent it and take it back.
When Yang Fan came out of the study, he met Xiao Niangpi who came to Yang Fan to go back for lunch.
"Master, is there any urgent military situation?" Xiao Niangpi asked.
"Well, the Khalkha people can't hold themselves back anymore. They may cause us some trouble in the spring." Yang Fan said.
"That should be taken seriously. If they attack the transportation line, the army on the front line will be in danger." Xiao Niangpi has followed Yang Fan in handling military and political affairs in the past two years, and has also received good training.
She is also very familiar with the military. Yang Fan deliberately cultivated Xiao Niangpi and Lin Yueru's ability to handle military and political affairs so that they could handle it easily if Yang Fan was not around.
The two of them went to the restaurant while talking. Yang Fan said with a smile: "Don't worry too much, I will deal with them in the near future. I plan to equip An Sanxi with 100,000 camels, and use the cold winter to raid Mobei to deal with the Chechen Khan or Tuxie." Tuhan. As long as one of them is annihilated, the Khalkha people can be frightened."
The two came to the restaurant and sat down. Xiao Niangpi asked: "If we send troops this season, the weather is freezing, will there be too much loss?"
At this time, Lin Yueru hurriedly walked in. See Yang Fan and Xiao Niangpi tying napkins and preparing to eat. Said: "Master, the latest information came from Guihua City."
Yang Fan asked her to sit down, don't be in a hurry, and talked while eating. Yang Fan often told them to be calm during major events and not to panic. They could not eat hot tofu in a hurry.
"What's wrong with Guihua City? The Mongols are not making an alliance." Yang Fan said lightly. At the same time, she signaled Dongxiang to serve herself a bowl of West Lake water shield soup.
Lin Yueru immediately stretched out his thumb. The master was so awesome that he guessed it right away.
Lin Yueru sat down, tied her napkin, and signaled Chunxiang to get her a piece of steak and pour a glass of red wine.
Lin Yueru said while eating: "Master, the latest information is that the Mongols in Qinghai and Tibet, the Mongols in the Western Regions, and the Mongols in Mobei have sent envoys to Guihua City. They gathered at the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain and jointly recommended Mongolia from Mobei Gushi Khan of the Heshuote tribe is the leader of the alliance. Prepare to concentrate your efforts to meet the attack of the master's army."
Gushi Khan (1582-1656), the transliteration of "Guoshi Khan". The surname is Bo'er Zhijin, and the real name is Tulubaihu.
In the late Ming Dynasty, Orat (Elut) was the leader of the Mongolian Heshuote tribe and the founder of the Heshuote Khanate. He was the 19th grandson of Zhuochi Hesar, the younger brother of Genghis Khan Temujin. The fourth son of Oirat Khan Haninoyan Honggor.
Yang Fan knew that his family was the leader of the Oirat Alliance composed of the Walla people in the Western Region. He himself is also considered a big shot in the Western Region.
It is not surprising that he was elected as the leader of the alliance. After all, the strength of the family is there. The strongest force in Mongolia now is the Oirat Alliance. If you don't choose him, choose someone.
Yang Fan took a sip of the soup, put down the spoon, and asked: "Which tribes are participating in this Yinshan Conference."
