"After the formal establishment of the 6th Navy, not only did the demand for weapons surge, but it also involved issues of training and ammunition storage. [Read full text]" Ma Qianxu said, "I have two opinions here."
The industrial sector must establish an ammunition supply system as soon as possible to provide training for the new army and coastal fortresses.
The supply of black powder can be said to be sufficient, with a stock of 2.5 tons, and its power has been greatly improved after granulation. It is enough to cope with training and combat, but there is zero inventory of artillery shells and mini rounds and they need to be made quickly.
When it comes to making weapons, it’s better to have only one or two types, don’t be greedy for more. If steel is insufficient due to lack of coke, efforts will be concentrated at this stage on the manufacture of cast-iron artillery. The trade department will make every effort to solve the coal supply problem.
Try to build prime movers as soon as possible, including steam engines and small diesel engines. To provide sufficient power machinery for the navy to build and renovate its own ships.
"The navy's ships," Chen Haiyang reminded, "now there are only two sailing ships, but they have a lot of tasks to undertake. The navy needs to expand its ships."
In order to achieve the current fishing, security and transportation tasks, the navy needs at least 8 to 10 sailing ships, with a displacement of not less than 50 tons, and preferably more than 100 tons. At this stage, industry has an increasing demand for maritime transportation, and ships with too small tonnage are not suitable.
Travelers have discovered a large-scale shipbuilding workshop in Lingao. The largest fishing boat here is commonly known as "Lingao Tuofeng", with a displacement of over 70 tons. There is no problem in using it for fishing and transporting goods, but travelers still find the boat a bit small and not fast enough.
If you want to build your own ship, the industrial sector and the navy can come up with a huge number of ship types, and there are even experts who can draw the line drawings and structural drawings of the HMS Glory. But no one has actual shipbuilding experience. The most experienced people are Mr. Wen and Wang Luobin. They are senior ship model enthusiasts and have built countless model ships. He is the person who knows the most about wooden shipbuilding.
Chen Haiyang proposed that Lingao's local shipbuilding resources could be used. According to the report of the remote investigation team, there are several shipbuilding workshops in the Lingao Baitu Port area, which can not only build ordinary fishing boats, but also large ships with 400 materials. The 400-material ships are already legally manufactured by the private sector under the Ming government's permission. The largest ship.
Baitu Port not only has shipbuilders, but also accumulates a large amount of wood for shipbuilding. Some of them have been stored for three or four years. The dryness is suitable and can be easily used by travelers.
"I suggest that we occupy Baitu Port and move all the shipbuilders and shipbuilding materials there to Bopu." The time travelers will be responsible for the design and teach modern shipbuilding techniques. I believe that these shipbuilders will soon be transformed into modern Shipbuilder.
"Agree!" Zhang Bolin immediately agreed. He was especially enthusiastic about war.
"I also support the capture of Baitu Port, which will completely control the Lingao shipbuilding industry. The Lingao fishermen and coastal cargo shippers will have to completely obey our orders." Ma Qianzhu also expressed support.
The motion to occupy Baitu was thus passed. This operation is planned to be launched immediately after the formation of the Sixth Army's training camp.
"The last thing is the recruitment and training of Navy personnel," said Li Haiping of the Navy. "Commissioner Ma just said that the recruitment and training of the Navy is temporarily the responsibility of the PLA Navy. I disagree with this. We are the Navy, not the PLA Navy's naval team. , The naval branch has its own particularities, and it is difficult for the military to truly understand the needs of the navy-"
The faces of the young members of the Army, represented by Wei Aiwen and Zhang Bolin, immediately looked very unhappy: These words clearly meant that they treated the Army as bumpkins.
"Let me explain." Ma Qianzhu said quickly, "The so-called Army is responsible for the recruitment stage - the Army has training camps. After the troops are demobilized, the Navy itself will be responsible for training. As for the recruitment of soldiers, it will be in the future It is directly under the management of the Military Commission and has nothing to do with the 6th Navy."
"Chang." Another member timidly walked into Wu De's Bairen Commune office.
"What's the matter?" Wu De was startled. He didn't want to be a soldier again to issue certificates, right?
"Little man, little man, I want to open a document." The visitor seemed to be afraid of talking to such a grown-up.
"Are you planning to join the army?"
"Yep--"
Wu De sighed. Today, there were no fewer than twenty people coming to the social department to apply for the job. In addition to the people recently recruited away from the machinery factory and various systems, his male labor force has been reduced by fifty. If this continues, the commune will become a women's village.
The treatment you receive as a soldier must be too good. Wu De thought, the settlement fee is 200 kilograms of rice, one tael per person per month, and all food and clothing are included. No wonder these commune members are going to join the army.
"Chu Yu, give him a certificate." Wu De said weakly. No matter what, we must obey the overall situation. At present, military expansion and preparation for war are the main theme.
"Yes, sir." Chu Yu has now informally become the commune secretary. After going through the political review and probationary stages, he was assigned to Wu De according to his own insistence. After arriving at the commune, she took care of Wu De's daily life. He thought the food in the cafeteria was not good and even started a fire by himself, so he helped him cook and wash clothes every day. He also repeatedly hinted that he could do more for him. Wu De did not expect that in the 21st century, he was a has-been middle-aged man, but in this time and space, he would be admired by young girls. No wonder there are so many otakus in the team.
In fact, Chu Yu didn't know how to read. After joining the time travellers, he also went to literacy night school. Now he is only semi-literate. The so-called opening of documents is just taking the documents that Wu De printed and filled out in advance and stamping them, so it is also called stamping. Chapter Secretary.
His cell phone rang suddenly. It was Li Haiping calling:
"Old Wu, the recruitment situation of our navy is not very good recently. The army has retained the most physically fit ones. Can you think of a way for us? Are you also a veteran of the navy?"
"Okay, if someone applies, I'll publicize it."
"Thank you for your help! When opening the letter of introduction, be sure to indicate that you are reporting to the Navy."
Recruiting entirely from communes would seriously weaken the labor force. Xi Yazhou, who was in charge of recruiting, set up a recruitment point in the bustling Dongmen City.
The name of the recruitment was naturally not something like the Cross-traveling Army, but the more catchy "Hundred People's Militia". The county is completely pretending to be deaf and dumb. One of the traditional Chinese officialdom skills is that when you should be an ostrich, you must bury your head deeply - not knowing is better than knowing and not dealing with it. The travelers were not worried about what the Lingao County Government, which was almost imprisoned, would do to them.
"***, is this salary too high?" Dongmen Chuiyu was responsible for maintaining the recruitment order at the Dongmen City site. He looked at the large notice for recruiting local braves that had just been hung on the screen wall: Each soldier had a ration of two kilograms (200 kilograms, including food and accommodation) (a monthly ration of 20 kilograms and one tael of silver per month).
However, Xi Yazhou said that this salary was not high. During the Tianqi period, the military pay in various towns in Liaodong was only 20 taels per month. By the middle of Chongzhen, the monthly pay for newly recruited soldiers rose to 30 taels per month. If it weren't for the Ming army's widespread embezzlement, the soldiers would basically not be able to get it, and the time-travelers would not be able to recruit people for more than two months.
Zhang Bolin was recruiting local people to serve as soldiers under the screen wall. He now knew a little about Lingao dialect.
"Brother, come to our place and be a warrior. You'll get one tael a month. The officers and soldiers don't even get that much. We'll also provide food and clothing."
"If you don't join the army, you'll lose your head."
"Don't leave. We have enough food to eat here every day and we still have money to take. Think about it?"
"I still have a wife and children at home, please let me go."
"The wife and children have been picked up, and we will be responsible for providing food for the family."
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According to the recruitment plan formulated by the Military Commission, the Sixth Army recruited 400 soldiers and 100 trainees. The navy recruits 100 soldiers and 100 trainees. Soldiers are between 17 and 25 years old, and cadets are between 13 and 16 years old. The students are trained as the technical backbone of the future army. In addition to participating in military training, they will also receive a series of professional skills training.
However, during the recruitment process, I felt that most of the applicants did not know their age at all and could only give an approximate year. Some people don't even know that there has been a Year of Apocalypse. I thought the world was now ruled by "Emperor Wanli". From the outside, they are all dark and thin, so it is difficult to accurately judge how old they are. Although the health team later conducted a dental check-up process, they were only able to get a rough idea. In the end, only a dozen of the planned young trainees were recruited.
The locals in Lingao were not very enthusiastic. They were either small farmers or tenants with a little property. Although they were poor, they had no problem getting by and were naturally not interested in serving as soldiers. On the contrary, there are more applications from poor people like "Fu Lao" who come to Hainan to work as long-term laborers in Hainan. These people are basically bachelors and have nothing to worry about.
There are also some who look older and have no food or clothing who come to join the army. In the end, I accepted them all. If you are older, you can work as a support person. Now the time traveler is in the stage of being eager to attract more people. Everything is easy for someone.
However, such soldiers are generally thin in stature, and long-term malnutrition and labor have damaged their health. Although they are hardworking and hardworking, their physical condition is exceeded in the weightlifting test.
"They are a bit short and not strong enough." Wei Aiwen was a little disappointed. These small natives obviously did not meet his aesthetic taste for military appearance. The people from the commune came to apply because they had good food, good physical condition, and seemed to be of first-class spirit and spirit. Wei Aiwen filled out the military registration form of the Army without any courtesy.
"If it's shorter, keep it shorter. People are strong and hardworking." Xi Yazhou didn't pay so much attention. But the height standard has dropped to 155cm, which is really low enough. And they looked mostly skinny. Is 20 kilograms of rations enough for them? Xi Yazhou was murmuring in his heart.
After the Navy discovered that the Army was intercepting enlistees, it requested the opening of another recruitment point in Bopu. Promote the benefits of joining the navy to fishermen. Fishermen are obviously much more adventurous than farmers. In addition, the Navy's large iron ships and "fast ships" are well-known, so the Navy easily recruited more than 100 fishermen. Some people actually came from neighboring counties to seek refuge. Chen Haiyang was so happy at first that he couldn't help but find out later that it wasn't that the navy was more attractive, but that for well-informed fishermen, joining a certain maritime group and working as a pirate for a few months was already part of their livelihood. . If you do well, you will stay there forever - defecting to the "Australian Bandits" is no different from defecting to the Zheng family. Chen Haiyang looked at this group of newly recruited recruits who were half fishermen and half bandits - they really have to put some thought into their political work in the future.
