It's a hassle, but the food is surprisingly good. [Read the latest chapter] The "elders" don't have the concept of whole grains. They eat three meals a day, which is enough brown rice, one piece of salted fish for each person, and many vegetables and other things. At first, several young men rolled their eyes at every meal. Ancient people rarely consumed enough protein and fat, so their demand for carbohydrates was particularly great. When farmers were busy farming, many of them ate up to two kilograms of flour in one meal. These soldiers who undergo heavy exercise training every day are naturally no exception. Ma Qianzhu soon discovered that the monthly ration of 20 kilograms would not last until the end of the month. But there is no way, unless the supply of meat and fat can be increased - both of which the travelers themselves are short of.
The training has to continue, first walking in step, then walking forward, and then running again. After the footwork training is complete, they learn to march in line to the rhythm of drums and flutes. According to the training manual of Pla, after completing the training, each soldier walked 11o to 12o steps per minute in step and forward, and ran at 18o to 19o steps per minute. This pace was already the fastest in the world at that time.
With the improvement of food and physical exercise, these people who were originally sallow and thin began to become strong and powerful. In fact, when it comes to endurance and weight-bearing, they are much stronger than the time-travelers who have worked hard for a long time, but that is a morbid physical adaptation, not the healthy and strong they are now with adequate diet and exercise.
The soldiers' physical fitness has improved, and their mental outlook has also been greatly improved through queue training. The long-term posture of tightening the abdomen, raising the head, and straightening the chest, walking with a long stride, and speaking clearly have all given them a confident and capable look. . Ordinary workers who have not enlisted in the army are beginning to envy these soldiers now. Women from the commune often lingered on the sidelines of the training ground.
"If you have good-looking military uniforms, you will be even more impressive." Ma Qianzhu found that the army did not have a logistics department. As the chief of general staff, he simply became the logistics minister while being in charge of army training.
The solicitation for military uniform designs immediately set off a frenzy of excitement among all travelers. In this boring environment, this is somewhat entertaining. Soon Ma Qianzhu collected more than a hundred various drawings, from the Type 65 military uniform with Chinese characteristics, to the grenadier wearing a bishop's hat by Frederic, and Napoleon's bearskin top hat. The Guards, the British Lobstermen, the Soviet Red Army with Budyonny hats, and finally the German Wehrmacht...all of them have a bad taste in military uniforms.
After summarizing, Ma Qianzhu sadly found that everyone had no creativity, and they were all replicas of military uniforms from various famous armies in history. To sum up, there are three major schools: the first is the Chinese traditional school, represented by the 65 military uniforms, and also mixed with the 55 and 87 schools; the second is the queuing to shoot school, which is modeled on the European military uniforms of the 19th century and emphasizes dazzling; the third is the World War II The uniforms basically copied the uniforms of Germany, the Soviet Union, and the U.S. Army, and some were eclectic and mixed into four different uniforms. In addition, there are also some niche hobbies, such as the National Revolutionary Army-style round hat, and even the Showa-style military uniform of the old Japanese Army.
"Oh my god, did the bandit gull also sneak in?" Ma Qianzhu took a breath of cold air.
Since this matter received enthusiastic attention from the majority of time travellers, Ma Qianzhu was naturally inconvenient to make his own opinions. One of the great benefits of democracy is that no one is responsible. So he convened a so-called hearing, consisting of the Military Commission, the Ministry of Industry, and the Planning Commission. A committee composed of 10 mass representatives will review all plans.
In order to avoid the impact of personal aesthetic taste on the choice, Ma Qianzhu stipulated two basic principles. The production of military uniforms cannot exceed the current productivity of the travelers, and the military uniforms must adapt to the local environment.
As a result, clothing such as bearskin hats and boots were immediately eliminated, and the number of candidates for military uniforms was immediately reduced by half. Then there is the issue of productivity. The industrial department pointed out that according to their investigation, the local dyeing and weaving industry in Lingao can only dye three colors: gray, blue and black. Lingao does not produce wool. The military uniform is clearly impractical.
The remaining candidates were actually modern military uniforms. The Type 65 military uniform won the bid because it was simple to make and saved fabrics. In order to appease the opinions of the majority of losers, the new military uniforms have also made some formal changes to cater to the public.
The new military uniform is called the first year style, also known as the 28th style. It is the same as the 65 military uniform. It is basically based on the Chinese tunic suit. It uses cotton fabric and includes four pockets for officers and two pockets for soldiers. The difference is also inherited. The hat is changed to an octagonal hat. This octagonal hat is smaller than that of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. The octagonal hat is slightly larger, closer to the American style, and looks more fashionable.
The collar insignia and cap badge are temporarily left blank. Considering that the future military system will inevitably have military ranks, the first-year-style military uniform is pre-made with shoulder straps and an armband space is left on the left arm. Officers and soldiers all use cloth leggings imitating the German infantry in World War II. They no longer need to wrap the cloth strips back and forth like wrapping rice dumplings - they can just put them on and tighten them, making it easy to put on and take off. There are two types of military shoes, straw sandals for training, and black cloth shoes for going out and reviewing.
In order to facilitate mass production, military uniforms are not divided into military uniforms and are only distinguished by color: gray for the military and blue for the navy. Of course, this blue is not navy blue or sky blue, but a black indigo. Fortunately, the requirements for the navy are not high at the moment, as long as it can be distinguished from the army.
Considering that the weather in Hainan is hot, a summer dress was specially designed among the military uniforms. It is actually a short-sleeved military uniform made of linen. Some people suggested that summer clothes could be paired with knee-length shorts, but the ugly and wretched appearance of the British colonial army immediately was rejected.
In addition to military uniforms, military-style pants, singlets, military blankets and military uniforms are also designed. The military blanket is not made of wool, but a little cotton is stuffed between the two layers of cotton, and then nailed with grid lines. This is enough in Hainan, a place where the temperature is no less than 2o degrees Celsius all year round.
The time traveler has a large inventory of cotton fabrics, but only five sewing machines. What's even more tragic is that there are only three women who can use sewing machines. It is obviously unrealistic to ask them to make 1200 sets of military uniforms. After thinking about it, Ma Qianzhu decided to use external processing and send it to the women in the commune to make it. Almost all of them can tailor - in ancient times, common people rarely turned to tailors for their clothes. Women made them themselves, so this handiwork was not difficult. It doesn't matter if you don't know how to cut modern styles. The logistics department has already prepared a large number of paper patterns and distributed them according to the materials. Just follow the same pattern. Before making the materials, the planning committee hired someone to trial-produce a set of clothes of various sizes and styles. First, they could see the effect of trying the clothes on, and secondly, they could calculate the approximate amount of fabric and cotton thread consumed by each piece of clothing and each pair of shoes, so as not to miss out. Too much or too little.
Wu De quickly assigned all the work and set acceptance standards. Those who failed to meet the standards would be fined and paid for the cloth. In addition to earning work points for external processing this time, the remaining scraps of cloth also belong to the processing households. This measure made the enthusiasm of women in the commune unprecedentedly high. Even those who already had regular jobs rushed to work overnight after get off work at night. Wu De planned to take this opportunity to find some ingenious women, hire people to train them in clothing production, and then open a clothing factory in the commune. He would take the opportunity to take over all the sewing and cutting equipment. This was a big deal - in addition to the army, there were also There are future schools and various institutions, and once a large number of immigrants arrive, the demand for clothing will be even greater.
The equipment is relatively simple. When the only cobbler in the county heard that the Shorthairs were looking for cobblers to do a lot of work, he immediately came with his old-school kids and all their production tools. The first task given to him shocked him speechless: 1200 leather belts. This action and courage completely impressed the cobbler at once, and he suddenly came up with the simple concept of "you will always have something to eat with the short-haired master".
The armed belt is made of cowhide to imitate the German-style Y-belt. After observing Wei Aiwen's replica Y-belt, the cobbler thought it was very easy to make. If his whole family went into battle, it would be no problem to make 10 pieces a day. The metal fasteners on the belt are directly stamped out of wrought iron by the mechanical team, not even steel. However, Wei Aiwen still used the price of a pack of cigarettes to save some private work for himself - a small part of it was made of brass.
Lin Fu stood in front of the office door anxiously. The rugby star of this salt farm village also enlisted in the army this time. Although Xi Yazhou did not assign quotas to the village committee, but only asked them to send a few people to demonstrate, the village committee decided after discussion to let these demonstration militiamen enlist in the army to express the Yanchang Village's desire to follow the "elders" in making revolution. Determination - this word was learned from Du Wen. As for what revolution is, few people know - there are no scholars in Yanchang Village, otherwise they would be scared to death by this word.
Lin Fu was not very tall, about 165cm, but he was already quite good among people at that time. Long-term rugby training made him tall and strong, so he naturally became a benchmark soldier. At this moment, he was fully dressed according to the equipment model of the future new army, and was ready to be reviewed by all the personnel of the Planning Commission and the Military Commission.
"Lin Fu, come in." The voice of Chief of Staff Ma came from inside the door. Lin Fu didn't know what chief of staff meant, but he understood that he was the oldest in the school. He quickly opened the door and walked in. He couldn't help but be shocked.
Inside was a large room with long tables arranged in a horseshoe shape. More than a dozen "chiefs" were sitting there, staring at him in the middle, just like the three courts in a play.
Lin Fu learned the etiquette taught by Wei Aiwen, saluted, and said loudly:
"Report! One company, one platoon, one squad of the 6th Army Training Battalion. Base soldier Lin Fu has been ordered to report!"
Wei Aiwen stood up and returned the salute: "Take a break!"
"yes!"
After some answering questions, the training was in vain. Everyone looked at him with admiration. The soldier in front of me was holding a 1st year-style Mini rifle, a 19th-year-style three-edged bayonet, wearing a 19th-year-style military uniform, a cowhide imitation German-style belt, and two bullet boxes, one large and one small, on his waist. It looks very mighty.
"This is an imitation of the Japanese Taisho 11-year-old bullet box. The size has changed." Wei Aiwen explained, "The cowhide texture is divided into two sizes. The large one is used to store paper-packed ammunition. Each box is 6o. The small box is used to store Flash cap." Flash caps are relatively sensitive, so they cannot be placed together with paper-wrapped ammunition. The ammunition box was also designed with the possibility of containing metal fixed-loading ammunition in the future, and the size is universal.
"This is a kettle." Wei Aiwen pointed to a cylindrical object on Lin Fu's waist. "It's made of bamboo. It has a cork stopper. It can be easily tied around your waist with a mesh rope set on the outside. Doesn't it look like this? A bit like a German gas mask box?”
Put this way, it does seem a bit similar. Everyone nodded. Wei Aiwen seems to be very proud of this "German element".
There is a cloth grenade bag on the belt, which contains a bamboo shell grenade made by the chemical industry group - although it is not very powerful, it has a good sound and can bluff people.
Lin Fu was carrying a strange backpack, which looked more like a small, flat box than a backpack. This is a newly developed standard backpack, inspired by the backpacks commonly used by local people. It is made of fine rattan, with a tung oil cloth on the inside and a cover on it, which is waterproof. The shape is oval and comes with an ergonomic back frame.
This brand-new backpack is in line with their current industrial capabilities and is much easier to use than traditional packages. It can be regarded as a new product that combines modern technological concepts and contemporary productivity levels after time travel.
