On the beach outside the village, in the headquarters tent, officers above the class level, non-commissioned officers and cadets from the Baitu Expedition gathered together. The nurse from the health team poured tea for everyone. Everyone felt in a good mood. Although they made a little fool of themselves, the battle still ended in a standard and perfect textbook manner, without any casualties.
"We must develop the habit of summarizing and improving every time we fight. Everyone can speak freely at the meeting without any taboos."
Naturally, the indigenous non-commissioned officers did not dare to speak. Their concept of superiority and inferiority was still very strong, and Xi Yazhou did not insist on anything - he had to take his time in everything.
"How are the troops' camping and security arrangements going?"
"arranged."
"This is the first time for a large force to fight together. There are many problems. When the enemy's artillery fires, all platoons are shaken. Fortunately, the enemy's artillery is too bad, otherwise if we really knock down a few, the whole army will not collapse immediately? "
"There are no veterans, just rookies."
"We need to do more adaptive training under artillery fire in the future. It's good to let them get used to it."
"The key is to fight more -"
"We will have to fight in the future, but like this, there is a chance that the body will collapse at the first touch. It's good to be able to run for your life, but you're just afraid that you will just collapse on the ground and wait for death! Those heads on the ground today are really impressive. Be an ostrich." Xi Yazhou slapped her face very hard.
Wei Aiwen made a big fuss. He was the commander of the first company, and the first company was the benchmark company of the training camp. The excellence rate in various training courses was above 60%. Unexpectedly, the biggest joke this time was that it happened one after another.
"After I go back, I will take good care of them!" Wei Aiwen said in a low voice, "I have decided to remove all those who behave cowardly and move them to the logistics department."
"It's their first time seeing a war, so it's understandable to be afraid. How can we make up for the vacancies after we clear them out? They have to train again."
"I don't think it's necessary either." Xi Yazhou said, "The troops are not strong enough. The chief officer should look for the reasons himself, not blame them on the soldiers!"
Wei Aiwen seemed to be sitting on the stove. This was almost a criticism meeting. I saw him stand up and say: "I want to make a profound self-examination to everyone -"
"Forget it, forget it, Xiao Wei, it doesn't matter." The people beside him hurriedly grabbed him.
"There is no need to do a review. When you go back, you will report the new training plan and methods and improve as soon as possible. As for you platoon leaders, don't think that your subordinates are good. You are lucky not to make a fool of yourself. It does not mean that your soldiers powerful."
You Huhu and others had no choice but to say yes with a grimace. It seems that this post-war review meeting is really not going well.
"There was also shooting, bayonet fighting, and the volleys of rifles were fired very unevenly. Three platoons fired volleys at 200 meters, and they only knocked down a dozen people. This result is hard to say! This was done with Mini rifles. Is this the result?"
"Soldiers don't have good command of the watch ruler, and many of them are not used to it——"
"When you get back, you have to grab the sight and shoot. Otherwise, you're looking for death when you meet the cavalry in the future."
Huang Xiong thought that this Kun man's army management was really different: when he won a battle, he didn't reward his troops based on their merits. He held a big banquet to reward the three armies. Instead, he looked for faults like an egg. Leading troops like this can make people work for you?
Huang Xiong did not deny that this brand new army gave him a lot of shock, especially the weapons and equipment. Using the word "sharp" is not an exaggeration. However, he has always found the ideas and methods of running the army and fighting wars to be childish and ridiculous. Perhaps the overseas barbarians' ideas are different from those of China.
"The effect of the 12-pound mountain grenade is better than expected. The disadvantage is that it can carry too few shells. Fortunately, it is a low-intensity battle, otherwise it will not be enough. The degree of mules in the army is low, but the number of people is based on the level of mules. Yes, in addition to carrying equipment and weapons, soldiers also have to carry a considerable amount of artillery equipment, which consumes too much physical strength. Fortunately, there are liaison officers from each village as porters, otherwise many soldiers would fall behind during the march." Ying Yu gave a summary of artillery .
"The low degree of mules and horses cannot be solved for the time being," Wen Desi said. "Raising and buying horses is not something that can be done overnight, and Hainan is not very suitable for raising horses."
"I also know this. Wu Nanhai can't make horses out of thin air." Ying Yu said, "What I mean is that there are too few mules and horses now. We can appropriately expand the manpower of the artillery——"
"Damn, isn't it just a substitute for an animal and a pawn?"
"That's what it means."
All the time travelers present looked at each other. In their hearts, it could be said that this was the thing they despised the most in the military system of the old era, 100 times more despised than the Eight Banners of slavery.
"I also know that this method is terrible, but who has any other method to ensure the maneuverability of the artillery now?"
Indeed no. Unless you buy a horse unexpectedly. Buying horses in Guangzhou is a troublesome matter. Not only are the officials very busy with inquiries, but there are also very few horses on the market.
"I think it would be good to add some gunners." Xi Yazhou avoided talking about the term "replacing animals with soldiers." "Currently, a 12-pound mountain grenade is equipped with 6 gunners. If the number is increased to 10 people, the burden on the gunners will be heavy." It can be reduced a lot. It can also provide more fire cover."
"It's best to give the artillery some light, short weapons that are easier to carry. For example, carbines or something like that."
"But the enemy may break into the artillery company position, so it is not appropriate to equip all short weapons."
"Six gunners with short weapons, plus four standard infantry."
"This plan is okay." Ying Yu said.
"There is also a problem with our current ration standards. In theory, each soldier is 0.75 kilograms per day. In fact, there are many people who eat 1.5 kilograms per day. What is the point of the food standards if this continues? Let's revise it."
"That's what food lacks in fat and protein." Dongmen Chuiyu, a ration observer for the agricultural department, said helplessly.
"What's the reaction to Project Meadow's rations?"
Wei Aiwen was about to speak, but was interrupted by Xi Yazhou. He named Tian Liang, who was looking around secretly.
"Tian Liang, tell me. How is the food for these two days?"
Tian Liang didn't expect his name to be called, so he stood up and saluted like a reflex.
"Reporter!"
"Don't shout, just talk about it."
"Very - good." He swallowed, and this was indeed what he meant: he was full and able to eat fine grains, what else could he be dissatisfied about?
"Sit down." Xi Yazhou looked around, "Is that what the soldiers said?"
Everyone nodded together. One monitor smiled sheepishly and stood up:
"Reporter, the brothers in the class all said it would be better if we could have some meat to eat."
Everyone laughed and the atmosphere was a little relaxed.
"It's a good thing to want to eat meat. It's still difficult right now. When things get better, brothers will have meat to eat every day!" Xi Yazhou wrote a check.
"Really? Xi...Chairman?" The squad leader was a little excited and lost his mind. Huang Xiong couldn't help but secretly laugh: I can believe the words of an official. The sun rises from the west - soldiers eat meat every day. How can such a good thing come to the world?
"Of course it's true." Xi Yazhou nodded and asked him to sit down. "The soldiers probably don't have any objections. What about the officers?"
"No oil or water!"
"Grass No. 1 and No. 2 are very good, but No. 3 and No. 4 are bland. I can't even eat them without adding luncheon meat."
"It's best to use a jar specially made with oil like the fish sauce you brought. It's good to put a little in when cooking."
"There are too few vegetables. If you eat like this, you will get angry sooner!"
There were indeed many opinions about food, but it was not as intense as expected - this is because they had not yet started eating Cao Cao No. 5 - instant rice cakes. Dongmen Chuiyu had already eaten one piece, and it tasted terrible.
After the meeting, several elders in the village were brought to the headquarters tent and knelt down together. Then they were helped up by Wen Desi who came out and took them in.
The people and things in Baitu Village are needed by travelers, but when more than 500 people are forced to move from a place where they live and work in peace and contentment to another strange place, the emotional resistance and dissatisfaction are obvious. After Wen Desi arrived, he discussed with senior military officers and decided to do more upper-level work and use them to educate and pacify the people. To avoid any violence on the way.
Of the three people who came in, two were from Fujian with the main surnames in the village. One was named Lin and was a carpenter, and the other was named 6 and was a blacksmith. These two people came from the same clan and were the most powerful in the village. The last Cantonese named Zhang was a shipwright, but he only came with his wife and children.
Lin can also build boats, but his skills are not good and he can only build small boats. Zhang Shipiang is the core technician here. The best-selling 400-material boats are built by Zhang Shipwright. Zhang Shipiang knew that he was alone and a Cantonese, so he kept the shipbuilding method secret and did not take any apprentices. He did all the core tasks such as ship proofing and setting out by himself, and outsiders only did the work without knowing why.
Most of the residents in the village, except for the clan members of Lin and Lu, are landless farmers and craftsmen who fled from Fujian and Guangdong. The actual power of the village is actually controlled by Lin and Lu. , also has a lot of say. After Wen Desi walked around the village and interrogated some ordinary villagers, he found out that most of the people here were actually exploited: workshops, tools and boats... almost all production facilities belonged to Lin 6 Two families.
After understanding the merits of this, Wen Desi had already made up his mind on how to disrupt them. Zhang Shipiang is obviously the most easily divided among the three elders.
Wen Desi said some comforting words to them: all the property here was just moved to Bopu, and the private property of every household was protected. Once there, they can continue building ships under the protection of the time travellers, and they will be paid for their work. As for housing and food supply, Bopu will also make appropriate arrangements.
Obviously they didn't quite believe this confession, but it didn't matter whether they believed it or not. Wen Desi just wanted to reduce their hostility.
