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There are many clan landlords living together in Lingao, and few of them are willing to give up their current production and lifestyle of living together. [Read the latest chapter] Clan landlords have strong personal control and influence over people of the same clan and clan. This was the most abhorred thing in the Senate.
Operation Engine requires the deployment of a lot of human resources, in addition to naturalized civilians. The population of these clan landowners was also the object of the Senate's prying eyes.
As long as the unhappy poor people in the clan are removed from the core of the ancestral hall, a new life that is better than the current economic level can be provided. They would not have the consciousness of being "a certain family" like they do now. When they arrive in barbaric places like Taiwan and Jeju Island, they have no other support except relying on the Senate. The mentality of these people will soon change.
The clan landlords who stayed in Lingao will no longer be a threat due to the loss of population, and their economic capabilities will also decrease.
Liu Muzhou originally had a plan to eliminate the clan landlords, and Operation Engine was a golden opportunity.
If these clan landowners refuse to send out militia, then the Senate can justifiably carry out a "crusade" against them.
Thorpe turned his mind back to the document in his hand. He was very dissatisfied with the standard of 350 grams of brown rice provided for each refugee in the plan for four consecutive months, because there were a large number of construction projects in the refugee camp that required refugees to provide labor, let alone Maritime shipping consumes a lot of energy, and when you reach your destination, there is a lot of heavy physical labor involved in infrastructure construction and land reclamation.
Refugees stranded on Jeju Island have to be transferred to Lingao, Kaohsiung, Tiandok, Hongji and other places. Food demand will further increase over time. Thorpe intends to recommend that the Planning Institute increase its grain procurement work in Southeast Asia.
The first batch of Siamese rice has been shipped through the efforts of the Vietnam Trading Company, filling the original supply of Vietnamese rice that is starting to wither. Siamese rice is mainly indica rice. Most of the elders are accustomed to japonica rice and are not used to this kind of rice, but ordinary people who have been in a state of semi-starvation for a long time are not so picky.
Another way to supplement food for refugees is through on-site land development. However, the soil layer of Jeju Island is relatively thin and is not a place suitable for large-scale agricultural production. In the history of North Korea, Jeju has always existed as a pasture and fishing port, and agricultural production was very weak.
In the COA's plan it will be used primarily as pasture. Then reclaim some land with better natural conditions as land for agricultural production. It is said that the climate and environment of Jeju Island are suitable for growing potatoes. The growing season of potatoes is not long and the yield is large. Potatoes are rich in vitamins and can be used as both staple food and vegetables. They can effectively supplement the food of refugees.
The Committee of Agriculture saves many seeds of crops suitable for planting in cold northern regions. These seeds are close to their shelf life. Wu Nanhai talked to him last time and requested to open a special farm in Jeju Island to store and breed seeds. It's something that kills two birds with one stone.
The discussion among the veteran officers on the upper deck of the ship has come to an end. Thorpe then walked slowly to Fu Sansi's side. There had just been a heated discussion about life vests. Thorpe knew that the newly manufactured life vests were not ideal: the kapok-filled vests were heavy and bulky, and soldiers could hardly perform tactical maneuvers while wearing them. The only satisfactory thing is that once you fall into the sea, this life vest can indeed ensure that you float on the water.
Unexpectedly, the core of the dispute among the veteran officers was not the performance of the life vest but its color. Some people question whether such bright colors of life vests violate the principle of "low visibility" in combat.
Of course, this objection has little meaning in this time and space - bright and eye-catching military uniforms have been the mainstream of military uniforms from the 16th to the 19th centuries. The ambush troops organized according to the tactic of queuing to kill, in addition to a few special forces, also hope to use Beautiful and gorgeous military uniforms, but the current conditions do not allow it. Not to mention life jackets.
"How are the winter clothes of our detachment in Thorpe?" Zhu Mingxia asked, "You said you would bring samples for everyone to see this time."
Thorpe smiled: "The clothing has delivered a batch of trial-produced winter uniforms to me. Originally, I planned to have a class dress up neatly to show everyone the effect, but today's weather is too hot, so everyone just looked at the samples. Bar."
Everyone returned to the conference room in the ship building. Thorpe's orderlies had already spread out a full set of northern winter clothing on the conference table - this kind of winter clothing is mainly used for winter equipment by troops north of the Yangtze River and south of the Yellow River. In fact, it can also be equipped and used in areas slightly south or north such as Jianghuai and Hebei.
The "Type 31 Northern Area Army Field Force Winter Clothes" is made of imported British thick woolen fabrics, which are both warm and waterproof. It has a short windbreaker style with drawstrings at the hem and cuffs. Since zippers cannot be made at high altitudes, the front placket of the military uniform adopts staggered and overlapping double-breasted buttons, a high stand-up collar that can be fastened, and a waterproof pleated warm hat made of raw wool fabric. The lower body is made of woolen vest, and paired with deerskin short boots, the deerskin is very warm and waterproof. Because there is not so much deerskin available, part of the bulk products are planned to be made from cowhide. The hat is a warm hat made of cotton called "Three Pieces of Watts", also known as "Lei Feng Hat". After wearing this, soldiers can no longer wear steel helmets. Fortunately, soldiers at Lingao rarely need helmets to protect their heads.
In addition to the jacket, there are additional clothing such as thin cotton vests/cotton linings. Used to enhance the warmth function at low temperatures. After all, Lingao in this time and space has not yet produced clothing such as woolen sweaters and sanitary robes. Soldiers basically wear coats directly outside their shirts, which has limited thermal insulation effect.
The soldiers' gloves and thermal socks were made of thickened cotton gauze for labor protection. Fu Sansi felt that these things were definitely not good at keeping warm. The ideal military gloves under current conditions are duck-foot cotton gloves, hung around the neck with a connecting cord. It is not difficult to make it to keep warm, but you have to take off your gloves when shooting in an emergency. For socks, you can consider imported woolen yarn to make woolen socks. For now, they can only use coarse cotton gauze socks.
If you go further north, such as entering the Liaodong region, the warmth of this uniform will be lacking. Therefore, the garment factory also trial-produced a military cotton coat as a supplement.
"With the cotton coat, almost everything is solved. I used to be a soldier in Shaanxi. Once I wore a military coat at night, I was no longer afraid of standing guard outside." Fu Sansi was full of praise for the military cotton coat.
It is particularly important for soldiers from the south to keep warm when they first arrive in the north, especially since the current main source of troops for the Fubo Army comes from Guangdong, Guangdong, Fujian and other places. If you suddenly go to the north, you won't be able to adapt to the winter there, and frostbite will be quite serious. Wound infection can place a huge logistical burden if not managed properly. It is also difficult for senators born in the south to adapt to the local climate.
The elders looked at these newly made winter clothes and used their hands to mō from time to time. The woolen uniforms really look different from the cotton uniforms, especially after adding collar badges, cap badges and various military logos, the whole uniform looks really majestic, incomparable with the soft cotton military uniforms.
"This is like a soldier." Fu Sansi sighed, "Today's military uniforms are just like flour sacks without armed belts. They are baggy, and the military temperament is still lost..."
The appearance and demeanor of the Fubo army cannot be said to be the strongest in this time and space, at least they are much stronger than those of the Ming Dynasty and Jianlu. But to the elders, the military appearance of Fubo Army still seemed a bit shabby.
"What is this?" Someone picked up a shell and made it a container.
"This is an anti-freeze ointment developed by the Ministry of Health. Each soldier is given a box. The health team will also reserve some spare parts and distribute them to refugees when necessary." Thorpe said, "Liu San is also organizing Runshitang to develop frostbite ointment. ointment."
In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the Northward Detachment, in addition to importing woolen fabrics and wool to make winter clothes at all costs, considerable adjustments were also made to the personnel of the Northward Detachment. Soldiers from Liaodong, Shandong, Henan, Beizhili and other places were transferred from the entire army. Replaced to 4th Battalion. Increase the rate of soldiers coming from the northern regions.
Those soldiers from Shandong were organized into company-level units directly under the jurisdiction of a detachment, and then strengthened into each company and platoon to act as guides and translators.
In addition to soldiers from Shandong, units of soldiers from southern Fujian and Hakka were also specially formed for landing operations in Taiwan.
In addition to recruiting militiamen from Lingao, Dongmen Chuiyu and Wei Aiwen also plan to recruit some "mountain infantry" from the Li and Miao people, mainly with cold weapons, and deploy them in Taiwan to "guard" and "punitive" against Taiwan's indigenous people. . But Zhu Mingxia didn't think it meant much, but he didn't object to at least adding more low-level security forces to the northward detachment, which could reduce the manpower usage of the northward detachment.
"Everyone, look at this." Thorpe took out a wooden box again like a magic trick. It was opened in full view of the public with an exaggerated approach.
Inside were several rough brass cylinders. Everyone's eyes suddenly became suspicious. After a few seconds, Zhu Mingxia finally understood. He cheered, took one out, put it to his eyes, and slowly pulled the lens barrel.
What was contained in the box was the telescope that the Army and Navy had been working on in the planning institute for a long time.
There are a large number of telescopes in the inventory of the Planning Institute and the inventories of the elders. But the army and navy also have a big need for telescopes. The Army hopes to equip every company commander with a telescope, while the Navy has repeatedly stated that at least the captain of each ship should be equipped with a telescope otherwise it will affect combat effectiveness.
In addition to infantry company commanders, technical arms such as artillery and engineers also need telescopes. Therefore, documents such as demand applications and memoranda for optical equipment have always been the main documents on the desk of the Ministry of Science and Technology. ! .
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