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Chapter 71 Three before the war
"The doctor will be sent there when the war starts. Now I will give you a few nurses and Chinese medicine doctors to maintain basic health care. After you get there, health workers from the army and labor should also be sent back."
After He Ping left, Shi Niaoren began to immerse himself in the table again, using unskilled skills to draw schematic diagrams on the board. His idea was to develop some standard procedures for medical staff in training. He knew that the quality of indigenous medical staff was poor, their education was low, and their receptivity was low. So I want to use picture books to simplify the difficulty of education.
"Damn, this thing looks so spectacular." Mei Wan looked at the steam engineering machinery produced in Lingao that was slowly coming from a distance, blowing out black smoke and steam.
Rather than saying "driving", it is better to say "crawling". So slow that you can barely notice them moving. Even the continuous flow of bullock carts on the road surpassed them one after another.
"Is it new equipment? I think it performs much better than the Meteor No. 1 locomotive." Although the support team led by Shan Daoqian used ox carts, they still arrived a long way ahead of the construction machinery.
The road construction was fully entrusted to Shan Daoqian, who was recalled from Sanya. Shan Daoqian had completed the construction of the simple railway in Sanya. He entrusted the construction of the highway in Sanya to Ji Runzhi, and all the design drawings had been completed. Well, the road construction team also has experience, and Ji Runzhi only needs to be responsible for supervising the progress of the project.
This renovation of Yi Road is almost a new attempt for Shan Daoqian - he did not use any modern construction machinery and relied entirely on Lingao's local industrial support. The Machinery Department built several bulldozers and road rollers that used nested steam engines.
The steam rollers and bulldozers using the principle of the pot camel machine were emitting steam and black smoke, and slowly climbed up the road from the industrial zone of Bairencheng at a speed of less than 3 kilometers per hour, followed by a group of workers and technicians. There were also several bullock carts filled with spare parts and repair equipment. Although these steel monsters performed poorly, leaked air everywhere, smoked, and made strange creaking noises, the way these steel monsters twisted and staggered forward shocked the people along the road far beyond More modern farm vehicles and jeeps.
But for Shan Daoqian, the reliability of these devices is not good. Three steam-powered road rollers and bulldozers were running around, repairing and adjusting the machinery from time to time. It took almost 24 hours to reach the construction section.
But once you reach the road section, the power of the machine is revealed. Although the steam engine equipment was inconvenient to use and continued to break down, its efficiency was still much higher than that of human and animal power. Stone rollers pulled by oxen were no match for steam rollers. As for the bulldozers, although they can be used for less than six hours a day, they can move enough earth for a hundred people to work for a day.
Shan Daoqian set out from Ma Niao to renovate the post road to Chengmai. The first batch of army troops and militiamen that had been mobilized were used as laborers to repair the road heading towards Chengmai. As for Mei Wan himself, he presided over the construction of Ma Niao Base.
As an important salt production base of the Lingao regime, Maxiao is located at the junction of Lingao and Chengmai. The Planning Institute originally planned to set up a local administrative agency, Ma Niao Commune, to recruit some new immigrants and serve as the eastern support point of the Little Cross Road Project.
In preparations for this anti-encirclement and suppression campaign, the Ma Niao Peninsula was once again put on the agenda as a target that needed to be defended. The work of building the city began immediately.
According to Mei Wan's original plan, Ma Niao built the city only to build a European-style bastion fortress, with a company stationed inside and a dozen artillery pieces to control the port and salt fields to ensure that the enemy could not cause damage in the area.
However, in the officially implemented plan, Ma Niao has become a fortress city. It is not only prepared to serve as an army base to station a considerable number of troops for a long time, but also to store a large amount of military supplies and have certain weapons repair and maintenance capabilities. The General Staff has prepared to Majiaobao will be the main military base of the army in the future, and the main force of the army will be stationed here in the future. To this end, a large training ground and shooting range have been planned nearby.
According to He Ming's revised combat plan, all army forces participating in the counter-encirclement and suppression operations: four infantry battalions, one artillery battalion and one engineering company will be concentrated in Majiao for training and replenishment to form a field army. Waiting for the Ming army to assemble in Qiongshan before setting off to fight.
Although Majiao Fort is still under intense construction, He Ming, his staff team and most of the officers have arrived at Majiao and opened a field army headquarters in the original gun building.
He Ming set up his headquarters in Ma Niao to avoid the overly dense gathering of elders in Bai Ren and Bo Pu. Although he had already greeted him in the Senate, he would not receive any non-official senators. But they can still find various reasons to come to the headquarters. Everyone was very enthusiastic about making suggestions for future battles - since the Senate no longer discussed this issue, it would be more convenient to talk directly to the officers. Some people talk about strategy, some talk about tactical application, and some people provide their own "new weapons" solutions. He Ming was so annoyed by such visitors that he simply moved the headquarters team to Ma Niao as early as possible.
Because of its special importance, Yanchang Village opened a wired telegraph system next to the gun tower very early. After He Ming came with the headquarters, the wired telegraph station was immediately expanded. Not only did it increase the number of telegraph operators, but also purchased some equipment, so that It can effectively serve the military. Li Yunxing even sent a telecommunications engineer Hu Muye to Bairen's telecommunications bureau to take charge of equipment maintenance. He also brought a radio as a backup
Hu Muye took the equipment and boarded a slow ox cart and set off from Bairen. Also on the ox cart were He Ping from the Ministry of Health, Wu Shimang from Lingao Church, Yang He, the leader of the quarantine camp, and others. The specific missions of these people are different, but the general purpose is the same - to prepare for the expected prisoners.
Several people chatted and talked along the way. They set off at dawn and arrived at Ma Niao at almost noon. In the distance, you can hear the sound of military drums and flutes, and white smoke and black smoke are lingering. From time to time the roar of guns can be heard.
On the flat training ground, groups of infantrymen were practicing to the accompaniment of drums and flutes. The non-commissioned officers shouted commands in a long voice, and sometimes there were shouts of "kill, kill, kill" and "fire" in unison.
Around the unfinished earthen fort of Maziao Fort, all the leeward and sunny slopes and mountain valleys are dotted with patches of gray-white tents. Rows of artillery pieces and vehicles were neatly parked in the open space. The field cooking cart was filled with smoke. Lines of soldiers wearing gray uniforms with rifles on their shoulders passed by from time to time.
On the post road leading to Chengmai, groups of workers, soldiers and construction machinery are busy, and steam rollers emit bursts of black smoke from time to time. In the distance you can see people building a bridge over the river.
"We arrived at Heshe within a few kilometers. After Heshe, we reached Chengmai County." Wu Shimang knew a lot about the geography of Lingao because of his need to preach.
"Now that our highway is built, the Chengmai County Magistrate will probably have a hard time. He will probably be like an ant on a hot pot."
"He can pretend to be deaf and mute like Magistrate Wu, and then become a member of the CPPCC or something."
"Knowing that he is still a smart man who pretends to be deaf and mute, he is afraid that he will not know whether to live or die. Then he must be sent to the West."
"So many cars," He Ping suddenly exclaimed.
The oxcarts transporting grain, baggage, ammunition and building materials moved slowly one after another, forming a long line on the road, with no end in front and no end in sight. It looks spectacular.
They usually know the power of industrial society, but everyone is very excited to see with their own eyes the tremendous power of the industrial society they have created.
The entire perimeter of the Ma Niao City construction site has been put under martial law. There are barbed wire fences, deer villages, watchtowers and trenches everywhere. Their bullock cart was stopped by sentries as soon as it reached the turning point, and everyone's IDs and order documents were checked. He Ping saw that in addition to fixed sentries, there were small groups of mobile sentries patrolling everywhere. When He Ping saw how heavily guarded this place was, he felt a bit like he was about to face a battle.
They reached the headquarters easily. While He Ming was away, the staff officer on duty, Dongmen Chuiyu, made arrangements one by one according to their intentions. As for the opening of a field hospital, Dongmen certainly welcomes it.
"There are no prisoners to treat you now, but there have been frequent exercises recently, and some have been injured. The other thing is epidemic prevention. Thousands of people have arrived in such a small place. Although every company has health workers, there are Don’t worry if your health department sends people to take charge.”
"I'll check the camp first. Especially the toilets and drinking water. Once done, there won't be any large-scale epidemics."
"Okay, you take a look first. The Ministry of Health has given us a centralized water purification station, and now it is stipulated that all troops must go up to the water purification station to get water."
At that moment, Dongmen Chuiyu took everyone to a camp, where several rows of simple houses had been set up, with signs hanging at the door. These are the places where representatives from various departments sent to Ma Niao to coordinate the work for this operation have their offices and accommodations.
He Ping's Ministry of Health office is ready. There is only a wooden bed and a folding table inside. There is no chair so I sit on the bed and work.
Dongmen Chuiyu said: "The conditions are simple, let's get over it first. Construction of Ma Niao's hospital has just started. You can move there after it is completed."
"It's okay. I'll take a look around at the epidemic prevention situation first."
"Xie Shu" Dongmen Chuiyu called out.
"Yes" A young officer immediately came out from behind them and stood at attention and saluted. He Ping looked him over. He was probably in his early twenties, with dark skin, regular facial features, and his hair was shaved short like all soldiers. He was wearing an army uniform with the rank of second lieutenant, but there were red stripes on his sleeves representing staff officers. This was probably an Aboriginal trainee staff officer.
"Xie Shu is a trainee staff officer and is in charge of logistics. Let him accompany you." Then he ordered, "Take the comrade special commissioner to check the health security situation."
"Understood" Xie Shu asked in a strong voice, "Chief, where are you going to inspect first?"
"Let's start with the water station."
He first looked at the water purification station. He recognized the health worker in charge of the water purification station. He had just graduated from the health worker training class of the Ministry of Health a few months ago. His name was Niu Yutian. He had fled from the mainland to Lingao Laide three months ago. He is fifteen or sixteen years old, looks very fair, and speaks softly. During the assignment, the staff felt that he was too delicate, so he was assigned to the health den to work as a hygienist. The health workers wore white armbands on their uniform sleeves bearing the health department's logo: a blue snake wrapped around a wooden staff.
He Ping asked about the status of the water purification station. I know that the mobile water purification equipment used by the army was recently shipped. Use fine sand and activated carbon to filter the water, and then add bleaching powder to disinfect it. Drinking water also needs to be boiled. The entire water station can be dismantled and used for livestock traction. It is very convenient to use. He Ping checked the condition of the equipment and whether the activated carbon and sand had been installed and replaced correctly. Checked the record of dispensing of bleaching powder.
After looking at it, he thought there was nothing wrong with the water station itself, but the water supply was insufficient. In particular, He Ping shook his head when he discovered that this water station had no pumping equipment and relied entirely on manpower to carry water. Such a supply can barely guarantee the daily training use of the field army. It would be difficult to supply supplies during the march.
"This equipment is a battalion-level field water supply equipment." Xie Shu said, "It is not enough to supply so many troops."
He Ping knew that these were mostly samples from the mechanical department, used for experiments. He secretly said that this was chaos. According to the current garrison and population size of Ma Niao, it was appropriate to set up a water plant.
"Let's go check out the camp."
The various units of the field army were stationed separately in units of battalions and companies, and each station was surrounded by a deer village. There are also small bunkers stacked with stones at the entrances of the camps one behind the other, with firing ports. Each bunker can accommodate up to three people for sentry and shooting. When encountering a surprise attack, you can resist for a while and buy time for the troops to gather.
Rows of military tents were neatly set up in the camp. There is an open space in front of the gate that has been leveled for the roll call. The roads in the camp are regular and cleaned very neatly. All kinds of vehicles and utensils are placed in categories. Each camp has toilets set up according to the number of soldiers and disinfectants are prepared.
The soldiers have gone out for training, leaving only a few cooks and support staff to guard the camp. Seeing the chiefs coming to inspect, everyone stood up and stood neatly side by side to salute them silently.
Even a layman like He Ping could tell that the military camp was highly disciplined and the soldiers were well-trained. I couldn't help but admire: "These troops are so well trained."
"This is all due to the good training of the chiefs." Xie Shu said.
To He Ping, this sounded like flattery. He couldn't help but glance at the young officer, and saw that his face was calm and extremely sincere, and it didn't seem like he was flattering.
"Oh, this Australian army management method has never been used in real battles. How do you think it compares with the Ming Dynasty's border troops?"
Xie Shu said seriously: "Just these four words of order, execution and prohibition are far superior to all the armies of the Ming Dynasty."
Discipline is indeed one of the biggest differences between modern armies and ancient armies. The young officer did not talk about the huge firearm advantage of the time travellers, which would shock the natives the most. He first talked about discipline, which made He Ping look at him in a new light. He couldn't help but become interested:
"I also heard that the discipline of the army is not good——"
"No, when I say orders and prohibitions, I don't mean the discipline of the people is good or bad, but the leader can train the troops to move forward and retreat freely like limbs."
He Ping nodded, feeling that his knowledge was not bad. I couldn't help but become interested in him.
"Where are you from"
"I am from Tongchuan, Shaanxi."
"You are from the frontier army." He Pingyi heard that he was from Shaanxi. I think there are very few people from the north here, most of them are deserters from the army.
"No." Xie Shu said with a smile, "My family was originally a small grain farmer, and my father was a scholar. In the year of Tianqi, there were rogue bandits in my hometown, and I couldn't stay there any longer. The rogue bandits and the army took turns to cause havoc. The family had no choice but to flee to the Central Plains. I Dad said that the Central Plains was the land of the Four Wars, so he couldn’t wait, so he ran south, and as soon as he ran, he reached Guangdong.”
“Why are we here in Lingao again?”
"My family made a living by doing some small business along the coast. Not to mention the government extortion, in the end the ship was robbed by the sea owner. My father was angry and said: We are always bullied by thieves and officials wherever we go, so why don't we become thieves too? ." When Xie Shu said this, he suddenly realized that he was scolding the leaders as thieves and quickly stopped talking.
He Ping smiled: "We are indeed thieves, we are thieves."
"The behavior of the leaders, not to mention the pirates of the sea, even the Ming Dynasty is not as good as one out of ten." Xie Shu said, "I used to be a good soldier at home. I have read many new books on the Military Classics, Military Bei Zhi, and Ji Xiao. The one I admire the most is Qi Shaobao. I have also thought about how to train a strong army. It was only when I was in the Fubo Army that I realized what I was thinking." He didn't say any more and just shook his head.
He Ping found it very refreshing. Most of the indigenous officers, soldiers, administrators, and students he met were brought in for shelter. All of them were either bitter and resentful, or they were desperate. The gratitude and admiration for the travelers comes from the bottom of my heart. But Xie Shu's "worship" had no flavor of "gratitude", nor did it have the bitter taste of hatred. He talks about his family affairs with a bit of ridicule.
Moreover, this young man’s speech and attitude were completely different from those of the natives. If it weren’t for his strange Mandarin, He Ping would have thought he was an unknown elder.
"If you follow us as thieves, aren't you afraid of being wiped out by the army?" He Ping asked deliberately.
"The government can't even wipe out the bandits in our hometown," Xie Shu said with a smile. "In the war with the Donglu, we lost more than we won. It's even more delusional to defeat Fubo's army."
"There is a dressing room under the hillside over there." Xie Shu asked, "Does the chief want to take a look?"
"Of course I want to go." He Ping asked, "Why has a dressing center already been opened?",.
