Section 110 Visiting tribes
Gaining a foothold, the Southeastern Army delivered supplies and quickly perfected its defenses: it built a wall up to the sea and enclosed its own territory. It is three meters high, there are gun holes under the wall to shoot, and more watchtowers are erected, five high platforms are built, and the artillery is hoisted up, and three cannons are prepared for each high platform.
According to the practice of building a city in the country. If the circumference of the walled city reaches 900 paces, it is called a city; those with 900 to 500 steps are called villages; And below five hundred paces, it is only a fort; As for the one that is less than two hundred steps, it can barely be regarded as a beacon.
It is only less than 600 steps here, and it is barely a village, and it is called "No. 1 base".
Further camp construction, the center of the establishment of the administrative center of the house, as well as tents, canteens, warehouses, toilets, sewers, playgrounds, shooting ranges, etc., are all in order.
The current host is Chen Hebin, the military leader is Zhou Quanbin, and the overseer Yan Changwu has not landed, so it is safest to stay on the ship at present.
When the tribal leader Acheche was invited to this newly built "No. 1 Camp" as a guest, he was led around by Chen Hebin and saw a thriving scene, clean and tidy, and was deeply impressed!
He was embarrassed to invite Chen Hebin to visit their village!
Since Yan Changwu came to power, he has paid great attention to hygiene, and even coercive measures, such as the urban management regulations, those who litter are fined to sweep the floor or give silver, and over time, everyone is accustomed to it, and they will sweep up the garbage when they see it.
However, Acheche asked the Southeastern Army to send someone, because they passed by the "infirmary" and saw that there was a military doctor in it who was treating the sick sergeant, and although Acheche was illiterate, he was very clever and asked, "Doctor?" ”
"Exactly!"
So Acheche pleaded with Chen Hebin to send a medical team, because his uncle was sick and bedridden and needed medical attention.
His uncle, who had always been in good health, was in the woods hunting wild boars, and he was stabbed with fangs, fever and festering wounds, and the witch doctors in the village used evil spirits and herbs to no avail.
Chen Hebin found a middle-aged military doctor, surnamed Xie, to explain the situation, and the military doctor first asked the patient how his spirit was, and after hearing this, the patient still had the strength to scold people, so he said that this could be cured.
So Chen Hebin and Acheche immediately rushed to the tribal village with the military doctors, nurses, and ten soldiers.
The mountains and forests look very beautiful, but the path is scolded, rugged, full of towering trees, each tree hangs with long vines, in the dense bushes a few turns, the people behind can't see the people in front.
After walking a few kilometers (estimated), Chen Hebin felt dizzy, he didn't know where to take it, and after walking a few kilometers more, it was almost a morning, and they walked to a hill where they could see the camp by the sea, and the distance in a straight line was less than three kilometers! (Later, he learned that there was a shortcut to the beach, and Acheche didn't trust them at first.)
There were a few small huts on that hill, and several tribesmen were stationed there, so it was no wonder that they were quick to learn the news when the Southeastern Fleet arrived.
After resting for a while, Archie took out the food and invited everyone to eat, it was all dried fish and venison, and there were quite a few of them, it seemed that this Nahu tribe was very rich? (Later, I learned that it was a swollen face and a fat man, usually they eat wild fruits, tubers, wild vegetables, and dried meat and dried fish, but it can't be like this pure dried meat and dried fish, and other tribes are worse than them)
Chen Hebin thanked Acheche and gave him biscuits, a new military ration for the Southeast Fleet, which was made with nuts and sesame oil, and tasted very fragrant.
A mixed jam was also added, which was served in a clay jar and eaten with biscuits.
Hand over another bottle of condensed milk! (There is a lot of sugar in condensed milk, and sugar actually inhibits bacterial rebellion, as long as it is well sealed at first, and you are not afraid of condensed milk spoiling when you open the package and eat it together)
There are also beef jerky, pork jerky.
The tribesmen were overwhelmed, and they tasted it for the first time, and they were very reserved, and only Acheche praised the deliciousness, but the gobbling up of his tribesmen showed that they liked to eat Han food.
In fact, Yan Da rarely had silver dollars, plus he was conscious, in the era of sails, many rulers were reluctant to invest money in naval food, and it was the British who did better, and the British naval personnel ate more and better than the shore laborers, and the average daily calorie obtained exceeded 4,000 calories, and the food at that time was often bacon, dried peas, hard bread, dried fruits, beer and rum, and the British established advanced food processing factories in Deptford, Portsmouth, Plymouth and other places, Animals and grains are processed into salted meat, bread and beer, which can be shipped on board at any time according to operational needs.
Other countries were not so "luxuriant" and had always had poor supplies, such as the French fleet, which was unable to solve the problem of food storage and supply, which eventually led to disastrous consequences.
In Yan Changwu's fleet, the food for soldiers has become a system, which is mainly divided into cold food and hot food.
Hot food is boiled rice, boiled noodles, steamed buns and bread steamed buns, meat dishes include beef jerky, pork jerky (ham), venison jerky, fish jerky, seafood, etc., the jerky is pickled or smoked (generally for officers to eat), vegetarian dishes are all kinds of dried vegetables.
Cold foods are mainly biscuits, jams, dried fruits, condensed milk, and cooked jerky.
Auxiliary materials include tea, tissues, salt, candy, etc
After that, porridge (fried cereal), fruit juice, instant noodles, and later, instant coffee, cocoa powder, etc., are added.
It is very rich, crowned with the navies of all the great powers, and the British are not comparable to them.
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After all, Acheche couldn't help but ask, "You guys...... Do you usually eat these things? ”
"No!" Chen Hebin shook his head and said.
He explained that as long as he could, he would still cook hot food and eat rice, and he was very clever enough to take out a small packet of white rice and show it to the tribesmen.
He smiled and said, "If you have time, water and fuel, you can cook and eat!" ”
The tribesmen's eyes were firmly fixed on this bag of white rice, and Chen Hebin mended the knife and said: "Elephant biscuits are only eaten when they are on a long voyage at sea or when it is inconvenient to cook, and they are usually eaten, and they eat every day." ”
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After eating, the boiled tea was put into a military tin kettle and drunk on the way.
Please drink it too, I think it's very refreshing!
It was still difficult for them to get back on the road, and Chen Hebin would hardly have been able to hold on if it weren't for the two sergeants who took care of him and supported him at all times.
He thought silently, "With its high mountains, steep slopes, deep ravines and narrow valleys, dense forests and grasses, vines and kudzu, and a hot and humid climate, it is no wonder that the Overseers say that it is best to settle the matter peacefully, and try not to go to war, it is useless to fight, and we have more important work to do!"
For example, when Zhuge Liang received Meng Shu during the Three Kingdoms, if Meng Shu did not insist on fighting, but shrank into the mountains, Zhuge Liang was a god and helpless, I hope we don't come to capture Meng Shu seven times, but collect his heart! ”
And Acheche also observed them, and he noticed that the ten Han soldiers who came with him, their faces were dark, but they were unusually strong, and they had traveled a long way, as if nothing had happened!
Moreover, even if they are acting in the jungle, they are agile and have no problem opening the road, even if they open the road here and guard the other side.
Thinking of the abundance of such soldiers in the Han camp, Acheche was a little worried!