In Li An's view, although the battle will not come immediately, the reserve of war readiness materials must not be slackened, and only when sufficient war readiness materials are prepared before the war, when the war comes, will the combat effectiveness not be affected because of the shortage of materials. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Not far from the camp, the manufacturing site of the Boat Bridge Brigade of the Baggage Regiment is an area enclosed by an earthen wall, in which piles of timber cut from the nearby mountains are placed, and more than 50 recruits and soldiers who have just left the training ground are processing the wood under the guidance of instructors and craftsmen to make various materials for erecting pontoon bridges.

The instructor is naturally the Longwu army soldiers from the capital, and the craftsmen are the Luzhou locals who are responsible for the construction of the Hulugu barracks.

At the beginning, these craftsmen were reluctant to teach, thinking that this was their ancestral skill and could not be taught to outsiders casually, but under the education of Ang Lee's righteous words, they had to agree.

In addition to carpenters, there are also blacksmiths, who are mainly responsible for making iron nails, and at the same time, they are also responsible for repairing damaged tools, and having their own blacksmiths can reduce the expenses of the troops a lot, so as to slightly make up for the gap in military pay caused by the recruitment of 500 more soldiers.

Stroking the small wooden boat that had just been built, Li An's eyes were full of appreciation, the recruit's skills were not very skilled, but the small wooden boat built had reached the standard of use, which was already a lot of progress.

"General, the soldiers are training to build wooden boats."

The instructor of the Long Wujun ran over and asked Li An for instructions.

Li An nodded with satisfaction, looked at these small wooden boats that had just been built, and asked, "How many such small wooden boats can the soldiers build in a day?" ”

"Back to the general, you can build more than ten ships in a day."

Li An nodded and continued to ask, "What about these planks?" How fast can it be made in a day? ”

"Back to the general, you can make a hundred pieces a day."

"Yes, yes, this speed is already very good, let the soldiers work hard, and if they win the war in the future, they will also have a share of the credit, and the reward is indispensable."

"Yes, General, I understand."

Looking at the wooden boats, planks, ladders and iron nails that have shown a tendency to pile up, Li An's eyes are full of relief, these more and more war preparation materials are the basis for his future victory, with these materials, he is not afraid that he will not be able to win the battle.

The regular Tang army, when conducting operations, will have forward troops, responsible for building pontoon bridges, to ensure the passage of troops, but these forward troops, often after discovering the river, temporarily cut timber for bridge building operations, and this is a very waste of time, one step earlier to prepare bridge materials, can save most of the time, so as to achieve the suddenness of the battle, so that the other side is unable to guard.

After giving some encouragement to the soldiers of the boat and bridge team to build the bridge materials, Li Ang took his henchmen to the construction site of the transportation team to see the preparation of the transportation team.

The transport team was the core force of the baggage regiment and the main support force for the transportation of materials for the Pingnan Army, and their manufacturing site was also near the camp tent and enclosed by an earthen wall.

Unlike the large amount of stout timber of the Funabashi team, the manufacturing camp of the transport team is full of bamboo, which is the raw material for making arrow shafts, and a large number of poultry feathers are stacked here to make arrow feathers.

In addition to these, naturally there are also stickos and arrows,

Here is also taught by the instructor of Long Wujun, and the craftsman master hired by Li An with a high salary, making an arrow shaft is the most basic skill, and it is relatively easy to learn, but it is more difficult to build an arrow, it is not something that can be learned in a short time, it needs to be learned for a long time, as for the use of adhesive to glue the arrow and arrow feathers on the arrow shaft, it also requires a little skill, if it is glued indiscriminately, it will seriously affect the shooting accuracy when shooting, which all need to be continuously learned.

"General, these are the arrows that the recruits have just made."

The instructor of the Long Wujun handed the recruits a few arrows that had just been prepared to Li An.

Li An took it lightly in his hand, looked at it carefully, and nodded: "It's not bad, it can be used, let the recruits continue to build, and gradually improve the speed and quality." ”

"Yes, General."

Li An nodded slightly, gently returned the arrow in his hand to the instructor of the Long Wu Army, and turned to leave.

"Big brother, why does it smell like a smell here?"

"Yes! The smell is really not small! ”

"It's the smell of livestock feces, and there should be a lot of livestock in the earthen fence in front of it."

The henchmen pinched their noses and walked to the earthen weizi not far away.

Inside this soil enclosure, it is the breeding base responsible for the transportation team, mainly raising pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits and other livestock, so as to provide enough fresh meat for the soldiers, and at the same time, the manure of livestock can also be used as fertilizer for planting, so that the crops planted can get a bumper harvest.

Rows of cowsheds, sheep sheds, pigsties, chickens, ducks, geese and rabbit pens are neatly displayed in front of Li An and others, these sheds are built by the people who are responsible for building the camp, and all kinds of livestock and poultry in them are all purchased with the help of these people, and the soldiers of the transport team are responsible for taking care of these livestock, so that they can live comfortably here.

Due to the tight budget, the cow sheds and sheep sheds here are dissatisfied, and there are many vacant places in various pens, and the number of chickens and ducks is relatively large, with thousands of them.

"General, recruits are feeding their livestock."

Li An nodded lightly, pointed to the chicken and duck pen in front of him, and asked, "How many chickens and ducks are there here, and how many eggs are laid every day." ”

"General, there are more than 4,000 chickens and ducks, and they lay more than 3,000 eggs a day."

"Well, yes, you can basically ensure the nutrition of one egg per soldier a day."

Ang Lee agreed, looking at the hundreds of geese.

"These geese should lay eggs every two or three days!"

"Yes, General, there are only about a hundred goose eggs a day."

Li An thought for a moment and ordered: "The goose eggs produced every day are all rationed to the master craftsmen, they are very important to the baggage group, and they must be treated hospitably so that they can eat the best food." ”

"Yes, General."

Li An looked at several henchmen and generals behind him, and said softly: "There are less than 100 cattle and sheep here, chickens, ducks and geese are mainly used to lay eggs, and whether the soldiers can eat their own meat depends on the pigs and rabbits." ”

"General, pigs are too slow to lay cubs, rabbits are a litter a month, and the rabbits can grow up and give birth in a few months, and the soldiers may be able to eat rabbit meat every day in the future."

"A thousand female rabbits, a month is a thousand litters of rabbits, enough nearly 10,000, if the rabbits grow up and continue to give birth, the rabbit house here will not be able to accommodate."

The beautiful vision makes the generals feel very comfortable, and in the free time of military training, it is also a different kind of comfort to go to the farm to see the small animals.

Li An smiled, looked at the confidant generals, and quipped: "Don't worry! Rabbit meat, pork, chicken, duck and goose meat, you will all eat it, let's go, let's go and see what good things are planted in the fields. ”

With joy, Li An led the generals to leave the breeding soil enclosure and walked to a large field in the distance.

Since the fields had just been cultivated, the seeds of various plants had not yet germinated, so all the soldiers could see were high ridges and loose land.

This newly cultivated field is 200 acres, and as many as 50 kinds of crops are planted in it, which is also planted under the personal arrangement of Li An.

The reason why Li An wants to plant so many varieties of crops on such a small amount of land is to let the soldiers eat different varieties of food, so as to obtain more comprehensive nutrients, enhance the soldiers' physique, and strengthen their combat effectiveness.

Of course, these crops are basically melons, fruits and vegetables, and the rice and noodles that are in great demand still have to be provided by the people of Luzhou, and the gourd valley is too small to grow enough food for the soldiers.

In the easternmost part of the East Valley is the station of the medical team, and on the south side of the station is where the medical team dries their medicines.

The medical team is an important force to save lives and protect the lives of injured soldiers, and the place where the medicine is dried is also the core location of the entire medical team.

As soon as he walked into the drying site, Li An saw more than a dozen recruits putting fresh herbs on the drying basket and hanging them in the open air, so that the scorching sun could dry off the moisture of these medicinal herbs, so that these medicinal herbs could be better preserved and would not become mildewy.

"General, the recruits are drying the herbs."

"What kind of herbs are these?"

Li Ang was not very familiar with medicinal herbs, and of course he couldn't recognize them.

"General Hui, these are Panax notoginseng, which are medicinal herbs that specialize in treating bruises and bruises."

"Sanqi, yes, it's a good thing, you have to pick more spare, soldiers often get injured when they train, and it's when they need this thing."

Ang Lee instructed casually.

"Yes, General, I understand."

Li An continued to look at several dried medicinal herbs, asked about some basic information, and then encouraged the soldiers, and asked Lang Zhong, who came to teach medical knowledge, to teach these recruits well.

By the time I left the medical team's premises, the sun had set a lot in the west, and it was only half an hour before it set.

That is to say, Li An began to inspect the baggage regiment stationed in Donggu early in the morning, and was busy until the sun was about to set, and this was just a casual look, if you want to inspect in detail, I am afraid that I will not be able to complete the inspection in a few days and nights.

However, the gains from this inspection were not small, at least it gave Li An a rough understanding of the basic situation of the baggage regiment, and even more so that his henchmen and colonels had a preliminary understanding of the baggage regiment and enhanced their confidence in winning battles in the future.

In the evening, the auxiliary soldiers of each regiment were busy cooking, and in the establishment set up by Li An, the regimental leadership team set up a total of 20 people, in addition to the principal and deputy lieutenants, there were also 17 auxiliary soldiers, these soldiers can take on a variety of tasks, cooking for the officers and men of the whole regiment is one of them.

Smoke gradually rose from the gourd valley, the air was filled with the mouth-watering smell of rice, and the time for dinner was coming soon, and the soldiers had completed all their training for the day and were preparing to go to their respective meals.

The dining place of Ang Lee and his henchmen is different from that of ordinary soldiers, can officers be treated the same as ordinary soldiers?

"Big brother, the small wooden boats of the boat bridge team are very delicate, especially suitable for building pontoon bridges, how did you come up with this?"

Li Kunxiong looked envious.

"Big brother is the smartest, you think it's you! Stupid as a pig. ”

"The small wooden boat designed by the general is indeed very delicate, I grew up by the water, and I have never seen such a narrow boat, and it is indeed very convenient to carry."

"The water network in the southern ravines is crisscrossed, and with these small wooden boats and planks, it is much more convenient to erect pontoon bridges."

All the confidants and generals were full of praise for Ang Lee's exquisite design, and felt that Ang Lee was an all-round talent, not only good at fighting, but also good at making all kinds of strange but very practical things.

Ang Lee could only smile indifferently at this, and said that the gadgets he designed were all pediatric, not big inventions at all.

After dinner, Li An continued to inspect the baggage camp to see how the recruits were resting, and asked some of the soldiers what they thought about the training.

As Ang Lee had predicted, although these simple recruits were able to obey orders unconditionally, they did not understand some situations very well, especially the soldiers of the transport team, who had the largest number of tasks, in addition to training and driving chariots, they were also responsible for making bows and crossbows, planting 200 acres of vegetable gardens, and raising a large number of livestock, which was similar to the situation before they became soldiers, which was the work of farmers and craftsmen, and it seemed that it had little to do with being a soldier.

Obviously, these simple recruits' understanding of being a soldier is training and fighting, training and fighting with sharp weapons, and doing these logistics work is not a proper job for them, and it humiliates the profession of soldiers.

In the face of the recruits' incomprehension, Li An was not surprised, but patiently explained, telling these recruits that the existence of the baggage regiment is an important guarantee for the entire Pingnan Army, without the strong guarantee of the baggage regiment, the Pingnan Army will not be able to move an inch, although they do not have to go to the front line to fight, but it is very important to do a good job in the rear support.

In addition, Li Ang also told the recruits the fact that he had overaccepted more than 500 recruits, and said that there would be a gap in military salaries, so they had to do more farm work to make up for the pressure on military salaries.

After a series of patient education by Li An, the recruits and soldiers of the baggage regiment finally understood the importance of their posts, and changed from incomprehension at the beginning to understanding and pride, and felt that it was very honorable for them to become a member of the Pingnan Army baggage regiment.

Looking at the simple peasant men, Li Anxin was quite pleased, and was even more sure that he had made the right choice at the beginning, that the purpose of recruiting soldiers was to raise the requirements, and to recruit this kind of croppers who could endure hardships. (To be continued.) )