On the beach outside the village, in the tent of the headquarters, the officers, non-commissioned officers and non-commissioned officers and students of the Baitu Expeditionary Team gathered together. The nurse of the health team poured tea for everyone. Everyone was in a happy mood, although there was a slight foreign appearance, but the battle was still very standard and ended according to the perfect process in the textbook, and there were no casualties.

"We have to develop a habit and summarize and improve every time we fight. Everyone spoke freely at the meeting, and there were no taboos. ”

Naturally, the indigenous non-commissioned officers did not dare to speak, and their sense of dignity and inferiority was still very strong, and Xi Ya did not force it - everything should be done slowly.

"How's the camp and guard of the troops going?"

"It's arranged."

"This is the first time that a large force has worked together. There are quite a few questions. As soon as the enemy artillery rang out, the platoons were shaken. Fortunately, the enemy's artillery is too bad, otherwise it would have been really knocked down a few, and the whole army would not collapse immediately? ”

"No veterans, all rookies."

"In the future, we should do more adaptation training under artillery fire. It's good to get them used to listening to it. ”

"The key is to fight more—"

"After the battle, there will be a fight, but just like this, nine times out of ten, it will collapse at the first touch. It's good to be able to run for your life, but I'm afraid that I'll just collapse on the ground and wait for death! Today, it's really enough to see those heads arched to the ground, as ostriches. Xi Yaya slapped his face very hard.

Wei Aiwen made a big red face, he was the commander of the first company, and the first company was the benchmark company of the training camp, and the excellent rate of all training subjects was above 60%. I didn't expect that the biggest joke this time was made in a row.

"When I go back, I'll be good at haode!" Wei Aiwen's tone was low, "If you make a cowardly act, I decided to clear it all out and send it to logistics." ”

"It's the first time they've seen a fight, and it's understandable to be afraid. How to make up for the shortage of personnel when you clear it? I have to start from scratch."

"I don't think it's necessary." Xi Yaya said, "The troops are not too hard, and the commander has to find the reason from himself, not to the soldiers!" ”

Wei Aiwen seemed to be sitting on the stove, this was simply a criticism meeting. I saw him stand up and say, "I'm going to make a deep review of you—"

"Forget it, forget it, Xiao Wei, it's okay." The people on the side hurriedly grabbed him.

"You don't have to do the review, go back and report the new training jihua and methods, improve as soon as possible, and a few of your platoon commanders, don't think that your subordinates are excellent, it's your luck that you don't make a fool of yourself, it doesn't mean that your soldiers are strong."

You Laohu and the others had no choice but to say yes with a bitter face. It seems that this post-war review will not be easy.

"And shooting, bayonet fighting, platoon guns are very uneven. Three rows of salvos in the 200 meters only knocked down a dozen people, and this result can't be said to be okay! This is still a Mini rifle, so this is the result? ”

"Soldiers don't have a good grasp of the ruler, and many people are not used to it—"

"When you go back, you have to grab the ruler and shoot. Otherwise, if you fight with the cavalry in the future, you will be looking for death. ”

Huang Xiong thought that this man's management of the army was really different: winning a battle was not a reward for meritorious deeds, and a banquet was held to reward the three armies, but it was like picking a bone in an egg to find fault. Can people give you their lives with such a soldier?

Huang Xiong did not deny that this brand new army had given him a lot of shock, especially weapons and equipment, and the word "extremely sharp" was probably not too much. However, he has always felt naïve and ridiculous in the concept and practice of governing the army and fighting wars, and probably the ideas of overseas barbarians are different from those of China.

"The effect of the 12-pound mountain grenade is better than expected, but the disadvantage is that it can carry too few shells, fortunately it is a low-intensity battle otherwise it is not enough. The degree of mule and horse in the army is low, but the number of people in the establishment is according to the level of mule and horse, and the soldiers have to carry a considerable part of the artillery equipment in addition to the equipment and weapons, and the physical exertion is too great. Fortunately, there were liaison officers from the villages as porters, otherwise many soldiers would have fallen behind on the march. "Ying Yue made a summary of the artillery.

"The low degree of mule and horse farming cannot be solved for the time being," Wen Desi said, "raising horses and buying horses is not a one-time thing, and Hainan is not very suitable for raising horses." ”

"I also know this, Wu Nanhai can't be turned into a horse out of thin air." Ying Yue said, "I mean, there are too few mules and horses now, and we can appropriately expand the staffing of artillery."

"Damn, isn't it just a pawn for livestock?"

"That's what it means."

The traversers present looked at each other, and 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 sucks, but who has any other way to ensure the maneuvering of artillery now?"

Not really. Unless it's a surprise buy. Buying a horse in Guangzhou is a troublesome matter, not only is the government inquiring tight, but the market is also very scarce.

"I think it's good to add some gunners." Xi Yaya avoided talking about the term "substitute for the animal", "Now a 12-pounder mountain grenade is equipped with 6 gunners, and if it is increased to 10 people, the burden on the gunners can be reduced a lot." And some more fire cover. ”

"It is better to develop some light and short weapons for artillery, which are more convenient to carry. Like carbine or something. ”

"But it is possible for the enemy to break through to the positions of the artillery battery, and it is not very suitable to fully equip them with short weapons."

"6 gunners with short weapons, another 4 standard infantry."

"This plan will do." Ying Yue said.

"There is also a problem with our current ration standard, which is theoretically 0.75 kilograms per soldier per day, but in practice there are many people who eat 1.5 kilograms a day. What's the point of going on like this? Let's revise it. ”

"That's what happens when it's not fat and protein." Dongmen Blowing Rain, as an observer of rations in the agricultural department, said helplessly.

"What's the reaction to Meadow Jihua's rations?"

Wei Aiwen was about to speak, but was interrupted by Xi Yaya, who named Tian Liang, who was secretly looking around.

"Tian Liang, tell me about it. How was the food for the past two days? ”

Tian Liang didn't expect to call his name, so he reflexively stood up and saluted.

"Report to the chief!"

"Don't shout, let's talk about it."

"Very-good." He swallowed a mouthful of saliva, which was indeed what he was saying: if you are well fed and can eat fine grains, what is there not to be satisfied with?

"Sit down." Xi Ya looked around, "What do the soldiers say?" ”

Everyone nodded in unison. A squad leader smiled embarrassedly and stood up:

"Report to the chief, all the brothers in the class said that it would be better if they 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, but it's still more difficult right now, and when you have plenty of money, the brothers will have meat to eat every day!" Xi Yaya wrote a check.

"Really? Mat...... Chief of the seats? The squad leader was a little distracted with excitement. Huang Xiong couldn't help but laugh secretly: If you can believe what you say, the sun will come out of the west -- you can eat meat every day for soldiers, and there is such a good thing in the world.

"Of course it is." Xi Yaya nodded and asked him to sit down, "The soldiers probably don't have any opinions, what about the officers?" ”

"No oil and water!"

"Grass No. 1 and No. 2 are good, No. 3 and No. 4 are very bland. You can't eat it without luncheon meat. ”

"It's better to make a jar with some grease like the fish sauce you bring. When it's cooking, it's good to put a little in it. ”

"There are too few vegetables, so it's too early to eat like this!"

There were a lot of opinions about eating, but not as intense as they thought - this was because they hadn't started nibbling on Meadow Five, the instant rice crackers. Dongmen Blowing Rain has already eaten a piece, and the taste is quite terrifying.

After the meeting, several elders in the village were brought to the tent of the headquarters and knelt down together, and then they were helped up and picked up by Wen Dehei, who welcomed him.

The people and things of Baitu Village are needed by the travelers, but to forcibly move more than 500 people from a place where they live and work in peace and contentment, emotional resistance and dissatisfaction are obvious. After Wen Deji came, he consulted with the senior officers and decided to do more work at the top and use them to appease the people. So as not to have any violence on the way.

The three people who came in, two of them were the main surnames in the village, all of them were from Fujian, one surnamed Lin and carpenter, and the other surnamed Lu was a blacksmith. These two people came from the whole clan and were the largest shili in the village. Zuihou, a Cantonese surnamed Zhang, is a boatwright, but he only came with his wife and children.

The surname Lin can also build ships, but his craftsmanship is not perfect, so he can only build some small boats. Zhang Chuanjiang is the core jishu personnel here. The best 400-material boat to sell is built by a shipwright. Zhang Shipwright knew that he was lonely, and he was a Cantonese person, so he kept the shipbuilding law secret, and did not bring apprentices, and the core work of ship proofing and lofting was done by himself, and outsiders only worked, and did not know why.

The residents of the village, in addition to the clan families of the Lin and Lu families, most of them were landless farmers and craftsmen who fled from Fujian and Guangdong, and the actual power of the whole village was actually controlled by the Lin and Lu families. After walking around the village and interrogating some ordinary villagers, he realized that most of the people here were actually exploited: workshops, tools, and boats...... Almost all of the production facilities belong to Lin Lu and the two companies.

Knowing the twists and turns of this, Wen Deji had already laid out his idea of how to dismantle them. Shipwright Zhang was obviously the easiest of the three elders to be divided.

Wen Desi said a word of relief to them: all the property in this place was only relocated to Bopu, and the private property of each family was protected. Once there, they can continue to build ships under the protection of the traverser, paying for their work. As for housing and food supplies, Bopu will also have proper arrangements.

Obviously, they didn't believe this confession, but it didn't matter if they believed it or not, Wen Deji was just trying to reduce their hostility.