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After the end of the operation to transport Cuban Chinese laborers, the number of Chinese in Pelotas and Pasofontu exceeded 30,000, and the two places were officially upgraded to county-level units.

Pelotas is an agricultural production area based on animal husbandry and agricultural product planting, so it is named Hetao County.

Pasu Fengdu concentrates on various types of factories and is named Hung Yen County, which means prosperity and peace.

Two new counties were established, the number of first-level administrative units in Rio Grande do Sul reached six, of which Xinjing is located in the central coastal area and is the capital of Rio Grande do Sul, taking care of the security of other regions in the center, and the remaining five counties are scattered in the central, northern and southern regions of Rio Grande do Sul, as the core force of the place where they are located, controlling the surrounding land.

After the formation of the pattern of five counties and one capital, the Chinese achieved control over the territory from the overall situation, and in the absence of foreign enemies and unexpected wars, the Chinese rule in Rio Gran do Sul would become more and more stable.

The Wehrmacht uniform borrowed from the black uniform of the SS, and after some modifications to suit the figure of Chinese officers and soldiers, it was used as the standard military uniform of the Chinese Independence Army. Before the official founding of the People's Republic of China, there was a lack of cloth and machinery and equipment, and most soldiers could not distinguish black military uniforms, so many soldiers re-cut their old clothes into military uniforms, and then dyed them with black ink to make black military uniforms.

After the arrival of a large number of materials and machinery and equipment purchased from Europe in Rio Grande do Sul, Li Mingyuan set aside half of the garment machinery factory to set up a military uniform factory subordinate to the army, focusing on the production of a complete set of military uniforms and equipment such as military uniforms and military backs.

On 10 February, the day before the official start of the military uniform factory, Li Mingyuan was invited by Ma Hai, director of the military uniform factory, to inspect the factory's preparations.

"The military uniform factory covers an area of 25 acres and is divided into four main workshops: textile production, cloth coloring, cloth cutting, and garments."

Ma Hai welcomed Li Mingyuan to the gate of the military uniform factory, and said as he walked: "A week ago, the logistics department issued a batch of orders for the military uniform factory to try to produce 3,500 sets of naval uniforms to equip the naval units that are about to become an army. ”

"The ceremony of the formation of the navy was held in the afternoon, and it was urgent to produce 3,500 sets of military uniforms in a week, and the Ma brothers and the brothers of the military uniform factory worked hard."

Li Mingyuan encouraged, his eyes scanning around the workshop.

"The production of military uniforms is our business, if we do not complete the production of naval uniforms on time and delay the son to attend the founding ceremony of the navy, it is the responsibility of the military uniform factory." Ma Hai didn't dare to take credit, and said modestly.

"The uniforms of the army field troops, the garrison army, and the militia must be produced by the military uniform factory, old horse, the burden on your shoulders is not light, work hard, don't let the factory make major mistakes in production."

"Shizi rest assured, Lao Ma checks the production status of military uniforms every day, and there will be no production accidents." After Ma Hai expressed his position, he felt that the verbal guarantee was not convincing, and continued to speak: "Shizi, the technical staff of the military uniform factory has just come out with several samples of military uniforms designed by your suggestions, do you want to take a look?" ”

"The efficiency of the military uniform factory is good, let's go, let's take a look." ……

In the warehouse in the backyard of the military uniform factory, more than 20 sets of brand-new military uniforms are hung on the wall hooks.

Ma Hai took off a dark black windbreaker-style military uniform from the hanging purchase and introduced: "Shizi, this military uniform is made of leather and woolen woolen as raw materials, and the epaulettes on both sides of the jacket are decorated with gold spikes, with black large-brimmed hats and leather boots, which are the standard military uniforms of senior officers above the major general. ”

"Yes, it's about the same as I imagined it to be." Li Mingyuan nodded with satisfaction, and said to Wang Dashan beside him: "Dashan, try if this dress fits." ”

Wang Dashan swallowed the clothes on his body, neatly put the black military uniform on his body, put on a big-brimmed hat, and laid an armed belt around his waist, and the image of a heroic young officer appeared in the eyes of everyone.

Li Mingyuan glanced at it appreciatively and said with a smile: "How does it feel to wear this military uniform?" ”

Being watched by dozens of curious onlookers, Wang Dashan felt a little comfortable, waved his lower brim collar with his right hand, and said: "The military uniform is quite fitting, but it is not very customary to wear a large-brimmed hat." ”

Wang Dashan is a Hakka in Guangxi, and it is normal for Hakka people to tie a tight headscarf on their heads, and to wear a military hat with a wide and high brim at first glance.

"The big-brimmed hat just wears this military uniform, and you can get used to it after wearing it a few more times."

Li Mingyuan was in a good mood, praised Wang Dashan a few words, and then looked at several other sets of military uniforms under Wang Dashan's introduction.

According to the military branch, the military uniforms in the military uniform factory are mainly divided into three types, the military uniform of the army field unit, the military uniform of the navy, the reserve garrison army, and the militia military uniform.

Soldiers in army field units have a light black uniform with a narrow-brimmed field cap.

The uniform style of the navy is not much different from that of the army, except that the color has been changed from black to white, and the large-brimmed hat has been replaced by a sailor's hat.

Since the garrison and militia are reserve forces, their uniforms are different from those of the field army, and they are equipped with light gray military uniforms, and ordinary soldiers do not have ceremonial uniforms to participate in major ceremonies.

Li Mingyuan was very satisfied with several sets of military uniform samples, but when he saw the matching military shoes, he was a little disappointed.

Military shoes, military hats and other soldiers' clothing is supplied by the military uniform factory, and according to the standards set by the logistics department, each soldier is allocated two sets of combat uniforms, one set of dresses, and two pairs of cloth shoes.

Military uniforms and caps are durable and not easy to be damaged during combat and training, while cloth shoes are damaged frequently.

Rio Grando do Sul is mountainous, and the climatic conditions are similar to those in the southern part of the continent, and when soldiers are marching and training, their cloth shoes will wear out after a few days.

The cloth shoes issued by the logistics department are replaced once every six months, and in order to wear the cloth shoes for a longer time, the soldiers often wear two pairs of straw sandals, and use straw shoes instead of cloth shoes when marching.

Soldiers' marching training is labor-intensive, and wearing straw sandals can easily grind out blisters on their feet, which in turn affects the combat effectiveness of soldiers.

Li Mingyuan looked at the cloth shoes when his eyes showed dissatisfaction, Ma Hai saw the clue, and quickly explained: "Before the establishment of the military uniform factory, the military shoes in the army were hand-sewn, and they were more wear-resistant when marching, and the cloth shoes made by machinery were not artificially strong, and the loss of cloth shoes when soldiers marched accelerated, and the two pairs of shoes could be used for half a year, but now the service life has been shortened to about four months. ”

The use of machinery cannot solve all problems, and Ma Hai's statement is not unreasonable.

Frequent change of cloth shoes is not only a waste of resources, but also has an adverse effect on the long-distance combat of the troops, Li Mingyuan listened to Ma Hai's words, was silent for a while, and thought of a way to improve.

"Old Ma, I have thought of a way, you can see if it is feasible."

"Son, please speak."

"At present, there are more than 400,000 wild rubber trees found in various places, and more rubber trees will be found in the future.

I plan to establish a rubber factory, on the one hand, use rubber raw materials to make rubber shoes for export to tropical areas such as Nanyang where the weather is hot and there are many poisonous insects, on the other hand, use rubber to make soles, and then use cloth fabrics to make uppers with fabrics, so that the shoes made are wear-resistant, the upper is ventilated and breathable, and there will be no bacterial diseases due to stuffy feet. ”

Rubber-soled cloth shoes are suitable for the march of troops, but now it has not been widely used by other countries, Li Mingyuan's words inspired Ma Hai, he found a few Prussian technicians in the military uniform factory, after a discussion, it is certain that under the existing technology can produce Li Mingyuan said that the sole cloth shoes, so the military uniform changed the production plan of military shoes, ready to produce a batch of rubber-soled cloth shoes, and then promote them to the Wehrmacht troops after the trial is successful.