53 artillery prototypes
In such an era, most of the food was steamed, and the difference between military food and civilian food was meat. Shang Wu is currently unable to supply meat because he is unable to provide an adequate source of meat. Therefore, we can only think of other ways to make up for it in the supply of military food.
First of all, military food should have a great improvement in taste. Steamed food can do this at first, but under the extension of another attribute of military food, its taste drops sharply. This is mainly reflected in the loss of water, coupled with the lack of salt, which directly leads to the decline of this taste food.
"Stir-fry, yes, just keep stir-frying, yes, that's it." Shang Wu said. Auntie, the uncles are working very hard, the iron pot comes from their own home, and it is all that kind of big iron pot. One pot can make dozens of servings. This made Shangwu not worry about the number at all. The raw materials for stir-frying are corn, wheat, and various beans, and the smell after stir-frying the food makes the surrounding children drool at once, because the smell is good. Such a large-scale stir-fry has never been done before.
Sangwu gave some to the children, and they ate happily. This is a way of processing food that removes moisture from the food, making it drier and easier to preserve. But there are also shortcomings, if you use it for a long time, it will make people eat a little uncomfortable, after all, no matter how delicious it is, if you eat too much, it will also make people feel uncomfortable, but Shangwu has no good way to solve this problem, his food source is very single, and it will take a long time to solve such a problem.
After stir-frying, it is ground into flour on a large scale. This way the food can be packed in food bags one by one. This is also one of the standard preparations of the Chinese Volunteer Army. The U.S. military has conducted a lot of research, for example, the famous Ridgway Worship Offensive, which was inferred from such food bags. This made the volunteer army suffer a big loss. Reflect, study, summarize. It is always the best way to learn from war, and martial arts can also be used. After all, the situation is different now.
"Sir, this, this is what is eaten?" An old man asked as he brought the powdered food to Shang Wu.
"Well, you can eat it this way, but if you eat it like this, it's too dry, and you need to drink water, and if you have water, boil it and put some dry food, it's delicious, of course. It's okay to add some table salt. Shang Wu said.
"Hehe, good, good, in this way, in a famine year, with something like this, you can eat for a long time." The first thing that came to the old man's mind was the situation in the year of famine.
"Uncle, hurry up and produce, there are many more of these things, if this is really the case, we can eat a lot of food." Shang Wu said. This kind of food can be eaten after boiling water, and it is more suitable for groups such as the elderly, but they cannot eat it in large quantities for a long time, after all, it lacks the necessary nutrients.
After doing this, there was still something missing, and Sangwu had seen the production process, and they processed and produced a similar food, but they made it into a block that could be stored for up to three years. Shangwu didn't ask for a long time to be preserved, he just wanted to be able to keep it for a year to be good enough.
After stir-frying, Shang Wu asked to add honey, eggs, salt, a small amount of water, and if necessary, some mugwort leaves, and other green vegetables and juices. These can greatly improve the nutritional value of fried noodles and biscuits, in fact, this is his greatest effort to improve the taste of biscuits. He needs to make it lumpy. Then put it into wooden molds and make blocks. After baking again, it is formed. Finally, a simple paper package can be sealed. This is also a more suitable military food.
"Come on, come on, everyone taste it. If it's delicious, let's sell it and make it on a large scale. Shang Wu smiled and separated some food from the old man's house, they either ate it directly, but unfortunately their teeth were not good, so they could only hold it. The most appropriate place to do this is to start with boiling water. In this way, there is a need for a place with boiling water on the battlefield, and Shang Wu believes that this is not difficult.
"Alright. You guys continue to produce, I still have some things. Shang Wu said and took a backpack with some food, he needed soldiers, and gave a good answer. After all, such food has just become popular, and who knows, what will their taste like?
Kuroko came back early. This time they brought back twenty cartloads of grain. Although it doesn't seem like much, it can be brought back every time, which is a big achievement. The area of the ambush is becoming more and more unfixed. Because it is very dangerous to do this, Shang Wu has to constantly change the area of ambush with his own soldiers, and they are not yet able to cope with large-scale operations, ambush warfare is the best tactic.
"Sir, it's delicious, it's sweet, well, it smells of honey, it's good. Very tasty. Well, there's this, there's the salty one. "Kuroko ate five pieces in one bite. The others also quickly ate the biscuits in their hands. Some of them choked.
"Slow down, drink saliva, and eat slowly." Shang Wu said.
"It's delicious, we'll eat this in the future." Shang Wu said with a smile. If you eat too much of this thing, you'll vomit. After all, no one wants to eat something like this very often.
"Yes, sir. That's what I'm going to eat today. Kuroko said excitedly.
"Wait, did you wash my hands, fight outside, come to eat like this, do you know how many diseases you have been infected?" Shangwu asked.
"This." Kuroko looked at each other. When the others heard this, they were not happy. After all, the gendarmerie is grasping this matter, and the punishment for catching it is quite serious.
"Put it all down. Bathe. Dine. Shang Wu said. Paying full attention to the personal hygiene of soldiers can effectively prevent large-scale disease outbreaks, after all, in this era, the number of non-combat attrition is staggering, and a commander-in-chief may face such a situation and may completely collapse. After all, this is not a small number of attrition.
In the bathhouse, the men all took off their stripes, and Shangwu should not take the lead. It's a pity that there is no soap, otherwise the decontamination ability would be much better. If conditions permit, Shangwu will definitely get these things out.
"Sir. This bath is so comfortable. Kuroko said to Shangwu.
"That is, let you relax, and in the future, we will all have to follow such conditions. That's right. We have to quickly understand the situation of Lao Mu. Shang Wu said.
"Sir, I'll arrange this matter, there are several such good players in our team who can solve such a thing. Recently, we have been expanding our team to more than 200 people. It was all some of the Yellow Turban Army, as well as the defeated soldiers of the official army who joined us. Kuroko said excitedly.
"They have to do a good job of their thinking. Let them be able to integrate into our community as soon as possible. Shang Wu said. I don't know when, Shang Wu felt that some of the PLA's practices still have a certain amount of truth, for example, in terms of ideology, if there are many ideas, it can certainly bring freedom, but it greatly restricts the morale of the operation, which is not a good thing for the operation. He also had to rely on more ideological work to boost the morale of his soldiers. Perhaps, this is Yuli in "Red Alert". Because he is able to control the mind of the enemy. That's the scariest part.
The US military is extremely jealous of this. But there's no denying that doing so can create great cohesion.
In fact, what Shang Wu didn't know was that the reason why these soldiers did this was because they also had no way to go back, and the officers were corrupt and incompetent, knowing that if they went this way, they would continue to be ambushed, and they did not increase their forces to protect them. On the contrary, they stupidly continued to transport food, and they really didn't know what their commander thought. They have no home to return to, and they have become sinners. Losing food is a felony. Minor distribution, heavy beheading. They knew that they would not be able to escape death when they returned, and under such circumstances, there was a situation where the officers and soldiers joined the Red Turban Army.
"Sir, why don't you teach us a song, sing a song, and we can do that. Yes, unity, you can be united. You don't know, sir, I told those officers and soldiers your story, that is, the story of the heroes of Liangshan, who acted for the heavens, and those officers and soldiers surrendered. Kuroko said.
Kuroko isn't actually stupid, but sometimes he behaves like a short circuit. For example, this time with the support of the official army, in fact, according to the combat effectiveness of the sunspot company, their advantage in dealing with the officer army is not very great, mainly in the first weapon, once the other party is well-trained and united, if the formation is placed, the sunspot company that is not too well trained will have great casualties, after all, the sunspot's troops have been continuously expanded, the combat effectiveness of their team has decreased a lot, and there are few experienced sergeants, which cannot support their huge body at all. Despite the numerical superiority, the superiority in combat effectiveness was not very large. Fortunately, Kuroko was not stupid and persuaded them to surrender. and compared them to the heroes of Liangshan, waiting for the imperial court to wait for Zhao'an and so on. Otherwise, these officers and soldiers will inevitably resist to the end.
"Well, I want to think about it." Shang Wu thought about it, there were too few songs in his head. And most of them are in English, and although they sound catchy, the problem is, none of these are appropriate, and it is obviously impossible to teach Kuroko that they can't speak English. It was not easy for them to accept the vernacular, and it was obviously not very good for soldiers to teach such songs.
"Sir, if only there was a song of Shuibo Liangshan, it would be great. I think it's easy to get them together. Kuroko said.
"Hmm. Pregnant. Shang Wu suddenly remembered. Water Margin really has such a song. The song "Song of a Good Man" was once sung in the United States, and the lyrics were simple, but it was easy to mobilize people.
"Sir, sing it." Others said it one after another. They also felt very curious about what was so good about this Shuibo Liangshan song.
"I don't remember the specific lyrics very clearly, there may be discrepancies, but the lyrics are very simple, and they are probably sung like this." Shang Wu moistened his voice and then sang.
"The great river flows eastward, and the stars in the sky participate in the Beidou. Join Beidou. Shang Wu sang. Others also sound. After listening to it once, these people actually remembered it.
"Wind and fire, break into Kyushu." The soldiers who took a bath all sang loudly, and they felt that they were the heroes of Shuibo Liangshan. If you don't sing such songs, you're not a hero. Even those officers and soldiers who surrendered were the same, and at this moment, they felt that they were the heroes of Liangshan.
"Sir, sir." Just when Shang Wu was teaching his subordinates to sing, Zhang Qing secretly looked for him, as if there was something urgent.
"Sir, I have carefully studied the methods you taught, and I feel that there is a major discovery, which may be known to the sir. I just feel like we should give it a try. Zhang Qing said and took out the paper from his cross bag.
"Sir, I drew it myself, I'll explain it to you." Zhang Qing said.
"Hmm." Shang Wu nodded, and quickly looked at the blueprint.
"The commander said that these ** weapons, after they are launched, will produce a reverse thrust force. In this case, the rocket flies out. I thought, why don't we just turn it the other way around, put some rocks or something into a tube, and then make a little hole here and light it with ***. Put *** in it, and then fill it with stones, a little fire, it will create a thrust, and then push these stones out, so that they can also kill people. I don't think it's more damaging than a bow and arrow. Zhang Qing said to Shang Wu.
Shang Wu was surprised, because this is exactly how artillery fires. And Zhang Qing didn't receive any relevant training, but he actually figured out such a thing by himself, which is already very remarkable. There are too many such skilled craftsmen in China. Unfortunately, there are not many opportunities given to them, such as patents, and their social status. Without these conditions, they can't make their own discoveries carry forward, on the contrary, because of a special situation, their last thing is just hidden under the loess, which is a loss of civilization, but also a huge loss, thinking of this, Shang Wu feels that for more than two thousand years, how many such craftsmen in China have been hidden, thinking about the loss of these technologies, Shang Wu feels very sad. And the best way to maintain these things is to give them more technical protection, support, for example, technology patent solutions, to ensure the status of craftsmen, and income. These are more important than the invention of the craftsman.
"What, sir? Not satisfied? Whether it's me or not, I think wrong. Zhang Qing said with some concern. He felt that he should experiment with such an idea, but when Ka saw that his chief had a serious look, he must be saying that he had wasted **. After all, it's not easy to get it, and there are too many things to waste.
"Nope. No. No. Absolutely not. Only then did Shang Wu react. He could see Zhang Qing's concern.
"You think I'm going to feel sorry for those **, no, I'm not thinking about these, your idea is very bold, enough to apply for a technology patent. We must protect your ideas, which are precious, and if they succeed, you will invent a cannon. This kind of cannon can help us destroy more enemies and improve our combat effectiveness. I'd suggest using bronze to cast such a part, and I see your idea is to use wood instead, and then use rope or wire to confine. I think you're underestimating the power of this weapon. The pressure on him was considerable. Shang Wu said.
"Let's put it this way. How much strength do you need to break a stone, the one you can pick up at once. Shang Wu asked.
"This, it takes about two hundred pounds of strength. Don't look small as a stone, but it's powerful. Zhang Qing replied.
"yes, we're going to need a few more hard hits. However, this ** can easily blow this up, and if you use wood, I'm afraid, it won't withstand this weight. Shang Wu said.
"Ahh Such a lot of strength? Zhang Qing said. Obviously, Zhang Qing had already understood the concept of energy that Shang Wu said, or rather, he already had such a preliminary understanding of artillery.
"Yes, the artillery has to withstand such a large pressure before it can transmit the force and form a great pressure. In the end, it has a big impact. Since you want to give it a try, you go for it. I support you in doing this, but, at the beginning, don't put too much **, come little by little, don't be afraid of trouble, **This kind of weapon, if you don't get it right, will cause a lot of casualties. This was the first artillery. Shang Wu encouraged him. Zhang Qing was very excited.
"Actually, sir, I, I've asked the carpenter to help me make something like this. I made three, different sizes, but all of them did what I had in mind. I, I'm afraid you'll say I'm wasting. Zhang Qing said.
"I won't say that you are wasteful, I will only say that you are not good enough, go ahead, the experiment will inevitably have pits, these are not terrible, what is terrible is that you dare not move forward, and one more point, is to pay attention to safety, this kind of weapon, can instantly produce a lot of pressure, this pressure is enough to tear the human body apart, be careful, you must be careful." Shang Wu said.
"Yes, sir. Be careful. Zhang Qing reported. Shang Wu nodded. For such an officer, Shang Wu believes that he should focus on training, but his system is still a bit chaotic and needs to be integrated.