Xu Jin, Ye Xin, Xue Sheng, Bao Rui, Li Jian, Tian Peng, Fang Liang, Zhou Kong and others rushed forward, and Bailiyan led them out of the tent to the Zhishu to eat, and the food was nothing else, canned food.

At this time, Xu Jin picked up a can of braised beef and said:

"If you don't raise the heat or cook the soup, you can eat it when you open it, it's really a good thing."

On the side, Bao Rui noticed the clue, and he interjected:

"The deputy marshal is going to eat canned food for the first landing soldiers after landing."

Baili Yan nodded knowingly and said:

"Yes, it is very difficult to supply food and grass for the landing operation, let alone raise a fire to make food, and in case of wind and rain, tens of millions of people will even have a problem eating. And our troops could not storm the docks, so eating after landing would be a problem.

It's different with canned food, you can eat it as you go, and now that the weather is getting colder, it doesn't matter if you cover it in your arms. Let's all sit down, let's talk while we eat. ”

Without a wharf, it is a problem to eat, drink, and Lazar after landing, and the choice of landing sites is restricted under the agricultural civilization system, so the choice of landing sites is very limited. Thanks to the more advanced technology and logistical support, the Xian army was able to land and seize the beach at unexpected places and solve the problem of food, so it was not subject to most limitations.

After last year's process adjustment and equipment improvement, the use of more powerful steam engines, now each production line can make 3,200 cans a day, a line can produce 10,000 cans a day, is more than five times the production capacity of a shift two years ago, Ruitian has increased from two canning lines to six, Wanchuan has two new investment, eight production lines can produce 80,000 cans a day, 2.5 million cans a month, more than enough to produce 30 million cans a year.

30 million cans seems like a lot, but when it is distributed to 500,000 people, it is enough to eat for more than half a month, not counting future market consumption and foreign military aid.

In addition, although there is an annual production capacity of 30 million cans, the production capacity of galvanized sheet tinplate has always been fundamental, so the annual output is not 30 million. To this end, Bailiyan plans to build wind tower power stations in Yongxing and Lincheng next year to facilitate the mass production of galvanized sheets and electrolytic nickel, silver, aluminum and other industrial raw materials.

The operational plan for the Western Expedition was divided into three stages, the first stage was to cross the river and seize the beach, seize Dekang, and encircle and annihilate the Eastern Expeditionary Corps of the Guards entrenched in Dekang and the local defenders.

In the second stage, the main goal was to occupy the old land of the patriotic Sun Kingdom, with Bai Liyan leading the Third Army to move westward, Lu Gao and Guan Longxiang leading the Second Army to sweep up other counties on the way west, and Zhao Xun's First Army was responsible for logistics support and the defense of Ganfu and Dekang.

After Bai Liyan led the Third Army to the border of Liang State, he went north to attack the territory of Changsun, which was controlled by Weiguo, and inserted it behind the main force of Weiguo's western front from behind, annihilating or persuading them to surrender.

Before the completion of the first phase of the mission, the second and third phase of the mission were not made public, and the commanders of the various armies were not clear about the ultimate strategic purpose of the attack and defense, and they all had doubts in their hearts. At this time, the prestige and prestige of the commander determined whether he could settle the doubts of the generals and persuade the officers at all levels to conscientiously implement the order.

In the afternoon, a military meeting was convened again to assign the combat tasks of the Second Army after the Third Army crossed the river in the first stage, and the meeting lasted until three o'clock before dispersing.

That night, when he returned to the other hospital, Zhou Kong still had doubts:

"I'm still a little worried about the new army in the first sortie."

Bai Liyan arrived at two cups of hot water, and handed one cup to Zhou Kong, he said:

"There's nothing to worry about, sooner or later, sooner or later, it's just a day earlier and a day later. It is better to take advantage of the dizziness of the guards to fight us, so that the new army can see the blood, so as not to make a mess of their own positions in the future. ”

"It's the end of September, the weather is getting cooler, the autumn rain is coming, in case of heavy rain, the rifle is not good."

"Didn't you give each person two pieces of rain cloth, as long as the rifle is guaranteed to be effective for three rounds, it is enough, and the rest depends on shotguns and grenade launchers, and it really doesn't work and bayonets. And the rain is also good for our army, at least the bow and arrow are weak, and the bow cannot be pulled, and the long-range weapons of the guards are no longer a threat, and our army still has naval guns, if they dare to approach, what awaits them is guns and shells. ”

The Yongxing rifle uses a paper shell to set ammunition, in order to prevent rain, the outer layer is brushed with a thin layer of combustible glue, and then a thin wax is hung, six rounds are in a row, two rows are in a group, and they are wrapped in oil wax wrapping paper. Infantry carried bullet packs made of hard cowhide to carry ammunition. Each cartridge pack contains exactly 12 rounds of ammunition, and each person carries a pack of five bullets, exactly 60 rounds of ammunition.

In addition, each soldier carries a leather backpack to carry spare ammunition, household items, blankets, etc. Leather and wax paper can prevent moisture, but it is not a panacea, etc., so each person should be issued with a rainproof cloth wrapped around the gun to prevent water accumulation in the gun, causing ammunition failure, and even explosion accidents.

The rainproof cloth is not a rubber product, but a mixture of hard grease, wax, glue and clarification, which is applied to the cloth after heating at high temperature, and is not easy to melt and soften at room temperature, and can be used to keep water.

Not only is it used by riflemen, but also by artillery with rainproof cloth on the gun, so the artillery of the Xian Army also has the ability to fire continuously in rainy days. But the tarpaulin is only an emergency measure, not a panacea. Zhou Kong is a native of Sun Guo, and he was stationed in the Zhaocheng River Basin in his early years and knew the local climate very well, so he was worried that the autumn rain would affect the use of thermal weapons.

But the chances are fair, and it is undeniable that the heavy rain has a certain effect on the salty firearms, but it will have a greater impact on the guards, whose primitive black powder cannons are basically dumb after the rain.

The bow body of the bow is mostly made of wood and animal tendons using fish bladder glue, which is sensitive to humidity, and the use of rainy days not only affects the elasticity of the bow, weakens the range and power, but also damages the life of the bow itself, and the string becomes loose and weak after the rain, and the high-strength bow will even break the bowstring, so the long-range weapons of the rainy day guards are also greatly discounted.

The only thing that worries Bai Liyan is the arrogant mentality of the Xian army, the Xian army's firearms basically have the combat effectiveness of the end of the nineteenth century, compared with other vassal states are still in the cold weapons, and even bronze weapons, the generation difference is not ordinarily large, the Xian army naturally has a sense of superiority in their hearts, and in the eyes of everyone, this sense of superiority has become "morale".

This is not a good phenomenon, at least until weapons and tactics are tested and a few battles are won, it cannot be called high morale, but arrogance, and the more it relies on the power of the weapon itself and ignores the role of people, it is a very dangerous sign for the army.