As soon as I drank this wine, my mood improved.

Whether it supports the war or not, Bai Hui also wants to come up with the real thing.

The soldiers and horses did not move, and the grain and grass went first.

This does not mean that the troops carrying the grain should set off before the fighting troops, but that all preparations for war should be made before the battle is fought.

Bai Hui certainly has a lot of material.

If Bai Hui didn't have something real, Bai Qi would not put the key victory or defeat of the war on Bai Hui.

Bai Hui poured wine for the audience, and then said, "The first thing to do is this, it seems ordinary, but it is indeed very useful. It is the standardization of equipment, which we are already working on in Daqin, and it was originally planned to be completed in a few years. ”

Meng Fu opened his mouth and asked, "What is equipment standardization?" ”

"I want to ask General Meng, how many kinds of crossbows does the Qin army have?"

Meng Fu is a good general, and as soon as Bai Hui asked him, he immediately replied: "There are a total of forty-one crossbows currently used by the Qin army. ”

Bai Hui asked again: "Then, how many kinds of crossbow arrows can be used?" ”

"Eleven!"

Bai Hui asked the third: "So, how many parts are there in these forty-one crossbows, how many are there, and how many cannot be replaced?" ”

Meng Fu shook his head: "The last general can't answer. ”

"Don't say it's you, it's the master of the logistics baggage battalion in the barracks who is responsible for repairing crossbows, and no one may be able to answer."

Bai Hui stood up: "Since Shang Jun changed the law and the Qin army trained the new army, the Qin army began to learn the best crossbow making technology in the world, and before and after, a total of more than a hundred batches and forty-one crossbows were made. So let's divide them into large, medium and small, and there are four kinds of crossbows......"

In the case of crossbows alone, Bai Hui spoke for a quarter of an hour before he could tell how many types of crossbows there were.

After finishing speaking, Bai Hui said: "To, it is the single soldier foot crossbow, our Qin army is equipped with eleven kinds, not to mention miscellaneous soldiers, just talk about the elite Beiqu battalion." Equipped with seven kinds of crossbows, I asked, just one part, how many kinds of crossbow wrenches are needed, and how many kinds of baggage camps need to be prepared. ”

Speaking of which, Bai Qi was the first to react.

Bai Qi said: "What you mean is that my brother understands, if there is only one kind of crossbow board for all these crossbows, then if it is damaged, it can be replaced, and there is no need to bring so many different types." ”

"Yes, crossbow plates, crossbow hooks, crossbow strings, ......, how many different parts are there. I would venture to say that if all the parts could be replaced, the logistical pressure would be reduced by at least half. With the addition of carriages and saddles, every time the Qin army goes out, not to mention the level of transportation capacity, it will reduce the weight by half first, whether it is good or not. ”

Bai Hui's sentence is pure nonsense.

Being able to reduce the load by half means that the transport capacity is doubled.

"The reason why I don't support war is because I want to change that and then start fighting."

Unified weights and measures In real history, it was not after the first emperor unified the six kingdoms, and the armament of the Qin army was already a unified standard before that.

It can be said that the Qin Army is the first military industrial institution to appear in history for assembly line equipment operations.

Of course, this credit goes to Lü Buwei.

At this time, this credit should be attributed to Zou Yan, who put forward the idea of standardizing plowshares and plough frames on the issue of making plowshares, and then began to transfer to the military industry of the Qin army.

Bai Hui is not omnipotent, and there are some things he may not be able to think of.

But if someone makes it or thinks about it, then Bai Hui can play it better according to the experience of later generations.

After Bai Hui finished speaking, everyone fell silent.

Obviously, according to Bai Hui's calculations, after standardizing equipment, the logistics capacity of the Qin army can be at least doubled.

In the era of the Warring States period, the improvement of logistics capabilities can determine the outcome of a war.

Double, or even triple.

It's scary.

Bai Qi thought for a while and said, "Even so, you have to fight." However, Bai Hui is reasonable, so this style of play can be changed and played more slowly. The logistical pressure on our Great Qin is not small, and Zhao's will be even greater, and their equipment is more chaotic and miscellaneous. ”

Gan Shu continued: "Back then, our Qin army didn't have so much equipment, so we could use whatever we had, and then pick it up on the battlefield and grab it again." ”

"At that time, it was filled by human life. Now this way of playing is good, first come two rounds of arrow rain, if only people go up to cut, two rounds of arrow rain can lose thirty percent of the troops. Xiang Shou's rebuttal is also reasonable.

In the era of elite soldiers, it is the morale, quality, military skills and equipment of the soldiers that are fighting.

Bai Hui suddenly shouted: "Come on, bring a marching can." ”

Marching tanks.

Clay pots, this is the real secret of Bai Hui's 10,000 cavalry running for five hundred miles for three days and three nights.

A marching jar was placed in front of everyone, and Bai Hui took out a square, small piece wrapped in hemp paper and put it in front of Bai Qi with both hands.

Bai Qi didn't open it after taking it, and held this small piece in his hand.

"I've heard before, you've been arranging for people to try to make a food called marching dry food, this is?"

"Yes."

After getting Bai Hui's response, Bai Qi opened the hemp paper bag.

Inside was a light gray square the length of a palm, three fingers wide, and one finger thick. Bai Qi took a bite, it was a little hard and hard to eat, and he took a sip of water and drank it, and then he barely ate a third of it.

Bai Qi was about to eat again but was stopped by Bai Hui: "I can't eat anymore, such a piece can almost last a meal, if you don't do anything, you can last a day." If you eat it all and drink water, two pieces can swell your stomach, which is very uncomfortable. ”

"This ......" Bai Qi was ecstatic.

If such a small piece can last a day, then this kind of marching ration is of great use.

Especially for the rushing team, the logistical pressure will become less.

"Second General, what is this?" Meng Fu took it from Bai Qi's hand and tasted it, although it was a little laborious to eat dry, the taste was okay.

Bai Hui explained: "This one uses wheat flour, sorghum flour, and soybean flour. Add one percent of caramel, half of the salt, one percent of the lard, and many other ingredients, first steamed, then dried over low heat, and then pressed with a thousand catties of boulders. ”

Xiang Shou asked: "It sounds like this production is not easy?" ”

"It's not difficult, this detailed method, and the ingredients have been tried hundreds of times to have the current taste, this has been able to be mass-produced, my original plan was to prepare the fleet for the voyage first, this is sealed in a clay pot, five months is no problem."

Bai Qi was very satisfied: "Five months is a long time. ”

Bai Hui said again: "I'm afraid my brother won't believe it, this is better than jerky for soldiers." Whether it is food or physical recovery, it is higher than cured jerky. ”

Bai Hui didn't talk nonsense, pure jerky can't be compared with synthetic compressed dry food with sugar, salt, animal fat, and starch, especially for the recovery of physical strength, sugar and salt are necessary.