Chapter 2 The Law of Survival in Troubled Times
The topic posted by Mei Xiaohan caused a lot of reaction in the discussion, and was put to the top by the administrator.
"How much do you know about surviving in troubled times?"
Most people are in a playful mentality, and most of the comments below are a kind of playfulness.
Messages and comments pop up like snowflakes:
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"Survive in troubled times, open the blame!"
"The beginning is all about a knife, double click 666, rise up!"
"Click on the link... A guide to survival in the wild... It's only 6 pieces of 6, sorry, I read it wrong..."
"As long as you're bold, nothing is a problem, the landlord will take me!"
In fact, the so-called online help does not have much effect, and only a real person will know everything when he goes to the field to investigate.
However, at least Mei Xiaohan understood one thing, many things are unreliable, relying on heaven and earth and relying on ancestors, and he is not a hero.
Sufficient items and equipment have been prepared, enough to meet the needs of half a year, but now there is a problem that has not been solved.
Where to find such a large warehouse to store things, not to mention that it is still in a chaotic period of five dynasties and ten kingdoms.
Although history has entered 960 A.D., which already means that the chaotic Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms are coming to an end, there are still many dangers for a small person to go to such an era.
The old beggar said: "The so-called storage space is just the use of a space, as long as there is enough usable space in the era, any space can be used." ”
So now there's just a thing to do: stock up on items! Purchase items! Purchase items!
Although the vast majority of large supermarkets in the market are closed, there are still many stores that are not, such as rice stores, drug stores, clothing stores, and so on.
Especially the grain store, Mei Xiaohan felt that it was very necessary to visit it. People live on food, especially in troubled times, and even if they have enough silver, they may not be able to buy enough food.
The soldiers and horses did not move, and the grain and grass went first. This sentence is not an empty word, in ancient times, when marching and fighting, military strength was the first element, and the second most important thing was grain and grass.
When marching to war, it is not so easy to make a fire and cook, so modern military rations were produced.
Before World War I, the United States formulated the basic field ration specifications, namely four types of rations, C, K, D, and E, and C rations were the main rations for grassroots troops, and their purpose was to provide soldiers with "three meals a day with sufficient and satisfactory meals." The K ration is provided to the rangers who fight deep behind enemy lines, and is mainly frozen, dried food, which is smaller in weight and volume than the C ration. D rations are emergency combat rations, usually high-calorie foods such as chocolate, and one serving per person for one meal.
The most luxurious is the E-ration, which began to appear on the Korean occupation in 1950, consisting of 7 cans, 1 accessory pack, and 20 cigarettes. These people sound good, but the soldiers feel like chewing sawdust when they eat meat, and noodles and potatoes taste like paste. The U.S. military once used E rations to help South Korean refugees, but it was used by South Korean people to feed pigs because it was too unpalatable.
In addition, luncheon meat is now commonly eaten, and in fact, it was originally developed for the supply of the army.
There are 6 basic ration standards in the Russian army in peacetime, 10 in wartime, 5 supplementary rations, and 3 dry rations. These standards are strictly regulated in the regulations of the Russian army, and the daily supply of food for each branch of the military is well documented. These regulations are very detailed, and in addition to the different food standards for the air force, submariners, and special forces, the standards for patrol teams, sentinels, and duty detachments of general units are also different.
At the same time, there are strict requirements for the flour grade of bread and the part of the animal from which the raw materials of meat products come from, and the supply of products with lower nutritional value should be increased. The recipes of the Russian army are also very rich, including fish, meat, eggs, milk, sugar, tea, butter, cocoa powder, chocolate, etc., and the regulations on vegetables are even stricter, potatoes, beets, onions, carrots, fresh cabbage or sauerkraut and other vegetables are the same every day, and the amount is also required. In addition, the amount of dried and fresh fruits to eat every day is also clearly regulated.
The military service system of the pre-Qin period was the well field system, which basically consisted of 10 households sending one soldier with corresponding grain. "Chinese Lu Yu Xia" records that at his age, he collected a well in the field, and produced grain, bingshu, and rice, not passing, and the first king thought it was content. A well, where the nine husbands live, is also called a field. Straw, 40 straws, to make forage for cattle and horses. Bingshu, a handful of firewood, for fire. Rice, rice 16 buckets. 16 buckets of rice, tighten the belt, it is enough to eat for a month, and the rest can only be uniformly levied and distributed by the state.
The military rations levied were basically grains, millet, rice, wheat, and soybeans. Millet, the one that has not been hulled is called millet, and the husked one is called rice, and the staple food at that time was millet.
For ordinary soldiers, filling their stomachs is the first place, and as for vegetables, wine, and meat, they are not very edible in ordinary times, and the most they eat are sauce, pickles, and hot porridge and cakes.
Before the start of the war, the Qin army would give the soldiers an additional half a catty of wine and a catty of meat per person, in order to boost morale and increase blood. After leaving the country, thousands of miles of food feeding, logistics transportation and supply have become a big problem.
Supplementary weapons, equipment, instruments, tools, camping materials, cattle and horses, and fodder for cattle and horses accounted for only a small part of the food that people ate. From the loading of the truck, the people and animals on the road are consumed, the vehicles are damaged, the enemy forces harass, and the grain transported to the front of the army is often less than half of it.
The people who drove the car and the escort team also had to eat. Therefore, the army can also collect grain on the spot. After leaving the country, there were only guns, and the soldiers were happy to grab them.
"Sun Tzu" said that it is used for the country, because of the grain and the enemy; Plundering in the wilderness, the three armies are fully fed. It is better to rob the enemy army, and secondarily to rob the people. If you occasionally want to fight tooth sacrifices, you may also rob the wounded soldiers and people of the other side and eat them as meat.
Of course, some vanguard troops were dressed in a hurry, without baggage, with only a small amount of dry food, and they could only wait to starve to death if they didn't grab it, such as Huo Quai.
There are two types of early chariot armament systems recorded in the Sima Law, the ten-man system and the hundred-man system. Ten people, 10 people, two teams, one team for 5 people. A gallop (horse-drawn chariot) with 10 infantry soldiers and 5 servants. A leather cart (oxen-pulled baggage cart) with three attendants.
100-person system, 75 soldiers in the car, including 3 soldiers in the car, and 72 foot soldiers in the car. There are 25 people on duty in heavy vehicles, including 10 cooks, 5 people for equipment storage, 5 breeders, 5 people for collecting firewood and water, and 5 people collecting resources.
In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, the government and military system were implemented, which was a mechanism for the integration of the people and the soldiers. One of the characteristics of this military system is that soldiers have to pay for a lot of equipment when they go out to fight, and "they all bring their own." The Book of the New Tang Dynasty records:
a bow, thirty arrows, and a quiver called Hulu per person; A horizontal knife - a kind of saber, Japan now has a complete sample.
If you have a weapon, you must also have logistical equipment, that is, a whetstone, a felt hat, a felt suit, and a suitcase. Of course, there is also food: nine buckets of wheat rice and two buckets of rice per capita.
In addition, there was a dress code, most of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty wore Mingguang armor, and the cavalry also had iron armor on their bodies, legs, and hands, and spears on their backs.
At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, 300 soldiers formed a regiment, every fifty people formed a team, and every ten people formed a fire. Fire was a small military unit, but it would still be equipped with six pack horses, and if the brothers were really short of money, they could use donkeys instead of pack horses.
At the same time, there are two pieces of curtain, iron horse bowl, shovel, chisel, basket, axe, pliers, nail bed, etc., one pot, one fire drill, salt bag, one mill, etc., and three horse reins. According to the Taibai Yin Jing of the Tang Dynasty, the iron horse bowl is a kind of container for holding food, both wooden and iron, with a capacity of three liters, which can keep warm, and "warm food in the winter moon".
The military rations of the Tang Dynasty were still not peeled, and when they went to the front line, they had to use rice tools, which were "mills".
There is also a fire drill, in fact, it is a kind of weapon, when fighting, pour oil on the fire drill, light the fire, and throw it directly on the enemy's position, which can be regarded as a primitive grenade.
In ancient times, there were many inconveniences in marching and fighting, and compared with modern warfare, the conditions were much better.
If you can prepare for your equipment, you'll be safe.