Chapter Eighty-Three: Eat and Dress Warmly

Logistics supply for the Song army. () Mainly grain, weapons, and war horses. The grain is subject to a fixed warehouse supply system and is uniformly implemented; The weapons are mainly cold weapons, supplemented by gunpowder weapons, and the local weapons factories set up by the capital and important state capitals are uniformly produced in accordance with the design factor, specifications, and material standards of the ordnance supervision, and the finished weapons are sent to the warehouses of the Ministry of War; War horses are selected by each horse farm and horse household.

As soon as the order of the Ministry of War, the Gongzhou Mansion sent people to send the required grain, grass, clothing and clothing, weapons are only weapons for self-defense, and the remaining armor and weapons must be collected at the treasury of the station, which is very much the meaning of modern military logistics management. The biggest problem is horses, I can't find so many horses at once, so I can only 'requisition' the horses of the prince's horse farm on the spot, and scrape together some inferior horses to fill the number.

The military uniforms issued by the infantry army include soap silk cotton shawls, yellow silk cotton jackets, white silk socks and trousers, purple turbans, blue and yellow arms, and bast shoes. The horse army replaced the blue and yellow arms with a scarlet silk silk, and added white silk socks and pants to the winter coat. There are only three days' worth of grain and grass, which clearly urges them to hurry away and eat elsewhere!

Zhao Ta didn't care much about this, because he had already prepared everything, and he didn't have to worry about eating, if he didn't leave in Xiangyi, the grain and grass he stored was enough for 10,000 troops to eat for two years, and he definitely had to eat better than others, but he has always adhered to the concept of 'don't eat in vain, don't eat in vain, don't eat in vain', although these things are not as good as their own preparations, but they are still collected as ordered, and the clothes and bedding are useful to stay, and the useless ones are just used as reserves for the use of the people.

"Unless the soldiers are fed and clothed, this army will collapse." This is what the famous British general Duke Marlborough said, although this is not as subtle as the Chinese, but it is the truth. Beautiful military uniforms can improve the morale of the troops, this is Hitler's concept, Zhao Ta also believes in this, in order to design and produce something suitable for this era, it is also a wasted effort, it can also be said that there is a revolution from head to toe, from mouth to stomach.

Let's start with the head, the soldiers of the Song Army are different from the military academy, they only have clothes and armor, no douluan, and they wear 'leather hats' on their heads, which are used to protect their heads from the wind and weather. Zhao Ta improved this, and added the iron 'flying saucer helmet' worn by British soldiers during World War II, which was still wrapped in yellow-brown thin cowhide with anti-rust, and the helmet was equipped with a shock-absorbing lining woven with leather strips, which could be tied under the chin, so that there was not much difference from the outside, in fact, there had been a fundamental change. In addition, each person also has a special hat made of black pure wool that Russian soldiers often wear, which is light and warm, and can be used as a masking when pulled down. Add them a pair of windproof and dustproof all-inclusive glass goggles to resist the common wind and sand in the northwest, which can be regarded as solving the problem of protecting their heads.

The training uniform is made of yellow-green, cotton and linen thickened blend fabric, a modern and universal style, with multiple large pockets and a detachable hood at the back of the head. Because the northwest winter is long and the climate is cold, cold protection should be put in the first place, the close-fitting is wool thermal underwear, and then the delicate wool cold-proof clothing, and the outside is the training uniform with removable padding, plus a wool cloak with internal and external colors is enough to resist the cold of minus 30 degrees. Because the fabric was not waterproof, they had to be given a raincoat made of tarpaulin.

The boots are waist-high and have a soft lambskin upper with a sweat-wicking silk lining and a thick cowhide sole with steel plates. There were also people with sweaty feet at that time, and Zhao Ta could not develop modern breathable and sweat-absorbing high-elastic socks, so no one could send them two more pairs to wear. Hand protection is also indispensable, and each person is a sheepskin glove that is both warm and proficient in handling firearms. The bedding is a two-foot-wide, six-foot-long felt mat and an envelope-style eiderdown sleeping bag, otherwise so many ducks in the house are not raised for nothing, this Zhao Ta has already calculated, and even keeps the duck feathers!

The armor is still made of half-body thickened leather armor, mainly protecting the neck, torso and groin, and spare ammunition bags and water bottles, first aid kits, dry food packs, daggers, pistols and other small bits and pieces can be hung on the chest, which looks like a single soldier carrying equipment. In addition, each person is equipped with a rucksack for daily necessities such as a change of clothes, spare rations, sleeping bags, raincoats, etc., which can be carried on the shoulder or easily fastened to the horse's back. …,

Throughout the ages, countless famous generals have emphasized the importance of food to the victory of the army, and delicious and convenient military rations have always been the top priority of all teams. Here's a recipe for an ancient army:

Rice and one stone, take the grainless net Tao cooking, the slurry water in the water is exposed to dry, the dust is removed, and the steam is exposed. After ten times, you can get two buckets. Take a large combination of each meal, soak it in cooked water, wait until it is wet, and then cook it. 50 days for one person. Three liters of salt, put it in a pot with water, and burn it with charcoal, that is, it will not disappear. One person can eat for 50 days, and it is suitable for the summer month. One foot of coarse cloth, soak in one liter of vinegar, expose to dry, and use vinegar as much as possible. Each meal is boiled in square inches, and it can be eaten for 50 days.

Take wheat flour, make a steamed cake, soak one liter of vinegar, expose to dry, and use vinegar as much as possible. When eating, the sycamore seeds are boiled, and people can eat them for 50 days. 3 liters of soy bean, pounded like paste, add 5 liters of salt, twist into cakes, and expose to dry. Each food is as large as a jujube kernel to replace pickles. A man may eat for fifty days.

When the border soldiers traveled far away, there were moose cakes, wrinkled rice, miscellaneous cakes and the like. Moose cakes, made of moose powder, and boiled soup and cakes, one part thicker. Wait for cold, cut into chess pieces, expose to drying, and store. If it is in the camp, it is eaten with soup; For example, in the road and in the battle array, dry food is delicious and not thirsty. The rest is miscellaneous cakes, wrinkled rice, and prepared as usual, but the exposure is extremely dry, so that it can last for a long time.

In case of emergency, one liter of rice can be eaten for one day. One cow eats fifty man-days. One horse, fifty people to eat, one day. One donkey, thirty people to eat, can be a day. If it is more urgent, those who use leather can also cook to relieve hunger. Mountain line, that is, pick pine bark, every ten catties and rice five boiled together, so that it is ripe. Half a catty can be eaten for one day. Each person will take half a liter of oil and hemp, if thirsty, take thirty grains and contain it, and stop immediately. You can also use black plum and cheese. Each person will take the gourd seed, or the skin of the bamboo tube, or receive two liters, and the water of the future will prevail. The horse army, each of them will be cheese and horses, afraid that the horses are thirsty...

As you can see, in addition to rice and noodles in the recipe, it is seasoned with salt and vinegar, there is no meat and vegetables at all, but it has reached the level of starvation, and there are recipes given without food, and the way to eat leather armor, war horses, livestock, and tree bark cannot be compared with the individual rations of dozens of flavors at every turn in modern times. Although Zhao Ta can't make modern individual rations, he can only make his soldiers eat and eat enough, but he still tries his best to achieve balanced nutrition and ensure the daily caloric needs of soldiers.

Now there is meat and vegetables during the training, two dishes and one soup per meal, the food is good and the drink is good, and the hot meals can be guaranteed when the field conditions allow; When it was impossible to make a fire, or when it was an urgent mission, there was also the individual ration he invented. The staple food is the newly developed compressed dry food, with salted meat or sausages that are easy to preserve, supplemented by a few slices of pickled pickles and preserved fruits, and each ration is also accompanied by a small packet of tea leaves and frosting, which is also a bit humane!

Now that these people have entered the army, eaten military rations, and have a fortune, they can be regarded as saving themselves a lot of money, but Zhao Ta does not plan to save this money, but in order to ensure that the soldiers who go out with him have no worries, and also to make up for the uneasiness in his heart, he decided to issue it to their families as a welfare subsidy, at least to ensure that these people are gone, the living standard of the family has not been reduced, and it can also give them some comfort.

As for the consumables for clothing, clothing, and food, Zhao Ta is not in a hurry, because these items can be said to be dual-use, only the money is ready, and you can buy them anywhere, but you can't buy them, the price is in place, and someone can get them for you. The most headache for Zhao Ta is the weapon, these things can't be bought with money, he said that he would do it secretly, and others wouldn't, now there are more than a thousand people out of thin air, and his own guns are not enough in the first place, and this can't be solved in a short time.

After thinking about it again and again, they could only make a fuss about the distribution, and ordered the officers and staff officers, secretaries, and military doctors and other civilian personnel not to be issued with long guns, but only with short guns. Reducing the rationing of weapons for logisticians, such as craftsmen, transporters, engineers, and firefighters, according to one-half to two-thirds, and in this way, it is enough to count the old guns of the past, and there is almost no stock. In addition, there is the problem of ammunition, although a base has been set up in the northwest, but the production is not normal, such things as artillery shells cannot be produced for the time being, and they mainly have to rely on this side. Compass and telescope, which are high-tech products, except for the scout team, which can achieve one for each group leader, the rest of the troops can only enjoy it if they are above the head level.

Another is the lack of horses, in recent years, even the toss of kicking and beating has less than 3,000 horses that meet the standards of war horses, except for those who stay to do breeding, that is, they will be able to be adjusted to be enough to standardize, and they have to wait until they get to the northwest to find a way, Zhao Ta has made up his mind, whether it is stealing, robbing, cheating, or paying to buy, no matter what, this must be implemented as soon as possible!

The more he wanted to leave, the more he felt that time had passed quickly, ten days had passed in a blink of an eye, and there were still three days before the day of the expedition. When leaving, he looked back frequently, and he knew that Lu Dao was really this time, and he didn't know if Lu Dao was coming back in the Year of the Monkey...

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