"Zhongtang's protégé is really good, not only good at shipbuilding, but also quite accomplished in the equipment of the land division." Zhang Wenxuan said respectfully.

"Housheng, is there anything else that opens the eyes of our old bones?" Obviously, Zhang Wenxuan's words made Lao Li very useful. I started to talk casually.

"This weapon is only part of the combat power of the infantry. You can't do it without weapons. But weapons alone will not work. Nakado and adults, please come this way. Xu Jie said as he led a group of Beiyang ministers to a table with a large backpack.

Xu Jie first took out a small shovel from the side of his backpack and sent it to Li Hongzhang. Lao Li couldn't help frowning and said, "Isn't this just a shovel?" Is there anything special about it? ”

"Mark, dig a foxhole for Lord Nakado to see." Xu Jie did not answer, but ordered to a tall Italian. Seeing that the Italian didn't say a word, he immediately knelt on the ground and slashed a few times with a shovel on the solid school ground, and then began to dig. And Xu Jie was looking at his watch on the side. Look at the beads of sweat that fall from time to time on the heads of the Italian GIs who are digging. He muttered, "The land in this school field is a little harder." However, with the help of the Italian soldier's thick arms that were as calf-like as they were and the sapper shovel, after more than 20 minutes of effort, a horizontal foxhole was finally thrown on solid ground. Then he resolutely climbed into the pit.

"This is a one-man bunker, and if every soldier can have a skirmish for cover, then the soldier will have a better chance of survival." Xu Jie explained.

"Is there anything else?" Ma Yukun asked. Xu Jie didn't answer, took out a branch as thick as a child's arm from the side, then picked up the sapper shovel, and slashed at the branch with the bladed side, and after 3 strokes, the branch was directly broken. "This thing is first-class in cutting branches, and it's also safe to cut people." Xu Jie smiled gloomily. Wei Rugui looked at the neat cuts on the branches, and then at the blades of the sapper shovels that glowed in the cold sunlight. I couldn't help but feel nervous. "Once this is used in hand-to-hand combat, it's a machete."

"Your Excellency, take a look at it again." Xu Jie folded the front of the sapper shovel to form an L-shaped shovel, and then Xu Jie tied a rope in the hole at the back of the handle, and then ran to the wall. He flung it upward, and the shovel slammed into the wall. "This can be used as a flying claw." Xu Jie smiled. Then he sawed off a piece of wood with a serration on the other side of the shovel. Finally, a few wires were cut with the pliers used to remove the handle and the shovel.

"This thing may be able to play some unexpected role on the battlefield." Lao Li originally didn't like this, but for the sake of face, he had to hastily praise two sentences, but Wei Rugui and others, who had been in battle for a long time, were very interested. After all, there is such a thing, and it can do a lot of things on the battlefield.

Then Xu Jie took out an iron box and an oiled paper bag. This was created by the students after referring to the individual rations that soldiers in the Europa countries carried with them. In the tin box are canned meat, and in the carton are biscuits. These biscuits have little water content and are nutritionally balanced, 2 pieces per person for a meal, and only about 10 pieces for 2 days. And this canned meat lasts longer, is easy to eat, and can be opened if necessary. No need to cook. "Don't look at what Xu Jie said, but Zhang Wenxuan and other bigwigs of the Beiyang Army are not very accustomed to these Western foods, especially the compressed biscuits that are hard to a certain extent. Great disgust was expressed, and this situation continued until the ...... of the First Sino-Japanese War. When some people gnaw on this "brick" that doesn't taste very good in the cold trenches, they realize that this thing is really "TM" useful. After all, there is a saying that goes like this: people are iron and rice are steel, and if you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry and panic. Of course, this is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.

"These are only weapons and equipment, but to form combat effectiveness also need a certain establishment, students refer to the Western army formation, the lowest level is the squad, each class of 15 people, including a squad leader, a deputy squad leader, each with 1889 rifle, 150 rounds of ammunition, 1 combat pistol 100 rounds of ammunition. 3 grenades. The whole squad is divided into 4 groups, of which the squad leader leads a group of 5 people, as the main attack group, the other two groups of 4 people each, responsible for cover and support, and the support group of 2 people in each group, 2 people are equipped with a grenadier, the main shooter carries grenadiers and 10 grenades, and the secondary shooter carries 20 grenades. At the same time, both men were equipped with a combat pistol with 180 rounds of ammunition. With the exception of the squad leader and the support group, all personnel were equipped with an 1889 rifle with 200 rounds of ammunition. 4-6 grenades. In addition to weapons, each person will carry a sapper shovel, personal provisions, and a first-aid kit, which consists mainly of a hemostatic bandage, analgesics (with a small amount of opium), disinfectant alcohol, and gold sore medicine. Generally, non-fatal injuries are sufficient with simple bandaging. Speaking of this, Xu Jie took out a cloth bag and opened it and took out the contents one by one. …,

I saw forceps for hemostasis and a knife for cutting bandages, vials of painkillers, disinfectant alcohol and gold sore medicine, as well as cotton wool soaked in medicine and white bandages, and all the medicines and articles that I usually used to treat trauma. In addition, there are some small white tablets. Nobody knows.

"What are these white pills?" Wei Rugui asked curiously.

"This is a water purification pill, the general has been in the army for a long time, he must know the importance of this water source, people can go three days without eating, but they can't go without drinking water for a day. Although there are many rivers and lakes on the battlefield, there is very little drinking water. Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of drinking water for soldiers, students specially added these tablets, which can be eaten safely without boiling, and can be eaten by putting a pot of water into one tablet. Of course, if you want to supply a large number of military water, you need larger and more specialized water trucks. Xu Jie said modestly. (These are not made up by the author, the Japanese army in the First Sino-Japanese period did prepare a water purification truck with the army, and the specific information can be seen in the war research.) Now you can't drink the water of rivers and lakes, and that's exactly what happened back then. In order to solve the drinking water problem, these things are a must-have. ）

"Jishi, you think very thoughtfully. From weapons to tools, food and drinking water were all thought of. Zhang Wenxuan and others said with a little admiration. How could they have thought so much when they were fighting? As a result, many brothers lost their staff or even died because the rescue was not in place, or they drank some unclean water source. If these things had been in place, I am afraid that many good brothers would have been able to save them or suffer less.

"Are you going to equip me with these things?" Li Hongzhang asked.

"It's obviously not okay to do your best, and it's obviously not okay to have all of these produced by the government. But these biscuits, canned food, first aid kits, shovels and other things can be produced by the private sector, I Beiyang to provide technology, and as a share of shares, and the right to operate is handed over to the hands of private merchants, after the production of products, I Beiyang procurement, so that I Beiyang do not need to build a new factory. It can also do some good to the people. Xu Jie knew that Li Hongzhang's subtext was: things are good, but how to prepare, how to ensure that I have enough funds to purchase in Beiyang. Therefore, Xu Jie said the method of using technology as a shareholder and private government procurement.