Chapter 9: Making Artifacts, Collecting Food and Gathering Popularity
After operating for a full month and a half, Zhang Chao led his people to produce bullets with shells and breech-loading guns. However, because the production staff was too small to produce in large quantities, they could only produce more than 20 breech-loading guns and 500 rounds of ammunition a day.
At this time, Zhang Gao came to Zhang Huahan and said that because his hometown had been robbed by the Dashun Army, all the people who were willing to follow Zhang Huahan and some of the family members of the Chinese army soldiers could no longer survive and had to be relocated. There were about 80,000 people there. He had asked them to move here.
People have gone to lead the way, but so many people need a lot of food, what should we do?
Zhang Huahan asked Zhang Gao: "How much food is there now?" Zhang Gao said: "In addition to what the village originally had and a lot bought from everywhere, it would be enough for 80,000 people to come and eat for half a month. After one month, the food will be enough."
It will be mature, and after the harvest is complete, we will have enough food to support more than 80,000 people for a month."
Zhang Huahan summoned Zhang Chao, Wang Hao, Zhang Liang, Li Wenhua and Zhao Qiang to come to the hall for a meeting. They all arrived. Zhang Gao first explained the situation, and then the second battalion commander Li Wenhua said: "It's actually a good thing. The powerful ones made by Zhang Xianren
Firearms need people to make them. I have seen Zhang Xianren’s magical gadgets all need people. Now the main reason is the lack of food. There are three big villages around us. They have gathered a lot of food and grass, and because of the last battle, they were almost in vain.
Da has been weakened to the lowest level. The largest one has only more than 400 people, but the food of his three families combined is not much less than ours." Zhang Chao said: "From now on, just call me by my name, no need to add any title, Li
What the battalion commander said makes sense. We can rebuild the three strongholds after we capture them. Our valley can barely accommodate 80,000 people, but it is too crowded. We can arrange a small number of them into the three strongholds, and it can
We support each other. We have cement and manpower, and it can be renovated in half a month. Once the people arrive, we will limit the food supply. People except the army will be provided with 80% of the supply. When the fortress is renovated, the troops will also train for shooting.
Now, we can go and rob the Qing army of food." Zhang Gao said: "The leading troops of the Qing army are almost arriving in Shaanxi, and the main force will be here soon. We have to be careful."
Zhang Huahan said to Zhang Chao: "When you were renovating the city wall, I was making coke and didn't look. Can it support the Qing army's cannons?" Zhang Chao said: "Don't worry, with steel and iron and gravel concrete, their cannons won't collapse.
Our breech-loading cannon is also faster, and we can start making tools and machines when the people arrive."
Zhang Huahan said: "Let's start preparing. Three battalions will attack the three villages. Use explosive packs to blow up the openings and kill people inside. It needs to be rebuilt anyway. The bombing will be the perfect time to rebuild." Everyone agreed in unison.
In the dark night, Zhang Liang led a battalion of more than 800 soldiers to the mountain stronghold numbered No. 3 by the regiment leader and Zhang Chao. He attacked the mountain stronghold with the largest number of people among the three strongholds with more than 400 people.
He patted Wang Huzi, the leader of the demolition squad next to him, on the shoulder and said: "Huzi, go up and light the explosive pack in the corner, but come back quickly. That explosive is no joke. He was still frightened by the power of the explosive pack in the experiment the day before yesterday.
The scene when it exploded was louder than the loudest thunder. My ears could not hear anything at that time, and my feet were shaking, my heart was beating a lot faster, and the entire hilltop was flattened.
It was so terrifying. Two of the soldiers in the regiment who were watching the explosion immediately peed their pants, and dozens more sat down on the ground in fright. He recalled that Li Wenhua and Zhao Qiang were so angry that they each criticized the man in their camp who peed his pants.
He exclaimed that the people in his camp are indeed the best, and this time he must be the first to win the No. 3 mountain village."
Wang Huzi said: "Mr. Battalion Commander, please don't worry. Under the personal guidance of Mr. Zhang Chao and the regimental commander, we have all become proficient in it. It is as simple as drinking water. You can rest assured that our class will complete the task."
After saying that, Wang Huzi led the soldiers in his squad to advance quickly with a few packages on their waists, and soon ran under the wall of the village. They found a place to place the explosives. After placing them, they lit them with flints and immediately
He quickly ran back and ran back to the ambush where the large group of men and horses were ambushed at an even faster speed.
Not long after Wang Huzi and others returned to the formation, a huge rumbling sound was accompanied by the shaking of the earth. A large part of the wall of No. 3 Village collapsed, and dust covered the sky. Zhang Liang shouted to everyone: "Everyone, rush."
Ah!" "Charge!" the soldiers of the first battalion shouted and rushed forward with swords in hand.
The battle was almost over from the beginning. The bandits guarding the city wall had long been reduced to pieces. The bandits inside thought that the sky was falling, and they had no intention of fighting. When they saw a battalion of soldiers carrying broadswords, they either ran away or surrendered, and
A bandit was frightened to death by the loud explosion. There were more than 500 captured girls and some laborers in the village. Zhang Liang followed Zhang Huahan's instructions and told them about the purpose of the army.
Those who were unwilling to stay were paid for travel expenses. As a result, except for dozens of laborers and three women, most of them stayed. In fact, Zhang Liang also knew that these people who stayed behind were not doing it for the purpose of everyone having food to eat.
The slogan of having clothes to wear was left behind, but I saw that they were a force that treated them very well like never before, they felt safe, and there was chaos everywhere. Their families were also killed by bandits, but there was no
Those who were killed and fled don’t know where they went, but they are still safe here.
Zhang Liang didn't know that the very good ideas of the unmarried women and girls under him were caused by Zhang Huahan's free love idea. If two people had a good relationship, they could simply get married without any burden. These were all things they had done before.
Poor people who are ready to be single cannot even think about it. The uprising armies, bandit troops and Ming army soldiers in various places are not allowed to touch women at all. Even if there are women, they are still occupied by officials. They are really much happier.
Well, the poor know how to cherish women more than the officials, and they do so sincerely. How can those girls and women who are ruined every day not be moved to stay? The answer is yes.
When Zhang Liang reported back to the mountain fortress, he saw that Li Wenhua and Zhao Qiang had also captured the No. 1 and No. 2 cottages they had attacked. It turned out that the two of them were also holding their breath, and this time they must win faster than Zhang Liang.
Their goals were no worse than those of the first battalion. They also followed Zhang Huahan's arrangement to attack the stronghold at night. Since the number of enemies was only two to three hundred, they came back faster than Zhang Liang.
Zhang Huahan summoned officers above the company commander for a meeting. When everyone arrived, Zhang Huahan said to everyone: "I have summoned everyone here because there are some things for your reference, but before that, let me say something first. We always copy the land in the valley.
It is vast. We will build a city after the villagers come. It will be called China City. Zhang Chao will design a modern city with high-rise buildings. After that, you can ask the troops to publicize it. Okay, now let’s talk about the main thing. We don’t have it now.
The military flag does not have a military trumpet. Due to lack of time to prepare and my negligence, Zhang Chao and I made a selection. Now we have chosen a military flag, which is a military flag with two Chinese characters in gold on a red background. Come and take a look." He said and took it out.
I showed the finished flag to everyone, and everyone applauded.
Zhang Huahan said: "After the flag has been chosen, all that remains is the issue of the bugle. Nowadays, almost all military forces use drums and gongs as battlefield command equipment, while the Qing army also uses animal horns to blow the bugle, but the sound is monotonous.
, and we want to use iron bugles. Our bugles can spread further than drums, and are clearer and can express more meanings. On the battlefield, both sides are full of gongs and drums, which can easily mislead the troops on both sides.
, and choosing the correct bugle sound can also improve morale." He thought of the charge bugle of the People's Liberation Army, which inspired people to move forward.
Zhang Huahan asked Zhang Chao to take out the iron horn that he had made and asked him to blow some horns first. After Zhang Chao blew the horn, the officers applauded one after another, especially Zhang Chao who blew the revised and strengthened version of the PLA's charge bugle.
Finally, everyone excitedly asked to start a charge now.
After the bugle and flag issues were resolved, Zhang Huahan told everyone: "Now we only have about 200 guns and more than 1,000 bullets left after using more than 3,000 rounds for live-fire training. They are all distributed to each battalion.
We have formed a regimental sharpshooting company with people with good marksmanship selected from the private company. Even they have three and a half men with one gun, so if we encounter a war within a month, we will still rely on our swords, but we
There are still good things. Everyone has seen the power of explosives. If you throw the explosives into the enemy group and explode, think about the effect. In addition to our city walls made of reinforced concrete, iron and stone,
I can't find a wall it can't collapse."
Everyone was excited and asked how to use it. In fact, the method of using oil barrels to launch explosive packets was commonly used in the Liberation War. Zhang Huahan stole it and it became his idea. He only needed to make an iron barrel, bury the gunpowder, and then put the explosive packets.
Ignite, then ignite the gunpowder and spray the explosive package onto the enemy's position to explode. The shells of the blooming cannon are no less powerful than the cannon, and are much more powerful than the solid shells of today. This is why Zhang Huahan knew that Zhang Chao's breech-loaded cannon was not
When I was able to do it for a while, I was forced to come up with a way to deal with the Qing army's artillery.
The next step is to train a group of soldiers who can skillfully operate explosive cannons. Zhang Chao also, under Zhang Huahan’s reminder, simply wrote down some war strategies through the ages and compiled them into a manual for all officers above the platoon leader to learn.
The role of having educated adjutants for each company commander or above is reflected in this. Many officers are illiterate, and the adjutant will watch and explain. However, if the platoon leader cannot read, he will ask the adjutant of his company commander to explain to him.
The role of the adjutants who were looked down upon by the warriors was brought into play, and the illiterate warriors began to respect these very important scholars.
A few days later, a mighty refugee-like procession of more than 100,000 people arrived. Zhang Huahan looked at the endless crowd of people in rags, the nervous and busy Chinese Army soldiers and the Women's Association, as well as the China City and three
All the 8,000 people in the village were greeting and arranging these people. He kept muttering in his heart. Although he couldn't see the difference between 70,000 or 80,000 people and 100,000 people, the people in front of the mountains and plains were definitely not 80,000 or 10,000 or 20,000 more.
Looking like a man, he asked Wang Hong beside him to call Zhang Gao. After a while, Zhang Gao ran over with sweat on his head and said to Zhang Huahan: "Master, what do you want from me? I am too busy here." Zhang Huahan asked:
"How many people have come? It doesn't look like more than 80,000 people to me!" Zhang Gao said, "Master, I don't know. Shaanxi and Shanxi are all in chaos. The Ming army, the Qing army and Dashun army are all in chaos."
The army and the armed forces everywhere are fighting indiscriminately, and many people are fleeing. Everyone sees that the villagers are coming to the Datong society you established. How can there be anyone who does not follow? Those who met along the way, and those who heard about it, followed.
There are more and more people. I don’t know how many people there are. I can only know the details after arranging statistics." Zhang Huahan nodded and said: "You are doing a good job, but you have to keep people's attention in case there are people with evil intentions inside.
." Zhang Gao said: "I understand, young master." Zhang Huahan said: "Go and do your business." Zhang Gao went down.
At this time, Zhang Chao came over. He had drawings of several machines in his hand, and said to Zhang Huahan: "There are 188,132 people, and there will be more in the future. I won't worry about no one coming back."
There is only enough food for more than ten days. Each person can only be given half of the food per soldier per day, twice a day, half for the elderly and children. Hold on for a month, and then rob the food after building defenses and residences. I guess
There is such a big movement here today, people from all sides must have noticed us." Zhang Huahan looked at the only person who could make his wish come true, sighed and said: "You have been working hard on construction and production these two days to build a large-scale steel training
When the furnace comes, the original small earthenware construction is no longer suitable. Make a large number of guns as soon as possible." Zhang Chao continued to draw a complicated sketch of the machine and said: "No problem, that's what I thought. You can build a six-story residential building.
No objection. After all, there are too many people. It seems that the original three-story idea cannot meet the needs of the number of people. After all, we still need to build an industrial zone and an agricultural zone. I have an idea that I would like to share with you."
Zhang Huahan said: "If you have anything to say, just tell me." Zhang Chao said: "I only came up with the idea after seeing so many people coming. There are many continuous mountains and valleys behind our valley. We will move the mountains behind
After demolishing a few dozen meters wide and building a city wall, if we encircle those easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack valleys into our city, we can accommodate tens of millions of people and build a fairly large industrial base, but we have to wait for the troops to have it.
This can only be carried out after tens of thousands of soldiers are equipped with rear-loading weapons. Please pay attention. All the soldiers who start following you and the common people who have listened to your speech can absolutely be believed. They want to betray but they cannot get past the hurdle deep in their souls.