There are many clan landlords living together in Lingao, and few of them are willing to give up the current production and lifestyle of living together. The clan landlords have strong personal control and influence over the people of the same clan and clan.
This was something the Senate hated most.
Operation Engine requires the deployment of a lot of human resources, in addition to naturalized people. The population of these clan landlords is also the object of the Senate's covetous attention.[]
As long as the dissatisfied poor people in the clan are removed from the core of the ancestral hall and provided with a new life that is better than the current economic level, they will not have the consciousness of being a "certain family" as they do now. When they arrive in Taiwan,
In a barbaric place like Jeju Island, there is no other way to rely on except relying on the Senate. The mentality of these people will soon change.
The clan landlords who stayed in Lingao will no longer be a threat due to the loss of population, and their economic capabilities will also decrease accordingly.
Liu Muzhou originally had a plan to eliminate the clan landlords, and Operation Engine was a golden opportunity.
If these clan landowners refuse to send out militia, then the Senate can justifiably launch a "crusade" against them.
Thorpe turned his mind back to the document in his hand. He was very dissatisfied with the standard of 350 grams of brown rice provided for each refugee in the plan for four consecutive months, because there were a large number of construction projects in the refugee camp that required refugees to provide labor, let alone
Maritime shipping consumes a lot of physical energy, and when you reach your destination, there is a lot of heavy physical labor involved in infrastructure construction and land reclamation.
Refugees stranded on Jeju Island will have to be transferred to Lingao, Kaohsiung, Tiandok, Hongji and other places. The demand for food will further increase. Thorpe plans to recommend that the Planning Institute increase food procurement in Southeast Asia.
The first batch of Siamese rice has been shipped through the efforts of the Vietnam Trading Company, filling the original supply of Vietnamese rice that is beginning to wither. Siamese rice is mainly indica rice. Most of the elders are accustomed to japonica rice and are not interested in this kind of rice.
It's too customary, but ordinary people who have been in a state of semi-starvation for a long time are not so picky.
Another way to supplement food for refugees is to develop land on site. However, the soil layer of Jeju Island is relatively thin and is not a place suitable for large-scale agricultural production. In the history of North Korea, Jeju has always existed as a pasture and a fishing port, and agricultural production
Very weak.
In the plan of the Agricultural Committee, it will be mainly used as pasture, and some land with better natural conditions will be reclaimed as agricultural production land. It is said that the climate environment of Jeju Island is suitable for growing potatoes. The growing season of potatoes is not long, and the yield is large. Potatoes are rich in
Vitamins can be used as both staple food and vegetables, and can effectively supplement the food of refugees.
The Agricultural Committee has preserved many seeds of crops suitable for planting in cold northern regions. These seeds are close to their shelf life. Wu Nanhai talked to him last time and requested to open a special farm in Jeju Island to store and breed seeds. This is a matter of killing two birds with one stone.
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The discussion among the senior officers on the ship's deck had come to an end. Thorpe then walked slowly to Fu Sansi's side. There had just been a heated discussion about the life vest, and Thorpe knew that this kind of newly manufactured
The life vest that came out was not very ideal: the kapok-filled vest was heavy and bloated, and it was impossible for soldiers to perform tactical actions while wearing it. The only satisfactory thing was that once it fell into the sea, this life vest could indeed ensure that the person would float.
on the water.
Unexpectedly, the core of the debate among the veteran officers was not the behavior of the life vest but its color. Some people questioned whether the life vest was so bright that it violated the principle of "low visibility" in combat.
Of course, this objection has little meaning in this time and space - bright and eye-catching military uniforms have been the mainstream of military uniforms from the 16th to the 19th centuries, and ambushes organized according to the tactic of queuing to kill
The O Army, in addition to a few special forces, also hopes to use beautiful and gorgeous military uniforms, but the current conditions do not allow it. Let alone life jackets.
"How are the winter clothes of our detachment in Thorpe?" Zhu Mingxia asked, "You said you would bring samples for everyone to see this time."
Thorp smiled: "The clothing has delivered a batch of trial-produced winter uniforms to me. Originally, I planned to have a class dress up neatly to show everyone the effect, but today's weather is too hot, so everyone just looked at the samples.
Bar."
Everyone returned to the conference room in the ship building. Thorpe's orderlies had already spread out a full set of northern winter clothing on the conference table - this kind of winter clothing is mainly for the winter equipment of the troops north of the Yangtze River and south of the Yellow River. In fact, in Jianghuai
, Hebei and other areas slightly south or north can also be equipped and used.
The "Type 31 Northern Army Field Force Winter Clothes" is made of imported British thick woolen wool, which is warm and waterproof. It adopts the style of a short windbreaker, and the hem and cuffs of the clothes have ropes that can be tightened. Due to the high altitude, zippers cannot be made
, the front placket of the military uniform adopts staggered overlapping double-breasted buttons, a high stand-up collar that can be fastened, and a waterproof pleated warm hat made of raw wool fabric is attached to the clothes. The lower body is made of woolen horse ku, and is paired with deerskin short boots for warmth.
It is very waterproof and waterproof. Because there is not so much deerskin available, part of the batch product is planned to be made of cowhide. The hat is made of cotton "three tiles", which is also the so-called "Leifeng hat" warm hat. I wore this
After that, soldiers could no longer wear helmets. Fortunately, soldiers in Lingao rarely needed helmets to protect their heads.
In addition to jackets, there are additional clothing such as thin cotton vests/cotton linings, which are used to enhance thermal insulation function at low temperatures. After all, Lingao in this time and space has not yet manufactured clothing such as woolen sweaters and sanitary robes, and soldiers basically
Wearing a jacket directly over a shirt has limited thermal insulation effect.
Soldiers' gloves and thermal socks were made of thickened cotton gauze for labor protection. Fu Sansi felt that these things were definitely not good at keeping warm. Under the current conditions, the ideal military gloves are duck-foot cotton gloves, which can be hung around the neck with a connecting rope to keep warm.
It’s not difficult to make, but you have to take off your gloves when shooting in an emergency. For socks, you can consider imported woolen yarn to make woolen socks, but for now, they can only be thick cotton gauze socks.
If you go further north, such as entering the Liaodong region, the warmth of this uniform is lacking. Therefore, the clothing factory also trial-produced a military cotton coat as a supplement.
"With the cotton coat, everything is almost solved. I used to be a soldier in Shaanxi. Once I wore a military coat at night, I was no longer afraid of standing guard outside." Fu Sansi was full of praise for the military cotton coat.
It is particularly important for soldiers from the South to keep warm when they first arrive in the North, especially at present.
The main source of troops for the O Army comes from Guangdong, Guangdong, Fujian and other places. If you suddenly go to the north, you will not be able to adapt to the winter there, and frostbite will be quite serious. If not treated well, wound infection will bring a huge burden to logistics. The same goes for veterans born in the south.
It is difficult to adapt to the local climate.
The elders looked at these newly made winter clothes, and from time to time they touched them with their hands. The woolen uniforms really looked different from the cotton ones, especially after adding collar badges, cap badges and various military logos, the whole uniform looked really majestic.
It's cool and can't be compared with the soft cotton military uniform.
"This is like a soldier." Fu Sansi sighed, "Today's military uniforms, without the armed belt, are just like flour sacks. They are baggy, and the military temperament is still lost..."
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The military appearance and deportment of the O army cannot be said to be the strongest in this time and space. It is at least much stronger than the Ming Dynasty and Jianlu. But for the elders, Fu
The military appearance of the o army still looks a bit shabby.
"What is this?" Someone picked up a shell and made it a container.
"This is an anti-freeze ointment developed by the Ministry of Health. Each soldier is given a box. The health team will also reserve some spare parts and distribute them to refugees when necessary." Thorpe said, "Liu San is also organizing Runshitang to develop frostbite.
ointment."
In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the Northward Detachment, in addition to importing wool and wool to make winter clothes at all costs, considerable adjustments were also made to the personnel of the Northward Detachment. Soldiers from Liaodong, Shandong, Henan, Beizhili and other places were transferred from the entire army.
Replaced to the 4th Battalion. Increased the ratio of soldiers from the northern region.
Those soldiers from Shandong were organized into company-level units directly under the jurisdiction of a detachment, and then strengthened into each company and platoon to act as guides and translators.
In addition to soldiers from Shandong, units of soldiers from southern Fujian and Hakka were also specially formed for landing operations in Taiwan.
In addition to recruiting militiamen from Lingao, Dongmen Chuiyu and Wei Aiwen also plan to recruit some "mountain infantry" from the Li and Miao people, mainly with cold weapons, and deploy them in Taiwan to "guard" and "punitive" against Taiwan's indigenous people.
.But Zhu Mingxia didn't think it meant much, but he was not opposed to at least adding more low-level security forces to reduce the occupation of the northbound detachment.
"Everyone, look at this." Thorpe took out a wooden box again like a magic trick and opened it in an exaggerated way in front of everyone.
Inside were several rough brass cylinders. Everyone's eyes suddenly became suspicious. After a few seconds, Zhu Mingxia finally understood. He cheered, took one out, put it to his eyes, and slowly pulled it.
Lens barrel.
Contained in the box was the telescope that the Army and Navy had been working on in the planning institute for a long time.
There are a large number of telescopes in the inventory of the Planning Institute and the memory of the veterans. However, the army and navy also have a great demand for telescopes. The army hopes to equip every company commander with telescopes, and the navy repeatedly stated: at least it should be provided
The captain of each ship must be equipped with a telescope, otherwise it will affect combat effectiveness.
In addition to infantry company commanders, the Army's technical arms such as artillery and engineers also need telescopes. Therefore, documents such as applications for optical equipment and memorandums have always been the main documents on the desk of the Ministry of Science and Technology!