"The disciples of Zhongtang are really amazing. Not only are they good at building ships, but they are also very good at equipping the land division. [Read the novel without pop-ups!]" Zhang Wenxuan said respectfully.

"Young man, is there anything else that can open the eyes of us old men?" Apparently, Zhang Wenxuan's words were very helpful to Lao Li, and he began to speak more casually.

"This weapon is only part of the combat effectiveness of the infantry. It is impossible without weapons. But it is impossible only with weapons. Zhongtang and all the adults, please go this way." Xu Jie said as he led a group of Beiyang ministers to a large backpack.

in front of the table.

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

"Mark, dig a foxhole and show it to Mr. Zhongtang." Xu Jie did not answer, but gave an order to a tall, tall Italian. The Italian didn't say anything, and immediately half-knelt down.

He first used a shovel to chop down the solid school ground a few times, and then started digging. Xu Jie was looking at his watch and muttering as he looked at the beads of sweat falling from time to time on the heads of the Italian soldiers who were digging.

He said: "The ground in this school field is a little harder." However, under the action of the Italian soldiers' arms as thick as calves and the engineering shovels, after more than 20 minutes of hard work, a sleeping bag was finally thrown on the solid ground.

A foxhole. Then decisively climb into the hole.

"This is a single-soldier bunker. The battlefield is full of bullets. If every soldier can have a foxhole for cover, the soldiers will have more chances of survival." Xu Jie explained.

"Is there any other use?" Ma Yukun asked. Xu Jie did not answer, but took out a branch as thick as a child's arm from the side, then picked up the engineering shovel and slashed at the branch with the bladed side, three times.

After that, the branch was broken directly. "This thing is excellent at cutting branches, and it is very sure to cut down people." Xu Jie smiled sinisterly. Wei Rugui looked at the neat cuts on the branches, and then looked at the bright spots in the sun.

He looked at the blade of the shovel on the engineer's shovel with a cold light. He couldn't help but feel nervous. "Once this is used in hand-to-hand combat, it will be like a machete."

"Masters, take a look again." Xu Jie folded the front of the engineer shovel, and the shovel and the handle formed an L shape. Then Xu Jie tied a rope to the hole in the back of the handle, and then ran to the wall. Quickly

With an upward swing, the shovel clung to the wall. "This can be used as a flying claw." Xu Jie smiled. Then he used the saw teeth on the other side of the shovel to saw off a piece of wood. Finally, he used

The pliers used to remove the handle and shovel cut several wires.

"This thing may have some unexpected effects on the battlefield." Lao Li originally looked down on these things, but because of his face, he could only give a few words of praise to get rid of the problem. However, Wei Ru, who has experienced many battles,

Gui and others are very interested. After all, there is such a thing that can do many things on the battlefield.

Xu Jie then took out an iron box and an oil paper bag. "This was made by students after referring to the individual soldier rations carried by soldiers from various European countries. The ones in the iron box are canned meat, and the ones in the paper box are biscuits. These biscuits

The water content is low and the nutrition is balanced. One person only needs 2 yuan for a meal, and the ration for two days is only about 10 yuan. The canned meat lasts longer and is convenient to eat. You can just open it when necessary. No cooking is required."

Judging from Xu Jie's enthusiasm, Zhang Wenxuan and other Beiyang Army bosses were not very accustomed to these Western foods, especially the hard compressed biscuits. They expressed great disgust, and this situation continued.

By the time of the Sino-Japanese War... when some people were chewing on this "brick" that didn't taste very good in the cold trenches, they realized that this thing was really useful. After all, there is a saying that says this

: People are like iron rice and steel. If you don’t eat one meal, you will feel hungry. Of course, this is a topic for later, let’s not mention it for now.

"These are just weapons and equipment, but to form combat effectiveness, a certain organization is required. Students refer to the organization of Western armies. The lowest level is the squad. There are 15 people in each class, including one squad leader and one deputy squad leader. Each person is equipped with 1889

1 year-old rifle with 150 rounds of ammunition, 1 combat pistol with 100 rounds of ammunition and 3 grenades. The entire squad is divided into 4 groups, of which the squad leader leads a group of 5 people as the main attack group, and the other two groups are each group

4 people, responsible for cover and support, and each support team has 2 people, 2 people are equipped with a grenade, the main shooter carries a grenade and 10 rounds of grenades, and the deputy shooter carries 20 rounds of grenades. At the same time, both of them are equipped with combat

One pistol with 180 rounds of ammunition. Except for the squad leader, deputy squad leader and support team, all other personnel are equipped with an 1889-style rifle with 200 rounds of ammunition. 4 to 6 grenades. In addition to weapons, each person will also carry an engineer shovel.

, personal supplies and first aid kits, of which the first aid kit mainly consists of hemostatic bandages, analgesics (containing a small amount of opium), disinfectant alcohol and sore medicine. Generally, non-fatal injuries can be simply bandaged." After saying this, Xu Jie took out a cloth

Open the package and take out the contents one by one.

I only saw pliers for hemostasis and knives for cutting bandages, vials containing analgesics, disinfectant alcohol and sore medicine, as well as drug-soaked cotton wool and white bandages. There were all the medicines and items commonly used to deal with trauma. In addition,

And some little white pills. No one knows.

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

"This is a water purification tablet. The general has been in the army for a long time. He must know the importance of this water source. People can go without food for three days, but they cannot go without drinking water for a day. Although there are many rivers and lakes on the battlefield, there is very little drinking water.

Less. So in order to ensure the safety of the soldiers’ drinking water, the students specially added these tablets. There is no need to boil them. Just put one tablet into a pot of water to ensure the safety of consumption. Of course, if we want to supply a large amount of water to the army, we need a larger and more professional one.

A water supply truck will do." Xu Jie said modestly. (These are not made up by the author. During the Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese army did prepare water purification trucks to accompany the army. For detailed information, you can go to Zhanyan. Nowadays, you cannot drink water from rivers and lakes casually.

This was also the case back then. In order to solve the drinking water problem, these things were necessary.)

"Ji Shi, you have thought very carefully. You have thought of everything from weapons to tools, food and drinking water. Zhang Wenxuan and others said with a little admiration. How could they have thought of so much when they were fighting? As a result, many brothers died because of insufficient rescue.

Or maybe he drank some unclean water, which led to attrition or even death. If these things had been available earlier, I am afraid that many good brothers could have saved him or suffered less.

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

"Try your best, it is obviously not feasible for the government to produce all these. But these biscuits, cans, first aid kits, shovels and other items can be produced by the private sector. We, Beiyang, will provide the technology and invest as shares, while the management rights will be handed over to

After the products are produced in the hands of private merchants, I will purchase them in Beiyang. This way I don’t need to build a new factory in Beiyang. It can also bring some benefits to the people.” Xu Jie knew that Li Hongzhang’s subtext was: Good things are good, but how to prepare and how to ensure that we
Chapter completed!