It was late at night, and the soldiers in each battalion began to fall asleep one after another.

Except for the medical tents in the military medical camp, which have both roofs and bottoms, almost all the tents in the army only have roofs, and the ground is covered with mud, making it impossible to spread out beds on the ground to sleep.

The Julu Army has many methods to solve the muddy ground, such as the burning earth camp method. For an army of ten thousand people, if every item is lit for cooking, a thousand bonfires need to be raised. During the cooking process, another

On a muddy ground, burning firewood on the ground for a while will definitely burn the ground to dryness.

If an army of ten thousand people gathers a thousand bonfires together on a rainy day and the ground is muddy, assuming each bonfire can burn a quarter of a square meter of soil, thousands of bonfires will carve out 250 square meters of dry ground.

Two hundred and fifty square meters is enough to set up a spacious Chinese military tent, accommodate forty or fifty people, or store tens of thousands of kilograms of grain.

The reason why we did not use the burning earth camping method this time when it rained was because the gain outweighed the losses when marching. During the march, if we wanted to use the burning earth camping method to dry the ground, we would need to raise thousands of bonfires.

When gathering together, especially in heavy rain, if you want to make a fire safely, you have to use many tents to cover the rain. The investment for all this is that raising thousands of bonfires requires a lot of firewood, and gathering thousands of bonfires together requires troublesome coordination.

, the army is not rich in tents, and using too many tents to burn fire will inevitably lead to some soldiers having no place to shelter from the rain. Added together, the cost-effectiveness of using burned earth to camp during the march is really too low.

The applicable scenario of burning earth camping is only when setting up a fixed camp. A camp that has been used for a long time has enough time to burn the ground over many years. A pile of bonfires can only burn a palm-sized piece of ground at a time. If accumulated over many years, all the ground in the entire camp will be burned.

Everything will be transformed.

According to the experience of resettling the refugees, there were more than 100,000 Yellow Turban refugees in the army when they were stationed in Julu City at the beginning of that day. However, the total number of houses, tents, etc. that could accommodate them was not enough to meet the needs of 30,000 people. At that time, in order to make all the refugees

Everyone has a place to sleep, but materials have to be used to the limit.

At that time, according to the limited bed resources, hundreds of thousands of people were divided into several waves. They rotated twelve hours a day. Some people slept at night and some slept during the day. No matter what, it was ensured that everyone could sleep for at least one or two hours a day.

It's one of them.

Secondly, sleeping can actually take up a very small space. You need a bed to sleep while lying down, but you can also fall asleep sitting up. A bed can only accommodate one person, but when it is full, it can accommodate seven or eight people.

At that time, when the refugees crowded into beds to sleep, seven or eight people crowded together back to back, put three or two quilts on them, and fell asleep while sitting down.

All the difficulties the Julu Army experienced have accumulated valuable experience.

Back then, with extremely poor logistics, a harsh winter, and hundreds of thousands of refugees who lacked food and clothing, the difficulties at that time were ten times and hundreds of times more difficult than running an army. In other words, when the rebels overcame numerous difficulties and stumbling upon difficulties

After overcoming the incomparable difficulties, if you manage an army of ten thousand people, and then solve the problem of sleeping and resting an army of ten thousand people, the solution will be almost at your fingertips.

The extreme camping method that was forced to be devised to relieve the refugees inspired the army's camping method.

The heavy rain is still falling, and the soldiers of the Julu Army Headquarters are staying in tents. The tents are full of mud and stagnant water. There is nowhere to put their feet, and there is nowhere to lay down their mats. The soldiers rest according to the same rest method as the refugees that day.

of.

The soldiers placed the carrying basket on the ground, took out the writing board from the carrying equipment and placed it on the carrying basket, and a tall stool became available.

The backpacks carried by the Julu Army are square in shape and made of vines or bamboo strips. The whole body is hollowed out to reduce weight, and the stubble is woven outside to avoid damaging the backpack. On the front of the backpack, there is often a thin wooden board slightly larger than a book.

The first function of the wooden board is as a simple blackboard to facilitate the soldiers to learn literacy. The general functions of the wooden board are: it can be used as a stool, a table for eating, and it can also be used for writing on. The carrying basket is not flat enough.

The leakage outside is very sharp, but after adding a small wooden board, the carrying backpack actually becomes a simple table and stool that is convenient and easy to use during marching operations.

The Julu Army's carrying backpack contains an exquisite rainproof rucksack. The rucksack is made of tung oil cloth. The whole bag is a well-sealed large bag. It mainly contains bedding and clothing, which are water-phobic items. Thanks to the rainproof

With the protection of the bag, no matter how heavy the rain is, the soldiers' weapons will get wet, their clothes will get wet, their rations will get wet, and the key bedding will be dry no matter what.

The soldiers of Julu all rested in the same way at night. In their respective camps, the soldiers put their backpacks together and sat on the backpacks leaning against each other. They were in a sitting position with their hands on their knees and their heads on their hands.

When they fell asleep, there were many shields placed under their feet as a stepping stone. The army had a strict military order to protect weapons. Shields were only allowed to be used as a stepping stone on rainy days or snowy days.

The reason why the military orders and regulations are so accommodating is that Li Mengxi once personally tried to sleep with his feet in a raincoat on a rainy day. He found that he could not sleep when his feet were soaked in the rain, so he had to find a stepping stone. Among ordinary military supplies, the most suitable for stepping on feet.

The material is undoubtedly a shield, so the shield is used as a stepping stone.

When you are tired from marching, you can fall asleep while standing against a tree. Even if you fall asleep sitting up, even if you feel a little uncomfortable, you can naturally fall asleep.

Li Mengxi quietly went to inspect the camp in the latter half of the night. When he saw that most of the soldiers in the tent were fast asleep, he quietly withdrew.

Later, I went to inspect the rural soldiers' camp, and the situation in the rural soldiers' camp was another story.

The rural soldiers did not have proper tents, only a simple piece of rainproof cloth to protect them from the rain. This only ensured that the rural soldiers had a place to take shelter from the rain at night. This was the basic camping condition. Then, because the rural soldiers

The soldiers had insufficient logistics supplies. The rural soldiers had enough bedding and bedding, but they could not sleep on them due to the muddy ground. The rural soldiers could only sit and rest with piles of firewood and the like. And just like that, because the rural soldiers

The shortage of materials for the soldiers' camping was too great, and there was not enough firewood, so the rural soldiers had to take turns to rest.

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This night, for the rural soldiers who went out with the Julu Army, this was the first difficult night they had spent. The rain kept falling, the noisy people were upset, and the rainproof cloth above their heads was not enough.

It is strong, and when the wind blows a little bit, the slanting rain pours in, which makes people extremely annoying. Coupled with the cold, and the loneliness in the dead of night, it is a great test for people's endurance.

The only consolation for the rural soldiers was that the fire-headed soldiers would bring a bucket of hot ginger water and distribute it to each person after a while. After drinking too much hot ginger water, the rural soldiers were sweating.

No one wants to drink it.

After several rounds of hot ginger water, Huotou Army unexpectedly brought another noodle soup. The thin noodle soup was sprinkled with salt, and even a little egg drop was extravagantly sprinkled. It tasted delicious.

After every few rounds of ginger water, porridge or food should be given at intervals. This is a rule set by military doctors. Because drinking too much hot ginger water will burn your stomach, you must have something to cushion your stomach.

In the dark and rainy night, the outermost part of the camp was the brightest place, with tall torch racks standing neatly one after another, as neat as a fence.

Those rural soldiers who couldn't sleep were quietly under the simple rainproof roof. I don't know how many of them stared at the torch stands quietly. It was reassuring to see the light in the dark night.

The Julu Army has known for a long time the unique role of firelight in calming people's hearts at night. To this day, the Julu Army has maximized the role of firelight in calming people's hearts.

The logistics team has strict requirements when installing elevated torch racks. The placement of the torch racks must be accurately measured. The spacing between every two racks must be exactly the same. Viewed from all directions, all racks must be completely straight.

lines, and the military does not have high requirements for the size and thickness of torch stands, but there are high standards for height. If you go to the outside of the camp and pull out those torch stands to look at them, you will find that there is a circle of scales specially marked on the bottom of the stand.

, all the shelves are buried at the same depth according to the scale. From a distance, the uniform firelight is as neat and solemn as a military formation.

Messy firelight can calm people's hearts, and the neat and solemn firelight can calm people's hearts even more. The village soldiers saw the firelight neatly and tightly surrounding it. They didn't need to think about it to know that even the torches were so neatly arranged. Naturally, in invisible places,

There were people guarding the area, and when the village soldiers saw that the fires all around were intact, they naturally knew that the defenses on all sides were intact and there was no danger approaching.

Julu's method of "Raising Fire Like a Wall" has maximized the effect of calming people's hearts.

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At dawn, despite the heavy rain, the Huotou Army delivered hot porridge to each battalion. The soldiers ate the hot porridge and finished the pancakes, and the meal was completed in the blink of an eye.

The military order from above requires that we march as usual today. The soldiers have not long been accustomed to this kind of rain or shine military service. However, there are many complaints among the rural soldiers. The rural soldiers generally feel that it is raining so heavily, why rush and wait for the rain to stop.

, rush for two days without delaying the trip.

Li Mengxi was keenly aware of the changes in the mood of the rural soldiers. If a general general heard complaints from the army, he would immediately behead two typical people and show them to the public to shock the whole army. Li Mengxi was different from ordinary people. Li Mengxi didn't like to behead people at every turn. He was very willing to do so.

To understand the thoughts of ordinary soldiers.

The march must continue as before and cannot be delayed. The march is slow in rainy weather, but no matter how slow it is, it is still marching. It seems that the rain will stop for a while, and the army is not rich in food and grass, so no time can be wasted.

Li Mengxi sent someone to the rural barracks to explain the reason for the urgent march. The rural soldiers just complained casually. How could they not know the priorities? Li Mengxi just sent someone to waste some words to give the rural soldiers a big reason.

Feel the sympathy.

In return for the kindness and kindness shown by the Julu Army, the rural soldiers immediately became highly motivated and marched on the road.

A new day's march begins.

After yesterday's day and night of rain, today's road is muddy. It's okay for people to walk on it. The mud on the ground is too heavy. The soldiers took off their shoes and walked barefoot. The speed is still acceptable, but the speed of people, horses and vehicles cannot be improved. The wheels are deeply sunk in the mud.

It was very laborious to move forward. The march had just begun, and Li Mengxi had already predicted that he expected that today's march would be reduced by at least one-third.

At the same time, Li Mengxi thought of another thing with worry. He thought of the counterattack teams in various counties. Many counterattack teams were already on the way. According to the battle plan sent to various ministries in front of the station, the battle plan had a marching schedule.

There are also various ways to deal with rain, but one important thing is missing. They forget to explain in a unified way whether to continue marching or stop temporarily when encountering heavy rain. Li Mengxi doesn't know what the weather is like elsewhere. Judging from the rain he encountered,

The rain was heavy. It was obviously not a light wind and drizzle limited to one place. It was likely to be rainwater that spread over a wide area. If there was heavy rain here, other places may also experience heavy rain.

In the overall combat plan, the core is that all ministries must act in unison and advance in unison. A rainstorm hit an omission in the plan, causing unexpected trouble for the Julu Army.

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In places where Li Mengxi could not see, those rural soldiers who also encountered heavy rains also discovered the bad condition of the road when they started a new day. After weighing, the vast majority of the rural commanders chose

Continue to advance. Although this is only a small detail, it at least reflects that the soldiers of Julu are generally high-spirited and ready to fight.

After another half day, the march lasted half a day. The difficult march along the way made Li Mengxi extremely depressed.

Another baggage truck got stuck in the ditch. The soldiers guarding the roadside immediately put the long wooden boards in their hands under the wheels, and then used a long pole to pin the wheels firmly. The driver in front raised his whip and pointed at the truck.

The animal was whipped hard, and the animal struggled to pull the car out of the ditch.

Li Mengxi learned from the experience of later tanks and chariots. Tanks would tie some logs to the back of the vehicle to cushion the vehicle when encountering potholes. This method was used by the Julu Army with good results.

The vehicles of the Julu Army are generally equipped with one or two long wooden boards. The wooden boards can be used as backup maintenance materials for the vehicles or as materials for manufacturing vehicles. The wooden boards can also be used as basic wood for processing other objects such as shields, bridges, and siege vehicles.

When encountering complex road conditions, wooden boards can be used to pave the way to increase traffic speed.

The wooden board has been proven to be extremely easy to use, but as for another tool, Li Mengxi watched a soldier use a long gun to pry the car, and Kacha snapped the gun barrel, which revealed a professional crowbar with sufficient strength.

function.

In other scenarios, there are also times when crowbars are used, such as when blocking enemy vehicles, when picking up pulleys, and when using bars to support jack brakes. Now I find that they can assist vehicles in complex weather.

You also need to use poles when traveling.

It takes about five or six mixed iron poles to support a thousand-jin gate, and a pulley is also needed. More are needed to block enemy vehicles in the battle formation. In addition, during the march, the vehicles must be assisted to pass. During the march, the team can be stretched for several miles.

For such a long distance, there would be more than fifty iron bars to use.

Li Mengxi thought, iron spears are easy to make. Can the army gather fifty men who can use mixed iron spears?
Chapter completed!