r18novel Chapter 862 Liu Wu breaks the defense
Chapter 862 Liu Wu breaks the defense
The Han army's construction of militia was essentially not for offense, but for defense.
As far as this counter-insurgency is concerned, the last thought of this village that had the audacity to ambush the investigators was to hide in the back corner of the ancestral hall and resist the evil. In essence, they believed that the ancestral hall could compete with the regular army.
In fact, we can't blame them. The construction of militia in recent years has been different from the past, but it has gone through several iterations.
Not to mention anything else, just saying that their own layout is enough to compete with ordinary army insurgents.
In this regard, the target is the county soldiers of Daqian.
Under this arrangement, as long as Daqian's county soldiers are not large enough and there are not enough siege equipment, if you want to capture this kind of village, you will have to pay a huge price of casualties.
But with this arrangement, he was not targeting the Han Army's Class A combat troops.
The Han army's Class A combat troops are at least based on large groups for overseas operations, and there are many people in the army who can build simple siege equipment according to local conditions.
Therefore, if it is not a surprise attack, a large group of the Han Army's Class A combat troops can completely lead thousands of militiamen to attack the target under certain circumstances and fight a not huge siege.
And this is the result of the Han army's construction over the years.
Among them, the construction of mountain brigades is also different from three years ago. The soldiers are more elite and their combat functions are clearer.
It can be said that under certain circumstances, the mountain brigade is the trump card of the Han army's ordinary methods today.
Their combat goal is not large-scale battles, but raids on grain roads, surprise attacks on important military towns, and raids on the rear areas.
As for large-scale battles, sieges are handled by normal infantry divisions and infantry brigades.
This is not to say that the Han army does not have cavalry, but that the Han army currently lacks horses. Most of the so-called cavalry are infantry on horseback, and are only used to quickly transfer elite troops.
Therefore, it is particularly important for a mountain brigade to have a pair of iron feet that can outrun mounted infantry in the mountains.
This is because the positioning is based on the specific situation in the army. Just like the Guiyi Division in the Northern Xinjiang Theater, it is either infantry or cavalry, and the mountain brigade does not need to be formed at all.
The first is that there is no such condition, and the second is that the role of mountain brigades is not that big in northern Xinjiang.
"Is it done?"
"It's over!"
Liu Wu met Ye Canden and asked him about this mission.
"How much equipment was exposed? How much money was collected?"
Ye Canden replied: "After verification, 380 sets of equipment were sold out. The highest price was four taels of silver, and the lowest price was one tael of silver."
Liu Wu: "......"
Liu Wu was silent, not because of how high the price of these militia armors was, but because they were too low.
To be honest, the cost of Han army militia armor is not large. The main cost is in materials and labor, and the overall cost is less than one tael of silver.
Of course, this is based on the advanced technology of the Han army. If it were replaced by Taiping Daoguo and Daqian, it would cost four to five taels of silver to make such a pair of armor.
Although these may not seem very expensive, you must know that there is serious corruption in these two forces. This half-body armor cannot be made without ten taels of silver as a base.
What now?
These people are selling these equipment at such low prices. What are they thinking?
If you don't sell this half-body armor for ten taels of silver, why would you engage in such a beheading business?
After all, based on the calculation of ten taels of silver, these half-body armors are only more than 4 taels of silver. Now you tell him that so many people paid so much price, and only two or three thousand taels of silver were obtained.
Is it worth it? ?
Liu Wu was so broken that he couldn't figure it out!
Of course, Canden Ye was also very silent, but he figured it out.
"It's quite a lot. After all, these armors were allotted by the superiors. They didn't spend a penny. Once they changed hands, they could earn hundreds or thousands of times their income. It's worth the beheading!"
Liu Wu: "......"
"There are only dozens of militiamen in a village. Calculated as a hundred militiamen, there are a hundred sets of half-armours. Each set is sold for four taels of silver, which is only 400 taels."
"This is only 400 taels. What are they thinking?"
"Now that the land and grain taxes have been reformed, each family can earn three to five taels of silver from farming in a year, right?"
"Why would they do such a thing?"
Liu Wu was really puzzled. Now that the Han army had enough to eat, and the income was good after the reform, why would they do this kind of business?
It doesn't make sense! !
However, Ye Canden said the reason in one sentence.
"Brother, have you ever thought that the money mainly belongs to the leader?"
"These people are so unstable that they can make dozens or even hundreds of taels of money in one go. Do you think they will do it?"
"Besides, what they are selling is not just half-body armor, but this is the most serious nature."
"The things they are most unlucky about are actually salt and other condiments, as well as things provided by our army, such as cans and sugar."
"It's because of this that they made a lot of money and lured a lot of people into the trap."
"As for the half-body armor, it basically serves as their start-up capital."
Liu Wu became even more silent this time.
The leader took the big part, and the others took the small part. It was really the public money that was not regarded as money!
Not to mention anything else, even without the ambush of the investigation team, this is a full-fledged crime of treason.
He thought that people could be short-sighted, but this was the first time he saw such short-sighted people and situations.
This reminded Liu Wu of the disintegration of the behemoth in his previous life. It was really just that.
Thinking of this, Liu Wu couldn't help wiping cold sweat. Fortunately, the Han army's economy had no problems, and the people's lives were generally very good.
But this kind of thing was so bad that he directly broke through the defense.
"Killing a chicken to scare the monkeys must be dealt with seriously!"
"Yes!"
After Ye Canden left, Liu Wu thought for a while, called Shi Deshou, and then told him what happened this time and asked.
"Deshou, do you think we should increase the shipment of condiments? Can we continue to increase production of cans and the like? Is there any possibility of doing half-body armor?"
Shi Deshou thought for a while and said: "Salt and other condiments can be increased. As for sugar, I think it is also possible to increase the shipment volume of white sugar and rock sugar. These can bring us huge benefits."
"As for things like canned food, demand has always been in short supply. It's just difficult to increase production. After all, there are too many problems. The production line is easy to solve, and the space is easy to solve, but fruits take more time."
"As for the half-body armor, I think it's better for us to sell weapons. Forget about armor and the like. This thing is too harmful to us. It's better not to make this money."
Liu Wu pondered for a while and rubbed his temples.
"Okay, in that case, let's increase production according to your plan! Let's put aside the armor and weapons matters for the time being. I'm so pissed off."