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However, cotton is indeed a scarce material for Sea Wolf at present. The cotton planting area itself is not large. The limited cotton planting on land is mainly concentrated in the Songjiang Prefecture area, and the cotton produced is basically digested locally.

, due to insufficient land area in Fujian, very few people grow cotton, and the climate is not suitable.

Therefore, it is difficult for Sea Wolf to purchase cotton. It is really not enough to distribute quilts and mattresses to every soldier. Even if Yu Xiaotian tried every means to get the Council to purchase cotton in large quantities from Songjiang Prefecture, Taicang and other places.

, and also purchased Indian cotton from the Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch, but it still could not fully meet their needs, and Taiwan itself was not suitable for growing cotton, so this kind of thing was somewhat difficult.

Therefore, in the end, the cotton mattresses could only be omitted. Each soldier was given a thin quilt, and another mattress sewn with three layers of Indian cotton cloth or Songjiang cloth to save the cotton. In winter, the bed was covered with thick

Thick cattail or straw mats, or simply finding hay to dry on the spot and spreading it on the bed can be used to avoid freezing.

Although such conditions are much worse than those of the armies of later generations, in this era, such conditions are very, very rare for soldiers. Even the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty did not have such conditions.

These quilts are very simple. When the team is moving, they can just roll them up and carry them on their backs. Each person is also given a backpack on the shoulders, which can hold other personal belongings.

In addition to these, sea wolves now have no shortage of leather. They can obtain a lot of deer skins and wild boar skins on Taiwan Island. The whaling industry also provides them with a large amount of whale skins and shark skins, so each soldier is also issued

There is a wide belt with an iron buckle for soldiers and a copper buckle for officers. This can also distinguish the identities of officers and soldiers.

In addition, the musketeers are issued two boxes made of leather, which are specially designed to contain the ammunition they carry with them. There is a cover on the top and a leather buckle. Even if it rains, the paper-packed ammunition inside will not become wet and ineffective.

, the ammunition box can be worn on the belt and tied directly to the waist, one on each side. Each person also has a bayonet with a leather sheath, which can also be hung on the belt, making it easier to carry.

Another thing is that everyone is also issued a bamboo kettle, which can hold two liters of water. Sea Wolf has regulations that do not allow you to drink raw water casually, in case the water quality is not clean and causes a large area of ​​soldiers to have diarrhea, but they do not have that now

What disinfectant tablets, so as long as conditions permit, when replenishing water, the water must be boiled first and allowed to cool before use.

The bamboo tube is packed in a straw bag, with a cloth strap left, so you can carry it on your back, but it will wander a bit when running, so it needs to be tightened on the belt.

Especially some grenadiers, in addition to carrying muskets, they also need to carry two grenades each. Under normal circumstances, they only carry bamboo shell grenades, but once they face a large-scale war, each person can be issued

Iron-shelled grenades and a small set of match ropes were used to start the fire.

Among the current infantry of the Sea Wolf, the arms are more complete than those of the European army. In addition to the pikemen and musketeers as well as the necessary ambulance soldiers, fireheads, trumpeters, and flag bearers, they are now also subdivided into firemen.

The duties of the gunners were divided into two types: battle infantry and light infantry. A new type of grenadiers was also added. At the same time, two engineer squads were added to the company.

In each infantry battalion, a baggage company is added to be responsible for providing logistical supplies to the battalion, so that the battalion-level combat units have certain self-supply capabilities and can conduct short-term mobile operations.

Yu Xiaotian also wanted to get some light cavalry for his men to use for reconnaissance, harassment and pursuit operations. Unfortunately, there is a real shortage of horses in the south, and the climate in the south is not very suitable for raising horses. The horses they have now,

Most of them are short and poor Yunnan horses. Even the Mongolian horses that are not very tall, they only have a few horses. The total number of horses they own is less than a hundred. Excluding some old and weak horses, they can make do as war horses.

There are less than twenty horses, and the remaining dozens can only be used as driving horses.

The number of such horses is seriously insufficient, and they can only be replaced by oxen or mules. It is really pitiful, and oxen are not suitable for military use at all. They move too slowly, and are easily frightened on the battlefield. Although they are strong,

, but it has little effect. It can only slowly tow some heavy-loaded vehicles and move in a safe rear.

Fortunately, Sea Wolf does not yet need to conduct large-scale mobile operations on land, so the demand for logistical supplies is not very large for the time being. Otherwise, his army will definitely be a lame army, and its ability to conduct mobile operations will be very tragic.

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In addition to these arms, there is also a special unit directly under the wolf cave or under the direct jurisdiction of Yu Xiaotian in the Sea Wolf Army. The number is not large, only more than seventy. Yu Xiaotian gave them a separate establishment of the Sea Wolf Army.

Wolf Squad.

Except for Yu Xiaotian, no one else has ever heard of what a special force is, but these people who were selected to join the special force are definitely the elites in the army.

Most of these people are extremely agile young people, with the oldest being no more than thirty years old. Many of them were former members of the martial arts world, and some were former escorts in a bodyguard bureau.

Moreover, all of these people have received great favors from Sea Wolf. After a very strict selection process, it can be ensured that all of these people are die-hard members of Sea Wolf or Yu Xiaotian.

After these people were selected to join the special forces, their salary and food benefits were greatly improved. The salary was even more than ten times that of ordinary soldiers. The food was two meals a day of meat, and even eggs that ordinary officers could not easily eat.

They can also eat every day. To put it mildly, they eat ten times better than women who are in confinement.

Therefore, after this group of people entered the special operations team, soon after being nourished by rich nutrition, each one of them appeared to be strong and strong. Although they are not tall, they are very strong.

However, while receiving high treatment, their training is also ten times more rigorous than that of ordinary soldiers. They rarely conduct queue training, but they do all other high-intensity military training. They wake up every morning and have to do a five-kilometer full-scale training.

Armed cross-country, and rapid march in areas with complex terrain.

During the march, they must also pay attention to concealing themselves and not be easily discovered. If the instructor accidentally discovers them, they will be punished.

In addition, they also have to undergo high-intensity fighting training. Yu Xiaotian has selected all the so-called martial arts masters he can find, including himself, and regularly goes to the special forces to give these people fighting lessons.

In addition to weapon fighting, close combat with fists and kicks is also something that must be practiced.

Their fighting methods have no routine restrictions at all. Yu Xiaotian only has one requirement for them, that is, no matter what method they use, even if they are kicking in the crotch or pulling out the bird, it doesn't matter, as long as they can defeat the enemy in the shortest time.

That's it.

But fighting is divided into several purposes. The first one is to directly kill the opponent in the simplest and fastest way. This is for the target that must be eliminated. Once the attack is made, no one will be left alive;

The second is to disintegrate the opponent's resistance as quickly as possible, but you cannot kill the opponent, you can only maim the opponent. This is for the purpose of interrogating the person alive. As long as you are alive, it doesn't matter if you are disabled. Anyway, ask them.

After you want something, you still have to kill and silence it;

The third method is to knock down the opponent alive, but it can neither hurt his life nor cause disability. It is best to knock him out and lose consciousness. This is aimed at obtaining a living target, and it will be useful to stay in the future.

character.

In addition to learning various cold weapon fighting skills, these special forces members also need to learn to use firearms, especially precision shooting. They were previously equipped with smoothbore flintlock guns, all of which were selected high-precision guns.

, after intensive training, the marksmen among them can basically ensure that they can effectively and accurately kill the enemy at a distance of seventy steps.

But now that the trial production of the Wolf Fang rifle has begun, the best of the first batch of Wolf Fang rifles, that is, some of the rifles with the highest accuracy, have been sent to the special forces for use, and handed over to these marksmen to make them

He immediately became the strongest sniper of this era.

In addition to being equipped with rifles, they are also equipped with double-barreled muskets, which are double-shot pistols. They can use this kind of gun for self-defense in close-range emergencies.

In addition to using firearms, they also need to learn blasting operations and learn how to use the least amount of gunpowder to cause maximum damage to the target. Under normal circumstances, during an assault, they will use it to break through the opponent's defense without heavy fire support.

facility.

Of course, they also need to learn armed swimming, and the water quality must also be very good. Everyone must be able to swim for more than five kilometers, and the short distance is within 500 meters. They must also be able to tread water and hold a boat that is afraid of getting soaked by the water.

Gunpowder and muskets allow it to reach its target without being touched by water.

The purpose of this is to ensure that everyone can go up the mountain, into the forest, and into the water when needed.

Furthermore, they need to regularly conduct wilderness survival training and learn how to survive in various environments with the minimum supplies, including hiding, gathering food on the spot, hunting, making fires, keeping warm, emergency medical treatment, etc.

For this reason, Yu Xiaotian also asked some doctors to join the special forces to teach them how to identify various wild vegetables, mushrooms and other foods that can be collected in the wild, as well as collect emergency herbs on the spot, and let them communicate with hunters or natives.

People learn to use the simplest things to hunt, and use the simplest and most primitive ways to keep warm and keep warm in the wild.

In addition to daytime training, they also need to do regular night training to learn how to sneak into enemy-controlled areas, including cities, fortresses, and courtyards. They can perform kidnapping, assassination, assault, blasting, arson, poisoning and other skills at night.