It's night! As it gets darker and darker, the hot weather that was originally so hot during the day has gradually become close to freezing.
Then, the biting wind also started blowing, and a large amount of sand blew up in the night wind, causing pain on the face and making the night watchers very hard.
There was also military rations carried by the team, which were some millet and pickles, which were really hard to swallow when eaten in the mouths of modern people.
Other than the above, everything went very smoothly.
Early in the morning of the next day, the training staff of Fengrui's team did not even care about the rookies. Most of them still had to spread their legs even to walk because of their newly scabbed wounds.
Still, they were forcibly gathered together and trained for an hour.
Half an hour of the time was used to practice formation formation for them, so as to lay a good foundation for future battle formation training.
The remaining half hour was spent distributing weapons and equipment to the rookies.
Last night, Lang Qing made a complete statistics on the supplies, equipment, etc. that our personnel successfully brought over.
Overall, the situation is pretty good.
Among the materials brought by Hu Biao and other veterans, there were only all the explosive bags, muskets, and the basic raw materials for making gunpowder. They were all pulled down by the grandson of the system.
Other armors, weapons, etc.
Because strict attention was paid to the materials, there was almost no loss.
Only some of the medicines and foods that contain a lot of chemical components are removed by the system, and the rest can be said to have basically no impact.
In this way, with their extensive preparation before the mission began, they could naturally provide relatively sufficient equipment for the rookies.
In terms of weapons, each person has a long spear or a big wooden stick.
What needs to be explained here is that it was not that Hu Biao and others brought insufficient gun heads, so that some people could only use wooden sticks.
It's the equipment that Hu Biao and the others deliberately made after making some modifications to some sticks.
Specifically, a sharp dagger is clamped in the middle of one end of the stick, turning it into a knife stick that can not only stab but also be used for smashing.
This thing actually had a wide range of equipment among the frontier armies in the late Ming Dynasty.
Mainly when facing heavily armored Tatars, when swords and guns cannot cause effective damage, it is better to use this kind of big stick.
Because if you hit him with a big stick, you can at least inflict serious internal injuries on the heavily armored Tatars.
He could even go over with a guy and smash their heads in.
In addition to the spear and the knife stick, each rookie was also assigned a dagger; in addition, most people were assigned a one-handed crossbow, and a small number of pickers who were good at archery were assigned a bow.
For example, there are several configurations such as sword and shield bearers among the veterans, so they are not needed for the time being; swords and other secondary weapons are not prepared for them.
In terms of armor, all the rookies had a shrunken piece of armor.
The reason why I say this is that the armor used in this armor is only a mere 0.6 mm thick; there is only one piece in front of the body and none at the back.
It was tied up with ropes and tied firmly to the body, which could only protect the chest and abdomen.
No way! A serious, well-protected and complete set of armor weighs no less than 50 kilograms.
If there are 18 rookies in total, if one person helps them bring a set, it will weigh nearly half a ton.
Hu Biao and the others already carry so many things on their own. If there is such an additional burden, do you believe it will give them a lot of trouble?
Fortunately, such a severely shrunk armor only weighs a little more than 12 kilograms.
However, Hu Biao and the others have experimented and found that as long as they are facing the enemy head-on, their defensive power is actually quite good. At least a six-bow bow cannot shoot directly through it at a distance of 30 meters.
Even if you cut it with a knife, it will basically not be able to break it.
Matching this shrinking armor is a 1.4kg flying saucer helmet; this thing is also made of stainless steel, with a leather lining inside, and the protection is quite good.
Therefore, the equipment of these rookies this time is even better than that of many veterans during Hu Biao's last mission in Loess Fort.
After all, last time, they didn't know the system's routines, and many of the equipment they carried were pulled down by the system.
In addition, every veteran this time is almost equipped to the level of chrysanthemums.
So in this mission, with all kinds of careful preparations, I believe Hu Biao and the others will be able to exert stronger combat effectiveness.
It's a pity that some rookies are still dissatisfied with such good equipment.
That was War Elephant, a half-breed ocean horse. Unlike the others, he looked excited when he took the newly obtained equipment and put it on.
Not only was this girl holding a bow provided by Lao She, with a draw weight of about 80 pounds, but she felt that compared to her family's ancestral English longbow, it was a bit inferior in all aspects.
What's more important is that after the other rookies tied the shrunken iron armor to their bodies, they were able to protect their whole bodies no matter what.
Did she? It felt like I was wearing a bellyband...
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On the second day after arriving in the mission world, Hu Biao and others officially entered the desert at around 11 a.m.
This vast desert was later called the Taklimakan Desert; fortunately, they did not have to cross the maximum distance, and they should just pass diagonally on the edge.
After arriving here, the envoys of this mission, Guo Xun and Guo Zheng, had to get out of his carriage. After temporarily abandoning the carriage, he replaced it with riding a horse.
Because from this moment on, their journey becomes more and more difficult.
But even during the march in the desert, Fengrui, a training staff officer, still did not relax the training of the rookies; every morning and evening, he would torment them for a while before letting go.
Anyway, they are given no time to breathe except for sleeping; the purpose is to allow a group of rookies to become more powerful in the shortest possible time.
To some extent, you must be able to protect yourself after encountering a battle.
Because veterans like them, based on the mission requirements of the first phase of the system, can guess that there must be a battle prepared for them along the way.
If you don't improve the combat effectiveness of the rookies as soon as possible, you are actually harming them.
Not to mention, in the following two or three days of training, Fengrui still received quite a surprise; not only the rookies, but also gradually became a bit better.
Because there is also the hybrid Ocean horse Zhan Xiang, although his attitude is a bit unruly, he is quite obedient to the orders issued.
And in terms of physical fitness and combat literacy, they are quite good.
As for the other two fat guys, although they are much better than ordinary rookies, there is really a gap between them and War Elephants.
After having a little breakfast on this day, everyone set off again.
In the words of guide Ma San, if we use the current speed, we will be able to walk out of this vast desert in at most one day.
Next, it will take about two days to visit a large area of the Gobi Desert.
Then, everything will get better in the subsequent journey, and everyone can see a big lake; for the rest of the journey, just walk along the big lake.
Don’t worry about the water source, there are many big fish in the lake.
After hearing such a statement, Hu Biao and others naturally knew that the lake was the legendary Lop Nur based on their historical knowledge.
Thinking of the modern dimension after thousands of years, such a large lake has completely disappeared and become a famous place of death.
Needless to say, Hu Biao and the others really wanted to go over and take a closer look at how spectacular it looked before it dried up...
In the following time, Hu Biao and the others finally understood what the Sea of Death was.
Because after they entered the desert, there was no road at all along the way, but there was no need to worry too much about getting lost in the process.
The reason is simple, because every once in a while, some undecayed corpses of camels, war horses, and even pedestrians appear.
There was no rot. That was before they rotted. The strong wind had dried all their moisture, leaving only some dry skin and flesh hanging on the white bones.
And these corpses spread all the way forward, as if they were guiding signs.
These are the prices paid by the traveling caravans over the years since the Silk Road was opened.
Indeed! Whether silk from the Han Dynasty was brought to the Qin Dynasty or brought from the Qin Dynasty to the Han Dynasty, astonishing profits could be made hundreds of times.
