Even the Independent Regiment was no exception. Every soldier in the Weinan Division received two pairs of cloth shoes. When they walked to Hanzhong and before entering Sichuan, most of them wore out one pair.
However, no one from the officers to the soldiers was in a hurry. They used their rest time to find suitable grass stalks on the roadside and knitted straw sandals. In the early summer weather, the light and breathable straw sandals were as breathable and cool as future sandals.
Liu Lang, who received a red education and believed that straw sandals were only a must-have for red warriors, was almost blinded.
It turns out that wearing straw sandals is not just a patent for red warriors!
However, straw sandals are not as good as imagined. The newly made straw sandals are too hard and can easily hurt the feet. Walking dozens of miles a day will leave blood blisters and scars on the feet, which makes it difficult for those who are qualified to wear leather shoes.
Liu Lang, who was wearing boots, frowned.
Although he was not comfortable wearing leather boots. Once he took off his shoes at night, the gods and ghosts would not dare to enter the tent for fear of being smoked to death. Liu Lang even had an illusion that he was not bitten by mosquitoes at night entirely because of his long boots.
Because of the leather boots.
From that time on, Liu Lang had made up his mind to build a factory specializing in the production of clothes and shoes to solve this problem.
The reason why he chose Jiefang shoes is not only because Liu Lang has feelings for this kind of military shoes that have been eliminated in the future Republic, but also because these shoes are most suitable for the current situation of this era. They are cheap, lightweight and durable.
It can cover up the shortcomings of poor breathability, moisture permeability and waterproof performance. And for now, Liu Lang will not go to the south to fight for the time being. In the next seven or eight years, Liu Lang and his independent group may end up with Japanese invasion.
Mainly in the fierce northern China.
Jiefang shoes have become Liu Lang's best choice.
At the same time, Jiefang shoes have also proven themselves in countless wars.
In the most famous support war at the beginning of the founding of the Republic, millions of volunteers wearing liberation shoes severely wounded American soldiers wearing American combat boots.
Of course, the Jiefang Shoes are not magic shoes. Anyone who wears them can regain health and mana and perform a special move. This can only be attributed to watching too many novels and anime. The M43 high-waisted combat boots worn by American soldiers are both strong and durable.
They also keep warm and cold-proof. In the northern weather, which is dozens of degrees below zero, the thin Jiefang shoes under the feet of the red warriors were really reduced to rubbish in seconds.
However, this time the American soldiers were not in the open territory of Europe, nor in the flat Pacific islands. The land north of the Yalu River was full of rugged peaks. The mechanization that the American soldiers relied on was blocked by nature as never before. It was pitiful.
The American soldiers had to measure the battlefield with their feet just like the "beggar" red soldiers they looked down upon.
It is obvious that whether they are going up or down the mountain or even running away, the light and strong gripping shoes of the red soldiers turned the heavy combat boots of the American soldiers into rubbish in seconds.
Once the poor American soldiers lost their cars and tanks and relied solely on running, the extra kilograms of boots on their feet became their nightmare. In the five major battles, the Americans who were captured because they could not outrun the Republic volunteers during the retreat
Soldiers abound.
Even before the war was over, the American soldiers even strongly demanded to replace their old-fashioned military boots. This was not unrelated to the super mobility of the volunteers who walked swiftly in their Liberation Shoes.
Sure enough, the senior officials of the Independent Regiment may not be too interested in Liu Lang's fake camouflage uniforms, but all the officers can't put it down for these strong, light and durable Jiefang shoes. Most of them are low-level officers, the kind of awesome and coaxing ones.
Long leather boots are not their turn. A pair of rubber shoes is considered a treasure. They are reluctant to wear them unless they are in combat. They usually wear cloth shoes. If the independent group's own factory can produce this, the fat group leader orders it.
These rubber-soled shoes are "anti-war shoes", so they no longer have to worry about the durability of cloth shoes.
After all, he is an official, so he feels uncomfortable wearing straw sandals, right?
As for the rubber used to produce shoe soles, the Independent Regiment has only more than 2,000 people. Even if the militiamen from all villages and villages in Guangyuan are included, the number is only 10,000. If each person has two pairs, the number is more than 20,000.
Shuang, Miss Ji's father, Boss Ji, still has a solution to this problem. Money can make the devil push. If the warlords in Guangdong and Guangxi control strategic materials such as rubber, why don't they just turn them into
To realize Dayang’s idea?
Under the threat of Miss Ji to find a cheap son-in-law for Boss Ji, Boss Ji gave in with tears in his eyes. At the other end of the radio station, a member of the group was also in tears. We can occasionally be a naughty old man, or we can
Use some ridiculous reasons, but don't use this as an excuse. The last time I gave Boss Ji 20,000 yuan, I already felt that he had a bad look on his face.
This is because Liu Lang's life experience is insufficient. As a father, as long as he knows that his precious daughter is being taken care of, he will not look down upon anyone who suspects him. This has nothing to do with whether he is good or not. So only the mother-in-law can see it.
The son-in-law became more and more happy as he watched, while the father-in-law was always glaring.
But these are not the things that make Liu Lang feel the happiest. What makes Liu Lang the happiest in the past two days is undoubtedly the discovery of iron ore in the mountains only a dozen miles away from the Independence Regiment's fortress base.
Before setting off from his home in Chongzhou, Liu Lang entrusted his father to hire mineral exploration experts with high salaries in Chengdu to explore in the mountains behind the independent regiment base. The huge iron ore reserves in his memory of his previous life should be within a few dozen miles of this area.
Here, if Liu Lang's memory is correct.
The so-called geological expert invited by Liu Shun and his father was a young man wearing glasses. Because Liu Lang happened to go to the recruit camp that day, he missed the opportunity to meet the young geological expert. He was received by Liang Wenzhong, who was in charge of logistics.
of.
And this young geological expert was also impatient. On the day he arrived at the base of the Independent Regiment, he did not attend the regular welcome banquet, but took the six soldiers assigned to him by Liang Wenzhong and went into the mountains with equipment and supplies.
They had been there for a month. If a soldier hadn't returned to the camp to ask for supplies during this period, even Liu Lang would have doubted whether they had encountered some mountain monster and were collectively doomed. Although the six veterans were armed to the teeth,
Each person has a rifle and 200 rounds of ammunition, plus a box cannon, four grenades, and even a light machine gun. With such a firepower configuration, let alone mountain monsters, they will encounter a standard Japanese combat squad.
It can also withstand for a long time, enough to support the arrival of reinforcements.
The dozens of large and small outposts posted outside the independent regiment's base are not just decorations.
Until two days ago, seven people, all dirty and unshaven like savages, came out of the mountains. Although their appearance was not good, they were in good spirits. The reason was very simple. They found Liu Lang and hoped to
The iron ore found is extremely rich. According to the analysis of young experts, the reserves are as high as tens of millions of tons, and they are concentrated iron ore with an iron content of up to 55%.
The soldiers didn't understand these data, but they knew from the joy on the young expert's face that this was a large iron mine that could produce a lot of ore.
The soldiers are excited because they know that with iron ore, they can make iron and cast steel. With these materials, they can build bases and turn them into money. The richer the independent regiment is, the better their treatment will be.
He was a fat man, but he was the most generous officer they had ever seen.
The young geological expert is even more excited, because every time a mineral deposit is discovered, the country he loves will become stronger.
However, this slightly conflicts with Liu Lang's current plan.