Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 220 Military Parade

There was a lot of discussion here, and I saw students from the National School pushing a dozen chairs with wheels up, and everyone wondered, are they going to sing the Three Kingdoms Opera?But don't you need so many Zhuge Liang?But I saw a group of people in the car, some were missing arms, some were missing legs, and some had their faces wrapped in white cloth.It turned out that they were all disabled.The attackers were all wearing the gray uniforms of short-haired soldiers, with metal pieces called "medals" hanging on the chest, and a red cloth strip on the cuffs-this is the battle uniform in the newly issued badge of honor. Injured armband.

Then, Chief of Staff Ma Qianju read out the commendation orders and preferential treatment decisions for the ten disabled persons in the Battle of Bopu, including preferential policies such as disability subsidies, employment and housing preferential treatment.Finally, these wheelchairs were pushed to the viewing platform on the side of the rostrum.For the representatives, this is just a fun to watch, but for the army and navy soldiers lined up beside the stadium, the significance of this moment is extraordinary.Especially the yellow bear, who knows well that if a soldier becomes disabled on the battlefield, even if he can climb back, it will be a dead end. The short-haired soldiers not only raise the disabled soldiers, but also let them show their faces in such a big scene... This Australian The Chinese army really treats soldiers as human beings.

With the end of the commendation, Ma Qianju announced that the parade of the security team would now begin, and his words, which were amplified by microphones and speakers at extremely high decibels, just fell.A large drum was struck with a heavy hammer.There was a commotion among the villagers, who turned their heads and looked around suspiciously.

Their doubts were washed away without a trace by the battalion after battalion formation that began to move slowly in the monotonous rhythm of "Boom... Boom... Boom, Boom, Boom".The county magistrate naturally knew that this was originally the Shengtang Drum in front of the lobby of the county yamen -- he didn't know how it was brought here, but he didn't expect that this drum could also make such a murderous sound.

A phalanx is the benchmark company for Wei Aiwen's training, and its military appearance is the best in the whole battalion.For this parade of strength, the army and navy conducted a competition-style training.The Hardite faction headed by Wei Aiwen and Zhang Bolin insisted on adopting the goose step as the standard military parade pace, but was rejected by most of the veterans serving in the PLA—they didn't know what the goose step was.The Navy started from scratch and engaged in British-style foot drills to fully demonstrate the differences that the Navy has only seen.

Originally, according to the idea of ​​the navy, I wanted to change the uniforms of the sailors to highlight the differences between the navy and the army. After all, the difference between the navy and the army is only the color, but in the end it was rejected by the thrifty executive committee. , It is about to enter the stage of large-scale population explosion, and the soldiers who are newly exposed must wear clothes. If there is cloth, let them wear it.

The drums are beating, and the piccolo is melodious.Banners are like blood, bayonets are like forest.

Accompanied by the tune of "March of the Grenadiers" played by the piccolo player personally trained by Xiong Buyou, 81 soldiers, 1 standard bearer, 1 officer and 1 flute player from the benchmark company strode forward.Every drumbeat coincides with the footsteps of these 84 officers and soldiers.The tidy footsteps, the sound of drums and flutes seemed to have a hypnotic effect, making everyone's eyes completely focused on the soldiers passing in front of the viewing stand.Every soldier is full of energy, soft epaulettes have been sewn on their shoulders, and a simple military rank system will be implemented soon.Armor belts and their buckles were polished to a shiny finish.It looked majestic.

The slender guns of the rifles that the soldiers carried on their shoulders had a 45 cm long three-edged bayonet inserted into them.The sharpened blade and specially polished and oiled blade showed its only purpose-to cut a transparent hole about an inch long and half an inch wide in someone's chest, or make a hole in the back by the way.

84 Both feet were raised and lowered at the same time, and the footsteps brought up waves of dust.Although it was just cloth shoes, the sound of heavy and uniform footsteps still made the people present feel a strong sense of oppression.

When passing through the viewing stand, the leading officer drew out his command knife and gave the command "salute!" The soldiers quickly took off the rifles on their shoulders, changed hands, raised their bayonets and pointed straight at the sky to salute their guns. Instantly grew half a meter taller.The bayonets are like a forest, and the metal light reflected in the sun makes everyone feel cold.

A group of senior officials of the executive committee on the viewing platform stood up straight, and everyone put on an extremely solemn and solemn appearance.Wen Desi imitated the appearance of the second generation, waving his hands slightly.The cameras of Ding Ding's crew were rattling and rattling.The whole scene is really like that.

One after another, the phalanx passed.The infantry phalanx of the five infantry companies in the teaching battalion stunned everyone who saw the infantry formation for the first time at a pace of 75 steps per minute and a distance of 25 meters.The Western-style arrangement was too shocking for Lingao villagers who had never seen an army of more than 100 people gather.No one noticed that Xi Yazhou, He Ming, Ma Qianju and other military leaders on the viewing platform were shaking their heads slightly. It's still not enough!

The navy’s marine team that appeared last was also a phalanx of 84 people, and the tune was changed to "The People’s Navy Goes Ahead". Although there are no white gloves, it is not satisfactory.The navy's precise and beautiful footwork won a burst of applause from the spectators.Wei Aiwen was terribly angry -- it's not fair, there are few soldiers in a navy company, and when a company practices foot drills, there are seven or eight officers around it.In contrast, it is much more difficult for the Army to train five companies.

The infantry review is a must, and Asia, the chief commander of the military parade, once again loudly announced the start of the firepower demonstration.He signaled Xiong Buyou to broadcast a notice to everyone: I hope that if you are more timid, please cover your ears first!

After 1 minute, there was only a burst of passionate bugle blowing, followed by a group of dense hoofbeats, and smoke and dust rose not far away.Each cannon cart was drawn by six horses and towed three cannons with wheels.Soldiers were carried on the artillery carts.

The driver did not sit on the chariot, but rode on the head horse. He brought the reins back, and the three artillery chariots made a beautiful turn in the middle of the field, quickly changed direction, and aimed the muzzle of the artillery at the The target on the opposite side of the viewing platform.

Before the car came to a complete stop, the gunners and riders on the cannon cart jumped out of the car one after another: unloading the horse, pushing the cannon, unpacking the box and fetching the ammunition, 8 people served one cannon, the movements were dazzlingly fast, but they were all rigid and exactly the same .In a moment, the gunner loaded and aimed, and the flag was on standby.I saw Zhang Bolin's red flag waved on the viewing platform, and the three cannons spewed out flames and thick gunpowder smoke at the same time.

After a breath, there was another volley of artillery, and the remaining targets fell down in batches under the bombardment like ears of grain harvested by a sickle.In a short while, the cannon fired three times in a row, completely clearing the open space by the river.Some of the delegates were timid but unwilling to plug their ears and fell to the ground in fright.After the shooting was over, the gunners harnessed their horses again, and galloped away as quickly as when they came. The movements were so fast that the representatives were dazzled, leaving only the broken wood chips and ruts on the ground in the distance.

There was another bugle sound on the viewing platform here, and another 12 two-wheeled cannons were pushed into the sandbag position.Reload, aim, stand by again.The red flag on the city tower was waved down again, and the villagers who were prepared this time were not intimidated, but then the flames and smoke that exploded two miles away and the broken wooden boards that were blown into the sky made all the villagers and county The people in Yali were shocked again.

Zhang Bolin nodded proudly.The first 6-pounder shot salvo was the real deal and the effect was very noticeable.In order to enhance the sound and light effect of the 12-pound mountain grenade salvo, electronically controlled ignition gunpowder packs are pre-buried in the target area.Regardless of whether the shell hits or not, the extraordinary power of the explosion of dozens of catties of gunpowder will completely convince the gentry in Lingao not to have too high expectations for the Qiongzhou general.

Sure enough, from Wu Ya to Huang Tikun, everyone was ashamed.Even Wang Zhaomin, who came to see the situation so that he could report to the county magistrate, felt a complete sense of powerlessness. The outcome of defeat is positive-it is nothing more than when the court can deal with the thieves with all their strength, they will naturally be over, and the best result is just to go back and forth from wherever they are on an iron boat.

But now it seems that the reason why this gang of thieves are still living in a corner of Lingao is because their wings are not yet full.In just a few months, a group of poor boys in poor clothes have been trained to become masters of tigers and wolves. So many people are equipped with short-haired bird guns that are invincible and have a long range. Good cannon.There are only a few hundred private soldiers of the Kun bandit at the moment, and they have such momentum. If there are thousands of people in the future, won't the Qiongzhou prefecture let them have their way?Even if it is the whole province of Guangdong, what can he do?It seems that their ambition is far from seeking a piece of land for living and trading like the Franji people.

Thinking of this, Master Wang secretly sighed: the southeast corner of the imperial court, there will be no more peace in the future, I'm afraid it will be another Jian slave.

The high-level members of the executive committee on the viewing platform all showed excitement. Wen Desi nodded repeatedly, then turned to Xi Yazhou and said, "This artillery is well trained!"

"This is all done by Zhang Bolin and Ying Yu, and Lin Shenhe has also put in a lot of effort—what kind of artillery was this in the 19th century, basically relying on Lin Ya's first-hand information."

"The artillery looks very effective. It really is the god of war."

"There is a serious shortage of horses right now." Seeing the leadership's concern, Ying knew that to solve the problem, he must speak up when the leader is happy, "Or we can dispatch more cavalry artillery for this demonstration."

"Horses are indeed a problem." Ma Qianju also interjected, "Not only artillery, but I originally wanted to build a cavalry unit. In the future, long-distance reconnaissance and interception will require cavalry."

"At the next weekly meeting, let's brainstorm and solve it. Guangdong can't solve it."

(End of this chapter)