In this battle to defend Hangzhou, the first shell hit out was the tide gate in the east of Hangzhou.

On the Qiantang River outside the tide gate, large and small pirate ships have been covered with the river, and Li Huanzhang, one of the ten thousand species in the nine battalions, with 300 soldiers under his actual control, is guarding here. This is the weakest place of the ten city gates of Hangzhou City, because he directly faces the Qiantang River, the enemy's warships can directly drive to their own city, and the artillery on the enemy's battleships directly threatens their own city walls, and the water gate is also the weakest of the ten city gates, as long as the cannon is continuously bombarded, although the wooden city gate is heavy and covered with iron plates, it can not withstand a long-term attack, and the most afraid is the fire attack.

In the face of all kinds of defensive difficulties, Li Huanzhang did not flinch, and after receiving the task of defending here, he immediately took his 300 brothers to reorganize 3,000 strong men, and stepped up the defense day and night.

First of all, he received all kinds of mines in the armory, including anchor mines, drifting mines, sinking mines, etc., anyway, all that can be used is collected, according to the performance, on the Qiantang River, three-dimensional arrangement, layer by layer fortification, these Ming Dynasty black technology weapons will definitely make the pirates suffer enough.

Then the hundreds of cannons on the city wall also implemented the fixed huoyào, and at the same time, Li Huanzhang also expanded this method of fixing the huoyào, that is, the number of fixed zhàyào was increased one by one, and then after experiments, the firing range of the long, medium and near sānji artillery was formed on the surface of the Qiantang River. This clever approach made those signmen who did not know how to operate the artillery almost immediately become veteran gunners.

Li Huanzhang stepped on a huoyào bucket with one foot, pointed to the surging Qiantang River with the other, and said confidently to a few worried military leaders under his command: "There is no one in the world who is born to be a soldier, and there is no real warrior in the world." Like us, who rely on the position inherited by Lao Tzu, that is, we have this rule. In the war years, those who could climb from soldiers to marshals step by step were all dead. I am deeply ashamed that I have inherited this official position that my ancestors have inherited from generation to generation. I hope that through this war, I will truly become a thousand generals, garrisons, commanders, guerrilla generals, and finally become a marshal to fight for the country. ”

Such ambitions can most stimulate a person's combat potential and the combat morale of an army.

"And there are no natural soldiers in this world, the best soldiers, what they need most is blood and fire, and we are the place where we can train qualified soldiers the most."

Looking at his brothers, Li Huanzhang withdrew his legs, walked to the front of the city wall, and pointed at the Qiantang River in the distance with the horsewhip in his hand: "A folk man can only perform two ways in hand-to-hand combat, one is a desperate decisive battle, after surviving, become a veteran, and then rely on his bravery and experience on the battlefield, take a group of his subordinates to accumulate merit for him and take a step forward." That's it, step by step, from a soldier to the ranks of generals. There is another way, which is to make this man feel that war is simply a game, and let him break free from the trembling and infinite fear. Let him discover that war is a game, and there is nothing to be afraid of at all. And I will make the 3,000 signs we have in our hands feel that war is a game. ”

Talking nonsense about him, the brothers under him sneered, how can war be a game? Don't talk about war, even if you go into the mountains to suppress bandits, it must be a knife opposite, where is it so easy?

Faced with the doubts of his brothers, Li Huanzhang explained easily: "We have already laid out layers of mines and artillery firing distances on the Qiantang River, and the enemy's pirate warships have begun to pounce here, so the first thing he encountered was our mines." When the first enemy ship is easily blown up, the fear of the signatories should change. They will think that the actual war is actually just a few artillery battles. Then our layers of mines will sink the enemy's warships one by one, which will make those signatories feel even more that war is so simple.

And when they break through our layers of blockade and enter our artillery fire, the fixed zhàyào invented by Xiao Xiucai will allow these signatories to load calmly, as long as the torch is pointed at the fuse of the cannon, the merciless shell will blow the enemy to pieces. Under this layer of resistance, their confidence will grow stronger, and they will think that war is nothing more than that. Then they went from being a man to a warrior step by step. Then he turned around and summed up to his brothers: "And when the most brutal battle begins, they are already warriors, are warriors still afraid of death?" ”

For such a relaxed analysis of their superiors, some people believe it, and of course some people think that it is pure nonsense. Those of us who came from military families are destined to become cannon fodder in the next life, and everyone will accept their fate. But if you let a common man accept this kind of baptism of war, it is almost impossible, and you can blow nonsense from here.

Regarding the disapproval of his brothers, Li Huanzhang just smiled faintly: "You first look at the performance of these signatories, and remember the current situation for me." When the first pirate ship sinks, if you look at their performance, you'll know that I'm right. Brothers, although I have never fought a big battle, but I have also gone into the mountains to suppress bandits, and I don't hide it from my brothers, when I was 12 years old, I followed my father into the mountains to suppress bandits, and I was scared to pee my pants at that time. But when I found out that my father hacked a bandit to death, I felt that killing people was not so terrible. When my dad saw a bandit again, I understood a truth, there is no difference between killing people and killing chickens. When my dad died in front of me during a bandit, I learned that in this world, life is so worthless. It was from this time that I became a real soldier, took over the position left to me by my father, and became a truly qualified Qianzong. Then he told his brothers very solemnly: "Our current position has been passed down from generation to generation, but the reason why our ancestors have been able to have such a position for generations is also because they fought hard at the beginning." Now that we have this kind of opportunity, let's fight, I am ready to let my son, who will inherit me in the future, is definitely no longer this little Qianzong, but a garrison, but he is already a guerrilla general in his mother's womb. ”

Then I saw the brothers who were already boiling with blood as I said, and said casually: "The son inherits the father's business, this is what we lowly military families must go, what can we leave for them?" Forge a brighter future for them, and this is what we will leave to our children and grandchildren. ”

In the same mobilization, there are no impassioned rhetoric, only real experience, which is more intimate and acceptable. So in this city, Li Huanzhang's brothers, the confidence of fighting to the death was completely bursting.

The thinking of the Chinese is like this, with a sentence with the tip of the heart downward, it says everything, for the sake of future generations, fight it.

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