The army is massing!

From the tenth day of the first month of March, on the entire Central Plains, all the official roads, you can see the troops marching, although the official roads are quite spacious, but they are still occupied by the marching troops, one after another big carriages are driving in the middle of the road, and on both sides of the road, are soldiers marching with firearms.

There is no intention of concealing the military build-up in a big way. In fact, there is no way to hide it, after all, it is impossible to cover up the transfer of so many military personnel and materials, so it is also an open and honest military transfer. Detachments of troops after receiving orders. Immediately gathered from Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Jiangxi, Nanzhili, Shandong, Beizhili, and to the Central Plains, hundreds of thousands of troops poured into the Central Plains from all directions.

Patches of white clouds move southeast under the blowing of the wind, the sun can still make people feel the warmth of spring even if it is hidden behind the clouds, the bare treetops are already full of young leaves, and the birds and magpies, which are almost extinct in winter, appear on the earth again.

After twenty-one days and nights of marching, the soldiers finally stepped on the loess road of the Beizhili Plain, crossed the Yellow River and came to Henan, and the Central Plains also came into the eyes of these soldiers who rushed from the northeast, many of whom had never been so far away.

For the vast majority of them, they didn't even go out of the county seat before they became soldiers. Perhaps the farthest they had gone before had been the county seat, but now they were traveling thousands of miles away.

It is precisely because they have never been far away that they are so curious about everything in the distance.

"This is Henan?"

There was some curiosity in everyone's eyes, for these soldiers from Beizhili, although they were only separated from Henan by a river, they had never been so far from their hometown, although this place seemed no different from their hometown, but everyone still seemed a little curious, and even a little excited.

After all, in this era, every trip can be a lifetime to show off for the vast majority of people. That's why they look at everything around them so that they can talk about it when their friends talk to other people in the future.

Of course, even in the later period, they did not forget the exhaustion of their bodies.

Because the cowhide soles of the military boots were too hard, Zhang Guodong took off the boots on his feet, then tied them to the cowhide backpack, put the socks in his pockets, and then walked with bare feet like that, which seemed to be a good idea, because the hard-soled military boots were really uncomfortable to walk, and many people immediately followed suit. Most of the people who came later to a brigade, did so.

The reason why people do this is because it is more comfortable to walk this way, and of course there are some soldiers who wear a pair of cloth shoes, which are more suitable for marching than hard-soled military boots. It's just that not everyone has such a lot of experience, so some people simply choose to go barefoot.

Thus the soldiers of the last battalion, half barefoot, continued their march west along the official road in cloth shoes, and just as the sun was about to set, the ranks were on their way, when suddenly someone shouted loudly in front.

"Look, do you see over there? What's there? ”

Listening to the shouts of their comrades, the soldiers immediately stretched their necks and looked ahead together. They didn't seem to find anything, though.

They looked at their comrades with some puzzlement, trying to get the reason why everyone did this from their comrades.

"What's that? Did not see! ”

Squad leader Ding Xiangshou shouted and asked. It's not just him who doesn't know, so others don't know why as well. I don't even know why.

But there were several people around him shouting.

"That, that, right there, what's that?"

"Across the ground from east to west!"

"My good girl, it shouldn't be a big oolong lying down!"

"Railway! Railway! That's what the newspapers say about the railway! ”

I don't know who shouted, these soldiers from Beizhili finally figured out what it was. Maybe they've never been far away, but in the barracks, they're going to learn to read, they're going to read the newspaper there, and they're always learning a thing or two from the newspaper. At least know that railways and trains are the most fashionable topics at the moment.

When the big guys heard that it was a train, they couldn't help but look from there, but to their disappointment, they just looked at a railroad that stretched from east to west.

It seems that there is nothing remarkable about the railway. There's nothing new about it. Aren't they just two iron bars laid on the ground? What's the big deal!

Despite this, when they came to the railway, they looked at the thick rails on the railway. They still can't help but be amazed. Said

"How much iron does it take to build such a road?"

Indeed, for the vast majority of people who see a railroad for the first time, they are often surprised by how much iron it needs to be built.

They say they are surprised, but it's just how much iron is used in a railway, not what the railway will bring. In fact, this is just the normal reaction of people after the emergence of easy things in this era.

Unexpectedly, they soon received orders to leave the official road and wait for the train by the railway. As soon as they heard that they were going to take the train, everyone seemed very excited, and the tired body immediately became full of energy, and they all ran towards the railway quickly.

Soon the two sides of the railway embankment were crowded with thousands of fighters, all resting here and waiting for the arrival of the train.

Zhang Ping, who had just been promoted to platoon commander before departure, was also curious to step on the gravel under his feet, and even knocked down the railroad tracks with a gun butt, and the soldiers also unloaded their backpacks and put them on the ground. Many people were sitting by the railroad, looking curiously at what was in front of them. The railway, looking into the distance, seems to want to see how long the railway really is.

"Good boy, I can't see the end at a glance, how long this railway has to be!"

Zhang Guodong stood on the railroad tracks and looked at the railway in the distance, which could not be seen at a glance, and said.

"How much iron does it take to use such a long railway!"

"No, I guess even if I have taken all the iron in the world, it may not be enough!"

"Ouch, look at the rails, they're so thick."

"No, it's like an arm!"

Once again, everyone was there in amazement at what they had seen, after all, it was far beyond their comprehension.

The soldiers looked at the railroad curiously, and from time to time they made their own thoughts, and some people kicked the railroad from time to time, then knocked on the railroad, and finally looked at the railroad with no end in sight, and even touched the rails with their hands, and collected the slippery coldness of the rails.

"What are you touching? Why is it like touching a big girl? ”

Seeing Zhang Guodong touching the railroad tracks with his hand, Ding Xiangshou asked with a smile.

"Oh, squad leader, you see, this railway feels slippery, and even the mirror doesn't have to be so slippery, big girl...... Hehe, I guess even the big girl's belly is not so slippery. ”

As soon as he spoke, his words caught everyone's attention. After all, in the vast majority of the time, the topic of men can never be separated from women.

Hearing his words, several comrades-in-arms immediately followed suit.

"Yo, look at what you said, have you touched the belly of the big girl?"

"No, at best, you're just touching your belly."

"Hey, look at what you said, why haven't you touched ......?"

Many times, no matter what they talk about, it will end up being blamed on the woman, and as it is now, all their final topics still fall on the woman. In a way, this should be an eternal topic.

Just as Zhang Guodong's words fell, the roar of the train was heard in the distance, and the locomotive could be seen spewing smoke from a distance.

"Ouch, what the hell is that......"

"It's not a monster!"

"Stay away."

When the brothers who were still there were talking nonsense, they all ran towards both sides of the railroad when they saw the train, and the curiosity on their faces turned to fear, a fear of the unknown.

Seeing that the brothers were all frightened like this, Ding Xiangshou was a little scared in his heart, but he still shouted at the soldiers.

"All back!"

The soldiers of his squad and the soldiers of other squads all stood in a daze, and they all stood five or six fathoms away from the railway.

"What's the matter, I wanted to make a train there just now, why are they all hiding so far away now? All of them are bears! ”

Ding Xiangshou narrowed his eyes and shouted at the soldiers.

Platoon Commander Zhang Ping walked up to the soldiers, looked at these brothers, and knew that these brothers were frightened by the train, so he said to them gently:

"Brothers, it's just a train, it's not a man-eating thing, this railway is only one now, it is estimated that in a few years, this railway will be built to the whole country, and it can also be repaired to our doorstep! It's just something that burns coal, a big coal stove, what's there to be afraid of......"

Even as his words fell, the whistle from there startled him, and of course most of the brothers did the same, after all, people are always curious about things they have never seen, and in addition to curiosity, there is inevitably some fear.

"Clang, Clang......"

After the whistle sounded, the train that had already slowed down slowly slid over, and even as it slid away, the roar of the machinery and the smoke still made the soldiers standing on the side of the road look at the train in amazement.

And on the train, an officer leaned out half of his body and yelled loudly.

"All the infantry got on the train first, the artillery waited for the next train, and the artillery waited for the next train......"

Just as the train was about to stop, the officer jumped down when he saw a group of officers on the side of the road and saluted the lieutenant colonel in the group.

"Hello sir, I'm Sun Quanfu, I'm an officer with the car, according to the order of the Fifth Military Government, all the infantry get on the car first, and the artillery waits."

Without any hesitation, after receiving the order, Zhang Antao immediately ordered the major teams to carry out the order.

The infantry got on the car, the artillery followed, and so so because the infantry of a regiment could be crammed into a train.

After receiving the order to get on the train, both sides of the railway immediately became lively, and the soldiers all jumped on the flatbed car one after another, and after getting on the train, they looked curiously left and right.

"Let the brethren squeeze a little more, at least a hundred people per car, and try to squeeze as many ......"

Because the capacity of the train is limited, so it can only be squeezed as much as possible on the train, although the approved flatbed car can only load 8 tons of goods, but in fact it can be loaded with about 14 tons, squeezing more than 100 people naturally has no problem, but squeezing to the end, the flatbed car with only two feet high baffle, even the empty seam is not even plugged with a needle.

But even so, the soldiers in the car still looked at the car curiously, and they said from time to time there.

"You say, there are thousands of brothers crowded in this car, how will you get there then?"

"But no, these thousands of brothers have to pay hundreds of thousands of catties to say the least, even if the train is an iron ox, it may not be able to pull it!"

"No, the Iron Bull can't pull so many things."

"That's a train, not an iron bull!"

"That is, the iron bull can't pull it, and the train can pull it to become a ......"

The soldiers were talking there, and more people were waiting for the departure of the train with anticipation, and from time to time they were joking with the artillerymen on the side of the road who did not get on the train, showing that they got on the train first. At this moment, a shrill whistle was suddenly heard coming from the direction of the locomotive.

"Good boy, it's really loud......"

"Moved, moved......"

The soldiers shouted excitedly there, even though they were in the car, they still saw their comrades, artillery, and horses moving backwards on the side of the road, they didn't move, it was the train that moved!

The train is moving!

The sound of clanging and clanging sounded again, accompanied by the sound of the rails pressing against the seams of the rails, the soldiers who were originally full of expectations even seemed a little frightened, and Sun Quanfu even felt a little dry, he even couldn't help but close his eyes, not only him, many soldiers were nervously supporting their comrades, and the brothers on the side of the carriage were even more pale and grabbed the two-foot-high baffle, many of the brothers seemed to be silent, but the trembling legs clearly showed that they were afraid.

The speed of the train is getting faster and faster, and when the speed of the train increases, the hearts of the soldiers are beating faster and faster, and the originally noisy train will become a little quieter, and everyone is there to adjust to the wind, the wind and soot that comes when the train is running.

In this way, in the chaotic and slightly nervous mood of the comrades-in-arms, the train traveled all the way west, and after walking for a long time, they slowly got used to it, and then began to talk and laugh as before, of course, the topic never left the train......