The gong sounded again in the barracks. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info This time it's not in the middle of the night, but in the morning. Yang Tao hurriedly pushed the door in: "Everyone urgently gathers, hurry, hurry, there is a situation." ”

The 30 recruits quickly got up and dressed, and Ye Er scolded in his heart: "There is another fart situation, you just toss hard, you can't toss it in another 1 month." ”

All 180 recruits from six platoons of recruits were driven up and stood neatly in the open space of the barracks. He Chaoyong, the commander of the recruit company, stood at the forefront of the team. Since there were only 6 retired Army personnel among the traversers, 2 marines, He Chaoyong and Wang Qianxiang, were transferred to the Army, and He Chaoyong has now been promoted to lieutenant company commander.

"All personnel obey my orders, target Tiandu Iron Mine, run forward, and go!"

"Tian Du? More than 20 miles to run? I haven't even eaten breakfast yet. Ye Er faintly felt that something was wrong.

Something really went wrong, the prisoners of war at the Tiandu Iron Mine rioted.

Gu Yunkun is not an engineer from a professional class, and the machine shafts of Tiandu Mine were all built in the process of exploration, and the safety measures were not in place at all, and there were accidents at two ends in three days. These prisoners of war have not had any major incidents under the care of a company of army guards and the hard work of 20 JI women. But just a few days ago, a collapse accident buried more than 20 people at once, and after a night of rescue, more than 20 bodies were carried out, and none of them were alive. The incident ignited the discontent of the POWs, and last night more than 700 POWs rioted.

The news was transmitted back to Yulin Bay early in the morning, and the Military Commission tightly sealed the news and secretly sent all the recruit companies to Tiandu Mine.

More than an hour later, the sky was bright, and the 180 soldiers of the recruit company stood about half a mile away from the Tiandukumine, and the thick black smoke in the Tiandukum in the distance could be seen clearly. Han Wantao stood at the front of the team and read out the order of the Military Commission:

"Given that the prisoners of war in the current riot have spiraled out of control and are deliberately sabotaging iron ore facilities, causing casualties. The Military Commission ordered that the necessary measures be taken to immediately quell the riots and ensure the safety of people and property. ”

After reading the order of the Military Commission, Han Wantao glanced around majestically: "Soldiers, your brothers are in the Tiandu Mine, and now their lives are threatened, and our mission is to rescue them." I command that if there is resistance, no one will be killed, if there is no disobedience to the order, no one will be killed, and if there is one who escapes, no matter how killed. ”

Ye Er walked in the middle of the queue with a musket, and 180 soldiers formed two phalanxes, with the fire commander in front and the spearman behind, marching towards Tiandukuang step by step with neat steps.

The fire inside the Tiandu mine was blazing, and the road into it had been blocked by rubble. More than 100 soldiers and miners with weapons surrounded the exit.

Han Wantao came to the exit and grabbed a soldier casually: "What about your company commander, Gu Yunkun, ask them to come to see me." ”

Li Fuqiang and Gu Yunkun ran over from a distance.

"How's the situation, is there anything wrong with your own people?" Han Wantao asked anxiously.

"My own people are fine, all of them have been withdrawn, but one of them is injured, but the injuries are not serious." Li Fuqiang replied.

After hearing this, Han Wantao immediately put on a serious face: "Why don't you suppress it, why don't you shoot, are you all burning sticks in your hands?" ”

"They have hostages in their hands and can't storm them." Gu Yunkun explained.

"Didn't all of our people come out?" Han Wantao asked rhetorically.

"Our people are fine, but they detained more than a dozen JI women and a few miners."

"Hmph." Han Wantao snorted in his nose, turned his head and shouted to the phalanx of soldiers behind him, "This has been controlled by the mob, and some miners and JI women have also participated in the riot, now I order, drive into the mine, whoever dares to resist, will be killed!" ”

"Han Wantao!" Gu Yunkun sent out the first fire after the crossing, "What are you going to do, you are disregarding human life." ”

"Someone!" Han Wantao casually called over the two soldiers, "Team Leader Gu is tired, help him down to rest." ”

"Han Wantao!" Gu Yunkun pushed aside the two soldiers who came over, "You have to be responsible for doing this. I'm going to accuse you to the committee, I'm going to accuse you to the Crossing Assembly. ”

"Team Leader Gu, I will pay for my responsibility." Han Wantao said calmly, "But you have to think about your responsibilities first." ”

"Let's go, Team Leader Gu." Li Fuqiang pulled Gu Yunkun aside and whispered in his ear, "Xiucai met Bing, and he couldn't explain it clearly. Let's go back and talk about it. ”

The sound of fire rang out, and more than 100 fire commanders marched in three rows. Behind them were nearly 200 spearmen, spears pointed diagonally at the sky. The prisoners of war had only pickaxes, shovels and stones in their hands.

Ye Er quietly raised the muzzle of the gun by an inch, and at this time, Mr. Xu's words came to his mind again, "No matter what the circumstances, your guns should never be aimed at your compatriots and relatives." Ye Er didn't know if it was a relative on the other side, but he was always a little unbearable to shoot at these people who only held pickaxes and stones.

Under the fierce offensive, in less than half an hour, most of the prisoners of war repeated the action of landing on Yulin Bay for the first time, holding their heads in their hands and kneeling on the ground.

Han Wantao's side gathered some company platoon commanders who were traversers.

"Is it all solved, has there been any leakage?" Han Wantao asked.

"One of them didn't run away, and they were all blocked inside." Li Fuqiang replied, "But there were also casualties among the hostages, and several miners and JI women died. ”

"Did the leader catch it?" Han Wantao didn't answer Li Fuqiang's words.

"There is no leader."

"No leader?"

"Nope." Li Fuqiang explained, "Just a few days after the last mining disaster, a group of people will be sent down the mine tomorrow, but no one wants to go, and I don't know who shouted it, and these people will make a fuss." Actually。。。。。。 ”

"You don't have to say it." Han Wantao knew in his heart that this kind of riot was often caused by a small thing, and the long-term depression and danger made everyone's nerves very fragile, and he didn't know which thing or sentence became the fuse.

"The order of the Military Council is announced below." Han Wantao took out a piece of paper stamped with the large seal of the Military Commission and read, "After the riot subsides, the first evil element will be escorted back to Yulin Bay, and the rest of the elements involved in the riot will all be detained on the spot, and there is no need to escort them back to Yulin Bay, and their prisoner of war treatment will be cancelled." ”

"Who will be escorted back without the first evildoer?" Someone asked.

"Pick out a few people and send them back, and the Military Commission wants to understand the situation." Han Wantao actually knew that the person who was escorted back would not survive, and he had to make an example of him.

Ye Er sat on the ground holding the fire tong and panted, although his gun kept being put in the air, but the screams of those who were shot kept entering his ears. Ye Er wanted to rescue these injured people at first, but was beaten back by Zhou Lei 2. Some miners and veterans came over to carry away these injured thugs on the ground, Ye Er didn't know what kind of punishment they were going to suffer, he didn't want to think about it, and he didn't dare to think about it. Seeing blood for the first time gave this 14-year-old child a new understanding of war, it turns out that war is so cruel, and a little movement of a finger can cause a life to die. Ye Er remembered Mr. Xu's words again, "Life is only once, and it is precious to everyone." ”

At the temporary crossing conference, Gu Yunkun and Han Wantao were accusing each other. Han Wantao accused Gu Yunkun of ineffectively handling the riots and failing to take measures at the first time, resulting in injuries to some travelers; Gu Yunkun accused Han Wantao of taking care of human life and taking attack actions without guaranteeing the safety of the hostages, resulting in the death of the hostages. This question became more and more debated, and finally evolved into whether the status of the Ming Dynasty and the traversers was equal.

In the end, over how to deal with the rebels escorted back to Yulin Bay, another quarrel broke out between the Military Commission and Shi Xianyang. Shi Xianyang insisted that the trial should be open and that the life and death of these people should be decided by crossing the court, while the Military Commission repeatedly emphasized that this was a riot by prisoners of war, and that there was nothing to do with crossing the courtroom at all, and Zhang Guodong even proposed that a new military court be formed.

Zeng Guangxian kept lobbying the members of the conference: "Members, our navy has selected 70 prisoners of war, this is no way, if we can't even deal with the rebellion harshly this time, who will guarantee that these prisoners of war will be honest and obedient, once something happens at sea, then it can only be resigned to fate." Therefore, we must severely crack down on this kind of rebellion and make an example of each other. ”

At Pham Thuyminh's proposal, the vote produced the final result. All 10 rebels who were escorted back were sentenced to death without a public trial, and the rest of the rebels were given prisoner of war treatment, and a new labor camp was formed, and they were not allowed to leave Tiandukuang for 10 years.

Ten heads were hung on a high pole next to the pier and let the sea breeze blow. This rebellion shook the entire Yulin Bay quite a lot, and all the prisoners of war and Ming Dynasty people were driven to watch the beheading performance, and the bloody scene made most people shudder. Subsequently, the Military Commission conducted a screening activity among the prisoners of war, and all those who had made remarks about Yulin Bay were sent to Tiandumine, and no one knew when they would return.

Shi Xianyang sat depressedly in Xu Lang's office: "You're still right, now that the power of the Military Commission is getting bigger and bigger, and it is about to be re-elected, if it goes on like this, I'm worried that there will be military interference." ”

"Don't ask me about this." Xu Lang replied, "I don't know that there is a Han now, regardless of Wei and Jin. ”

Shi Xianyang didn't care about Xu Lang's attitude, and continued: "You said that Jiang Beiming didn't even say a word, if he could say a word, would I still be like this?" ”

"It would be nice if he could keep himself now." Xu Lang replied expressionlessly.

"What do you mean? What happened to Jiang Beiming? ”

Xu Lang didn't answer Shi Xianyang's question, and said to himself: "What Lu Lao said is really right, 'The authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear'." I've been at school for a long time, and I've really figured out a lot of things. ”

"You've figured out something."

"Jiang Beiming seems to be very beautiful, the supreme military commander of Yulin Bay, hehe." Xu Lang laughed dryly, "The army is in the hands of Han Wantao, the navy is in the hands of Zeng Guangxian, the Marine Platoon is directly under the committee, he Jiang Beiming is now the commander of a light pole, who can he command?" Up to now, Han Wantao is in military rank, Zeng Guangxian is already on an equal footing with him, and the military commission is 4 to 1, and Jiang Beiming has no decision-making power at all. ”

"You mean the Military Council has already put him in the air?" Shi Xianyang felt that Xu Lang's words seemed to have some truth.

"Being able to keep such a position for him now is because he has taken a fancy to his military command ability, which no one in Yulin Bay can surpass him." Xu Lang lit a cigarette and took a deep breath, "Xianyang, I've been thinking about a question these days. Whether our current system is really suitable for the development of Yulin Bay. ”

"Why doesn't it fit?" Shi Xianyang was a little unhappy, was Xu Lang stupid in school, "Everything is decided by all people, ancient Athenian-style democracy, this is the most direct and effective way." ”

"There's nothing wrong with the system itself, here's the problem." Xu Lang pointed to his head, "Let's not talk about him in the Ming Dynasty, it's just that of our more than 300 travelers, how many of them really know about ancient Athens?" It doesn't matter whether it is through the courtroom or the military court, bypassing the judicial process, just holding a meeting, shouting a few slogans, everyone votes, and 10 heads fall to the ground, what is the difference between this and before. Even the Ming Dynasty knew that human life was at stake, and the execution of criminals had to be reported to the Criminal Department. ”

"So what should we do?" Shi Xianyang felt that Xu Lang still had something to say.

"Open the wisdom of the people. Only by letting everyone know their rights and know how to defend their rights can this system play its role. If the interests of each individual are not safeguarded, the interests of the whole cannot be safeguarded. ”

"What you said also has some truth, but this change in thinking is not an overnight thing, China has been an absolute monarchy for thousands of years, 'the holy monarch is prosperous' This is the inherent thinking mode of the Chinese, if you want to change it in a short time, I am afraid it is difficult."

"So we have to work harder." Xu Lang stood up and stretched, "Elder Lu has drafted the Yulin Bay Compulsory Education Law, and children between the ages of 7 and 16 must receive education. Since someone wants to compete with us for the crossing convention, then we will fight with them for the child. ”