Chapter Seventy-Seven: Attending the Kiln Gang Conference Visiting the Military Academy Shooting Range

Concubine Zhuang participated in the summary meeting of Yaogang for the first time, and she sat with the princes of Ordos. Sitting on such a ** stage, Concubine Zhuang felt a feeling in her heart that she had never felt before.

Although Concubine Zhuang thinks highly of herself, she must not show her face like this in Shengjing (Shenyang), and it is impossible to have such an opportunity. Seeing the formation of the Yaogang people holding a meeting, Concubine Zhuang really felt very sad for those Manchu officials. Those who think they are guys, and they have to go against the kiln people, they are simply looking for death. At this time, Concubine Zhuang suddenly understood Fan Wencheng. A smart person like Fan Wencheng, after looking around the kiln, was naturally able to see through the results and chose to retreat bravely, which is really a smart way.

Several members of the kiln gang made reports one by one, which made Concubine Zhuang even more refreshing. When Concubine Zhuang is fine, she has to read the newspaper of Yaogang several times a day, and she has to get to know the people of Yaogang in depth. Sometimes I have to go to the Yaogang Library to check the old Yaogang newspapers. However, the kiln gang that is understood is still very incomplete. Today, the main leaders of the kiln gang have made a summary of almost all aspects, so that everyone has a comprehensive understanding of the main achievements of the kiln gang in the past year. These brilliant achievements made her, an outsider, feel very excited. Concubine Zhuang felt that what the kiln people did in a year could not be done in ten years or even decades in the Qing Dynasty. This gap is simply incomparable. Concubine Zhuang felt that her country was ruined, and it was a blessing in disguise to be able to come to Yaogang, otherwise, trapped in the palace in Shengjing, she would never know that the world was still so vast, and there was still a place like Yaogang in the world.

The two-day meeting made Concubine Zhuang feel much younger. At the meeting, she often looked at Huang Yukun who was sitting in the row in front of her, and she was really envious of her. However, after the meeting, Concubine Zhuang also had the idea of the next step to deal with the relatives on the grassland brought by her brother.

She knew that there wasn't much time left for them to slowly come to their senses, and she had to give them a little bit of medicine as soon as possible.

Wu Keshan finally waited for his sister to come back from a meeting to attend the dinner, and couldn't wait to ask his sister's home.

Seeing his uncle coming, Fulin knew that he was going to talk to his mother, greeted him, and hurriedly said goodbye and went back to his room.

Every time Wu Keshan came to his sister's house, he was very envious of his sister for having such a three-story building. Although it is much smaller than the imperial palace in Shengjing (Shenyang), the conditions cannot be compared. Wu Keshan also understood why his sister wanted to take Hai Lanzhu and her aunt over. It's very comfortable to live in. Here in Yaogang, the food is the best in the world. In particular, his sister is really valued by the kiln people, and if they can really come over, they will definitely enjoy their happiness with their sister.

Because she drank some wine with Huang Yukun and them at the dinner, when she returned home, Concubine Zhuang went to take a hot bath first, and when she came out, she had already changed her clothes and exuded fragrance on her body. Wu Keshan knew that this was the smell of the scented soap of the Yaogang people, and this was their favorite taste in the hotel.

The relationship between the brother and sister is very good, and when they were young, Wu Keshan was the strongest support for his sister Bumu Butai. Bumu Butai's entry into the palace was also personally sent by Wu Keshan. Seeing his sister come out radiantly, Wu Keshan was happy for his sister in his heart.

As soon as Concubine Zhuang sat down, Wu Keshan asked, "Bumu Butai, look at your happy appearance, is it really so good to participate in the summary meeting of the kiln gang people?" ”

"Oh, brother! Have you read yesterday's newspaper in Yaogang? ”

"Hey! We don't know much Mongolian characters, and Chinese characters are even worse, and no one will read the Yaogang people's newspaper! ”

"Hey!" Concubine Zhuang said, "How can you barbarians compare with the people of Yaogang, we must let the children on the grassland come to Yaogang to study, otherwise the difference will be farther and farther." However, Concubine Zhuang still said: "If you read the newspaper, you will see that there is a picture of me in the newspaper." That's a glorious thing! The princes of Ordos also attended the meeting, and there were pictures of them in the newspapers. ”

"Glory is glory, what is the use?" Wu Keshan said incomprehensibly.

Concubine Zhuang saw that she couldn't make sense of this, so she turned to the topic and said: "During the meeting, I met Zhang Dongjia and told Zhang Dongjia about your visit. He promised to finish the business in front of him first, and he would see you soon. And I have been instructed to take care of you. ”

Wu Keshan just wanted to ask about it, and when he heard his sister say this, he sighed and said, "Alas! When I got to the door, I had to wait any longer! ”

Concubine Zhuang said: "Brother! I asked Zhang Dongjia for permission, and tomorrow I will take you to see the Yaogang People's Junior Military Academy and Military Academy, and then take you to the shooting range to shoot after reading it! ”

When Wu Keshan heard about the shooting, he became interested and said, "You don't need to go to their school." Let's go to the shooting range, I really want to see what the hell is going on with their muskets! ”

"Oops, brother!" Concubine Zhuang was surprised and said, "What a great opportunity this is, no matter how many people want to see it." If I hadn't drunk and had fun with Zhang Dongjia's wife at the banquet, and she accompanied me to intercede with Zhang Dongjia, how could you have such an opportunity. If you don't go, I'm so angry! ”

Seeing that Concubine Zhuang was angry, Wu Keshan hurriedly said, "Oops! Bumu Butai, don't be angry, doesn't my brother know what the school is talking about, since what you said is so good, let's go and see it tomorrow! ”

"Brother! Do you know why the people of Yaogang fight so well? ”

"Their firearms are good! We can't compare. ”

"Not exactly, brother! Tomorrow I will take you to see the school where they train officers. After reading it, you will know where we are? Concubine Zhuang said seriously, "You have come to the kiln once, and it is in vain not to take a look at these." What do you say is all this eating and drinking? ”

"Good! Brother, listen to you! ”

Concubine Zhuang's purpose is very obvious, that is, she wants Wu Keshan and the others to know how big the difference is as soon as possible. Although they have visited a lot of places in Yaogang these days, their arrogance is constantly decreasing, but it is not enough.

The Yaogang Junior Military Academy enrolls 500 children every year, and the military instructors of the military academy are all officers who have participated in actual combat. The teachers of the cultural class are now all graduates of Yaogang College, which is the school that Ouyang He personally grasped. There are now several thousand students in the school.

Unlike other schools, the Cadet Military Academy is surrounded by a tall wall, and from the outside, you can't see the inside of the school at all. There were sentinels standing guard on all sides of the wall, and outsiders were not allowed to approach them.

Wu Keshan and his group of people were shocked as soon as they entered the school through the heavily guarded gate. It's so big, all the roads are asphalt, and the roads are very neat, and although it's cold and you can't see the green, you can see that there are trees on both sides of the road. The buildings on campus are very neat and clean. In the playground of the schoolyard, there are young soldiers taking military classes and training under the command of instructors.

Led by the school's officers, they arrived at the school building and saw that most of the students were taking cultural classes in the spacious classrooms. The teaching floor was very quiet, and Wu Keshan and the others all silently followed the officers sent by the school to advance quietly, for fear of disturbing the students in the classroom.

Wu Keshan and the others came to the dormitory of the students, they were stunned, all the students' beds were very neat, especially the quilt was folded into tofu blocks, which was angular. Wu Keshan asked the officer sent by the school to receive him, "Do all the students here have to fold the quilt like this?" ”

The officer smiled and said, "When you enter here, everyone is the same." Not only the students, but also our instructors. In fact, it's good to get used to it, so that you can cultivate the spiritual quality of the trainees, which is very good for improving combat effectiveness! ”

One Baylor asked: "I see, a small number of you are training on the grassland, and most of them are studying, so can the cadets who come out like this go to the battlefield to fight?" ”

"What you see is only one side. Our students get up every morning to do martial arts training and run. All activities are strictly scheduled. After five years, they will all be martial arts masters, and if they can't reach a certain level, they won't be able to graduate. What's more, they will all be all-rounders. Our martial arts instructors are all martial arts masters, and the top few who participate in martial arts competitions are all instructors hired by us. Whether the cadets are fighting with hand-to-hand or light or heavy weapons, they must reach a certain level in order to graduate, and they are not only soldiers with one as ten, but also commanders who can command middle and lower-level military units. ”

"How many students do you recruit each year?" A prince asked.

"Five hundred a year."

"Five hundred a year?"

"Yes, five hundred a year! The best of them can be directly promoted to the Yaogang Military Academy for further study. Most of them will be assigned to various armies. ”

"What's the use of a soldier who goes to the battlefield to kill people, learning so much culture?" A prince said disdainfully.

The officer who received them smiled and said, "Hehe! That's what distinguishes our army from other armies. In our army, not only the officers must be educated, but the soldiers must also learn the culture. This is also the guarantee of our invincibility! I think the outcome of the war also tells us that we are doing the right thing. ”

The officer who received them spoke very implicitly, but Wu Keshan also heard that the officer was referring to the fact that the Horqin cavalry was wiped out by the Yaogang people. However, Wu Keshan and they really have nothing to say.

Wu Keshan and the others were all interested in the weapons used by the trainees. But they can only touch it with their hands, and there are no bullets. Concubine Zhuang said: "In the afternoon, we can let everyone shoot at the shooting range. ”

Wu Keshan asked the accompanying officer: "How often do your cadets go to the shooting range?" ”

"We go at least once every seven days, and we have cadets train at the shooting range every day, and everyone goes in turns. It's very close to the shooting range, otherwise we would have built it ourselves. At least twice a week for the year-end assessment. ”

After Wu Keshan and the others came to the Yaogang Military Academy, they were even more dumbfounded. The people who are trained here are all officers. Here, they visited gun trucks, four-wheel drive car-powered vehicles, as well as cannons, light and heavy machine guns of various calibers.

Inside the teaching building, they saw what the sand table was, as well as a detailed map of the Horqin area in their hometown. The officers who received them here gave them a brief introduction to what is called infantry and artillery coordination, infantry station and vehicle coordination, and future air-ground coordination, which dazzled them, and they couldn't understand very well. But what they could understand was how to fight against the cavalry. This includes cavalry versus cavalry, infantry versus cavalry, artillery cart versus cavalry, artillery versus cavalry, car versus cavalry, air versus cavalry, etc., as well as joint versus cavalry combat. Anyway, they understood that no class would fight with their swords-to-sabers.

After listening to the officer's explanation, a prince couldn't help but say: "If you have the ability, you will fight cavalry against cavalry, knife against knife." ”

The officer snorted with his nose and said contemptuously: "Humph! We're not that stupid! However, if it is really that case, you will not take advantage of our cavalry. We all know how you train, a lot of things we train, you don't have. How to fight, you are all too far apart! ”

The officer's answer was not loud, and listening to the voice was simply an understatement, but they could feel the murderous aura Wu Keshan revealed in the words. After being introduced, I learned that this officer was a cavalry officer who had participated in many battles, and he was sent to Yaogang for further study. Because he was familiar with cavalry combat, he was specially arranged to receive Wu Keshan and them.

Lunch was arranged to be eaten at the Military Academy, but when the group walked towards the dining hall, they found that all the students walking on the campus road were holding their chests up one by one, walking at right angles, and their military appearance was exceptionally neat. One by one, it's almost like a person.

Concubine Zhuang quietly asked Wu Keshan: "Brother! How many such officers can we pick out there? ”

Wu Keshan was very painful in his heart, gritted his teeth, did not speak, just shook his head. Now he somewhat understands why the tens of thousands of cavalry in Horqin were wiped out so easily by the Yaogang people.

What they didn't expect was that when they entered the restaurant to eat, the students also sat there neatly and did not make a loud noise. You can imagine what the team brought out by such an officer would be like.

Wu Keshan and the others didn't expect that the food level of the students would be so high, there were a lot of meat and vegetables, which could be selected by themselves, and there were fruits after the meal.

After eating at the Military Academy, Wu Keshan saw that these Horqin heroes were as depressed as frost. Concubine Zhuang saw this and said in her heart, it seems that today's purpose has been achieved.

After visiting the Yaogang Military Academy, the confidence of the Horqin people was completely shaken, and in the afternoon at the shooting range, the Horqin people were completely defeated.

Today's shooting range is very lively, there are cadets from the Yaogang Junior Military Academy for shooting training, and a group of female health soldiers for shooting training here. There is also a special soldier specially arranged by Li Jing to train here.

Concubine Zhuang led Wu Keshan and their convoy, and as soon as they entered the gate of the shooting range, they heard the continuous sound of "popping" gunshots.

Wu Keshan asked Concubine Zhuang beside him: "Bumu Butai, this is the sound of the muskets of the Yaogang people, right?" ”

"Yes! I heard this kind of gunfire when I was in Shengjing (Shengjing)! ”

Concubine Zhuang's words made Wu Keshan a little uncomfortable, he knew that his sister Bumu Butai had survived such a gunshot!

After the group got out of the car, there were shooting range staff who arranged for them to sit on the viewing platform. At this time, in the venue, the special forces were performing a shooting performance, and the female soldiers threw objects into the air, and the special forces shot and smashed the objects in the air continuously, attracting bursts of cheers. The people of Horqin, who were sitting on the viewing platform, understood that if the objects in the air were heads, they would be headshots one by one. It's too close.

When the special forces were resting, the cadets of the junior military academy shot with a precision of 100 meters, and then the people of Horqin stood up and watched. After the target paper was returned, the Horqin people also gathered around to watch. They saw that most of the points on the target paper were eight or nine or ten, which meant the position of the heart. And they also know that no amount of armor can stop such bullets. After the female soldiers finished shooting, Concubine Zhuang contacted the people at the shooting range, Wu Keshan and the others came to the shooting position, and the soldiers at the shooting range introduced them to the shooting essentials. Horqin, these confident people, also began to shoot "snapped".

But after a round of shooting, their faces turned green, and the bullets they fired rarely had targets.

The soldiers at the shooting range comforted them and said, "Don't be discouraged, it's good to practice later, everyone is like this at the beginning." ”

Concubine Zhuang also said to Wu Keshan: "The gunners are fed with bullets. Don't be discouraged! ”

But Wu Keshan said: "This is also fed with silver, you see such a bullet, how fine the workmanship." Every bullet can't be cheaper. Besides, it's impossible for them to sell us bullets either. ”

After Concubine Zhuang also fired a few shots, the soldiers at the shooting range used a loudspeaker to inform everyone to return to their seats, because a sniper show was immediately held.

Concubine Zhuang and these Horqin people didn't know what snipers meant, but they all returned to their seats and waited, when someone brought them binoculars and asked them to see some radishes placed five hundred meters away. Looking at the radish from such a distance can only be seen clearly with a telescope.

The loudspeaker said, "Now the show begins!" ”

Through the binoculars, they saw that the turnips were bursting and rolling all over the ground. Strangely, however, they did not hear the gunshots, nor did they find out who was shooting.

It wasn't until the shooting was finished that they saw some people standing up around the inconspicuous weedy trees, dressed in weedy clothes and painted with the same color as dead grass, smiling and showing their snow-white teeth. They lay there, and they couldn't be seen from the outside. This was something that everyone didn't expect, and everyone gave them a warm applause.

Wu Keshan blurted out: "Oh my God! That's what a sniper is! Hit people's heads so far away, others don't know yet, can this battle still be fought? ”

Concubine Zhuang admired Yaogang's arrangement very much at this time, she just told Zhang Zhimu that after taking the Horqin family to visit the Junior Military Academy and Yaogang Military Academy, she would take them to the shooting range to have a look, hoping to arrange some good gunners and give them a show. Zhang Zhimu immediately understood, not only arranged the shooter, but also arranged it so carefully. It is not visible, but the effect is surprisingly good. This tacit understanding made Concubine Zhuang feel very comfortable.

On the way back to Yaogang, the guests in Horqin were silent, and a prince said on the bus: "Bumu Butai, when will the people of Yaogang see us?" If this continues, we will all become wild dogs without bones! ”

Wu Keshan said to him: "I didn't tell you, the kiln gang people have already promised, and they will arrange it soon!" Whether you have bones or not, it has nothing to do with Bumu Butai. She did her best for us. ”

Concubine Zhuang knew that the time had come, so she stood up and said to everyone: "I came out of the grassland, and I want to do something for my relatives on the grassland, otherwise I won't worry about these things." Today I promise you that tomorrow I will give you an explanation, otherwise I will not care about this matter anymore! ”

Some people said, "Bumu Butai, we don't blame you, you can't leave us alone." I saw that the gap between us and Yaogang is too big, no matter what, this battle can no longer be fought! ”

"yes!"

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Many people are echoing this view.

"Alright! Anyway, I'll give you an explanation tomorrow! I want to ask to see Zhang Dongjia again. Concubine Zhuang said to everyone.

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