Chapter 28: The Five-Color Flag
After the formation of the troops is completed, the most important thing is to display the flag and determine the logo of each unit.
Different from modern armies, the above-mentioned unit numbers are mostly used to determine the army flag under the same military flag, and the army establishment is determined through different flags to facilitate battlefield identification.
Taking Qi's army as an example, according to the battalion (equivalent to a modern brigade), the department (equivalent to the regiment), and the division, respectively, five different colors of yellow, red, green, black and white were used instead, but the corresponding reference objects were replaced by the flag center, flag side, and flag belt, and then the number of the department was written on it.
For example, if the central division of the central part of the Chinese army is yellow-hearted, yellow-sided, and yellow-belted, then the yellow heart represents that the battalion (the establishment is equivalent to the brigade, but only 3,000 people, less than the brigade) is yellow, the yellow border represents the division (the establishment is equivalent to the regiment, but only 1,000 people, less than the regiment) is yellow, and the yellow belt represents the division (the establishment is equivalent to a modern battalion, about 500 people, which is equivalent to the battalion) is yellow.
In different divisions of the same department, the yellow heart of the representative battalion (brigade) and the yellow edge of the representative department (regiment) are the same, and then the colors of different divisions are represented by different streamers.
In addition to using different colors to distinguish the troop establishment, the generals are distinguished by flags of different sizes and heights, and the "Records of Military Training" stipulates that the flag of the battalion general (brigade) is six feet long and placed on a flagpole about one foot and five feet long.
The total flag is four feet long and is placed on a flagpole about one foot and two feet long.
Put the total flag about three feet long and place it on a flag about one foot long.
This is the banner distinction of the battalion (brigade) headquarters (regiment) division (battalion), and it is completely different for the division (battalion) below.
Bai Zong (Company) has a flag, two feet square, hanging on a nine-foot high flagpole, and its flag center and flag side flag bands correspond to the battalion (brigade) department (regiment) division (battalion) of the unit respectively, and distinguish different bureaus (Bai Zong) through the font above, such as Zhenyong, Zhenwu, Weiyong, and Wuyong represent different bureaus (equivalent to modern companies).
Below the bureau (company), the flag commander (platoon leader) carries a two-foot-five-inch long flag, which is inserted on a three-inch flagpole, and the sentry flag is written on it
The team leader (squad leader) is distinguished by the helmet flag on the helmet, on which is also written the sentry flag.
This is the ancient army distinction method, now the soldiers from the past bureau (company) expanded to a division (battalion), the number of soldiers and horses increased, many people are not familiar with it, in order to strengthen the army need to clear the banner, in order to distinguish.
In the Ming Dynasty, red was respected, coupled with personal feelings for the flag in his previous life, Yang Lin set red as his main flag, embroidered a red sickle and hammer on it to represent the soldiers who mainly relied on strength for farmers and craftsmen, and then embroidered red streamers, through the yellow flag, yellow sickle, hammer and yellow belt on behalf of the division.
For example, the sharpshooter brigade led by Yang Lin is written with a red sharpshooter brigade, Yang Wei's strongbow brigade is written with a yellow strongbow brigade, and the crossbow brigade of the dragon frame is written with a blue strongbow brigade to distinguish different bureaus (brigades).
The squadron leader below the bureau is the same as the flag commander in the past, and needs to carry a small flag to fight, and the color of the flag center, the color of the flag edge, and the font color on the small flag are the same as those of the brigade, and the biggest difference from other squadrons is the color of the flag, such as the first squadron is red, the second squadron is yellow, and the third squadron is blue.
The squad leader is the same as the small flag in the past, and is identified by the helmet flag, such as the first squadron and the first squadron, it is a red background and red border, the second squadron of the first squadron is a red background and yellow belt, and the first squadron and the third squad are red and blue with a blue edge.
In addition, the soldiers are also identified, and all the soldiers are embroidered on the left chest of the uniform, such as the first sharpshooter bureau, the second strong bow bureau, and the third crossbow bureau.
The soldier's helmet is identified by the embroidered belt, and the color of the embroidery belt is consistent with the color of the squad leader (small flag), if the squad leader's helmet is a blue belt with a red background and blue edge, then the embroidered belt on the helmet is mainly red, mixed with a small number of blue streamers.
There is no doubt that after the improvement, the unit flag inherits the tradition of the flag of the previous life, and is more simplified to facilitate the identification of soldiers, especially the identification of soldiers on the battlefield (on the uniform, or on the arm there is a troop number to identify its belonging, and the streamer on the helmet to identify the squad to which the brigade belongs)
But there is no doubt that this is a big project, and it took ten days to complete it, and at the same time, Yang Lin has intensified the training of the troops.
The most important thing, Yang Lin is most concerned about his own sharpshooter bureau, in his previous life, he had used the bird gun many times to hunt, holding the bird gun Yang Lin was full of confidence, demonstrated on the spot, aimed at the round target a hundred steps away, and released three guns in a row to hit the target. (Qi Jiguang's "Record of Military Training" The standard for an excellent bird gun is to have a correct posture and accurately hit the target from a hundred steps away.)
In the past, everyone thought that Yang Lin was just a white-faced scholar, but today they are impressed by such good kung fu, and what they want is this effect, just like doing things at the grassroots level in the previous life, you must convince the following people so that you can further carry out your work.
Seeing that the goal was achieved, Yang Lin began to train, began to teach the principles of shooting, and began to decompose movements.
Most of us are coarse, and if you don't say that your mouth is dry, you may even hear the soldiers below in a daze.
Curiosity kills cats, taking advantage of everyone's curiosity, Yang Lin explains the principle of shooting while conducting experiments.
When the lead is lit and shot, everyone can't see or touch it, which is very difficult to understand, but everyone can let go of firecrackers.
Let's set off firecrackers first, bought two large firecrackers, peeled them off and looked at the structure, let the most shy Shen Sanwa light them, everyone covered their ears, and saw that the firecrackers exploded, and the paper outside was blown away.
Everyone looked at the gossip, although everyone is a countryman, they have never eaten pork and watched pigs run, and they didn't let off firecrackers during the New Year?
Yang Lin smiled without saying a word, and asked people to find a large military cauldron, put gunpowder and lead at the bottom of the pot, ignited the gunpowder, and the lead collided in the pot several times, and then shot out, about five steps.
Everyone feels the novelty, many people scratch their ears and cheeks, why the lead on the flat ground is only two steps away, but in the iron pot can reach five steps away.
Then he took a large bamboo tube, opened an opening in the back to ignite the gunpowder inside, put three coins of medicine and concocted it in the same way, and the lead was shot out for more than 30 steps.
Finally, there is a thin bamboo, which shoots out more than 50 steps.
After trying five or six times in a row, the more everyone watched, the more amazing it became, and many people stood up and asked why.
Yang Lin asked the teams to discuss, and then introduced the representatives to speak, just like the MBA program in his previous life.
Although the speech was not so precise, everyone was full of curiosity and understood according to their own ideas.
That is, the release of the gun, mainly the coarse gunpowder burns and then the explosion occurs in a small space, driving the lead in front of the movement, assuming that the air thrust produced by the explosion of the same gunpowder is the same, because the lead constantly hits the barrel in the barrel, the weight of the lead can be determined, the air tightness of the lead and the barrel, and the length of the barrel affects the range of the lead.
The power of the explosion is certain, the lead is too heavy, the speed of the lead decreases, and the range becomes shorter.
The air tightness is not good, not only the air thrust generated by the explosion is lost, but the lead collides back and forth in the barrel many times, and the firing range becomes smaller.
The barrel length was short, and the angle of the lead shot was not corrected in the barrel, which affected not only the range, but also the aimed shot.
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Yang Lin finally concluded that he tried to test the incomprehensible again, seeing is believing and hearing is false, and everyone felt very strange, so it took a day to explain the principle of shooting.