Sun Dingliao led the army and civilians to be busy in Shimen for three days, and the defenders of Houkou came with news: a large group of cavalry with red tasseled hats floated through the north, ignoring the Shimen waterway at all. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The news reached the ears of the people, and the people could not sit still.

In the past, the news of the Manchurian army was rumored, but now seeing is believing.

More people moved west along the Yellow River. In addition to the herdsmen driving cattle and sheep in the team, there were more farmers who carried their families on their shoulders.

The husband of Machi Village found Sun Dingliao and said that the Yellow River beach near Machi was rich in green hemp, and the villagers were reluctant to move away, and they also wanted to join the army to protect their families.

Sun Dingliao persuaded: "I welcome you to join the army." But have you ever thought about it, if the people in the village don't move out, as soon as the Manchurian army comes, Erli and a half village can drill the ravine, what should Machi Village do? ”

The people of Machi Village replied: "The villagers will cross Shimenshui first, and then move back to the village when we win the battle, and then move to the Langshan River if we lose the battle." ”

Sun Dingliao thought of the mother-in-law who were rubbing hemp under the tree.

The chief of staff sighed, "If you want to join the army, go to Kong Yousex!" ”

In just a few days, Sun Dingliao expanded from the fifty people he brought to five hundred.

These recruits are too poorly equipped and have not been trained, and in the eyes of the chief of staff, these 500 people are good at fighting in groups, and fighting in battles is still far behind.

In desperation, Sun Dingliao sent Pegasus back to Langshan River to report the news, the central meaning was to equip the new soldiers with weapons and ask the veterans to lead the new soldiers.

As soon as the messenger left, Mo Rigen sent Sun Dingliao with 500 cavalry.

Five hundred cavalry had bows and horses, but that was all.

Sun Dingliao was a short general, and instilled the art of war in these "generals" every day as soon as it was dark. Time is pressing, Sun Dingliao doesn't care if they can understand it, there is a way to sharpen the gun in battle, if you are not happy, you can learn as much as you want!

Three days later, Yang Liulang led a battalion down to support, and Sun Dingliao breathed a sigh of relief.

Yang Liulang's battalion was equipped with all composite helmets and composite cuirasses, and more than 200 people were equipped with 100 electric three-eyed guns. On the shore of the Shimen Waterway, under the hunting pentagram, 200 people sang in unison:

The Yellow River, the Yellow River, from the Kunlun Mountains,

Far from Mongolia, it flows into the Great Wall Pass.

Ancient sages, born this river dry.

On the independent embankment, the mind is clear.

Outside the Great Wall, by the Loop,

The yellow sand and white grass are uninhabited.

Side 100,000 soldiers, long drive northwest.

Drinking Yangshan River, stationed on the top of Mayin Mountain.

If you don't win, you won't return,

Jun made a cymbal blow, watch me triumphant.

……

The people on the side pointed excitedly,

"Look, Tabu's soldiers!"

"The Iron Nation has come to the rescue!"

"Tabu Nang has sent the Iron Army to save us!"

Chief of Staff Sun Dingliao and First Battalion Commander Yang Liulang had not yet met, and after the two exchanged pleasantries, Yang Liulang immediately informed Sun Dingliao of the latest battle report: Manchukuo had withdrawn its troops from Qingshanzui, and it was expected that the army would reach the Shimen Waterway within two or three days. The 3rd Battalion, the General Staff, the 2nd General Staff Department, and the Health Team will arrive in three days.

Yang Liulang summoned three soldiers and said to Sun Dingliao: "Chief of Staff, show you something powerful." ”

Two soldiers dug a small pit in the river beach where no one was there, and one of the soldiers carefully took a red brick-sized oilcloth from the reed raft and wrapped it into the pit, connected a copper wire more than five feet long, piled a layer of gravel on top of the package, and inserted a tree branch.

Yang Liulang introduced: "This cloth bag contains explosives, which is called an explosives bag. The explosives have a violent temper, and the current output is very small, and Li De'er and Ha Laocai are thinking about improving it. ”

The soldier plugged into a fist-sized device at the location of the connected copper wire. The device was square, plastered, and had two binding posts on each side.

Yang Liulang said: "This thing is a new thing that has been pondered by the electric workshop, and De'er Ye calls it a relay, and the craftsmen call it a power transmission box." There is a battery and an electromagnet column in the transmission box, and when the two electric columns on one side of the transmission box are connected with copper wires, the two electric columns on the other side immediately flow out of turbulent electricity. In this way, the wire can be pulled farther away. ”

Two soldiers carried a wooden wheel, which was wrapped with copper wire. The soldier turned the reel and set off the line as he retreated.

Yang Liulang said: "During the actual battle, the transmission box and wire must be buried in the ground to prevent thieves from discovering it. When thieves gather near explosives packets, soldiers can activate explosives from a distance in a hidden place. If you are in a dangerous area, you can also replace the transmission box with an ordinary battery, and you don't need to be guarded like a ground cannon triggered by a stampede. ”

The soldier kept pulling the copper wire dozens of feet away.

Yang Liulang said: "Is the chief of staff interested in giving it a try?" ”

Sun Dingliao had long been in high spirits, and when he heard this, he said: "Go together!" Let's go! ”

The two came to the end of the wire, and a non-commissioned officer hugged his fist at the two: "Chief of staff, battalion commander, it's ready!" Dare to ask if the condom of the explosive bag was removed? ”

For safety purposes, Sun Yi has stipulated that any electric ignition device must be equipped with a copper fuse wire that is usually in a short-circuit state to prevent misoperation and electrostatic interference.

Yang Liulang waved his hand: "Remove the condom!" ”

A soldier flew to the location of the explosives bag, lay on the ground and worked for a while, removed the branches from the explosives bag, and ran back again.

"Chief of Staff, please!"

Yang Liulang handed over a battery wooden box. The wooden box has wires attached to the binding posts, four batteries inside, and a button on the outside, which is painted a striking red.

Sun Dingliao took the wooden box and gently pressed the button.

"Boom-"

"Uh-"

"Ryu—"

"Takashi"

There was a loud bang, followed by echoes in the valley.

The people of the shore and the mountains immediately looked at the sky.

"It's thunder!"

"It's going to rain!"

There was not a single cloud in the sky, and there was only a round of poisonous sun in the clear blue sky.

A puff of smoke rose from the place where the explosives were buried, and the rubble flew up more than a dozen feet high, leaving a two-foot-square pit on the ground.

The chief of staff was stunned and couldn't close his mouth.

Sun Dingliao plucked his itchy ears and sighed: "This is simply thunder!" ”

Yang Liulang praised: "Good name! There are mines and artillery strikes, and this time the Manchurian soldiers have no return! ”

The news that the "Iron Army" had brought "mines" spread all over the Shimen River at once.

Landmines are good, but they are limited in number. What surprised Sun Dingliao even more was that the first battalion brought all the captured Manchurian weapons, more than a dozen pairs of binoculars and two walkie-talkies.

Sun Dingliao and Yang Liulang discussed for a moment and decided to immediately expand the first battalion:

A battalion of five men was to be a man, one three-eyed gunner, one sword and shield bearer, one archer, one hoe soldier, one pikeman, or one other. Among them, the electric three-eyed gunner and the sword and shield man are the veterans of the first battalion, the archers are drawn from the cavalry, and the hoe soldiers and pikemen are drawn from the new soldiers. Each army has a captain, and most of them are electric three-eyed gunners or sword and shield bearers.

For every third corps, there are fifteen sergeants, and a corps commander is assigned to take charge of it.

There is a squad of 45 non-commissioned officers for every three rows, and a squad leader is assigned for a total of 46 people. Most of the squad leaders are famous soldiers, with a three-eyed gun for power distribution, a self-selected blade, and a willow whistle. In this way, each squad has ten three-eyed guns, ten sets of swords and shields, and ten sets of bows and arrows.

Each of the three squads is a team, counting 138 sergeants, another captain and a signal soldier, a total of 140 people.

In this way, there were three teams, a total of 420 people.

A single hundred cavalrymen abandoned their mounts and were temporarily organized into a group of foot archers, with a captain at the top and two wings on the left and right. Fifty men in each wing, five tithes, two in each tithe.

There were 200 people, and Guo Mason was the captain.

In addition, Yang Liulang personally led a three-eyed gunner, a grenadier hand, and a so-called 10,000-strong opponent and actual explosives hand.

In addition to the gunners and miscellaneous men of the East Shimen Fort, a battalion of 800 people, Yang Liulang carried a walkie-talkie to garrison the east side, responsible for the defense of the Shimen East Fort and the Great Wall;

The remaining foot soldiers and 100 archers, 100 people, a team of 10,000 opponents, a total of 500 people, by Kong Youxing, Niu Li, Wen Mu as an assistant, by Sun Dingliao with a walkie-talkie sitting in Shimen Barrier City personally commanded, responsible for defending the West Shimen Fort and Shimen Barrier City.

The remaining 200 cavalry were stationed in the river in front of the Shimen waterway, grazing horses and acting as a mobile force.

The rest of the people were stationed in the east and west moats in front of the camp, and repaired the east and west moats.

As soon as the order for the expansion of the battalion was issued, hundreds of recruits and civilians broke their heads and squeezed into the "iron army" sent by Tabu Nang.

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References (not related to the plot, can be skipped if you are not interested)

Yellow River

"Yellow River" is the first song composed by the Chinese themselves.

In 1904, during the War between Japan and Russia in Northeast China, the Qing government remained neutral, and Yang Du, who was studying in Japan, was inspired to write lyrics on state affairs. The words say:

The Yellow River and the Yellow River, from the Kunlun Mountains, flow far from Mongolia and flow into the Great Wall Pass. Ancient sages, born this river dry. On the independent embankment, the mind is clear. Outside the Great Wall, by the Hetao, the yellow sand and white grass are uninhabited. Side 100,000 soldiers, drove to the northwest, drank Wulianghai, rode the horse Ula Mountain, and vowed not to defeat and never return. Jun made a cymbal blow, watch me triumphant.

("Cymbal" is the joy of triumph, "Tang Shu Le Zhi": "Tang system, where the fate will go to war, there is a great merit to sacrifice the prisoners, and its Kaile uses the cymbal to blow two.") ”）

Yang Du is quite a legend, and he has close personal relations with Liang Qichao, Yuan Shikai, Huang Xing, Sun Yat-sen, and Wang Jingwei throughout his life.

In his early years, Yang Du supported the constitutional monarchy, and most of the Qing government's documents on the 'constitution' came from Yang Du's hands, and served as a 'senior lecturer' in law for the princes and ministers of the Qing Dynasty, and went in and out of the Summer Palace.

In the fourth year of the Republic of China, Yang Du presented "The Theory of Monarchy and Constitution to Save the Country" to President Yuan Shikai: "If China does not abolish the republic and establish a monarch, there is no hope for a strong country, there is no hope for a rich country, and there is no hope for a constitution. In the same year, Yang Du served as the chairman of Yuan Shikai's "Preparatory Committee" for the emperor, and single-handedly planned various petition activities for the emperor. friend Liang Qichao was angry that he was "shameless and creeping".

In the sixth year of the Republic of China, Zhang Xun was restored and invited Yang Du to participate in politics in Beijing, but he refused. He announced that he would go to the mountains to learn Buddhism and Zen meditation, and put forward the "new Buddhist theory" of "selflessness".

In the 11th year of the Republic of China, Chen Jiongming rebelled, and Yang Du was entrusted by Sun Yat-sen, as a special envoy of Zhongshan, to lobby Cao Kun (Xia Shoutian was Cao's secretary at this time) through Xia Shoutian to stop Wu Peifu from aiding Chen and help Sun Yat-sen through the political crisis. Sun said: "Yang Du is a lovely person and can fulfill the promise of a politician."

In the same year, Yang Du joined the Chinese Kuomintang in Shanghai. Sun Yat-sen sent a special telegram to the whole party, saying that Yang Du "came back this time, Zhijian Jinshi, fortunately don't be suspicious in the past."

In the autumn of the eighteenth year of the Republic of China (1929), Yang Du applied to join the Communist Party of China, introduced by Pan Hannian, approved by Wu Hao (Zhou Enlai), secretly joined the party, and contacted Zhou Danlin. Someone once ridiculed him for speculation, and he retorted: "Fang Jin's white terror, how can Yun speculate? ”

In the twentieth year of the Republic of China (1931), he died of illness in Yangdu's Shanghai Concession.

Yang Du's Communist Party identity is little known. More than 40 years later, when Zhou Enlai was critically ill, he was made public, "He joined the party in his later years, and I led it until his death." ”

Yang Du's "Yellow River" was composed by many people, but the following year it was most widely sung by Shen Xin, who also studied in Japan.

Shen Xingong is known as the first person to open the Chinese music industry. His "Yellow River" and "The First Ambition of Men" (or "Cao Song") are widely circulated in the north and south of the river.

His composition for "Yellow River" was magnificent, tragic and generous, and had a wide influence, almost becoming the "quasi-national anthem" at that time, and was rated as the first place in the "20th Century Chinese Music Classics" in the 90s.