Near noon on the 18th, although Liu Gangzhi and Bian Changsheng had a bad conversation, Bian Changsheng still cooperated and handed over the Ninghe camp.

Including an empty military depot that can run horses, and a military depot that can starve rats to death.

Only the southwest corner of his battalion was reserved.

At noon, Liu Gangzhi issued an order for the troops to conduct garrison training in accordance with the regulations of the garrison.

In the afternoon of the same day, each battalion and company began to train phalanxes, shoot targets, fight with swords, and practice military songs.

In the sound of gunfire and passionate singing, this team, which is rooted in Beiyang, many of which are veterans of the Luyu Defense Army, the Sheng Army, and the Renzi Army, has a new look, and there are almost no traces of the previous ones.

The unified Western-style military uniform, the unified Mauser, Kuaili, Murata rifles, raise their heads and chests, stand between movement and stillness, neat and decisive, and never drag mud and water.

"Defend the country and expel the pirates!"

"The people are watching the anti-Japanese army! Worthy of comrades-in-arms, worthy of heart! ”

"The anti-Japanese army is invincible!"

On the nearly 600,000-square-meter martial arts arena, the grass is green, and there are high roars one after another, and the sound is full of pride and confidence.

"Ready——, release!"

"Bang-"

Almost a salvo, a salvo of 47 rifles from a reinforced infantry platoon, made a row of grass targets at the foot of the hill tremble.

"Kill!"

In a sparse grove in the arena, a company of infantry was practicing sword fighting.

A team of hands staggered in front of each other, one behind the other, imitating the rifles of bayonets, screaming 'hey, hey, haha' and thrusting.

The other team was holding short sticks with both hands, 'Ha! With a thunderclap, he used the 'big knife' in his hand to violently swing away the 'bayonet' of the 'Japanese soldier', and then raised his backhand, and the 'knife edge' quickly scratched the stomach of the 'Japanese soldier'.

"It's just a child's play, but the marksmanship is so-so!"

Bian Changsheng looked 'disdainful', and sneered at the few sentry officers around him who came to watch the excitement together, and the sentry commander said sourly: "It can't be compared with our original Dagu elite soldiers!" ”

As soon as Bian Changsheng said this, the faces of the eight sentinel-level officers who came from the Dagu Fort around him showed a trace of sadness.

The well-known Dagu artillery in Dagukou has been assigned to the post of Luo Huafei under He Changying, who was transferred to Shanhaiguan with six 75 guns, and two outposts stationed at Dagukou, in addition to the outpost that went to Pyongyang with Qi Youwei, Li Bohu and He Changying.

Of the 3,000 strong soldiers, there are now less than 400 left.

All the original generals, the new deputy general Bian, were the only ones who survived.

Seeing the faces of his subordinates, Bian Changsheng couldn't help but dim.

Several people stopped talking, but looked intently at the Jinmen Brigade of the Anti-Japanese Army training in the grass, woods, and hills of the martial arts field.

After watching it for a while, Bian Changsheng slowly put away his contempt and became solemn.

As the so-called insider watchman, Bian Changsheng stayed in the 4th Battalion of the German Army Spondau for nearly a year, although he didn't learn anything because of resistance, but he still had some vision.

This army has a kind of spiritual aura that makes Bian Changsheng indescribable and unclear, but it can be felt like the substance.

It's like the disgusting Germans in the 4th Battalion of Spondau!

Seeing this scene, Bian Changsheng, who was evoked with unhappy memories, was very unhappy. 、

However, he had to admit that these soldiers were not as good as the 400 waste soldiers in his current battalion, and even the Dagu artillery in their heyday were not as good as them.

Will and cohesion.

Yes, it's cohesion!

Bian Changsheng studied in Germany, and the sentence he remembered the most was that Lieutenant General Alfred von Schlieffen, who was now the chief of the General Staff of the German Empire, said to the infantry battalion as the commander of the First Cavalry Regiment at that time: "For an army, the strong will to fight bravely and the cohesion that cannot be broken up by any suppression are the cornerstone of the invincibility of this army!" ”

"Jinmen Brigade, Niubi!"

Suddenly, on the martial arts arena, there was a loud roar from Liu Gangzhi.

A slight pause.

"Jinmen Brigade, Niubi!"

"Jinmen Brigade, Niubi!"

"Jinmen Brigade, Niubi!"

Suddenly, shouts erupted throughout the martial arts arena, one after another like spring thunder.

"Hero, soldier!"

At this moment, Bian Changsheng's eyes couldn't help but burst into tears, and while he was convinced, he finally understood why Liu Gangzhi was unwilling to give the rifle to himself.

That night, Bian Changsheng instructed the orderlies to buy a few plates of braised pork, three catties of burning knives to scatter wine, and let the orderlies stew a pot of fat mutton, and invited the junior Liu Gangzhi to drink.

Liu Gangzhi happily went to the appointment, sat down on the table and unceremoniously picked up the chopsticks and ate the fat mutton, wiped his mouth and said: "There is military discipline in the army, and you are not allowed to drink alcohol in wartime." ”

"That's your anti-Japanese army, the rule of our Qing Dynasty is that before going to the battlefield to kill the enemy, if possible, you must drink a bowl of wine to kill the enemy and die!"

"Ziyo-"

Bian Changsheng took a sip of a full glass of spicy wine with burning knives, and his spicy nose was full of tears.

"Gongzi, our big soldiers, and the military gate, died miserably!"

When a sentence came out, Bian Changsheng's tears couldn't help but 'bang' and flowed down.

"You haven't been to Qiaoshan Town, but I picked up a lot of corpses with my own hands, and there are acquaintances in them, Zhao Quede only has half of his face left, and I saw it for a long time before I recognized it; - Luo Huafei took a company of people, half of whom were his original subordinates, and they were still picking up corpses in Qiaoshan Town. ”

Liu Gangzhi scooped a bowl of fat meat with a pale face, snorted and ate it hotly, ate a bowl in a moment, filled another bowl, and continued to eat violently.

After eating, Liu Gangzhi put the big bowl on the big table with a 'bang': "If you are a soldier, don't be afraid of death, don't be a soldier if you are afraid of death, go home and hug your aunt." ”

Bian Changsheng raised his head suddenly, and his eyes were full of anger looking at Liu Gongzi.

"But because of a group of shameless fools, dog-eat-dog to each other, they take the lives of soldiers to fill in; Random and shitty orders, don't take the soldier's life seriously, and let the soldier die in vain,——"

Liu Gangzi stood up and said viciously: "In the future, that turtle grandson bastard don't think about Lao Tzu as this stupid wall!" Emperor Ma Le Gobi, this stupid wall grandson! ”

At this moment, the anger in Bian Changsheng's eyes had turned into horror!

"I'm full, and I'm going to practice."

After Liu Gangzhi finished speaking, he put on his military hat and strode away from the door.

"Whew-"

A cold wind blew in from outside the door, freezing Bian Changsheng trembling.

This winter, why is it so cold and so unbearable!

Where is spring?

Soon, in the brightly lit Ninghe camp martial arts arena, the singing was loud.

"The iron flows 25,000 miles, straight in a firm direction! Outstanding bloody battles in the mountains and seas, tempered into an invincible force. Once the frontier was captured, he ran to the battlefield with generous sorrows. ——”

"What song is this?"

Bian Changsheng stood outside the house under the night sky, and his blood boiled when he listened: "It's so well written!" ”

"- Steel knife in the enemy's chest, steel knife in the enemy's chest. The towering Changbai Mountain, the surging Yalu River, vow to regain the lost land and chase the strong beam. ——”

Bian Changsheng's orderly said in a low voice: "My lord, it is the military song of the Shanhaiguan Regiment of the Anti-Japanese Army, I heard some of their companies sing it in the afternoon." ”

"Ahh

Bian Changsheng thought about the sharp light like a knife in Liu Gangzhi's eyes just now, and his heart suddenly became extremely heavy.