Chapter 157: Literary Propaganda Team
The literary and artistic propaganda team has already tried out several times in the first division, and the effect is simply beyond the surprise of Luo Jian and the red lady.
In Luo Jian's era, those singers and celebrities also performed at the grassroots level, but in the era when information was highly developed, the soldiers just watched a real person, and the picture was fresh, and the effect was not obvious.
But in this era without any entertainment, the role of literary and artistic propaganda has been magnified to the limit.
The actors were a little squirming when they started to perform on stage, and after a few performances, they let go.
The only regret is that there is no sound, so the performance is more about singing, but there is also a megaphone, and some songs modified by Luo Jian and Liu Lan are sung, and the soldiers have tears in their eyes.
Even men like Liu Zhaoji and Ma Yingkui, who kill people on the battlefield without blinking, listened to these songs with tears in their eyes, saying, "If we don't drive out the Tartars as soldiers, we really don't deserve to wear this military uniform."
In addition to performing for the officers and soldiers, the literary and artistic propaganda team also sent people to the first division to teach the officers and soldiers to sing.
After listening to Yi Bangcai's explanation, Liu Xiongwu understood what the group of women brought by the Metropolitan Governor were doing, but he was still a little unimpressed.
"We're all fighting men, what's the use of those sissies?" Liu Xiongwu muttered.
"You can't think like this, the education of the army cannot be relaxed for a moment, let our soldiers know what they are fighting for, who they are fighting for, such a team has a soul." Although Liu Xiongwu's voice was small, he was heard by Luo Jian and said to him seriously.
"Metropolitan Governor, the education of our Sixth Division has not been relaxed, those talented people not only teach the soldiers to read and write every day, but also teach them the truth of serving the country and the people, and our Lao Liu also participated in every scene." Liu Xiongwu said.
"That's good, this literary propaganda is new, it doesn't matter if you don't understand it, you'll understand it when you hear it." When Luo Jian heard it, this was no problem, but he didn't understand the new thing and didn't want to accept it, and after he heard it, he would understand what was going on.
"Let's go, let's go to your group first." Luo Jian asked Liu Xiongwu to directly bring the literary and artistic propaganda team to a regiment station.
When Liu Xiongwu took Luo Jian and a group of staff officers to the army to visit the soldiers, the stage of a regimental training ground had already been set up.
The troops quickly gathered on the training ground with the little Maza, and when everyone was seated, there were still people whispering underneath.
"Did the Metropolitan Governor bring a troupe to sing for us? I haven't seen a play in years. ”
"I don't know, maybe, it's just a fun time to watch a play, babble, I don't understand."
Luo Jian, Yi Bangcai and others also sat under the stage with a small horse, but Liu Xiongwu ran to the stage and shouted: "Brothers of the first group, the metropolitan governor has come to greet everyone today with the literary and artistic propaganda team, and the brothers of our group will also have a New Year's greeting!" ”
"The Metropolitan Governor gives us a New Year's greeting?" The officers and men in the audience invariably had this idea in their hearts.
With Liu Xiongwu's command, a group of more than 2,000 people all stood up and bowed to Luo Jian, and Luo Jian hurriedly got up and gave everyone a military salute.
"What did the literary and artistic propaganda team give us today, by the way, the performance, the performance was good, everyone had to applaud vigorously, did you hear it?" Liu Xiongwu then shouted.
The red lady standing on the side of the stage saw Liu Xiongwu's neck red when she shouted, and handed over the megaphone in her hand, but Liu Xiongwu didn't take it, and said: "It's time for you to play, my old Liu can not come to this thing." After speaking, he got off the stage and ran to Luo Jian and sat down.
"All the officers and soldiers of the first regiment, the Metropolitan Governor asked us to greet everyone for him! Happy New Year to all! The red lady held the horn and said loudly.
Liu Xiongwu took the lead in applauding, the way of this applause was that he learned it in Yangzhou, he felt that this method was good, to put it aside, hearing such words, the officers and soldiers had to kneel down and thank the governor.
"Our Sixth Division is a heroic army, since its formation, in order to resist the invasion, the Sixth Division has paid great sacrifices, and the motherland will not forget these heroic martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country." A staff officer from the staff took the horn and continued.
These lines had already been written by the staff officers of the General Staff Department before they set off in Yangzhou, and the Red Lady had already memorized them.
"This first song "Hymn to Heroes" is dedicated to these heroes who sacrificed their lives for the country, the heroic souls of the martyrs have not gone far, they are looking at us living people in the sky, they are also looking forward to us driving out the Tartars as soon as possible, so that the people can live a peaceful and peaceful life, please listen to "Hymn to Heroes" below!" The red lady took the horn and said.
Liu Xiongwu listened to the words on the stage and muttered, "Listening to these words, I think of those old brothers in the past, more than 4,000 people are buried outside this Anqing City!" ”
"Singing heroes in the smoke of the beacon smoke, listen to the green mountains on all sides......" As the actor's high-pitched voice sounded, the entire training ground was silent, and many soldiers clenched their fists.
Only the accompaniment of instruments such as the guqin, guzheng, erhu and drums was much worse than that of modern bands, but no one on the field cared about this, and everyone was immersed in the singing.
After the song was sung, many people were still carefully reminiscing, and the voice of the staff officer on the stage sounded again.
"Our motherland has thousands of years of civilization, our people are hospitable, if a friend comes, we have the most beautiful wine, if the jackal comes, only a shotgun greets him! Next, please invite Captain Xing of the literary and artistic propaganda team to sing "My Motherland" to everyone in person! ”
"A big river, wide waves, the wind blows the rice and flowers on both banks, and my family lives on the shore......"
The red lady's voice was excellent, and Luo Jian actually heard Guo Lanying's taste.
"That's great! That's good! Dadudu, I was wrong, this literary and artistic propaganda is so good, these songs are 10,000 times stronger than those who sing operas, I thought they were singing operas. Liu Xiongwu's eyes were wet when he heard this, and he turned to Luo Jian and muttered.
"If the army wants to win the war, the people are our backers, and our army can only get the sincere support of the people if they really fight for the people.
This song is a chorus of male and female voices, with more than a dozen actors on the stage, and the red lady is holding a horn at the front.
"The army and the people, ouch, the army and the people, fight the Tartars to protect their hometown, we are a family......."
Easy-to-understand lyrics, simple words, everyone understands, some people remember what it looked like a year ago, the people regarded the army of the Ming Dynasty as the same as the Tartars, and the army at that time was for the common people, and it was no different from bandits.
Now it's different, since the governor came, emphasizing that the army should fight for the people, after the Sixth Division arrived in Anqing, it also maintained a good relationship with the local people, and the people dared to come to the barracks to ask the army for help if they had any difficulties. In the past few months, there has not been a single violation of mass discipline, and for this, Senior Commander Liu has been proud for a long time.
"Strict discipline is the fundamental guarantee for the army to win the battle, our Yangzhou army has been a fundamental change in the discipline of the army since the construction of discipline, and now the Yangzhou army has become a model of strict discipline, I hope everyone will continue to maintain, we must not forget the "three disciplines and eight attentions"!"
The staff officer took the horn and said, the choir on the stage did not move, and continued to sing.
"All soldiers of the Ming Dynasty should keep in mind that the three major disciplines and eight points of attention should be paid attention to......"
This song has already been taught by every unit, and as the song sounded on the stage, the officers and soldiers below sang it one after another.
When Luo Jian heard this, he simply stood up and turned to the officers and soldiers and said, "Come, let's sing together!" ”
Saying that, Luo Jian personally commanded the soldiers to sing, and the atmosphere on the training ground suddenly became enthusiastic.
"Officers and soldiers of the Sixth Division, I will quietly tell you a secret." The red lady took the microphone and said loudly.
"What's the secret?" The officers and soldiers in the audience were curious.
"This secret is..."The red lady intended to sell a pass, and the audience suddenly coaxed.
"Everyone, be quiet! The secret is that the Metropolitan Governor sings well, do you want to hear the Metropolitan Governor sing a song to everyone? The red lady said.
Hearing the words of the red lady, the audience immediately quieted down, no one expected that what the red lady said was this.
When Liu Xiongwu heard this, he suddenly became a little anxious, and said in his mouth: "This girl, why don't you have a depth?" Did the Governor sing to us? ”
Luo Jian smiled, stood up and walked to the stage.
"It seems that everyone is still worried that I am scaring everyone by singing, right? Rest assured, after listening to my songs, you can still eat dinner. Luo Jian took the horn and said.
Hearing Luo Jian say this, there was a burst of laughter in the audience, and they suddenly relaxed.
"What's the matter? The Metropolitan Governor really wants to sing to everyone? Liu Xiongwu pulled Yi Bang before asking.
"I don't know, I've never seen the Governor sing before." Yi Bang said helplessly.
"All the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Division, since the reorganization of Liuhe City, we have gone through ups and downs together for several months, and with the joint efforts of everyone, our Yangzhou Army fought bloody battles to fight this short peace. What I want to tell you today is that peace is only temporary, and for us soldiers, there should be no concept of peace, and we soldiers can only have two states, that is, war and preparation for war. ”
"Being a soldier is very hard, especially when a soldier who is ready to fight at any time is even harder, but for the sake of the old mother at home and her at home, we recognize this suffering! Being a soldier is not a wooden man, we also have our own feelings, today I will give you "Say a Word from the Heart"
This song Luo Jian and Liu Lan were not taught to the literary and artistic propaganda team, so the band never rehearsed, and Luo Jian could only sing it.
"To tell you the truth, I am also homesick, the old mother at home is full of gray hair......"
On the contrary, the cappella made the lyrics more realistic, and the audience was so quiet that you could hear a needle falling to the ground.
The red lady had never heard this song, and she was in tears while listening to it, and finally sang along with tears in her eyes.
"Yes, if you don't carry a gun, I won't carry a gun, who will defend our mother, who will defend her!" Liu Xiongwu listened and kept talking.
Luo Jian and the others stayed in Anqing for three days, and the literary and artistic propaganda team worked non-stop to perform all the regiments of the Sixth Division.
The effect of literary and artistic propaganda far exceeded Liu Xiongwu's imagination, and the team that watched the performance was like a chicken blood, and there was no need to greet them at all in winter, and they ran to the snow-covered training ground one by one early in the morning, humming different tunes in their mouths.