Chapter 9, Eight Blades
One o'clock in the afternoon soon came, and everyone gathered at the entrance of the headquarters. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info began to learn knife skills. This set of knife techniques is the 29th Army's beating of the little devils like dogs, wearing collars and eight knives. This set of knife techniques comes from the "Eight Swords of Breaking Blades" and "White Blade Tactics Course" created by Mr. Ma Fengtu, a famous martial arts master in the Northwest, for the Northwest Army.
There are a total of eight knife styles in the full set of knife techniques, and each knife is equipped with a corresponding formula that is easy to remember, and the formula is catchy and easy to understand. Each of its moves is clean and neat, and the knife can hit the enemy's vital point, which is specially compiled for the characteristics of RB devils who are good at stabbing. Its mantra is: Break the knife head-on, drop your hand and wave horizontally to block the waist. The wind swept the autumn leaves, and it was difficult to escape from the thousands of troops. The stride is like a thunderstorm, and the chain of willows is cut obliquely. The left and right protection rely on the quick take, and the step is changed to the protruding bayonet.
The knife technique is simple and easy to learn, as long as you study hard and practice it flexibly. It has a lot of power in white-knuckle combat.
Historically, the introduction of traditional martial arts into the military has been common. In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, due to the lack of modern guns and artillery equipment in the Chinese army, the use of cold weapons became an important supplement to the battle. Among them, the most extensive and exhilarating is the 29th Army's defense of the Great Wall at Xifengkou in 1933, and the "March of the Great Sword" that has been sung to this day.
Because it was a "ragtag army", the equipment of the 29th Army was very backward. During the defense of the Great Wall, the soldiers used a variety of guns, Hanyang-made, Mauser and home-made guns each accounted for one-third, the whole army had less than 100 machine guns, and the heavy weapons were only a dozen field guns and mountain guns, and most of the rifles were not equipped with bayonets. Before the formation of the 29th Army, Feng Yuxiang equipped the soldiers with large blades according to the martial arts tradition of the people in the northwest region, and invited martial arts masters to teach fighting knife techniques, hoping to make up for the lack of equipment with excellent individual soldier quality and exquisite big sword skills.
In 1925, Ma Fengtu, a famous martial artist at that time, was invited by Feng Yuxiang to establish the White Blade Tactics Research Laboratory, gathering famous experts to create and compile teaching materials, and using the outstanding fighting techniques in martial arts for military training. At that time, in the Northwest Army, there were quite a few officers and soldiers who were proficient in martial arts, such as Zhang Zhijiang, Zhang Shusheng, Tong Linge, Zhang Zizhong, Zhao Dengyu, Ji Hongchang and other senior generals were all good hands.
In another time and space history, in 1937 Dragon Boat Festival, the Japanese army stationed in North China had "invited" the officers of the 29th Army to a "party" in BJ Huairentang, at which the Japanese officers had a frivolous attitude and wanton provocation, and an officer actually drew a knife and danced to "perform the knife technique", at this time, Brigade Commander Dong Shengtang, who had led the broadsword team to attack the Japanese army at night in the Battle of Xifengkou, immediately found a big knife with a notched blade, and danced against each other, and finally Brigade Commander Dong held the knife with both hands, pointed directly at the opponent, and slowly approached, and the RB officer had to be embarrassed to put away the knife. After the outbreak of the Lugou Bridge Incident, the military and civilians across the country rose up to resist the war, and Ma Fengtu, who had presided over the training of the broadsword team, wrote the "White-Edged War Song" in the torrent of the Anti-Japanese War, calling on the soldiers to "fight to the death with white blades, and chase after and smash the Kou mound." ”
'Eight Swords' is actually not a mysterious and profound knife technique. It is a practical knife technique that meets the actual combat needs of the army under specific historical conditions, and has the characteristics of being easy to learn and easy to use. Secondly, the brutality of white-knuckle fighting must have special requirements for the shape and technique of the broadsword. Although the action of "Breaking the Eight Knives" is not complicated, it is not easy to practice holding a three-pound broadsword, because it has to maintain the speed and strength of the broadsword, and the average person feels very difficult to swing down a dozen knives, as for the folklore that the knife weighs seven pounds and is seven feet long, it is actually an exaggeration. In addition, there were many kinds of knife techniques used by the Chinese military and civilians during the Anti-Japanese War, and the cutting knife method was only one of them, and more because of the 29th Army.
After all, martial arts have always paid attention to an inch long and an inch strong; One inch is short, one inch is dangerous. In addition to the suitability of the knife itself, the more important thing is the test of willpower and courage in fighting the Japanese army's one-meter-six-long rifle and bayonet with a three-foot broadsword. The blade is facing you, and the latter strike is not something that can be done by saying it. There are not many troops that can really excel with broadswords, and this is also for this reason.
After teaching the Eight Swords, Xia Xinsheng explained in detail from memory how to use the "three-three system" tactics to fight white-knuckle warfare, and how to quickly form various tactical teams according to weapons and cooperate with various weapons.
Finally, special emphasis is placed on the tricks of white-knuckle combat, such as throwing sand in the opponent's face, leaving bullets in the chamber of the gun, and knocking on the stick. It's not very elaborate, but it's useful. In particular, leaving bullets in the gun can make people feel a lot more secure, and the pressure on the people who fight white-knuckle battles is not so great, especially at critical moments, they can save their lives.
After talking about breaking the edge, the staff officers had already led people to build a 400-meter obstacle course training site on the other side according to the drawings. Xia Xinsheng explained in detail the passing skills and functions of each obstacle one by one. And demonstrate all the movements yourself. This training is no stranger to many people, at least millions more people will be familiar with this thing every year in the future.
The most famous quip of the People's Liberation Army's famous 400-meter obstacle course is "I would rather run 5 kilometers than 400 meters." Ordinary people run 400 meters of flat ground empty-handed, which is generally considered good in about a minute. To pass the 400-meter run with obstacles in 2 minutes and 30 seconds, it is naturally not a low test for people.
The benefits of this training are obvious, covering almost all the terrain of the operation. You can also use the most maneuvers during training. If these 400 meters are practiced well, the survival rate of the column on the battlefield will be greatly improved. Therefore, the importance of this training can also be seen from Xia Xinsheng's constant scolding on the field. Almost everyone who didn't do the action in place had to be trained wildly by Xia Xinsheng's ears.
Of course, the effect is significant, most of them can make the movements standard, and they can also remember the skills explained by Xia Xinsheng. Although it is still far from being proficient in application, as long as we pay constant attention to unremitting and arduous training, and judging from the will and initiative of the Red Army, two parts of 30 seconds will not become the passing line in everyone's hearts. In particular, there is a threat of twisting Yangge to clean the toilet for the first place, and under such tremendous pressure, I believe that the commanders of each unit will also pay more attention to the training of everyone.
In order to add another fire to the troops, Xia Xinsheng simply added a lot of team projects. For example, armed cross-country, it depends on the result of the last place, no matter how fast you run in front, as long as there is one person who does not cross the finish line, it is not a result. This made Zhong Wei and their original elite plan fall through.