Chapter 2: Heavenly Vertical (1)

Just out of curiosity about guns, in order to play with guns, I left my hometown where I was born and grew up in Si, and I never thought that I would play for 25 years, and I played until I put down the horse brand oar in my hand in the mountains of Baoliwei in Yongfu County. Twenty-five years, every day is the sound of gunfire, every day is the sound of cannons, sleep with the sound of gunshots, sleep with the sound of guns, I have become a part of the gun, and the gun has long soaked my soul.

Twenty-five years, how many kinds of guns I have played, Mo Di can no longer remember, from loving all kinds of guns to finding that all guns are similar, realizing that good guns are not the problem of guns, but in the hands of whom. Since I put down the gun, I have never touched the gun again, I can grow vegetables with a hoe, and I can teach with a whip. In the past ten years, living in Hong Kong, a place where there is no contention outside the world, talking about calligraphy and rhetoric with students every day, I haven't thought of a gun for a long time, and to exaggerate it, I have forgotten the gun.

He began to join the army in the autumn of 1925, and it took a full year and a half for Mo Enemy to really have his own gun, and it was not until 1927 that the Northern Expedition entered Nanjing before he had a Hanyang-made Type 88 cavalry gun.

Coming out of Yongfu Town, Zhang Guangwei took five veterans to lead thirty-six new Ding along Luo Jin's official road to Huixian, walked for a day, arrived at Yanshan when it was dark, and lived in the Yanshan Garden of Cen Chunxuan's old governor, this is a very elegant private garden, there is the strange show of Guilin's landscape and the charm of Suzhou garden, there is Fangzhu Mountain on the left and stalactite Mountain on the right, there is water in the mountain, there is water in the Tibetan blessing, it is famous for the square bamboo, green plum, osmanthus, and red beans, but it is really a bit of a pearl to be used to garrison the army.

Zhang Guangwei successfully left the shell gun of Hanchang 12 with him, and he brought back 36 new soldiers to form two platoons, and he served as the deputy company commander and also served as the platoon commander of one of the platoons. Five veterans became five squad leaders, thirty-five new soldiers formed five squads, and Mo Di became a company member, and Zhang Lian's deputy adult orderly.

Zhang Guangwei's arrangement is reasonable, not for others, because Mo Di is too young and too short, at that time, most of the troops in Guangxi used the fast rifle produced by the Longzhou Arsenal, and this gun was produced by the Longzhou Arsenal founded by Su Yuanchun when he was the governor of Guangxi during the Guangxu period. In order to make up for the general lack of height of the Guangxi soldiers, and in order not to suffer losses when fighting with bayonets in hand-to-hand combat, the length of the Kuaili rifle actually reached 1.35 meters, and the Kuaili with the bayonet was 1.66 meters long, which was a solid five-foot steel gun. Zhang Guangwei thinks that Mo Dou's height is less than 1.5 meters, and it is estimated that it is a big burden to carry such a gun on his back, so it is better to raise it in the army for a year and a half, eat well and feed his feet, and then consider holding a gun after growing taller. Mo Di was instinctively reluctant to be an orderly, and on the fourth day, he honestly obeyed the arrangement, because on the fourth day, the gun was fired.

I got up early in the morning every day, together with a few orderly soldiers of the company headquarters, helped the commanders to make washing water, went to the room to make breakfast, and the commanders cleaned up after eating and drinking. The newly recruited soldiers are all farmers who have just washed their feet, walk barefoot very steadily, stumble when they put on their shoes, laugh constantly, can't walk in unison, can't distinguish left and right, either step on the shoes in front or are pushed by the behind, so tired that Zhang Guangwei and other squad leaders lick the ashes with their tongues, their throats are hoarse, and they also laugh so much that a few small orderlies roll on the ground with their stomachs in their arms.

Yanshan, as the name suggests, is shaped like a wild goose, the earth mountain in the west is like the wings of the wild goose, the head of the wild goose is facing the Yanshan Garden, the tall wild goose head, the long beak of the wild goose, kissing directly to the gate of the Yanshan Garden, when the Guilin squire Tang Yue built the Yanshan Garden, he took a fancy to this terrain, and then Cen Chunxuan also thought that the head of the wild goose must be the face of prosperity.

On the morning of the fourth day, a few carriages came from the side of the road under the wild goose, pulling a whole cart of guns, and the new Ding, who had been practicing for several days, seemed to be beaten with chicken blood, and his passion was suddenly adjusted. Lined up, the gun, the gun in the hand, I couldn't put it down, all of them had beautiful faces, holding the old fast rifle from the Longzhou Arsenal, as if holding the beloved big girl. The shoulder gun was put down, and he took a break to look to the right, and suddenly felt a lot more energetic, and felt that he was a serious soldier with a gun. The newcomers don't know what kind of gun it is, what brand, what specification, and what quality. Because in their opinion, as long as it is a gun, there is a qualitative difference between a gun and a gun, and there is not much difference between a good gun and an ugly gun.

In the next few days, the spirit of the soldiers was very different, but a few orderly soldiers standing under the roots of the tree stood for most of the day, and their eyes showed envy.

A veteran squad leader came over and said to Mo Di, "Do you want to play with guns?" ”

Mo Di nodded, as a soldier eats food, who doesn't want to play with guns.

The veteran is called Li Shankuan, a native of Rong County, twenty-three years old, loyal, from a young age to help people do short-term work, no serious reading of any books, in his teens in Rong County in a school as a small servant, follow the students of the school to recognize a few words, at the age of 20, stationed in Yulin five subordinate Li Zongren Yuegui border guards to Rong County to recruit soldiers, enlisted in the army, three years, the biggest official position is the squad leader. He is one of the veterans who went to Baishou to recruit soldiers this time, and in the past few days, he has taken good care of Mo Di, knowing Mo Di's desire for guns, he chose a gun that he thought was of good quality among the bunch of guns in his class, loaded it with a bayonet, and handed it to Mo Di to satisfy his curiosity.

Mo Di smiled embarrassedly, took the gun, and held it in his hand. This is clearly an old gun, a little shiny where it is often touched, and there are signs of wear and tear. The gun was a little long, longer than the Qi Mei stick when he practiced martial arts at home, and he stood on the ground, and the tip of the bayonet was a lot higher than the top of his head, and Mo Di felt a bit like the short iron gun that his uncle had taught him to practice.

Mo Di used the rifle as a short iron gun and waved it casually, and the rifle immediately bloomed a few gun flowers, and Mo Di also seemed to have returned to the small river in his hometown, holding a five-foot hard short iron gun specially made for him by his uncle. The front shot and the back shot forced the soldiers who were watching the excitement around him, and with a move the phoenix nodded and pulled the gun away, the virtual step collapse gun, lunge stabbing gun, and changing step stabbing gun, the rifle was like a dragon out of the water swinging layers of phantom around Mo Enemy. Mo Enemy's marksmanship comes from his uncle Mo Shaohua, Mo Shaohua's marksmanship comes from the folk, the tricks are simple, extremely simple, mainly thorns, rarely split, it is a variant of the Zhongping gun, there is a way to "Zhongping gun, the king of the gun, one of the most difficult to stop", the whole set of marksmanship, the gun is virtual and real, the gun point is changeable, worthy of being a thief of a hundred soldiers.

The surrounding soldiers all looked into the gods, whether the weapon in their hands was a rifle or an iron gun, whether this game killed people with bullets or with bayonets, but one thing they unanimously admitted was that there was such a way to play, and a rifle without bullets was also a murder weapon that could kill, and it was definitely not a useless burning stick.

Mo Die's last move turned over and slashed the gun, completed a full set of actions, and gently retracted the momentum, the rifle was close to his body, and the bayonet trembled slightly.

The audience was silent for a while, and then burst into thunderous applause.

Li Shankuan walked up to Mo Di and said, "In Baishou before, I heard that you fought all over Yongning Prefecture's invincible opponents, and I couldn't believe it, but this time it seems to be true." I'll go talk to the company commander and give you a gun. ”

Mo Di smiled, and when he saw the admiring eyes of the soldiers around him, a sense of pride arose. I think of the two days when I saw the soldiers carrying the gun essentials when they went out to exercise, the rifle was lifted in the left hand, the strap was the same height as the shoulder, the right hand was stuck with the strap, and the left hand was gently pushed, and the rifle was firmly hung on the shoulder.

Li Shankuan saw that Mo Di was handsome, and he couldn't help but increase his arrogance, trotted two steps, came to Mo Di's side, and issued a standard password: "Lizheng!" ”。

Mo Di straightens his chest and abdomen, his legs are straight, his upper body is straight, he leans forward slightly, his eyes are level, his left hand naturally hangs down, and his right hand is tightly fastened with the gun belt.

"Take a break!" Li Shankuan continued to issue verbal orders.

Mo Di stretched out his left foot in the direction of his toes, and his upper body remained in a straight posture, not moving at all, and truly stood like a green pine.

The drill here attracted the attention of everyone around, Zhang Guangwei also nodded secretly in the distance, what has been practiced kung fu is different, there are rules and regulations when you raise your hand and foot, and you look at it every day, and it is even more standard than the one who practices in the field every day.

Hearing the cheers coming from around him, he was invincible, his small chest was stiff and straight, his little eyes were protruding and protruding, and he looked proud. Li Shankuan's command came to his ears: "Start and go", raise your legs and go.

Awkward, quite awkward, Mo Enemy clearly felt an awkwardness that he had never encountered before, it was actually * hitting his heel, and every time the heel touched*, the gun on his shoulder shrugged up, three times and two times, and the gun became crooked.

At this time, there was a command in my ears: "Run and go", and Mo Di started to run without thinking.

Before he ran two steps, Mo Di felt that someone had pinned himself in the back, and one staggered to the ground, and the gun on his shoulder flew far away, but fortunately it was muddy, although he was covered in mud, but he didn't fall out of it.

This rabbit rose and fell, startling the onlookers, followed by laughter.

Li Shankuan was startled, he could see it very clearly, it was Mo Di who was dangling around while running, don't hit his foot, and hurriedly ran over and helped Mo Di up.

Mo Die's face was full of dust and frustration, and he sat on the ground, almost tears in his eyes.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Guangwei walked over and said loudly, "Stand up." ”

Mo Di hurriedly stood up and looked at Zhang Guangwei. Zhang Guangwei knew that at this time, he had to let this half-grown man do something, so that he could quickly get rid of his depression, if he couldn't bear this blow, he would fight and kill someone in the future.

"Pick up the gun." Zhang Guangwei ordered.

Mo Di hurriedly ran over to pick up the gun and stood in front of Zhang Guangwei.

"Stand upright." Zhang Guangwei's password is obviously not as majestic as Li Shankuan's, Li Shankuan's password is a common way in the barracks, and Zhang Guangwei's is the password for physical education classes in the school, although the majesty is insufficient, it is better to speak clearly, and the surrounding soldiers stopped laughing and looked at their deputy company commanders.

"Give me the gun." Zhang Guangwei took the gun in Mo Di's hand, leaned on his body, the muzzle of the gun was on the left shoulder, * on the right side of the body, and said: "When you run, you have to carry the gun on your back, you know?" ”

"Got it!" Mo Di replied.

"Run again."

With Zhang Guangwei's order, Mo Di took the gun, leaned on his back, and ran a few steps, this time it's okay, * no more spanking.

Zhang Guangwei stepped aside, and the company commander Tao Song smiled: "Brother Guangwei really looks at this kid differently!" ”

Zhang Guangwei replied: "This is a good piece of steel, which needs to be refined, and in the future, I am afraid that the achievements will still be above you and me." ”

Tao Song looked at the invincible who was happy with the soldiers in the distance, the shadow of the previous wrestling was completely released, but there was still so much dust on his body, and his future achievements, hehe, no one dared to say.

Tao Song's company is a subordinate of Zhou Zuhuang's 6th Regiment of the 3rd Brigade of Li Zongren's Dinggui Army, Zhong Zupei, and this is a newly formed team with basically zero combat effectiveness. Company commander Tao Song, 22 years old, called Peisong, the word Hongshou, a native of Luzhai, was originally an employee of a trading firm in Liuzhou, not long ago after Li Zongren and Shen Hongying fought for Liuzhou, he was coerced into the army in Liuzhou. I came to the army for a few days, and I felt that it was not bad to be in the army, rather than being beaten by this today and robbed by that tomorrow in the locality, it was better to put on a layer of skin myself, and it was better to beat others and rob others. I didn't do anything, got a sum of money to the battalion commander, and bought myself a position as a company commander, which can be regarded as an official and a half-post, and the starting point is not low. Battalion commander Li Shaojie, not young, but he is a gangster, Jingbian Huatong people, this person does not learn and has no skills, he is domineering, relying on Li Zongren's orderly soldier who saved Li Zongren's life in the Dinggui Army, no one dares to provoke him, as for military training, absolute layman, as for fighting, blindly brute. What will such a team achieve in the future, Tao Song can only hehe.