28. Land and Blood (11)
What to use as a symbol of the unit is a question that tests the commander's personal cultural accomplishment and aesthetic taste. There are those who use flowers, birds, fish and insects, those who use the famous buildings of the troops' stations, and those who use the symbols of the ancestors to show their historical inheritance. But the most used is still the beast.
The use of beasts of prey or birds of prey as troop symbols is to hope that the troop can inherit the ferocity, cruelty, agility and other characteristics of animals. For example, eagles, wolves, wild boars, lions, tigers, bears, etc., are all signs that make people feel the word "animal ferocity" at a glance, and put these signs together as if they were the zoo's beast pavilion.
Of course, this is not absolute, for example, the famous "desert rats" and the Australian troops marked by kangaroos (kangaroos are Australia's national animals). Even the famous cute panda became the military flag symbol of the Han Dynasty army under the name of the iron-eating beast (Zhou Yafu's fine willow camp military flag is the panda...... There is also an urban legend that Chi You's mount is also an iron-eating beast, emmmm, Chi You rides a rolling battle against the Yellow Emperor, this picture is simply beautiful...... It seems that there is nothing wrong with using a hen as a military flag symbol?
But there are always people who feel that this is not dignified enough, not masculine enough. Although the guerrillas are not a place to implement the "war makes women go away", in fact, gay men are still very welcoming to lesbians, but the use of hens makes them feel a little disobedient at first.
In this regard, those literate cadres explained this to the old coarse people who joined later.
The national bird of Charlemagne's kingdom is the rooster, which is the symbol of the old kingdom and the symbol of the kings and nobles who are as arrogant and indifferent as the rooster. In order to make a cut with the past, in order not to repeat the mistakes of the past, the golden hen flag with a three-color straight strip is used.
The tricolor flag, arranged vertically from left to right, symbolizes freedom, equality, and fraternity (Liberté,?? galité, Fraternité), as opposed to the black, white, red, and barred flag of the Empire, the embodiment of autocracy, autocracy, and arrogance. The hen is a symbol of the common people, as opposed to the arrogant old state, as opposed to the eagle, the symbol of the empire, and at the same time symbolizes that the guerrillas will defend everything that should be guarded like a hen protecting the chicks. At first glance, it may seem like a nonsensical design, but in fact, there is an important political meaning behind it.
Last but not least, there was once a knightly order that carried the banner of the golden hen, mostly warriors of civilian origin, who once waved this mocked banner to establish feats on various battlefields, and it was also under this banner that they reached out to the common people again and again. Inheriting this banner also meant that the guerrillas were carrying on those ancient virtues.
Therefore, like the Knights of the Golden Hen, the "Freikorps" partisans in the Alps were permeated with an atmosphere of romanticism that they themselves called "incorrigibly chivalrous and drunken".
"Emperor!"
Daniel raised his right fist high against his temple.
"To hell with it!"
The guerrillas, who also saluted with their right fists, shouted in response, followed by an uninhibited laugh echoing through the beech trees.
Nowadays, "the victory of the empire" and "long live the emperor" have officially become the greetings of the citizens of the empire, and this greeting with a strong imperialist atmosphere has been given the title of "imperial greeting". Although there is no official legislation to regulate greetings, everyone knows that if "imperial greetings" are not used in government-run enterprises and official institutions, or if the expression is not solemn and the voice is not loud enough when shouting slogans, there is no doubt that they will be treated differently. Sometimes it will be deliberately made difficult by the staff, so that you can run seventeen or eighteen times for a trivial matter; sometimes it is the community organization that will visit the house from time to time, and there will be some strange faces around you who look at you with cold eyes; in the most serious case, a certain powerful department will invite you to chat in their office building, and while drinking black coffee, you will communicate all the questions from the eighteenth generation of your ancestors to whether you have the idea and intention of flouting the emperor's authority, and if you are lucky, you will go home intact, and if you are unlucky, you will wait for the whole family to be covered." Resettle".
In return to this arrogant act, the "Freikorps" partisans also invented their own unique way of greeting. "To hell with it, Emperor!" was quickly embraced by the guerrillas, many of whom thought it was much more powerful than slogans such as "Long live freedom" and "Long live the motherland." Some of the guerrillas who had fallen into the hands of the enemy were shouting the slogan "To hell with the Emperor!" when they were in front of the butcher's knife, and as a result, the soldiers of the Wehrmacht who were in charge of the execution were very angry.
After the greetings, it was time for dinner, and the guerrillas lived a very difficult life, and the lack of food and clothing was completely routine. Since the Defence Forces began to block the movement of people and goods in the guerrilla zone, even salt has become a scarce commodity. A pot of unsalted grass, mushrooms, horse meat or rabbit meat simmered in a pot makes for a hearty dinner, and many times you can't even eat it. Snow water is often the main dish of their night marches. A sumptuous dinner is undoubtedly the best reward for these soldiers who are born and died, even if the dish is very ordinary, but as long as it is fresh and hot, it is enough to move them immensely, and a bowl of meat and salt soup can even make them fully realize that they are still alive.
Tonight's dinner was nothing short of sumptuous, with wild boar and luncheon meat stewed, canned vegetable salad, stuffed milk, and rye bread, and although the Wehrmacht's military rations tasted as bad as ever, it was a luxurious feast for the partisans who had not eaten serious food for half a month.
For what could be the last serious meal in your life, that's pretty good.
As long as there is a war, there will be casualties, and no one knows whether they will be able to see the sunrise tomorrow, and they don't know who will be left with their comrades when they get up tomorrow morning. Although it is a bit unlucky, as long as you can enjoy a moment of peace and warmth, even if it is the last meal in your life, what does it matter?
The guerrillas happily ate and joked from time to time, from battlefield jokes, literacy learning progress, life anecdotes to the poor cooking skills of the pointy-eared devils, to their dreams and future after the victory. In the boring life on the battlefield, the fighters, who never lack the spirit of revolutionary optimism, always have a way to make themselves happy.
However, there are always not many things in the world that can be wishful, the time of happiness and tranquility is always so short, and there is never a shortage of people and things that do not understand the customs.
An owl landed in front of Daniel, and the wide-eyed bird jumped on Daniel's knees, raised its right paw tied to the letterbox, and after Daniel took off a small roll of paper, the bird fluttered its wings and flew into the endless deep night sky.
"Information from the 'Skylark' says that several devil units with different numbers have been haunting the mountains recently. ”
After reading the note, Daniel tore it up and put it in his mouth, chewing it on the vegetable salad.
"Is the information reliable?"
Jean slowly ripped off a piece of bread, dipped the broth and threw it into his mouth.
Daniel swallowed the vegetable salad in his mouth, and he still couldn't get used to the thing called "ready-to-eat barbed wire." What the hell do pointy-eared people think? They actually use dehydrated vegetables to make salads, although salad dressings and dehydrated vegetables are edible things, but they don't say that they can be eaten together, what is wrong with the taste of those guys?
Shaking his head in an effort to put the question aside, Daniel replied in a low voice:
"There were two units with 'armbands', and there were those who wore air force uniforms with brimmless helmets, and finally there was a guy in black uniform who was frequently haunted at the headquarters of the 'Prince Eugen' brigade and the camp at 'Brandenburg'. ”
"It's like a carnival. ”
"Yes, mountain infantry, paratroopers, military intelligence, plus the Guards...... The pointy-eared people are running out of patience and are going to solve all the problems in one big operation. The question is, what are they going to do? Where are they going to be?"
Putting down the dinner plate, the leader of the guerrilla group showed a solemn expression.
"Man, I have a bad premonition. ”
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