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Chapter 139 Exceptional Flag Presentation; A Little Show
Generally speaking, each country has only one national anthem, which is the one that best represents the national characteristics and will of the country. There are also countries with two national anthems, such as Denmark.

The same is true of the Ming Dynasty. "Tianming Dide" and "Fuyao" appeared in different ages, and their styles are also very different. The former is a traditional gala music composed and written in lyrics, which was confirmed in the sixth year of Zhichang; Chang 28 identified.

The meanings contained in the two are completely different. "Fuyao" aims to express a seemingly prosperous and revitalized China, rather than the praises and prayers of "Tian Ming Di Virtue".

Although there are no usage restrictions clearly announced by the imperial court, "Swinging" has been used more frequently on diplomatic occasions in recent years.

After the military anthem and the national anthem, the officers and soldiers of the whole regiment stopped paying attention and turned their attention to the officials of the Ministry of War.

At the same time, more than [-] soldiers from the banner platoon of the regiment headquartered marched steadily under the leadership of the second lieutenant.

At this moment, Yang Zhen's heart is also very excited. The major reform of the Marine Corps that he has been looking forward to for many years has finally become a reality. It is foreseeable that from today, within a few years, the Marine Corps will have a larger-scale reform. compiled.

"Flag presentation." He said two words with a serious face.

Several accompanying military officials solemnly presented a thick flag holder with both hands, and the other two handed it to the flagpole together.

The soldiers in the flag platoon immediately took it, and then took a step back. The second lieutenant who led the team shouted loudly: "Receive the flag! People are in the flag, and the flag is lost!"

The officials successively awarded two military flags, the first is the big flag that is divided into packages, and the second is the commonly used regiment flag.

The former has a very long history and evolved from the Chinese army sitting banner.

Qi Jiguang described in "Ji Xiao Xin Shu" that "it can't be used in a row, it's very important." It is about one foot long, made of black and green satin, with white silk on the side of the flag; the flagpole is one foot six feet high , decorated with tassels and beads, is extremely gorgeous. This flag is the banner of the Chinese army and must not be misappropriated at will.

Now it has been redesigned and its size has been reduced to make it more symmetrical and elegant while retaining the elements of Bagua, Taiji and Xingxiu.

Each flag is exactly the same in appearance, there is no text number, only a few very small numbers are sewn on the side of the flag for distinction.

The significance and status of the banner are extraordinary, and it can be said that it is an exception for the first time to award the first and second marine regiments. Before that, only divisions or independent brigades could have it.

In addition to the standard ceremonial pennant in which it was just placed, there is another wartime pennant.

The wartime flag tube is made of white copper, with a built-in self-ignition safety device-a small white phosphorus incendiary bomb modified from an incendiary grenade is installed at each end of the flag tube. If you need to burn the military flag in an emergency, you only need to pull out the safety pin. Then pull the fuse, and the two incendiary bombs will detonate in a few seconds.

As for the second flag, which is the commonly used regimental flag, its length to width ratio is four to three, its main color is vermilion, and its pattern is three dark green triangles at the bottom, one big and two small, and two indigo blue triangles. color wavy lines.

The three triangles imply three mountains and five mountains. The army flag is the vermilion three-mountain flag, and the flag decorated with two blue wavy lines is the marine corps flag.

It can be said that this is a very interesting point-the Ming Dynasty Marine Corps is obviously affiliated to the Navy, but the flag is changed on the basis of the army flag.

"In just one month, this troop has trained well. It looks very good on the outside. As for the inside... it has some real skills. It may be possible to defeat the enemy in battle. It depends on the back."

Yang Zhen is very satisfied with the current military appearance of the First Marine Regiment, but what seems to be missing?
Yao Liangchuan understood this well. In fact, he had discussed it with Zhou Changfeng a long time ago—a simple flag-giving ceremony is boring, so it is better to have some ornamental display.

So Zhou Changfeng arched his hands, stretched out his fingers and pointed diagonally forward, and said with a smile: "We have prepared a small display, please take a look."

exhibit?What to show?
Yang Zhen, who was very interested, got into the car and came to the shooting range about a mile away.

Since there are a thousand soldiers and non-commissioned officers in the regiment who are selected by various units as elites, their individual qualities are naturally qualified, and there are many talented people or unique skills among them.

After entering a section of trench, Yang Zhen picked up the binoculars and leaned against the sandbags piled up in front of him, "You boy, what are you doing dumb?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a thin soldier holding a 150-style rifle and entered the shooting position not far away, and then in the ditch about [-] meters away, someone threw a ceramic gun into the sky. disc.

"boom!"

Gunshots, disks shattered!The shattered pottery shards fell in mid-air.

Such ten hits in succession, nine hits out of ten shots, can be described as miraculous marksmanship.

Then, the soldier changed to a rifle equipped with a Type 300 triple scope, and in a kneeling position, he fired rapidly at human-shaped targets at 500 meters and [-] meters.

It was also ten shots, but from the binoculars, there was only one bullet hole in the two humanoid targets?
If misses are not considered, does that mean that every five bullets land at the same point?

Next came a tall and burly corporal. He carried a 200-type light machine gun on the stage. Facing twenty human-shaped targets scattered from 600 meters to [-] meters, he used the extremely deadly double-shot short-shot Shoot them down one by one.

The gunshots of "Da Da" sounded very rhythmically, and the few seconds of interruption during the period were because he was changing the magazine.

When the last target was knocked down, someone nearby shouted: "51 seconds!"

Twenty targets, two magazines, a total of fifty rounds, a total of 51 seconds?
At the same time, there is also a display of emergency shooting of mortars without deployment, simulating the scene of firing directly without installing tripods and sights during sudden encounters.

I saw two soldiers cooperating with each other, one supporting the cannon body and the other unscrewing the fuse. After a few seconds, the shells roared out and landed impartially in a circular area hundreds of meters away.

Although the training bomb did not explode, the dust and red smoke it generated were conspicuous enough.

Yang Zhen was very pleased with the excellent performance of the first marine regiment in terms of individual soldier quality, and announced on the spot that he would reward one or two.

"Those people from before were each rewarded with a hundred yuan. I will write another letter and give you an extra [-] yuan. Happy New Year.

Zhou Changfeng and Yao Liangchuan quickly clasped their fists together, "Thank you, Mr. Yang!"

But Yang Zhen did not forget the key point, he stroked his beard and said: "Individual martial arts are important, but teamwork is indispensable. The core of combat power lies in whether they can be twisted into one rope, and we must not forget the basics!"

"Yes! The ranks strictly follow the teachings." Several officers present all claimed yes.

Before the spring of next year, there will not be many training programs for the First Marine Regiment, and large-scale actual combat training such as infantry and artillery coordination, infantry-tank coordination, air-ground coordination, and ship-ground coordination is not in a hurry.

Now lay a good foundation and let the officers and soldiers run in well, so that they can train more efficiently.

(End of this chapter)