Daming kill

Chapter 86
In the middle of the 19th century, the British designed a metal horn with two coiled thin tubes and designated it as an official military horn.

It is similar in shape to a trumpet used in a band, but without a piston.Because of its crisp, bright, high-pitched and far-reaching sound, it has been widely used by armies of various countries since modern times.

The bugle is small in size, light in weight, easy to carry, fast in communication, and wide in range (600m-1500m). Compared with traditional drums and gongs, it has more functionality and convenience.

The bugle can be used to convey orders, report, tell the time, identify friend or foe, issue alarms, etc., and it can also be used in battle to boost one's own morale, shock and confuse the enemy.

Li Ping does not know how to blow the bugle. Most of the units he worked in and still use the bugle sound used one bugle tune instead of all other tunes for reminder notifications, such as: wake up, exercise, etc. Its function is basically the same as the bell when we were in school.

Moreover, the bugle itself is not used, basically it is replaced by electronic playback equipment, and people who can understand and play the bugle are basically rare.Not many people have even seen a real bugle.

Until 2018, our army fully restored the work and rest number system, which only included the standard number spectrum of 11 work and rest numbers, such as the wake-up number, the exercise number, the meal number, the late name number, and the light-off number.

Because of work and some specific reasons, Li Ping had studied the history of bugles, which enabled him to have a deeper understanding of the complicated functions of bugles.

It is also because Li Ping once served in the communication unit and has a considerable understanding of both wired and wireless communications, so he has a certain degree of understanding of the characteristics of the military horn that can almost be used as a radio station in a very short distance.

It was only natural that the bugle would serve as his new extended means of command.

Bugles, flags, whistles, small infantry drums, signal soldiers and command knives will form the command elements of their troops, which are not that complicated and sufficient.

And it is the bugle who is the leader here.

In history, there are more than 340 music scores of the Red Army bugle, which can fully play out life, training, combat, and troop number, position, and commander code.

For example, only the marching horn has "keep to the left", "keep to the right", "stop moving forward", "continue to move forward", "form two columns", "run forward" and so on.

In many cases, the bugle is not only used to give orders, but even used for communication.

For example, the battalion department asked through the sound of the trumpet: Where are you, Yilian?The company bugler replied: I am the company.The battalion department issued another order: Please move closer to me quickly.

According to records, some troops even used the bugle to blow out more complicated horn numbers such as "calling the company commander to the regiment headquarters for a meeting".

Until the 20s, there were still 70 types of numbers in 7 categories after continuous simplification.

This is also the main reason why Li Ping wants to launch the bugle.

In this era where communication is basically based on shouting and orders are basically passed on by word of mouth, and in this southern area with staggered water systems, undulating terrain, and few plains, when there are more troops, once the front and back are separated or dispersed, they will often look at each other. There are no friendly troops around.Not only does the seemingly short distance often lead to broken legs, but it is also easy to fail to receive effective instructions in time, which is too late.

The limitations of the original command methods of the Ming Dynasty officers and troops were also magnified and exposed.

The problem of command and control of the enemy soldiers in the last battle is quite illustrative. The functions of gongs and drums are too limited.

It's fine if you don't understand, knowing that there is a way to improve Li Ping, how can you not rush to use it.It is no joke that command and control ranks first among the military's various terms and systems.

With the number, it is almost blown.This Li Ping can't, but someone can.

Zhao Jinhui.

This old guy had been a trumpeter for a short time in the Army Command Academy, and used it for a while for celebrations. Although he could only play a few tunes, it was enough.

Knowing the basic method of playing, the rest is left to Zhao Lanyue, who knows notation and has a good musical quality.

As for picking people to study, it's even simpler.Li Ping directly sent people to comprehensively select those who had played musical instruments in the army and security battalion, especially those who had played the suona and trumpet, preferably those who had played musical instruments in the army.

More than 20 people were singled out in no time.

Although these selected people are basically from the security camp, and they are generally older, but this is not a problem, as long as they can brag.No matter what kind of work they have done before, they will all be incorporated into the army and enjoy the same treatment as ordinary soldiers, such as three meals a day.

At the same time, more than 30 teenagers who don't know musical instruments have also been selected. They will also learn bugle and music scores. They will be the core of future bugle soldiers to become more scientific and stronger.

All these people were first unified into the bugle team directly under the staff office.

After the person was selected, Li Ping specially arranged for several old musicians to study with General Zhao Jin, to understand the basic tune of the bugle.After they come back, Zhao Lanyue will teach them how to play and the basic tunes to others, and those little ghosts will follow suit first.

Because blowing techniques are all mastered, and the basic tunes are only a few, and they are very short, so learning is faster than imagined.

Then, Li Ping continued to lick his face and asked Zhao Lanyue to help discuss and determine about a dozen music scores as the first batch of horn codes, and recorded them all with staves. At the same time, he asked Zhao Lanyue to spend a little time every day teaching that More than 30 kids staves.

The reason why the first batch only ordered so few numbers is that Li Ping has neither the energy nor the time to make so many numbers.And everyone still has a process of getting used to it. It’s okay to learn a few numbers at first. If a large number of numbers are compiled at once for the troops to learn and listen to, it will inevitably bring considerable interference to other work of the troops. That is, Penny wise and pound-foolish.

Moreover, Li Ping only needs to meet the simplest communication command first. As for more complicated functions, he can wait until everything goes well later and then take his time.There is no urgency at all right now, combat training and grasping troops are the core.

Therefore, the first batch of tunes only consisted of about 10 types, such as getting up, cooking dinner, finding the enemy, attacking, retreating, defending in place, emergency assembly, and rest. Naturally, it is not too difficult for those who have played suona and horn.

Moreover, Li Ping is very tight, and there are three meals a day, which are much more favorable than the guarantee camp, and basically do not need to participate in other training. Helping the old guys naturally practice very diligently and hard.

Every day, Li Ping would personally check the performance of the bugle team to keep track of the progress.After a short training, after seeing that they were about the same, he had decided to assign the buglers to each company as soon as possible.

Kaifeng has been broken, and there is not much time left for him.

After the first stage of training, the troops had a two-day rest after the parade. Li Ping asked the horn team to also take a thorough rest. He wanted to check the effect after the break before making a final decision.

Therefore, on the afternoon of the second day of rest, before the holiday was about to close, all the horn team members, including the gang of little devils who couldn't even blow out their voices, lined up in an empty field in the villa for inspection.

Li Ping, Song Baolai, Ma Yong and others all attended, even Zhao Lanyue also came.

Due to the production capacity, the little ghosts don't have their own military numbers yet, and they still rely on a few numbers to take over for practice. They came this time mainly to feel the atmosphere.

Under the order of a staff officer in the staff office, more than 20 bugles started playing together.

In an instant, the entire villa was covered by the loud bugle sound of "beep, beep, beep, beep...". Zhao Lanyue who was beside her even gently covered her ears. The momentum of the bugle blowing together was really amazing , the sound is really too loud.

During the unified playing, all the surrounding people unconsciously became serious.Except for Li Ping, most people looked at everything in shock, and something special rose in their hearts.

It is a kind of solemnity, a kind of sacredness.

Although many of them listened to the trumpet team's practice almost every day, a group of people in uniform stood there quietly and neatly performing the ensemble, and the small red flags under the bugle fluttered gently in the wind, That feeling is really different.

Li Ping was already familiar with this feeling.

He knew that this was a special crowd reaction. No matter what kind of event it was, as long as the entire army gathered together and the march and military song sounded, most people would immediately feel a sense of mission.There is no need to maintain all facial expressions and stances, because almost everyone will try to make themselves as dignified as possible.

Just now, he seemed to have regained the feeling he had lost for a long time.

After the ensemble of all the melodies was completed, under the command of the staff of the staff office, more than 20 trumpeters played all the melodies solo one by one. There were basically no major problems during the whole playing process.

When everyone finished playing, Ma Yong let out a long sigh of relief, looked at Li Ping, whose expression was still dignified, and said, "Sir, this is really good, definitely better than gongs and drums. Although I have been listening and watching these days, but This time I still have a particularly strong feeling, as if I can lift my breath."

Li Ping didn't answer Ma Yong's words, but turned to Zhao Lanyue, looked at her and said, "How is it, is there any problem?"

"It's okay. There's nothing serious about it. You can listen to it if you don't appreciate the music. Those minor problems won't affect your command and judgment." Zhao Lanyue also replied with a serious expression.

It seems that she hasn't fully reacted from the energy just now, and she is still wearing a deep and plain round neck jacket which is rare today.

"It's just that I have goosebumps all over my body." Zhao Lanyue suddenly added without understanding, this is her style.

Li Ping couldn't help but smile slightly.

He suddenly recalled what a civilian music teacher who had just joined the army from a local college had said when he was in the military academy when he taught them the chorus, and it was almost exactly the same.

Then, he turned his head directly and gave Ma Yong an order, "Ma Yong, the more than 20 trumpeters will be assigned to each company tonight, and at the same time, each company will be assigned two young trumpeters. There are 3 bugle players. The rest of them will all stay in your staff bugle team, and you will need to keep more than 10 people for many years in the future.

Starting tomorrow, we will uniformly use the number sound for activities such as waking up and eating, so that everyone can get used to it first.From now on, each unit will spend a certain amount of time every day to learn to listen to the horn until they are completely familiar with it.

Let's do this first!Do it now. "He's made up his mind.

When walking back, Song Baolai carefully avoided Zhao Lanyue and approached Li Ping and whispered, "Brother, it's good, it's really different! It sounds really interesting."

Li Ping glanced at Zhao Lanyue and couldn't help laughing. He knew Zhao Lanyue's original intention very well, but Song Baolai might have thought too much, so he patted Song Baolai on the shoulder and urged loudly: "Then hurry up, those gangs Don't you guys have numbers yet?"

(End of this chapter)