Only higher-level or more special troops will have radio stations. In addition to relying on the legs of communication soldiers and traditional bugle communication, troop communication uses light signals at night and semaphores during the day. Later, the Ministry of Science and Technology referred to historical data
, developed a mirror reflective equipment, which uses reflection to write Morse code during the day, and can transmit about two or three sets of signals per minute. The speed is much faster than semaphore, but the disadvantages are self-evident. The transmission distance will be longer in bad weather.
The amplitude is reduced.
Whether it is a semaphore or an optical signal, it is not very convenient to transmit signals in combat, especially in the field. Unless the battle is carried out on a preset position, it is difficult to arrange a communication network calmly. In most cases, it is still necessary to rely on
Traditional bugle and human communications.
However, the siege battle is a gradual battle, and the troops are dispersed and relatively far apart, which is the best occasion for the use of this kind of visual communication network.
The visual signal communication troops of the 1st Brigade Communication Battalion are divided into 6 teams, which are deployed on the northern slope of Bangshan Mountain, the top of Zhushan Mountain, the south of Wuzhou City, the southeast of Wuzhou City, the top of Beishan City and the north of Wuzhou City. Each team is composed of signalers, observers,
Each team is composed of a decoder, a messenger and a backup. In order to have a wider field of vision and to ensure that the signal is not blocked, each soldier team is equipped with a high platform similar to the life-saving chair where the swimming pool lifeguard sits. It is composed of steel pipes and connectors and can be divided into
It was dismantled into parts and then assembled at the station. The high platform was fixed on the surrounding ground with cables and spikes. There was only room for two people at the top. The signalman and observer wore safety belts and sat on the high platform. When signals needed to be sent and received, the signalman and observer
Then move to a suitable position and stand up. The observer is equipped with a high-power telescope. Once he finds out which direction is sending the signal preparation signal, the signalman will make corresponding actions or light signals to respond, and then start to receive the message. Generally speaking, general flags are divided into
30 actions respectively represent 26 letters or 10 numbers. The signals from A to I also represent 1 to 9 in sequence, the signal from K also represents 0, and the remaining four actions represent standby or space respectively. The following signals are numbers.
Error, cancel four meanings, J also means that the following signals are letters. The light signals directly use the Morse code format.
When observation conditions are good during the day, semaphores are simpler than light signals based on Morse code, and can convey simple messages more quickly. But now it is nighttime, and only light signals are used. Observers use telescopes to observe the signal from the sender.
The corresponding letters, numbers or corresponding meanings are announced loudly, and then the decoder records them and quickly makes a reasonable interpretation, and then allows the delivery person to deliver the decoded information to the corresponding recipient; otherwise, the decoder will
The sent information is compiled into the corresponding code and loudly reported to the signalman, who then sends it out; if the information is to be passed to the next station, the decoder will complete the decoding and issue an instruction to continue the transmission, and then the flagman will be next.
After a station receives its own preparatory action for sending a message, it sends the signal according to the code reported by the decoder.
The positions of a team are not fixed. There are four people on duty and one person resting at all times. The positions rotate with each other, so as to ensure the timeliness of sending and receiving information.
When the sentry on Bangshan observed the abnormal phenomenon outside Jiangmen in the west of Wuzhou City with a telescope, he paid attention to the dynamics and reported the situation to the top commander on Bangshan, the artillery company commander stationed on Bangshan. The artillery company commander did not dare to neglect.
, after carefully observing one side with a telescope, he asked the signal trooper team to send out the message.
The information is as follows: On the 1st, more than 10,000 refugees poured out of Xijiangmen.
No. 1 refers to the signal corps team in the south of Wuzhou City. The signal corps on Zhushan Mountain immediately passed on the message after receiving it. Then, No. 3, the signal corps team in Bangshan, received the following message: No. 3, step up observation.
, continue to report.
Then reply: On the 1st, the Ming army shot arrows at the refugees.
Then he replied: No. 1, the refugees are going north.
Next: On the 1st, the refugees approached the position in the north of the city.
Zhu Mingxia couldn't figure out for a while what kind of medicine the Wuzhou defenders were selling in the gourd, but with such a large group of refugees pouring out all at once, it was hard to guarantee whether there were Ming troops mixed in. If he was not careful, he would suffer a big loss. So Zhu Mingxia
Making a prompt decision, the command team issued an order to Zhu Quanxing: on the 4th, intercept the refugees leaving the city.
From a tactical point of view, intercepting refugees is not a good idea. There are many refugees and there may be Ming troops among them. If you use a small number of troops to intercept, the thin front line will be disrupted by the refugees if you are not careful. If you are more cautious, let go
It seems more appropriate to let them find their own way through the battle front.
However, Zhu Mingxia considered that if there were Ming troops mixed in with the crowd, it would be enough to run away a few "big fish". But if the officers and soldiers crossed the battle line and launched a "turnaround" attack on the logistics supply points behind the troops, it would not be good.
After receiving the order, Zhu Quanxing ordered them to the mountains northeast of the city through a light signal, asking them to form an encirclement with the two companies from the north of the city before the refugees tried to cross the Beishan position, so as to prevent the refugees from dispersing on a large scale.
Although Yi Haoran criticized Chang Qingyun for running faster than a rabbit, in fact Chang Qingyun was not as calm and composed as he showed that "a mountain man has his own clever tricks". He fled before the order in the city completely collapsed.
Chang Qingyun was not "left" in the city. To be precise, he took the initiative to serve as the orderer of arson. At that time, he was quite tragic and had a somewhat "windy and rustling" artistic conception, until Yi Haoran
When I barged in to question him, he seemed a bit "calm".
However, as the order in the city began to become chaotic and the people sent to deliver orders never returned, Chang Qingyun's courage also began to disappear little by little. When he realized that the situation was completely out of control, he couldn't help but start to panic.
When he got up, his determination to "sacrifice generously" was no longer so firm. He no longer cared about whether to set fire or not, and immediately asked the servant to bring him a change of clothes.
In the yamen, he had secretly prepared several sets of common people's clothes. At this moment, he and his three personal servants had put on brown shirts and hats, dressing up as common people. They hurried out of the gate and mingled with the refugees who had been expelled from the city.
Ready to escape.
The streets were in chaos, crowded with people, and the cries and howls of the crowd were everywhere. Chang Qingyun raised his head and saw that there were lights in the Beicheng area, and secretly thought that arson had already begun.
The crowd in the street was stunned at first, and all looked up at the red light on the horizon. Suddenly, a man shouted in a different tone from the crowd, "No, there's a fire!" Everyone jumped as if they had been whipped.
They got up and rushed towards Dayunmen. The fleeing crowd rolled along the streets and alleys. People kept joining the ranks, and some were knocked to the ground and swallowed up by the wave of people because they hesitated for a few seconds.
There were both civilians and soldiers among the surging crowd of people fleeing for their lives. Some wealthy households were protected by several domestic slaves and ran away with a box in their arms; some had half eaten dinner and ran with a broken bowl in their hands; some with disheveled hair
The scholars and the female family members whose skirts were trampled off also ran for their lives in the crowd. The rebels first tried to break away from the crowd with their scabbards, and then they directly pulled out their knives and chopped down those who were in the way.
Chang Qingyun was very anxious: It was too early to start the fire!
However, he could no longer think about these things at this moment. The three masters and servants were carried forward by the crowd, knocking down the charity shed on the side of the road, and the stove where the porridge was simmering was also pushed over, and the firewood carried the porridge.
The sparks rolled under the eaves, where there were several pottery urns. When they were touched by the sparks, a fire broke out. The flames quickly licked the straw on the eaves, and the whole house was suddenly on fire.
"The city is burning, run away!" The already panicked crowd suddenly became crazy. People near the source of the fire squeezed hard to the other side of the road, while people on the other side pushed the people in front of them with all their might.
A large piece fell down. Before they could stand up, people from behind had already stepped on. The dozens of people in front felt their feet were weak, but those behind them could no longer feel anything on the ground.
The fire burned from one house to another, from one neighborhood to another. Chang Qingyun felt something bad in his heart, threw his arms and threw them to the left and right, struggling hard to get out of the crowd. But he couldn't help it at all.
As a result, a more powerful elbow hit his right ear. He just felt a "boom" and his mind went blank.
Chang Qingyun staggered to the left, but was blocked back by the people on the left. He could not control the direction, could not stop, and could only be pushed forward by the crowd. In a daze, he seemed to see the North Gate in front of him, and then
In a daze, it seemed as if I had already left the city.
His young servant Chang Shan was still clever. He saw a stone tablet on the roadside and pulled Chang Qingyun to jump behind the stone tablet, finally avoiding the crowd. When Chang Qingyun came to his senses, he found himself sitting in the mud on the roadside.
The crowd that was originally gathering had dispersed outside the city.
Changshan was the only one left with the three servants.
After all, after experiencing the great defeat in Chengmai, Chang Qingyun quickly calmed down. He looked back at Wuzhou City and found that the fire was not big. The originally choking smoke dispersed with the wind. He felt slightly disappointed. He remembered that in
According to the last news received before leaving the city, the guards in the city and the commander-in-chief of each city have begun to resist the officers and soldiers - it seems that this time they were destroyed at the hands of "traitors"!
At this moment, he only felt pain all over his body. Looking at his body, he was already in a state of disgrace. There were holes in his knees and his hands were worn out. He probably fell down countless times when he left the city. Looking at Chang Shan, he also looked embarrassed. About this time
He had to pull hard all the way to keep himself from falling and never getting up again.
"Changshan, thanks to you this time!"
"Master, don't say that," Chang Shan was a little frightened, "It's just that Chang Wei and the others are gone. The dry food and money are all with them."
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