The bugle sounded loudly

In the mid-19th century, the British designed a metal horn with two coils of thin tubular body and designated it as the official military horn.

Its appearance is similar to the trumpet used by the band, but it has no piston. Because its sound is crisp, bright, high and spreads far, it has been widely used by the armies of various countries in modern times.

Bugles are small in size, light in weight, easy to carry, can communicate quickly, and have a wide notification range (600 meters to 1500 meters). Compared with traditional drums, gongs, etc., they have more functionality and convenience.

Bugles can be used to convey orders, reports, tell time, identify friend and foe, issue alarms, etc., and are used in battles. They can also boost one's own morale, shock and confuse the enemy.

Li Ping does not know how to blow the bugle. Most of the units where he worked and still use the bugle sound use one bugle tune instead of all other tunes for reminder notifications, such as: Get up, go to work.

Its functions are basically the same as those of the ringtone when we were in school.

Moreover, the bugle itself is not used, but is basically replaced by electronic playback equipment. People who can understand and blow 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 of 11 work and rest numbers, including the wake-up number, the movement number, the meal number, the late number, and the lights-out number.

Because of work and some specific reasons, Li Ping once studied the history of bugles, which gave him a deeper understanding of the complex functions of bugles.

It is also because Li Ping once served in the communications unit and has a considerable understanding of both wired and wireless communications. Therefore, he has a certain degree of awareness of the characteristics of bugles that can be used as a radio station at extremely short distances.

It is only natural that the bugle should be his new expanded command method.

Bugles, flags only available above the company, whistles, small drums, messengers and command knives will form the command elements of their troops, which are not that complicated and are sufficient.

And the one who plays the leading role here is also Bugao.

There are more than 340 kinds of music scores for Red Army bugles in history, which can fully play out life, training, operations, unit numbers, positions, and commander codes.

For example, the marching bugle alone includes "march to the left," "march to the right," "stop advancing," "continue to advance," "form into two columns," "run forward," and so on.

Many times, bugles are not only used to issue orders, but are even used for communication.

For example, the battalion headquarters asked through the bugle sound: Where are you in the first company? The company bugler replied: I am the first company. The battalion headquarters issued another order: Please come closer to me quickly.

According to records, some troops once used military bugles to blow more complicated trumpets such as "calling the company commander to the regiment headquarters for a meeting."

Until the 1970s, after continuous simplification, our military's trumpet spectrum still had 7 categories and 107 types.

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 we are in this southern area with intertwined river systems, undulating terrain, and very few plains, when there are more troops, once the front and rear are separated or dispersed, they often see each other.

Without seeing any friendly troops around, not only would it take a long time to cover a seemingly short distance, but it would also be easy to fail to receive effective instructions in time, which would delay things too much.

The limitations of the original command methods of the Ming Dynasty's official army were also magnified and exposed.

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

If you don't understand, forget it. If you know there is a way to improve Li Ping, why don't you rush to use it? It's no joke that command and control ranks first among various military terminology and system construction.

Once you have the trumpet, you just have to blow it. Li Ping doesn't know how to do it, but there are people who can.

Zhao Jinhui.

This old guy briefly worked as a trumpeter at the Army Command College, for a while for celebrations. Although he could only play a few tunes, it was enough.

After knowing the basic method of playing, the rest is left to Zhao Lanyue, who can read music and has quite good musical literacy.

As for selecting people to learn, it is even simpler. Li Ping directly sent people to comprehensively select people who have played musical instruments in the army and support camps, especially those who have played suona and trumpets. It is best to be those who have been official and military musical instruments players.

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Soon more than 20 people were singled out.

Although these selected people are basically from the support camp and are generally older, this is not a problem as long as they can play. No matter what kind of work they have done before, they will be incorporated into the army and enjoy three meals a day.

The same treatment as ordinary soldiers.

At the same time, more than 30 teenagers who do not know how to play musical instruments have also been selected. They will also learn the bugle and music scores. They will be the core of the military bugle in the future and become bigger and stronger.

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

After the players were selected, Li Ping specially arranged for several veteran musicians to study with General Zhao Jin to understand the basic tune of the bugle. After they came back, Zhao Lanyue checked them, and then they learned the blowing techniques and basic tunes.

Teach the tunes to others, and those little brats just follow them first.

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

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 trumpet commands, and recorded them all in staff notation. At the same time, he asked Zhao Lanyue to spend some time every day to teach those tunes.

More than thirty children's music scores.

Why only so few musical notations were ordered in the first batch? It’s because Li Ping has neither the energy nor the time to get so many musical notations now. And everyone still has a process of adapting. It’s okay to learn a few at first, but if

If you compose a large number of trumpet scores for the troops to learn and listen to, it will inevitably bring considerable interference to the other work of the troops, which is to pick up sesame seeds and lose the watermelon.

Moreover, Li Ping only needs to satisfy the simplest communication command now. As for more complex functions, he can wait until everything goes smoothly in the later stage before taking his time. It is not urgent at all now. Combat training and troop capture can

It's the core.

Therefore, the first batch of songs only includes about 10 types, such as getting up, eating, discovering the enemy, attacking, retreating, defending in place, emergency gathering and rest, etc. Naturally, it is not too difficult for those who have played suona and trumpet.

Moreover, Li Ping was very tight-lipped and received three meals a day and other benefits that were much more generous than those in the security camp. He basically did not have to participate in other training. He could only walk in the queue for a short time every day and have fun. A member of the trumpet team

The old guys who helped me naturally practiced very diligently and hard.

Every day, Li Ping would personally check the performance of the bugle corps to keep track of the progress. After a short training, and seeing that it was almost done, he decided to assign the bugle corps to each company as soon as possible.

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

The first phase of training for the troops was completed, and they took a two-day break after the drill. Li Ping asked the trumpet team to also take a thorough rest. He wanted to check the effects of the break before making a final decision.

Therefore, on the afternoon of the second day of rest, just before the holiday was about to end, all the members of the bugle team, including those little guys who couldn't even play all the sounds, lined up in an open field in the villa to undergo the test.

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

Due to production capacity, the little guys don't have their own bugles yet, so they usually rely on a few bugles to practice. They came here mainly to feel the atmosphere.

Under the order of a staff officer from the staff office, more than twenty bugles began to play together.

In an instant, the entire villa was covered by the loud sound of "doo, beep, beep, beep...". Zhao Lanyue, who was next to her, even lightly covered her ears. The momentum of the bugles blowing together was really amazing.

, the sound is really too loud.

During the unified performance, everyone around them became serious unconsciously. Except for Li Ping, most people looked at everything in front of them in shock, and there was something special rising in their hearts.

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

Although many of them listen to the bugle corps' practice almost every day, a group of people in uniform uniforms stand quietly and neatly in harmony, with the small red flags under the bugle fluttering 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 activity it was, as long as the entire army gathered together and the march and military songs were played, most people would immediately feel a sense of mission. All expressions and stances

There is no need to maintain posture, because almost everyone will make themselves look as dignified as possible.

Just now he seemed to have regained some of the long-lost feelings.

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

When everyone finished playing, Ma Yong breathed a long sigh of relief, looked at Li Ping who still had a solemn expression and said: "Sir, this is really good, it is definitely much better than the 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 energy."

Li Ping did not answer Ma Yong's words, but turned to Zhao Lanyue, looked at her and said, "How are you? Do you have any questions?"

"It's okay, there's nothing major wrong with it. Even if you don't appreciate the music, you can still listen to it. Those minor problems will not affect the conductor and judgment." Zhao Lanyue also replied with a serious expression.

It seems that she hasn't fully reacted to the excitement just now, and she is also wearing a rare and deep plain round-necked jacket today.

"I just have goosebumps all over my body." Zhao Lanyue suddenly added unintentionally, this is her style.

Li Ping couldn't help but feel slightly happy.

He suddenly remembered what a civilian music teacher who had just joined the army from a local college said when he was instructing them to sing chorus in the military academy. It was almost exactly the same.

Then, he directly turned to Ma Yong and gave an order, "Ma Yong, these more than twenty trumpeters will be assigned to each company tonight. At the same time, each company will be assigned two young trumpeters. In the future, we must ensure that each company has a trumpeter."

There are 3 buglers in the company. The rest will all stay in your staff bugle corps, and you will need to maintain more than 10 people for many years to come.

From tomorrow on, we will use the trumpet tone uniformly for activities such as getting up and serving meals. Let everyone get used to it first. From now on, each unit will spend a certain amount of time learning to listen to the trumpet tone every day until they are completely familiar with it.

Let’s do this for now! Implement it immediately.” He had already made up his mind.

When walking back, Song Baolai carefully avoided Zhao Lanyue and came to Li Ping's side and whispered: "Brother, it's good, it's really different! It sounds really exciting."

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 the little guys have numbers yet?”
Chapter completed!