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- The tenth day of the winter lunar month in the fifth year of Longqing's reign in the Ming Dynasty.
At this time of year, the northern country is already covered in ice and snow; it must be freezing cold in the south of the Yangtze River, right? Only the south of the Five Ridges is still full of green, with bougainvillea and kapok blooming. It is difficult to connect such a day with the winter solstice, the longest night of the year.
It was still dark when the wake-up call was sounded, and the only intact battleship 104 in the Qing'ao Bay naval port rang out seven earth-shaking cannon shots.
Amidst the roar of cannons, the pacesetters, dressed in dark blue coast guard uniforms, blue helmets, leather belts with copper buckles, and long black leather boots, carried polished and bayoneted Longqing-style rifles marched out of the barracks in neat rows and lined up on the central avenue leading to Tropic of Cancer Square.
They set up defense lines two meters apart on both sides of the straight avenue. Every time they reached a sentry post, the two burly pacesetters stood still, turned left or right, and stood facing each other with guns in hand. They remained motionless, showing their majesty.
At 6:51 in the morning, the first ray of morning light descended on Qing'ao Bay, shining a golden light on the warships anchored in the bay, and also shining on the coast guard lined up on both sides of the avenue like soldiers and generals from heaven.
At seven o'clock, more coast guard soldiers, security team members and group employees walked out of various barracks. Contrary to the noisy scene in the base in the past, everyone today looked solemn and silent.
The officers of the Coast Guard all put on their handsome uniforms and hung medals on their chests. The police officers also hung police daggers on their waists and put on spotless white gloves.
The security team members also put on their gray uniforms. Although they were not as elegant as the Coast Guard uniforms, they also had belts, leather boots and white gloves. They walked in line with a certain step, which was very solemn.
The crew of the Royal Marine Corps wear navy blue uniforms and soft-brimmed hats of the same color.
The employees of the group wear uniform uniforms and cotton boots, which are also uniform.
Even the Ryukyu officers and soldiers and the former pirates under Lin Feng have put on the newly issued winter clothes, which are the same style as the auxiliary police uniforms, but in dark green.
Twenty minutes later, everyone lined up, and the huge Tropic of Cancer Square was filled to the brim with rectangular blocks of different sizes.
At 7:30, the gunfire sounded again.
Amid the rumbling salute, a flag of the sun and moon dancing in the morning light appeared in front of everyone.
Everyone saw that the person who was raising the flag in goose-step at half the normal speed was actually the Deputy Commander of the Coast Guard, Jin Ke. The two people guarding the flag were the Coast Guard Fleet Commander-in-Chief Wang Rulong and the Police Commissioner Ma Yinglong.
The three police officers with gold stars on Nan'ao Island are all on the list.
Behind the three people were the captains and police commissioners carrying the flags of each ship.
??Further back, there is a long honor guard carrying Longqing rifles.
Amidst the sound of cannons, flags and guards of honor led the coffins of the fallen soldiers to the square solemnly.
Every four Marine Corps soldiers wearing white gloves carried a black coffin with a golden anchor painted on it, and moved forward in uniform steps. Every step seemed to be stepping on people's hearts.
Except for the navy officers and soldiers who had participated in the punishment operations against Japan, no one else had ever experienced such a scene. But without exception, their hearts were tightly gripped by this strong, suffocating, solemn, solemn, solemn and sublime atmosphere.
The Coast Guard soldiers, security team members and shipping crew members all raised their hands in salute. For some indescribable reason, this military salute of holding the right hands together and pointing to the brim of the hat replaced the original breast-beating salute.
The employees also held their heads high and paid attention, and everyone¡¯s expressions and behaviors were so solemn. This shocked the Ryukyu people and former pirates, and they realized that the death of ordinary people could be so dignified!
That¡¯s because the deceased is no longer ordinary
Their names are martyrs!
In order to commemorate the Nan'ao Island War and the 202 soldiers who died in battle and died in the hospital, Jiangnan Group built a 23.26-meter-high monument on the Tropic of Cancer Square.
The 20.2-meter-high monument is in the shape of a tower, made of granite produced in Nan'ao Island, and sits on a 3.06-meter-high base.
The front of the monument is engraved with the words "The souls of the martyrs of the Nan'ao Battle will live forever" written by Mr. Zhao himself!
The base is engraved with an inscription drafted by Zhao Hao and written by Xu Wei:
¡®Woohoo! China has a vast land and sea, with both land and ocean. Since ancient times, we have sought food on the land and sought wealth on the sea. In the past, the king of Shang fished in the East China Sea and did not return for six months; Taigong benefited from the fish and salt, and the Qi State prospered; Qin Xu Fu crossed east; the Han Dynasty established the Maritime Silk Road; Dongwu opened Yizhou and sailed to the South Sea; Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties opened the seven seas of Jia. Wealth is the best in the world; the two Song dynasties relied on the benefits of maritime trade and defended against hundreds of powerful enemies.??. By the Yuan Dynasty BC, one hundred and twenty countries were accessible by sea! ¡¯
¡®This dynasty continues the past and reaches the next, reaching its peak. Zheng He¡¯s fleet made seven voyages to the Western Ocean and became invincible in the world! What a pity, what a pity, after Zheng He, the sea ban has been strict for one hundred and eighty years, so that everyone in the world knows that China is on land, but does not know that there is China on the sea. ¡¯
¡®The general trend of the world is one that waxes and wanes, the other grows. If God cannot take it, you will be blamed for it. For a hundred years, countries in Europe and the West have used their entire nation to send ships to sea, ushering in the so-called 'Age of Discovery'. There are two leaders, one is Spain and the other is Portugal. Their warships sail all over the world, and they go beyond their own capabilities to carve up the world. Now they have invaded our land of heaven one after another and roamed across our sea of ??China! The people suffered, the merchants disappeared from the sea, the vassals were extinguished like lamps, and China was in danger at sea! ¡¯
¡®When the sea is flowing, a hero shows his true qualities. We have our own warriors who defend our maritime China, fight against foreign humiliation in Nan'ao, expel the Western barbarians, control our maritime borders, and protect our common people! The wind was blowing and the water was cold, and there was frost and blood on the feet. Two hundred and two martyrs died heroically. The sound is loud, but the elephant is invisible. Come and find your soul, and let your heroic spirit rest. The raging waves are the throat, and the green mountains are the evidence; how can it be said that there is no sound? The river and the mountain are named! People forget and history is forgotten. Su Zhijia Shi, wash your hands and make inscriptions. Alas, my descendants will be honored from generation to generation! ¡¯
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Mr. Zhao, dressed in the uniform of a chief police officer, led the recovered wounded soldiers to stand in front of the monument and salute the coffin that came slowly.
When the two hundred and two coffins arrived in front of the monument, the procession stopped, and the sound of cannons at the military port also stopped.
There was silence on Nan'ao Island, and everyone observed three minutes of silence.
Then Zhao Hao gave a brief speech to the living people:
"Today is the winter solstice. The winter solstice is the starting point of the sun's return. From this day on, the light will become longer. Until the summer solstice, the sun's rays will shine directly on the Tropic of Cancer under our feet and on this majestic martyr monument! Because of your Selfless dedication, because of the heroic sacrifice of the martyrs, I can proudly announce that from today on, the Ming Dynasty will officially return to the list of maritime powers until it dominates the seven seas and is at the height of its power!'
"Today, we bid farewell to the coffins of the martyrs here, but their spirits will always exist in the hearts of each of us. I hope you will inherit the legacy of the martyrs and continue to dedicate everything we have to the great cause of rebuilding Maritime China!"
"Inherit the legacy of the martyrs and rebuild Maritime China!" The response of more than 20,000 people as the mountains roared and the tsunami roared, and in this fanatical atmosphere, they were imprinted with thoughts.
When everyone calmed down, twenty sirens blew the horn that sounded every night on Nan'ao Island.
Even the new ex-pirates who came to the island know that it is the lights-out signal of the Coast Guard. When the horn sounds, all coast guards, except the officers and soldiers on night duty, have to go to bed. Over time, even the employees who came to work as volunteers became accustomed to hearing the lights-out signal to sleep.
However, today¡¯s lights-out signal has a different kind of solemnity. It is a signal to invite the heroes to sleep peacefully
Zhao Hao personally covered each coffin with a red and yellow sun and moon flag.
The officers and soldiers carrying the coffin carried the coffin covered with the Coast Guard flag towards the dock.
After all the coffins were covered with flags, Zhao Hao came to the dock and watched as the officers and soldiers carried the coffins onto the armed merchant ships moored at the dock.
They will take the Royal Shipping Ship to escort the coffins of the martyrs back to Jiangnan. According to the requirements in their suicide notes, they will either return them to their hometowns for burial, or send them to the Heroic Spirits Cemetery on Xishan Island
Chen Huaixiu, dressed in white clothes and skirt, stood quietly beside Zhao Hao. She didn't really understand why the young master insisted on spending a lot of money to order expensive mahogany coffins for the fallen soldiers, including Lin Feng's pirates. It would take a lot of time and money to build such a monument.
But today, after experiencing this ceremony, she probably understood why Zhao Hao did this. I also understood what scholars often say -
"The great affairs of the country lie in sacrifice and military service"!
"Don't be too sad." Seeing Zhao Hao's red eyes, she comforted softly: "The heroic spirit will be comforted by this, and he will rest in peace under Jiuquan."
"Actually, there are only relics and no remains in many coffins." Zhao Hao slowly shook his head and said with choked eyes: "They gave their lives to me, but I can't even send their remains back, so don't talk about taking it yourself." It¡¯s such an insult.¡±
He fixedly looked at the long team of coffins and said quietly: "Since I started my business, in just a few years, the cumulative number of employees of Xishan Group and Jiangnan Group who have died in the line of duty has exceeded 2,000. As the follow-up The territory continues to expand and there are more and more people. This number will increase day by day, and it will reach tens of thousands in less than ten years. Will it eventually reach one hundred thousand, or one million? Every time I think about this, I can't sleep all night."
Chen Huaixiu looked at him distressedly and sighed: "Once a general is accomplished, all his bones will wither. If you want to do great things, you must harden your heart."
"My heart is hard enough." Zhao Hao shook his head slowly and said calmly: "A guy who killed so many people? Does it have anything to do with being soft-hearted?"
"Then you are?" Chen Huaixiu looked at him puzzled.
"I don't know whether the big thing we have to do is right or wrong." Zhao Hao looked up at the piercing sunshine, re-steady himself and said: "But there is no turning back when the bow is fired, I can't let them The sacrifice is wasted and even becomes a joke! Just for this, I will risk everything!"
Chen Huaixiu nodded gently and said softly: "I'll follow this one."
ps. I probably won¡¯t be able to finish the next chapter, so I¡¯ll get up early tomorrow to make up for it. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)"My heart is hard enough." Zhao Hao shook his head slowly and said calmly: "A guy who killed so many people? Does it have anything to do with being soft-hearted?"
"Then you are?" Chen Huaixiu looked at him puzzled.
"I don't know whether the big thing we have to do is right or wrong." Zhao Hao looked up at the piercing sunshine, re-steady himself and said: "But there is no turning back when the bow is fired, I can't let them The sacrifice is wasted and even becomes a joke! Just for this, I will risk everything!"
Chen Huaixiu nodded gently and said softly: "I'll follow this one."
ps. I probably won¡¯t be able to finish the next chapter, so I¡¯ll get up early tomorrow to make up for it. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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