The Legend of the Messenger Pigeon II
"Don't keep me in suspense," said the mixed director anxiously."Tell me quickly!”"Hehehe-then I'll start again.”Little Fly continued,"
The most famous example of using carrier pigeons to send messages was the Battle of Haoshuichuan between the Northern Song Dynasty and the Western Xia Dynasty.
According to the Song History of the Xia Kingdom, Yuan Hao launched another attack on the Song Dynasty in the first year of the Qing calendar (1041). In February, Yuan Hao personally led 100,000 troops from Tiandu Mountain and went deep into Song territory to prepare for a decisive battle with Han Qi's Jingyuan Road main force. At this time, Han Qi was patrolling the border in Gaoping (now north of Guyuan, Ningxia). When he heard that Yuan Hao had led the army to Huaiyuan City (now north of Pingliang, Gansu), he immediately sent General Ren Fu with 18000 troops to resist and stop them. In order to ensure the victory of the war, Han Qi gave Ren Fu a direct order and ordered them to go around the enemy's back. If they could fight, they would fight. If they could not fight, they would set up an ambush to cut off the enemy's retreat. Before leaving, Han Qi repeatedly warned Ren Fu,"If you disobey the command, you will be beheaded even if you have merit.”
Ren Fu, Sang Yi and Geng Fu led thousands of light cavalry. After crossing Liupan Mountain, they met the Xia army south of Zhangjiabao. They immediately joined the battle and won a small victory, killing hundreds of people. The Xia army pretended to be defeated and abandoned a lot of supplies along the way. The Song army did not know what to do, so they rushed forward and chased closely behind, all the way to Haoshuichuan at the foot of Liupan Mountain. Haoshuichuan was fifteen miles north of Longde County, Ningxia. It was surrounded by valleys on both sides. There was only one path leading to it. It was the place where the soldiers had set up an ambush. The Xia army, who had pretended to be defeated, deliberately kept a distance of four to five miles to lure the Song army into chasing after them. Ren Fu did not know what to do, so he divided his troops into two groups. Zhu Guan's army was in the north, while Ren Fu's army was in the south. They pursued him along Haoshui River. They chased all the way to the north of Longgan City and entered the encirclement of the Xia army. Only then did they realize that they had fallen into Yuan Hao's trap. In order to break out of the encirclement, Ren Fu, Sang Yi, and the others led their troops along the west of Haoshui River and out of Liupan Mountain. Five miles away from Yangmulong City, when they were preparing to set up an array to deal with the enemy, a soldier picked up five or six tightly sealed silver mud boxes by the roadside. There was the sound of animals jumping in the boxes. The soldier did not dare to open it and handed it over to Ren Fu to handle. After Ren Fu ordered the soldiers to open it, more than 100 pigeons leaped out of the box. These pigeons had small bells hanging around their necks. After they rose into the air, they circled above Song Jun's head and made a series of whistles. Just as the Song army was feeling bewildered, the Xia army had already surrounded them from all sides. It turned out that these pigeons were all military pigeons. Yuan Hao had deliberately placed them here for Song Jun to pick them up and release them. The Song army fell for it. Yuan Hao received the pigeon's signal. 100,000 men and horses attacked from the top of the mountain together and pressed the Song army into the valley. In this battle, the Song army suffered heavy losses. Almost all of them were wiped out, and dozens of generals under Ren Fu died in battle. "Hehehe, this is too godly." The mixed director said.
" Hahaha, what's interesting is that the carrier pigeon was once a " messenger " on the battlefield and made many great contributions.”"What is it? "Yes," said Fly.
In 1870, when France and Pronia were at war, there was a carrier pigeon named Homer in France. During the siege of Paris, he had sent intelligence and letters between Paris and the provinces many times, making great achievements. In 1938, the United Kingdom established a pigeon company, which had trained more than 200,000 excellent carrier pigeons for the army. These carrier pigeons transmitted important military intelligence in time during the war and became famous as " carrier pigeon heroes." In the First World War, after a fierce battle in France, some soldiers fell behind at the front line of Argonne and lost contact with the main force, falling into a predicament of running out of ammunition and food. Therefore, they sent out trained pigeons to ask for backup. When the enemy discovered it, they immediately shot, and the pigeon was unfortunately injured. However, it somersaulted and flew straight up into the clouds, finally sending the letter requesting help to the base camp in time. The base camp immediately sent planes to drop food and ammunition and bomb the enemy, allowing the troops to break through and return. Later, in order to reward this military pigeon, the US military headquarters awarded it a logistics medal. After the pigeon died, it was still made into a specimen and displayed in the National Museum of Washington. The scars on its chest can still be seen by visitors.
During the Second World War, an American expeditionary force was besieged by the Japanese army in Myanmar and lost contact with the frontline command. How could he get in touch with the trapped troops? The command center came up with a way to airdrop a beautiful and dexterous carrier pigeon to the position of the trapped troops and let it bring back the top secret letter of the besieged troops. In the end, the besieged troops broke out of the siege and severely injured the enemy. This hen, who had made great contributions, was awarded the glorious title of "Queen of Myanmar".
On November 18, 1943, the British 56th Royal Infantry Brigade requested air support to quickly break through the tightly defended German line. Unexpectedly, the German defensive offensive was suddenly destroyed, and the infantry successfully rushed through the blockade ahead of time. If they were to bomb at the time and place they had agreed on, they would be killed. They immediately sent out a pigeon to request the immediate withdrawal of air support. At that time, the pilots who supported the bombing had already boarded the plane. Fortunately, they received a letter from the carrier pigeon and did not take off. From the letter, he knew that the pigeon had flown more than 20 miles in just a few minutes. For this reason, the chief of London had specially awarded this military pigeon a medal, which was equivalent to the noble honor of the Victoria Cross Medal.
For this reason, some countries built a "carrier pigeon hero monument", and some countries built a "carrier pigeon museum" to commemorate those carrier pigeons who had made great contributions in the war.
In a military pigeon team stationed in Yunnan, people could not forget the meritorious story of the military pigeon "Forest Piercer":
It was a day in early summer. The sun shone through the dense virgin forest and shone on the ground. Captain Han of one of the border guards led a patrol team composed of more than 10 members along the border. Suddenly, he saw many messy footprints on the river bank, extending from the river bank to the depths of the forest.
"Our people didn't cross the river. Where did the footprints come from?”Captain Han looked around and found nothing unusual. He walked straight to the footprint and squatted down to take a closer look.
"Maybe he's from the same hometown who went into the forest to hunt?”The messenger, Little Wang, who carried a walkie-talkie and a military pigeon, the Forest Piercer, said.
He Ming, an old soldier with patrol experience, pondered for a while and said with some hesitation,"My fellow villagers usually wear straw sandals, and these footprints are clearly left behind by leather shoes.”
"Could it be the remnants of Jiang Fei?" Warrior Xiao Wu said.
"Yes," Captain Han said in a low voice,"this is likely to be the remnant bandits who sneaked into the country."”He also gave the order to prepare for battle. The team members moved forward in a triangular formation and searched the depths of the forest. At this moment, the smell of something burning drifted into the air. His intuition told him that there was someone not far ahead. He gestured to his team members, and everyone understood. They held their breaths and moved forward. As they got closer, they could even hear people talking. Captain Han gestured for everyone to squat down and gently pushed aside the grass. He saw a small open area 50 meters ahead. A group of bandits were sitting around the fire and wolfing down food. There were roughly about 100 people. The enemy was outnumbered, and it was definitely impossible to fight head-on. Thinking of this, Captain Han turned around and asked the operator, Xiao Wang, to send a message for reinforcements. At this moment, the military pigeon "Forest Piercer" that Little Wang was carrying suddenly started to coo. Upon hearing the commotion, the enemies surrounded the bushes where the patrol team was hiding with their guns.
"Retreat!" Captain Han ordered decisively, and the team members quickly retreated. The slight shaking of the bushes aroused the suspicion of the enemy bandits. Two of them raised their guns and fired fiercely in the direction of the retreating team members. Little Wang heard the sound of metal colliding behind him. When they retreated to a relatively safe place, they realized that the walkie-talkie had been destroyed by the enemy!
"Let Forest Piercer bring the news back!”Captain Han ordered. He stuffed a piece of paper with the location of the patrol team and the enemy's strength into the communication tube and fixed it on the leg of the Forest Piercer. The Forest Piercer rose into the air and flew towards the army base. Captain Han and his team members used the cover of the terrain to circle around the enemy, repelling the enemy's attacks again and again. Just as they were about to run out of ammunition, they heard the sound of horses galloping in the distance. The reinforcements had arrived! Divine soldiers descended from the sky and defeated the bandits. Most of them were wiped out and the rest were captured.
Later on, during the battle commendation, this military pigeon was also recorded as a military merit. After retirement, it was sent to a military pigeon team stationed in Yunnan to "retire" until it died of natural causes. In order to commemorate its meritorious service, the military pigeon team specially made it into a specimen and stored it in a historical museum until now. " Hehehe-Legend!" The mixed director clapped his hands and praised.
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