1658, in order to improve the combat effectiveness of the army, after consulting with the generals, Zheng Chenggong decided to form a special army-the Iron Man Army. The iron man wears an iron helmet, armor, arms and skirt. His face is hard, only his eyes, ears, nose and mouth are exposed. He is wearing a Yunnan sabre and holding a bow and arrow, weighing 30 Jin. Zheng Chenggong selected mighty soldiers from various battalions and went to the Yan Martial Arts School in Xiamen Port for selection. Anyone who can lift a stone lion weighing 500 kilograms and walk around the Yan Martial Arts School three times can be selected for the triathlon team. The Iron Man Army has strict discipline and is brave in fighting. Its formation greatly improved Zheng Jun's fighting capacity. From 65438 to 0659, the Iron Man Army played an active role in the fighting against the Qing army in Guazhou and Zhenjiang.
In the * * * campaign, Iron Man Army played an important role. At the beginning of the battle with the Dutch troops stationed in Taiwan Province province, the iron man in iron clothes surprised the Dutch. The iron man's upper body and head are covered with armor and iron helmet, and his arms and legs are outside, so that he can not only defend against rifle bullets well, but also move flexibly. Ironman Army uses all kinds of weapons, some with bows and arrows, some with shields in their left hands and knives in their right hands, and many with sharp broadswords. Faced with the intensive shooting by the Dutch army, they rushed to the enemy positions with fearless courage. Although many people were defeated, they didn't flinch at all and kept going until they defeated the Dutch defenders. After this battle, the Iron Man army frightened the Dutch colonists like a frightened bird. However, Iron Man's army became more and more brave, and drove the Dutch armed with guns out of Taiwan Province Province with broadswords and spears, which wrote a glorious page in the history of China's resistance to foreign aggression.
In the Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall in Xiamen, there are also pieces of iron man's armor on display. These fragments were found in 196 1 year under the ruins of the city wall of Baisha, Fujian Province. At that time, these iron sheets were connected together and looked like fish scales. The width of each piece of iron is about 1. 6 centimeters. As a historical witness, ironclad fragments attract a large number of Chinese and foreign tourists to stop and watch every year.