The afternoon when classmate Li Yunlong got the last place in the class.
..."Write it like this?"
"No, Lao Li, what do you think you did? Did you study hard? I've taught you this word more than ten times, right? Why are you still writing it wrong? Remember the radical on the left and add one more stroke,
Is it so difficult?"
At the Youth League Headquarters, teacher Zhao Gang was almost there.
Lao Li was also a little uncomfortable with the criticism. If the good results of being the last one still stimulated his unwillingness to admit defeat, he would have given up his career by now.
"Old Zhao, writing is more difficult for me than fighting. Do you think I'm not good at studying culture?"
Li Yunlong was a little worried.
Zhao Gang sighed, and it was rare that Li Yunlong showed some humility. He comforted him in turn: "Old Li, what are these words? Can you command the entire regiment of soldiers to win battles one after another? This is enough to show that you are smarter than anyone else.
Smart, as long as you are willing to study hard, you will definitely learn well. Also, your attitude towards learning now is much improved compared to before."
Li Yunlong nodded, "Damn it, I don't believe in this evil anymore. Keep practicing. I've already proven myself awesome. We, Lao Li, must learn some culture."
"...Old Zhao, did you write it correctly this time?"
"Yes, that's what it says, Lao Li, look, you can do it!"
"Haha, I knew our old Li was a genius. Old Zhao, tell me, at the rate of my progress, will I be able to be the first in the class soon?"
Zhao Gang: "…………"
"Lao Li, Lao Kong said that we should go to the cavalry company to see the cavalry training in the morning. This study also requires a balance between work and rest. Learn when you should study, and relax when you should relax. How about we go and take a look?
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"Say it earlier!"
Li Yunlong threw away the pen and paper in his hand and quickly jumped down from the kang.
Zhao Gang secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
The question Lao Li just asked out of the blue is really hard to answer.
There is an answer deep in my heart. At the rate of progress you are making, Lao Li, you won’t be ranked last, but if you are ranked first in the class... you’d better go to sleep!
The cavalry company training ground is a very spacious place, hundreds of meters long and dozens of meters wide. It is a rice field where the people nearby usually use it to plow rice. Some wheat straw, haystacks and the like are also piled up for use.
Feed livestock.
It was not yet July, so the rice field was completely empty, which was perfect for the cavalry company to train.
At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, and Zhao Gang came together to inspect the daily training of the cavalry company in the rice field.
When the three of them arrived, the cavalry company was training in full swing on the rice field under the command of Sun Desheng.
Kong Jie looked at the war horses galloping back and forth on the large rectangular rice field, as well as the soldiers doing various equestrian movements on horseback, and introduced: "Old Zhao, look at these war horses, they are from Wanjia Town.
It was captured from the puppet army. The puppet cavalry battalion in Wanjia Town was really unlucky. It was not easy to pull out this cavalry team, but the training did not produce any results.
The Independent Group was robbed."
"The war horses in the hands of the puppet army are of good quality. They are much better than the thin and poor endurance horses that our team had before."
"Look at the standard equipment of our soldiers training with one horse per person. Except for not wearing the military uniforms of the puppet cavalry, they basically restored the standard equipment, equipment, leg guards, and horses of the puppet cavalry in Wanjia Town.
Reins, sabers, carbines, etc. are all the same."
"Such a cavalry unit can feel powerful just from its momentum. If it can be successfully trained and coupled with appropriate infantry and cavalry tactics, it will definitely be able to produce miraculous results."
Seeing Kong Jie's eyes almost turning green as he talked, Li Yunlong quickly reminded: "Old Kong, you kid, don't have any ideas about my cavalry company."
Kong Jie said: "Who cares? Lao Li, just watch. Soon, I will bring back a cavalry for you to see. By then, the horses will be stronger than yours and the equipment will be better than yours. Let me see what you can do with it."
What are you comparing to me?"
Li Yunlong thought that Kong Jie was a broken pot, so he tried to save his face and said happily: "Old Kong, just brag. You are mistaking a chicken for a phoenix. You think they are all over the yard? How can a war horse be so easy to capture?
? If I hadn’t been lucky this time, I wouldn’t have dared to dream of the cavalry company in front of us.”
Kong Jie snorted and was too lazy to talk to Li Yunlong.
If a villain succeeds, he must first control himself!
I will tell you that a Japanese cavalry squadron will come to attack Xinzhuang the day after tomorrow and deliver food to our pot?
The three of them chatted and laughed for a while, and soon turned their attention to the training of the cavalry company not far away.
On the training ground, at the starting point of the galloping horses, a young soldier seemed to be being scolded by Sun Desheng. As for the reason, Li Yunlong, Kong Jie, and Zhao Gang seemed to have guessed it even from a distance away.
The little warrior was a little scared, and even the movement of getting on the horse was a little stiff. Halfway up, the horse suddenly became restless, and the little warrior was so frightened that he fell off the stirrup.
Sun Desheng seemed to be cursing, and his spit almost hit the little soldier's face. The little soldier looked aggrieved and shed tears.
Zhao Gang frowned when he saw this scene, "Lao Kong, Lao Li, let's go over and take a look at the situation."
The three of them walked in and soon heard the conversation of the little soldier Sun Desheng.
The first thing I heard was Sun Desheng’s somewhat vulgar curses:
"What the hell, what did you do? You're even afraid of your own horse, and why are you acting like a cavalry?"
"I tell you, the war horse is a part of your body. You must get familiar with it as early as possible, adapt to it, and completely integrate with the war horse. On the battlefield, your biggest partner and greatest help is the war horse under your crotch. If
You are even afraid of war horses. When you go to the battlefield to kill the Japs, do you focus on your fear of the war horses or on the Japs? For people like you, when you go to the battlefield, the only thing you can do is give your life to the Japs." p>
"Stand up, don't let me kick you. Damn it, you're a man. Are you afraid of falling off your horse? You're wearing protective gear. Even if you fall, you won't die. Which outstanding cavalry hasn't fallen thousands of times?"
Was it thrown out all over the place?"
Zhao Gang frowned even more when he heard Sun Desheng's scolding. Just as he was about to speak to stop Sun Desheng's scolding, a long-faced man came over.
"Old Sun, I know that you are eager to train, and your original intention is for the good of our soldiers, but this training is also education, and when it comes to education, you still have to pay attention to a method."
The instructor of the cavalry company, Chen Dalian, spoke up and stopped Sun Desheng from scolding him.
Sun Desheng still has to give the instructor some face, "Instructor, it's not that I want to scold him, it's just that this kid is too stupid!"
"I know, I know!" Chen Dalian said with a wry smile, stepped forward and put his arm around Sun Desheng's shoulders, pulled some of his hands, and said: "Old Sun, I know your way of doing things. Sticks produce strong soldiers, and the effect is like this.
We have also seen in the past few days that many soldiers have made rapid progress."
This is recognition of Sun Desheng’s training of cavalry.
Faced with such praise, Sun Desheng felt a little embarrassed. He scratched his head and said: "Instructor, I am just a rough guy and don't understand this. Anyway, when I was a cavalryman, our company commander trained me like this. At that time, I
I was also afraid of the war horse. When the company commander came up, he only had two feet. My butt hurt for two days, but do you think it was strange? I was no longer afraid of the war horse. As soon as I saw the war horse, I remembered that the company commander kicked my feet.
, so I got on the horse and kicked the horse's butt hard twice. Before long, I became the best recruit in the cavalry company."
"Awesome!" Chen Dalin smiled and gave a thumbs up.
He asked back: "Old Sun, then I want to ask, what kind of attitude did you have towards your company commander later? Was it respect? Or fear? Or hatred?"
Sun Desheng said: "I am afraid and hateful."
"Only no respect?"
"During the Great War in the Central Plains, more than half of our cavalry company suffered casualties. The company commander took the lead and ran away. It was me who led the cavalry to fight, thus covering the retreat of the cavalry company. I look down on our company commander, how can I admire him?"
"So, Lao Sun, when your company commander gives you an order, you execute it out of obedience to the order and fear in your heart. Am I right?"
"Yes."
"Only no respect?"
"I look down on him!"
"I understand, I understand, so for your company commander, you are more obedient to orders, fear, and some hatred, but there is no respect, so even if he gives an order on the battlefield, you will carry it out
, but there is not much recognition of this order in my heart."
"Old Sun, you don't object to what I say, right?"
"This is a fact." Sun Desheng said.
Chen Dalian smiled, "For the same reason, do you hope that the soldiers in our cavalry company will only obey and be afraid of you, without any respect? In the eyes of the soldiers, do you want to be what you were back then?"
That company commander?"
Sun Desheng said flatly: "I am different from that coward. Even if I die in battle, I will never become a deserter."
"I understand that this is the most admirable thing about your Captain Sun, but, Old Sun, have you ever thought about it? What's the difference between you beating and scolding soldiers at will now and your company commander beating and scolding you at will back then?"<
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"I..."
"Since you don't recognize your company commander back then, don't respect him, and even look down on him, why would you continue the way this guy trained you?"
"You have to know that not corporally punishing or scolding these soldiers is a sign of respect for the soldiers. Your respect for the soldiers can also form a strong fighting force."
"A cavalry company that respects its company commander can implement all the company commander's orders, maximize its execution capabilities, and win great victories one after another."
"But a cavalry company that doesn't respect their company commander, do you still expect such a cavalry team to win the battle?"
Sun Desheng was stunned. He was a rough man, but not a fool. "Instructor, what do you mean, I shouldn't beat or scold these soldiers?"
Chen Dalian smiled and said: "Old Sun, I am not putting an end to your training method. When comrades train, there are rewards, praises, and punishments. This is what it should be. This can further promote their enthusiasm."
"Sometimes, a proper reminder is how we, as cadres, care for the soldiers. For example, our regiment leader also likes to kick people, but the regiment leader usually kicks people with a smile. You don't even need to give up this kind of punishment.
Understanding it as punishment is actually a disguised form of intimacy."
Sun Desheng said: "Instructor, I am a little confused. This is also a kick. Is there any difference?"
Chen Dalian smiled bitterly and shook his head. Just as he was about to explain, the group leader Kong Jie walked up.
"Captain!"
"Captain!"
Sun Desheng and Chen Dalian quickly saluted.
Kong Jie nodded, walked to the aggrieved little soldier who was wiping his tears, patted his shoulder, and asked with a smile: "What's your name?"
When the little soldier saw Kong Jie, he saluted quickly, called the captain, and then replied: "Reporting to the captain, my name is Xu Nan."
"Is it difficult to give birth?"
"Captain, how do you know? It's because my mother had a difficult delivery and almost had an accident when she gave birth to me. Later, after I was born, my father scolded me and named me Xu Nan." "Then your father really didn't scold you wrong. You said it was not easy for your mother to be pregnant with you. Why can't you be a little better and come out smoothly?" Kong Jie asked with a smile.
"Did someone give you a nickname?"
"Reporting to the leader, yes, they all call me Pumpkin, but I don't like this nickname. Pumpkin is too unpleasant."
Kong Jie smiled and said: "Why is it so unpleasant? I think this nickname is a good one. You really look like a pumpkin with legs."
"Besides, it's a good thing that people give you nicknames. It means that your comrades recognize you. For example, your regiment leader, I am so smart, but they still call me Kong Erluzi! You want to give me this nickname?
Doesn’t the guy with the number have any discernment?”
"Yeah!" Xu Nan responded.
Li Yunlong: "..."
"Captain, I understand, I like the nickname Pumpkin."
"How old are you this year?"
"Nineteen."
"Nineteen! That's not too young. If you hadn't followed us in the Eighth Route Army to fight the Japanese, there would have been many babies at your age to become fathers."
"Did your company commander scold you just now?" Kong Jie asked again.
Xu Nan glanced timidly at Sun Desheng who was standing aside, and then quickly shook his head.
Kong Jie laughed and scolded: "You kid, if you scold me, you will scold me. What do you think Sun Desheng did? I heard your company commander scolded you just now. A man, a man of integrity, what can you not dare to do? You know that our deputy commander
Li Yunlong, right? That kid has been thinking about fighting with our brigade commander all day long!"
Li Yunlong: "..."
Damn it, you stupid Kong Er, you...
…………
"But you have to know that your company commander scolded you for your own good. Now if you don't train hard, master this equestrian skill, and go to the battlefield, no one will scold you anymore. There will only be little devils who can take advantage of you."
The bullet that kills you, the bayonet that can kill you."
"If you ask me, Sun Desheng's scolding you is quite good. If you were under my control, I would have to kick you!"
After saying that, Kong Jie really kicked up his foot and lightly kicked Xu Nan's left buttocks, and then said: "Did you see that I can still kick people! If you want to avoid being scolded or kicked, then
Train well, otherwise, I will make up for the kick on your right butt next time."
"In addition, the leader tells you that it is normal to be afraid of war horses. You said that the war horse is standing in front of us with a fat and round body. I am also afraid when I get close! I am afraid that the beast will kick me in the stomach." "But Pumpkin, you have to understand that soon it will no longer be a war horse. What is it? It is your closest comrade who accompanies you day and night. Brother, when you go to the battlefield, the war horse you sit on is
I can save your life and take bullets for you."
"Do you still need to be afraid of such a mute comrade who sincerely cares for you? Of course, you have to learn to develop a relationship with the war horse. You must treat the war horse as your comrade. When it's okay, give it a bath, brush its fur, and scratch it.
, it’s okay to hold it and kiss it twice when you’re happy.”
"Do you think war horses have no feelings? No, let me tell you, war horses also have feelings. If you treat them well, they will remember them all in their hearts."
"I remember when I was in the Red Army, I met a veteran of a cavalry company. Once, we were almost starving on the road. We finally begged two steamed buns from the fellow villagers. I ate the steamed buns without saying a word. You
Guess what about him? He carried the steamed buns in his arms for three miles. After returning to the camp, he actually stuffed all his steamed buns into the mouths of his horses. He was so hungry that his eyes were filled with stars."<
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"Captain, what happens next?" Xu Nan was completely attracted by this story.
Kong Jie said with emotion: "Later! During a battle, the veteran was injured. He was unconscious on the war horse. There were also wounds all over his body. The bleeding war horse walked more than ten miles and killed the veteran.
I came back to the station, but as soon as the man and the horse arrived at the station, the veteran was quickly rescued by his comrades. After being sent to the hospital, the horse was completely exhausted, collapsed to the ground, and died."
Everyone said that the war horse was dying a long time ago, but he only wanted to save the veteran, so he insisted on walking back. That was an incredible miracle.
"In the hospital, after the seriously injured veteran woke up in a daze, the first thing he asked was: Where is my horse? How is it?"
"The nurses and doctors were choked with sobs, and no one had the heart to tell him the news of the horse's sacrifice."
Later, the veteran was discharged from the hospital. When he learned about the sacrifice of the war horse, he went to the battlefield. The veteran, who had broken his arm without even blinking, knelt on the training ground and howled. He cried like a child and kept shouting the name of the war horse.
I shouted for a whole afternoon.
...The story ended here, and Kong Jie's voice slowly stopped.
But the lingering aftertaste of this story is still lingering back and forth on the training ground.
Such a tragic story, Xu Nan couldn't help but shed tears in his eyes.
Sun Desheng, Chen Dalian, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang, who were also listening to the story, were also shocked.