Sun Desheng seemed to have an answer to Kong Jie's question. He answered happily, "Commander, I am a rough man. I don't know much about tactics and strategies, and I can't explain them clearly. But I have led the cavalry for so many years."
I know something about fighting. The biggest advantage of our cavalry is the word 'quick'."
"So when our cavalry fights, as long as we can give full play to the cavalry's rapid mobility and the suddenness of sneak attacks, that is the most suitable tactic for the cavalry."
"During the previous war in the Central Plains, our cavalry company commander's command was very stupid. He asked our cavalry troops to launch a fierce attack against the enemy's firepower. Although the place was a plain, the speed of the cavalry could be maximized, but no matter how fast the horses were,
, can he be faster than a bullet or faster than a machine gun?"
"In that battle, our cavalry company suffered heavy casualties and was almost wiped out."
"After that battle, I knew that the era of our cavalry charging with their sabers held high has passed. Now is the era of guns and cannons. The cavalry must not be foolish enough to use them for frontal fire charges."
"Mount your horse to attack, dismount your horse to fight, make full use of the fast mobility of the cavalry, and avoid the disadvantage of the cavalry having a huge target and being easily targeted by enemy firepower. I think this is the future development direction of our cavalry."
As expected of a veteran cavalryman who has been fighting on horseback for more than ten years, Sun Desheng's insights made everyone nod and praise him.
Thinking of the days of the Red Army, Li Yunlong said with emotion, "Lao Kong, speaking of our troops during the Red Army period, only our Fourth Front Army had a cavalry regiment. I remember that it was mainly used to deal with the cavalry of the Ma Jiajun." "Speaking of which, the biggest impression that the cavalry gave me came from the opponent's Ma Jiajun."
"These idiots are riding tall war horses and waving sabers. They are not far away, but with a sprint, they are in front of them. They raise their swords and drop them. Many of my comrades around me fell to the swords of those bastards from the Ma Jiajun."
Down."
"From that time on, I, Li Yunlong, swore that sooner or later, I would have my own cavalry unit, and I would never allow myself to be slaughtered by the enemy's cavalry again."
This is a tragic history, and Kong Jie, who also experienced it, was filled with emotion.
In fact, he has always known this obsession in Li Yunlong's heart. Back then, Li Yunlong's regiment encountered the Ma Jiajun's butcher knife.
Therefore, Li Yunlong's obsession with having his own cavalry unit is much greater than that of Kong Jie.
Instructor Chen Dalian couldn't help but speak, and said: "With the development of the current military and the development of various weapons, the edge of the cavalry has indeed been reduced a lot compared to the cold weapon era, but none of us can deny that the cavalry has played an important role in
It can play a huge role in today’s military wars.”
"Lao Sun and I have the same concept on this point. Mount your horse to attack and dismount your horse to fight. I think this will be the main development direction of our cavalry in the future, that is, mounted infantry."
"Now the mechanization level of our Eighth Route Army is too low, it can even be said to be completely non-existent. All we can rely on are these two legs. If the devils rely on trucks, then these four-legged horses are our Eighth Route Army's trucks. We
I believe that no matter when the time comes, our cavalry will always have a place to shine."
"Well said."
Kong Jie took the lead in applauding.
"In order to adapt to the current military combat environment, cavalry combat tactics must be adapted. Even though the Japanese cavalry has never eliminated the training of charging immediately and thrusting, in fact, the Japanese cavalry has also
Most of them dismounted to fight, and it was extremely rare for the Japanese to actually charge on horseback."
"The future development direction of our independent regiment's cavalry company, as Sun Desheng said, is to give full play to the mobility of the cavalry."
"In order to ensure the mobility of the cavalry, it is naturally impossible for the cavalry to carry heavy machine guns and large-caliber artillery. This will greatly reduce the mobility of the cavalry, but will actually cause the cavalry to lose its greatest advantage."
"But strengthening the firepower of the cavalry is a necessary step, so I have been imagining that in terms of increasing the firepower of the cavalry, we try to use weapons that have strong firepower while ensuring light weight, such as
"In addition, as everyone agrees, in today's military wars, facing the enemy's powerful firepower, carrying out a frontal cavalry charge is the stupidest tactic. No cavalry can withstand such firepower.
That's just going to die."
"So cavalry tactics, on the one hand, must make use of high-speed mobility and the various light firepower they carry to give full play to the advantages of surprise attacks. On the other hand, cavalry must cooperate with other arms to achieve maximum effectiveness." "For example, considering that the terrain where we fight the enemy is not mountains or hills, our cavalry can play a surprise attack role. In this case, we can have the cavalry detour from both wings, and then suddenly attack the enemy, but we attack frontally
The troops must fully attract the enemy's firepower points and coordinate the infantry and cavalry."
"We can also use artillery to open a breakthrough, and the cavalry can quickly follow up. Using high-speed mobility, we can quickly launch an attack before the defending enemy has time to rearrange their fortifications, consolidate and expand the breakthrough, and at the same time respond to the infantry that follows the attack. This is
Coordinated operations of infantry, cavalry and artillery."
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Kong Jie talked a lot, but I don’t know whether it was systematic or rigorous.
Anyway, standing on the shoulders of giants, he poured out some of the things he knew about cavalry like beans, hoping to give some inspiration to Sun Desheng and Chen Dalian.
The effect is naturally there.
As Kong Jie described the future direction of the cavalry, everyone fell into deep thought.
……
I don’t know how long it took, but perhaps everyone was sighing that the regiment leader Kong Jie was quite knowledgeable about the cavalry.
Kong Jie’s opinion is finally finished.
"Having said so much, what I want to say is that cavalry does have advantages over infantry in many aspects, and it also has huge tactical flexibility advantages in future military operations."
"Otherwise, I wouldn't have had to raise a cavalry company. The cost of raising one cavalry would be enough for me to raise five or six infantrymen."
Li Yunlong interjected: "Lao Kong, this cavalry company is the life of my four-strong army."
Kong Jie said: "Come on, Lao Li, if I hadn't helped you, the cavalry company would have starved to death sooner or later with the little money you had in the Fourth Battalion."
This is the truth, and Li Yunlong does not refute it.
After all, others are short-tongued and soft-handed.
Kong Jie continued: "Thousands of words, returning to the most basic part is training. No matter what the future cavalry company will be like, no matter how the future cavalry company will fight, they all have a common premise, that is, we cavalry
The soldiers of the company must be proficient in riding skills and have a solid foundation in basic cavalry training. Without this basic point, everything else is nonsense."
"So for the training of the cavalry company, Lao Sun and Lao Chen all rely on you two comrades."
Sun Desheng and Chen Dalian stood up quickly and saluted Kong Jie: "Yes!"
Kong Jie nodded and said: "Old Chen, cavalry and infantry are different. If infantry has only one important part, that is people, cavalry has two important parts, people and horses, so we must not only
Soldiers master various riding skills and cooperate with various cavalry operations. Soldiers also need to understand horses, cultivate relationships with war horses in daily management, and maintain good war horses."
"I thought about it, and you and Lao Sun will work together to complete this aspect. Of course, if there is anything that needs to be discussed, you can also come to the regiment headquarters to see me."
"I hope you can sort out a manual about stable work, such as how to clean and groom horses, how to take care of horses, as well as various points of attention to the maintenance of war horses in ordinary marches and formal battles. In the future,
This booklet will become the basic rules for our cavalry company soldiers to get along with their horses on a daily basis. Don’t underestimate this simple booklet. With such systematic guidance, it will help improve the combat effectiveness of our cavalry company.
I think it will be of great help."
"Yes!" Instructor Chen Dalian and company commander Sun Desheng responded again.
Kong Jie nodded, said hello to Pumpkin in training, waved, and then returned to the regiment headquarters with Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong.
Looking at the retreating figures of the three people, Chen Dalian sighed: "Old Sun, have you noticed? Our regiment leader knows cavalry very well!"
Sun Desheng agreed: "It goes without saying that meeting such a regimental commander who understands cavalry tactics is good news for us cavalry."
"That's a good point. By the way, Lao Sun, didn't you ask me earlier that it's the same as kicking people, what's the difference? You saw what the leader did, right?"
Sun Desheng begged for mercy with an embarrassed look on his face: "Instructor, just spare me. Can't I change? I will never beat or scold a soldier easily again."
Chen Dalian breathed a long sigh of relief, "Old Sun, I hope you can understand that our Eighth Route Army is a new army that is completely different from the old warlords. We are a pure team with faith and passion." p>
"These soldiers of the new recruit company are not only your subordinates, they are also your comrades, your robes, and your brothers."
"So if we can use respect and care instead of beating, scolding and punishment, I think it will definitely have better results."
"Yeah!" Sun Desheng nodded convincingly, but he tugged on the hair that was not on his head with some embarrassment, "But I'm afraid that my temper will get worse and I can't control it. In this way, instructor, if I get beaten or scolded again
Soldier, just kick my ass hard."
Chen Dalian: "..."
The little soldier Pumpkin came over at some point and said with a smile: "Instructor, what if the company commander really stops scolding us one day? We probably aren't used to it yet!"
Sun Desheng was immediately overjoyed, "Instructor, look, it's not my fault!"
"You kid, why do you still need to scold me?" Chen Dalian said with hatred.
The three of them couldn't help laughing together...