The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 143 The Direction of the Cavalry

Sun Desheng seemed to have an answer to Kong Jie's question, and he answered very happily, "Commander, I'm 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 to fight for so many years. , I know a little truth, the biggest advantage of us cavalry is the word 'fast'."

"So when we cavalry fight, as long as we can give full play to the rapid maneuverability of cavalry and the suddenness of sneak attack, that is the most suitable tactic for cavalry."

"During the Great War in the Central Plains, our cavalry company commander was very stupid. He let our cavalry unit 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, faster than a machine gun?"

"In that battle, our cavalry company suffered heavy casualties and almost wiped out the entire army."

"Since the great war, I know that the era of our cavalry charging with sabers high is over. Now is the era of guns and cannons. The cavalry must not be stupid to use them for frontal fire charge."

"Running on horseback, dismounting to fight, making full use of the fast mobility of the cavalry, and avoiding the disadvantage of the cavalry's large targets and being easily targeted by the enemy's firepower, I think this is the future development direction of our cavalry."

As expected of an old cavalry soldier who has fought on horseback for more than ten years, everyone nodded and praised Sun Desheng's opinion.

Recalling the days of the Red Army, Li Yunlong said with emotion, "Old Kong, speaking of our troops during the Red Army period, there was only our Fourth Front Army. There used to be a cavalry regiment. I remember that it was mainly used to deal with the cavalry of the Majia army."

"Speaking of which, the cavalry that impressed me the most was the Ma's army from the opponent."

"These bastards are riding tall war horses, wielding sabers, and they are not far away. With a sprint, people are in front of them. They raised their knives and dropped them. Many comrades around me fell to the knives of those bastards from the Ma family army just like this. down."

"Since then, I, Li Yunlong, have sworn that sooner or later, I will also have my own cavalry unit, and I will never let the enemy's cavalry slaughter me."

This is a tragic history, and Kong Jie, who has also experienced it, is also full of emotion.

In fact, he has always known this obsession in Li Yunlong's heart. Back then, Li Yunlong's regiment encountered the butcher knife of Ma Jiajun.

Therefore, Li Yunlong's obsession with having his own cavalry unit is much more than that of Kong Jie.

The instructor Chen Dalian couldn't help but also said, "With the development of the military and the development of various weapons, the sharpness of the cavalry has indeed faded a lot compared to the era of cold weapons, but none of us can deny that the cavalry is in It can play a huge role in today's military warfare."

"On this point, I have the same concept as Lao Sun. Mounting on horseback to attack and dismounting to fight. I think this will be the main development direction of our cavalry in the future, that is, cavalry infantry."

"Now the mechanization of our Eighth Route Army troops is too low, or even non-existent. All we can rely on are these two legs. If the devils rely on trucks, then these four-legged horses are the trucks of our Eighth Route Army. I I believe that no matter what time it is, 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, the tactics of cavalry combat must be adjusted. Even the Japanese cavalry, although the training of charging and stabbing immediately has never been removed, in fact, the Japanese cavalry also Most of them dismounted to fight, and it is very rare for the Japanese to really charge on horseback."

"In the future, the development direction of the cavalry company of our independent regiment, as Sun Desheng said, should 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, and on the contrary will make the cavalry lose the greatest advantage."

"However, strengthening the firepower of the cavalry is a necessary part, 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 Submachine guns, light machine guns, grenades, shell guns and the like.”

"In addition, as everyone agrees, in today's military warfare, facing the enemy's strong firepower, it is the most stupid tactic to conduct a frontal cavalry charge. No cavalry can bear such firepower. That's purely to die."

"So cavalry tactics, on the one hand, must take advantage of high-speed mobility and various light firepower carried to give full play to the advantages of surprise attacks. On the other hand, cavalry must cooperate with other arms in order to maximize its effectiveness."

"For example, considering the terrain of the enemy's battle is not mountains and hills, our cavalry can play the role of surprise attack. In this case, we can let the cavalry detour from the two wings, and then suddenly attack the enemy, but we attack from the front The troops must fully attract the enemy's firepower 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 the fortifications, consolidate and expand the breakthrough, and at the same time respond to the follow-up infantry attack. Coordinated operations of infantry, cavalry and artillery."

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Kong Jie said a lot, but he didn't know if it was systematic or rigorous.

Anyway, standing on the shoulders of giants, he spoke out what he knew about cavalry like pouring beans, hoping to give some inspiration to Sun Desheng and Chen Dalian.

The effect is naturally there.

Following Kong Jie's description of the future direction of the cavalry, everyone fell into deep thought.

……

I don't know how long it took, maybe when everyone felt that the head of the regiment, Kong Jie, knew quite a lot about cavalry.

Kong Jie's opinion was finally finished.

"Having said so much, what I want to say is that the cavalry does have advantages over the infantry in many aspects. In future military operations, it also has a huge advantage in tactical flexibility."

"Otherwise, I wouldn't need to raise any cavalry company. The cost of raising one cavalry is enough for me to raise five or six infantry."

Li Yunlong interjected: "Old Kong, this cavalry company is supported by me."

Kong Jie said: "Come on, you, Lao Li, if I hadn't helped you, the cavalry company would have starved to death sooner or later with your fourth battalion."

This is the truth, and Li Yunlong did not refute it.

After all, eating other people's mouth is short, and taking others' hands is soft.

Kong Jie continued: "Thousands of words, returning to the most basic part is training. No matter what the future cavalry company is like, no matter how the future cavalry company will fight, they all have a common premise, that is, our cavalry The soldiers of the company must be proficient in riding skills, and they must have a solid foundation in the basic training of cavalry, without this basic point, everything else is nonsense."

"So the training of the cavalry company, Lao Sun and Lao Chen, all depend on you two comrades."

Sun Desheng and Chen Dalian hurriedly got up and saluted Kong Jie: "Yes!"

Kong Jie nodded and said, "Old Chen, cavalry is different from infantry. If infantry has only one important part, that is people, cavalry has two important parts, people and horses. So we not only have to Soldiers master all kinds of riding skills and cooperate with various cavalry in combat, and they also need to understand horses, cultivate relationships with horses in daily management, and maintain them well.”

"I thought about it for a while. You and Lao Sun cooperate to complete this aspect. Of course, if there is something that needs to be discussed, you can also come to the regiment headquarters to find 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 for attention in the maintenance of war horses in ordinary marches and formal battles. This booklet will become the basic rules for the soldiers of our cavalry company to get along with horses in daily life. Don't underestimate this simple booklet. With such systematic guidance, it will help our cavalry company to improve its combat effectiveness. I think it will help a lot.”

"Yes!" Instructor Chen Dalian and company commander Sun Desheng replied again.

Kong Jie nodded, greeted the pumpkin in training, waved his hand, and then returned to the regiment headquarters with Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong.

Looking at the backs of the three going away, Chen Dalian said with emotion: "Old Sun, have you noticed? Our regiment leader knows cavalry very well!"

Sun Desheng agreed: "There is no need to say that it is good news for us cavalry to meet such a regimental commander who understands cavalry tactics."

"That's a good point. By the way, Old Sun, didn't you ask me earlier, is it the same as kicking people, what's the difference? You saw what the leader did, right?"

Sun Desheng begged for mercy with embarrassment on his face: "Instructor, please forgive me, can I change it? I will never beat and scold soldiers lightly in the future."

Chen Dalian breathed a sigh of relief, "Old Sun, I hope you can understand that our Eighth Route Army is a new army team that is completely different from the old warlords. We are a pure team with faith and passion."

"The soldiers of the recruit company are not only your subordinates, but also your comrades-in-arms, your robes, and your brothers."

"So if beating, scolding and punishment can be replaced with respect and care, I think it will definitely have a better effect."

"Yeah!" Sun Desheng nodded in conviction, but he tugged at the hair that didn't exist on his head with some embarrassment, "But I'm afraid that my temper will come up and I won't be able to control it. In this way, instructor, if I beat and scold you again Warrior, just kick my ass hard."

Chen Dalian: "..."

The little soldier Pumpkin came over at some point, and said with a smile: "Instructor, in fact, if the company commander really stops scolding us someday? We probably aren't used to it yet!"

Sun Desheng was overjoyed immediately, "Instructor, look, this is not my fault!"

"You boy, why do you still owe me scolding?" Chen Dalian said bitterly.

The three couldn't help laughing together...

(End of this chapter)