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Chapter 1026 Cavalry Brigade

Time: October 10, 27:9 in the morning.

Location: Liaodong, in a valley around Changbai Mountain, which is still sparsely visited today.

At this moment, I am in Ban'erzhuan, Yangcheng, still wearing silk clothes, and I often use saltpeter to make popsicles and yogurt to relieve the heat.

Here in the Liaodong region, there have been several heavy snowfalls, and the temperature has dropped to the point where the air turns into ice.

But for the three people who are in the Liaodong area, Corn, Yu Hanfeng, and Singer, with the gradual formation of the Tianshuigouzi Independent Cavalry Brigade, their combat effectiveness is getting stronger day by day.

In their hearts, they were filled with unspeakable heat.

Say it! In the current era when all kinds of modern gunpowder weapons have been equipped on a large scale, can light cavalry like them still be effective on the battlefield?

Of course, the combat effectiveness on the frontal battlefield may be a little worse.

However, it also has some amazing functions in covering the battlefield, obtaining intelligence, and raiding the logistics supply lines behind the opponent.

Not to mention anything else, just a few years later, during the war between the Japanese and Maozi in the Northeast.

Both sides reaped huge benefits and recruited countless horse bandits from the Northeast, allowing them to engage in various tasks such as inquiring about information and sabotaging logistics.

Afterwards, many confused horse bandit leaders received Mao Zi's noble title.

Or maybe he got a worthless medal from the Japanese.

Based on this concept, after Corn, Yu Hanfeng, and Singer arrived in Liaodong, they immediately scattered Tianshuigouzi into multiple villages and hills, and gathered all the people in one person.

With these people as the backbone, and after absorbing some immigrants from Guandong, a cavalry brigade of 5000 people was formed.

Brought to the current area for training.

This independent cavalry brigade is divided into three regiments; Corn, Yu Hanfeng, and Singer, after assuming the positions of chief, deputy brigade commander, and committee member, also served as the commanders of the 1st, 23rd, and 3rd regiments respectively.

Because the descendants of Tianshuigouzi originally had the habit of working when they were busy and practicing when they were free, they originally had a good military foundation.

Now after two months of training, the entire cavalry brigade looks pretty good.

After thinking about the scene in the Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War, each of them could lead a cavalry group behind the enemy's rear, burning up the Japanese's food, grass and ammunition, and starving those grandsons to death.

The hearts of the three of them were filled with unspeakable expectations.

Damn it! When it comes to fighting Japanese invaders, it seems that as long as you are a normal child of a flower-growing family of later generations, you can get motivated and get ahead without mobilization.

Of course, they are not without their worries.

For example, what the three of them are worrying about right now:

First, even in the years since they left, Yu Hong's son Yu Damin and others worked hard to raise horses and buy horses from outside.

Unfortunately, the Han people's horse-raising skills are somewhat inferior, and their financial resources are also relatively limited.

After the cavalry brigade was formed, with Tianshuigouzi's supply capacity, only two-thirds of the personnel could manage one horse per man.

There is still a third of the personnel left, and they are still riding mules.

The scene of a cavalryman riding a mule is somewhat embarrassing. Not to mention, the mobility and combat effectiveness of this thing are really poor.

Second, about a month and a half ago, a secret fleet led by Lao Yang and Duan Zheng arrived outside a desert island in Java from Degun.

After unloading the goods one by one, in addition to a large number of machinery and materials, there were also a large number of guns and other equipment.

It is a pity that there is not much equipment suitable for use by their cavalry brigade.

In terms of firearms, the German Commission 1888 rifle, with a length of 1240 mm, is really too long for cavalry who need to shoot on horseback.

If the barrel is shortened and the stock is cut off, the length problem is solved.

But it will cause the bullet to be fired and the aim will be greatly reduced, and the recoil will also be greatly increased; if you fire with one hand, you can break your wrist accidentally.

In addition, the method of firing a bullet and pulling the bolt to load the gun is really inconvenient.

In terms of artillery, even a 70mm artillery, which weighs more than one ton, is too heavy for cavalry that needs to move at high speed.

The only equipment that satisfied them was those Maxim heavy machine guns.

This thing can be mounted on a carriage and turned into a machine gun carriage to follow the team in rapid maneuvers. The problem is that with just heavy machine guns and their own Xuefeng sword, they can't fight this battle, right?

So in the morning, Corn, Yu Hanfeng, and Singer gathered together and began to discuss how to solve these problems...

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"The quality of the team is still a little behind now. After another month of training, I will take the third group disguised as horse thieves to Monan.

On the one hand, grab some war horses from the tribe that is still loyal to Daqing, so that everyone can have at least one qualified war horse.

On the other hand, let’s see if we can recruit some herdsmen and tribesmen and become affiliated teams of the cavalry brigade; as long as we go faster, there will still be enough time.”

After a moment of silence, the singer came up with this statement.

In response to this statement, Yu Hanfeng and Corn looked at each other and finally nodded in agreement.

Regarding the shortage of horses, Hu Biao and the others had thought of some solutions, such as buying some big horses from the central area.

As a result, the first batch of 102 horses was purchased, and most of them died before landing.

The remaining half are not accustomed to the climate, and now the remaining number is only in single digits.

Anyway, after trying it once, the team no longer intends to buy horses outside; so going to Mongolia to buy horses seems to be the only feasible method.

Just after thinking of something, Corn said:

"You can take three groups to the grassland, but you need to prepare enough cold-proof materials in advance. Otherwise, if you go to the grassland this season, you may freeze to death if you are not careful."

At this point, there is a preliminary solution to the war horse problem, but there is no good solution in terms of weapons.

Fortunately, at this time, Yu Damin opened the door and came in with a strange look on his face. After he opened his mouth, he used the mantra he learned from Zi Yu and said:

"Master Yu, Master Fan, Master Bo'er Zhijin, I have good news and bad news here. Which one are you going to listen to?"

The Lord Jade above is naturally corn.

Master Fan said it was Yu Hanfeng. This time he named himself Fan Siyu. Fan came from his mother's surname.

Because he failed to participate in the mission last time, he assumed that it was because his father had not graduated from the military academy inside Xuange Camp at the time, so he was unable to catch up.

Mr. Bo'er is a singer, so he is naturally a singer.

He got himself a Mongolian bloodline, and he probably had already planned to go to the grassland to do something.

The above point doesn't matter, but after he gave himself the full name of "Borjijin Nuerhaci Manstein".

After hearing this, Hu Biao had an inexplicable toothache for a long time.

"Let's hear the good news first. I've been having too many headaches recently. Let me cheer you up with some good news." After hearing this, Corn said.

Then, Yu Damin told a piece of good news:

"I just received a telegram from Surabaya City, saying that thanks to the efforts of Mr. Wu, modified versions of the MAS36 rifle and M1917 revolver have been successfully produced in the factory.

After six months, the cavalry brigade will be able to change its equipment.

In addition, there are no problems with supporting firepower such as mortars and grenades. "

After hearing the good news, the three of them immediately became overjoyed; because the modified version of the MAS36 rifle is actually a jammer gun, which absolutely meets the needs of the cavalry for immediate long-distance fire.

For close range, wouldn't there be a revolver and a saber?

"Bad news, what is it?" Then, Corn asked again.

Suddenly, Yu Damin showed a dumbfounded smile: "Didn't we always send people to keep an eye on the registered residence of Master and Master Xu where they disguised their identities to prevent the Daqing court from investigating?

Those people just came to report that yesterday someone came to secretly investigate the affairs of the two adults.

But it's not the people from the Daqing court, but those little devils. "

After hearing this sentence, all three of them took a breath; they lamented that Daqing was too useless, and the little devil's layout was too powerful.

AT and Xu Feng had just emerged in the Daqing New Army, and their investigation had begun; the next method was probably coercion and inducement, right?

Taking a breath of cold air, it's not that I'm worried about this. With their arrangement, the little devil definitely won't be able to find anything.

Instead, she is worried about the few people Xiaomei and others are waiting for in Magic City, because they not only need to make a public appearance in Magic City, but it is said that they are also doing some big things recently.

But they have to remind them quickly not to be recognized by the Japanese...

(End of this chapter)