Chapter 178 A Different Cavalry Company
"How do you plan to use these war horses and equipment?" Zhou Cheng decided to take the exam for Tao Yongsheng.
Although I am not a cavalryman, I have a wide range of knowledge and know what kind of cavalry to develop to better adapt to the battlefield.
Although Tao Yongsheng is an old cavalryman, his various experiences are definitely not as broad as his own.
First listen to his ideas, and then combine his foresight and opinions, Zhou Cheng is confident that he will build the cavalry company into an elite force that can attack and defend.
"I plan to divide them into three cavalry platoons, each cavalry platoon twenty-one cavalry, forming two cavalry squads, and each cavalry squad ten cavalry!"
"In addition to me and the instructor, the three cavalry platoon leaders are temporarily the squad leader of one of the cavalry squads, and the remaining cavalry squad leaders will not be appointed for the time being. After a month of training, the entire company held a big competition, and the six best cavalrymen served as six squad leaders!"
Zhou Cheng nodded, this is the most conventional cavalry configuration.
Except for the lack of troops, the entire cavalry company is almost no different from that of a Japanese cavalry squadron.
But Zhou Cheng did not want such a cavalry company because it was only suitable for battlefield assault, and the cavalry company he wanted should not only be good at assault, but also be good at defense, and even dismount and become an infantryman to fight.
In the future, the cavalry company will become the fastest mobile force in the defense zone. In the face of various emergencies, any kind of enemy will be encountered.
Forced cavalry companies to be able to attack and defend, and can fight all kinds of battles.
Zhou Cheng shook his head and replied very seriously: "I have no objection to establish three cavalry platoons, and I have no objection to training their assault abilities, but I have to draw a cavalry platoon to train separately. I will give them weighted guns, machine guns and mortars."
"Because there are not enough heavy weapons in the battalion, light machine guns and grenade launchers are temporarily replaced. One cavalry squad is equipped with three light machine guns and one cavalry squad is equipped with three grenade launchers."
"I require that after the cavalry company has formed combat effectiveness, it not only has strong assault capabilities, but also has the ability to fight independently, can fight defense, and even give up the war horses as temporary infantry."
"Only with heavy machine guns and mortars can the cavalry company truly be able to attack and defend well."
The cavalry was equipped with heavy machine guns and mortars, and this idea was not uncommon for Tao Yongsheng.
There are special artillery and heavy machine gun troops in the Japanese cavalry brigade and above, all of which are marching with heavy horses and follow the cavalry to attack and defend.
Tao Yongsheng also wanted his cavalry to be equipped with mortars and heavy machine guns, but in the Eighth Route Army, such an idea was definitely a luxury.
The heavy machine guns and mortars equipped by the main force are not enough, so how can it be allocated to cavalry?
Now this dream has been realized in the Third Camp.
So in the face of Zhou Cheng's proposal, Tao Yongsheng was not only not shocked, but was very excited.
"Battery Commander, I understand what you mean. As long as I am equipped, I will definitely train the cavalry company to become an elite army that can advance, attack, retreat and defend."
Zhou Cheng saw a strong sense of confidence in Tao Yongsheng's eyes, and knew that he had picked up the treasure this time: "I believe in you."
"From now on, I will hand it over to you the cavalry company."
"For at least three months, the cavalry company will not have any combat missions, so be sure to train me to become an army."
At this moment, the squad leader of the guard company guarding at the entrance of the town suddenly ran over.
"Battery Commander, Deputy Battalion Commander Li is back, but..."
"But what? Just say something, don't hesitate!" Zhou Cheng ordered very seriously.
The guard still didn't speak because he saw that Li Honghui had already run towards this side, his expression was very serious.
Zhou Cheng followed his gaze and saw Li Honghui running over hurriedly.
Before he could speak, Li Honghui's angry curse sounded in his ears: "Battery Commander, the people in the headquarters are too cunning. They actually forged a fake commendation telegram to fool me, and divided us according to the contents of the fake telegram."
"Not only is the pension half reduced, but the war zone rewards our oceans and weapons and ammunition, but it is only 20% of the number."
"They are so greedy that they dare to even reach out for the pension of the sacrificed soldiers. Is this still a human?"
Tao Yongsheng stood in front of Zhou Cheng and looked amazing when he heard it.
Seeing that the expressions around him became more and more serious, he realized that something must have happened in the Third Battalion and immediately suggested: "Battery Commander, please leave it to us with confidence, and you must ensure that there will be no problems!"
"If there is something in the camp, do you go back first?"
Zhou Cheng did not move and quickly turned his attention to Tao Yongsheng: "Company Commander Tao, something really happened to the battalion headquarters."
"But to solve this problem, the cavalry company must participate."
"I'll give the cavalry company a special mission. I wonder if you have the courage to go ahead!"
Old Red Army cadres were not afraid of war, and they were even a little eager to go to the battlefield. When they heard that they had a task, Tao Yongsheng became excited.
"What is the mission? Don't worry, the cavalry company will definitely not disappoint the battalion headquarters. Even if there are no conditions, I will create conditions to complete it."
Zhou Cheng directly ordered: "I will give you one day to train the troops tomorrow. Early in the morning after tomorrow, take the cavalry company and go to the headquarters with me."
"I don't ask the soldiers to fight on horseback, I just want everyone to ride on horseback and not fall off, and keep the formation in normal marching."
"If someone fails to meet the requirements, just collect fifty cavalry for me!"
Tao Yongsheng felt very stressed.
The soldiers who are practicing equestrians on the training ground must be the backbone of the Future Cavalry Company.
Many people can't sit steadily on horseback. How could they learn equestrian within a day?
As Zhou Cheng looked at him, he was about to refuse, but he swallowed the words back to his mouth.
Zhou Cheng had expectations in his eyes, and it was obvious that he had great expectations for the task just now.
If I refuse the first mission after I come to the Third Battalion, I will definitely not be too popular in the future.
After hesitating for a long time, he replied with a stern voice: "Don't worry, battalion commander, I promised to gather fifty soldiers who can march normally on horseback the morning after tomorrow."
"That's good!" The tension between Zhou Cheng's eyebrows suddenly relieved a lot: "As long as you can hand over fifty people, the problems brought to us by the headquarters will definitely be properly solved."
After saying that, Zhou Chengru left the cavalry company's garrison.
When Tang Yufeng walked in, he asked anxiously: "Battery Commander, the headquarters tried every means to seize our pensions and rewards. It must be to retaliate against our failure to cooperate with him. We must find a way to get the pensions and rewards back, otherwise we will be sorry for the soldiers who died on the battlefield."
Zhou Cheng had murderous intent on his face and punched the table in front of him: "I said before, whoever dares to touch the pension of the sacrificed warriors and the commendation of our third battalion will cut off his hand. Since someone in the headquarters has reached out, don't blame me for being polite!"
Chen Zhengyu thought Zhou Cheng was planning to use force, so he quickly reminded: "The battalion commander thought twice, we will pacify the headquarters and share weal and woe. Any accident may bring devastating blow to the other side."
"Although the Japanese and puppet troops will not attack us for the time being, it is definitely not the time to use force with the headquarters, otherwise the Japanese will take advantage in the end."
Zhou Cheng replied with a calm expression: "What are you anxious about?"
"I just said that if anyone in the headquarters dared to extend his hand to the soldiers' pensions, I would chop off someone's hand, and I didn't say that I would use force with the headquarters?"
"How can I buy it if I don't use force?" Chen Zhengyu was puzzled.
"The ones who reached out were Wang Dehou and Huang Yonggui. Unless they used force to take them down, we would definitely not have the chance to do their hands."
Zhou Cheng snorted coldly, shook his head and replied: "That's not necessarily!"
"This time I will not only take back all the things that Wang Dehou and Huang Yonggui seized from us privately, but I will also give them a lesson that will never be forgotten in life so that they will never dare to attack our third battalion again."
"If you want to attack our third battalion, you must also think carefully and think about whether you can withstand the anger after our third battalion."
"Old Chen, order the 7th Company, the 8th Company, the Artillery Company, and the Guard Company to hurry up and train during the day tomorrow. Early the morning after tomorrow, I will take them to the headquarters to ask for things."
"The armored platoon directly under the battalion headquarters is also ready to take action, so that the people in the headquarters can see the strong combat power of our third battalion."
Tang Yufeng first understood: "Battery Commander, are you planning to lead troops to Zhangzhuang Town to deter the people of the people in the deterrent headquarters!"
"If this is the case, I agree. We cannot use force with them at the moment. If we can, we should endure it. If we can't, we must force ourselves to endure it."
After thinking about how to deal with the headquarters, Zhou Cheng's tense nerves suddenly relaxed: "Deputy Battalion Commander Li went down to rest first, and go to the headquarters with me the day after tomorrow."
As soon as Li Honghui left, Zhou Chengru began to think about how to arrange the dozen cadres brought by Staff Zheng.
While analyzing, he ordered: "Old Chen, Chang Yuanqiao is definitely not suitable to be the company commander of the spy company. I plan to transfer him to the recruit company as the company commander, and then choose a platoon leader from the cadres brought by Staff Zheng to be his deputy, and specialize in training recruits."
"Liang Hongjiang, the company commander of the guard company, is not suitable to be a company commander."
"The newly expanded guard company not only has to undertake the task of protecting the battalion, but also has to fight independently outside. Liang Hongjiang's ability is still a little lacking and he cannot lead troops independently."
"Let Liang Hongjiang be changed to deputy company commander and platoon commander of the guard company."
"The new company commander and instructor of the Guard Company are selected from the cadres brought by Staff Zheng, and are specifically responsible for the training and combat of other troops in the Guard Company except for the four platoons."
"The four platoons belong to the guard company, but they must be independent. They have four guard squads under their jurisdiction and one firepower squad. Liang Hongjiang directs them to specifically protect the safety of the battalion."
"The company commander and instructor of the logistics company were replaced by cadres brought by Staff Zheng, and I will train the logistics company as a combat force."
"After the establishment is completed, in addition to transporting weapons, ammunition and supplies, we must also be prepared to fight at any time."
"The remaining cadres all went to the Guard Company, the Special Service Company, and the Bailout Company to serve as platoon leaders. If there are more, they will be directly supplemented with the other three main companies."
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