Chapter 323: The Cavalry (7)
In the afternoon, the first thing is to walk the horse, but this time it is no longer to run with the horse, but to put on the bridle, and you can ride it, but it is forbidden to run fast, and you do not have to maintain a neat formation. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
When the horse comes back after slipping away, the horse is put into the racetrack to move freely, and the soldier begins formal training, first of all, basic quality training, which is no different from ordinary soldiers, that is, to practice strength, endurance, climbing, cross-country, swimming, shooting, etc., but the cavalry does not need to practice bayonets, but sabers.
After practicing for more than an hour. Cheng Yajie gathered the soldiers again and officially began to teach them horsemanship. The first thing to learn is to prepare the horse, that is, to saddle and rein the horse.
These two things are necessary for horseback riding, but if you want to install it, it is also quite exquisite, the saddle is the main tool for warriors to ride horses, and it should be installed in the depression of the horse's back, and the front and rear horses should be tightened under the abdomen, so that they can't move the saddle and push the saddle still, otherwise it is impossible to ride the horse's back. The purpose of the reins is to manipulate horses. There are two ways to hold the reins: one is to hold the reins in both hands, and the other is to hold the reins in one hand. The former is used for speed races and horses, and the latter is used when chopping horses, stabbing with spears, or other methods of applying movements. It is appropriate to hold the reins short so that the horse's head can be raised. When shooting on a horse, the soldier's two hands should not put the reins indiscriminately, and should be tied in a knot and placed around the horse's neck, otherwise it is easy to hang other objects during the run.
The second is the action of getting on and off the horse, requiring the cavalry to be able not to step on the horse, but to jump directly on the horse's back, and the same is true when dismounting, jumping directly from the horse, so that in an emergency, you can save time.
Finally, there is horseback riding, in which the hip seam of the warrior is required to ride on the saddle ridge. When pedaling with two feet, you should use the widest part of your feet to step on the horse, but you can't stretch too much, otherwise it is easy to pedal when you fall off the horse. Drag, and the length of the pedal should also be moderate, ensure that when the foot steps on the pedal, the legs should have a certain bend, but can not bend excessively, when the horse is traveling, the body should lean forward slightly, and with the rhythm of the undulating movement of the horse's body hips off the saddle; when the horse runs at full speed, the horse's buttocks are actually completely out of the saddle, all rely on the legs to step on the pedal to support the whole body, and clamp the horse's body with the inner thighs, and keep the body balanced. Therefore, the horse's pedal is too long to step on the horse's pedal, and the horse's pedal is too short, and the person stands too high to clamp the horse's body. Only if you can complete these actions can you be considered a qualified cavalry warrior!
While Cheng Yajie was talking, Zhao Lijun was demonstrating in person, and deliberately slowed down his movements so that the soldiers could see clearly.
In fact, the vast majority of the cavalry company is also half-hanging, just riding a horse, and Ben can't reach the level of riding a horse, after listening to Cheng Yajie's speech, and watching Zhao Lijun's demonstration, I realized that there is so much attention to horseback riding.
After finishing the lecture, Cheng Yajie let the soldiers practice freely, but after talking so much, it is impossible to practice all in one day, today first practice preparing horses, and require each soldier to repeatedly put a saddle and reins on the war horse. Cheng Yajie and Zhao Lijun walked back and forth in the racecourse, correcting the soldiers' mistakes and practicing until the end of the afternoon training. And after dinner, the warriors led their horses out for a walk.
On the second and third days, the training was still the same, but it was possible to start riding horses, and on the fourth day, the horses were bathed.
For five days in a row, because of the proper care and abundant feed, the state of the war horse was obviously much better, and when it was training, it was also a little excited. The 30-odd horses that remained and were not assigned have also improved significantly and can do some less strenuous sports. The soldiers of the cavalry company really admired the two commanders of their own strength, although they didn't know how their riding skills were, but just looking at the level of their horses, there were indeed some materials.
And on the afternoon of this day, Qin Zheng actually came to Dagukou in person and visited the training of the cavalry company.
At dinner, Qin Zheng dined with Cheng Yajie and Zhao Lijun, and introduced to them the other soldiers he brought and assigned to the cavalry company, namely: He Tingkun, Wang Weixian, Yang Bin, and Xu Ruihang, they were all soldiers of the Marine Corps, because the Marine Corps was going to be dispersed and assigned to the People's Army, and all four of them were willing to come to the cavalry company. There are also two non-military traversers, Zhang Qisong and Tang Cheng.
Zhang Qisong is 38 years old this year, originally studied veterinarians, in the old time and space, he worked as a horse doctor in a racecourse, it can be said that he came to work in the cavalry company is a professional counterpart.
To be honest, Zhang Qisong's crossing was a bit unjust, he originally came to the Middle East to travel, but when he ran into a war, he could only evacuate with the overseas Chinese fleet, but he didn't expect to travel to this era together.
In the old time and space, Zhang Qisong belongs to the kind of person who is content with the status quo and does not have too many pursuits, although he is 38 years old, he is not married, and he is still single, and his only hobby is traveling, of course, with his profession and work, it can also ensure that he can live a life that is less than the above, more than the bottom, and meet his hobby that is not too high.
After the crossing, Zhang Qisong has been staying on the ro-ro passenger ship, but unlike other people who live on the ro-ro passenger ship and complain and tear up on the Internet every day, Zhang Qisong is not dissatisfied with his life and the executive committee, he has neither the ambition to conquer the sea of Xingchen, nor the great ideal of establishing a big harem, and does not leave the ro-ro passenger ship, just because he has no interest in the work that the group can provide now, and his spare time is to go ashore to visit the scenery of this era, and he is also happy to do it.
After the Military Commission received Cheng Yajie's report, it also knew that the problem of veterinarians was imminent, but in line with the wish of giving priority to the traverser, the Military Commission first asked the Personnel Department to see if there was a suitable candidate, in fact, no one had any hope, after all, the veterinarian was too out of the door, and the Ministry of Personnel immediately replied that there was a veterinarian, and it was also a veterinarian specializing in horses. Because Zhang Qisong's specialty is too special, among the more than 6,000 traversers, he is the only veterinarian, so the staff of the personnel department has a very deep impression of him.
This time, the Military Commission was surprised and excited, but he didn't expect that there was really a veterinarian in the crossing group, so he immediately found Zhang Qisong and asked him if he would like to go to the cavalry company to be a horse doctor, and arranged for him to be a military member. Seeing that it was his own specialty, Zhang Qisong did not refuse, and only made one request, he would not go to the battlefield. Of course, the Military Commission agreed to this request, but in fact it did not intend to let him go to the battlefield.
Tang Cheng is 26 years old this year, before the crossing, is a computer administrator of petroleum engineering, in the old time and space, he belongs to the eye of the master and low, can not do big things, small things do not want to do people, although the study of computer science, but in fact, it is limited to the installation of machines, installation of systems, what management service stations, programming, After graduation, I was idle at home for two or three years, and I worked two jobs in a computer store, and I didn't do anything, and then my family found a relationship and asked him to work abroad, although he was a computer administrator, in fact, the job was not difficult. After the crossing, although the traverser built a large-scale data center, firstly, among the traversers, there were a lot of computer talents; secondly, Tang Cheng's professional and technical level was not qualified, and he was unwilling to work at the grassroots level, so he stayed on the passenger ro-ro ship, and every day he either complained or tore on the Internet.
Later, the Qingshan Island Ro-Ro passenger ship was sealed, Tang Cheng was assigned to a room with Zhang Qisong, and the two lived together for more than two months.
At this moment, Zhang Qisong wanted to go to the cavalry company to work as a horse doctor, Tang Cheng heard it, and felt that going to the cavalry company to do something was higher than the starting point of working at the grassroots level, and he had a military status when he entered the cavalry company, which sounded taller, so he asked Zhang Qisong to take him with him. Zhang Qisong did not refuse, and said that Tang Cheng was his assistant, so he brought Tang Cheng to the cavalry company as well.
At the same time, Qin Zheng also brought thirty local soldiers who had just enlisted in the army, as the logistics staff of the cavalry company, and also as reservists. On the other hand, the drawings of the Trojan horse for training equipment designed by Cheng Yajie were also handed over to Tianjin Vehicles for production, and 20 will be produced in a month for the use of cavalry companies.
I heard that there is a veterinarian, and it is also a traverser, Cheng Yajie and Zhao Lijun are also very happy, it seems that there are really all kinds of talents in the traversing group, and the personnel of the cavalry company have finally been gathered, and they can finally show their strength.
It turned out that after Qin Zheng conveyed to the Military Commission the proposal of the two to establish a horse ranch and a cavalry training base on Yangma Island, the Military Commission immediately ordered the garrison of Weihaiwei and ordered them to send people to Yangma Island to investigate the situation.
At this time, there were three small warships moored in Weihaiwei, namely the French shallow water gunboat Lyon, and the torpedo boat destroyers Hailong and Haiqing, which originally belonged to the Beiyang Naval Division and were later captured by the Eight-Nation Alliance.
So Weihaiwei immediately sent the Hailong to Yangma Island, and landed to investigate, and found that there were not many residents on Yangma Island, only two small villages, about 400 people, and there was no Qing army stationed. Therefore, the Central Military Commission immediately decided to occupy Yangma Island and set up a horse ranch and a cavalry training base on the island. This time, he came to Dagukou with Qin Zheng, preparing to leave for Yangma Island tomorrow.
However, there are many architectural designers among the traversers, but no one has designed a horse farm, so Qin Zheng hopes that one of Cheng Yajie and Zhao Lijun will go to the island with the survey team.
After a brief discussion, Cheng Yajie and Zhao Lijun decided that Cheng Yajie would go to Yangma Island with the survey team, while Zhao Lijun would stay to continue training cavalry and arrange work for the new arrivals.