The two men who came in were not very tall, only medium-sized, but they were very evenly proportioned, and their movements were concise and neat, indicating that they had been trained rigorously in the barracks. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Qin Zheng nodded, although he hadn't talked about it in detail, but looking at the temperament and movements of the two, although they were retired soldiers, it seemed that their bodies were still maintaining well, and they still retained the temperament and style of soldiers.

These two people are Cheng Yajie and Zhao Lijun, and they received a notice from the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of Personnel yesterday asking them to come to Qin Zheng's office to report.

Qin Zheng said: "Sit down, sit down and talk." ”

After the two of them sat down, Qin Zheng said, "I called you here today, you both know what it's for." ”

Zhao Lijun said: "I know, we are going to set up a cavalry army, so let me and Brother Cheng come." There was a bit of excitement on his face.

Qin Zheng nodded and said, "Before you two retired, you were both cavalrymen, which is very rare, in the old time and space, our army's cavalry establishment was not much, I didn't expect that there were two retired cavalrymen in our team, this is not easy." ”

In the old time and space, cavalry was an important part of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Army, and as early as the Red Army period, cavalry appeared in battle sequences. In April 1928, the first cavalry unit of our army, the Cavalry of the Northwest Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, was formally established. In 1933, our army established a cavalry regiment, and in the heyday of the cavalry, the cavalry unit of the Chinese People's Liberation Army had 12 formed divisions. There are a total of 55 generals from the cavalry, including 2 generals, 8 lieutenant generals, and 45 major generals. Including the founding generals Xu Shiyou, Zhang Aiping, and General Liang Xingchu, the commander of the army who was praised as the "Long Live Army".

However, after entering modernization, the People's Liberation Army has begun to popularize motorization and mechanization, and the war horses and cavalry of those years have been replaced by tanks, armored vehicles, infantry fighting vehicles, mechanized and motorized infantry, and the combat mode of riding horses to compete on the battlefield has become history. Cavalry as a branch of the army has been abolished in the PLA, and the whole army has only symbolically retained two cavalry battalions and a few cavalry companies in the Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Gansu military regions in western China. The 1st Cavalry Battalion (Bayannur League) and the 2nd Battalion (Xilin Gol League) of the Inner Mongolia Military Region are the main cavalry units retained. In order to meet the needs of the special natural environment of the northwest frontier, it is mainly responsible for the tasks of patrolling the station, emergency rescue and disaster relief, border construction, and film and television shooting.

Cheng Yajie also nodded and said, "Yes, political commissar." No matter how high the informatization and motorization are, there are certain shortcomings, which need to be made up for by military horses. In the old time and space, the biggest advantage of cavalry troops was that they had a super ability to pass through complex terrain and all-weather combat capabilities. China has a vast territory and a long border defense line, especially in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia and the mountainous areas of the western plateau, and some terrain is not convenient for vehicles to enter and exit, which really requires cavalry to complete the task of managing and controlling the border. For example, information-based duty equipment needs electricity, motorized duty equipment needs oil, and the car cannot move without fuel, but there is no such problem for war horses, especially there is no shortage of water and food on the grassland, and horses can maintain a good fighting condition at any time. In fact, although the cavalry as a branch of the army has been abolished, the cavalry has not completely withdrawn from the army, and in addition to the professional cavalry, all the northwest frontier companies have 20 military horses. In fact, our cavalry battalion is also responsible for the task of training officers and men of the border defense company. ”

Zhao Lijun continued: "In fact, not only China, in the old time and space, Russia also retained a certain number of cavalry, and the U.S. ground forces also retained mule and horse transport troops. During the Afushan War, U.S. soldiers often rode mules and horses to carry out their missions. ”

Qin Zheng said: "Yes, in the information age of the old time and space, the cavalry army still has a place to play, not to mention this era, the cavalry is still an important branch of the battlefield troops, so we must establish a strong cavalry force, you two can be regarded as professionals in this area, it is exactly what we need, I don't know if the two of you have Xingyue as the commander of the cavalry." ”

Zhao Lijun stood up all of a sudden and said, "Report to the political commissar, I am willing, I think I want to go back to the army again." ”

Cheng Yajie also stood up and said: "Report to the political commissar, as long as the organization needs, I will obey the organization's arrangement, and I am willing to return to the army." ”

Qin Zheng was also very satisfied, and said, "Sit down." ”

After the two sat down, Qin Zheng said: "Very good, you are veterans, so entering the army again is considered demobilization, this procedure still has to be done, but it is just a matter of passing the motions, your military rank before you are discharged is lieutenant, Second lieutenant, although the Military Commission has just issued a resolution that all the soldiers who have crossed the military rank will be promoted to three levels to reward the efforts of the soldiers in the previous stage, but this is a decision before your demobilization, and after the landing, you have all participated in the reserve army and carried out some work to maintain local law and order, in addition, I have checked the information, both of you have participated in the battle to attack the old city of Tianjin, and have also made meritorious contributions, and the Military Commission decided after deliberation that after the two of you are demobilized, the military rank will be promoted to one level, Comrade Cheng Yajie, your military rank is captain, Comrade Zhao Lijun, your military rank is lieutenant。 Although it is a little lower, considering that we now have only one company of cavalry, and there are still many opportunities for meritorious service in the future. ”

Cheng Yajie said: "I obey the arrangement of the Military Commission. ”

Zhao Lijun said: "It doesn't matter if I am promoted or not, as long as I can return to the army, I can start from the privates." ”

Qin Zheng said: "Okay, then it's decided, Comrade Cheng Yajie, you will be the commander of the cavalry company, Comrade Zhao Lijun, you will be the deputy company commander, and the official appointment will be given to you this afternoon." And in a few days, five or six more crossing warriors will be drawn to assist you, but they don't know how to ride horses, and you need to teach them, so your burden is not light, and you don't have any other requirements. ”

Cheng Yajie said: "Not yet, but I heard that the soldiers of the cavalry company have been recruited, and there are war horses, I hope to be able to take a look at them first, and then say, I want to take a look at the war horses first, and I don't hide it from the political commissar that I have been discharged from the army for three years, and I have worked on the ship for two years, although I occasionally go to ride a horse, but compared with when I was in the army, it has regressed a lot, so it will take a while to find out how I feel when I was in the army." ”

Zhao Lijun said: "Yes, yes, I also have to practice again, speaking of which, I haven't ridden a horse for almost a year, just to find a feeling." ”

Qin Zheng said: "Okay, now the soldiers and horses are in Dagukou, which is temporarily managed by the navy, you clean up today, and tomorrow the army will send a car to Dagukou to take over the cavalry company, and three days later, other soldiers will come over to join you." After a pause, Qin Zheng said again: "I don't know much about the situation of the cavalry, can you tell me about it." ”

Cheng Yajie said: "In the old time and space, the establishment of our army's cavalry was that a cavalry battalion had four cavalry companies, a cavalry company had four platoons, each platoon had three squads, and each squad had 12 soldiers, divided into three combat groups. This formation is easy to defend and attack in most cases, and it also minimizes casualties. Each soldier was given one horse, one spare horse per squad, and twenty spare horses per battalion. The main training subjects of the cavalry are: horse chopping, horse shooting, horse equestrian, horse obstacle crossing, field riding, cavalry parade and so on. ”

"However, the career of the cavalry begins with raising horses, feeding horses, and serving horses, and the horses must be fed three times a day, and the food is mainly bean cakes, grain crops and forage, and if conditions permit, the horses must be fed eggs, and they are fed by the soldiers themselves, and they must take care of the horses to eat and drink well, and not to get sick. Every day, the "horse qin" (walking the horse) is rain or shine, and the horse is also combed and shaved, which is not only to make the horse clean and hygienic, reduce diseases, and enhance blood circulation, but also to contact the feelings with the war horse. Gaining the trust of horses is the first hurdle for cavalry. Each horse has a different personality and temperament. For example, in the cavalry battalion, people in civilian clothes are not allowed to approach, and they can only ride if they change into military uniforms. Horses also bully recruits. The novice gets up, it can feel it, and it won't honestly let you ride. Therefore, every cavalry warrior should first be an excellent war horse breeder. ”

Zhao Lijun said: "Yes, the scientific community generally believes that horses and four or five-year-old children have the same level of intelligence, and most horses have a lot of personality and temperament, if you can't figure it out, let alone gallop on the battlefield, it is difficult to ride it." When I first joined the army, the first war horse assigned to me was bullied, and when I went to lead it, it just stood still, and when the veteran went to lead it, it obediently cooperated and followed. Later, I went out at 7 o'clock every morning to train the horse, and I ran for more than ten or twenty miles, and when I came back, I had to pull the horse to drink water, and then I would pull the horse. Walking horses, almost every day with the horses crawling and rolling together, almost sleeping in the horses, so that half a year down, I and my war horses can be regarded as establishing a relationship, my first war horse as a soldier because I won the award when I participated in the cavalry competition, so later when I was older, I did not not demobilize, in the barracks to the end of the pension, only to me for a war horse, so that I have two war horses, the result is every time the horse is fed is double, when walking the horse is also to take two horses out, I still remember when I was demobilized, to my two war horses to add the last fodder, and they seem to know that I am leaving, I hugged them and wept, they also wept。 ”

When he said this, Zhao Lijun's eyes flashed with a strange look, as if he had returned to his military career back then, and Cheng Yajie also looked like a god, Qin Zheng is also a soldier, of course he can understand the current mood of the two, and listening to what the two of them just said, and what they are like now, it seems that they can rest assured that they can hand over the cavalry company to them.