The unlucky Hua Daren did a bad errand, and the silver yang he gave out deducted his salary to repay it, but he didn't know that it would be the year of the monkey.

But Yokoyama Shaoza was proud, he arrived in the army and found a true like-minded accomplice, this person is named "Akiyama Koko".

Akiyama Yoshiko, born on February 9, 1859, was a native of Ehime Prefecture and the third son of Akiyama Kukei, a member of the Matsuyama domain. When he was a child, he was named Shin Saburo, and later changed his name to Haogu, taking the sentence "Saying but not doing, believing and being ancient" in "The Analects and Sayings".

In the first year of the Meiji era (1868), his younger brother Mayuki Akiyama was born, a famous admiral and de facto commander of naval battles in the Sea of Japan, and it is customary to refer to them both as the "Akiyama Brothers". The brothers were the heroes of the Japanese army's victory from the so-called "greatest crisis of the Russo-Japanese War", and they can be called the "stars" of the Russo-Japanese War.

He was a military strategist, a graduate of the Osaka Normal School and the French Saint-Cyr Military Academy, and his main achievements were the father of the Japanese cavalry, becoming a general of the army (he was elected a marshal, but was politely rejected by Akiyama), and the main crime was the Lushun Massacre.

He was Japan's first and last cavalry general. He participated in the Sino-Japanese First Sino-Japanese War, and after participating in the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion by the Eight-Nation Alliance, he became the commander of the Qing garrison. He was promoted to major general on June 21, 1902.

In the Russo-Japanese War, he served as the commander of the 1st Cavalry Brigade and was subordinate to the 2nd Army.

Yokoyama went to various cavalry units to peddle his strategy of "advancing the team" behind enemy lines, and despite the letter of introduction from Kodama Gentaro, most of the cavalry commanders did not approve of him.

The reason is very ready-made: the war in Liaoyang is tight, and every soldier is precious.

In fact, Yokoyama Shaozo knew that they were all afraid of the Cossack cavalry!

The shadow of the name tree of people, everywhere the Cossacks went, they were bulldozed!

It's not inferiority, in white-knuckle warfare, an old man can stab five devil soldiers to death, and a Cossack can cut down ten devil cavalry!

Uh, it's a bit too much, when it comes to single P, it's hard for the little devil to defeat the old man.

After all, the physical fitness of the old hairy man who drinks vodka and eats meat is better than the little devil who drinks tea and eats balls!

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However, Akiyama Yoshiko was very interested in this, and specially invited Yokoyama Shaosa to his office to discuss.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, our advance party has carried out a roundabout tactic of penetrating deep into the enemy's rear, cutting off the rear supplies of the Lu people, burning grain and grass, and cutting off communications......" Yokoyama Shaosa gushed through the tunnel.

"Very good, I appreciate your plan, I have already applied to the military department, and my department will carry out this plan." Akiyama smiled.

Finally met his bosom friend, Yokoyama Shaosa was overjoyed, stood up straight and bowed in thanks.

Just do it, Akiyama is resolute and resolute, and tells the orderly: "Please Naganuma Hidefumi Nakasa! ”

The short, short-legged Naganuma Hidefumi Nagasa came in with a saber in his hand, and Akiyama Yoshiko introduced him to Yokoyama Shaosa and then told Yokoyama Shosa: "Naganuma Hidefumi Nakasa is the wing commander of the Eighth Wing of our cavalry, and he will implement the advance team plan, he is the captain, and you are the deputy captain." ”

He instructed that more than 1,000 officers and men of the Eighth Wing would be mobilized to do this.

It's very face-giving, in the Japanese army, cavalry is a noble class, and there are even members of the royal family.

They have a strong sense of honor, they like to do face-to-face PK with the enemy, and send cavalry to the enemy's rear to steal chickens and dogs, many cavalry do not think so, and the previous cavalry commanders refused to Yokoyama Shaozo for this reason.

Naganuma Hidefumi said, "Carrying out this plan is a dangerous errand, and I will personally lead the team!" ”

"Very well, you can work closely with His Excellency Yokoyama! You have to read his plan carefully! Akiyama said.

"Hay!"

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Yokoyama Shaoza's plan was very solid and operational.

The first is to select soldiers, and the first is to be an officer and soldier who is skilled in equestrianism, after all, if you travel long distances, you can't do it if you don't have good equestrianism.

Secondly, officers and men who shoot accurately are given priority.

The Cossacks are fighting the world with a sword and a horse, and any concept of hard P face to face cannot be had, and the distance between the Japanese army and the Cossack knife is like the chasm of the Chu River.

We have to find a different way to deal with the Cossacks, aren't the Cossacks good at melee combat, then we will use fast guns against them!

Shoot from afar, shoot one by one, and see what they do.

The 1,000 men selected by Naganuma Hidefumi Nagakusa were armed with Type 30 carbines (cavalry guns of Type 30 rifles with shortened barrels), which had a long range, high accuracy, and low recoil, which were suitable for cavalry use, and they were very concealed when fired without smoke and flames.

Then select the bandits to cooperate, unlike Hanada Nakanosuke, Yokoyama Shaosa would rather lack than abuse, he asked for stricter military training for those recruited bandits, shooting, sabotage, intelligence, and especially the cultivation of military style and willpower!

The bandits were subjected to intense training for days, in addition to equestrian, saber fighting, and live-fire training, in addition to armed marching for 30 kilometers (40 kilometers for the Japanese army) every day, and climbing the mountains in full gear.

The focus was on firing live ammunition, firing more than 10 rounds of ammunition a day (the Japanese army did not have more than 100 rounds of ammunition a year).

The daily training was an all-night training, and the intensity was second only to the training of the regular Japanese army itself.

Many bandits couldn't bear it and had to withdraw from training, and in the end, Yokoyama Shaozo got 700 qualified bandits and eliminated more than 2,000 people (who also passed the primary selection).

Unlike the Japanese army, Yokoyama Shaosa gave the bandits generous treatment, eating fish and meat, and giving the ocean, which was even better than the Japanese army.

It was so good that Naganuma Hidewen couldn't see it, and said disdainfully: "Your Excellency Yokoyama, is it necessary to treat those Qing people with such good treatment?" ”

"It is necessary! Why should we let the horse team fight for us? Yokoyama Shaoza smiled and said: "If you want to take it, you must give it first, I am learning from His Excellency the General (referring to Kodama Gentaro), when he was the governor of Taiwan, he treated the local people with both appeasement and suppression!" ”

He introduced Kodama's methods, and Naganuma Hidefumi Nakasa also had to admit that it was really good, and the bandits trained in this way were fierce and daring to fight, and they could deal with Lao Maozi.

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After a month of training, the advance team composed of cavalry and bandits conducted joint drills, advancing and retreating freely, moving quickly, and with a few points of marksmanship.

The bandits have been trained to be effective, and their style is more tenacious and daring to fight, mainly because their marksmanship is accurate, and they have the courage to deal with Lao Maozi. No one wants to be hard P with Lao Maozi.

Originally, according to Yokoyama Shaoza's idea, he wanted to train for a longer time, so that the army's marksmanship would be more accurate, so that he could grasp it a little more.

However, on August 28, he and Naganuma Hidefumi Nakasato received an urgent order from Akiyama Yoshiko, and the advance team was urgently dispatched to relieve the pressure on the Liaoyang front.

The Imperial Japanese Army fought fiercely with the Russian army in the Shoushan area of the Liaoyang front line and suffered heavy losses!

And the cause of this loss is actually the share of the old hairy Budyonny.