The foundation of the third company, all the old people of the Yue's dart bureau, almost everyone has two hands of hard kung fu, and it is natural to shoot on horseback, even if the soldiers who were supplemented later, most of them are good at riding and shooting.

In terms of combat effectiveness, although the previous First Company and Second Company were all composed of the one hundred and seventy-six young men who first followed Yue Weihua, and they were all a group of real young men who could swim across the Heishui River, but under the same conditions, if they fought with the old rivers and lakes of the Third Company, they might not be able to fight.

Therefore, Yue Weihua has high hopes for the third company, from the beginning Yue Weihua planned to change the third company into a cavalry company, although by exterminating the Langya Hall and the Su Ma family, as well as killing Lao Maozi, this company of three waves of victories allowed Yue Weihua to accumulate nearly a thousand war horses, but the infantry who can ride horses, and the real cavalry, the gap is not small.

Although it is said that with the cold weapons, gradually replaced by hot weapons, the role of cavalry gradually faded, until later generations, the emergence of mechanized troops, cavalry is quietly withdrawn from the stage of history, but in 1900, in this era, cavalry is still promising.

First of all, the infantry on horseback, in fact, in the final analysis, is still infantry, and the war horse is just their means of transportation, they don't even dare to charge on horseback, because they may not be able to make good use of the horse's speed and body to avoid danger, dodge bullets, let alone shoot while riding.

And the real cavalry, not only to be able to ride a horse, but also to be good at riding, most of the cavalry and the horse connection, that is, brotherly closeness, shooting in the ride is the basic skill, but also to maintain a high hit rate in the ride, this is the real cavalry.

Of course, in this era of highly backward transportation, especially in the Buren Mountains, these high mountains and dense forests, the importance of horses to the troops is self-evident, in terms of mobility, the infantry on horseback, far more than the infantry walking on two feet, its combat effectiveness and combat toughness, are far from comparable, let alone mobility.

It was imperative to convert the third company into a cavalry battalion, but the only trouble was the matching of horses and cavalry.

War horses, it seems that the Black Dragon Army is not short for the time being, but in fact, with the expansion of the organization, there will soon be a shortage of war horses, and at present, it is impossible for all of these thousands of war horses to be given to the cavalry battalion, at least one battalion, Yue Weihua plans to match all the war horses.

After all, the first battalion is a trump card in Yue Weihua's hands, at least after the expansion, the first battalion is the strongest combat effectiveness of the Black Dragon Army, and with horses in hand, the mobility and combat effectiveness of the first battalion can be truly guaranteed.

Also, the reconnaissance company needs to be equipped with horses. In the artillery battalion, it is impossible for Yue Weihua to personally act as the captain of the transport all the time, so whether it is a mule or a horse, it must be some. The Wolf Domain Headquarters always needs some, even if it's used to deliver messages, it's a must.

As for the women's barracks, although it is said that they have not made great contributions, they can take care of the wounded, there is always hard work, and they have to share some points. There are also the General Staff Department, the Logistics Department, and the Intelligence Department, after all, if you win the battle, you can't be too favoritistic.

After such calculations, it would be good if the cavalry company could keep two hundred war horses at most.

"Xiaodong, I gave you the establishment of the cavalry battalion, the cavalry only has the old foundation of three companies, war horses, we have calculated just now, at most two hundred horses, the shortage of cavalry soldiers, and war horses, you may have to figure out a way by yourself." Yue Weihua smiled helplessly.

"Commander, it's too easy for you to be a shopkeeper, according to what you said, the cavalry battalion will either not be promoted, and will be directly changed to a cavalry company, if it is promoted, it must be full, aren't you embarrassing me?" Yue Xiaodong smiled bitterly.

"Brother Dong, it's still more difficult for you, why don't I help you find horses to recruit soldiers, and you recruit female soldiers for me?" Yue Kexin had a gloating expression, obviously there was a person who was in sympathy with him, which made the eldest lady feel a lot more happy in her heart.

"Oh, what is this meeting for, isn't it just working together, you two ask everyone for advice, maybe the solution will come out, let me tell you, time waits for no one, it is best to solve the problem of reorganization and expansion within three days, the time left by Lao Maozi for us is definitely not more than half a month, you calculate it yourself, how much time is left for you to reorganize."

Yue Weihua reminded, and his eyes were not drifting to Yue Xiang on the side, Yue Xiaodong was quite sensible, when he saw Yue Weihua's eyes, he hurriedly looked at Yue Xiang, and begged: "Father-in-law, your old man is well-informed, there must be a way, help." ”

Yue Xiang nodded, pondered for a moment, and said solemnly: "There is a way, but I am afraid that you will not be able to control it at that time, but it will affect the combat effectiveness of the cavalry battalion, and even affect the reputation of the Black Dragon Army." ”

"Is there really a way?"

"Well, do you know what we have the most in Blackwater Province?"

"What's the most?"

"Beard."

"Oh, a word to wake up the dreamer."

There is no doubt that not only Heishui Province, but also the entire three eastern provinces in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, beards are as many as cattle hair, not to mention other places, within a radius of 100 miles from the second station town, there are more powerful beards than the Langya Hall that was killed by the Black Dragon Army, and it is not nothing, such as the Luoshui water bandits, which are also four or five hundred guns, as for the weaker ones, one or two hundred guns, there are at least three or four groups, and the beards ranging from more than ten to dozens of people are countless.

Just these beards, everyone has war horses, everyone is good at riding and shooting, that is impossible, but in a group of beards, at least one or two percent of people are good at riding and shooting, and there are war horses, this proportion will only be low and not high, if this part of the beard can be absorbed into Yue Xiaodong's cavalry battalion, then the war horses and soldiers can be solved together.

Of course, the biggest problem is the problem of harnessing.

The beards around the town of the second station, the wolf's tooth hall is notoriously the evil party, synonymous with evil, killing people and robbing money, almost no living mouth, other beards, basically incomparable, but this does not mean that other beards are vegetarians, killing people like hemp dare not say, but really have a few percent of the beard, dare to say that their hands are not stained with blood?

These bandits, if they want to control it, is it easy?

Once it can't be controlled, it will affect the combat effectiveness of the Black Dragon Army and ruin the prestige that the Black Dragon Army has not been able to accumulate, and then it will really outweigh the losses.

Everyone thought about it for a while, and they were all silent, after all, a beard is a beard, even if the Su Ma family is bad, but the group training under their jurisdiction is at least mostly from the serious people, the heart is not too bad, and it is much easier to restrain it, just like the group training of the second station, after two days of life and death battles, it has basically been integrated into the big family of the Black Dragon Army.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Yue Weihua had no choice but to speak, after all, he couldn't give up eating because of choking.

"Actually, this is a good idea, as long as we treat them separately, for the bandits with a bad reputation and for the evil side, we can concentrate our forces, eat black and black, and force them to buy their war horses, if they are not sold, then they will be used as training soldiers, and they will be destroyed directly, if there are some of them whose conscience is not bad, they can be directly absorbed."

"As for those who have a good reputation, then let's send someone to negotiate, whether it's an alliance, or direct co-optation, or spend more money to buy, anyway, all kinds of means, the horses that can be collected, and the good riders who can be bought, will be brought over as soon as possible, isn't it much easier?"

"How is it, Xiaodong, now you have a bottom of your psychology, right?" Yue Weihua smiled.

Yue Xiaodong thought about it a little, if he really did this, he would probably not be difficult to get together enough cavalry battalion, but the biggest difficulty was that in such a short period of time, not only did he have to distinguish between those beards and those who were bad, but also to conquer them differently, which was not very easy to do.

Just when Yue Xiaodong wanted to respond, Nie Youcai came up with another idea and said: "I think, not only do they have horses and horses, but there are also those who are good at riding and shooting, in fact, there are many local group exercises, such as the Eighteen Lianbao, Taxi Village Tunqun, etc., these group exercises, in fact, some are quite powerful, there are not many war horses, but there are so many." ”

Yue Weihua nodded, and said secretly in his heart, this is the so-called three stinkers, the top one Zhuge Liang, it is naturally easy to come up with a lot of methods, so he said: "This idea is good, but when it comes to group training, you must not use force, you can only buy or exchange, and don't fight the idea of the Eighteen Lianbao, I can't think of any surprise, Qiao San will come over soon to visit and discuss the alliance." ”

Everyone made up for it and perfected it, and they all expressed their opinions on which bearded bandits within a radius of 100 miles were evil bandits and which group of righteous bandits, which could be regarded as a preliminary solution to the problem of the cavalry battalion.

Next, Yue Weihua announced several more things.

First, the reconnaissance company and the sniper company were merged and expanded into a wolf-tooth special combat team, with an establishment of 200 people, also a battalion-level unit, and Yue Weihua concurrently served as the captain, after all, some special combat team skills still need to be taught by Yue Weihua himself, and Nie Youcai and Yue Hu are the deputy captains.

At the same time, Yue Weihua also arranged the recent task of the Wolf Tooth Special Combat Team, that is, after they replenished the new members, they would find out all the mountain paths within a radius of twenty miles of the Wolf Domain, where it was easy to set up ambushes, and where they could be used as sniper points, all of which were drawn one by one, which was regarded as a special trial for recruits.

Second, the establishment of the Propaganda Department, concurrently served by Yue Kexin, the main task is to publicize the achievements of the Black Dragon Army, not only through oral propaganda, but also through notices, to go to the villages and towns, near the town, everywhere to publicize, of course, carry the recruitment information, recruitment information to disseminate, to attract more talents to come to defect.

Third, the establishment of an arsenal, directly hung in the logistics department, mainly to absorb blacksmiths, carpenters and other craftsmen, what they need to do at present is to learn, grope for all kinds of weapons of the Black Dragon Army, learn to do maintenance, slowly repair damaged firearms, and lay the foundation for the future.

Fourth, the establishment of a hospital and a field medical team, the president is Shangguan Xiao, and the captain of the field medical team is the beautiful Song Shijia, these are all prepared by Yue Xiang in the past few days, just wait for Yue Weihua to announce it now.

Fifth, the establishment of the quilt field, the Black Dragon Army has begun to take shape now, and it must have its own standard clothing and logos, and even military flags, of course, these things are actually Yue Weihua originally planned to exchange them directly from the Meritorious Tower, but think about it, good steel should be used on the blade.

However, regarding the use of standard clothing and a unified military flag, Yue Xiang and others still put forward their own opinions, thinking that it is better to keep a low profile, after all, we are not going to rebel, but Yue Weihua's thoughts are different, this era is an era of power, anyway, everything depends on strength to speak, no strength, low-key and not ostentatious, people will still destroy you, there is strength, you are ostentatious, people still beg you.

Finally, Yue Weihua raised the question of whips, the existence of whips has a great impact on the soldiers, not only affecting the battle, but also affecting the rescue of the wounded, especially Yue Weihua intends to exchange a batch of helmets, so as to reduce the probability of the Black Dragon Army being injured by scattered bullets, then the whip should not exist.

Therefore, starting tomorrow, the whip will officially withdraw from the historical stage of the Black Dragon Army.

Tonight, all the soldiers of the Black Dragon Army will finally be able to have a good night's sleep!