Akiyama Yoshiko, who is known as the father of the cavalry, once broke the window glass with a punch and said to the students that this is the cavalry, when he explained to the students what a cavalry is.

In short, cavalry is a high-speed and high-sacrifice class, and its tactical value is based on the spirit of not being afraid of sacrifice.

…… Although to this day, Song Biao still doesn't dare to say how he understands cavalry, but he definitely really attaches importance to cavalry construction, so he will work hard several times to keep Alexei. General Brusilov continued to serve as the principal of the Far Eastern Army, and the number of cavalry captains trained by the Far Eastern Army was more than 600 each year.

At present, the Northeast Cavalry maintains close cooperative relations with the St. Petersburg Cavalry School, the Kazan Cavalry School, the Russian Staff College, the French Cavalry Academy, and the German Cavalry Academy.

As for other aspects, Song Biao is really willing to spend money, and it is precisely because of this that the various problems exposed by the Second Cavalry Division in this exercise make Song Biao's heart ache even more; if it were not for the time when he was employing people, he would have been about to move his army south, and at this time, he would definitely bring Xiao Kaigui and Jiang Zhaojian out of the whole army to issue a notice of criticism.

His mood is probably best known only to Jiang Fangzhen and Chen Qicai, who have been by his side all the year round.

When the other generals went back to rest early, and even Zhang Yahu and Chen Wu returned to the camp, Jiang Fangzhen and Chen Qicai still did not leave and continued to stay in the tent to accompany Song Biao.

The three of them gathered next to the earthen stove where the charcoal fire was weakening, Song Biao used a fire fork to stir up the coal, trying to readjust the fire, Jiang Fangzhen was silent, Zhang Futian went out to check the surrounding situation to ensure the safety of the main seat, and Chen Qicai continued to smoke and think about it.

After picking a few charcoal fires to no avail, Song Biao stood up angrily and directly shoveled a shovel of new coal and poured it in, and scolded "" very unhappily.

Jiang Fangzhen was slightly frightened, but he could understand Song Biao's mood, and immediately persuaded him: "Boss, you take a break from your anger, some things are really not the problem of managing the army of Senior Commander Xiao and Jiang Zhaojian, and problems are always inevitable." After the brigade was reformed into a division, there were some problems that the divisions had not noticed in the past, and as long as they seized the time to rectify and reform now, it would still be theoretically too late. And if there is a problem in the exercise at this time, it is not a bad thing to say, please sit down and be angry. ”

Song Biao was so angry at that moment that he had nowhere to vent, and now he sighed and said, "Why don't I know? ”

After saying this, he sat back and lit a cigarette, and continued to sit by the coal fire and ponder his thoughts, and his heart continued to think about countermeasures.

At this time, Chen Qicai and Song Biao proposed: "General seat, the subordinates have some very basic views. ”

At this time, of course, Song Biao hoped that someone could come up with a really effective and quick solution, so he said: "Tell me about it!" ”

Chen Qicai replied: "The cavalry unit of our Northeast New Army is not only huge in scale, but also different in characteristics from Russia, Germany and France, and we can be regarded as unique in the world, whether it is in the equipment and the training and establishment of troops, as well as the formulation of guiding ideology and combat rules, it is determined that our Northeast Cavalry is more similar to the British and German dragoons. Our consistent idea is to enable the cavalry division to carry out a variety of combat tasks faster and more comprehensively through more mobile and flexible assembly characteristics, drive straight into the battle, and fight a decisive battle thousands of miles away, which is our purpose, but it is obviously very difficult to achieve such a current situation, and the subordinates think that it is normal for these various accidents to occur at present, and the general seat is obviously clearer, so they will be strict with Xiao Jiang and the others, but this time period is not right. ”

Song Biao simply snorted, because what Chen Qicai said was nonsense, and these were all well-known and repeatedly emphasized purposes of the New Army.

The cavalry units of the Northeast New Army were almost completely born from the Russian Cossack cavalry, which is no exaggeration, not only from the initial stage of development with the support of the Russian Cossack cavalry, but also from the Russian Far Eastern Army inherited hundreds of thousands of fine military horses, and then with the help of nearly 200 Russian cavalry captains, the professional development of cavalry was quickly completed. All the skills and experience of marching and fighting were inherited from the Russian cavalry.

The Northeast cavalry can have today's scale, relying on the Russian cavalry.

It was only in the process of further development, combined with the various lessons and experiences in the Russo-Russian War, as well as some of Song Biao's forward-looking ideas, that the godfather of the Northeast Cavalry, Alexei. Under the theoretical guidance and improvement of General Brusilov, the Northeast Cavalry moved toward a new direction, a new road, and a new idea different from that of the Russian cavalry in the process of gradual development.

The Northeast Cavalry is also unique in the world, it adopts the division level as the main command and combat unit, and each cavalry regiment is equipped with M1907\1910 Winchester semi-automatic rifles, M1891/10 Mosin Nagant dragoon rifles, Madsen light machine guns, M1910 (cavalry) Maxim heavy machine guns, 77mm caliber mortars, M1877/1907 87mm cavalry field guns, M1906\08 75mm cavalry mountain guns.

Although the Cossack cavalry inherited the Cossack cavalry charge tactics and the whole set of training and tactical arrangement techniques in the process of learning from the Russian Cossack cavalry, in the actual use process, all officers are more focused on infantry combat theory, and all the cavalry captains of the Northeast New Army also need to take infantry courses.

In the cavalry division baggage regiment equipment, the cavalry division's four-wheeled carriage hull is smaller, to ensure that a large number of Mongolian horses with good endurance and adaptability and poor pulling strength can be used, the supply units of the infantry division and the cavalry division are also different, the infantry ammunition box is usually 6,000 rounds a box, while the cavalry division only has 3,000 rounds a box, and the smaller 1,000 rounds a box.

The guiding theory and design and style of the Northeast cavalry are very unique. General Brusilov hoped that the Northeast Cavalry would have the ability to quickly and comprehensively fight a decisive battle behind enemy lines with a long drive, and in fact it had the shadow of a motorized infantry division, and in this large-scale military exercise held in March of the second year of Xuantong, the various problems exposed by the Second Cavalry Division were also here.

There is always a price to pay for the first to eat crabs and dare to innovate, there is no experience from the past, everything is on your own, and it is normal for problems to occur.

On this issue, Song Biao, Jiang Fangzhen, and Chen Qicai all know in their hearts, and they all understand that it is inevitable, as Chen Qicai said, it is not a question of how many problems there are, but a matter of time urgency.

If you are not careful, maybe the Second Cavalry Division will go directly to the battle in the pass.

After carefully grasping these problems, Chen Qicai continued to say to Song Biao: "In my opinion, the main problems at present are three aspects: first, in the process of long-distance assault, the speed of the baggage regiment cannot keep up, especially in the mountains, hills and Gobi region, there are too many problems; Second, the marching distance and time were too long, and the chances of various units making mistakes were greatly increased, and the times when they fell behind and got lost occurred again and again; third, after the brigade was transformed into a division, the number of troops increased too quickly, and the training level of many companies between cavalry operations and positional operations did not meet a certain standard. ”

Jiang Fangzhen also said to Song Biao when he heard this: "In the final analysis, the problem is that the brigade is too urgent, the new troops have increased a lot, and the opponents of the exercise are too strong, the Second Infantry Division and the Third Infantry Division are both elite, and letting the Second Cavalry Division fight with them in positional warfare is obviously getting more and more chaotic." ”

Song Biao actually saw it better than them, and it was precisely because he was clear that he felt that the problem was difficult to solve.

The Second Cavalry Brigade has always given Song Biao a very good feeling, but after changing to the Second Cavalry Division, so many problems suddenly appeared, and there were too many problems exposed in such a long-distance spurt, which made him not only confused and remorseful about the brigade reform division, but also doubtful that the Second Cavalry Division could undertake the combat mission of raiding Zhangjiakou and cutting off the road to the south.

Song Biao still sighed and said, "What you two said is right, now the key is how to rectify the problem as soon as possible." None of you are outsiders, whether the Liberation Revolution can succeed or not is this year, and it is impossible to improve it slowly, and it is too late in time. ”

Chen Qicai said: "It's too late to improve slowly, let's just think of some other ways, General Seat, I have a few ideas, first, reduce the weight standard of each cart of the baggage troops by 20%, and increase the manpower, horses and harnesses by 30%, so as to solve the problem that the baggage regiment has been slower than the large army in the large-scale migration; Second, it is necessary to increase the number of signal troops in each cavalry battalion, expand the deployment of radio command devices to the company level, and set up special map soldiers at the company level to reduce the probability of getting lost and falling behind on the march. Third, it is necessary to draw up a three-month intensive training plan, redeploy the regiments, and for the time being, let each regiment focus on one aspect of assault training, and each has its own strengths; as long as it can be flexibly used in the temporary deployment, it can completely bring into play the combat effectiveness of an elite cavalry division. ”

Song Biao nodded approvingly.

He felt that Chen Qicai's ideas were good, especially the third point, which was consistent with the countermeasures he had taken before the Battle of Liaoyang, and it was too late to make the comprehensive combat capability of all regiments of the whole army stronger, so he would temporarily focus on strengthening in one direction Jiang Fangzhen also agreed: "General seat, I think Director Chen's idea is still more appropriate. In addition, I suggest that the standard 77mm mortars of each cavalry regiment be completely replaced with a new 60mm mortar, after all, there are enough cavalry light field guns available, and the latter is better than the former in terms of range and accuracy. The second is that the wheel height of all vehicles should be appropriately improved, and the wheels should be changed collectively, otherwise it is still very difficult to cross the mountains, and the baggage regiment and the reserve cavalry regiment can be appropriately assigned additional horse teams, increase the ability of horses to adjust, and see if they can change a batch of horses on the spot, and appropriately add some iron hoof horses and Liaoxi horses. ”

Song Biao thought for a moment and said, "Okay, these things have to be done quickly." The two of you will stay here first and explain to Xiao Kaigui that I don't want to criticize him in front of everyone now, and some things are indeed not his fault. I gave him three months, and if the rectification effect is not good, then I can only temporarily change the general. ”

Jiang Fangzhen and Chen Qicai both nodded silently and said yes, they knew Song Biao very well, and knew that Song Biao would not change generals easily, especially in this special period, but they still had to scare Xiao Kaigui.

At this time, Chen Qicai thought of another thing and said to Song Biao: "Boss, I have a private matter here that I want to invite you." ”

Song Biao glanced at him and felt that this was a very strange thing, because Chen Qicai was a bit of a person who didn't recognize his relatives, and basically wouldn't look for Song Biao for other people's affairs, or even go to others.

It can be said that Chen Qicai's six relatives do not recognize him, and it can also be said that he is high, but he is a non-stick pan, so he can stay with Song Biao to work all year round.

It is rare for such a subordinate to mention a private matter, and it should be very special when you think about it, Song Biao smiled after feeling a little strange: "Say it!" ”

Chen Qicai said: "My brother Chen Qimei studied abroad in the police supervision school for two years, and then continued to study law at the University of Political Science and Law through my persuasion, he was very smart when he was a child, he was literate at the age of five 2,000, and went to the pawnshop as an apprentice at the age of thirteen, and worked for 12 years. He is my brother, he is not young, and now he is returning to China after graduation, and if he works from the bottom in other industries and affairs, I am afraid that he will also be very sad, so I would like to recommend him to work in the Secretariat, hoping that the head office can give him a chance. ”

Song Biao smiled and replied: "I heard Wang Zhaoming talk about him, Cai Yuanpei also saw him during his visit last year, and he came back to recommend him once, and he said that he was a rare talent. If he is willing to come to work in the Secretariat, then you can tell him to be temporarily transferred to continue to deal with the affairs of the Liberation Council of the Three Eastern Provinces. After working for a while, I will see for myself who it is and then consider a more suitable position. ”

Chen Qicai was really overjoyed when he heard this, in fact, Chen Qimei himself wanted to work in the Secretariat, and had already asked Wang Zhaoming and Cai Yuanpei to recommend him, because he still had two years of courses in the law department of Yueben University of Political Science and Law, and Song Biao asked Cai Yuanpei to spread the word that it was very important to organize the recovery work in Yueben and the University of Political Science and Law, and it was best to consider other issues after graduation.

Now that he has graduated for half a year, Chen Qimei has been working in the Guangfu Association before, during this time, I am really anxious to think of working by Song Biao's side, this person is very smart, no matter how hard he works in Yueben, he will work for Wang Zhaoming, it is far better to go directly to Mr. Song to do things, even if it is from the basics, after all, his younger brother Chen Qicai is very reused by Mr. Song here.

For Song Biao, this is a very small thing, a matter of words, but it is also a very good thing, and it is always right to recruit more real talents to work for him.

There were many matters in the Second Cavalry Division, but Song Biao no longer had time to deal with them personally, so he left Jiang Fangzhen and Chen Qicai in the Second Cavalry Division, took a train to Jinzhou to inspect the First Cavalry Division, and discussed many problems exposed during the exercise with Cai Yi and Sun Shulin, and asked them to deal with them within the First Cavalry Division as well, and the adjustment of equipment, harness, and personnel was directly handled by the military headquarters.

Song Biao stayed in Jinzhou for two more days to discuss the rubber industry with Zhang Bishi.

At this time, both Song Biao and Zhang Bishi had gradually cashed out a large number of rubber assets in their hands, and even in the Dutch Indonesian rubber plantation company, they also largely transferred their shares to the Anglo-Dutch rubber company.

Through investment in the rubber market, Song Biao has made a cumulative profit of more than 37 million pounds, and Zhang Bishi has made a cumulative profit of about 20 million pounds, but they have not been involved in the Shanghai market, although Shanghai is even crazier, and the total value is really far behind the London stock market and the Chicago futures market, which is not enough for them to toss.

Shanghai is really crazy in the world rubber financial turmoil, because there are no restrictions on stock exchanges in the Shanghai Concession, and any businessman can open such an institution, so that there are more than 30 very chaotic stock exchanges in Shanghai, and these stock exchanges are like casinos, regardless of the profit or loss of investors, they have to take away 10 percent, or even 30 percent of the commission.

In the past five years, the overall strength of the financial sector in Northeast China has long surpassed that of Shanghai, but there are only two stock exchanges, the first is the Far Eastern Stock Exchange, and the second is the Kanto Stock Exchange, which was founded in Lushun.

The three eastern provinces involved in the rubber turmoil of the company and businessmen are also a lot, this is inevitable, the real involvement of the deepest is the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Guangdong merchants, the craziest is the Shanghai money village, through the large-scale issuance of bank bills to invest in rubber stocks has become a common practice in Shanghai money industry, Sichuan Railway Company employee Shi Dianzhang is embezzled the company's public funds 2.085 million taels of silver to buy bank tickets, to participate in the rubber speculation turmoil, the final result is to lead to the Sichuan Railway Company's heavy losses, and the later nationalization of the railway and the Sichuan Road Protection Movement.

There are some conspiracy theories that foreign banks played a very disgraceful role in the Shanghai rubber turmoil, they initially claimed that the shares of many rubber companies could be pledged in equal amounts, so many Chinese people bought a large number of rubber stocks because they believed in foreign banks, and when the rubber bubble was burst, people asked foreign banks to exchange these high-priced stocks but were refused.

This is a conspiracy theory made up by people who don't understand the financial industry at all.

The bank's approval of a company's shares can be pledged in equal amounts is equivalent to recognizing the company's integrity qualifications and levels, such as AAA \A++ grade, and foreign banks cannot know that rubber stocks will become bubbles. As for having to take the stock bought by himself for 10,000 taels of silver to the bank for 10,000 taels of silver after the stock price collapsed, such a problem probably only appeared in the Chinese financial market in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China.

Either it is a pure fabrication of falsehoods, or it is purely a false rumor by the Chinese investors themselves, misinterpreting the mortgage qualifications of foreign banks as the bank's promise to repurchase at a price, even if it is really a misinformation rumor, the stock they bought for 10,000 taels has obviously fallen to the market value of only a few dozen taels of silver, but they have to ask the bank to pay 10,000 taels of the original price to buy it, I really don't know whose IQ is problematic.

Although foreign capitalists have always had the habit of discriminating against the Chinese market and capital, they have to make up conspiracy theories that foreign capitalists are plotting to frame China, which is really boring.

The reason why foreign firms such as Jardine Matheson and Sassoon did not lose money in the rubber turmoil is because they received news from the British and American securities markets early and resold their rubber assets to Chinese businessmen in advance.

The only explanation is that when greed trumps reason, anyone can make fatal mistakes.

Song Biao had no intention of saving these people at all, he just wanted to sit by and watch the show, while making sure that the worst things would always continue to happen one after another.

As for rubber stock scammers like Mai Benley, Kadoorie, and Becker and his sons, Song Biao will not let them flee Shanghai with their money so easily, but they must be hacked to the end, so as not to ruin their reputation if the news spreads.

You have to make money, but you can't ruin your reputation.

(To be continued)