On the morning of the next day, Zheng Weiguo personally led all the generals and officers of the 41st Group Army and the officers above the cavalry battalion level of various units under his command to gather together to observe the report performance of the 63rd Army Cavalry Brigade. At the same time, this officer corps will also be responsible for judging the cavalry brigade's cavalry skills and tactics compared with Zeng Yuliang, Zhou Chunlin, and others, so as to determine the future development direction of the cavalry unit.

Zheng Weiguo looked at his watch and saw that the hour hand was already pointing to nine o'clock in the morning, so he said to the night owl: "Brigade Commander Ye, when will your cavalry brigade report performance start?" "By this time the ministers had taken their seats, but the officers and men of the cavalry brigade were nowhere to be seen.

The night owl hurriedly stood up and saluted, and said, "Report to the general seat, the cavalry brigade reports that the performance has been prepared, whether to start entering, please instruct!" ”

Zheng Weiguo nodded and said, "Then don't rub it off, start immediately!" ”

The night owl hurriedly asked the flag bearer to give the order, and the starting gun rang out. There was a sudden hissing in the distance, followed by a sudden rhythmic shaking of the ground, causing the tea in the cup on the table to ripple.

The faces of the officers present changed, and at first they mistakenly thought it was an enemy attack, but when they saw the night owl giving orders, they realized that it was the cavalry brigade that was entering, and they couldn't help but scold the night owl and others who pretended to be ghosts.

Rhythm ...... The cavalry brigade rushed from the village five hundred meters away, and instantly appeared in front of everyone's eyes. The combat companies of the entire brigade had already completed their tactical deployment while sprinting, and they were lined up in three skirmish lines and frantically pounced.

The warriors raised their sabers above their heads, and the overwhelming momentum was simply breathless. Just when everyone thought that these cavalry would rush directly into the venue. They began to slow down again, and quickly changed to a five-horse platoon, slowly advancing forward.

The horizontal cavalry was lined up in a very neat line, and the five horses in each column marched almost in unison, and no more than a third of the horse's heads at most. And the war horses were also very close to each other, and the thighs of the two warriors were almost together. This is the wall-mounted advance tactic of modern cavalry, and although it has been eliminated by the modern battlefield environment, it is often seen on the parade ground. Because to achieve this effect, the warrior's riding skills and troop style are very demanding, and it is also highly ornamental.

Xu Mingshan, deputy commander of the Fourth Cavalry Division, whispered to the division commander Zhang Dongkai: "Division, the night owl's men and horses are doing a good job!" ”

Zhang Dongkai nodded and said, "Hmm." Not bad indeed. Although most of them are recruits who have been in the army for less than a year. But some aspects are already catching up with us. This shows that they are very well trained and the officers are very responsible. ”

The cavalry unit of the Night Owl was developed after the Anti-Japanese War, and both officers and soldiers were seriously lacking in training and experience, so the veteran cavalry was somewhat looked down upon. In the past, everyone behaved kindly, mainly to Zheng Weiguo's face. Otherwise, don't try to be on an equal footing with them.

Chief of Staff Liu Zhonglin was a little unconvinced. He whispered: "They are good at relying on horses." If only we had such a good horse. Hey, they can't even eat the ashes. As he spoke, he glanced enviously at the horses of the cavalry brigade. The war horses of the Fourth Riding Division are mainly Mongolian horses, which have a big gap with Oriental horses.

Zhang Dongkai shook his head and said, "There is no need to say this." Their war horses were all snatched from the Japanese army, and they are also capable! ”

As he spoke, the officers and men of the cavalry brigade had all entered the field and formed a large phalanx in the middle of the playground. The night owl stood at the front of the line, raised his arms and shouted, "What kind of troops are we?" ”

The soldiers hurriedly responded: "63rd Army Cavalry Brigade! ”

"What is our mission?"

"Expelle the Japanese and recover the Northeast!"

"What's our slogan?"

"Use me in the first battle, use me to win!"

After shouting like this for a few rounds, the morale suddenly soared, and the strong fighting spirit instantly filled the entire venue. The night owl proudly walked to the rostrum, stood up and saluted: "Report to the general seat, all the combatants of the 63rd Army Cavalry Brigade have entered. The official debriefing performance will begin now, so please instruct! As he spoke, he glanced at Zeng Yuliang and the others defiantly. However, Zeng Yuliang just smiled slightly and didn't react much. Zhou Chunlin simply pretended not to see it and let the night owl punch the air.

Zheng Weiguo nodded and said, "Okay, let's start immediately!" ”

The night owls hurriedly fluttered the command flags in their hands, and the battalions and companies of the cavalry brigade quickly dispersed according to the order, and gathered neatly around the playground at the very least. Then the military band began to play, and a mighty cavalry began to perform.

Although this cavalry group only had a few dozen horses, it was the most elite unit of the cavalry brigade. The harness was the standard Cossack equipment that Zheng Huzi brought back from Xi'an, and it was a complete set, including a saddle, a halter, an armature, a horse coat, a bow leather, a water rein, a helmet, riding boots, breeches, a horse whip, and a Cossack sword.

As the saying goes, people are saddled with clothes. Just set this line, as soon as he appeared, he took everyone's attention, and the cavalry officers drooled with envy.

In the midst of everyone's fiery eyes, the cavalry began a wonderful performance, like what horses stretched out their arms and rode horses, winning bursts of applause and cheers from time to time. Stretching your arms on a horse is relatively simple, that is, riding on the horse, both sides completely loosen the reins and halters, and make various movements.

It is more difficult to pick up objects on horseback, and you need to lean down from the horse to pick up an item when the horse is moving at high speed. The faster the horse and the smaller the item, the more difficult it becomes. The best of these was that several warriors hung upside down on the left side of their horses to pick up silver dollars on the ground, and the horses were still fast, but the warriors still did a good job.

After a while, the night owl ordered to move some wooden fences out of the barracks compound, and used these things to simulate ditches, low walls, multiple fences, etc., in preparation for the performance to cross the obstacles.

Most of the officers present to observe were experts, and at a glance, they knew that the main event of the road was coming, and they were busy staring at them. If you don't blink, you're afraid of missing the wonderful scene.

Seeing that it was very difficult, Chief of Staff Zhou secretly said to the night owl: "Are you sure?" Don't mess up. ”

The night owl patted his chest and said, "Chief, you can see it, our training is even more difficult than this on weekdays." That's not a big deal for us! ”

Sure enough, the cavalry team was in good spirits. Jump over obstacle after obstacle neatly, without a single miss, and complete it all. After the cavalry team had all passed through the obstacle zone, the scene burst into thunderous applause and cheers.

Zhang Zhankui, commander of the 3rd Division of the newly formed cavalry, turned his head and said to his chief of staff: "Go back and let the children also step up their training, otherwise they won't even be able to compare with the recruits." ”

The chief of staff nodded again and again, and said: "However, there is a lot of damage to the harness, and the division seat has to take the time to meet the general seat. ”

Zhang Zhankui smiled and said, "It's still you kid who thinks thoughtfully." I'll go to the head office when the meeting is over. So many cavalry units. You can't all cheap cavalry brigades, so you have to treat them equally, right? ”

On the playground, the cavalry performance team began a new round of performances, and they removed all obstacles. Then switch to a straw man and a humanoid target. Straw men are placed on both sides of the passage. The humanoid target was placed 400 meters away.

The cavalrymen turned their horses. Rushing forward frantically, the saber was raised high as soon as it was unsheathed, and then slashed fiercely at the scarecrow. Poor scarecrow is simply vulnerable. It was split in half in an instant, which made people feel a chill in their necks. After all the straw men had been cut down, the cavalry had already rushed to the front of the position, and there were still more than two hundred meters away from the humanoid target in front.

The warriors put their sabers back, removed the 44 pistols from their horses and began to aim and fire. However, it was difficult to aim on the back of a bumpy horse, and only a few people could hit one shot in less than three shots. The fighters began to slow down their horses and then shoot at a standstill, and the effect was much better.

Seeing the humanoid targets being cleared one by one, everyone began to cheer. The officers of the various cavalry units who came to observe also applauded. To be honest, if they are asked to pick dozens of elites from the troops, they may not be able to accurately hit the humanoid target from a distance of 200 meters. The effective firing range of the vast majority of units of the national army is within 50 meters. This is also the reason why pistols and submachine guns were so popular in the civil war.

Liao Yaoxiang criticized: "This tactic has long been eliminated. Riding motionless on a horse like this is a live target. Before you can storm the enemy's position, you will already be swooped by machine guns. ”

Chief of Staff Zhou asked politely, "Then how does Director Liao think we should change our tactics?" ”

Liao Yaoxiang smiled and said, "In fact, no matter how you change it, it can't change the fact that the cavalry is outdated. Anything other than the move towards mechanization is a temporary respite. ”

When the cavalry officers heard this, they all turned their heads away. Although Liao Yaoxiang said the truth, it still made them feel very uncomfortable to say it like this. After all, these people have wasted their great youth on cavalry construction, and you are now outdated, who can stand it? But Liao Yaoxiang is such a temper, what do you say. Historically, he has made many friends and received a lot of appreciation because of this frank character, but he has also offended many people.

Chief of Staff Zhou was also sweating when he heard this, so he smiled and made a round, and finally made this sentence come through.

The night owl rode his black horse like a whirlwind, and reported: "The cavalry brigade report is finished, please instruct the commander!" As he spoke, he drew his saber and slashed forward, making a solemn cavalry salute.

Zheng Weiguo nodded and said approvingly: "Well, the performance just now was very good!" It's a game coming up, how long do you need to rest? ”

The night owl hurriedly said: "Report to the general seat, we don't need to rest." He also explained that they still have several teams like the one who reported on the performance just now. If you want to compete, you can draw other rows.

Everyone was very surprised when they heard this, after all, even two cavalry divisions of that level of cavalry just now were rare. Unexpectedly, there were several newly established cavalry brigades.

Zheng Weiguo said with satisfaction: "Okay, Zeng Yuliang and Zhou Chunlin are out of the ranks!" The two of them answered, and had already prepared their horses and harnesses. These two horses were brought from Xinjiang, and although they were not the legendary Altejin horses, they were also good horses, no worse than the night owl's Oriental horses.

The night owl suddenly stood up and said, "Sat down, wait!" ”

Zheng Weiguoqi said: "What else do you have to say?" ”

The night owl explained: "The general seat, the lowly position thinks that the direct competition will inevitably hurt the harmony, so it is better for the lowly duty to practice for a while. ”

Political Commissar Cheng was puzzled: "Didn't you all finish the performance just now?" What's the matter, you still have the trick of pressing the bottom of the box? ”

The night owl smiled and said, "It's not a unique job, but it was a joint training of the troops before, and the next performance is my personal skills." ”

Zheng Weiguo became interested, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll see it!" What do you two think? ”

Zeng Yuliang and Zhou Chunlin hurriedly said: "Just ask Brigade Commander Ye to show us riding skills first!" ”

The night owl jumped on horseback with ease and circled around the playground. Although the war horse kept spinning in circles, it ran smoothly and steadily. The night owl began to sit upright in the saddle, and suddenly he stood up on the horse's back with both hands on it. The crowd was taken aback and applauded.

Li Liangrong is a southerner, he has never seen this before, and he can't help but whisper: "This is too dangerous, right?" ”

Liao Yaoxiang smiled: "It's nothing! When you go abroad and see their freestyle riding, you will know that there are more dangerous moves in the road than here. ”

As he spoke, the night owl suddenly bent down and turned over on the horse's back. It used to be standing in front of it, but now it is sitting in the opposite direction. Before everyone could react, he jumped off the horse again, and after running three steps with the horse, he jumped up again to the exclamations of everyone.

This jump, as if he did not sit firmly, actually fell from the right side again, and finally got under the horse's belly. The crowd of onlookers, including the officers with great horsemanship, were stunned by the superb horsemanship. But this is not the most difficult, the night owl does not know how to get it, the black horse suddenly jumped wildly in the field, its back undulated, and it could not sit still.

At first, they were frightened by the black horse, and were about to go up to help subdue the big horse, but they saw the night owl playing on the horse again, jumping up and down, as if walking on the ground.

At this moment, even Liao Yaoxiang frowned, looked at it for a long time, and suddenly sighed. Li Liangrong's ears were sharp, and he hurriedly turned around and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Liao Yaoxiang said regretfully: "These movements are very difficult, and I can't do them." Seeing that Li Liangrong didn't know anything about cavalry, he explained: "Brigade Commander Ye's set of actions is a combination of Western fancy riding and traditional Chinese horsebacking. The riding skills and physical fitness of the rider are extremely demanding, and the slightest accident may fall or even be trampled by the horse. ”

Li Liangrong said with a smile: "So Brigade Commander Ye won this round in advance?" ”

Liao Yaoxiang nodded and said, "Well, I have also heard that the Cossack cavalry is powerful, but I really can't imagine that the equestrian skills are more powerful than Battalion Commander Ye." So I think this kind of movement is pretty much the limit of the human body. ”

Li Liangrong approvingly: "Well, it makes sense. After all, manpower is sometimes poor, and it is impossible to exert it indefinitely. ”

As he spoke, the night owl ended the show with an extremely thrilling move. Zheng Weiguo sighed secretly and said to Zeng Yuliang and the others: "Are you sure to win?" ”

Zeng Yuliang and Zhou Chunlin looked at each other and smiled, shook their heads and said, "Report to the general seat, Brigade Commander Ye's skills are rare even among the real Cossack cavalry, and naturally they are not comparable to the two of us. But ......"

He paused and said to the night owl very solemnly: "Brigade Commander Ye has a problem with his posture on horseback, and it must be corrected as soon as possible!" (To be continued......)