Section 12 Intentions

The troublesome things of the third battalion are not only these. Cavalry, for an infantry regiment like theirs, is a completely unfamiliar thing, if it weren't for Liu Taiping's knowledge of cavalry at the beginning, I'm afraid they wouldn't have been able to maintain the formation of cavalry battalions until now, you know, even if you look at the entire army, the real cavalry regiment is not too much.

As for the reason, it's simple! The first is that you can't afford it, and the second is that it has little effect.

It is easy to understand that you can't afford to raise this, war horses are not ordinary mules and horses, mules and horses are generally responsible for transportation, conditions do not allow, a few ploughs can also be replaced, this kind of horse basically has no requirements, and it is very simple to breed, basically these soldiers from ordinary people, when they were children, they all raised cattle for the landlord's family, and they will be a little. But the war horse is different, the characteristics of the cavalry is to come and go like the wind, that is, high-speed maneuvering, to ensure this, it is necessary to ensure the load-bearing capacity of the war horse, a war horse can hump an adult to run dozens of miles and then can also kill into the battlefield, such physical requirements are not small, so the horse's feed can not only be hay, but also need concentrate.

The problem of small effect is because with the improvement of firearms, with the increase of heavy fire weapons, the charge of the ancient cavalry basically lost its effect, in fact, with the advent of thermal weapons, the cavalry has gradually been eliminated from the battlefield, and replaced by war machines such as tanks and fighting vehicles.

At the beginning, no one would have thought that Stone would have the whim to establish a cavalry battalion, and over the past year or so, they have won a lot of battles, captured a lot, and the number of war horses is also increasing, and the problem is also coming, because their infantry regiment has no cavalry supplies at all, forage is one thing, and equipment is also another.

The weapons of the 302nd Regiment were more complicated, including Zhongzheng rifles and many captured Japanese weapons. The three commonly used pieces of national army equipment - steel helmets, formal bayonets, and broadswords, in the case that the weapons of the soldiers of the two armies are mainly non-automatic weapons, hand-to-hand combat takes place in almost every battle, so the use of bayonets and broadswords is very frequent, and the soldiers who can survive until now have good fighting ability, otherwise they will not be able to survive in a bloody battle.

But this is only for the infantry, the cavalry is more cavalry, in the national army is the German armor division, these cavalry units in addition to the basic equipment of the infantry, steel helmets, military blankets, water bottles, bullet bags, lunch boxes and gas masks are also a lot, more importantly, their weapons are riding rifles and sabers! The barrel of the cavalry rifle is shorter and lighter, which is very suitable for fighting on horseback, and the narrow blade of the saber is much more flexible than the heavy broadsword, and even the collar badge of these cavalry is different from that of the infantry, the background color of the infantry's collar badge is red, and the cavalry is yellow.

Therefore, the three battalions of the 302nd Regiment, although there are quite a few people and enough war horses, are all nondescript troops no matter how you look at it.

If it weren't for the fact that the stone insisted on seeing what he had seen and refused to let go, plus the surprise attack on Minshan and the charge at Lion Rock showed amazing power, I am afraid that they would really go crazy for the stone in the future.

During the time in De'an, because they had been fighting on the front line, the supply of grain and grass for each department was unified by the logistics of the corps, and basically all kinds of materials were transferred according to the existing troops, so although it was strange that an infantry regiment like them actually had a lot of cavalry, the supplies were still sent in a steady stream, which was enough to ensure their needs. But after withdrawing to the Changsha area, trouble came, and the supplies of each department were transferred from the military headquarters to the division headquarters and then to the brigade headquarters, and they were sent down layer by layer, and when they arrived at the 302nd regiment, they were dumbfounded. Because the supplies received by the military department are according to the military establishment, that is to say, they are infantry corps, and they naturally receive grain and grass according to the establishment of the infantry corps, except for the reconnaissance battalion companies of each department and the war horses of the commanders, there are only baggage companies and losing troops, and their kind of troops, there are not many horses, and hay is really limited, and as a result, in the hands of the 302nd regiment, how can a thousand war horses guard that little bit of forage to eat?

Shi had already reported this matter to the brigade headquarters before, in this regard, Brigade Commander Zhou did not have any embarrassment, and reacted truthfully, when reporting to the division headquarters, Wang Yaowu also took special care of it, but a 74th Army would never apply for a battalion for you when receiving these things, right? At most, they can only do internal adjustment, and give them 302 regiments of excess forage, and the result is naturally beyond their means.

The more Liu Wenfeng spoke, the more helpless he became, and finally he began to count his fingers and stones to calculate how much these war horses had to eat in a day, looking at his excited look, listening to his strings of familiar numbers, the stones couldn't help frowning, it seems that Liu Wenfeng was really annoyed by Old Man Zhou during this time.

For these numbers, the stone has no idea, and when Liu Wenfeng paused slightly, he looked around and saw that there was no one else, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Crazy, didn't we intercept a lot of goods when we were in Minshan?" ”

Liu Wenfeng sighed and said: "That is, there are still those things to support, otherwise how can it survive until now?" But on the way from De'an, such a large cart and a cart of things have already attracted the attention of others, and when other troops withdrew from De'an, they were all empty, only we not only filled the baggage company and the transport company, but even sent a supplementary battalion to help, and the fool could see that there was a problem, but because of our merits on Zhanggu Mountain, we all turned a blind eye. In fact, Shangfeng must also know that we have intercepted a lot of goods, but this kind of thing has happened before, and there will definitely be in the future, and the brothers have fought desperately to win the battle, and it is normal to keep some goods, but to say that, if someone turns it up, I'm afraid it will also be a thing. ”

Shi Shi couldn't help nodding, thinking in his heart: "Maybe someone has already stabbed the master seat in this matter, but now he still has a little role in the eyes of the 'master seat', and there shouldn't be any problems because of this matter, besides, when he was withdrawn from De'an, it was too fast, and people didn't have time to prepare at all, so they could only use the canvas to cover it and then pull it on." ”

Thinking of this, Shi couldn't help asking, "Madman, how many things are in this batch?" ”

Liu Wenfeng blurted out without thinking about it: "It's okay to say anything else, dozens of light and heavy machine guns are not very useful, and the consumption of bullets on Zhang Gushan is not large, but the consumption of horse material is very fast, at this rate, within three months, those war horses will run out of food." Seeing that the stone seemed to be a little indifferent, Liu Wenfeng was anxious, and couldn't help but say loudly: "Three months, only three months, if you don't want to find a way, then let's wait to eat horse meat!" A thousand horses, three people can get one head, stones, and then our regiment will not have to worry about running out of meat for several months, but your cavalry battalion will also be finished. ”

"Three months" Shi Shi thought for a while, and then waved his hand indifferently and said: "Three months is enough, we have been resting for such a long time, it is estimated that there will be a battle soon, as long as we go to the battlefield, are you afraid that the peak will not pull out the forage for us?" ”

"It's difficult, the direction of the devil's attack is not on our side, after taking Wuhan, the devil is stabilizing the front line of the Yangtze River to ensure the smooth flow of the waterway, the Nanxun line, I haven't heard of any movement, maybe the devil was almost wrapped up by us in a division in Wanjialing, and they have been scared of their courage, and they dare to show their heads in front of us again? And stone, don't forget, our 74th Army has now broken away from the First Corps of the Ninth War Zone, and even if the battle on the Nanxun Line is to be fought, it is Commander Xue and the Ninth Army, the Twentieth Army and the Twenty-ninth Army, and it has nothing to do with us. ”

Shi said with a smile: "It's hard to say, we are now a reserve force directly under the military commissar, and the weapons, ammunition, troops, and logistics are the first to be supplied, and a division has been added to it. ”

Liu Wenfeng's face was ugly, and he couldn't help whispering: "Stone, when it comes to fighting, we have to be careful, Li Tianxia is now the deputy division commander and has the right to command the battlefield, we have such a big tie with him, don't let him be yin, you know, it's not strange what happens on the battlefield, when the time comes, if we lose the battle, maybe we will be punished." Lao Tzu is not afraid of death, but if he is killed like this, he can't even close his eyes. ”

Shi couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, although he knew that the division would definitely protect him now, but the madman was right, on the battlefield, anything could happen, and he really couldn't be careless, this was leading troops to fight, and a little mistake could lead to the annihilation of the whole army, and there were three thousand brothers under his command.

"Also, I think you should marry your sister-in-law as soon as possible, in this way, it will also make Li Tianxia die, not afraid of thieves stealing, afraid of thieves, if you marry your sister-in-law, no matter how bold he Li Tianxia is, he will not dare to openly do something to an officer's wife, unless he wants to die." Liu Wenfeng thought about it, and then brought up again what Gao Da Sledgehammer had said.

Shi smiled helplessly, in the past month, his sister-in-law seems to be humble and takes good care of him, but when Shi thinks of what Gao Da Hammer said to marry his sister-in-law, he is a little uncomfortable, in his mind, he always can't help but think of the conversation and laughter of Camp Commander Zheng, and think of the situation when he once took himself to hide in the trench and smoke, sister-in-law is Brother Zheng's woman, I want to marry Brother Zheng's woman?

Thinking about it, Shi couldn't help but resolutely shook his head and said, "Let's talk about this matter later." ”