The Boer officers and men of the Transvaal had never seen such a formation.

Prior to this, the Transvaal's troops organized training, and in order to adapt to the "line up to shoot" tactic, most of the time focused on the formation of the queue, and even shooting and fighting were rarely trained, not to mention the long-distance training that the northern Rhodesian division had to come to every three or five days.

Now the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division has just been established, so the long-distance training is only 10 kilometers.

After a while, when the officers and men get used to this intensity, the distance of the training will be gradually extended, 20 kilometers is just starting, 35 kilometers is drizzle, and 50 kilometers is normal.

During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the 38th Army ran 70 kilometers in a day and night, and after arriving at the position, it had to fight, which was the ultimate form of long-distance training.

The new Boers were organized into G Company, and the two commanders of the company were both British, one named William and the other named Rose, and they probably didn't know what they were about to face, so they were in a good mood at this time.

Once officially recruited, then G Company will also have to be trained, William and Rose, as the company commanders, must train with the troops, which is not in line with the tradition of the British army, but if they don't train with the company, Roque will return the people to Ade, and let them watch it when the time comes.

It is estimated that G Company will be miserable in the future, and for a long time, it is estimated that they will have to serve other people while eating, and clean the toilet after eating.

Now William and Ross have not yet realized this, after reporting to Suo Chao, G Company got a day off, and when he walked out of Suo Chao's office, William was still in a very good mood: "The new First Cavalry Division is a very good start!" ”

"Don't be so optimistic for now, think about the troops formed by those yellow people just now, do you think our company can defeat them?" Rose's face was a little ugly, and the scene at the camp gate just now still gave Rose a great shock.

What struck Ross was the fierceness of the Chinese soldiers.

If it's just military discipline, then Ross wouldn't be much surprised, many troops in this era are very well disciplined, including William and Ross's previous unit, and the discipline of the soldiers is also very good, otherwise they can't still stand in line with the rain of bullets.

To Rose's surprise, the Chinese soldiers had a strong personality while being in a neat formation, while other units of this era did not emphasize individuality, and even loudly noise was strictly forbidden when the troops moved, and the emphasis was on silent marching.

The Chinese soldiers of the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division were certainly not like this, they had just provoked each other when they went out, and the officers did not enter or restrain them, but were a little conniving, which was not the same as Ross's previous understanding of the army.

"Company G doesn't need to defeat them, Company G only needs to defeat Company F." William was triumphant, although the Boers estimated that they could not do anything to the Chinese, but William still had a very psychological advantage in front of the Africans.

Ross no longer talks nonsense, F Company is a completely African-composed force, just now when entering the camp, the officers and soldiers of F Company are on duty at the gate of the camp, in Ross's opinion, F Company is a standard auxiliary force, and when the war breaks out, the status is estimated to be not much higher than that of the people.

William can think like this, and he can be regarded as idealistic.

Because the formal camp has not yet been built, the new 1st Cavalry Division uses a temporary camp, the barracks are similar to warehouses, and the beds are all simple wooden beds.

In the barracks, the logistics officers and men of the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division were distributing equipment to the officers and men of G Company, and each soldier could receive a new set of bedding, two sets of brand new military uniforms, steel helmets, leather shoes, backpacks, and so on.

"I've been to H Company to see it, and their individual equipment is the same as ours." An ensign leaned over to Ross and whispered.

"Don't be careful, Lord Nyasaland is not so stingy yet, and now we have to worry about the fact that if we are still inferior to other companies under the same conditions, then what does this mean?" Ross frowned, he hoped that H Company would be discriminated against, so that he would have a reason to fail.

"You think we can't even win against Africans?" William didn't know what kind of opponent they were up against.

Company H of the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division now has a total of 80 people, and it is only a company that is not in the same number.

But because you are not satisfied with the editor, you look down on these Africans.

The main force of H Company is the detective team of the Johannesburg Police Department, all of whom are good men selected by Yaya from the detective team, and the rest have also participated in the previous Boer War, as well as the war between the Yao and the Portuguese, and even participated in the conflict between Nyasaland and the Congo Free State.

Yaya did not come to the new 1st Cavalry Division as she had hoped, and remained at the Johannesburg Police Station.

The company commander of Company H was Captain Geng Biao, who was knighted after the counterinsurgency.

Geng Biao was not satisfied with this arrangement, so these days, Geng Biao has been training H Company to the death, resulting in several people in H Company being injured in training.

Geng Biao was also confined because of this, and he was reflecting in the small dark room.

When Geng Biao is released, it is estimated that there is a high probability that it will become even worse, and when the time comes, not to mention G Company, the company composed of other Chinese soldiers will also be seriously challenged.

"William, it's not that I'm discouraged, in the Zulu rebellion some time ago, we really didn't even win the Zulu." Ross is under a lot of pressure and has a vague sense that the future is not good.

"It was just an accident!" William was not convinced, and by the time the Transvaal garrison arrived in Natal, the rebels had been driven back to Basutoland by the Northern Rhodesian Division, and William's troops had not participated in the battle at all.

"Stand upright!" The officer on duty finally spotted William and Rose, and with a command, all the soldiers lined up on both sides of the central passage.

These soldiers were actually carefully selected by Hopkins, and their basic qualities were still very good.

Seeing this scene, even Rose, who had been worried, finally relaxed the expression on his face.

"Take a break, you have all seen it just now, the enthusiasm shown by other companies in training, so next you will usher in a hellish journey, enjoy the current ease, from tomorrow, our G company will also enter the training state, my request is to defeat all the other companies of the new 1st Cavalry Division, if anyone can't do this, then it's best to stand up now, otherwise once you recognize this standard, you have no way back!" William can be a company commander, and the level must still be there.

At this point, no one had come forward, so William expressed satisfaction with the morale of the troops, threw down a "good", and returned to their dormitory with Rose.

Although the new 1st Cavalry Division is not special, the basic treatment of officers is still there, and the single dormitory can be guaranteed, and it is still the kind of suite that Roque lived in when he was in the Cape Town Police Department.

The furniture in the suite was new, and the room was clean, but William still called a soldier from the "warehouse" to come and clean it again, which was also William's prerogative as a company commander.

While the soldiers were cleaning the room, William dragged a chair and sat down in the hallway to look through the regulations of the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division.

The regulations are still very detailed, basically a copy of the Northern Division of Rhodesia, and William saw it for the first time, so he couldn't help frowning when he looked at it.

"Isn't it a little confusing?" Rose brought William a cup of coffee and placed it on the windowsill beside William.

"It's a little—" William finally couldn't laugh at all.

From the perspective of 1903, the rules of the new 1st Cavalry Division were strict to the point of being almost harsh.

For example, the most basic formation queue, the new First Cavalry Division has no relevant regulations in this regard, but don't think that this is not important, this is because in Luo Ke's view, the training in the formation queue should be completed in the recruit company, and after entering the new First Cavalry Division, there is no need to conduct training in this area, and it is not necessary to participate in the military parade.

The new First Cavalry Division attaches importance to the basic tactical qualities of individuals, such as shooting, the requirements of the British troops in this regard are not strict, and it is true that the queue shooting does not require how accurate archery skills, but the new First Cavalry Division is different, in the new First Cavalry Division, the results of accurate shooters are not to mention, even the most ordinary privates, the shooting results must reach good or above.

The standard of the new 1st Cavalry Division is 100 meters of chest target, 10 bullets, 60 rings or more is passed, 70 to 90 is good, and 90 or more is excellent.

The embarrassing thing is that William and Rose don't know what a chest target is, nor do they know what the "ring" means, shooting in this period is not taken seriously, and the Olympic Games in St. Louis, USA, next year, even canceled the shooting competition event, William and Rose their previous units have not trained similar events, so they are confused.

If you don't understand, you have to ask, so William and Rose went to the shooting range in the camp and saw the chest target with their own eyes, so they understood what a "ring" is, and experienced it for themselves.

The results are a bit miserable.

William, as a captain, scored only 15 rings, and Rose's score was slightly better, but he did not reach the passing level, only 50 rings.

Both of them were a little speechless when they looked at their report cards.

"It looks like we're going to train with the troops." William suddenly realized the problem.

"Yes—" Rose was speechless, the standard was too harsh in Rose's opinion.

"Soldier, come here, you come and see." William still had a way, and raised his hand to call the non-commissioned officer on duty at the shooting range.

The non-commissioned officer on duty was expressionless, and did not care about William's title, and after ten shots, William and Rose were even more speechless.

85！

Properly good.

The point is, the non-commissioned officer on duty is still African.

This is a big problem.