Li Ming was also very excited, he said excitedly: "The Caspian Sea region is the "crossroads" of the Eurasian continent, one of the hubs connecting Russia with Central Asia and the Middle East, and it has always been very important to Russia's strategic position. Historically, it has been a "strategic location" that Russia has fiercely competed for with Turkey and Iran.

As long as we control the Caspian Sea, it is equivalent to knocking on the door of West Asia, which is known as "the land of two oceans, three continents and five seas", located at the junction of Asia, Africa and Europe, between the Arabian Sea, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean, the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, connecting Europe, Asia, Africa, the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.

Historically, there have been frequent exchanges between Eastern and Western cultures here, and various ethnic groups have gathered here to compete for precious freshwater resources and oil resources, and there have been constant wars for many years. Even in the modern world, the Middle East is a powder keg that cannot be stopped. We occupy the Caspian Sea in the Far East, penetrate into West Asia in the west, ravage the Eastern European Plain in the north, and connect with the Indian subcontinent in the south. ”

The more they chatted, the happier they became, and they came all the way to the training base of the Northwest Field Army on the banks of the Yellow River. I saw that a military camp was built along the coast here, stretching for more than ten miles.

Barracks are full of training scenes, and countless recruits are undergoing three-month basic training here. After several months of winter training, these recruits have a certain foundation, but what awaits them is still hellish torment.

As the commander of the field group army, Song Tao briefed everyone on the training of recruits in various units of the group army and led them to visit one camp after another.

"The soldiers of the two cavalry divisions are not bad, most of them are border troops and military households from Ningxia Town, as well as Han slaves and serfs from the Mongolian tribes on the grassland, and some are homeless people from the Shanxi region. The quality is relatively good. After several months of winter training, we are now in a state of rapid progress, and everyone's enthusiasm for training is also very high. ”

Li Ming listened to Song Tao's words, nodded with satisfaction, and said: "This is our own cavalry division, which is very important to the Northwest Field Army. But our own cavalry must also build up its own cavalry units.

In the future, the two newly built cavalry divisions of the cavalry assault group army will strive to be formed next year, so that our Northwest Field Army will have four main cavalry divisions formed by Han soldiers. Combined with the mounted infantry units of the field army, the combat effectiveness of the Northwest Field Army was enough to control the vast northern steppe. ”

Ma Qing nodded and said: "Our strength in the Far East is strong now, and we can suppress a large number of Mongolian cavalry on the grassland, but in the future, who knows if these Mongolians can be raised." ”

Hao Changfeng next to him sneered: "Don't have any illusions, the Mongols have not had the word loyalty for thousands of years." They only believe in strength, as long as we are strong, they will always be our Cossacks, once the Central Plains is in chaos, the Mongolian steppe will be in chaos. For them, betrayal is just their eternal way of being. ”

Li Ming smiled and said, "The idea of our Far East Company is to disperse them as much as possible and move some of the Mongols westward. In the future, they will gradually migrate to the Kazakh steppe, the East European Plain and the Ukrainian regions. The other part is sent to overseas territories such as Australia and New Zealand, where they can graze cattle for our Far East company. ”

Ma Qing shook his head and said, "I don't think there's a problem. With the strong political and work capabilities of our Far East, and the fact that the Far East has the basic education of their next generation, there may be no Mongols in less than three generations. ”

"At present, I think that the indigenous people of the Outer Northeast are still relatively reliable, and it is said that every time the company mobilizes, the enthusiasm of the indigenous people of the Outer Northeast is very high in the villages in the mountains of the Outer Northeast. I estimate that after a generation, they will be able to be completely naturalized. Truly be part of our Far East. Wang Yaowu Xiaoxia said.

Song Tao smiled bitterly, and then said: "Paralyzed, now it seems that the most loyal to our Far East are probably those little Japan." These guys have also identified us in the Far East, and this generation has already regarded us as their home. ”

Everyone listened to him. They all burst out laughing.

A few days later, Li Ming, political commissar Ma Qing, and the commander of the reserve group army, Hao Changfeng, rode their horses to the northern grasslands. Inspect the grassroots herdsmen's detachments, as well as the reserve cavalry brigades.

At present, the various herdsmen's detachments on the grassland have adapted to the current life, and the squadrons at the grassroots level have adopted the collective contract system, are responsible for their own profits and losses, and hand over a certain number of cattle, sheep and horses to the company every year, and have their own pastures for grazing. In recent years, the company has trained a large number of veterinarians and grassroots agricultural and animal husbandry technicians, and has been equipped with various herdsman detachments and brigades to serve the majority of herdsmen.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of the company vigorously promotes scientific animal husbandry and pasture planting technology in various pastoral areas in the Far East, and the grassroots herdsmen in various pastoral areas have benefited from it in recent years, and the slaughter rate of cattle and sheep has been greatly improved.

Li Ming, Ma Qing and more than a dozen other people rode war horses all the way to a grassroots herdsman detachment in the north of Hetao. The detachment commander, political commissar, and the head of the local reserve militia brigade, who had been waiting here for a long time, saw Li Ming and their arrival, and immediately rode up to meet them.

They came to the detachment headquarters together, which was actually a relatively large yurt. Several young Mongolian girls served milk tea, milk skin, milk tea, milk lumps, and white naan to everyone, and Li Ming and the others sat on thick felt, listening to the reports of several detachment cadres and reserve militia brigade commanders.

Then, under the leadership of local cadres, Li Ming and his entourage went to several ordinary herdsmen's homes as guests. Li Ming and the others deliberately learned a lot of Mongolian tribal etiquette before they came, and every time they went to the house, they would follow the local customs, and said some auspicious words to wish him a safe family and prosperous livestock.

The herders were also very welcoming, and the whole family stood in front of their yurts in full costume to greet the distinguished guests, and they took out their treasures to entertain everyone.

It is usually done by killing a lamb and then boiling the whole lamb in water to make a hand-made lamb and serving it on a large steaming tray. On the top of the tray, a sheep's head was placed, Li Ming took a dagger given by the master, and under the guidance of the local detachment cadres, according to etiquette, cut off an ear, cut off a piece of meat, and ate it together, and then I turned the tip of the knife to myself, the handle of the knife outward, handed the knife back to the master, and the master cut the meat with his hands.

Everyone drank milk tea, ate hand-held mutton, and enjoyed the host's hospitality. After drinking the milk tea, the host began to toast Li Ming and them, and after a round of wine, the whole family, men, women and children, stood in a row, singing songs and toasting again, until Li Ming and they drank all the wine in the cup. (To be continued.) )

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