7.39 Confrontation on the Tip of the Knife (1)

"Boom ......"

The rapid movement of hundreds of war horses can be heard from a distance of a mile or two! The sound was like thunder! It was like something was beating a drum on the ground!

"Drive! Drive! ......”

On horseback, Ryozo Ono Nakasa's body was lying very low, his hands firmly holding the reins of the war horse, and the scenery on both sides was rapidly reversing in his eyes! In the more than 20 miles from the former oil mill to Xilou Village, the 17th Cavalry Brigade ran in less than 40 minutes! Such a speed is something that the infantry cannot achieve in any case!

Large units of cavalry can walk 40 to 60 kilometers a day, and small units can walk about 80 kilometers. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info can run twice as much when running at full speed! And the standard of marching for infantry units is 24 kilometers a day, and the whole rapid march is only 40 kilometers!

Survive and fight like the wind on horseback! This is the pride and tradition of cavalry!!

Could it be that in the eyes of the generals of the military department, the noble cavalrymen who are heroic on their horses and wield sabers are inferior to those armored soldiers with their faces full of engine oil?

In 1871, the three feudal domains of Satsuma (Kumamoto), Choshu (Yamaguchi), and Tosa (Kochi) contributed a total of 6,000 troops to the new government after the Meiji Restoration. Among them, the Tosa clan provided about 2 squads of Western cavalry. This small French cavalry is the prototype of the old Imperial Japanese Army cavalry!

The birth of this French cavalry can be traced back to 1867. In 1867, Oguri Uenosuke, the shogunate's army commissioner, proposed the modernization of the shogunate's army. A military advisory group was specially invited from France to train the cavalry and artillery armies, and all military lectures were made in French.

Less than a year after the military training, the Meiji Restoration began. In 1872, the cavalry of the Imperial Soldiers was reorganized into the Guards Cavalry. Of the six army towns established in 1873, only Tokyo was the only one with cavalry. In 1888, the Japanese Army's Zhentai was reorganized into a division, and Japan had seven divisions, including the Konoe Division and the other 1st to 6th Divisions. And only the 1st Division and the Guards Division still had cavalry.

When the Meiji army was established, the reason why the construction of cavalry was relatively slow compared to other arms was mainly because of the weakness of Japanese horses and the low production volume.

At the same time, the cavalry construction of Western countries was far ahead of Japan, and they not only had cavalry divisions called "fast corps", but also the existence of larger cavalry corps! The cavalry, which is mainly responsible for the task of search and vigilance, is called strategic cavalry by Western countries.

It was not until after the First Sino-Japanese War that Japan set up two new cavalry brigades in order to fight against Tsarist Russia, which had a strong army. Prince Zaihito of Kanin Miyakihito and Yoshiko Akiyama served as the brigade commanders of the two cavalry brigades, respectively. Japan has never established a cavalry division as a strong national strength, and the two cavalry brigades plus the cavalry wing under the division are all the belongings of the Japanese army cavalry.

At the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese cavalry had a total of 54 squadrons. The Russian army, on the other hand, had 1,085 squadrons of cavalry, and at the end of the Russo-Japanese War, 222 squadrons of Russian cavalry were sent to Manchuria. In terms of quantity, the Russian cavalry is 4 times that of the Japanese cavalry, but the Japanese army's clever use of cavalry tactics has made the Japanese cavalry write a brilliant stroke in military history!

Prince Zaihito of Kanin Miyajito and Yoshiko Akiyama both graduated from the French Cavalry School. It is very good at using light cavalry to break through friendships and attack in a roundabout way. Prince Zaihito of the palace was the first to advocate the deployment of light machine guns in the cavalry units, and Akiyama Yoshiko broke 100,000 with 8,000 in the Battle of Heitaigou, killing the corpses of the Russian Cossack cavalry, known as the world's first, all over the field.

In order to guard against a Russian counterattack, Japan added some army divisions after the Russo-Japanese War. The number of cavalry wings under the division reached 21, and two additional cavalry brigades were added, bringing the total strength of the Japanese cavalry to 95 squadrons. It was also the heyday of the Japanese cavalry.

After the First World War, the advent of machine guns and combat vehicles made the battlefield usefulness of the cavalry generally doubted, and the Japanese military headquarters, influenced by the Western world, planned to reorganize the cavalry wings attached to army divisions into search wings equipped with cars and armored vehicles. The cavalry brigades were reorganized into armored brigades, which eventually became new tank units.

This reform caused a strong resistance from the Japanese cavalry! Major General Tokuzaburo Yoshihashi of the Cavalry Section chose to commit suicide in protest!

In order to appease the feelings of the cavalry, the emperor intervened in the reform of the military department, so the cavalry fighting on horseback was completely abolished, and this was not strictly enforced, but the number of machine guns carried by the cavalry units was increased, and a new method of cavalry combat infantry was adopted, and later the Rope Wing was created.

At present, the Japanese cavalry on the Chinese battlefield is subordinate to the cavalry wing of the division and regiment, and there is not much ability to act alone at all. The main tasks of these wings have also become rapid assault, search, reconnaissance and post-war policing.

The cavalry has been completely reduced to a supporting role in this war! The sharp decline in the status of the cavalry was painful for "traditionalist officers" like Ryozo Ono!

In order to adapt to the changing situation of the war, the cavalry has made great efforts! But why can't those generals in the military department see it?

It's definitely a conspiracy! A conspiracy against the cavalry!

Finally, the rash action of the 116th Wing gave Ono Ryozo Nakasa a chance to correct the name of the cavalry!

Who said that cavalry is outdated? Ryozo Ono is going to prove the value of cavalry to the generals of the military headquarters in this battle!

Cavalry has been in the Japanese Army for more than 100 years, and the noble horse knight has become a symbol of the Japanese Army! At the Emperor's military parade, the cavalry is always at the forefront!

No matter how the war changes, the cavalry with high-speed mobility is still a sharp sword on the battlefield! As a fixed battle group, the main task of the cavalry should be to use strong mobility to unexpectedly disrupt and break through the enemy's formation and meet the opponent's cavalry troops! And not for the infantry!

Ryozo Ono Nakasa can't accept anyone's insult to the cavalry!

Let the elite 25th Army of the Shina Army tremble under the swords of the Japanese cavalry!

Not far from Xilou Village is Xintaizi, where there should be an army guarding it, right? The performance of the 17th Cavalry Brigade is about to begin!

Ryosansankasa's eyes were full of anger......

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"Quick! Fast! The back ones keep up! Hold on to your reins! Watch out for your saddles and pedals! Check the weapon! ”

On the other side of the new platform, the cavalry battalion of the 99th Army is also coming at full speed!

Chu Xiongfei, the commander of the cavalry battalion, is a native of the Northeast, and his skills are excellent! Before joining the 99th Division, Chu Xiongfei had been staying in the Northeast Army. When Zhang Zuolin was still a marshal, Chu Xiongfei did the position of cavalry commander, and later the Northeast Army retreated to Guannei with Zhang Shaoshuai, and the establishment of the troops was repeatedly compressed by the Military Commission, and Chu Xiongfei's official position was also affected, he first changed from regiment commander to battalion commander, and then from battalion commander to company commander.

In the Republic of China, cavalry is a noble type of troops, and warlords who do not have considerable strength cannot afford to raise large-scale cavalry. After the Xi'an Incident, Zhang Shaoshuai was detained in Nanjing, and the Northeast Army was even more declining, and internal strife continued. Chu Xiongfei couldn't stand the cannibalism of the Northeast Army, so he became a deserter and ran to Changshu to join Huang Haoran's 99th Division, and after that, Chu Xiongfei followed Huang Haoran's troops to Songhu and Nanjing, and now, he has reached the 5th theater.

It is gold that shines wherever it goes, Chu Xiongfei's original position was the company commander of the reconnaissance cavalry company of the 99th Division, and he has repeatedly made combat exploits and won Shen Yuanlong's appreciation. Later, the 99th Army formed a cavalry battalion, and Shen Lao Er immediately thought of Chu Xiongfei.

Less than half a year after defecting to Huang Haoran's troops, Chu Xiongfei became the commander of the cavalry battalion again, and Chu Xiongfei believed that with the continuous growth of the 25th Group Army, he would definitely be able to become the regiment commander again!

The premise is that after today's battle, he Chu Xiongfei is still alive!

The cavalry of the old Northeast Army was all trained by Japanese instructors, and Chu Xiongfei naturally knew the tactics of the Japanese cavalry very well. There are only forty or fifty officers and soldiers in the cavalry battalion of the 99th Army who have really had actual combat experience, and most of these people are the old units of the Northeast Army and or the Northwest Army, and some of them are horse bandits who have been horses! As for the rest of the cavalry, they were all novices.

On the other hand, the opponent of the cavalry battalion, the 17th Cavalry Brigade, the opponent is a group of real cavalry! All officers are soldiers and are rigorously studied and trained!

Everyone in the Japanese cavalry has learned the internal structure of the horse's body, diseases, how to raise it, how to train it, and how to use the stables and harnesses, and these courses will enable them to better understand and control their horses!

As for the method of combat, the 17th Cavalry Brigade has inherited the actual combat wealth of the Japanese cavalry for more than 100 years! Except for the "Cavalry Drill Codex". The Japanese also have special textbooks such as "Cavalry Shooting Lessons", "Cavalry Demolition Lessons", and "Cavalry Communication Lessons".

And what about the cavalry battalion of the 99th Army? There is only Chu Xiongfei, a two-knife instructor trained by the Japanese!

Chu Xiongfei still remembers the scene when he gave these recruits equestrian training for the first time. Except for a few recruits who have experience with horses, most of the recruits are new to horses. There are even recruits who use the Mongolian war horses bought by the 99th Army at a high price as donkeys!

In order for these recruits who have never even seen a horse to quickly become qualified cavalrymen, Chu Xiongfei can only conduct hellish training! Many of the recruits had their buttocks grazed out from the saddle and couldn't even squat down when it was convenient in the hut.

There are 5 types of horseback speeds: regular walking, rapid walking, running, fast running, and striking. The speeds are: 100 meters, 220 meters, 320 meters, 420 meters a minute, and the faster step is to run at full speed of the horse. During the first assault training of the 99th Army Cavalry Battalion, two recruits fell off their horses, and one of them became disabled!

What moved Chu Xiongfei was that none of these recruits under his command flinched in the face of difficulties and dangers, and the soldiers of the 99th Army Cavalry Battalion may not be considered qualified cavalrymen, but they are all brave men!

Chu Xiongfei is going to take these hot-blooded men to challenge the experienced Japanese cavalry today!

The commander said it! When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins!

War horses galloping! Momentum like a rainbow! (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )