Chapter 24 Cavalry Company Commander
Yang Village, the headquarters of the independent regiment.
The relationship between Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang has improved significantly.
The two talked about work as they walked towards the training ground at the entrance of the village.
Li Yunlong said, "Political Commissar Zhao, this is what I think. The more than 60 soldiers who were eliminated during the last selection of the Wolf Warriors will not have to return to their original units."
Zhao Gang's mind suddenly moved and he asked, "Are you planning to use them to form a cavalry company?"
"Yes." Li Yunlong said, "They want to join the Wolf Warriors, which is a little lacking, but they all have a foundation in martial arts, so their skills are pretty good."
“That’s true.”
Zhao Gang agreed: "Their skills are better than ordinary soldiers."
After a pause, he continued, "But there are only more than 60 soldiers. Isn't that enough?"
The brigade commander left 120 horses for the independent regiment, just enough to form a cavalry company.
"Don't we still have half of the guard company?" Li Yunlong said, "In the last encounter , the Second Battalion suffered the most losses, and the guard company also suffered heavy casualties. Only half of the company is left, and morale has been severely weakened."
"We could tell from the last fight between the guard company, Xiao Wang and the monk that by the end they had lost all their spirit."
"At that time, Xiao Wang was already at the end of his strength. The guards could have taken him down with just a grit of teeth, but at this critical moment, they backed down."
“That’s because there’s a morale problem.”
Li Yunlong was spitting all over the place, and added: "What a fucking coward."
"Captain, I was just about to tell you this. This matter cannot be let go. It must be dealt with seriously."
Zhao Gang said, "Xiao Wang teamed up with Monk Wei to fight with the guards. This has a very bad impact! If this gets out, it will seriously affect the reputation of our independent regiment and its image in the eyes of the people."
"Don't talk nonsense." Li Yunlong sneered, "What impact can it have?"
Speaking of this meal, he added: "Even if there is an impact, it is a positive impact."
"Political Commissar Zhao, didn't you notice? Ever since the fight,"
"The mental outlook of the guard company officers and soldiers has changed a lot. Before, they were listless and couldn't muster up the energy to do anything, but after the fight, hey, they're all fired up."
"Last time during the Wolf Warrior selection, you actually dared to kick me."
Zhao Gang was upset after hearing this. They didn't even deal with the open fight in the regiment? Moreover, they broke the horse trough in the landlord Zhang's house, which was a serious violation of discipline.
From his perspective as a political commissar, this was something unimaginable.
However, after experiencing the previous conflicts, Zhao Gang had a new understanding of Li Yunlong's behavioral logic.
Li Yunlong's behavioral logic seems absurd and sometimes conflicts with the discipline of the Eighth Route Army, but in combat and training, it often has unexpected results.
So Zhao Gang did not refute it immediately.
Li Yunlong added: "The spirit of the guard company has changed a little, but in order to inspire their bloodiness and make them know shame and then be brave, we still need to give them a strong dose of medicine."
Zhao Gang asked, "So you want to disband the guard company?"
"Yes, disband." Li Yunlong nodded and said in a deep voice, "All members will be incorporated into the cavalry company. The former company commander will become a platoon leader, the platoon leader will become a squad leader, and the squad leader will become a soldier."
Zhao Gang said: "But I'm worried that the officers and soldiers of the guard company will have objections."
"If you have any objections, just bear with it." Li Yunlong said, "Who made them lose the battle? They should be punished for losing the battle. Didn't Lao Kong get demoted from regiment commander to deputy regiment commander? Didn't the Second Battalion also get reduced in size?"
As the two were talking, bursts of cheers suddenly came from the front.
When I looked up quickly, I saw a lot of people gathered on both sides of the training ground in front. They all looked excited and cheered from time to time.
"Captain, nothing will happen, right?"
Zhao Gang was a little worried, as his mind was always tense.
Is this another group fight? The last time Wang Ye and Wei Dayong had a group fight with the guard company, it was at the regiment headquarters and no one saw it. But this time, it happened in front of the villagers of Yang Village.
If this really turns into a group fight, the impact will be terrible.
"Haha, it's okay, the brothers are training." Li Yunlong looked disapproving.
Li Yunlong had not been in the independent regiment for long and did not know the officers and soldiers of the independent regiment very well, but he knew Kong Jie. Kong Jie was a fool when he got angry, but most of the time he was a good boy. The troops he led would never do anything out of line.
So Li Yunlong was not worried at all.
Zhao Gang was still a little worried, so he asked, "Shall we go over and take a look?"
Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang hurried to the training ground and looked closely, seeing a muscular veteran of the Eighth Route Army performing equestrian sprints on the training ground.
Amid the sound of hurried horse hooves, an old Eighth Route Army soldier came galloping from the opposite side riding a yellow puma.
When he was ten meters away from the straw man used by the recruits to practice assassination, the veteran soldier of the Eighth Route Army drew out a sharp saber from his waist with a clang, and then slashed down diagonally with a flash of cold light.
There was a sound of sand, and the straw man broke in the middle at the waist.
Zhao Gang was shocked when he saw this. In order to save training equipment, the scarecrows used by the recruits to practice assassination were made very sturdily, and there was also a piece of elm wood as thick as a bowl in the middle as a supporting frame.
But the Eighth Route Army veteran's knife just now even cut through the elm wooden frame in the middle of the scarecrow, and it looked like he just did it lightly and effortlessly, which was amazing!
But the more exciting things are yet to come.
The old Eighth Route Army soldier then performed various chopping and stabbing movements, sometimes hiding in the stirrups, sometimes leaning back on the horse's back, and sometimes standing up on the horse's back. Wherever the men and horses passed, the scarecrows on the training ground fell to the ground one after another, and all of them were cut off with the elm wooden skeletons in the middle of the straw men.
Seeing this wonderful scene, the onlookers cheered loudly.
As the distance got closer, Li Yunlong finally saw the face of this Eighth Route Army veteran clearly.
Li Yunlong laughed and said, "Hahaha, just when we were talking about cavalry, our cavalry company commander is here!"
Zhao Gang's heart moved, and he asked Li Yunlong: "Captain, are you saying that he is Captain Sun Desheng?"
"Yes, he is Sun Desheng." Li Yunlong nodded and waved, "Sun Desheng, come here."
Sun Desheng also saw Li Yunlong at this time, and quickly dismounted and trotted over.
When he came to Li Yunlong, he saluted with his knife: "Captain."
Li Yunlong returned the greeting and asked, "When did you arrive?"
"Just arrived." Sun Desheng replied, "I saw military horses on the training ground, so I first familiarized myself with riding. Commander, you know that I haven't been a cavalryman for a long time, so my riding skills are a little rusty."
Zhao Gang said, "Captain Sun, I see your riding skills are not rusty at all."
"Alright." Li Yunlong waved his hand and said, "Go to the regiment's political department and report in."
"Yes!" Sun Desheng saluted again, turned around, mounted his horse and went to report to the regiment headquarters.
Watching Sun Desheng's vigorous figure walking away , Zhao Gang said, "Captain, this is truly a great general. How did you manage to recruit him?"
Li Yunlong said: "Sun Desheng is a guy who clearly distinguishes between gratitude and resentment."
"Shi Yousan saved his life, so he risked his life to fight for Shi Yousan. He was wounded twice in the Central Plains War and almost lost his life."
"But later, Shi Yousan became a traitor,"
"Sun Desheng quit and left the 69th Army to join the New 1st Regiment."
Zhao Gang said, "Captain Sun can separate personal grudges from national justice. He is a conscious soldier. Commander, you are trading three machine guns for Captain Sun. This deal is worth it."
"Oh, when has Old Li ever done a business that made a loss?"
Li Yunlong smiled and said, "But this Sun Desheng was exchanged by Lao Kong for five machine guns."
"Ah? Five machine guns?" Zhao Gang was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Captain, didn't you say three before?"
"Don't mention it." Li Yunlong said angrily, "We had originally agreed that three machine guns would be exchanged for one Sun Desheng, but I don't know who let it slip and let Ding Wei know that we had seized nine machine guns from Wanjia Town. This guy immediately changed his mind and insisted on adding two more machine guns."
Zhao Gang said angrily: "Isn't this just raising the price ?"
"Who said it wasn't true?" Li Yunlong said, "I originally thought Ding Wei was just a local rich man from Shanxi who didn't want to do anything without profit, but I didn't expect him to be a conscienceless black-hearted businessman. Damn it."
Zhao Gang suddenly said, "Of the nine machine guns captured in Wanjia Town, the brigade commander only left us three. We are still short of two. You won't use the machine guns from the second or third battalion to make up the number, will you?"
Li Yunlong nodded and said, "I took the one from the Second Battalion."
Zhao Gang said, "Will Battalion Commander Zhang agree to this? Won't he make trouble with you?"
"Why aren't you making a fuss?" Li Yunlong scratched his head and said, "He was just complaining to me, saying that the independent regiment won a great victory, but not only did their Second Battalion not gain any benefits, but they also suffered a great loss . Of the three light machine guns lent to the First Battalion, only one was returned, and they couldn't even report to the brothers in the battalion when they returned."
