There are many people who can ride horses and mules, but those who can ride horses are not necessarily qualified cavalry. To truly form a cavalry platoon, these people must also undergo special training. No one from the old brothers from Weishu Mountain has ever been a cavalry, so Li Qinglin had to find a suitable candidate from the others.

After some search, the third brigade really found a person. This person was named Dong Zhao, a scattered army incorporated in Wanglou Village. Dong Zhao was from Northeast China and used to be a cavalry squad leader in the Northeast China Army.

When Li Qinglin knew that he was once the captain of the cavalry, he immediately ordered Dong Zhao to train the cavalry. In front of the big guy, Li Qinglin promised: "If you teach a squad, I will let you be the captain of the squad. If you teach a squad, you will be the squad leader of this squad!"

Xiao Liuzi later reminded Li Qinglin: "Brother, this Dong Zhao has retreated all the way. How dare you let him lead the troops?"

Li Qinglin smiled and said, "What's wrong with retreating? Didn't we also retreated all the way from Fenglishan to here? They didn't run away from here from the Northeast to come home. Are you afraid that he will run to the Japanese?"

Xiao Liuzi thought for a while and said, "You said that, if he wants to run home or become a puppet army, why do he have to run so many roads?"

Dong Zhao really lived up to Li Qinglin's desire. He immediately started to select soldiers when he took office. The cavalry platoon was quickly pulled up.

Li Qinglin's cavalry platoon actually had few horses, most of them were mules.

In the rural areas of the Central Plains, the number of horses is definitely not as large as that of mules. Horses run fast, but they are not suitable for farm work. Another important reason is that mules are resistant to rough feed, and the cost of raising a mule is significantly less than raising a horse. Therefore, most farmers have mules, and most of the ones they can buy are mules.

Li Qinglin prefers to use mules and horses, because mules can not only ride, but also carry heavy objects. The third brigade now has many possessions. Once the troops need to be transferred, it is no problem to carry five or six hundred kilograms of one mule. Hard-bearing and hard-working animals like mules are exactly what Li Qinglin needs.

The mules and horses that the third brigades used to own and now purchased are all servants, that is, livestock that work. These servants used to pull carts and plows for a long time, so they all have bows and backs. The soldiers selected by Dong Zhao would ride horses and mules, and the first course he trained was to press the horse back. As the name implies, pressing the horse back means pressing the back of the mules and horses smoothly. Mules and horses with smooth backs are more suitable for riding.

Like humans, some habits take a long time to change, and the same is true for the horseback. But it was too late, and Li Qinglin could no longer wait for Dong Zhao and his friends to train the mules and horses. He ordered Dong Zhao to conduct a whistle and reconnaissance while training.

Exiting a sentry is a term invented by Dong Zhao himself, that is, cavalry run to the enemy's near to monitor the enemy's situation.

The cavalry is always near the enemy. Once the enemy starts to send troops, the cavalry will immediately rush back to report the enemy situation. This is a very stupid and most direct reconnaissance method. The key to this method is that the cavalry needs to send people to monitor the enemy continuously.

From the first day, the cavalry platoon set out in groups of three people and approached the surrounding areas where the enemy was stationed. The farthest reconnaissance cavalry ran to more than 40 miles from the Tonghuagou station.

The cavalry ran so far, and Xiao Liuzi was very worried that these people would take away even horses and guns. Li Qinglin patted his shoulder and smiled and said, "Don't worry, Dong Zhao wants to do it well, the people he picked must be right. In addition, they go out in groups of three people. As long as they don't want to run at the same time, even if one or two of them have strange intentions, he dare not escape casually."

The facts proved that what Li Qinglin said was right. The scouts of these cavalry platoons went far away every day, and their big hips were worn out by the saddle, and in the end no one ran away with a gun.

July 10th is a cloudy day, with a thin layer of clouds in the sky and a level 3 or 4 wind on the ground. Such a weather is very comfortable. Dong Zhao took two soldiers to the north early in the morning. They ran thirty miles in one go and went outside a town called Huanglou Town. Huanglou Town is also a big town. Because a simple road passes through, the enemy set up a large stronghold here.

This town is about 30 miles away from the Third Brigade, and is also the closest place to the Third Brigade where a large group of enemies is stationed. Li Qinglin has always regarded this place as the focus of reconnaissance. Of course, Dong Zhao had to obey the orders of the highest commander, so he led the team to set off every day.

Dong Zhao's three-person reconnaissance team rode horses. After this period of time, the bows of these three horses were much better, but they were still a long way from the real war horses.

The back of the mule and horse with the bowed back was very hard, and the people rode on the saddle and were very strong. Dong Zhao and the others ran for thirty miles in one breath, and the three of them were sore and their backs were sore. Fortunately, they ran for many days during this period. The so-called old horses knew the way, and the three horses ran very fast, and the three people arrived at the predetermined position smoothly.

This is a small hill about two thousand meters away from Huanglou Town. There is a small forest of miscellaneous trees on the hill. Outside the forest is a big road. This road leads to the Nanzhai Gate of Huanglou Town. The three of them got off their horses and put the horses in the forest to eat grass. Two soldiers lay on the grass to rest. Dong Zhao was lying behind a ridge. He took out a telescope and looked into the town.

Although Huanglou Town is a big town, the Japanese army has also used it as a key area to strengthen its troops and built a solid artillery tower in Huanglou Town. However, their troops are too small, so there is usually only one squad of Japanese garrisons in Huanglou Town, plus a company of so-called security forces.

Huanglou Town is a typical large town in the Central Plains. In the early days, in order to prevent bandits, Tuweizi was built around Huanglou Town, and village gates were opened in four directions, southeast, west and north. Since the Japanese occupation, they closed the village gates on the east and west sides, leaving only two village gates in the north and south for personnel and materials to enter and exit. The two village gates in the north and south were closed in the evening and only opened after dawn. There are usually two Japanese troops at the gates at the village gates, and there are also a squad of puppet troops to help with inspections.

Dong Zhao brought the telescope that was captured by the Japanese army. Although this simple "drama viewing mirror" is not very good, it can still be used at a distance of two thousand meters.

According to general practice, the village gate will open as soon as the sky dawns. People at the gate of the village will receive inspections in turn, and then enter and exit the village. But today is different from usual. It is already past seven o'clock now, and a large group of people have gathered at the gate of the village. These people are either squatting or standing, looking very anxious, but the south gate of the village is still tightly closed.

Could it be that something big happened in the village? Dong Zhao was very confused.

Just as Dong Zhaoran was speculating, the village gate was suddenly opened from the inside. The crowd around the village gate seemed to be soil plowed by a pulverized plow, and was suddenly separated to both sides, and a team drove out from the village.
Chapter completed!