These words only made the soldiers of the cavalry company excited and were in high spirits, which immediately caused another burst of warm applause.

Cheng Yajie waved his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet, and said, "In the morning, Company Commander Zhao and I looked in the stable. The stable was well hygienic. It can be seen that everyone has done their best. This is worthy of the presentation, but there are still many places that are not done well. Of course, this is not blamed on everyone. This is because you have not received professional command before, so you don't know how to do it. This is the thing in the past, and we can't pursue it, but from now on, we must obey our orders. Everything I give must be completed unconditionally and understand if it is not."

The soldiers said in unison: "I understand."

Cheng Yajie nodded and said, "War Horses are the closest comrades in every cavalry. An excellent cavalry should be an excellent horse breeder first. Only by training excellent war horses can one achieve excellent cavalry. I know that in the previous stage, the mortality rate of war horses was very high, and the reason was improper breeding. Therefore, from today on, all horse training will be stopped and all war horse training will be stopped. All personnel will learn to raise horses, feed war horses, and raise horses strong. Below, Company Commander Zhao will announce the horse management regulations."

After hearing this, Zhao Lijun also took two steps forward and shouted: "The People's Army Cavalry Company's Regulations on the Procurement of Horses and Stables,

1. Take care of war horses, feed them carefully, regard them as their relatives and friends, and take care of every war horse with all their heart and strength;

2. The individual responsibility system for war horses is implemented. Each soldier is equipped with a fixed war horse. The soldier is responsible for the care, feeding and other work of his own war horses. If the horse is injured or killed due to poor care, the soldier will be held accountable;

3. All war horses must go on horseback three times a day, noon and evening, each time must not be less than half an hour. The war horses must be cleaned, scrubbed, and brushed every day. The war horses must be bathed once every three days and trimmed once every fifteen days;

4. Now the cavalry company is still organized according to the fourth team. Each team is on duty for one week and is responsible for feeding and caring for other prepared horses. It cleans the stables every day, cleans up horse manure, rinses it with water every three days, and also includes cutting grass, preparing feed, etc.

This regulation will come into effect today.”

These four management regulations were discussed and formulated at noon. In fact, when they were in the army, they had more regulations. Now they only picked up a few practical regulations from them, such as "promoting the spirit of ownership", "protecting public property", "frugality", etc., which were all exempted.

But even so, all the cavalry felt very uncomfortable, which was too troublesome. Most of them had never been so careful when respecting their fathers at home. However, these cavalry had been trained for two or three months and were given many discipline concepts. They also knew that the People's Army had extremely strict management of military discipline, so there was no abnormal movement.

However, among the cavalry soldiers, there are several who have been Qing soldiers. They understand that those who can formulate such regulations are definitely pedestrians of the cavalry. Although the cavalry looks like a very majestic branch, riding a galloping horse on the battlefield, wielding a saber and chopping with all their hearts is of course extremely cool, but behind this scenery, there is a much more complex logistical support than any military branch, because it is not easy to feed a war horse well. However, in the Qing army, these regulations formulated by Cheng Yajie and Zhao Lijun are generally treated by only officers of the general level of generals in the Qing army, and the war horses of ordinary cavalry cannot be served in this way. Therefore, are the regulations formulated by these two newly appointed commanders useful?

Just as the cavalry were half-believing and half-doubted, the distribution of war horses began. Before that, the soldiers of the cavalry company did not have a fixed war horse, and each time they were trained, they could choose a good horse, but if they came late, they could only pick the rest. After training, they would not care about horsepower, so they would not cherish their horsepower during training.

Cheng Yajie and Zhao Lijun first selected 112 horses from the existing 146 horses, and numbered each horse, tied a cloth strip on the ponytail, and wrote the horse's number on it; then wrote the numbers on a small piece of paper, folded the paper, and placed it in a large box. Each soldier took out a note from the box, which said the number was the horse, which was all based on luck and left to fate.

Of course, before choosing the horse, Cheng Yajie and Zhao Lijun chose one horse for themselves, so they did not have to participate in the number drawing. Of course, as the current highest commander of the cavalry, they were within a reasonable range of seeking personal gain for themselves, and the soldiers had no objection.

Cheng Yajie, Zhao Lijun wants

The first choice was because the overall quality of this batch of war horses was indeed not very good. In fact, there were indeed some excellent horse breeds among this batch of war horses. After all, all countries transported some war horses from their own countries. For example, the British team brought their own Sharmas and Arabian horses, the French team brought their Arden horses and Andalusian horses, the American team brought their Appalusa horses and Quat horses, the Russian army used the Hedon horses, the Three Hippos, and the Hanover horses brought by the German army. Only Japan in this era has not yet bred its own horse breeds, and the main use of Mongolian horses.

However, the number of war horses in these countries is not large, and they usually only bring more than a dozen horses, which are only for a few officers to ride. After all, sending war horses to the Far East across the ocean is a very difficult task since it is based on the technical conditions of this era, and the death rate is very high. Therefore, the war horses used by each team are mainly horses from the Far East colonies, and a considerable number of horses collected or purchased on the spot after they arrived in China. Of course, these horses are mainly used to pull east and transport, rather than for soldiers to ride. The horses in the Far East are mainly Mongolian horses.

The armies of each country are basically infantry. Only the Russian army is equipped with a cavalry. After all, only Russia has territory to connect with China, so it can transport a large number of its own Hedon horses and three hippos. Therefore, among the war horses seized by the People's Army, the number of excellent war horses in these countries is not large, only about 40 horses. Among them, the Russian Hedon horses and three horses account for nearly half, about 20 horses, and the rest are basically Mongolian horses.

Of course, Mongolian horses are not bad. In the tenth century, the Mongolian cavalry rode Mongolian horses, swept across the Eurasian Great 6, and established the huge and glorious Mongolian Empire. In the old time and space, the war horses equipped by the People's Liberation Army's cavalry were Mongolian horses.

However, the Mongolian horse has a small physique, with an average height of about 1.3 meters, a strong body, solid and powerful limbs, a rough and strong physique, and a slow running rate. However, it has extremely strong endurance, and is hard-working and not afraid of the cold. It can adapt to extremely extensive breeding and management and survive in difficult and harsh conditions. It is suitable for long-distance raids and large-scale sports. The Mongolian cavalry can sweep the Eurasian 6. It is combining this advantage of Mongolian horses with its ability to ride and shoot, and it is fully utilized. However, Mongolian horses are not suitable for short-distance rushing operations. After all, compared with European and American horse breeds, Mongolian horses do not have the advantage in terms of degree and strength.

In contrast, the European horse system is heading to the other extreme. European horses are tall and full of strength. They are generally over 1.6 meters in height, and a few can even reach 1.8 meters. They sprint very quickly at short distances, but they lack endurance and eat a lot. They need to be carefully fed, and they rely heavily on logistics.

The Arabian horses, the Russian Hedon horses, the Sanhe horses, and the American Appalusa horses are basically between the two, with a height of generally around 1.5 meters, and both short-distance and long-distance endurance are good. Relatively speaking, the Arabian horses are relatively slim and not suitable for rough raising. The Hedon horses and the Sanhe horses have the blood of Mongolian horses, their bodies and limbs are relatively thick, and they have inherited the characteristics of Mongolian horses that are hard-working and easy to raise, so they are the most suitable candidates for military horses. The Russian Gorges cavalry, which uses the Hedon horses and the Sanhe horses as their mounts, were the most powerful cavalry of this era. The American Appalusa horses were mainly popular in the Americas 6 at this time, and have not yet been popularized in Asia.

In fact, China also has horse breeds similar to Russian Hedon horses, namely Ili horses and Hequ horses (also called Hetao horses), which are more suitable for combat horses than Mongolian horses. However, the cavalry's responsibilities in the old time and space were not formal charges, but for patrols, emergency rescue, emergency rescue and disaster relief, and combat tasks in special environments. Therefore, the strength of war horses is not high, and the endurance of war horses and its ability to survive under difficult and harsh conditions is more important. Under such demands, Mongolian horses are naturally the most suitable choice.

Among the 146 horses in the cavalry company, although the general malnutrition is caused by improper feeding in the early stage, in comparison, Mongolian horses are in better condition, and those with severe fat and extremely poor physical conditions are basically large European horses, which require time to recuperate. Moreover, Cheng Yajie and Zhao Lijun understand that all the 12 horses that died in the early stage were large horses, and none of the Mongolian horses died. On the contrary, this is because of the poor physical condition of these horses; on the other hand, when the cavalrymen chose horses, they would choose these tall horses. After all, riding on such tall horses is of course much more majestic, so the usage rate of these large horses is much higher than that of Mongolian horses, so the natural mortality rate is higher.

Therefore, when Cheng Yajie and Zhao Lijun selected the war horses assigned to each soldier, almost all of the large horses were lost. The two of them chose for themselves were two Hedon horses or Sanhe horses, which should be of moderate size. In the old time and space, Cheng Yajie and Zhao Lijun had military exchanges with the Russian cavalry and admired the qualities of these two horses very much. Now they also have such horses in their hands, so they will naturally keep them for themselves first.

The cavalry did not know that their chief general had such a consideration. Although they did not understand that the two commanders wanted to put away the dozen large horses, they did not say anything under the requirements of military discipline and honestly selected horses.
Chapter completed!