He boasted that no one in the entire 28th regiment knew horses better than he did.
But the fiery horse ignored me at all, and listened to the leader's words so much that he actually knelt down and asked the leader to get on the horse.
All this was completely beyond Sun Desheng's expectations.
What trick did the leader use?
How could an Oriental army horse, which already had an owner, listen to him like this?
When Sun Desheng was still depressed, Ding Wei had already left here on horseback.
After a bloody day of fighting, his body was covered with dried blood. Ding Wei just wanted to take a bath and change into clean clothes.
After eating and drinking, Ding Wei lay comfortably in the barrel, relieving his physical fatigue.
There is a cavalry brigade.
What needs to be solved now is the personnel problem, and the problem of fodder for these thousands of horses.
Military horses are different from other horses.
In addition to daily training, the most important thing is the diet of military horses.
It is easy to snatch these military horses, but raising them is another problem. The amount of feed that needs to be consumed every day is an astronomical figure.
Moreover, these military horses need a lot of exercise every day to strengthen their physical fitness.
Don’t worry too much about this. After all, the Zhoujiazhuang base is surrounded by a large plain. You can just take them out for a run when you have nothing to do.
The fodder that the army horses eat cannot be dealt with casually. This thing is more valuable than people and gold. If you deal with it casually, these army horses will have to lie here.
Even if the feed is found, it must be matched with the original feed. If you change the feed to the horses rashly, these military horses will not be able to accept it in a short time.
Ding Wei leaned on the barrel, planning the follow-up issues of the independent cavalry brigade.
Establishing an army is simple, but raising it later is an extremely troublesome matter.
The first is the issue of the placement of these military horses. A large horse factory must be established. These are all second and can be established in a short time.
The most important thing is the food problem, which is related to whether the independent brigade can continue to be established.
diet.
Ding Wei suddenly remembered that since the army and horses came from Chengyang County, the Japanese must have their own forage factory.
Otherwise, what are the little devils going to do with these thousands of military horses?
Speaking of the raw material factory, Ding Wei suddenly remembered that Zhu Zhu seemed to have mentioned it during dinner.
When he led his team to retreat, he once saw a place similar to a factory, which was full of piles of grass.
Zhu Zhu wanted to set fire to it, but unfortunately time was too short. When Zhu Zhu received the order to retreat, he immediately withdrew from the Huting stronghold.
Stacks of grass?
A smile appeared at the corner of Ding Wei's mouth. If nothing else happened, it should be a forage farm that provides feed for military horses.
After taking a comfortable bath, Ding Wei inspected the sentries in the base area and strolled to the artillery camp.
At this moment, Zhuzi was holding a mortar and wiping it, and the other soldiers in the artillery battalion were also maintaining their artillery.
This is an after-dinner activity in the artillery camp.
Artillery is hard-earned, and they will take good care of it after each use to extend the service life of the artillery.
The more Ding Wei looks at the pillar, the more satisfied he becomes. This guy is indeed a malleable person.
When they attacked the Huting stronghold in the afternoon, Zhuzi knew that he was just feinting and had no mission to capture the Huting stronghold.
He did not let the entire artillery battalion go up, but pulled out a mortar and a grenade launcher from the artillery battalion to bombard the Huting stronghold.
It seems to be to save ammunition, but in fact it makes the enemy's reconnaissance more difficult.
There are many armed forces with this kind of firepower, and even if the Japanese conduct an investigation one by one, it would take ten days and a half.
Seeing Ding Wei walking towards him, Zhu Zhu immediately grabbed the mortar and ran towards Ding Wei in a hurry.
"Captain, why are you here?" Zhu Zhu said with a grin.
Zhu Zhu now admires Ding Wei very much. Since he became the commander of the artillery battalion, Zhu Zhu has finally got over his addiction to artillery.
When he was in the New Regiment, he only had one mortar, and before he could start firing, he was ready to fire.
But now just looking at these artillery pieces every day is very enjoyable.
"Let me ask you something." Ding Wei said with a smile: "I heard from you kid that when you retreated, you saw a forage factory?"
"Ah?" Zhu Zhu was stunned for a moment, then thought for a moment and said, "Ah, what do you think? You left in a hurry and didn't have time to set fire to it. If you are not satisfied, I will bring someone to burn it now."
"Hahaha, my silly pillar, it's not worth burning. If you burn it, the horses in our cavalry brigade will starve." Ding Weile said.
"Ah?" Zhu Zhu was a little confused.
"Do you remember where this place is?" Ding Wei asked.
"Remember, this place is not far from us, only about 20 kilometers away." Zhuzi thought for a moment and said, "There aren't many Japanese there, just a squadron."
"A squadron?" Ding Wei's heart moved.
This is meat that is put into your mouth for free. If you don’t take a bite, you will be sorry for yourself.
Let alone a squadron, even if the ranch has a brigade or even a coalition, Ding Wei dares to go up and take a bite.
Who told you that if you don't solve the forage problem, your troops and horses will go hungry.
Then Ding Wei asked about the details of the Zhuzi Forage Factory.
This time, Ding Wei was even more sure that this was not only a fodder factory, but also a pasture for the Japanese. The forage of the Black Island Cavalry Regiment was usually transported from here to Chengyang County.
Think of this.
Ding Wei no longer wasted time and went directly to the logistics warehouse to gather the team members who were studying culture.
When we seize this ranch, we can also use it to allow the 'logistics personnel' to practice disguise operations.
There was only one Japanese squadron stationed in a huge pasture, which to Ding Wei was no different than giving it away for free.
Although the entire pasture cannot be moved away, there is no problem in taking away their fodder.
After briefly explaining the operational mission, Ding Wei immediately led the 028 logistics team to the ranch.
In order to prevent being recognized, Ding Wei and others did not wear the Eighth Route Army uniforms, but wore casual clothes.
The sky has darkened now, and there is almost no light on the road.
The 028 members marched quickly, and after scouting around the ranch, they returned to the gate of the ranch.
The defense of this ranch can be said to be very weak.
There were only two Japanese soldiers standing outside the gate of the ranch, and there were two sentries inside the ranch, with searchlights sweeping around the ranch.
With his eagle eye skills, Ding Wei could clearly see the situation in the ranch.
The pasture is indeed full of stacks of pasture, and there are at least dozens of cars parked in the yard, and the cabins are filled with fodder.
Moreover, behind the pasture is a large area of pasture that has been planted with traces, but at this time, all the pasture has been harvested, which saves Ding Wei a lot of trouble.
Ding Wei made a simple estimate and found that the stock of fodder in this pasture would be enough for the army horses to eat for at least half a year.
If you can grab it for a period of time in the future, you won't have to worry about insufficient fodder.
There are also two rows of wooden houses in the ranch. People entering and exiting the houses can tell that one row is probably occupied by Japanese soldiers, and the other row is occupied by ordinary people working here.