Gao Jiu said: "Please call the brothers who are escorting the grain transport team. I'll learn about the situation first."

Soon a staff officer walked in with an officer and two soldiers. Gao Jiu saw that he was an acquaintance, the one he had rescued, Zhou Yan and two soldiers under him.

Zhou Yan's condition was even more embarrassing than last time. He had a bandage wrapped around his head and blood stains oozing out of his left ear. It seemed that his ear was injured.

The two soldiers also looked very bad, without obvious wounds, but they still looked very embarrassed. One of them was not wearing a hat, and a cube of hair was missing. The white scalp could be seen. It seemed that he was very lucky and almost cut off his head. The other one was a bit funny and lost one of the shoes on his feet.

They had just returned shortly after reporting the situation. After the leaders had to keep them to accept Gao Jiu's question. Before they could go back and change their clothes, they were brought over.

When Zhou Yan saw Gao Jiu, he saluted Gao Jiu and said embarrassedly: "Master Jiu, you are laughing again."

He was really ashamed and embarrassed. He saw Gao Jiu twice in such a very embarrassed situation.

Commander Yang was also very embarrassed. He glared at the staff officer who brought them in with some dissatisfaction, meaning that he didn't simply clean up them up and brought them in to see the special envoy, but he really had no eyes.

Gao Jiu didn't care about this, so he asked Zhou Yan and the two soldiers to sit down and said to the staff officer: "Let me find someone to pour them a glass of water."

After the staff officer was glared at by Commander Yang, he felt that he was not considering it well. He was embarrassed when he heard Gao Jiu assigned him to do things, so he hurriedly walked aside. Soon two orderly soldiers came and poured water for Zhou Yan and others.

Zhou Yan was really thirsty. He took a few sips, put down the tea jar, and talked about their experience.

Zhou Yan led his battalion to escort the logistics department's grain transport team, bought grain from Xincheng County, and then returned to Tanxi County. The journey was smooth. At 11 o'clock in the morning, he saw that he had arrived at Shangao Village, which was only more than ten miles away from Tanxi County, and suddenly encountered an attack from Japanese cavalry.

The Japanese cavalry should have been ambushed here. There were more than 200 Japanese cavalrymen. They suddenly emerged from the north and south wings. The officers and soldiers held cavalry rifles and rushed towards the grain transport team while firing guns. When they were about 200 steps away from the grain transport team, they carried carriage rifles, drew out their sabers, and rushed over whistling.

The most powerful thing about the cavalry troops is their grand momentum when they launched the charge. More than 200 war horses rushed in. The overwhelming momentum put great pressure on the officers and soldiers.

Zhou Yan's battalion has suffered losses from many battles, but it has not been supplemented yet. There are only more than 180 people left in the battalion. Zhou Yan and his officers and soldiers have no experience in dealing with the Japanese cavalry. Facing the whistling Japanese cavalry, they were in a mess at that time.

Just when they were panicked, the Japanese cavalry rushed over. Zhou Yan didn't know how to deal with the Japanese cavalry. In fact, it was too late to think of what he should do, because his officers and soldiers were fleeing in all directions, so Zhou Yan had to follow the riots and flee in the direction of the county town.

The Japanese cavalry chased after him and rushed for a while. The soldiers of the Guo army suffered heavy casualties. Even one of Zhou Yan's ear was cut down. He fired two shots at the Japanese cavalry on the horse with a pistol, hitting the Japanese, and then he saved his life.

Because the officers and soldiers of the Guo Army fled in scattered, the Japanese chased for a while, probably because they were worried that the Guo Army's transportation team would have a supportive force, so they gave up the pursuit and left with the carriage carrying food.

After Zhou Yan gathered his troops, he found that there were only more than 80 people left under his command, and the others were all killed under the Japanese sabre.

After talking about their experience, Zhou Yan and others still looked in a terrifying look.

Gao Jiu understood their feelings. When facing the rushing war horses alone, he could only hide. When facing a large group of war horses rushing towards him, it was hopeless to think about it. What's more, there were cavalrymen holding sabers at the war horses.

After asking about the situation, Gao Jiu said, "Battleman Commander Zhou, you go down and rest first." After Zhou Yan and others left, the deputy commander sighed and said in some frustration: "This area is full of plains, the Japanese cavalry come and go like the wind, and the maneuver is very powerful. Our 20th Army has no cavalry, so there is no way to deal with these Japanese cavalry."

Speaking of this, he said to Gao Jiu: "Commissioner, you have fought the Japanese cavalry. How do you think you should deal with these Japanese cavalry?"

Commander Yang, Chief of Staff and others also looked at Gao Jiu, wanting to see what he could do.

Gao Jiu said: "The Japanese cavalry are well-trained, and it is not easy to deal with them, but there is no way. Now it is not the era of cold weapons, and the advantages of the cavalry are no longer so obvious. As long as the tactics are properly done and with the same force, infantry can still destroy the Japanese cavalry."

Everyone felt refreshed when they heard this. Commander Yang said, "Brother Gao, how do you think you should fight and how many troops do you need? You will all follow your arrangements."

Gao Jiu said: "Actually, your troops can fight this battle by themselves. Let's do this, give me a battalion, plus Battalion Commander Zhou and the rest of them, I'll teach them how to deal with the Japanese cavalry."

Commander Yang immediately said: "There are 340 people in the military guard battalion now, and the remaining remaining soldiers of Zhou Yan will be handed over to you. You can ask for any other request."

Gao Jiu asked, "How many horses do you have? It's not necessarily war horses, but pack horses are OK."

The Operations Director was familiar with the current specific situation of the troops, and he roughly said: "The military headquarters can find 40 horses."

The deputy commander asked in confusion: "Commissioner, most of these horses are not war horses, and we don't have special cavalry, what's the use of asking them?"

Gao Jiu said: "Dear officials! You should do it as I ask, then find a playground and take the troops of the battalion I want."

The chief of staff said: "The middle school in the county has a large playground. Can you go there?"

Gao Jiu said, "Okay, you guys are ready first, go call me when you are ready."

Gao Jiu returned to the dormitory, called Jia Liu and others over, and explained it to them.

Not long after, the deputy commander came here in person, and he said: "Commissioner, you have prepared everything according to your requirements. The military captain requires all the officers who are not on duty in the military to go to the playground and learn from the commissioner the tactics of infantry against cavalry."

Gao Jiu felt that this arrangement was better. It was better to teach people how to fish than to teach people how to fish. It was more important to teach these officers. He took Jia Liu and others to the playground of the county No. 1 Middle School with the deputy commander.

It was the end of July and the school had already started to have a holiday. In fact, even if it was not the holiday time, the school would not open classes under the pressure of the Japanese army, and there was no one in the school.

On the school playground, the soldiers brought some tables and chairs and temporarily set up a rostrum. The main generals of the 20th Army sat behind the table on the rostrum, and other officers stood on both sides.

At one end of the playground were the officers and soldiers of the 20th Army Guard Battalion and the remaining soldiers of Zhou Yan's troops.

On the other end of the playground is a team of temporary cavalry led by Wang Guimin, Jia Liu and others.

Gao Jiu came to the playground. He first walked to the opposite side of the rostrum, bowed formally, and said to the officers of the 20th Army: "Dear officials and colleagues, today, I want to show you the tactics of infantry against cavalry. I will first organize the officers and soldiers of the guard battalion to conduct tactical exercises. If there is any problem, then let's discuss it."

Commander Yang nodded and said, "Commissioner, please start."

Gao Jiu saluted the officers again, and then came to the front of the guard battalion's queue.

The playground of the First Middle School is a standard school playground with a 400-meter runway inside and a football field in the middle. The rostrum is about 100 meters away from the position where the officers and soldiers of the Guard Battalion were standing. At such a long distance, the officers of the 20th Army were worried that they would not be able to hear Gao Jiu's speech, so they stared at Gao Jiu vigorously, hoping to judge what Gao Jiu had said to these officers and soldiers through their practices.

What they didn't expect was that they could hear clearly Gao Jiu's speech there. Everyone was surprised and didn't understand how Gao Jiu did it.

Gao Jiu came to the front of the guard battalion line, accepted the report from the battalion commander of the guard battalion, and said to the officers and soldiers: "Brothers, are you afraid of the Japanese cavalry?"

The officers and soldiers of the guard battalion were very afraid of the Japanese cavalry, but they all wanted to be shameless. They were unwilling to admit this in front of Gao Jiu. When they heard Gao Jiu's question, they replied sparsely: "Don't be afraid." The voices were uneven, and they didn't sound confident.

When Gao Jiu saw the officers and soldiers, he knew that everyone was very afraid of the cavalry, especially the officers and soldiers of the 20th Army had encountered Japanese cavalry many times, and suffered heavy losses, which caused a great psychological shadow on their minds, so he stopped asking.

He said: "The Japanese cavalry are well-equipped, well-trained and highly morale. They are indeed difficult to deal with, and it is normal for you to be afraid. In fact, the Japanese cavalry are not scary. As long as the tactics are appropriate, it is not difficult to eliminate them."

The officers and soldiers of the guard battalion had heard of Gao Jiu's power, and everyone pricked up their ears and wanted to hear what Gao Jiu could do.

Gao Jiu asked: "I'll ask you a question. Which situation is more accurate when lying on the ground and shooting on a horse?"

Speaking of this, Gao Jiu pointed to a soldier closest to him and said, "You can answer."

The answer to this question was obvious, and the soldier shouted: "Report to the sir, lie on the ground and beat it accurately."

Gao Jiu said: "Well said, I'll ask you now, which one is better to beat a person lying on the ground or a person riding on a horse?"

The soldier was praised by Gao Jiu, and this time he answered more energetic. He said loudly: "Report to the commander, the enemy who rides on the horse is bigger and better fight."

Speaking of this, the soldier felt a little doubtful, and he said, "Sir! The Japanese are riding on horseback, and that's not easy to fight."

Gao Jiu nodded without saying a word. He had heard that Commander Yang and others had already walked towards the place with the officers. Gao Jiu turned his head and waited for them to approach.

It turned out that although Commander Yang and others could hear Gao Jiu's words, they could not hear the officers and soldiers of the guard battalion clearly, so they simply brought the officers over.

Gao Jiu waited to come to his side when Commander Yang and others came to him, nodded at them, turned his face, and continued to speak to the officers and soldiers in the guard battalion.

He said, "This brother asked well just now. The Japanese cavalry was running fast on horseback, and it was indeed difficult to hit. But if you were asked to hit their war horses, do you think you could hit them?"

This time, many officers and soldiers replied: "The war horse is big and the target is hit."

Gao Jiu said, "It's right. As the saying goes, shooting a horse first is the reason. Now I ask you, if you hit a war horse and the Japanese cavalry fell to the ground, are you still afraid of them?"

This time, the officers and soldiers' answers were much more neat, and everyone said together: "Don't be afraid."

Gao Jiu turned around and waved to the cavalry team on the other end of the playground. Jia Liu and Li Xiaoshan rode over on horseback. They came to Gao Jiu and flew away, led the war horse, and stood aside.

Gao Jiu asked the officers and soldiers of the guard battalion: "Who can ride a horse?"

A platoon leader of the guard battalion said, "Sir, I can ride a horse."

Gao Jiu said: "Get out of the line."

The platoon leader replied loudly, "Yes." Then he ran out of the line and came to Gao Jiu and stood at attention.

Gao Jiu took Jia Liu with a rifle on his back and handed it to the platoon leader, letting him lie down on the spot and raise his gun to aim. Then, he asked Jia Liu to stand not far away from him on a horse, holding a saber in his hand.

The two of them kept in this position and stayed for a minute.

Gao Jiu said: "Now you two have exchanged positions with each other."

The platoon leader rode on the horse, and then Jia Liu lay down at the position where the platoon leader was just now, and maintained this posture for another minute.

Gao Jiu ordered the platoon leader to dismount and come to him. He asked, "Which one would you rather be in these two situations just now?"

The platoon leader thought carefully and said, "Report to the commander, I think it is too dangerous to be the one lying on the ground and riding on a war horse."

Gao Jiu then asked, "What do you think if you replace the rifle in your hand with a light machine gun?"

The platoon leader said, "The cavalry on horseback is even more dangerous, and I am still willing to lie on the ground."

Gao Jiu asked the platoon leader to return to the team, and then asked the officers and soldiers of the guard battalion: "Do you all understand?"

The officers and soldiers replied together: "I understand."

Gao Jiu said: "Actually, cavalry is not scary at all. On the battlefield, they are more likely to be injured than infantry. As long as you are not afraid of them, and adopt appropriate tactics, the cavalry will suffer more easily after fighting.

Of course, cavalry is also very powerful. Their power is that group charges, which will put a lot of pressure on people. If you can't bear the pressure and disintegrate, you will be slaughtered and massacred by cavalry.

How to deal with the group charge of the Japanese cavalry?

There are many ways to deal with the charge of the Japanese cavalry. Now I will tell you a way to fight cavalry in a situation where it is the easiest to encounter and the least easy to deal with cavalry. If you have learned this method, in other cases, it will be much easier to deal with the Japanese cavalry."

Speaking of this, Gao Jiu said to Zhou Yan: "Battleman Commander Zhou, bring your team here."

Zhou Yan brought the remaining soldiers under his command to Gao Jiu.

Gao Jiu said: "You were attacked by the Japanese today and suffered heavy losses. Our next subject is to reproduce the situation where you were attacked by the Japanese cavalry today."

Gao Jiu commanded the remaining soldiers of Zhou Yan's troops, one group of 12 people, about 10 meters apart, facing the cavalry at the other end of the playground, and lay on the ground. They were divided into two rows in front and back, intersecting each other, without affecting the shooting range of the officers and soldiers in the latter row.

Then, Gao Jiu sent a signal to the cavalry team at the other end of the playground. The cavalry lined up the commonly used triangular formations of cavalry charges and rushed towards the officers and soldiers lying on the ground.
To be continued...