After three months of hard work, Will's cavalry had about 500 men.
These 500 people are not considered professional cavalry, they are different from those professional cowboys in the southern United States, although there is no problem with horseback riding, and there is no problem with shooting, but there is a problem with combining the two, in addition to the riding skills of more than 100 cavalrymen, most of the cavalry should be strictly speaking "horse infantry", and when it is really time to fight, these cavalry still have to dismount and line up.
In order to strengthen the firepower of the cavalry troops, Li Mu issued the cavalry with short-barreled Spencer seven-shot shotguns and shotguns, and each person also had two "python" cavalry pistols, and the grenades were even more open.
As for those "mounted infantry", Li Mu also spent a lot of money, the equipment of the Guantanamo Infantry Regiment was originally better than that of other units of the United Republic of Cuba, the density of heavy machine guns in other units was one for every 200 people, and in the Guantanamo Infantry Regiment, it basically reached the level of one for every 50 people, and in this "mounted infantry", the 500-man troops were equipped with nearly 30 "Rainstorm" light machine guns, and the density of firepower could be compared with that of the US troops in the late stage of World War I.
The equipment density of automatic weapons is so high, so the requirements for logistics are also high, so the Guantanamo Infantry Regiment only has 500 cavalry, but it is equipped with more than 900 horses.
After the armaments meeting, Will triumphantly mounted Prometheus and prepared to go to the cavalry camp.
"Will, what the hell are you up to the bottom of your mind" Li Mu called out to Will, feeling that Will's arrangement was very wrong.
"Hehe, Reem, just wait for my good news," Will laughed haphazardly, and galloped away.
Li Mu hated it so much that he could only turn around and urge Yan Hu: "Tiger, order the troops to prepare for departure immediately" "Reem, didn't you say that you won't leave until night" Yan Hu has been practicing with George Dewey for three months, and now he has the appearance of a real soldier, this is really his duty to obey orders, not some guy who sells dog meat on the head of a sheep.
"Will, this guy is going to eat alone, if you wait until the evening to leave, then you won't be able to catch a single hair."
Li Mu saw through Will, this guy was ambushing and luring just now, or Will was not prepared to mobilize all the troops to deal with the poorly equipped servant army, whether it was an ambush or a lure, Will could do it all with just his cavalry.
"I'll rub, move and move, the first and second battalions will be ready to set off immediately, and the other troops will be ready to respond" Yan Hu immediately became anxious, this was the first battle of the Guantanamo Infantry Regiment, Yan Hu didn't want to watch from the sidelines.
The 1st and 2nd Battalions were the same force that followed Will to El Christo.
In fact, strictly speaking, the Guantanamo Infantry Regiment, which has reached 5,000 people, is already eligible to be upgraded to the Guantanamo Infantry Division, but Li Mu still insists on using the Guantanamo Infantry Regiment in order to preserve his strength.
His deputy, Bai Qi, also served as the commander of the reconnaissance company.
The transport battalion is not a standing formation, and in peacetime this establishment is only a paper formation, and in wartime the militia will be temporarily conscripted to join, and the number of conscripted militia is uncertain, it may be 1,000 or 500 people, depending on the scale of the battle.
Li Mu implemented the system of "everyone is a soldier" in Guantanamo, whether it is a soldier or not, as long as it is an adult male, he must spare at least four days a month to receive military training, and the intensity of training is not much worse than that of the regular army.
The militia's individual technical and tactical level may be a little worse than that of the regular army, but it is not much worse, at least they can use weapons, have a certain degree of discipline and obedience, in terms of combat effectiveness, the militia at Guantanamo is about the same as the Spanish servant army.
Of course, considering the advanced degree of weapons, the militia at Guantanamo completely destroyed the servant army of the Spaniards, at least the militia at Guantanamo was equipped with all Winchester 13 consecutive rounds, which was exactly the same as the regular army, and the less was only grenades, limited to production, and the grenades could not be made at present.
After urging Yan Hu, Li Mu rode back to his home under the arrangement, Li Mu wanted to go to the front line in person to see the battle situation between the two sides, if the cavalry equipped to the teeth could not clean up the group of servants, then Li Mu would be determined to pretend to be a dead dog, no matter who said it, without artillery, Li Mu would never agree to the Guantanamo Infantry Regiment to go to the battlefield.
After coming to Cuba, it seems that Li Mu is more afraid of death, in Springfield before, Li Mu only went out with a dozen or twenty gunners, and now Li Mu's guard has more than 100 people, most of the members are introduced by the previous guard members, all of them are agile senior cowboys, led by Mason who has returned from injury.
Back at the residence, Li Mu unexpectedly found that the sisters Chu Xue and Gloria were wearing riding clothes and were wearing saddle sheaths for their mounts.
It seems that Will is right, the "great Barrons" are just as strong as the women.
Adrian, who he hadn't seen for a long time, was wearing a cowboy suit and a white cowboy hat, and was saddleing a white Arabian horse, presumably Adrian's mount.
After coming to Cuba, Adrian understood what the name "Ream" represented, so Adrian walked around Li Mu recently, and did not give Li Mu a chance to meet at all, this approach was right, although it was a little cowardly, but this made Li Mu unable to find a chance to clean up Adrian.
Li Mu ignored Adrian, and directly found three women and girls and asked knowingly: "What are you doing here?"
"We also have to go to the battlefield to protect our homeland" Sandy replied, and took out a small silver pistol with Yu Xuanang, which made Li Mu tremble, this is not a joke, it is not good to go crazy.
Protect our homeland This is the most popular slogan in Guantanamo during this time, for these Chinese in a foreign land, talking to them about the country, honor, or something, can not arouse their resonance, only when it comes to "homeland", will the morale of the Chinese soldiers be boosted to the greatest extent.
Wandering in a foreign country and being bullied, only after feeling the pain of losing their homeland, will they cherish everything they have, for the word "homeland", the Chinese who value family affection can give up everything they have.
"Who gave you the pistol" Li Mu jumped off the horse, strode in front of Sandy, and snatched the pistol from Sandy's hand, fortunately, the insurance was not opened.
"Give it back to me, this is what Will gave me" Sandy jumped to his feet and tried to snatch the gun back from Li Mu's hand, without the slightest respect for his father.
No, that's the habit of Americans, shouting "Daddy" is respect, shouting "Will" is intimacy, and the meaning is the same.
"Hmph, will you use it" Li Muxin reluctantly returned the gun to Sandy, and asked again with anxiety.
"Hmph, I definitely hit more prey than you" Sandy was dissatisfied, and the little girl hung her eyebrows and squinted her eyes with a defiant expression.
"Okay, you're amazing, I respect you as a man" Li Mu gave up arguing with Sandy, when it came to hunting, don't look at what Li Mu often says, but he really hasn't fought: "Then can you tell me, what are you doing?"
"Like Sandy said, we want to protect our homeland."
This time, Gloria came out, and it was the same rhetoric.
"Less nonsense, your home is in Springfield, this is not your home."
Li Mu refused, leaving no room for anything.
"You and Will are here, and this is our home."
Gloria spoke calmly, turned over and used the handle of the horsewhip to pick the brim of the cowboy hat on her head, this action was really heroic.
"Don't talk nonsense, you guys keep me at home honestly, as long as our men don't die, the war will have nothing to do with you women."
Li Mu could feel the emotion contained in Gloria's tone, which made Li Mu more cautious and would never allow the women in the family to go into battle.
"The war makes women go away, so why do you recruit women into the army as nurses" Gloria disagreed with Li Mu's statement, considering that there are female nurses in the Guantanamo Infantry Regiment, this is to say one thing and do another.
"Don't mess around with me here, it's non-negotiable."
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Li Mu didn't talk nonsense with Gloria, came to Aubrey's side, and took Pan down from the basket on Aubrey's buttocks.
Pan struggled hard in Li Mu's arms, and although he had a cage around his mouth, Pan still stuck out his tongue and wanted to lick Li Mu's face.
"Well, we're not going unless you don't either."
Gloria relied on Li Mu and decided that she would have meat to eat with Li Mu.
"I'm going to assess the combat effectiveness of the Guantanamo Infantry Regiment and adjust the supply focus of the troops, this is not a game, I have a mission."
Li Mu gave himself a reason.
"We don't follow you to the battlefield, it's okay to be safe."
Chu Xue knew Li Mu best, and immediately hid behind Chitu after speaking, not looking at Li Mu's angry gaze.
Just kidding, Li Mu is a multimillionaire, how can he charge into battle, at most, he will pick up a telescope in a corner far from the battlefield and observe.
All three women expressed their opinions, only Adrian did not speak, but judging from Adrian's relieved expression, this guy's fighting enthusiasm was not very high.
"Okay, remember what you said" Li Mu compromised, maybe taking them with him was the greatest protection for them.
After all, Li Mu had more than 100 skilled gunmen around him, and being under the protection of these gunmen was actually safer than leaving them at Guantanamo
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