How the Red Army turned anti-cavalry tactics into a song during the Long March

A People's Daily Online piece recounts how the Chinese Red Army created the 'Anti-Cavalry Song' during the 1935 Long March. Facing unfamiliar and devastating attacks from Kuomintang cavalry, the army struggled to teach tactical doctrine to largely illiterate soldiers. The article describes how propaganda official Lu Dingyi set the tactics to a familiar folk tune, and how the resulting song and dance boosted morale and combat effectiveness, culminating in the formation of the army's first cavalry reconnaissance company.