 Later that day, the Navy men learn that due to increasing pressure from the enemy, they will not be relieved.Former cowboy Jenkins muses that the Mongol horsemen would make an excellent cavalry troop.Hoping to persuade the Mongols to help them defend the station, McHale makes an emergency requisition for sixty Army-issue cavalry saddles, and although the request is met with bewilderment, the saddles soon arrive and the delighted Mongols begin training with Commander Wyatt, who dubs them the "1st Mongolian Cavalry, U.S.