, wonderful and free of pop-ups! In the history of human warfare, the struggle between infantry and cavalry has always been the mainstream of war. The cavalry relies on its powerful strategic mobility and assault attributes and has always been an offensive weapon on the battlefield.
The infantry is relatively weak and has always been on the defensive side when facing cavalry. However, infantry is not helpless when facing cavalry. Over the long years, infantry has also accumulated countless effective means to restrain cavalry.
Spear formations combined with archers, horse traps, fire attacks, horse tripping ropes, hooks and sickles are just countless ways to deal with cavalry in the cold weapon era.
But these methods were ultimately incomplete, and it was not until the emergence of muskets that the end of the cavalry was announced. How much does it cost to train a cavalryman? How much does it cost to build a rifle with several rounds of ammunition?
The extremely low cost gave farming civilization a weapon against cavalry. The popularity of firearms ended the threat of nomads to farming civilization.
But everything requires a process. In the face of history, a hundred years is just a blink of an eye, but on the battlefield, in the fight with real swords and guns, every minute is a critical moment that determines life and death.
If the volunteers can know the enemy's sneak attack one hour in advance, then their defenses will be more complete. At least a few Gatling heavy machine guns will be placed in the shooting position. Some landmines can also be buried at the front of the battlefield, and some simple mines can even be dug. It is possible to fall into a trap.
It's a pity that there is no such thing as a war. For these soldiers who were exiled outside the main battlefield, being able to build such a simple defensive position within an hour is already their limit.
The Cossacks with rich combat experience have found a way to break through the front line without using their brains and only use their intuition. They disperse the assault and move at high speed without skimping on horsepower. As long as they risk their lives and sacrifice victory, I cannot say that victory is guaranteed in the end. At least their own unit's mission can still be completed. of.
Under such tactics, the grenade explosions of the Volunteer Army did not cause many casualties, and these recruits did not have much experience in shooting moving targets. The muzzle of the gun always moved quickly left and right in the shooting position to find the target, often without hitting the enemy. It caused interference to the shooting of his comrades.
"Baga, you idiot! Don't use your muzzle to chase the cavalry. You can't catch the cavalry with your poor marksmanship! Load your bullets and hit your nearest target. Let the soldiers behind you deal with the enemies that have already rushed past."
"Our shooting position stretches for four kilometers. We can kill them all in the end. Don't mess up! Calm down! Everyone, calm down!"
Officers were shouting and cursing everywhere. Gradually, these soldiers finally found the feeling to deal with the cavalry, and the Cossack casualties began to increase.
The densely packed shooting positions on the battlefield formed a four-kilometer blocking zone. The cavalry would be fired upon by volunteers when passing through a shooting position. Although the accuracy was not high, it could not withstand the large number of people. There was only one battalion of troops rushing into the formation this time, and Compared with the 3,000 volunteer troops who blocked the attack, they were still too weak.
"Don't worry about the casualties! Keep rushing over. Our mission is to report to the fleet! Other than that, don't worry about anything else."
The loyal and brave Cossacks resolutely completed the task assigned by the battalion commander. They lowered their bodies and lay on the back of the horse. They did not fight back at all. They just kept using the horse to stimulate the potential of the war horse and make the speed faster.
At this time, the targets of the volunteer army's shooting began to shift to the war horses. The shooters first shot the horses. The expensive Don horses were shot and fell to the ground. The rolling soldiers jumped up from the ground without any delay, drew their knives, and rushed towards the nearest shooting position. go.
This is completely a suicide attack. Each circular shooting position is guarded by a squad of troops. Even if they are exhausted and exhausted, even if a large number of them are reserves, it is not possible for one or two Cossacks to break through with their sabers.
But in order to create victory for the large army, these tiny individuals did not care about their own life or death.
The army is a machine, and every soldier is a screw in it. For the final victory of the entire war machine, no screw can be sacrificed.
What is the quality that an elite army should have? That is that every soldier has long had the consciousness of sacrifice and does not hesitate at that time. They can die for the sake of the collective without thinking or comparing.
If at that moment they were a little bit greedy for life and afraid of death, if they had a little bit of comparison in their hearts, such as why don't you sacrifice why me, etc. As long as there was a little hesitation in his heart, he would never have thought of rushing through the bullets of the volunteers. .
Cossacks are worthy of being the crown of Tsarist Russia's war machine. It is precisely because of this group of powerful troops that the huge eastern territory of Tsarist Russia can fight all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
The Fuso warriors and the survivors of the Far East were all shocked. They had always thought that the Rakshasa ghosts guarding Vladivostok were already a rare and powerful army in the world, but today they are not a heavyweight at all compared to these Cossacks.
This is the real war bear. I saw them rushing towards me like a gust of wind. With a big jump, I ran into them like a bear.
"Kill for the Tsar!" The sharp saber was rounded and slashed into a shower of blood. He seemed to not know the pain when the opposite bayonet hit him in the chest. He had to kill two more backs before he died.
As long as a shooting position is broken through, a Cossack will have no intention of fighting. In the narrow space, the Cossack is like a beast, and his shots are all in the same death style, and he is extremely powerful.
"Don't fight him with bayonets or bullets! Use the engineer's shovel." The engineer's shovel was really useful when it was rounded. With one shovel, it hit the opponent's temple, and half of his eyeball was chopped off.
Bullets are not easy to use. Even if you hit the chest and it penetrates you, the Cossack can still chop your head off.
The bayonet was also difficult to use. After it penetrated the ribs, the opponent could actually break the curved blade with his hands without feeling any pain.
These terrifying beasts are here to die together. Their purpose is to use their lives to delay time and cover their comrades in rushing past.
The Cossacks who were stabbed twice in the ribs roared like wolves, and blood from the wounds kept spurting out. They raised their heads and howled to cheer for their surviving comrades.
The desperate roar of the "Cossacks" received a collective "charge" from all living soldiers
"Ula woo woo la victory victory victory"
In the four-kilometer blocking formation, 500 Cossacks and 300 were killed, but in the end, 200 successfully broke through and entered the blank area of the volunteer battlefield.
"Raise the double-headed eagle flag! Sound our charge horn! Tell this land that the Cossacks are coming! We are coming!" The Cossack battalion commander, whose chest was bleeding, roared with the last of his strength, and then a mouthful of blood spurted out, turning into The blood mist filled the sky.
The terrifying Cossack cavalry shocked everyone with their abnormal fighting power!
