Neither Batur Hutaiji nor Eqirtu Khan had ever seen the National Defense Forces.
They have heard everything about the Wehrmacht.
But the moment the Second Cavalry Division rushed out, both of them were extremely convinced that this was the National Defense Force.
Because except for the legendary and extremely powerful National Defense Force, there is no such hopelessly powerful army in this world.
Batur Hutaiji and Oqiltu Khan lived in the battlefield throughout their lives, saw countless large and small battle formations, and faced various armies.
But the oppression caused by the National Defense Force on them is unique.
What makes them most helpless is that they have no strength at this time.
The Junggar people and the Heshuote people, a pair of tribes with the same origin, had already exhausted their last vestiges of strength at this time.
Compared with them, the Second Cavalry Division had been recuperating for a whole day. At this time, the people and horses were full of energy and galloping like tigers roaring in the wind.
"Form up! Form into formation now!"
Batur Hutaiji's joy was gone, and his voice when giving orders was trembling.
But he had to do it.
Moreover, the purpose of his ordering to fight was not to show any courage.
Only by getting the soldiers to line up and let the National Defense Forces kill for a while can he have a chance to find a way to escape.
Compared with his evil thoughts, Oqiltu Khan was very unbearable.
he didn't even tell
It's just that the Second Cavalry Division has been preparing for so long. Will it give him a chance to escape?
In the front, five thousand heavy cavalry were like a wall and a forest, leaving no gaps, crushing them layer by layer.
The war horses of the National Defense Force are all the best war horses in the world, and they have undergone the most rigorous and scientific training. They are far beyond the range of horses raised by the Mongolians.
Even if both sides have enough energy to fight, the Mongolian war horses can only be the loser, not to mention that their fatigue is now showing.
When the Mongolians on the outermost edge saw the heavy cavalry of the Second Cavalry Division approaching, they only had time to let out a miserable howl before being swallowed up by the heavy cavalry cluster.
The soldiers of the National Defense Force wore the best armor, rode the tallest horses, and the sabers in their hands were extremely sharp. Wherever they passed, the horses' hooves trampled the flesh into mud, and the blades slashed and blood flowed into rivers. There was no single enemy.
The Mongolians' crude weapons and sabers collided with each other. The thin sabers were actually intact, but the maces and spears in the hands of the Mongols were all chopped into two pieces, and then even the people were chopped into pieces. broken.
When the Mongolians behind saw this scene, they no longer had any fighting spirit.
Everyone was busy whipping their horses, hoping to escape from the front of the heavy cavalry.
But the two wings are not a way to escape!
Compared with the majesty of the heavy cavalry, the light cavalry of the Second Cavalry Division gave a good on-site teaching to the Mongols, the ancestors of cavalry and archery.
The light cavalry all over the mountains and plains rushed in front of the Mongols. Just when the Mongols were using their remaining strength to draw their bows and prepare to counterattack, suddenly there was a loud bang of gunfire.
It turned out that these light cavalry actually had muskets in their hands.
Since the advent of the spring, cavalry shooting on horseback has entered the stage where it can be considered.
Before this, the Wehrmacht had not considered equipping the cavalry with Minie rifles. But after trying it a few times, I found that the effect was extremely different.
First, the Migne rifle was too long and was very inconvenient for cavalry to maneuver on horseback. If the barrel is shortened, the range and accuracy will have no advantage over bows and arrows.
Secondly, the loading of the Miné rifle is still relatively cumbersome. In a battle with cavalry that comes and goes like the wind, the cavalry can often only fire one bullet, which is better than nothing.
Therefore, for a long time, the long-range weapons of the National Defense Force cavalry were still bows and arrows.
Although the scientifically made bows and arrows are far more sophisticated than those of the Qing army and the Mongols, it is actually a bit deceptive to say how big the advantage is on a complex battlefield.
It was not until springs could be mass-produced that it became possible to equip cavalry with muskets.
However, when choosing what muskets to equip the cavalry with, Zuo Mengeng defied all opinions and came up with a jaw-dropping work.
The general opinion is that the striker gun should be appropriately reduced and equipped to the cavalry, but Zuo Mengeng feels that the effect of this is not good.
Although the loading of the striker gun is better than that of the Migne rifle, how much convenience can it add to the cavalry by loading bullets one by one?
Another one, striker guns use paper bullets. If you are not careful, it will break easily.
This is especially true for a galloping and bumpy war horse.
For this reason, Zuo Mengeng became ruthless and personally ordered the establishment of a special bullet production factory. Concentrating a large amount of manpower and material resources enabled it to ensure that several cavalry units were provided with copper-cased bullets needed for combat.
This is the limit of what the Empire can currently do.
It is absolutely impossible to make copper-cased bullets meet the consumption of the entire army.
However, it is only provided to four cavalry divisions, especially the light cavalry in the cavalry division, which can barely be dealt with.
After getting the metal bullets, Zuo Mengeng took out the corresponding rifle.
The biggest difference between this rifle and a bolt-action rifle is that there is a curved bracelet behind the trigger and under the butt of the rifle, where the soldier's gloves can be placed.
After each firing, the soldier pulls the bracelet and can quickly remove the shell and load the ammunition.
Yes, that's right.
Anyone who knows guns can recognize it at a glance. This is the famous Winchester m1894, also commonly known as win94.
In the history of world rifles, win94 passed by briefly. Although it was famous, it failed to become mainstream in the end.
The reason is simply that the shortcomings are very obvious.
First, loading is troublesome.
win94 uses a tubular cartridge feeding method, and bullets need to be inserted one by one from the side of the gun body.
And this is why Zuo Mengeng must get the metal bullet first.
Otherwise, if the paper-cased bullets are loaded like this, and the bullet in the back hits the shell in the front, the result will only be that all the bullets will be scrapped.
This loading method is undoubtedly time-consuming and labor-intensive, and extremely affects combat efficiency.
Second, the air tightness, range, and accuracy are far inferior to bolt-action rifles.
The unique ammunition supply method determines that win94 cannot maintain sufficient accuracy at long distances, and the lack of air tightness prevents bullets from flying too far.
But these shortcomings are not a problem in cavalry combat in this era.
First of all, although win94 is troublesome to load, it can load eight bullets at one time.
The barrel of a striker gun must also be cleaned after firing seven to eight bullets, otherwise there is a risk of the chamber exploding.
What's more, on the battlefield, most of the time, it is difficult for a soldier to fire enough eight rounds of bullets.
In other words, although this ammunition load is one-time, it is enough to help the light cavalry win.
Secondly, what is the distance between bows and arrows of traditional cavalry?
It's only twenty or thirty meters.
Beyond this distance, the mounted bow has almost no power or accuracy.
win94 Even if the range and accuracy are not as good as a bolt-action rifle, it is still much stronger than a bow and arrow.
As a result, the Junggar people and the Heshuote people became the first negative examples in the world to face the baptism of muskets from the National Defense Forces' light cavalry.
