Lieutenant General Sponek discovered that something was wrong when he retreated to the line of the 8th Romanian Cavalry Brigade...... The 8th Cavalry Brigade built the defensive line on the open snowfield, directly in the middle of the road.

Lieutenant General Sponek immediately approached the commander of the 8th Cavalry Brigade, Major General Efrem, and the two engaged in a heated argument.

"You can't build a line of defense like this!" Lieutenant General Sponek said: "I mean, without any cover, the Russian tanks can spot you and shoot at you from a kilometer away!" ”

"But we're cavalry, General!" Major General Efrem replied: "We have our own defensive tactics!" ”

"Oh, really?" Lieutenant General Sponek spread his hands: "Tell me about your tactics!" ”

"What?"

"Tell me about your tactics! Your defensive tactics! ”

Major General Efrem stepped forward helplessly, pointed to the map and said: "First of all, I have to emphasize that the defense of the cavalry unit needs to be both offensive and defensive......"

"Uh-huh!" Lieutenant General Sponek raised his eyebrows.

"Our defensive line is vulnerable to attack, but at the same time it is good for cavalry to attack!" Major General Efrem replied: "You know, if we build our positions on high ground or somewhere else, all of us will have to dismount and become infantry!" ”

This is indeed an embarrassment for cavalry, if the horses are only used for maneuvering, they are no different from ordinary horses, and the cavalry does not need to practice hard riding skills or tactics.

"And now?" Lieutenant General Sponek asked rhetorically: "What can you do now?" ”

"Now!" Major General Efrem pointed to the map and replied: "When the enemy attacks our lines, we can send cavalry to quickly outflank the attack from both flanks......"

"God, you mean outflanking with cavalry?" Lieutenant General Sponek rolled his eyes.

"Yes!" Major General Efrem asked rhetorically: "Is there any problem?" ”

"They only need to set up a few machine guns to stop you from outflanking, Major General!"

Major General Efrem puffed out his chest, and a look of displeasure appeared on his face, as if he felt insulted.

"General!" Major General Efrem replied: "I think you are too fragile to think of us, the 8th Cavalry Brigade has a glorious history of war, and my men are well trained......"

"Oh, is it? That's the history of the last war! Sponek retorted: "The battle is different now, Major General! ”

"Although it is indeed different, our fighting spirit and courage will not change!" Major General Efrem replied: "We will prove that the 8th Cavalry Brigade is not a humiliating unit, General!" ”

Lieutenant General Sponek was a little helpless.

The two of them don't seem to be in the same dimension, one talks about the reality of the battlefield, and the other talks about courage and experience...... This may be because Romania's main enemy is the Soviet Union, and if the Soviet Union still retains cavalry, Romania must of course keep cavalry.

Lieutenant General Sponek was unable to convince Major General Efrem and had to contact Manstein.

"General!" Lieutenant General Sponek said: "They will only put themselves in a situation, they actually want to outflank the enemy's armored forces with cavalry, and the Russians will teach them a hard lesson!" ”

"You take command of the 8th Cavalry Brigade, Lieutenant General!" Manstein said: "In any case, do your best to stop or delay the Russian offensive!" ”

"Yes, General!"

However, it was already too late, and by the time Manstein and Sponek were discussing, the battle had already begun.

Lieutenant General Sponek put down his phone and flew to Major General Efrem's headquarters, hoping to take over command and correct Major General Efrem's mistakes, but he could not find Major General Efrem.

"What about the Major General? What about your commanders? Lieutenant General Sponek anxiously asked the staff officer, who was busy answering the phone.

"The general is on the battlefield!" The staff officer replied: "He personally led the cavalry to attack the Russians!" ”

Major General Efrem, a native of Bisabilaya, had a bitter hatred for the Soviets, and his family had died at the hands of Soviet soldiers two years earlier during the Soviet occupation.

"Can you reach him?" Lieutenant General Sponek asked.

"Is there a problem, General?" A colonel's staff officer greeted him: "Major General ordered me to be in charge of the command here, if there is any problem, you can tell me directly!" ”

At this point, Lieutenant General Sponek knew that there was no room for recovery.

Lieutenant General Sponek guessed correctly, the Romanian cavalry was outflanking the Soviets in two parts, one on the left and one on the right, and Major General Efram led one of them, brandishing his sabre on his running horse, shouting and charging at the Soviet flank......

If it had been before, in the First World War, this tactic might have been useful.

But now, several tanks came up, followed by a dozen half-track armored vehicles, and then at the sound of an order, machine guns and tank guns roared.

Suddenly, the horses neighed and thundered, and the horses were hit by bullets and fell, and under the huge inertia, the owner who was riding on his back fell to the ground, one after another, and after a while, there were corpses of people and horses everywhere, and many of the ownerless horses were frightened and ran around.

If there is one thing worth mentioning in battle, it is that cavalry maneuvers faster in the snow, so they can look for the enemy's weak point in a special situation and attack quickly and win the battle.

But this advantage was almost negligible in front of the 1st Guards Tank Brigade, since they had half-track armored vehicles.

Compared with the cavalry, the half-track armored vehicle has the speed and cross-country performance that is not inferior to the war horse, and also has better defense, stability, and firepower...... Almost all performance has been improved across the board.

It is no wonder that cavalry will be eliminated after this, and a machine gun on a jeep frame will be much more useful on the battlefield than cavalry.

If there was anything that these cavalry charges could bring to the Soviet troops, it was that the consumption of ammunition was too great......

"We're running out of ammo!" The instructor reported to Shulka.

"Comrade Maksimovich!" Shulka shouted to the deputy battalion commander: "Let them hurry up and bring another batch of ammunition!" ”

The occupation of the heights in the rear ensured that the 1st Guards Tank Brigade interspersed the transport lines of the occupation of Koy, and in this respect there were heights and good sides to the advance route.

"They're crazy!" The instructor looked at the Romanian cavalry, whose wings were beaten to the ground but still tried to charge: "Do they think this will do anything?" ”

"Don't be surprised by this, Comrade Instructor!" Shulka replied helplessly: "Because not long ago, our cavalry did the same!" ”