Zhong Feng looked at the Russian cavalry rushing over from the opposite side and sneered.

The Cossacks were not actually a people, but a group of Eastern Europeans with a strong style and a conservative way of life. These people burned, killed, and plundered everything in eastern Europe, and each generation became more and more martial, so they attracted the attention of Tsarist Russia.

The tsar valued the Cossacks' military force, hired a large number of Cossacks to fight in the east and west, and became the nominal master of the Cossacks. The Cossacks thus became Russians and helped the tsar occupy all of Siberia.

It can be said that the Cossacks were one of the most formidable weapons of this era. Its individual combat ability is even comparable to that of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's vest soldiers. Later Napoleon once said: "If I had Cossack cavalry in my troops, I would sweep the whole world with them." ”

However, in front of the Tiger Army, these brave Cossacks were just a group of moving targets.

At this time, the outdoor temperature in Heilongjiang Province is about minus 20 degrees, and the soil has been completely frozen and very hard, and it takes at least a day to dig a trench. The Cossacks rushed up without a head, the soldiers on both sides could not dig trenches in the frozen ground, and the war turned into a contest of fire and shock.

The Cossacks were armed with expensive furs, Mini rifles and tall war horses. The equipment owned by the elite of the Selector Division is a full set of down clothes and a Jinwang-style breech-loading rifle.

After the down jacket helped the Tiger soldiers conquer the bitter cold, the breech-loading rifle had a complete advantage over the Minnie rifle. Although the Europeans stole Li Zhi's Mini rifle technique, the rate of fire of the rear-loading rifle ensured that the war between the Selector Division and the Cossacks was completely a technical crushing.

Zhong Feng looked at the menacing Cossack cavalry in front of him, but suddenly lost interest in fighting.

"Jiang Chong! Command the battle! ”

Jiang Chong was stunned, saluted Zhong Feng, and took over the command.

The selection division is trained in strict accordance with the "Soldier Conduct" of the county king, and there are norms to follow everywhere. Commanding such an army in battle is actually quite simple.

"Ready!"

"Shoot!"

The horn sounded violently, the flag was unfurled, and the order to open fire was conveyed to every soldier on the front. At a distance of four hundred meters, the soldiers of the 5,000 Selective Frontier Division in front of the Formation aimed at the rushing European cavalry and began intensive free fire.

For a rear-loading rifle that can shoot once in five or six seconds, a salvo is not conducive to the spread of firepower. The best way to kill the enemy is to shoot freely at a half-second interval between different soldiers.

"Bang bang bang!"

Five thousand bullets flew through the snow and fired at the white cavalry four hundred meters away. The tall Cossacks, who had not even entered the range of the Mini rifles, were shot in the body one by one.

Blood gushed out of the Cossacks and turned into blood splatters, staining those expensive furs red.

The Cossacks looked at the bullet on their bodies in disbelief, bent down a little, and finally fell off their horses with a plop.

Of course, the Cossacks also had sniper rifles. British mirror sharpeners sharpened sniper scopes by hand and made more than a thousand sniper rifles for the Russians in three months.

The Russians, who were a little panicked by the ferocious fire of the Tiger Army, raised their sniper rifles and began to return fire.

Tobinsky on the Don had a sniper rifle in his hands. The dozens of cavalry in front of him were all knocked out by Chiang Chong's infantry, and Tobinsky was suddenly relegated to the front of the ranks. He raised his rifle on his bumpy horse, barely aimed it at the line of the Selector Division more than a thousand paces away, and opened fire with a snap.

To his disappointment, however, his shot missed the target.

Other Cossacks who shot with guns, like Tobinsky, mostly put empty guns.

The Cossacks had just been armed with firearms, and as soon as they encountered a strong enemy, they subconsciously chose to charge on horseback. Immediately bumpy, it is impossible to shoot a sniper rifle accurately with such a tactical choice.

Tobinsky looked angrily at the front selector opposite, put his rifle on his back, raised his whip and slammed the horse under his crotch.

"Rush! Those Asians can only shoot once in a long time! Rush up! ”

The Cossacks, who had suffered heavy losses, heard Tobinsky's encouragement and regained their fighting spirit.

Even Zhirkov agreed with Tobinsky. Because the Ming people did not choose to shoot in three rows, but stupidly chose to shoot all the rifle bullets at once. According to the Cossack understanding of firearms, the reloading time of a flintlock pistol was at least twenty breaths. And the next salvo will be at least twenty breaths later.

The European horses were far taller and stronger than the Mongol horses, twenty breaths, enough for the galloping Cossack cavalry to advance six or seven hundred paces.

Just now, the selection of the front division hit a high-speed moving target at 400 meters, and the accuracy was not particularly high, and the hit rate was only one or two percent, which was still bearable. That is, with only one more such volley, the Cossacks were able to rush into the ranks of the Tiger Army and slash the soldiers of Asia with their sabers.

Tobinsky raised the horn hanging from the saddle and blew it violently.

The Cossack cavalrymen shouted "Ula", rode their horses and trampled on the dead compatriots on the ground, and launched a decisive charge against the Tiger Ben Army in front of them.

However, these Europeans did not understand that as the most elite unit of the Tiger Army, the equipment of the Selector Division had evolved to the level of rear-loading guns.

Pull away the gun, stuff the paper-shell bullets in, close the gun, and load the semicircular primer into the primer trough. It only takes five or six seconds for the soldiers of the Selector Division to shoot again.

Under the incredulous gaze of the Russians, flames erupted from the muzzle of the Selector's gun again.

The battlefield was silent for only a few seconds, and the crackling sound of gunfire once again dominated the battlefield. Bullets rained down on the Cossacks. The tall European cavalry screamed in blood, fell from an equally tall European warhorse, and then was trampled to death by the hooves of the horses rolling behind.

Hundreds more were killed in the charge.

Zhirkov's mouth opened wide in shock, his eyes turned bloodshot red, and he found himself confronted the most formidable enemy of his life, the Ming soldiers of Asia, who only needed five breaths to complete a single shot.

It's horrible.

This is the devil's weapon.

The second shot killed a few hundred people, then there was a short pause of two or three seconds before the third free fire began.

Because of the difference in the time of shooting during the free fire, the shooting of the Selector Division has gradually become a mixed up, and it is almost impossible to distinguish the first few free fires.

Tobinsky was also amazed by the rate of fire of the Ming army, and if the muskets had such a rate of fire, what good was the cavalry?

But he didn't have time to sort through his panicked worries. Just as the Selector was firing for the third time, a rear-loading bullet entered his right eye, and in an instant it entered his head and flew out of the back of his head.

This Cossack leader of the Don did not scream and lost his life.