The combat effectiveness of the Cossack cavalry was undoubtedly extremely strong. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoEach of them is a warrior and a fearsome existence. Especially in the era of cold weapons, it is invincible. Even after the rise of hot weapons, it still has strong combat effectiveness.

However, with the development of science and technology, with the advent of automatic weapons, the living space of cavalry has inevitably been squeezed. After the appearance of armored forces, cavalry will gradually withdraw from the stage of history.

The German 8th Panzer Division, although equipped with rudimentary tanks. But no matter how rudimentary, it was also a tank, and it was not something that the sabers in the hands of the Cossack cavalry could destroy.

Therefore, when the Cossack cavalry of the two divisions appeared on the battlefield and looked at the hundreds of iron bumps that were rumbling over, they were all stunned. Some people even involuntarily looked at the saber in their hands. Next, are they going to use the saber in their hands to deal with those iron lumps? This made them swallow a mouthful of saliva involuntarily. Even the most brave Cossack cavalry may have such doubts in their hearts at this moment.

"Sir, are we dealing with those iron guys? They don't seem to be something we can deal with! A young Cossack cavalryman asked with a sad face.

"Coward! The saber in the hands of the Cossack cavalry was indestructible. Over the centuries, we have defeated a large number of enemies and earned countless glories for the nation and the country. The chief reprimanded.

The Cossack cavalry was not paid, and their source of income was often the spoils of war captured on the battlefield and the plundering after defeating the enemy. Therefore, the Cossack cavalry was very brave, eager to fight, and fought without fear of death. For them, if there is no war, there is no income.

Major General Andrei and Major General Karsky are not looking good at the moment. They have a faint bad feeling in their hearts, as if they have been trapped.

However, now it has reached the point where the arrow is ready to be sent and it has to be sent. Retreat now, that's obviously not going to work. When the time comes, Admiral Samsonov will definitely put all the blame for the defeat on them. So, they had to bite the bullet and attack.

"Attack! For glory! Kill all the Germans! "Major General Andrei ordered.

"Attack! Kill! ”

Countless Cossack cavalry shouted, harnessed their horses, and began to charge. The speed of the Don Hippopotamus is very amazing, which makes it easy for the Cossack cavalry to cut off people's heads with the help of the power of war horses when fighting. It's just that this time in the face of German tanks, will their usual tactics still work? The answer is no!

"Oh God! Are those Russians crazy? They actually charged? Do they think that they will be able to chop up our tanks? Lieutenant Colonel Rommel exclaimed.

"Humph! Stupid Russians. Order all the tanks, stop moving forward and open the distance. Both machine guns and tank guns were ready. Finish off all those Russian cavalry. Colonel Guderian gave the order indifferently.

One tank after another stopped advancing, and the tank guns began to rotate in the direction of the Russian Cossack cavalry. At the same time, the coaxial machine gun and the course machine gun in front of the tank were already loaded and ready for firing.

For the panzers of the German 8th Panzer Division, this battle undoubtedly brought them to the blood. The scene of tens of thousands of cavalry charging has never been seen in the average person's life. However, now they are going to destroy these cavalry with their own hands, which makes people feel excited to think about it!

"Fire!"

When the Cossack cavalry rushed to the line less than a kilometer from the line of the 8th Panzer Division, Colonel Guderian gave the order to open fire.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The tank's tank guns opened fire, and one by one 37-mm shells fell into the ranks of the Cossack cavalry. Some of the hapless cavalry were swept away, and some of the horses were killed or seriously wounded, and wailed. The cavalry on horseback was even more thrown to the ground, trampled into meat by the galloping war horses.

Because the Cossack cavalry of the Russian army was too fast, and at the same time, when the 37-mm tank gun fired high-explosive shells, it was not very powerful. Although the tanks of the 8th Panzer Division inflicted some casualties on the Cossack cavalry, these casualties were still acceptable.

Major General Andrei and Major General Karsky also breathed a sigh of relief. As soon as the Cossack cavalry rushed closer, their combat effectiveness was able to be brought into play. When the time comes, we will definitely be able to win.

"Machine gun fire!"

When the Cossack cavalry rushed to a distance of just over two hundred meters from the tanks, all the coaxial machine guns and course machine guns on the tanks opened fire. To increase firepower, these machine guns are all 12.7 mm heavy machine guns. It's powerful.

"Da Da Da!" More than two hundred heavy machine guns opened fire, forming a dense barrage. The Cossack cavalry quickly rammed into the barrage. Suddenly, the entire ranks of the Cossack cavalry, as if they had been punched hard, came to a halt at once.

There was no way to not stop, and the cavalry who rushed to the front had already been shot by a dense barrage of machine-gun bullets. The corpses of the horses and soldiers fell to the ground, piled up on top of each other, seriously hindering the charge of the subsequent cavalry, and some had to restrain their horses and slow down. And the cavalry behind didn't know what was going on at all and didn't slow down, which made these cavalry collide together. Many of the cavalry fell off their horses and were trampled to death.

It was still the machine guns of the tanks of the German 8th Panzer Division that were really urging the killing. Every machine gun was firing frantically, until the barrel heated up, and then it had to be stopped and cooled down.

Countless Cossack cavalry were shot alive under the dense rain of bullets from the Germans. Many war horses and Cossack cavalry were directly beaten into honeycombs.

"Oh God! How is this possible? Major General Andrei and Major General Karski, who were watching the battle in the rear, had already changed their faces. They never imagined that this would be the result.

"Damn, why is the Germans so powerful, using cavalry to storm the enemy's dense machine-gun positions, this is simply hitting stones with eggs, looking for death!" Major General Karski also scolded.

But now I have come to my senses, and it is too late. Their two Cossack cavalry divisions were being wiped out little by little under the powerful fire of the Germans.