Cavalry!

What is Modern Cavalry?

When many people often think of cavalry, they either think of the ancient cavalry represented by the Mongolian archers, or they think of the kind of modern cavalry in Europe that can act in unison under the constraints of strict discipline and keep the horses next to the horses and shoulder to shoulder when charging collectively, like a fast-moving "iron wall". Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

It seems that this "iron wall" cannot be destroyed, everything can be destroyed, and a denser and neater cavalry queue will inevitably defeat a relatively loose cavalry rank.

This seems to have become the truth.

But is this really the truth?

Of course not!

At least for the Han army, although it has been bent on emulating the West since its establishment and introducing Western weapons and tactics, it has not blindly imitated the West in the construction of cavalry. The reason why they did not follow the example of the West is very simple -- there are no military horses of sufficient quality, and the foundation of modern cavalry in Europe is not people under strict discipline, but those military horses that can be controlled by cavalry under the cultivation of horse breeding technology in Europe for hundreds of years.

And this is precisely what China cannot provide, not only in China that there is not the kind of military horse that can be controlled for the spurs, but also not even a military horse with good quality. Mongolian horses may have the advantages of good endurance and tolerance to rough feeding, but their small size alone makes them unsuitable for military horses.

Although after the introduction of Arabian horses a few years ago, a breeding farm was established in Ezo, mainly using Arab stallions to improve Mongolian horses and breed new cavalry horses. However, due to the short period of time, only one generation of horses has been bred so far.

How to build cavalry in the absence of qualified military horses?

This is an unavoidable problem facing the Han army.

In the end, the war between the United States and Mexico across the ocean gave the Han army an answer - to build a lancer, of course, this lancer was not a unit with a spear, but a red neck with a revolver to defeat the Mexican European-style cavalry that had been trained by the French for many years. Moreover, when the cavalry of the Righteous Army was first established, they rode inferior horses and used revolvers to seize the glory of Wuchang, which made the cavalry of the Righteous Army go to another "crooked way" - the lancers, and even had a tendency to never return.

In the woods near the village, Deng Mingshao, who led the cavalry regiment, checked his revolver again, and the cavalry of the Han army were all armed with three guns and one knife, two revolvers and a cavalry lance, plus a cavalry knife, which was the standard configuration of the Han cavalry, of course, sometimes equipped with grenades according to the needs of the task.

But most of the time, two revolvers and one cavalry gun were enough. Even in many cases, the cavalry knife instead became a supporting role.

Different from the cavalry of other countries, the cavalry of the Han army paid more attention to shooting training, and one of the most basic requirements for qualified cavalry was to ride on a horse and hit the target with a pistol 30 meters, and half of the 100 meters of the rifle on the target.

This requirement does not seem to be high, but in fact it is not so easy to meet the standard, but diligence can make up for the shortcomings, and under a large amount of live-fire training, the current cavalry can achieve this standard.

When will the saber be used?

Sabres will be used only at the last moments of the charge!

Although the Han army advocated the use of guns to fight, when it was about to be put into battle, Deng Mingshao still couldn't help but hold the copper olecranon handle of the saber, in fact, the use of the saber has always been extremely widespread, and it was not subject to the charge.

Compared with the straight sword saber prevailing in Europe, whether it is influenced by tradition or other cavalry ideas, the Han army staff is more inclined to the traditional saber, and the cavalry makes the knife on the back of the galloping horse to chop, chop, chop and other tactics to the infantry is undoubtedly more lethal.

Because of this, the choice of cavalry knives can be said to have taken a lot of twists and turns. In the end, the Han army chose to capture their own Russian Chasik saber, through continuous comparative tests to prove that compared with the straight sword riding knife of France and Germany, the performance of the Russian Chasik saber is better, and it is more suitable for the combat habits of the Chinese people, but the saber of the Han army is not a simple imitation of the Chasik saber, but it has been improved on its basis, the length has been lengthened, but the weight is basically the same as the original knife, compared to the Han style saber is more powerful than the Chasik saber, and the penetration force and cutting surface are stronger.

Holding the hilt of the saber in his hand, Deng Mingshao looked into the distance, and the sound of artillery in his ears reminded him, reminding him that the battlefield was falling into an unprecedented fierce battle, and in the rumbling cannon, tens of thousands of enemies were struggling in the smoke and debris.

And as cavalrymen, they are waiting for the last moment.

Do not storm a well-prepared infantry phalanx with cavalry!

This is the first rule of cavalry engagement, and the reason why it cannot storm the phalanx is because in the era of rifled guns, the infantry could block the cavalry with a rain of bullets at a distance of several hundred meters, and if it formed a phalanx, it would undoubtedly be fatal for the cavalry.

Because of this, the cavalry regiment of the Han army also had its own artillery - although there were only mortars, but more than a dozen mortars, which could still destroy the enemy's phalanx to the greatest extent, and then attack it with cavalry when its formation fell into confusion.

Now, this is undoubtedly only a large-scale application of this tactic - in addition to the 1st Cavalry Regiment, as many as three cavalry battalions and eight cavalry companies were put into operation at the same time, which was all the cavalry of the 1st Army, and after the artillery completely destroyed the camp of the Qing army, thousands of cavalry would launch a final attack on the remnants of the Qing army with an order.

When will the last minute come?

They were waiting, as the cavalry commander Deng Mingshao was also waiting, as the cannon became more and more dense, his hands were tightly gripping the saber, his eyes were staring at the sky, suddenly, two green signal flares in the sky dragged thick smoke trails towards the air.

The order has been given!

Flares are commands!

Deng Mingshao, who received the order, put his right hand through the belt at the end of the handle, and the moment he held the handle, he drew his saber and pointed to the sky, his eyes narrowed slightly, and two words burst out from his throat.

"Forward!"

There was no assembly, a whole formation of European cavalry, but they followed the direction of his blade.

More than 3,000 mixed-race war horses are slowly stepping under the command of the cavalry, the speed of the cavalry is not fast, in fact, except for the charging stage, the war horses are now walking slowly, although their speed is not fast, and the formation is not neat, but the rhythm of the horse's hooves is very neat, so that people will have the illusion that the war horse is stepping on the right step.

And this is precisely the difference between modern cavalry and ancient cavalry, the horses used are strictly trained, and even can step out of the rhythm of the same "march" like soldiers. Even though the formation is messy, the constant training still allows these horses to slowly maintain a unified rhythm.

After the cavalry marched more than 500 meters over the field. Deng Mingshao once again raised the saber in his hand.

"Jog!"

Compared with the "advance" when the saber is almost pointed straight to the sky, when this order is given, the saber in Deng Mingshao's hand is pointed at the sky at forty-five degrees, and every cavalryman knows the difference, after all, on the battlefield, not everyone hears his order, and the angle of the saber is also a way of command.

As the order was given, the speed of the cavalry began to slowly increase. Perhaps, this is the biggest difference between modern cavalry and traditional cavalry, all their actions are strictly implemented in accordance with the provisions of the cavalry combat discipline, just like the impact from two kilometers away, two kilometers away, from marching, to jogging, all actions are strictly carried out according to the orders of the commander, and no one acts in vain. Even if the Han cavalry did not form a neat queue, it did not prevent them from absorbing the strengths of modern cavalry, turning this seemingly messy cavalry into an advanced and well-disciplined team.

As the cavalry slowly accelerated, the sound of horses' hooves, which had an almost uniform rhythm, became deeper and deeper, and the sound of horses' hooves gave people the illusion of war drums, more like rolling mines echoing on the ground.

In the early morning of this spring, the silent earth was shaken by the trampling of tens of thousands of horses' hooves, and the deafening sound of horses' hooves came from far and near like rolling mines.

It's cavalry!

And in front of them, the Qing troops were still struggling and twisting in the flames of war, torn apart in the flying debris as they suffered the trauma of the violent explosion of thousands of shells. Even if the horse's hooves were thundering, it wouldn't have been much more important to them.

"Ready, ready ......"

Deng Mingshao, who took the lead and led the cavalry regiment to charge, kept shouting loudly, his words were passed among the cavalry, everyone maintained the same speed according to training, and the huge cavalry group stepped out with a deafening hoof and attacked towards the flank of the Qing army.

Although most of the Qing troops were torn apart by explosives and steel fragments in the artillery fire, there were still nearly 10,000 Qing troops in the rear, including Dobia on horseback and the Qing generals beside him, all of them looked in horror in the direction from which the sound came when they heard the thunderous sound of horses' hooves.

"This, this is ......"

Cavalry!

It's the cavalry of the Han Chinese!

Looking at the yellow dust raised by the Han cavalry on the field through the binoculars, although it was difficult to see how big the cavalry was in the dust, they could still guess a rough idea for these experienced people.

At least two thousand cavalry!

"Dashuai!"

"Order the town of Pingkou to cover the left flank of the whole army, and the artillery group on the left flank will turn to the enemy cavalry......"

One by one, the orders came from the mouth of the central Dobia, and at this time he seemed to be extremely calm, completely unaffected by the cavalry attack. He also had reserves in his hands for two towns to use.

"My lord, are you transferring Pingyu Town, after all, ......"

Without waiting for his subordinates to finish, Dobia ordered.

"Pingyu Town covers the right flank, and you must not move without permission!"

This order of Dobia made Grant nod his head in agreement, indeed, when there is only such a reserve as Pingyu Town, it cannot be transferred to the left flank, which will lead to the emptiness of the right flank, this is an impeccable order!

The soldiers who had just lined up in Pingkou Town, the left wing of the Qing army, were all nervously staring at the approaching enemy at this time.

"Raise your gun!"

As soon as the order was given, the soldiers raised their rifles in their hands and pulled the hammer back.

"Aim...... Put! ”

At the sound of the order, clouds of white smoke immediately erupted from the barrels of the thousands of guns. Just as they were completing their first volley, there was a dull whistling sound in the air.

"Shelling!"

I don't know who shouted, the shout just fell, with a loud bang, the smoke of gunpowder instantly swallowed dozens of Qing soldiers, the next moment, dozens of shells accurately smashed around these neatly lined up Qing troops, steel fragments dragged a sharp whistling sound flying in the air, hundreds of Qing soldiers did not even come to scream in a hurry, and people fell in a pool of blood. The queue collapsed in an instant.

When the whistling of bullets came, Deng Mingshao, who was riding on a horse, lowered his body, looking at the enemy troops caught in the artillery fire, the threat of the collapsed queue to them had been minimized, although there were still Qing troops stubbornly fighting back, but it was no longer a threat to them.

When there were still dozens of meters away, looking at the fleeing enemy troops, Deng Mingshao immediately pulled the trigger of the revolver. Compared with rifles, the crisp gunshots of revolvers continued to sound on the battlefield, and those fleeing Qing soldiers were constantly knocked to the ground by 11 mm bullets.

Deng Mingshao did not directly lead the cavalry to attack the main formation of the Qing army, which had collapsed, but turned to the rear of the Qing army from the left flank, and the cavalry rushed towards the fleeing Qing army while running wildly, and the cavalry who rushed towards its right flank after sticking to the rear of the Qing army can be said to have maximized the power of the pistol, and when they launched an attack with their pistols, the cavalry battalions and cavalry companies under the divisions and regiments that followed behind the cavalry regiment immediately howled and brandished their sabers after emptying the first round of bullets, and rushed into the position of the Qing army.

The cavalry that rushed into the enemy line was like a tiger in the mountains, and in one fell swoop rushed into this flock of fleeing "sheep", whose sheep had not even recovered from the dense artillery fire, and had to face the sabers cut overhead.

In fact, there was no need to cut at all, and those cavalrymen with sabers often only pointed the tip of their swords slightly to the left, and when the horses galloped past the enemy, they gently pressed their wrists and slashed the sabers downwards through the enemy's back.

Although they did not slash hard, with the help of high-speed horsepower, the seemingly gentle saber still slashed the enemy to the ground, and the sharp saber even swept through the enemy's back and dragged it to his right shoulder like a saw, slashing his shoulder with a single blow.

The cavalry that came from all sides continued to slash the defeated enemy to death under their sabers, and the sharp blades either cut off their arms or cut their carotid arteries, dragging blood mist through the air.

It was a one-sided massacre, with more than 3,000 cavalry crisscrossing the battlefield like the arms of death......

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