"Archduke Friedrich, I'm afraid you've come to me at the wrong time!" Ivanov smiled coldly, he had never recognized the capabilities of this commander-in-chief of the Austro-Hungarian army, not in Galicia, not in Lodz-Warsaw, and even less here. Ivanov believed that at night, his cavalry would be able to exert one hundred and twenty percent combat effectiveness.

Just a week ago, the Russian general was still worried about his future, and the commander-in-chief of Army Group North-West, General Gilinsky, was dismissed and imprisoned by the Tsar for losing two entire army groups in the Battle of East Prussia, so after the crushing defeat in Lodz-Warsaw, Ivanov waited in horror every day for the Tsar's punishment, but before the Tsar's punishment arrived, the Russian Revolution broke out. The Tsar was forced to evacuate St. Petersburg, naturally having no time to deal with this defeated general, and Aglini took the opportunity to offer him superior conditions, not only to ensure that he would not lose his black hat, but also to have a chance to soar, provided that everything was under his command.

Aglini's first plan was to refuse to return to the capital to rescue the Tsar, and although the Tsar did not fall into the hands of the revolutionaries, his first plan had been largely achieved. Now the second step of the plan will be carried out concretely by General Ivanov.

Even as soon as the revolutionaries began to attack St. Petersburg and the Austro-Hungarian troops crossed the border, Ivanov's army was already in action. His 8th Army, the one that had been the first to retreat and was well preserved at Lodz, was placed under the command of Agrini, and at this time they were ambushing the other Austrian army in southern Belarus with the Guards Division; Ivanov himself arrived here on the night of the 1st with the 3rd and 4th armies, the two armies that were crippled in the battle of Lodz-Warsaw, and part of the cavalry of the Guards Army, and in three days they built fortifications similar to those of the Germans according to Aglini's plan, and at the same time placed 100,000 infantry in 2 corps in the frontal position, the remaining 100,000 infantry were hidden in the villages and woods behind the position, and the cavalry unit of the 1st Guards Army was ambushed in the town on the right flank of the position and in the forest next to it. The remaining 50,000 or so cavalry were scattered near the roads where the Austrians passed.

The Austrian commander-in-chief, Grand Duke Friedrich, had not yet realized his situation, and perhaps he and his troops should not have come to this place at all. Much to the Archduke's dismay, the German troops stationed in Poland had no intention of entering Russia, and it was precisely because he feared that the Germans would occupy Russian territory before him, so he hastened to lead his troops across the border, and although his army had not been resisted for several days, he felt more and more that the progress here seemed to be too smooth.

It was not only the Austrian commander who felt that something was wrong, but also Chentian and his generals were studying the situation in Belarus at the headquarters in Warsaw at this time.

"The Austro-Hungarian army has occupied almost half of the Belarusian region in less than four days, and the Russian army has not put up the slightest resistance, are they all transferred to suppress the revolutionary party?" I don't know who suddenly asked, and everyone shook their heads.

"Impossible, the revolutionary uprisings that broke out in the cities of the Belarusian regions such as Minsk, Gomel, and Grodno were suppressed by Agreny's troops on the same day, and the Russian revolutionary forces in Moscow and St. Petersburg were not attacked by Russian troops from the Belarusian regions!" Hoffmann deduced from German spies and information provided by the Russian Revolutionary Party that "the troops of Agreny and Ivanov did not leave Belarus at all!" ”

The commander of the German Reserve Corps, General Vojlsch, said with a slight mockery: "Could it be that the hearts of the people are scattered and Aglini's troops have fled?" ”

"General, this is unlikely! Those are the Russian Imperial Guard, the most elite units in Russia! And Ivanov, whose troops, although suffering heavy losses, were not completely collapsed either! Mackensen looked serious, and in the future, after the main force of the East Prussian Army left Poland, he and the general Wojlsch would take on the responsibility of the German defense in Poland.

"But with Ivanov's character, he will definitely not sit idly by and watch the Austro-Hungarian army drive straight in! He was the kind of guy who drove his soldiers to rush forward against all odds, and besides, he always liked to keep only one division in reserve! "Vojlsch had dealt with the Russian general in Galicia, and seemed to know him well.

Chen Tian glanced up at the commander of the reserve army in front of him, perhaps it would be more appropriate to change his name to the commander of the second garrison of German Poland now. During the meeting with Archduke Friedrich that day, the general did himself a slight favor and made a good impression on the crowd, so he quickly became part of the team, although not formally.

"Well said, General Voirsch! Now the behavior of the Russian army is indeed very inconsistent with the consistent style of the Russian army, but if the command of the Russian army there is completely in the hands of Aglini, everything is obvious! ”

"A trap!" Hoffman and Mackensen uttered the words almost in unison.

"Yes, a trap!" Chen Tian nodded reluctantly, although the Austrians were a little greedy in their behavior, they were allies of the German Empire after all.

"But what do the Russians do?" Olg and Voylsch were full of questions at this point.

"Of course it's against the Austrians entering Russia, and it's the kind of fatal plan, just like they did to us in Kimon!" Chen Tian sensed that things might get worse and worse, "I'm afraid Archduke Friedrich is in trouble!" ”

While the commanders of the German and Austrian armies were worried about their premonitions, Cheney and his cavalry regiment were in real trouble. They began to advance towards the town on the Russian flank as the Austrian infantry attacked the Russian positions, and cautiously approached it shortly after. The Russians on the position apparently spotted the Austro-Hungarian cavalry, and soon after, concentrated their artillery fire on the Cheney Cavalry Regiment and other Austrian cavalry that appeared outside the town, even more intensively than the previous shelling of the Austrian infantry. Major Cheney then led his cavalry around the side away from the Russian position, approaching the small town of the unknown from the edge of the forest.

Although Russian artillery fire struggled to cover this direction, Cheney and his cavalry had trouble approaching the town. Not only did the Russians extend the trenches to the front of the town, but they also deployed heavy machine guns on top of the outermost buildings, making it difficult for the Austrian cavalry to get inside the town until the obstacles were cleared. Eventually, Cheney made a decision he regretted: he went around the forest to the back of the town.

After reporting the situation to the command, Cheney stepped with more than 2,000 cavalry into the great forest, which looked somewhat mysterious in the moonlight. At first, the trees were sparse, and the silvery white soft moonlight sprinkled on the forest land, guiding the way forward for these uninvited guests. The forest was not quiet, the owls made their clattering in the branches, and the small animals rustled in the bushes from time to time, which for a time made the Austrian cavalry a little nervous. When the cannon fire in the distance rang out intensively, these sounds were almost silenced.

"It seems that the artillery is serious this time, hoping that they will be able to fill in those big ditches dug by the Russians, and the poor infantry is actually blocked by those ditches! If it were us, we would have jumped over a long time ago! Cheney thought so, but there was no one in his ranks, not even the sound of horses' hooves on the leaves and dirt sounding faint and dull.

No one wants to wake up the things that hide in the forest, no matter what form they belong to.

Gradually, the trees became denser and denser, and the shadows left on the ground by the unfallen leaves and interlaced branches became thicker, and the view inside the forest had become very bad, and the cavalry had to advance cautiously to avoid any accidents. However, the accident that was not an accident still happened.

When the neighing of horses and the sound of horses' hooves could be heard from the front, the Austrian cavalry thought it was just an echo in the woods, but the echo was gradually louder than the original, and it sounded closer. Under the horrified gaze of the Austrians, a large group of dark shadows appeared in the darkness not far away.

"Oh God! What's that? The Austrians shouted in horror, and in the colorful light through the branches and leaves, the figures of those black shadows were faintly visible, they appeared in front of people as if they were monsters from another world, they were like black holes absorbing the already very faint light, even when they were very close, the Austrians could only see a shadow, only by their silhouette could judge that it was a cavalry composed of men and horses, and the long knives in their hands sometimes flashed with a terrifying cold light.

This may be the effect of dark green military uniforms and black or brown war horses in the dark night and in the forest! Cheney's cavalry had almost only one thought in an instant: turn around and run away!

Cheney didn't have time to think about it, nor did he intend to stop the monsters alone, and like most cavalrymen, he rode out of the forest. The dappled moonlight made him a little dizzy, and he could only lean on his mount to avoid the trees in front of him, and from time to time there were Austrian screams, and the terrible sound filled almost the entire forest, and at the same time pierced the heart of every Austrian cavalryman.

The trees beside him were rapidly retreating, the sound behind him seemed to be in his ears, Cheney felt that he had never been so nervous, his back was almost soaked with cold sweat, the cool breeze gave him a feeling that a dark shadow was behind him, he didn't dare to look back, lest he would see those terrifying shadows when he turned around. The mood of the Austrian cavalry was mostly the same as that of Major Cheney, whether they were ghosts or not, but the situation was so terrifying that everyone only wanted to escape from this hellish forest as soon as possible.

As Cheney was about to be frightened by the sound of his own rapid breathing, the edge of the forest finally appeared in front of him, and the earth was covered with a faint silvery gray in the moonlight, and the flat meadows were so beautiful to the Austrians at this time.

The Austro-Hungarian cavalry outside the forest was very surprised when they saw the cavalry unit that had entered the forest fleeing out of the forest in a panic and running towards them without looking back.

After rushing out of the forest, Cheney finally breathed a sigh of relief, and his own cavalry troops in front of him gave him a shot in the arm for his weakened heart. Watching the cavalry there begin to prepare for battle, he finally remembered his duty and began to shout loudly for the soldiers to form a formation beside them. Despite the unusual irritation, the Austrian cavalry began to close as Cheney had ordered, but they soon found that the expressions of everyone around them were far from calm, especially when they saw the dark shadows coming out of the forest and lining up on the flat ground.

Cheney counted the number of people a little, and there were less than 2,000 of the more than 2,600 people who entered the forest, and the morale and mental state were even more worrying. In the hazy moonlight, Cheney realized that they were not demon cavalry at all, because they had faces similar to his own, except that their dark green uniforms were something he had never seen before. If it had been a slightly gray Cossack uniform, he might not have been so frightened, it was a damn color.

The cavalry on the opposite side was still coming from the forest to the flat ground in front, where the queue looked very large. Cheney looked at the cavalry on his side, plus another Austro-Hungarian cavalry that was rushing from not far away, about one and a half divisions of about 20,000 cavalry troops, and the other side did not seem to be less than himself.

However, now it is a battle or retreat and Cheney can't make a decision, a fierce-looking Austro-Hungarian cavalry general slowly rode to the front of the team, his words were a little vague to Cheney's ears, but the other Austro-Hungarian cavalry soon broke out of the shouts, followed by the sound of the sword unsheathed, it seems that the general wants to take advantage of the opportunity of the opponent has not yet completed the formation of the team to launch an attack.

"Don't worry, those are just cavalry units made up of Belarusian peasants, there is nothing to be afraid of!" Cheney shouted at his soldiers, even though he didn't know where the cavalry came from, but it was probably the only thing he could do, and it seemed that his soldiers believed it and shouted like the rest of the cavalry.

The central line of the Austro-Hungarian cavalry was the first to move, and then the entire Austro-Hungarian cavalry team began to slowly move forward. After advancing about 500 meters, the cavalry in the center took the lead in trotting again, and Cheney and his regiment also accelerated. It was only at this time that the cavalry on the opposite side began to move, and the presence of follow-up cavalry in the forest was continuous, much to the concern of all the Austro-Hungarian cavalry.

"Ula ......"

This cry not only echoed in the center of the battlefield for a long time, but also deeply shocked the hearts of the Austro-Hungarian cavalry, these were definitely well-trained Russian cavalry units, and this "long live" roar was so neat and consistent that it seemed to be a unit that was regularly reviewed. One way or another, it will definitely not be the so-called "Belarusian peasant" of Cheney.

Cheney began to feel weak, for in Galicia his unit had been pursued by Russian cavalry for a whole day, and in Lodz-Warsaw he was impressed by the strength of the Cossacks, who did not know what was so sacred. He didn't actually have time to think about it, and when the two cavalry teams collided, he would find the answer he wanted.

In terms of ferocity, the cavalry of the Russian Guards was definitely not inferior to the Cossack cavalry, and many of them were still elites selected from the Cossack units; In terms of discipline and team combat, these Guards cavalry were noticeably much more civilized than the barbaric Cossacks; In terms of equestrianism and fighting, the Guards cavalry had more training and better equipment. Therefore, from any point of view, the Austro-Hungarian cavalry met an absolutely strong enemy.

This point was deeply felt by the Austro-Hungarian cavalry in the battle, and the opponent made various flexible movements on the war horse with excellent equestrian skills, and the skillful squad tactics made the Austro-Hungarian cavalry fall into a local numerical disadvantage. Cheney, who has won numerous medals in cavalry combat, was actually entangled by a small Russian corporal at this time, but fortunately, his two personal guards held up the other two Russian cavalrymen who came with this guy, so that Cheney was not beaten by the other party.

While! While! Every time the knife collides, Cheney feels frightened, the opponent's wrist strength is not bad, the war knife is even more whirring, the move seems to be very simple, chopping, chopping, stabbing, blocking, gridding, compared to Cheney's gorgeous knife technique is very practical, and the Russians move very quickly, Cheney's every attack is easily defused by him. Although Cheney was not physically exhausted in a short period of time, the other party's momentum continued to oppress him.

After Cheney's stabbing attack, which he thought was swift and sudden, he heard a familiar scream, and one of his guards was stabbed by his opponent, staggering and falling off his horse, and in less than half a minute, his other guard was also killed by the opponent's flank.

One-on-three! A cold sweat slowly slipped down Cheney's forehead, and he leapt forward to leap out of the Russian flank, turning to face the three Russian cavalrymen. The other party is not particularly tall, but his eyes are unusually cold and cruel. The whole situation of the battle was changing subtly at this time, and the Russian cavalry was gradually devouring the ranks of the Austro-Hungarian cavalry, and more and more Russians were joining the battle.

Not much else, Cheney rode forward, targeting the Russian cavalry on the far left, which was the most advantageous position for his right hand swing. When a metal strike, a few sparks were lost in an instant, Cheney suddenly felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, reached out and touched it, his stomach seemed to be cut out of a big hole, he looked behind him with some confusion, the Russian cavalry in the middle had sat on the back of the man on the far left for some time, when Cheney and the Russian cavalry on the left side of the knife struck, the guy behind coldly came from below.

With an unbelievable look, Cheney fell off his horse, and his eyes could still see the bright moon in the sky.

Gradually, the Austro-Hungarian cavalry began to retreat incessantly, and in the shouts of the Russians again, the Austro-Hungarian cavalry finally retreated. The Russian cavalry followed the retreating Austro-Hungarian cavalry towards the main Austrian army, and the Russian defensive counterattack began to strike from the right......