Chapter 55: Cavalry Charge
General Vilko rode his horse and shouted in the woods, beckoning the Polish army in ambush to attack. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The main battalion of the Soviet army on the periphery was deployed along the river, and in order to open the road along the river, on his flank was a makeshift supplementary battalion.
The 1,000 Polish troops who were lying in ambush in the woods to the south heard the order to charge and immediately charged north into the woods.
The two armies met on low hills, no more than three or four hundred meters apart. The troops on both sides were scattered in a distorted front in a disorganized manner, constantly advancing.
On both sides were units formed at Zero Hour, armed with only a few heavy machine guns, in addition to rifles. The few heavy machine guns were mounted on small dirt slopes on either side, firing frantically at the opposite side.
However, on a nearly 1,000-meter wide front, a few heavy machine guns could not stop the charge of the troops on both sides at all, and the bullets of the machine guns did not work very well in the scattered charging formation. Soldiers on both sides took advantage of the undulating hills, dodging machine gun fire while firing as they advanced.
Of course, because most of the soldiers on both sides were novices, and they were shooting in advance, the accuracy was miserable.
However, for the officers and soldiers on both sides, this was completely irrelevant, the so-called 'shooting is a soft egg, bayonet is a good man'. The soldiers on both sides were getting closer and closer, and they could already clearly see the faces of the enemy on the opposite side.
"Get on the bayonet! Get on the bayonet!"
"Upper bayonet ・・・・・・"
The officers on both sides shouted loudly, and the soldiers on both sides began to pull out the bayonets at their waists and load them on their rifles. The M1891 Mosin Nagant rifle, with a full length of 1308mm and a bayonet of 1738mm, is almost the same height as a soldier.
General Vilko rode his war horse and led his only 100-man cavalry company to observe behind the battlefield, and the surrounding cavalry rode on horseback, nervously waiting for orders.
After the Soviet troops on the periphery began to attack, there was a noticeable separation between their main and supplementary battalions, forming a 120-degree V-shaped front, which was an excellent fighter.
"Let's go!" General Vilko lifted the reins of his horse and rode his horse into action.
"General, if there are any orders I can carry out, why do you need to go into battle yourself?" Tchaikov followed up and persuaded.
"It's just a charge, I haven't seen any strong winds and waves." General Vilko said to the cavalry behind him: "If you can't win today, I will die here with you!" ”
The surrounding cavalry all shouted and shouted, and their fighting spirit was high.
General Vilko led the cavalry in a westward jog, and made a large circle of five thousand meters from the side of the battlefield where the two armies were opposed, to the flank and rear of the Soviet army's supplementary battalion.
The Soviet soldiers on the outside of the battlefield faintly saw the cavalry, and at first they did not know what they were running to do there, but then they understood that the Polish cavalry was going to attack them from the flank, and immediately shouted: "Cavalry! The Polish cavalry is coming! ”
But General Vilko and his cavalry paid no attention to the Soviet soldiers scattered on the fringes, and rode quickly northward on his horse.
The Soviet soldiers on the periphery of the battlefield immediately hurried to the headquarters, trying to pass on the news.
General Vilko led the cavalry around the battlefield and came to the V-shaped gap in the Soviet front. The cavalry rode their horses and turned, and the heads of their horses were facing the gap.
"Charge with all your might, spread out three meters apart, knock out their machine guns and headquarters, kill their officers, kill through their positions." General Vilko shouted with his saber aloft.
"Huhu ・・・・・・" The cavalry around echoed one after another.
A hundred cavalrymen scattered in a row and rushed towards the gap in the Soviet position, four hundred horses' hooves struck the earth fiercely, Rudong beat a huge war drum, and the dense and deep sound was shocking.
A Soviet soldier ran backwards and shouted: "The Polish cavalry is coming!" Before the men in the middle of the front could understand what was going on, they heard the sound of horses' hooves behind them.
The Soviet soldiers looked back and saw hundreds of horsemen roaring towards them.
After General Vilko rushed into the gap with his cavalry, he immediately turned to the left and rushed towards the rear of the replenishment battalion.
The main battalion and the supplementary battalion of the Soviet army were facing him with their backs unguarded at the same time, the combat effectiveness and morale of the supplementary battalion were low, and at the same time they were entangled by the attacking Polish army.
The main battalion was relatively strong in combat effectiveness and toughness, and they were besieging their positions by the river and at the same time being pinned down by the Soviet troops on the inside, and it was impossible to abandon their positions and come out to support. If his 100 cavalry attacked the main battalion, even if he could kill and wound one or two hundred people, he would still be entangled and eliminated in the end.
"The Polish cavalry is rushing from behind!" Such cries of terror constantly sounded from Soviet positions. The soldiers looked back to see how it was.
"Our cavalry! Our cavalry! Long live the hussars! Long live Poland! The Polish soldiers, seeing their cavalry rushing behind the enemy, immediately shouted excitedly. For a time, the morale was high, and while the Soviet soldiers were panicking, they kept rushing forward, and the Soviet soldiers who were in a state of uncertainty retreated.
"Turn the heavy machine gun around!" An officer directs the heavy machine gun to turn its position. Two soldiers turned around with their crane guns, and one removed the magazine and brought it over.
But their heavy machine guns and headquarters were located in the back, exposed to the eyes of the Polish cavalry without cover. A hundred horsemen found their target and charged towards it.
Several officers and soldiers, seeing that the Polish cavalry was about to rush over, picked up their pistols and began to shoot at the cavalry, and some soldiers at the back of the battlefield also took rifles and fired at the horses.
A horse was shot and sprinted forward even more frantically. Several Polish cavalrymen picked up the M1914 grenade, unscrewed the tail end shield, pulled the cable (fuse), and threw it out with horsepower.
Boom・・・・・・ several grenades were thrown at the headquarters in succession, and the heavy machine gun positions were thrown on top of the heavy machine gun position, and more than half of several targets were destroyed at once.
The Polish cavalry behind rode up, drew their sabers, and stabbed the Soviet soldiers who were standing. Many had not yet recovered from the grenade explosion when their heads were suddenly cut off. The horses trampled the wounded soldiers, crushing their heads, leaving a large horseshoe mark on their chests and abdomen.
"Keep rushing over and don't stop!" General Vilko raised his saber and shouted.
The Polish cavalry shouted and rushed at the Soviet soldiers who were struggling with the Polish troops.
PS: I saw that many book friends didn't know that it was written about World War II when they saw "Immortal Poland", so they wanted to change their name, and I felt that it was a bit secondary at first.
Changed to: What about the rise of Poland in 1918?
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