Melnik was serving in the Far East Red Banner Special Military District when he was fighting the Japanese in the area of Lake Hassan in the Far East, but Marshal Blyukhel did not send his own cavalry to the front line at all, but let some cavalry officers watch the battle among the infantry. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info Melnik once saw with his own eyes the ruthless encirclement and suppression of the Japanese cavalry by Panfilov's mechanized brigade, and the scene at that time made him remember deeply - the cavalry fighting head-on with the armored forces had no power to fight back!

It was also from that campaign that the cavalry units of the Red Army were no longer tasked with frontal attacks, but as a sweeping force behind armored clusters, as well as flanking and raiding in special areas. The cavalry command also improved the cavalry tactics and equipment - the cavalry status has declined, but its importance is still there, and the glory of the cavalry is still there!

As a hardcore cavalry commander, Melnik, like Marshal Budyonny and all cavalry warriors who galloped on horseback, hoped to wield his sword in war and use the blood and heads of the enemy to bring glory to the resounding name of himself and his cavalry, and today his chance has finally come!

There are only sparse small trees on the vast barren grass stalls, which is very suitable for the cavalry to set up a formation and launch a group charge, and the guide also said that there are no traps such as foot pits and mud ponds in this grass beach, and the horses can gallop with confidence.

The cavalry corps has special rules for frontal combat of the cavalry corps, and this unwritten rule has been followed for thousands of years, and even in this meeting it also imperceptibly affects the knights of the Soviet Union and Germany!

If the opponent is another unit, the cavalry will not hesitate to charge, and it is better to be able to sneak up - but the opponent is also cavalry, although Melnik and his Cossacks sarcastically ridiculed the Germans for riding donkeys, but still respect the title of "cavalry" of their opponents.

The two sides were separated by a long three rows of grass beach in the middle of the kilometer, and there was no other sound except for the roar of the war horses, and the silence was suffocating! On both sides were the best horses and tall and handsome young men - the Budyonny and Hanover horses under the crotches of both sides felt the breath before the battle, and unconsciously sneezed with their front hooves.

Melnik rode his horse in the middle of the first row of the queue, drew his sword with a "bang", and with his movements, 632 men in the last two rows of a regiment (this is cavalry, it cannot be counted by the number of infantry regiments. Of course, counting veterinarians, blacksmiths and logistics, a cavalry regiment still numbered more than 2000. The Cossacks also drew their swords, and the sound of the back of the knife rubbing against the edge of the scabbard was only a short second - the 53rd Division of the Independent Cavalry of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army was well trained!

The Germans on the opposite side drew their sabers almost at the same time, and like the Cossacks, the first row did not draw their swords - they were to fire several volleys as they charged: probably the only improvement in cavalry-to-cavalry formation for a thousand years.

Melnik slowly instigated the war horses under his crotch, 995 Cossacks slowly followed, and the three rows of war horses walked slowly, "For the motherland, forward!" "The division commander made a wrist, the Chasik sword was diagonally sideways and the tip of the knife was forward, the Cossacks clamped their legs, and the war horses began to accelerate!

The soldiers in the first row pulled out their assault rifles from their holsters, and the sound of the galloping horses of both sides shook the earth, like thunder rolling by! It has not been in almost twenty years that such a thrilling sound has resounded across the Russian land!

The Cossacks shouted the charge of the Clan, and although the distance was a little short, the cavalry on both sides was able to raise the speed of their horses high enough! Compared to the rhythm of the Cossacks, the German SS cavalry was a little messy - they had only practiced a small number of group charges, and they were usually small encirclement and suppression partisans, and it was good to be able to maintain such a formation.

The courage to launch a frontal charge against the superior Cossack cavalry of the Red Army was the fanatical Nazism of the Germans at work, and of course there were several cavalrymen among the Germans with the title of nobility, who were made to boil by the way of warfare admired by their ancestors!

It was okay to deal with the partisans who were dealing with Poland, but the fanatical SS cavalry faced the Cossack cavalry of the people on horseback this time! The Cossacks' horse fighting skills are not something that can be practiced in the riding schools and troops!

The cavalry on both sides approached quickly, and at a distance of 600 meters, the fighters of the first row on both sides knocked on the trigger of the rifle in their hands! The Cossacks let go of the reins, their guns in both hands, and the AK47s fired diagonally in succession, and the dense bullets roared over the heads of their horses!

Cluster strafing did not require precision, and the Budyonny horses were accustomed to hearing violent gunfire when they charged, and they were not frightened at all, and they still galloped in a straight line. The bullets in the magazine were exhausted within a few seconds, and the power of the cluster of more than 300 assault rifles was terrifying, and the German cavalry on the opposite side fell in a large area, accompanied by the neighing of the war horse before death!

The Cossacks were also hit, but the Germans' Czech-made single-shot rifles were not much of a threat to the Red cavalry and did not disrupt the formation - the Cossack cavalry in the back two rows had just attached their bodies to their horses.

Quickly tucked the assault rifle into the holster, drew the knife at his waist, and the two groups of cavalry slammed into each other!

The same tall war horses, the same high speed, in the screams and the sound of steel collision, the two teams quickly crossed over, leaving corpses all over the place!

Melnik cut off the head of a German cavalryman with a single sword, and when he dodged the sword unloaded by another cavalryman, he had already penetrated the German cavalry ranks. The horses had run fifty or sixty meters before they stopped and regrouped: the Cossacks had fallen more than half of the Germans with a single charge, and they had only lost a few dozen of them!

"Come again, forward!" Melnik didn't wipe the blood from his face, and once again rode his horse and charged!

The German cavalry was not in a good situation, but the double dignity of the SS and cavalry allowed them to charge the Cossack cavalry again in long columns, despite their huge casualties! The two teams of cavalry collided with each other again, but this time the starting distance was closer, and the impact was not very large, and the cavalry of both sides collided and intertwined, slashing each other with their swords!

The skillful skills of the Cossacks helped them gain the upper hand, shouting and slashing to one opponent after another, until they themselves became the prey of their opponents! Blood, the neighing of warhorses, and the screams of the warriors before they died resounded across the land!

The fierce Cossacks were red-eyed, and after a few minutes of engagement, they pursued the few fleeing German cavalrymen, and they didn't even bother to use assault rifles, brandishing their knives to cut off their opponents' heads!

Melnik slashed down two opponents, took a knife in the left shoulder, and the block with the cloak bracket did not hurt the bones, and shouted loudly despite the sharp pain of the arrow: "Blow the rallying trumpet, don't pursue!" ”

Several of the Cossacks, who served as trumpeters, sounded the rallying horn (the Red Army also had trumpeters) - this was an iron military order, and even the red-eyed Cossacks, when they heard the trumpet, gave up the pursuit and rode back to the assembly.

"Rescue the wounded! Signal Corps, contact the rear medical team! ”

"Yes, Commander!" Immediately there were signal corps on horseback to the rear assembly area, which would not have needed a radio at all.

While the alert troops were dispatched, the Cossacks dismounted to rescue the wounded - both their own and the Germans were given first aid: the German cavalry was respected by the horseback people for daring to launch two frontal charges. If the Germans had retreated after a single charge, the Cossacks would have killed the enemy's wounded without hesitation, and would not have left many prisoners.

Of course, this was only because the war had just begun, and there were so many battles, that is, the Cossacks did not know how the German cavalry treated the captured partisans, and they would not hesitate to kill any German prisoner.

War will slowly make everyone abandon all rules and morals!

With the help of others, Melnik tore off his military uniform and tied a triangular scarf around his shoulder to stop the bleeding, which would make him glad that his "non-Cossack" had put on a Cossack cloak in order to fit in with the collective - the stent made for him by the orderly was made of steel wire, and the German sharp saber was almost completely cut off the wire even under the physical obstruction and cushioning! (If you use a high-quality saber to pad the wood and cut the steel wire thicker than the bracket, it must be cut, but making a "mat" from human flesh is two different things, and this is also the simplest and most stylish protective gear that the Cossacks have learned in hundreds of years of war - the first knife in horse combat is basically aimed at the junction of the opponent's shoulder and neck, which is what the old cavalry of the Republic told the author.) ）

The constant sound of gunfire on the battlefield was a sign of respect from the Cossacks for their closest comrades-in-arms - whether it was their own wounded Budyonny horses or the Germans' Hanover, the Cossacks would no longer let these loyal horses suffer unnecessarily!

Stroking the head of the war horse, he gently made the last blessing in his mouth, and shot the bullet into the noble head! At this moment, many Cossacks were in tears, and their feelings for the war horse were difficult for others to understand.

At the same time as the first aid was completed, the medical team's carriage arrived, bringing with it the news that a group of German troops had been encircled in the woods - they had dispersed the German troops and were encircling them in small detachments. Doctors and nurses quickly sorted the wounded according to their injuries, Melnik's injuries were not serious, and the health guards helped him clean the wounds and then stitched a few stitches, and then injected penicillin.

"The Germans have occupied the cantonment point in front, order the three regiments to retake it immediately, and notify the first regiment to meet at the cantonment point." The wounded German soldiers gave the information, and Melnik put on his coat and gave the order. He didn't care about his injury at all, he had seen the power of this special drug called penicillin, and even more serious injuries would not be infected with an injection, and they would be fine in a few days. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )