Chapter 72. Fall back

The surging explosion enveloped a range of more than ten meters, and the shock wave swept across the surrounding objects, and the power of the 3.8-kilogram high explosive bomb, even the originally solid and flat ground, had already blasted open a pit, swept the dirt and gravel in it, and swept away wildly towards the surrounding impact!

This is artillery, and in the muzzle of the black hole, it contains the end of life, the destroyer of objects, the death of the world, the trumpet of war, the music of the victors, the cheers of death, and the humming of the vanquished.

No object could exist under the bombardment of artillery, and the powerful artillery fire was like a fist of God, and the expansion ability of high-efficiency gunpowder was stimulated by a little spark, and it instantly reached a terrifying point. The expanding force has torn even the space, the human body, the horses, the clothes, the guns, the metal, and even the ground that exist in the space!

The war horse was wailing in pain, and when the smoke cleared, the war horse, whose small body had been cut off by the violent force, was still struggling to stand up, but it was missing a leg and half a hoof, it was obviously unable to make the previous charge, and at its feet, a corpse that had long since lost its life, was lying there with its mouth open.

Perhaps the emblem and badge on his chest can tell that he belonged to the unit he belonged to before, and it can be called elite, which can be seen from his epaulettes and armbands, this is a rank and level commander. But it didn't really matter, because just above his nose, his eyes, ears and the bridge of his nose, and the upper half of his skull, he didn't know where he had been cut off.

Because there was a blood stain all around, and outside a crater accompanied by jet-black gunsmoke, there was a dense stench of flesh and blood and tattered equipment, maybe the jet-black was still flesh and blood, but it was impossible to tell whether it was a human or a horse.

A cannonball bombarded the cavalry charging formation, and the unprepared cavalry had already fallen seven or eight in an instant, which could be called the first wave of heavy casualties. But as a cavalry, as the elite unit of the Soviets, Li Yu can clearly find that this group of cavalry does not have the slightest scattered appearance, they are still integrating the incomplete charge gap, and faintly scattered!

At a distance of several hundred meters, the cavalry could not charge through in more than ten seconds, but with the appearance of artillery, they did not rush directly into the streets of the collective farm, as originally planned. As Le turned his horse's head, they quickly dispersed, and the slender saber in his hand had been retracted into the sheath at his waist, but he took out the horse pistol he was carrying behind his back with his backhand.

The characteristic of cavalry is that it is extremely fast, and the momentum of the horse, which is as fierce as a flood sweeping the earth, and like a sharp knife piercing the heart of the enemy. This is the cavalry since its appearance, as the king of the cold weapon era, even in the ** era, it can occupy a place, and it also has a strong performance in some battlefields!

"But the cavalry, after all, is behind the times."

A large number of points were beating in Li Yu's mind, it seemed to be the system's affirmation of the cavalry in front of him, and the points given to Li Yu by the cavalry this time were twice as many as those of the previous ruffians and militiamen, as well as low-level soldiers such as the grain conscription team, and even reached five hundred points per person, the same as the recruited-level soldiers!

Four "Deg Galev" DP turntable light machine guns were exchanged, and four machine gunners appeared in the back, but more than 2,500 points were still simple and ordinary for Li Yu now. He turned his head to look at the four Red Army soldiers who were waiting with light machine guns behind him, Li Yu directly stretched out his hand and ordered: "Go into the battlefield, find a shooting position, quickly open up a shooting position, and fire freely!" ”

"Understood!"

The four Red Army soldiers immediately saluted, but then rushed quickly towards the door, either climbing over the window or bending over the rapid running, and in no time the "Deggalev" DP turntable light machine gun was ready in the buildings of the collective farm, and a frenzied rain of bullets had begun to rain down in front of them.

The fan barrage caused by the five "Deggalev" DP turntable light machine guns has fully formed a fan crossfire, and on the front of the collective farm, the obvious golden streamer flashed in the space, until the cavalry who were trying to disperse and evade the artillery fire were beaten into a blur of flesh and blood!

Since the invention of the machine gun, the dense crowd tactics have been eliminated, and at the same time, the cavalry, which originally belonged to the king of the cold weapon era, has also declined rapidly because of the official appearance of the machine gun, and has truly become a kind of chicken rib arm that can only appear in a specific terrain and a specific war situation.

Because the height of the horse, and the obvious group on the battlefield, were the most beloved targets of artillery and machine guns. And even the infantry armed with rifles, because of the weapons and bayonets in their hands, almost have little fear of the frontal charge of the cavalry, because for anyone, their own life often needs only one bullet to reimburse, and the cavalry on the horse, the height can attract more bullets!

Cavalry has been in decline since Napoleon, and after the trenches and barbed wire of World War I, cavalry has long been relegated from the main branch to the auxiliary branch, and even in the face of the ever-changing tanks, it has lost its value.

This is also the First World War, after the tank was officially put into the battlefield, all countries in the world have put all the future mobile main forces on the tank, and this also shows the real extinction of the cavalry. With a low attack and extremely high maintenance costs, as well as a fragile body, the cavalry has been completely eliminated from the arena of war.

"Bang-"

The roar of the artillery continued, and the Type 92 infantry guns on the hill were well concealed, and the dense bushes provided excellent cover for the dwarf gun body, and the muzzle flame, which was already small, could not be found at all without getting close to the hill or carefully distinguishing the trajectory.

The Japanese soldier at the front had already pulled out the command knife on his waist, as the commander of this Type 92 infantry gun, he had the duty to observe the enemy's movements, mark the shooting Zhu Yuan and command the firing, and he looked at the cavalry scattered in front of the collective farm, almost more than ten meters apart, his slender face finally brought some kind of strange smile, but he raised his command knife again, turned his head to the Type 92 infantry gun behind him that had been reloaded, and shouted loudly: "Kill and give!" ”

The artillery fire continued, but the cavalry in front of the collective farm was obviously unable to withstand such a strong attack, and the double damage of light machine guns and artillery brought them a lot of casualties for every second. At least there were already many corpses of war horses lying on the ground, and the cavalrymen who had escaped death were holding their short horse pistols to fight back.

"They seem to be about to start retreating!"

Beside Li Yu, the Red Army soldier put down the Mosin Nagant rifle that he was shooting, squinted at the cavalry that was rapidly retreating towards the rear of the hill, and couldn't help but have excitement in his eyes, turned his head to Li Yu and said, "Comrade Levsky, are we going to pursue?!" ”

"No, just keep the fire density."

But Li Yu vetoed his proposal, looking at the Soviet cavalry in front of him who was still fighting back under strong firepower, the Mosin Nagant rifle on his shoulder was still firing rapidly with his trigger, but in the face of the group of Soviet cavalry, he still spoke: "We need to be ready to retreat at any time." ”

Such an elite Soviet cavalry appeared in front of them, if there was no preparation, Li Yu would never believe it, and looking at the remaining forty or fifty Soviet cavalry, as well as the Soviet cavalry that had been killed and seriously wounded on the ground, a rough estimate showed that there were already nearly one hundred, which was not a small number, at least a standard cavalry unit!

But he looked at the Soviet cavalry who were retreating with the fight, and did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but looked at the increasingly dense rain of bullets, forcing those cavalrymen to completely retreat from the vicinity of the collective farm, and then gently put away his Mosin Nagant rifle, turned his head to the Red Army soldier beside him and said: "Cleaning the battlefield, it's over for the time being." ”

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