"Kill! I will kill them for nothing!! ”

After waving his knife to a Guoshe cavalry and slashing off his horse, Meng Xiaozeng shouted to the Beiyang cavalry around him, and as soon as the words fell, Meng Xiaozeng had already slashed down a Guoshe cavalry again with a backhand. And after falling off the horse, the Guoshe cavalry was quickly trampled into meat sauce by the cavalry on both sides in the miserable howl, as for Meng Xiaozeng? At this moment, he was only glad for one thing, and that was that he had just been shot in the shoulder instead of in the knee

Seeing that the commander of his army was as brave as a warrior, the rest of the Beiyang cavalry was naturally demoralized, and they all swung their swords and slashed at the surrounding Guoshe cavalry, wanting to chop those opponents with poor equestrian skills off their horses, so as to vent the wretched spirit they had just received.

It's just that when it was their turn, these Beiyang cavalry suddenly sadly found that although the equestrian skills of the Guoshe cavalry on the opposite side were poor, and the sword skills were also not good, but with the help of those high-headed horses under their crotches, these third-rate cavalry were not inferior to them, and if they were not careful when slashing, they would be the ones who were cut off the horse

And after splitting down a national cavalryman, looking at the ownerless war horse, Nan Yuanchao also frowned.

"Arabian horses?"

It's no wonder that Nan Yuanchao frowned so much, after all, Arabian horses are very famous, such as the Arabian horse and other horse breeds have been introduced. (The so-called Oriental horses actually refer to the Arabian horse, the Anglo-Arabian horse and the Anglo-Norman horse, which are all self-breeding horses, and because of the small size of the country, these horses are raised in Hokkaido, which has a more typical island-type grassland)

As a war horse, the Mongolian horse has the characteristics of strong endurance and cold tolerance, but as a steppe horse breed, it also has the disadvantages of short size, long endurance and insufficient momentum. In contrast, Arabian horses not only have good endurance, but also far surpass Mongolian horses in terms of momentum, and are even taller than Mongolian horses in terms of body shape. (When the Mongol cavalry was able to sweep through Europe and Asia, it actually relied more on superb archery skills and flexible tactics.) ）

Although the Beiyang Cavalry is one head higher than the Guoshe Cavalry in equestrian and knife skills, the war horse under the crotch of the Guoshe Cavalry is also one head higher than the Beiyang Cavalry.

Therefore, after the confrontation, although there were only more than 600 people left in the Guoshe cavalry army of Zhou Zining's department, there were only less than 900 people left in the Beiyang cavalry

"The Beiyang Cavalry really deserves its name"

Looking at the many injured subordinates around him, Zhou Zining also had to nod and praise.

In comparison, although there were still more than 800 people left with Nan Yuanchao and Meng Xiaozeng and others, they frowned.

As a cavalry general, Meng Xiao and Nan Yuan knew how important a good mount was to a cavalryman. It is also clear that the advantages and disadvantages of Arab horses and Mongolian horses are also known, but although Beiyang is an elite division, it is used to being poor, so Yuan Shikai would rather buy a few more 75mm mountain and field artillery, rather than buy more good horses for the cavalry, after all, the price of good horses is not cheap, and the cavalry is not as amazing as more than a hundred years ago, so the matter of buying horses is naturally over.

And now after the confrontation with the Guoshe cavalry, Nan Yuanchao and Meng Xiaozeng found that a good war horse can indeed bring a lot of advantages in cavalry warfare. For example, the cavalry of the National Society on the opposite side, although they are inferior to their own army in terms of equestrian and sword skills, they rely on the mounts under their crotch to make them not inferior to their own army

"That surnamed Yan is really as rumored, he is indeed a nouveau riche, which is really enviable."

Looking at the Guoshe cavalry army passing by, Nan Yuanchao and Meng Xiaozeng frowned and were also very envious in their hearts.

As for Zhou Zining, who also passed by? For him, there is nothing shameful in winning people by relying on mounts, after all, it is also their ability to buy good mounts―――――― in fact, the Guoshe Cavalry will be equipped with Arab horses, which is also suggested to Yan Guang by Zhou Zining and other horsemen.

The important surname of the mount to the cavalry, the cavalry of the National Social Army naturally knows a lot, especially an officer like Zhou Zining who has studied in Yueben, and he is quite aware of the advantages of Arabian horses and other horse breeds over Mongolian horses. (It is said that this horse is also a branch of the Mongolian steppe horse)

Therefore, after serving as the commander of the cavalry regiment, Zhou Zining and several other cavalry commanders suggested to Yan Guang, hoping to replace all the Mongolian horses in the existing cavalry regiment with Arab horses―――――― such a request may be a bit excessive for other warlords in China, but since he knows the true face of Yan Guang, a "big dog", Zhou Zining naturally has no scruples when making suggestions.

Things are indeed as Zhou Zining and others thought, after learning that for the cavalry, good horses are indeed quite important, although the cost of buying a horse is indeed expensive, Yan Guang still nodded and agreed without frowning. After all, it's just more than 10,000 mounts, and it's not a big deal for Yan Guang.

What's more, although it will not take many years, there will be no cavalry on the mainstream battlefield, and instead of a group of armored cavalry with steel and oil as power. But after all, it was a matter of more than ten or even twenty years later, at least at the moment cavalry is still one of the most mainstream combat arms, you must know that at the end of the European war, there were not many tanks on the European battlefield, but the cavalry was quite active (especially the Cossack cavalry, which was quite successful in harassing the Germans on the Eastern Front, which greatly annoyed the Germans. As for the mainstream of later generations? Even if some armored combat vehicles are now made out of tractors, their reliable surnames will make people frown.

Therefore, Yan Guang not only purchased enough war horses for his cavalry through the Jardine Matheson Central Bank, but also established a horse farm in Sichuan, "Hongyuan Horse Farm", which was used to breed enough good horses for the cavalry.

Of course, the racecourse is only the first time, and although the Hongyuan in Sichuan is a grassland, no one has ever set up a racecourse there in the past, so the Hongyuan Racecourse is still just on the right track, but it won't be long before the Hongyuan Racecourse can provide enough good horses for the National Social Army and even the future National Defense Force.

What's more, the mere land of the projectile can still provide enough good horses for the land of the horse (just a Hokkaido grassland, which is really a land of projectiles), but the huge China can't provide enough farms? Not to mention anything else, just the Mongolian steppe is enough, right?!

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On the forward position in the rear, when Feng Guozhang and the others saw that the cavalry belonging to their own side was baptized by the light machine guns and grenade launchers of the Guoshe cavalry, they all looked pale. Especially Feng Guozhang, when he saw that there were only more than 1,000 people left in the Beiyang Cavalry in the end, his face was even more pale and terrifying.

If the cavalry of the two regiments could not defeat the enemy, but was defeated by the enemy, you must know that now the Beiyang Cavalry and the Guoshe Cavalry are in front of all the Beiyang soldiers―――――― although it is estimated that there will not be many people who can be seen clearly from a distance of several kilometers, but at least the soldiers on those positions can still be seen clearly, if the Beiyang Cavalry is defeated, then the morale of the army will fall into the absolute weakness, at that time

Feng Guozhang, the person who proposed it at the beginning, is really desperate

Fortunately, the Beiyang cavalry under his command did not disappoint Feng Guozhang, even if he braved the rain of bullets, he still used the horse pistol in his hand to fight back. Especially when the Beiyang cavalry rushed to a distance of more than 100 meters and was about to confront the same afterburner of the Guoshe cavalry, Feng Guozhang, who was watching the battle from afar, held the telescope in his hand tightly―――――― equestrian and knife skills are the advantages of the Beiyang cavalry, but they are the weakness of the Guoshe cavalry, Feng Guozhang naturally hopes that his army can teach those Guoshe cavalry a good lesson when they fight in close combat.

However, to Feng Guozhang's great disappointment, although the Beiyang cavalry under his command played well, relying on the advantage of horsepower, the Guoshe cavalry did not fall much behind, but instead chopped down many Beiyang cavalry when they were slashing

Seeing that there were only more than 800 Beiyang cavalry left, and there were still more than 600 people left in the Guoshe cavalry, Feng Guozhang didn't know whether to continue to let Meng Xiaozeng and Nan Yuanchao continue to fight with the Guoshe cavalry at this time, or let them come back first or send another cavalry to reinforce them.

It's just that when Feng Guozhang was still hesitating there, the Beiyang Cavalry and the Guoshe Cavalry had already looked at each other, and the two sides had turned their horses' heads again at a distance of more than 300 meters―――――― Yan could see that after finding that relying on the advantage of horsepower was not much worse than the Beiyang Cavalry, Zhou Zining's Guoshe Cavalry was greatly boosted, on the other hand, the Beiyang Cavalry? In terms of morale, it has more or less dropped, after all, after a belly of fire, the Beiyang Cavalry wanted to use sabers to teach those despicable villains who bully people with light machine guns and grenade launchers, but these Guoshe cavalry are not much inferior to them with horsepower, how can this not make them despondent?

It's just that when Meng Xiao and Nan Yuanchao were about to confront the Guoshe cavalry again, when they were about to fight with the Guoshe cavalry again, the Guoshe cavalry was constantly adjusting their formation, especially the Guoshe cavalry in the front row, and they came out with a straight Madsen and a grenade launcher

What a slump in the face

After Madsen and the grenade launcher had worked and had reached close range, Zhou Zining asked the other cavalrymen who had already carried the Mauser on their backs to step forward, and then put the fire support hand behind the army. This is also the tactic of the Kunisha Cavalry when conducting cavalry warfare, first allowing the fire support hand to play a role, and then placing it behind the army during cavalry warfare, deliberately protecting both while allowing the other cavalry to engage the opposing cavalry.

Wait until the two armies have staggered, then adjust the formation to allow the protected fire support to step forward, continue to use the advantage in firepower, and use light machine guns and grenade launchers to ravage the enemy again. While inflicting huge casualties on the enemy, it also made the enemy soldiers who had been baptized by the two completely frightened

In fact, the Beiyang Cavalry was indeed frightened

After experiencing a rain of bullets, the Beiyang Cavalry was really impressed by the light machine guns and grenade launchers. It is precisely for this reason that in the confrontation just now, although those fire support hands were protected by the Guoshe Cavalry, but because their outfits were too conspicuous (the other cavalry were all standard equipment with sabers and Mauser guns, but they were all one person with a machine gun or grenade launcher, and nothing else), so when the Beiyang Cavalry found them, they all took care of them. This also caused a lot of casualties to these fire supporters, such as the Light Machine Heavy with the highest aggro score at least half of the casualties, and the light aggro support with at least a third of the casualties.

But even so, the remaining machine gunners and fire support hands were enough for the Beiyang cavalry to pay enough casualties, even if the distance between them was only 300 meters at the moment

"Commander, what to do now"

Seeing that the cavalrymen with light machine guns were coming out one by one, and some were loading their light machine guns with magazines, the chief of staff, who was originally directing his subordinates to adjust their formations, hurriedly rode over and said towards Nan Yuanchao and Meng Xiaozeng.

In his opinion, it was better to come up with a solution as soon as possible, knowing that he had been hesitating here all along, but it was worse than rushing forward to meet the baptism of bullets, especially when the cavalry seemed to have already loaded their magazines

At this time, Meng Xiaozeng and Nan Yuanchao were also struggling in their hearts, in their opinion, their own army should naturally rush forward and use the saber to teach those damned national social army a lesson again. But now there are not many of their own troops left, and the Nationalist cavalry on the opposite side still seems to have at least half of the machine gunners and two-thirds of the fire support hands, even if the distance between them is only 300 meters now, the distance of 300 meters is enough for them to lose 1 or 200 men

And if there are only more than 600 people left, the cavalry under his own command may not be able to defeat the same number of Guoshe cavalry on the opposite side. Besides, if they can do it once, they can do it twice, if they do it again

Maybe his cavalry will be driven out by the other party

Thinking of this, Meng Xiao looked at Nan Yuanchao.

"Brother Futin" (the word is very girly, but it is epic)

Although Meng Xiaozeng didn't say much, Nan Yuanchao quickly understood what Meng Xiaozeng meant.

"Withdraw"

Nan Yuan naturally understood how it would affect the entire army if he withdrew like this. After all, if the cavalry of two regiments of our army crushed a cavalry regiment of the enemy in front of the whole army, the impact on the morale of the army will be decided, and if they don't get it, they will be punished by Feng Guozhang with military law.

It's just that if they continue to fight like this, not to mention the lives of their brothers, even they themselves may not be able to survive the rain of bullets and bullets of the enemy, so it is better to withdraw and talk about it. The withdrawal can still save the surname, but the battle is certain death

What's more, Nan Yuanchao believes that Feng Guozhang, who is watching the battle in the rear at the moment, can also understand their difficulties, after all, no matter how you look at it now, your own army will not be able to win the opponent in the cavalry battle. Unless we can now send reinforcements from two regiments, we can be sure of that.

However, if you do this, without mentioning the purpose of this battle, and see that your own army has reinforcements, won't the enemy army flee? You must know that the speed of the Arabian horse is much faster than that of the Mongolian horse, and the endurance is also very outstanding, if people want to escape, their own army may not be able to catch up.

Since Meng Xiaozeng and Nan Yuanchao can be the commander of the Beiyang Cavalry, they will naturally not be indecisive people, especially Meng Xiaozeng, who once conquered the Xisunit Royal Mansion in Pingmeng, and then conquered the Pangjiang River, but later had to retreat because of Lu Yongxiang's unfavorable battle, which finally led to the loss of the two places.

Therefore, after confirming that they wanted to evacuate, the two did not hesitate and directly ordered their troops to retreat in the direction of Hanyang.

To be honest, although the Beiyang Cavalry is indeed good at fighting, it is also frightened when facing the light machine guns of the National Social Army, after all, that kind of thing is not comparable to the sabers and carbines in their hands

Therefore, after receiving the order to retreat, the cavalry under the two divisions naturally turned their horses one by one and ran in the direction of their own positions.

And after discovering that the enemy was about to flee, Zhou Zining also hurriedly ordered his own light machine gunners to open fire, as for the pursuit of him? This is not necessary, after all, if it runs into the range of the Beiyang artillery, it will be more than worth the loss

Although the speed of Mongolian horses is not fast compared to other horse breeds, it is at least much faster than two legs, so it is just a blink of an eye Meng Xiaozeng and the cavalry of Nan Yuanchao's department have already run away to a thousand meters, and in the process, the light machine guns of the Guoshe cavalry only swept down 4 or 50 Beiyang cavalry, after all, at this distance, it will not be accurate to fire on horseback with light machine guns, not to mention that Meng Xiaozeng and Nan Yuanchao also ordered their cavalry to set up an evacuation formation, So as not to suffer too many casualties in front of the light machine gun.

And when he noticed that the cavalry of his own army had withdrawn, Feng Guozhang, who was far behind, was annoyed. Because just now he had just made up his mind to send two more regiments of cavalry for reinforcements, as long as Meng Xiaozeng and Nan Yuanchao could entangle those cavalry troops, even if they couldn't leave all the enemy troops, at least most of them could be left. But now that Meng Xiaozeng and Nan Yuanchao have withdrawn, this plan obviously won't work

So when Meng Xiaozeng and Nan Yuanchao came back, all they saw was Feng Guozhang's cold face.

However, Feng Guozhang could not blame the two of them for anything, after all, there are very few troops in a war that will not be defeated when the casualty ratio reaches 30 or 50 percent. And the Beiyang Cavalry was able to rush forward despite the loss of nearly 1,000 people, which was already quite amazing.

Of course, this is also related to the breath of breath in the chest of the Beiyang cavalry, after all, after the conservative bullet rain ravaged, the Beiyang cavalry will naturally want to use the saber to teach the opposite side of the equestrian guys, but when they find that the other party will not be much inferior to their own side in terms of cooperation, and at the same time, after the confrontation, this group of "despicable" guys also set up a killing machine like Madsen again, these Beiyang cavalry soldiers who were originally holding their breath in their chests began to be stunned.

As for the National Society Cavalry? Although they lost more than 300 people at the beginning, the Beiyang cavalry on the opposite side lost nearly a thousand people, in this case, even if anyone is afraid, it is not their turn to be afraid, and then in the melee confrontation, they are not much behind the other party, even if their own army loses more than half, what is there to fear?

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After discovering that the Beiyang Cavalry had retreated, Zhou Zining sighed that while the Beiyang Cavalry suffered more than half of the casualties but could still maintain its organizational strength―――――― at least Zhou Zining did not feel that in the face of adversity, more than half of his army could still maintain this organizational strength.

Therefore, while Zhou Zining sighed, he also asked the cavalry to see off the enemy with light machine guns and Mauser rifles in his hands, in order to show his respect for the Beiyang cavalry―――――― at least 4 or 50 Beiyang cavalry soldiers were shot in the knee during the send-off.

It was only after the Beiyang Cavalry withdrew from the range of light machine guns and rifles that Zhou Zining ordered his subordinates to stop shooting and instead fired into the sky!!

In fact, Zhou Zining also thought about letting his subordinates shout, using words to shame the Beiyang Army on the other side, as the so-called "The enemy is ashamed, I will take off her clothes!" After defeating the opponent, it is really quick to completely humiliate the opponent.

It's just that now Zhou Zining's department is outside the range of the Beiyang Artillery Army, even if more than 600 people from Zhou Zining's department shout something in unison, the Beiyang Army on the opposite side may not be able to hear it clearly, so Zhou Zining will turn to let his subordinates fire guns to demonstrate―――――― the shouts can't be heard clearly, you can always hear the gunshots clearly, right?

Looking at the arrogant appearance of the cavalry of the National Society on the opposite side, Feng Guozhang was naturally so angry that his face turned blue, and the same was true of the Beiyang generals and schools around him. However, just when Feng Guozhang was about to let the two regiments of Beiyang Cavalry that had been prepared behind him attack and teach those arrogant people a good lesson, Zhou Zining had already left here with his subordinates.

Through the intelligence of the Military Intelligence Bureau, Zhou Zining knew very well how many Beiyang cavalry there were in Wuhan at the moment, and he also knew that if there were two more cavalry regiments, it would be absolutely impossible for his army to win. So after winning a game here and humiliating the Beiyang Army, Zhou Zining was ready to evacuate here first. After all, if Feng Guozhang and the others on the opposite side really went crazy and sent N cavalry regiments out, he might not really be able to run out

In fact, if Feng Guozhang had sent out 3 cavalry regiments instead of 2, I am afraid that Zhou Zining would not have fought with the Beiyang Cavalry at all, after all, in his opinion, it was already the limit to deal with 2 regiments of the Beiyang Cavalry, if it was really 3, even if there were light machine guns and grenade launchers to help, he would never be the opponent of the Beiyang Cavalry.

So he was gambling, betting that Feng Guozhang would send 2 regiments of cavalry out in order to boost the morale of the army. After all, it's okay to say that 2 regiments are good, but if it's 3 regiments, it's purely a bullying based on numbers, if that's the case, even if the Beiyang Cavalry wins in the end, it won't be able to boost the morale of the army.

And it turned out that Zhou Zining won the bet.

(To be continued)