Chapter 197: Cavalry Duel
The northern suburbs of Jining.
Liu Fengsheng's cavalry battalion was ambushed in the grass on both sides of the road.
The Xishan Military Horse Farm has already started fighting, the army in Jining City may come to reinforcements at any time, the cavalry battalion is also ready for battle, the cavalry can ride a horse when attacking, but it can't be blocked, and you must get off the horse to fight, and you have to set aside a company to take care of the war horse, otherwise the war horse is frightened and runs away.
In less than half an hour, the north gate of Jining City opened!
Zhao Youting, who was lying in the grass, suddenly sat up and exclaimed, "Camp, devil cavalry!" ”
"Huh?" Liu Fengsheng's expression suddenly moved, and when he hurriedly raised his binoculars to look, he saw a group of devil cavalry rushing out of the city gate hole, the devil cavalry's war horse is very large, and it is also a color of jujube red horse, it is estimated that it is a purebred Oriental horse, and the Mongolian horse of the cavalry battalion is not at the same grade compared to them!
Suddenly, Liu Fengsheng's eyes lit up, and the little devil sent him a war horse!
Zhao Youting was also excited, and said: "The camp seat is enough for a cavalry squadron and more than eighty Oriental horses!" ”
"Great!" Liu Fengsheng suddenly sat up, put the clean face box back into the holster, and said loudly, "Riding infantry company, riding artillery company on alert, riding 1 company, riding 2 company, and riding 3 company immediately get on the horse, and go with Lao Tzu to destroy the devil cavalry of the dog, all of them are good for Lao Tzu, only use sabers, no one is allowed to shoot, and no one is allowed to hurt Lao Tzu's war horse!" ”
The 3rd Cavalry Company, which was in charge of guarding the war horses, hurriedly pulled the war horses out of the sorghum field on the side of the road.
More than 200 cavalrymen mounted their horses one after another, and immediately set up a cavalry assault formation at the fastest speed.
When the cavalry assault will generally be lined up, each horse is at least two meters apart, if the distance is too close, it is likely to accidentally injure their own people when splitting the stab, when the number of cavalry is large, it will be divided into several rows before and after, each row is generally thirty meters apart, if it is a well-trained elite cavalry, the interval can be slightly smaller.
The cavalry battalion had just lined up in an assault formation, and the devil cavalry on the opposite side also discovered them!
Soon, the devil cavalry on the opposite side also waved in a line, and the two sides were about eight hundred meters apart.
[***] didn't shoot, the devil didn't shoot either, at such a distance, except for a special shooter like Zhao Youting, others are basically wasting bullets!
The entire battlefield suddenly became dead silent.
Only the dull neighing of the war horses on both sides can be heard clearly, whether it is the [***] cavalry or the devil cavalry, everyone held their breath, engrossed, silently waiting for the arrival of the decisive moment, the suffocating aura of slaughter spread on the battlefield in an instant, and in the distance, the palms of the officers and soldiers of the cavalry company and the cavalry artillery company couldn't help but sweat coldly.
"Purr ......"
In the dull neighing of the horse, Liu Fengsheng gently turned the horse's head and stood on the far left side of the queue of the 1st Company.
In the sound of metal friction, Liu Fengsheng slowly pulled out his saber and erected his chest, and the next moment, the battlefield suddenly sounded the sound of continuous metal friction, and more than 230 cavalry of the whole battalion drew their sabers at the same time, erected their chests, and more than 230 sabers gathered into a snowy death knife forest in an instant, reflecting the moon and cold.
Seeing this, the commander of the army on the opposite side immediately roared loudly.
More than eighty devil cavalrymen put down their rifles in an instant, and also drew their sabers.
Although the devil cavalry is at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers, they will never lose to any opponent in terms of momentum if they believe that they follow the spirit of bushido, so when they saw [***] pull out the saber, the devil cavalry did not hesitate to draw the saber, of course, then again, in the cavalry duel, the lethality of the saber is much more than that of the rifle.
In the suffocating waiting, Liu Fengsheng suddenly raised his saber and shouted: "Cavalry battalion...... Advance! ”
The war horse, which had been able to understand the order to "advance", suddenly shook off its hooves and began to trot forward, and the assault formation of the cavalry battalion suddenly began to move, because the quality of the war horses was not high, and the training time was also insufficient, so the whole formation was slightly scattered, but it was not a big problem, at least it would not weaken the combat effectiveness of its own side.
The commander of the army on the opposite side gave the order almost at the same time, and the devil cavalry also began to advance.
The assault formation of the devil cavalry is much more neat, the distance between each other is like measuring with a ruler, and the pace of advance is basically the same, from left to right, the entire cavalry formation is almost a straight line!
800 meters, 600 meters, 300 meters......
The distance between the two armies is rapidly decreasing, and the speed of the war horses is getting faster and faster!
Liu Fengsheng controlled the saddle with his left hand, held a knife in his right hand, his legs tightly held the horse's belly, his buttocks had been suspended from the saddle, the earth was rapidly retreating from under his feet, and the devil cavalry was rapidly approaching from in front of him.
"Hah!" Liu Fengsheng let out a loud shout, and the raised saber slashed diagonally to the right.
Cavalry duel, because of the position, the priority target is always the enemy on the right hand, if you turn around and stab the enemy on the left hand, it will cause great inconvenience, and the risk of being killed by the opponent will be greatly increased, of course, if it is a left-handed cavalry with a knife in hand, the situation is just the opposite!
The two horses intersected, blood splashed, and in an instant, they staggered by.
The saber of the devil cavalry swept past the side of Liu Fengsheng's right neck by a millimeter, but Liu Fengsheng's saber wiped a deep wound on the right neck side of the devil cavalry, and this knife almost cut off half of the neck of the devil cavalry, and the devil cavalry was carried forward by the war horse for dozens of meters, and finally fell off the horse.
The brutality of the cavalry duel far exceeded the white-knuckle stabbing of the infantry.
Cavalry duels, in addition to courage and skill, require rich experience and keen prediction ability!
Because the warhorse is sprinting so fast, by the time your brain reacts, your head is likely to have hit the ground.
Therefore, the more experienced the old cavalry, the easier it is to take out the opponent and survive, and Liu Fengsheng is undoubtedly such an old cavalryman, when he served in the Northeast Army in the early years, hundreds of Beiyang souls died under his saber, of course, at that time he killed all Chinese, fighting in the nest, there is nothing to boast about.
However, the other cavalry of the cavalry battalion could not be compared with Liu Fengsheng.
In just one round, the 1st company of the front row of cavalry suffered more than 30 casualties, the situation of the 2nd company of the middle and the 3rd company of the rear row was slightly better, a total of more than 20 casualties, seeing so many veterans fall in a pool of blood, Liu Fengsheng couldn't help but feel distressed and dripping blood.
However, the devil cavalry did not bargain for anything, and at least forty devil corpses were left on the battlefield.
The cavalry of the two armies that staggered by turned their horses' heads and lined up in an assault formation again, but this time, whether it was [***] or the army, the assault formation was scattered, Liu Fengsheng led the saber in his hand forward, and the cavalry battalion began to assault again, although the devil cavalry on the opposite side only had more than 30 horsemen left, but they still urged the horses to meet them without fear of death.
The two armies intersected, Liu Fengsheng raised his sword and fell, and another ghost cavalry fell into a pool of blood.
Liu Fengsheng slowly reined in his horse and turned around, put the blood-dripping saber under his nose and sniffed deeply.
When I looked up again, the cavalry on the opposite side had almost been wiped out, and only the commander of the army had killed three [***] cavalrymen in a row with his super strength, and fled back to Jining City in a hurry.
The fierce and brutal cavalry duel soon ended.
The cavalry squadron of the Yue Army that attacked was almost completely wiped out, but Liu Fengsheng's cavalry battalion also paid heavy casualties, more than 60 veterans died on the battlefield, and more than a dozen veterans were seriously wounded.
Zhao Youting licked the blood of the devil on the battle knife, and said in a cruel voice: "Yingzuo, that little devil ran away, can you chase it?" ”
"It's already far away, chase a fart!" Liu Fengsheng put his sword back into its sheath and ordered coldly, "Gather the war horse and prepare to retreat." ”
Although the losses of the cavalry battalion are heavy, the harvest is really not small, especially the more than 80 war horses abandoned by the little devils on the battlefield, which are definitely the best Oriental military horses.
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In the city of Jining, it is called the army headquarters.
Takeshi Furuya called for help again: "Suzuki-kun, the attack of the Shina people is too fierce, and the Ogasawara team has suffered heavy casualties, and it is about to be overwhelmed, when will your reinforcements arrive?" ”
"What?" Major General Suzuki was stunned and said, "I've already sent a squadron of cavalry from Takeuchi, but I haven't arrived yet?" ”
"Cavalry squadron?" Furuya said with a cry, "How can there be any cavalry, not even the shadow of the war horse......"
The phone was cut off suddenly, and Major General Suzuki fed him a few times, but there was no response from there, and it seemed that the telephone line had been cut.
Major General Suzuki put down the phone and was about to be furious, but the squadron leader of the cavalry squadron, Captain Takeuchi, rushed into his office covered in blood, and before he could close his feet, he fell to his knees and said miserably: "General, the cavalry squadron was blocked by the unknown cavalry team of Shina in the middle of the road, except for the humble duty...... Collective jade shattering! ”
"What?" Major General Suzuki's eyes widened in disbelief for a moment, "Collective jade shattering!?" ”
"Hello!" Captain Takeuchi bowed his head suddenly, and said with a miserable expression, "This group of Chinese cavalry is well-trained, and extremely brave and good at fighting, not like bandits, but like a regular army of China!" ”
"Regular Army?" Major General Suzuki said awe-inspiringly, "Could it be the Baoshan Brigade?" ”
Suddenly, Major General Suzuki shivered excitedly, and said sharply: "Order, the Takeda Brigade is urgently assembled, the Chi Dianwen Water Garrison, and the Sixth Brigade of Sun Liangcheng's Imperial Allied Army are urgently assembled, and then telegraph the Mizuno Brigade (Reading Power is mixed into the 10th Brigade), and urgently send two infantry brigades back to defend Jining!" ”
(To be continued)