Bohemia (Czech Republic), Prague, Headquarters of the 7th Army Corps.

Liu Chenglong walked back and forth in front of the map with his hands behind his back, but his eyes kept staring at the map.

At this time, the operational staff officer came over with a folder and reported: "General, the results of the aerial reconnaissance are out, the Pershing Department of the US Army is stopping fifty kilometers east of the German-Polish border west of Poznan, and it has been two hours now!" ”

Liu Chenglong quickly found the approximate location of Pershing's department on the map, he thought for nearly a minute, turned his head and asked, "Xiao Zhang, what do you say Pershing will do next?" ”

Xiao Zhang, an operational staff officer, said: "General, if it is Pershing, I have three choices: first, stay put, give up resistance on the spot; secondly, the forward troops advanced at full speed and attacked two divisions of our army on the German-Polish border, breaking through the barrier and leaving before the rest of our troops arrived; Thirdly, lead the whole army to move quickly northward, reach the shores of the Baltic Sea, and find enough ships to board and leave in the shortest possible time".

Liu Chenglong smoked a cigarette and shook his head: "You also missed an option, Pershing could have sent a cavalry unit to move east quickly and attack the Allied High Command located twenty miles west of Warsaw, now there is only one regiment garrison there, if the U.S. Army completes the encirclement of the Allied High Command before they react, and then breaks through the defense of that regiment before other relief forces arrive, what will happen then?" They will hold the Allied top brass hostage and let us go! ”

Operational staff officer Xiao Zhang's eyes widened when he heard Liu Chenglong's words: "No, general, the Americans have such the courage to attack the Allied High Command?" ”

Liu Chenglong shook his head: "It's not good." But sometimes people are forced to be in a hurry, what can't be done? Although this is unlikely. But we can't help but be guarded, where is the 88th Army now? ”

Xiao Zhang walked over and clicked on a location on the map: "Here we are." Krakow! ”

Liu Chenglong immediately said: "Immediately send an order, ordering the 88th Army to send two divisions to use all cars, horses, tanks and armored vehicles to move northeast at the fastest speed to block the passage of the US army to Warsaw, and we must pay attention to the cavalry units of the US army."

"Yes!"

Liu Chenglong really guessed correctly, originally Pershing was extremely opposed to his subordinates' eastward movement to attack the Allied High Command, because in his opinion, doing so would be tantamount to a complete turn of face with the Allied forces, which would completely anger the Allied High Command, and it would be good if the attack was successful. They can also hijack the high-level leaders of the Allied forces to leave, but if they don't succeed, Cai Ye will definitely not let them go, and if they take 10,000 steps back, even if the sneak attack on the Allied High Command is successful, they will be tantamount to bringing huge trouble to the United States behind them.

However, the situation was different from before, and now that all the units of the American army were in a hurry to return home, Pershing's control over the army was declining, and his generals did not move north exactly as he demanded. Rushing to the Baltic coast in search of ships as quickly as possible, one of Kalemin's commanders led an army of more than 40,000 men to the east and quickly headed for Warsaw in the east.

In order to achieve the purpose of the raid, this Calemin commander specially sent a cavalry brigade as the forward force, as the main attack force for the raid on the Allied high command.

The Chinese reconnaissance planes monitoring the movements of the US troops also did not spot the cavalry brigade. Only one corps of American troops was detected moving rapidly towards Poland to the east.

After listening to the report of Xiao Zhang, the combat staff officer, Liu Chenglong was glad that he had made some arrangements in advance, and he said to Xiao Zhang: "It seems that my inference has been confirmed, and I will immediately let the air force reconnaissance plane conduct non-stop reconnaissance." Especially in this distance between this American army and Warsaw, there is not a single chance of relaxation! Other than that. Immediately call the Allied High Command and report the situation to them. Let them be vigilant and do a good job of defense."

Xiao Zhang asked, "General, what should we do with other American troops moving to the north?" Do you want to contact the Allied High Command and let the Italian troops in Lithuania move in a southwesterly direction and stop them from the north? ”

Liu Chenglong pondered for a moment and asked, "Do you think the Italian army will obey the order?" ”

Xiao Zhang was surprised: "Could it be that the Italian army dares to disobey the order?" ”

Liu Chenglong smoked a cigarette and said: "They don't need to disobey orders, they only need to delay on the march for a few days, so that they have neither offended the United States nor disobeyed military orders!" ”

Xiao Zhang thought about it for a while, and hurriedly said: "It's really possible!" ”

"They have more than 100,000 people, the team is huge, and the speed of the march will definitely not be fast, immediately send orders to all departments, let them send a rapid reaction force to follow the pursuit, and order the two divisions blocking the road to the west to also quickly go north, in short, keep me in the eyes of the American troops and prevent them from escaping from Germany!"

Xiao Zhang said again: "General, if the pursuing force catches up with the tail of the American army, can it attack?" ”

Liu Chenglong thought for a while and said: "First give the other party a warning, let them disarm and surrender, if the other party resists, you can fire!" ”

"Understood!"

The movement of the American Calleming's unit was very rapid, and the cavalry he sent to serve as the vanguard moved even more quickly, this cavalry unit not only evaded the detection of the Chinese reconnaissance planes, but also pounced on the periphery of the Allied High Command as soon as the guard regiment of the Allied High Command had just done its defensive work, and the top leaders of the Allied High Command began to panic.

"What? What did you say? The perimeter was attacked by a cavalry unit of the American army? What does Liu Chenglong eat? Cai Yi's face changed greatly, but he quickly calmed down, it is obviously not the time to blame Liu Chenglong at this time, and it has been rainy for the past two days, and the weather conditions are not very good, this kind of weather makes the aerial reconnaissance plane unable to take off at all, maybe this is the reason why this US cavalry brigade can suddenly pounce on the periphery of the Allied High Command.

Cai Ye immediately asked, "How many people are there in this US cavalry?" ”

The adjutant reported: "General, this US cavalry is about the size of a cavalry brigade, and fortunately, Liu Chenglong sent a telegram to report that a corps of US troops is rushing towards this side, so the guard regiment has become vigilant and strengthened the fortifications and reconnaissance work, otherwise we may be caught off guard."

Cai Yi breathed a sigh of relief, the size of a cavalry brigade is not very large, the firepower of the guard regiment of the headquarters is strong, if it is only a cavalry brigade, and without being successfully attacked, it is still very difficult for the other party to break through the outer defense line of the guard regiment, and this kind of weather is also unfavorable for the attack.

Cai Ye immediately instructed: "Give an order to the guard regiment that before the support arrives, we must guard the outer defense line for me, and we must not let an American in." In addition, give Liu Chenglong an order, tell him the situation here, and ask him to immediately send mobile troops to support."

"Yes, General!"

On the western periphery of the Allied High Command, on the flat ground in front of the defensive position, a large number of horse corpses and human corpses were lying on the flat ground, the potholes from the shells everywhere, the smell of blood in the air was a lot, the fragments of the corpses were scattered everywhere, and a few living war horses continued to neigh, and the battle was so tragic that it was rare even in this war against Soviet Russia.

Since the advent of heavy machine guns, the tactics of cavalry group charging have become obsolete, and it also marks the complete end of the cold weapon era, and the cavalry, which was once the king of the cold weapon era, has also announced that it is about to withdraw from the stage of history, but before the full popularization of mechanized troops, cavalry troops still have a market, at least its mobility cannot be replaced before the popularization of mechanized troops, and in dealing with those who lack machine guns and artillery are not very well-equipped troops, the deterrent power of cavalry is still not to be underestimated.

On the offensive front, Calleming's hand holding the command knife trembled incessantly, and he didn't know whether it was excitement, shock, or fear.

The chief of staff's face was also ugly, and he persuaded: "Calemin, retreat, judging from the situation just now, the Chinese army must have made preparations a long time ago!" And they have a lot of heavy firepower, and with our current equipment, it is simply impossible to break through their defenses".

Calemin gritted his teeth and said, "Organize another attack!" ”

"Calleming, forget it, we have already lost three hundred cavalry, which is already one-fifth of our strength, and the opponent's firepower is only a part of ??????."

Calemin turned his head and glared at the chief of staff: "Do you want to disobey orders?" Just go! ”

The staff office gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! ”

After some organization, the three hundred cavalry were organized again, the cavalry were scattered and did not line up in a neat formation, and they all knew that only by rushing into the Chinese position at the fastest speed could they break through the Chinese defense line.

After a whistle sounded, the three hundred cavalry began to charge, and the momentum brought out by the three hundred cavalry when they charged was not small, and the whole land trembled, this is only three hundred cavalry, if it is three thousand cavalry, the momentum will be even greater.

The sensory impact of this momentum was so shocking that without a large number of heavy and light machine guns and mortars, the average army would not have been able to withstand the group charge of the cavalry.

When the US cavalry charge team entered the range of 600 meters, the Chinese machine guns began to fire, and the firepower distribution of the fire was clearly layered, and the US cavalry at the front was the first to suffer, one by one the horses fell to the ground, and some knights were directly swept in two by bullets.

In less than ten minutes, not a single person or horse of the three hundred cavalry was still standing, and the front of the position, which was already covered with a layer of corpses, was again covered with a layer of corpses, and in addition to the smell of gunsmoke, there was also a large smell of blood in the air.

In the sight of the telescope, not a single cavalry returned, Calemin gritted his teeth and said to the chief of staff: "Shift the direction of the attack, I don't believe that there is no hole in the position defense of the Chinese army!" ”

The chief of staff almost cried, "General, withdraw, this is a mistake!" ”

Calemin turned his head and said, "Do you think we can escape?" This is the only way to return home! (To be continued......)