438. Chapter 438: The Progress of the Musket

In this way, after more than two days of fierce fighting, the Carpathian cavalry suffered heavy casualties, and the casualties of hundreds of Carpathian hussars not only made them feel pain in their own flesh, but also gave the emperor a headache -

Without so many hussars as eyes and ears, the operation of the army became inflexible. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 Therefore, the emperor decided to ask these cavalry to return and try to preserve these precious combat forces.

It's just that, as it was said before, the Carpathian hussars were a relatively independent team. They have their own independent army order, an independent system of officers and commanders, and an independent battle plan.

Although, in principle, they were vassals of His Majesty the Emperor, they were relatively independent, and Emperor Kalman IV did not command them as Emperor of the Ostrogothic Empire, but as King of the Carpathians. But in reality, Kalman IV did not take this kingship too seriously. This has led to a certain degree of self-reliance in the Carpathians.

These guys have terrible personalities, and they don't know much about judging situations, confessions, or anything like that. But then again, if they really had similar skills, then most of them would have taken refuge in the Dark Elves by now. In this way, both the survival situation and the survival probability will be greatly improved.

But they didn't. By pride and faith in the Lord of Radiance. These Carpathian hussars were stubbornly active in the front line of resistance to the Ottoman Empire.

This spirit is indeed worthy of respect. However, this spirit does have some ......

Anachronistic.

It's like this.

After suffering a lot of losses in a row, and after the emperor decided to shrink his eggs, the Carpathian hussar officers gathered together and began to discuss what to do. Eventually, after a series of quarrels and even brawls, they finally came up with an answer.

The emperor's orders could not be disobeyed. At present, it seems that the Swabian family is in full swing, and the Carpathians still have to rely on others for support...... Although the Swabian family has been providing fewer and fewer resources to the Carpathians in recent times...... But yes, as long as this war is over, and it is won, then the Carpathian kingdom will be able to continue to live a good life in the future.

After thinking about these things, the officers of the Carpathians made a decision, that is, to come to a big one. They gathered a total of eight hundred hussars, and then pretended not to hear the emperor's orders, and went straight out.

This was a complete foul - when the largest cavalry group was only two or three hundred, a cavalry group of eight hundred cavalry was released in one go. It's a foul. But it's understandable that the Carpathian officers just want to come and have a big game. Give yourself a good breath of evil.

In the beginning, their tactics were successful. Eight hundred Carpathian hussars tore a few small groups of steppe nomadic cavalry to pieces like tigers descending from the mountains. In this game of big fish eating small fish, volume is also a very important attribute

However, immediately afterward, the new target that these guys aimed at gave them a great shock...... As well as failure.

Because in the previous small cavalry battles, the pistols equipped with revolvers could almost completely annihilate the enemy every time they sorted. So far, the Carpathian officers have only vaguely heard rumors of the victory of Hereford's army using gunpowder weapons.

Like any standard hussar, the officers were full of disdain for such rumors.

Yes, once upon a time, it was true that pistol cavalry was popular in the world for some time. Even the "cavalry line up to shoot tactics" is the so-called roundabout cavalry. These officers have not been seen without seeing them - the combat effectiveness of these cavalry is extremely poor. The muskets in their hands are very pleasant in terms of killing, range and hit, and they are a scumbag. In either case, a cavalryman charged with a saber and a lance could easily defeat an equal number of musketeers.

So, no one takes this seriously at all, but only thinks that it is the ignorant nonsense of those who are foolish.

Until this moment.

Nearly eight hundred Carpathian hussars quickly locked on their target—that is, a standard cavalry company of more than a hundred—and their swords were unsheathed, and they looked rather leisurely, as if they were begging these men to come and end their lives.

So the hussar commander did not hesitate and gave the order very excitedly. Then the hussars divided into three groups, one on the left and one on the right, one in the center of one side, and rushed towards this cavalry in three directions.

After this, the cavalry unit did not sit still, but rushed straight towards the cavalry unit in the center, which had the largest number of troops.

"The battle must be resolved quickly!"

The hussar commanders immediately came to the conclusion that their activities were not always successful. In the previous battles, quite a few escaped from the net. Presumably, soon, the Hereford army will know that there is an over-numbered hussar appearing, and then send the main force and more cavalry to rush over. When the time comes, it won't be fun to turn defeat into victory or something.

"A hundred rides, there is hope. ”

The hussars howled excitedly, urging their horses and raising their scimitars. Tossed and bounced on the horse's back, arms swaying, the patch, the clump of scimitars reflected the cold light, like a fast-moving jungle of metal, and rushed straight at them—and on the other side, the cavalry seemed to be frightened silly. Instead of raising their sabers, as hussars do, they raised their odd-looking short-barreled handguns.

This surprised the hussars a little. Some of the quick-witted guys had already thought of the rumors that had been widely circulated before—that these guys with short-barreled handcuffs were strong—but it didn't matter, no matter how strong they were, they would have eight times more troops than them. How could they possibly lose?! Conversely, even if these guys are strong, they can't take care of it. Now the distance between the two sides is less than fifty meters. This speed, this charge, in just a few seconds, ......

The hussars who rushed to the front row thought to themselves - but then their thoughts dissipated with a crisp "bang" and the smoke rising from the opposite side.

The chest, like a hammer slammed into it, the hussar's eyes darkened, and he didn't know anything...... Their well-made cuirasses could not withstand the powerful lethality of large-caliber pistols.

A wave of blood, which swept through the hussars in the center array—but it didn't matter, didn't matter—the blood didn't frighten the hussars, but rather aroused their ferocity, and made them even more excited. Still, it's no surprise that they're getting more excited.

As we all know, the musket only rang once, and after it went off, it didn't work. The idiot on the other side is a little too late, whether he is rushing to reload his musket, or hurriedly dropping his musket and pulling out his knife. The opponent is destined to eat his own side in a round of charge.

Take a round of muskets, eat a round of charge. This has already been concluded in countless previous battles between musketeers and sword cavalry. That is, the musketeers suffer, and the power of the charge is much greater than that of a salvo of muskets.

The hussars, who were thinking about these things according to their habitual thinking, did not notice how many people had died around them—if they had noticed, they would have been surprised to find that there were far more people around them who had been shot and hung up than they had imagined.

The latest revolvers are much more effective and powerful than the traditional, unreliable short-barreled pistols - and this is not the worst of all - the worst part is that the pistols turn the revolver with a slight turn of their left hand, and then with a "click" the pistol is reloaded, and then another volley of muskets is fired.

"What's going on?!Why can the opponent's musket still attack, what is going on?!"

While the hussars on the opposite side panicked, another group of cavalry fell screaming. At the same time, the cavalry of both sides had already collided together. The cavalry charge, which was supposed to exert great power, was unable to execute because of two consecutive rounds of musket fire, and the cavalry in the front row suffered too many losses.

Those war horses that lost their masters were not given instructions, and they were all at a loss, some of them turned around and fled directly because of their nature, and some continued to be dragged forward, and the hussars in the central array were in chaos.

And the confusion is growing.

Now the revolver used by the pistols of the Hereford family pistols had a total load of six rounds. A skilled revolver can shoot all six rounds in three seconds while turning the revolver. This barrage formed in a short period of time was quite terrifying - it was as if now, with a single look, the opposing cavalry was directly stunned by the pistol cavalry of the Hereford family. More than half of the nearly 300 hussars deployed in the middle were killed in an instant.

Before the cavalry on the left and right flanks could rush to form an encirclement posture, the pistol cavalry had already rushed into the middle hussar array. calmly recovered their "strange" revolvers. Then, before the surviving hussars could breathe a sigh of relief, another revolver was pulled out of his waist and concocted as he could......

And just like that, the hussars collapsed. They collapsed completely and crisply. At the same time, it was convincing that there were no cavalrymen who could continue to keep the array intact under such intensive musket fire. No, even the Carpathian hussars, who were known for their tenacity. So they had to collapse. After the loss of almost two hundred cavalry.

The pistols pierced the gap where the Carpathian hussars were killed. Break out. Then he turned back and looked at the other nearly five hundred hussars who were converging on the opposite side, somewhat bewildered.

The pistols had intended to take it as soon as they saw it - they suffered very few casualties of their own, annihilating nearly two hundred hussars. Such a record is enough for them to brag about for a long time. But in comparison, the captain of the cavalry company of the pistols, an old member of William's team, and Edward, who was born as a wrangler, wanted to play a big one again. There was a look of madness in his eyes, but he didn't know it.

"Let's rush again, my friends, we rush again!" he ordered.