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"The other side has pressed all the forces up. Colonel David on the other side looked a little nervous, as if he was talking to himself, and as if he was talking to the Crimean Khan beside him. He had less than 2,000 cavalry at his disposal. The artillery units were blocked by their own and local cavalry and could not fire. Efforts are currently underway to adjust the artillery. Just now he sent heralds and ordered them to adjust their positions and re-establish their artillery positions. But even if that's the case, I'm afraid there won't be much chance of shooting a round.

The opponent's infantry forward was only less than 200 meters away from its own forward. Even if the opponent does their best to keep the formation intact, the speed will never be too slow. In this case, the optimal charging distance of the cavalry was soon reached.

If you wait for the enemy to get too close, the war horse will not be able to hold up the speed, and it is natural that the running and charging will not be too powerful. So, there wasn't much time left for Colonel David to think.

"Perhaps I should retreat?" thought to Colonel Davy - it would be a hammer deal to charge at this time. A win is a win, a defeat is a defeat, and there is no trick.

But if he takes advantage of the speed advantage of the cavalry to retreat some distance back and lure the enemy into pursuit, then will there be another turnaround?

The enemy may tear up the formation in pursuit of the attack, and may lose more stamina. When the time comes, will it be possible to do twice the result with half the effort?

However, Colonel David thought about it again, and it didn't seem to be very scientific.

All modern infantry will reunite their physical strength and the ability to march with heavy loads. And while running backwards, your own horses will also lose stamina.

Generally speaking, human endurance is much better than that of horses. This is because of the structure of the human body. So in the end, it's a little uncertain who suffers more in terms of physical strength.

To make matters worse, it was more difficult for cavalry units to maintain formation on the way back than it was for infantry units to maintain formation on the way forward. And if your own troops charge after retreating, they will either reorganize their formation and give the enemy more time, or they will not charge directly in formation, which will not give full play to the maximum effect of cavalry charge.

Either option, it was not optimal for Colonel David. It left him unsure.

It was at this time, next to him, that the Crimean Khan said quietly: "It's time to give the order to charge." ”

Although "?......" was a little surprised and didn't understand, Colonel David was not a fool, he was only slightly surprised, and then he understood what Crimean Khan meant.

First of all, he didn't have enough time to retreat and regroup. In the time he hesitated, the enemy's forward had already reached a distance of tens of meters from his own side.

That is to say, now that he retreats, the possibility of reorganizing the army has disappeared, and he is left with only a charge, and the first battle is an option to decide the outcome of the battle.

But of course, even if it was that option, he wouldn't necessarily lose - or even more likely to win.

This is the second reason for the Crimean Khan to speak, almost two thousand Cossack cavalry under his command. These free-spirited and poorly trained cavalry units will not be very effective and effective when attacking the enemy array head-on. However, making a side detour and then launching an attack can have some effect......

Or rather, a strong effect.

Calculate the time, and the Cossack cavalry should be almost there. And in the case of a fierce battle between the armies of both sides, an army suddenly slaughtered out, and in this case, the Hereford family's chances of victory were naturally very good.

"It's just ......"

It's just that there's a bit of a problem here. That is, whether these Cossack cavalry could appear on the flanks on time and attack, as agreed.

In this era, there are no radios, let alone better communication equipment. In this case, the army of the Hereford family could not master the exact location of this Cossack cavalry.

Maybe those guys are executing according to the plan. Or maybe those guys had some accident or even got lost or didn't show up on time for some other reason.

Whatever the reason, it was a serious blow to the Hereford family army.

"But there's no time to think about these things. Thinking of this, Colonel David made a decision - to launch this attack even without the help of the Cossack cavalry - it must be done!

"So, all, charge. ”

There was no impassioned, stirring speech, because time did not allow, and of course, Mr. Colonel's bad eloquence was one of the reasons.

In any case, after this, the Hereford family army will have to fight to the death with each other.

The cavalry of the Hereford family, with the Lancer Regiment and the Pistol Cavalry Battalion as the front, followed by the Cuirassier Regiment. Nearly 2,000 cavalry, under the strong wind of the steppe, moved forward in silence, and then increased their speed.

A distance of a hundred meters is only a few seconds for the cavalry. A few seconds was too sudden for the marching infantry troops—seeing the Hereford army's standing still, these guys, though not convinced in their hearts, still had the thought that the Hereford army might not be as difficult to deal with as they thought.

They were not shelled by artillery, nor were there enough musket salvos, or were subjected to fire from any kind of terrible weaponry.

In this case, their morale is rightfully high. At the same time, it was somewhat taken lightly, so that when it came to the actual cavalry charge of the Hereford family, there was some haste in dealing with it.

The commanders of some companies shouted wildly and opened fire. Shoot back at the cavalry in a three-stage shot. There were also some company commanders who ordered their soldiers to level their bayonets and form an array of bayonets in response to an incoming charge. The commanders of these companies are not lacking in reflexes and courage. Despite the different ways, they came up with the order to fight at the first moment.

At the same time, the training of these musketeers was very rigorous. The Forces nouvelles quickly raised their muskets and began to shoot in an orderly manner, maintaining stability in the face of a rapid attack by lancers and pistols.

With the crisp roar of muskets. The bravest and most pitiful lancers and cuirassiers, who had rushed to the front, fell as if they had been hammered in the chest—and some unlucky ones, whose heads were smashed to pieces, and some of whom had been shot in their arms, arms, or thighs, and these fortunate fellows persevered, enduring their wounds, and continuing to charge.

In an instant, nearly two hundred lancers and pistols were killed by the fire of the enemy's muskets - a number that would have continued to rise if the other men of the other faction who formed the bayonet phalanx had joined the ranks - and this was the result of the somewhat hasty firing of musket volleys while the enemy was marching and stopping. If this is not the case, then this charge of the Hereford family can be called a failure.

"What a bastard!"

Sandwiched in the cuirassiers, Colonel David, who was moving forward quickly, cursed in his heart, although he had accepted in his heart the possibility of heavy losses. But seeing that nearly a tenth of the cavalry brigade had been wiped out in an instant, he was still angry to death - but fortunately, it was the turn of the Hereford family army next.

Raise your handcuffs and shoot at the high rate of fire of a revolver, or level your rifle and charge at your enemy - either of them is spectacular. In the face of such a dense curtain of musket shells, several companies of Ottoman New Army soldiers were directly stunned. Watching the comrades around them fall down in a big way, this shock, the scene, and the fear caused by it suffocated them, and it was indescribable.

At the same time, the lancers of the Hereford family also rushed into the opponent's array, and the vermilion cavalry spear, which was nearly twice as long as the bayonet gun, plundered hundreds of lives in an instant. The entire company's front was crushed, slaughtered, trampled, bones shattered, blood spat from the mouth, and brains bursting......

Countless deaths and injuries appeared in an instant. The entire infantry regiment of the New Army lost more than 500 casualties in an instant, and nearly a third of the infantry units were wiped out in this way.

In the first round of exchanges, both sides suffered heavy casualties - but then, in the course of close combat, the new Ottoman army, armed with bayonets and guns, was heavily arrayed, but held the line steadily.

In melee hand-to-hand combat, the new Ottoman army, which was already highly trained and had bayonet guns suitable for close combat, was superior to the Hereford family army!

Bayonet stabs, piercings, using their own flexibility to fight the enemy, or forming a dense phalanx of bayonets...... In any case, the lancers of the Hereford family were somewhat unable to resist-

As for the revolvers, after having exhausted all the ammunition for the two revolvers, they calmly retreated, giving up the battlefield to the cuirassiers. The pistols turned around and began to reload. And immediately afterward, in the charge of the cuirassiers, a large part of the new army had already been swept away by the close-range fire of the revolver, and it was impossible to resist the cuirassier charge again. Despite all the struggles, it inevitably collapsed.

"Lancers plus pistols...... If you first use the pistols as the vanguard, get close to the opponent, shoot quickly, and then use the lancers to launch a charge, then no matter what kind of array can be broken in one go, right?" Colonel David thought to himself: "It's just a pity that nowadays, the production of revolvers cannot be raised. And the lancers...... This class doesn't have any potential. ”

Thinking so in his heart, Colonel David was somewhat high-spirited.

Despite the setback of the Lancers' offensive, the enemy had lost almost half of its troops, counting several companies that had been crushed by the cuirassiers. In this way, the balance of power between one's own and the enemy's is reversed again. When you think about it this way, the probability of winning this battle is even higher.

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