18th century total war

Chapter 245 Cavalry Extinction

"Turn the muzzle! Don't worry about accidental injury!"

The guard infantry officer in charge of commanding the artillery waved a command knife and shouted frantically.

Under the abundant physical strength of the infantry guards, the heavy artillery completed a collective turn at a speed unimaginable by the Prussian assault cavalry!
This is not one or two cannons, but hundreds of cannons have completed their steering!
However, because the Prussian cavalry charged from the flanks of the artillery position, the artillery moved too slowly back and forth, so the artillery only had time to turn the muzzle. If they fired at this time, the artillerymen in the front row could easily be accidentally injured by the cannonballs from the artillerymen in the rear row. die!
Of course, the infantry guards don't care!
They are willing to dedicate their lives to Master Li Wei, just to win!
Only those relatively light mortar gunners have time to carry the mortar to avoid the ejection area of ​​those field artillery shells, and the parabolic shooting method of the mortar can also ensure that they will not hurt the front when firing from the back. Gunner's Guards.

Leading the Prussian brigade of assault cavalry, the Prussian general at the head of the horse saw that the artillerymen of the Black Dragon Army on the opposite side, like the infantry, did not retreat and even panicked, a stern look appeared on his face.

"God is with us!

Long live Prussia! ! ! "

A general charged with cavalry, and the morale of these Prussian cavalrymen reached its peak in a very short period of time. Even though there were black cannon muzzles in front of them, they still looked resolute, fully demonstrating a real Prussian soldier Due sense of honor.

The Prussian assault cavalry started the final speed-up sprint, and the erected spears began to slowly fall flat. The last wave of assault cavalry was not equipped with spears, but raised the saber in their hands diagonally upwards.

The sound of horseshoes frightened the ground, and the infantry guards who had turned their muzzles to finish loading the shells could even feel the trembling of the ground under their feet!
However, the expressions on the faces of these infantrymen were very calm, and they began to ignite the matchlocks on their bodies rigorously, preparing to ignite the explosives behind them at the last moment.

Ever since Karl used self-detonation tactics to defeat the attack of hundreds of thousands of Revolutionary Army for National Salvation, the 'custom' of carrying large explosive packs on the infantry guards became popular among the Black Dragon Legion.

Even mid-level and low-level officers do this!
Only senior generals who don't know how to go to the battlefield will not carry dangerous explosives on themselves.

Being able to be promoted to an officer in the Black Dragon Legion with a very high death rate may not be the seed of a famous general, but at least he has military talents better than most ordinary people, especially the promotion to a senior general who needs brains is a precious asset of the Black Dragon Legion.

In the reorganization of the French Defense Forces, except for the relatively well-known officers in France who were retained by Li Wei, most of the officers were promoted from the original Black Dragon Army.

The requirements for grassroots officers are not high, as long as they are brave enough and have rich practical experience, this condition can be met by almost every infantry guard of the Black Dragon Legion who has participated in the battle.

Therefore, Li Wei has never lacked low-level officers, and middle-level officers generally play the role of linking the past and the future, but the combat tasks they undertake alone will not be too complicated, so the requirements for the knowledge level of officers are not high, as long as they are familiar with Li Wei. The infantry tactical drill can be competent.

Only senior generals are the real scarce talents for Li Wei, so Li Wei repeatedly ordered the senior generals in the Black Dragon Army to protect themselves as much as possible and not to go to the front line easily.

Fortunately, during the reorganization of the French National Defense Force, a large number of former officers of the National Salvation Revolutionary Army joined the training, allowing Li Wei to solve the problem of lack of mid-level and senior officers.

In a sense, the Governorate can be said to have helped Li Wei solve many problems.

"fire!"

The field artillery at the front took the lead in firing pieces of cannonballs, and the Prussian general who took the lead was firmly guarded by his guards behind him. During the step-by-step wall charge, the first row of charging cavalry suddenly had a gap where several people turned their backs on their backs.

Immediately afterwards, the second batch and the third batch... and so on, the field artillery batons fired shells in a fan-shaped area, and the Prussian cavalry general who took the lead at the beginning had already retreated to the second wall-type charge wave. Secondary.

At the same time, the formation of cavalry cavalry in the first wave of wall charge was completely broken up by successive shots. Only a few lucky ones left in the cavalry charge of the first wave had to turn their horses from the two sides. Sideways out of the combat area.

In the process of running away, these few lucky people were shot down with muskets by the artillerymen of the Guards Infantry.

The general of the Prussian assault cavalry saw that the first wave under his command was blown apart by the cannons before reaching the enemy, he looked shocked, quickly suppressed his speed, and slowly retreated to the third wave behind, which was also the last one. Among the waves.

At this time, the stormtroopers who had begun their final sprint, most people did not see their general quickly degenerating into a coward. The stormtroopers were concentrating on the front.

The second wave is still charged cavalry with spears, only the third wave of charged cavalry is equipped with sabers.

It's not that the Prussian cavalry couldn't afford enough spears, but the requirements for using spears on horseback were much higher than those of sabers.

If you want to understand the spear on the horse, the training time and training cost you need to bear are much higher than ordinary saber cavalry.

Therefore, it is impossible for any major country in Europe to train all the assault cavalry to be long-spear cavalry, but to mix and match pike cavalry with higher training costs and saber cavalry with low training costs.

Anyway, after the spear cavalry in the front row tore apart the enemy's infantry formation, the saber cavalry could follow in and kill them. The biggest use of spears was to break the formation.

Killing the enemy is an incidental use instead.

Of course, just because the spear cavalry has to go to the front to break the formation every time they charge, the casualty rate of this unit is also the largest, and the supply of spear cavalry in every country is in short supply.

And once a war breaks out, due to the long training time of the spear cavalry, it is difficult to replenish the spear cavalry lost on the battlefield during the war.

On the other hand, the saber cavalry only needs to find some soldiers with good equestrian skills and can be put on the battlefield after a few months of simple training.

At most, the queue training of wall charge tactics can take a little more time.

Although there is a large gap between the three waves, this gap is nothing compared to the full sprint speed of the light cavalry.

The howling horses and even the wounded were ruthlessly trampled by the second wave of wall-mounted cavalry teammates who could not avoid it.

This is the limitation of the wall charge. In order to keep the charge formation neat and dense, it is difficult for them to avoid the fallen teammates in front.

Of course, this kind of cavalry wall charge is also because of this, it has a very terrifying impact force.

The cavalry does not rely solely on its own weapons to kill the enemy. The collision force of the horse itself is also a fatal weapon to the enemy infantry.

The front row infantry and part-time artillery who had no chance to shoot the second shot had already ignited their explosive pack fuses with matchlocks. They stood in a loose row like crazy zombies, holding guns with bayonets in their hands. With a flintlock, he charged at the Prussian assault cavalry.

"Master Li Wei! Long live!"

Boom~~~
"Master Li Wei! Long live!"

Boom~~~
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After every cry, there will inevitably be a violent explosion. A guard infantry leaps forward, pounces on a Prussian assault cavalry, drags him off the horse, and explodes a second later, scattering human flesh and blood. Splashes were everywhere, and the frightened horse from the close-range explosion rammed sideways towards the 'friendly horse' next to it.

Puff, before a guard infantry could even jump up, a spear pierced his body from top to bottom, and he couldn't even utter the last slogan, his mouth was full of blood, and the Prussian charge The cavalryman had already released his spear at this time to prevent the reaction force of the spear from injuring his arm.

When the cavalryman moved away from the infantry guard who was pierced by the spear, the body of the infantry guard exploded.

A guard infantry tightly hugged the horse's leg, and was trampled bloody by the angry horse. Then there was a loud bang, and the Prussian assault cavalry above enjoyed the 'joy' of flying with their horses and men.

The self-detonated guard infantry caused a lot of casualties to the second wave of Prussian assault cavalry, but because the cavalry charged too fast, the number of guard infantry of the part-time artillery was not as large as that of the Prussian cavalry, so it was still difficult to stop the Prussian assault cavalry offensive.

Fortunately, at this time, the mortar behind also shot out pieces of flowering bullets!

The short interval between the explosive packs and the flowering bombs on the infantry guards shrouded the second wave of Prussian assault cavalry in the smoke of the explosion, buying valuable reloading time for the infantry guards, who were part-time artillerymen in the rear row.

The third wave of Prussian saber cavalry, together with the Prussian cavalry general who took the lead at the beginning, had to slow down their horses in the face of such a terrifying explosion to prevent themselves from plunging into the dense explosion area.

It wasn't until all the infantry guards of the front row part-time artillery blew themselves up and the smoke cleared that the last wave of Prussian assault cavalry entered the muddy ground paved with flesh and blood in small steps.

There was so much blood on the ground that the ground became muddy!
The horse's hoof stepped on it, trampling out a handful of bright red liquid from time to time, and there was even bursts of heat on it, proving to everyone how short the time for this bubble of blood to leave its owner's body!

After stepping on the blood-soaked land, the Prussian general immediately saw that the artillerymen of the Black Dragon Legion in the second half were busy loading shotguns!

The Prussian general trembled, replaying the Shura scene he had just seen over and over again in his mind, and suddenly turned around and shouted loudly at the last wave of cavalry: "Everyone, follow me!"

The last wave of Prussian charging saber cavalry who have been slowing down can still turn. They are not ashamed of their general's orders, and they are even very grateful in their hearts that their commander is a rational general, not a lunatic ...

Those officers and soldiers of the Black Dragon Legion are all fucking lunatics!
Don't die crazy!

This is a true portrayal of the heart of the third wave of Prussian assault saber cavalry.

The second wave of Prussian assault spear cavalry suffered even more severe losses than the first wave. The Prussian generals hardly saw the existence of Prussian cavalry who were still riding horses...

The third wave of Prussian charging saber cavalry began to turn in a panic under the command of their general, and the familiar cannon sounded again from behind.

A piece of shotgun shot straight at it, while curved bullets fell from the sky!

The Prussian general only felt a sudden explosion from his side, and an idea immediately appeared in his mind with rich experience in war: "No, I was hit by a flowering bomb!"

In the next second, the Prussian general felt severe pain from many places in his body, his strength disappeared instantly, and he fell off his horse like a torn rag.

The last scene of this Prussian cavalry general was his beloved mount, its huge body falling sideways, just pressing on his lower body!
After the huge weight fell, the Prussian general spat out a mouthful of blood, and his entire field of vision was immediately covered in bright red, and he was quickly immersed in eternal darkness...

In the last wave of Prussian charging saber cavalry, they were solidly hit by a volley of nearly half of the field artillery and all the mortars, and most of the cavalry were knocked down on the spot!
The remaining cavalrymen fled in all directions amid shouts of terror.

Then, the Guards infantry who was part-time artillery picked up his musket, blew out the lit match, took the initiative to step into the wailing battle area, and began to finish off the surviving Prussian charge cavalry one by one.

As for the horses, those who were slightly injured and those who were not injured would be drawn in, and those who were seriously injured would also be repaired.

The commander-in-chief of the Prussian army in the rear, after seeing the miserable battle situation of his own cavalry, was once again shocked by the terrifying fighting will of the officers and soldiers of the Black Dragon Army.

This was the first time he saw the Black Dragon Legion's 'self-explosive infantry' with his own eyes, and it was more impactful than the rumors.

He glanced at his remaining reserves and the broken troops rescued from the front line, gritted his teeth, planned to violate the pre-war agreement with the Austrian friendly forces, and issued an order for the entire army to retreat.

However, the infantry guards, who have quickly changed from a hollow square formation to an offensive horizontal formation, will not let these Prussian troops go.

Bolcha held up his binoculars and saw that the Prussian army began to retreat as a whole, and immediately issued an order for the entire army to attack.

Under the order of the officer, the Prussian line infantry no longer maintained a strict formation, but started jogging and retreating with their weapons and equipment on their shoulders, and those artillery that were difficult to move were all destroyed with explosives!
The Prussian army still has the determination not to leave any valuable equipment to the enemy.

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