Chapter 32: The Great Alliance Moving Forward (17)
What is a heavy impact cavalry?
The best armor, the best military horses, and the best warriors.
But these three things are too expensive, so whether it is in the endless empire or the alliance that enjoys thirty years of peace, heavy-armed cavalry are regarded as a relic of the old era.
With the Swift Horse, half-armor and scimitar were introduced into the army, among the republics, only Paratu retained a small-scale heavy-armed cavalry out of tradition - Lieutenant Colonel Chris Varre knew this.
But the Lieutenant Colonel knew another thing--the heavy-armed cavalry of the First Republic of Paratu had long been exhausted in the Battle of the Great Wilderness and Civil War.
Varé, Sanel, Chloe... Any commander of the parliamentary army would never have expected that the "rebels" would actually invest such a cavalry at this time and place for the first time.
Rolling thunder passed through the battlefield. In Lieutenant Colonel Varre's vision, a cavalry officer shining with armor suddenly rushed out of the smoke on the south bank, galloped onto the broken bridge that had been burned into coke, and jumped up at the end of the bridge deck.
As the rear hooves of the war horse left the ground, the last structure left by the wooden bridge on the west bank finally could not be supported and collapsed with a bang. The cavalry officer's war horse stretched out his four hooves and landed steadily on the east bank.
The coalition infantry witnessed this scene burst into cheers to curb the clouds, and the appearance of the cavalry officer was just the beginning. Hundreds of cavalrymen, also wearing armor and holding spears, followed the cavalry officer and came out of the smoke screen.
They rode their dexterous passionate horses down the low cliffs on the west bank and rushed to the river beach on the east bank with their remaining momentum.
Cavalry kept falling horses while climbing up one after another, not knowing life or death, but the cavalry behind them still did not hesitate when they jumped off the low cliff.
Lieutenant Colonel Chris Varre almost clenched his silver teeth when he saw the amazing spears in the hands of the cavalry.
Although those strange cavalry are not heavy horses under their crotch, and although those strange cavalry are equipped with only half-body armor and three-quarter armor, they are undoubtedly an extinct and rely on devastating impact forces to fight. They are regarded as heavy-armed impact cavalry with the ability to make a final decision, and are an impact cavalry specially used to deal with infantry phalanxes!
"Turn the cannon!" Lieutenant Colonel Varre waved his arm and tried to make a final resistance: "Turn the cannon!"
In fact, there was no need for the lieutenant colonel to order. The old gunman Sut immediately called on the gunners to turn the gunners into the gunners as soon as they discovered the heavy cavalry of the "rebels".
However, the eight old cannons of the parliamentary army did not turn to the body at all. If you want to "turn around", you can only use thick and long wooden stakes to pry the cannon stand bit by bit.
The gunners pressed their shoulders against the wooden stakes, their faces fluttered into pig's liver, and they used their strength to make the cannon move one by one.
When facing the first four charges of the "rebels", all the cannons on the artillery positions turned to the north - the direction of the enemy's attack. As well as all the musketeers and most of the halberds were concentrated in the north.
When the "rebels" finally showed their killer moves, the southern phalanx that was the first to be hit was not even a gun or a cannon could fight.
Near the Broken Bridge, the musketeers of the Parliamentary Army who had just retreated from the west bank fled in scattered. The officers of the Second Infantry Brigade of Leiqun County, who had just been scolded by Colonel Bode, saw the cavalry of the county attack, and led their soldiers to jump into the river and shouted and followed the cavalry to attack the east bank.
The "rebel" cavalry who forced their way across the riverside ignored the fleeing parliamentary musketeers. The first team crossing the river was like a sharp knife, easily passing through the space between the left wing of the parliamentary army and the central army, and pounced on the artillery positions on the ground.
"It's over." Lieutenant Colonel Vale gave the verdict ruthlessly.
"It's broken!" Colonel Sanel also changed his face, no longer had the previous leisure time, and he shouted loudly: "Blow the trumpet! Let the cavalry get on the horse!"
On the roof of the church bell tower, Colonel Bode tightly clasped the window frame and stared at the hills across the river without blinking.
The harsh trumpet sounds, the flying lead bullets, the fires bursting from muzzles, the distorted faces of the soldiers due to fear... The millions of scenes on the battlefield solidified into a scroll, as if it had been a long time, but it seemed like it was just a blink of an eye.
When time flowed again, Leiqun County cavalry, clamped with spears and plate armor, had already smashed into the square formation on the south side of the artillery position.
Under the earthen hills and on the river bank, the heavy cavalry of Leiqun County who subsequently crossed the river had already arranged an attack formation. Under the leadership of Captain Luosong, the sixth round of charge was launched towards the artillery position of the "pseudo-government army".
The parliamentary army has also discovered a fatal rift between the right wing and the central army on its front. The phalanx at the southernmost end of the right wing front of the parliamentary army and the Chinese military formation supporting the right wing tried their best to move closer to each other, desperately trying to prevent the "rebel" cavalry from burying through the front of our front for the second time.
"Collapse the formation! Go through!" Luo Song took the lead and rode alone to guide the entire charge echelon.
More than 160 cavalrymen from the charge echelon commanded by the captain themselves gathered their formations in galloping, and before the enemy closed the gate, they broke through the enemy's front line again from a gap less than twenty meters between the two square formations.
When Leiqun County cavalry flew past the enemy's phalanx, the spears in the hands of the "pseudo-government" soldiers could almost scrape their feathers and the tails of the war horses.
The roars of orders were heard one after another, and smoke from the parliamentary army spewed out, and musketeers fired at the "rebel" cavalry passing by.
The two sides were too close to no aim. Every time there was a gunshot, a cavalry in Leiqu County fell from the horse's back.
The cavalry of Leiqun County all leaned on the horse's neck to avoid it, but Captain Luosong was furious.
"Hait up!" Luo Song roared like thunder: "That's a bullet! Not a feces! Stand it straight for me!"
Less than a mile between the river bank and the Tugang, it arrived in an instant. After getting rid of the interception of the infantry formation of the parliamentary army, nothing could stop the charge of the heavy cavalry of Leiqun County.
The light cavalry that first launched the charge had already endured the enemy's most violent firepower for them, and the heavy cavalry detachment that charged in the previous echelon had also given up the battlefield for them.
When it was less than 150 meters away from the enemy's artillery position, Luo Song flattened the cavalry and lance in his hand.
The charge whistle was blown, and the heavy cavalry of Leiqun County no longer deliberately controlled the speed of the horse, but instead stabbed the war horses without any pity, put their flat cavalry spears, and roared at the already shaky enemy.
On the periphery of the artillery positions of the parliamentary army, there were dead war horses and incomplete human corpses everywhere, and their stomachs and bones were entangled, like a trippy horse made of flesh and blood.
While Luo Song tried his best to lift the cavalry and spear, he used his knees to control the horse to leapt over the corpse.
According to the Union Army's regulations, the super-long spear issued by the phalanx spearmen is five meters long.
The length of the special cavalry spear in Luo Song's hand was one meter more than the super long spear distributed to the infantry.
This means that the riding spear in his hand is extremely difficult to control, and Luo Song's legs have to tightly clamp the horse's belly to barely maintain balance; this also means that the riding spear in his hand will stab the opponent's chest before the opponent's spear stabs his war horse.
The square formation on the south side of the artillery position has been almost disintegrated by the previous round of charge by the Leiqun County cavalry. The "hollow square formation" that was originally similar to a parallelogram was also squeezed into a triangle while it was constantly retreating.
The cannon at the southwest corner of the position was exposed outside the square, and a blood-faced parliamentary lieutenant was trying to reorganize the soldiers with weapons in their hands.
Luo Song rode his horse over the cannon stand and wheels. After a moment of hesitation, he rushed towards the blood-faced lieutenant of the parliamentary lieutenant.
Everything happened too quickly, and the lieutenant had no time to dodge and was screaming and was picked up. With a bursting sound, Luo Song's spear was broken and two pieces were broken.
At the same time, other heavy cavalrymen from Leiqun County rushed to the enemy.
A cavalry of Leiqun County nailed the enemy in front of him to the ground with his special cavalry spear in his hand, and the next moment his war horse was penetrated by dense guns. The remaining body of the war horse remained unabated, and the rider on the horse's back smashed straight into the brown-clothed soldiers, sweeping the countdown to the countdown of spearmen.
Luo Song gave up the broken gun without hesitation and drew his sword to rush into the gap in the enemy's formation. He stepped on two enemies who fell to the ground, slashed half of the head of the halberd soldier with one knife, and then suddenly poked out his body, piercing the heart of another enemy.
With a "clang" sound, Luo Song's back was hit hard. The armor dispersed its strength, but the severe pain still made Luo Song's breathing stagnate, and the huge momentum almost knocked him down from the saddle.
Luo Song glared, swung his arms around and slashed back, and slashed the arm of the enemy who was slamming the musket at his enemy.
At this moment, another lead bullet hit Luosong's protective surface. A huge depression was made of the steel protective surface, and the collapsed iron piece flew into Luosong's left eye.
Luo Song's vision immediately fell into darkness, and the severe pain and blood made him unable to see things without being injured in his right eye.
He didn't know where the enemy was or where his subordinates were. He roared like a beast falling into a trap, slashing in all directions.
Accompanied by the harsh sound of gold and iron, Luo Song's sabre chopped heavily on an iron plate. Without hesitation, he immediately put away the knife and slashed it again.
But I heard a panting voice coming from the saber: "Senior! It's me!"
Luo Song recognized the master of the voice. He endured the severe pain and opened his right eye and saw a pair of familiar eyes wrapped under his helmet. He turned his head and looked around. Three Leiqun County cavalry slashed and slashed left and tried their best to stop the enemy outside.
The other subordinates who attacked the enemy also found that the captain was injured and were moving towards him desperately.
A short melody came from outside the square array - it was the call to withdraw!
The next round of charge is coming soon, and the Leiqun County cavalry who are fighting must give up the battlefield to the next charge echelon as soon as possible.
Luo Song used his brute force and suddenly tugged off the buckle, pulling off the helmet, which was already covered with blood and sweat. He covered his left eye, opened his right eye and looked around, raising his knife to point directly to the weak southeast corner of the enemy's formation.
"Let's go!" Luo Song gritted his teeth and shouted.
At this moment, an invisible string with a heavy object tied to it quietly broke.
The parliamentary soldiers had reached their limits, and a brown-clothed soldier dropped his weapons, turned around and ran down the ground.
Chapter completed!