Zhong Feng looked at the Russian cavalry charging over from the opposite side and sneered.
The Cossacks are not actually a nation, but a tribe formed by a group of Eastern Europeans with tough styles and conservative lifestyles. These people burned, killed, and looted in Eastern Europe, and they became more martial with each generation, which caused the tsar to
Russian concern.
The Tsar valued the Cossacks' military power and hired a large number of Cossacks to conquer the country, becoming the nominal masters of the Cossacks. The Cossacks also became Russians and helped the Tsar occupy the entire Siberia.
It can be said that the Cossacks are one of the most powerful armed forces in this era. Their individual combat capabilities are even comparable to those of the Manchu cavalry. Later Napoleon once said: "If I have Cossack cavalry in my army, I will use them to sweep the entire country."
world."
However, in front of the Tiger Army, these brave Cossacks are just a group of moving targets.
At this time, the outdoor temperature in Heilongjiang Province was about minus 20 degrees, and the soil was completely frozen and very hard. It would take at least a day to dig a trench. The Cossacks rushed forward without thinking, and soldiers from both sides were unable to dig in the frozen soil.
In the trenches, the war became a competition of firepower and impact.
The equipment owned by the Cossacks is expensive furs, minnie rifles and tall war horses. The equipment owned by the elite selectors is a full set of down clothes and a Jinwang breech-loading rifle.
After the down jackets helped the soldiers of the Huben Army conquer the severe cold, the breech-loading rifles had a complete advantage over the Mini rifles. Although the Europeans secretly learned Li Zhi's Mini rifle technology, the rate of fire of the breech-loading rifles ensured the selection of the striker.
The war with the Cossacks was a complete technical defeat.
Zhong Feng looked at the menacing Cossack cavalry in front of him, but suddenly lost interest in fighting.
"Jiang Chong! You come to command the battle!"
Jiang Chong was stunned, saluted Zhong Feng, and took over the command.
The Selection Division is trained strictly in accordance with the Prince's "Soldier Conduct", and there are rules to follow everywhere. It is actually very simple to command such an army to fight.
"Prepare!"
"shooting!"
The horn sounded violently, the flag was fluttered, and the order to fire was conveyed to every soldier on the front. From a distance of 400 meters, the 5,000 soldiers of the Selective Division in front of the circle formation aimed at the rushing European cavalry and began an intensive attack.
free fire.
For a breech-loading rifle that can fire once every five or six seconds, volley fire is not conducive to the spread of firepower. Free fire between different soldiers half a second apart is the best way to kill the enemy.
"Pap-pap-pap-pap!"
Five thousand rounds of bullets flew across the snow and were fired at the white cavalry 400 meters away. The tall Cossacks were shot one after another before they could even enter the range of the minion rifles.
The blood spurted out from the Cossacks and turned into blood flowers, dyeing the expensive furs red.
The Cossacks looked at the bullets on themselves in disbelief, bent down little by little, and finally fell off their horses with a thud.
Of course, the Cossacks also had sniper rifles. British mirror grinders polished sniper scopes by hand and produced more than a thousand sniper rifles for the Russians in three months.
The Russians, who were somewhat panicked by the fierce firepower of the Tiger Army, raised their sniper rifles and began to fight back.
Tobinsky on the Don River had a sniper rifle in his hand. The dozens of cavalry in front of him were all knocked down by Chiang Chong's infantry, and Tobinsky was suddenly moved to the front of the team. He raised his hand on the bumpy horse.
He raised his rifle, barely pointed it at the front-selecting division's line more than a thousand steps away, and opened fire with a bang.
However, to his disappointment, his shot failed to hit the target.
Like Tobinsky, most of the other Cossacks who raised their guns fired empty guns.
The Cossacks had just been equipped with firearms, and when they encountered a strong enemy, they subconsciously chose to charge on horseback. The horse was bumpy, and it was impossible to shoot the sniper rifle accurately with such a tactical choice.
Tobinski looked at the selector on the opposite side angrily, put his rifle on his back, raised his whip and whipped the horse under his crotch.
"Charge! Those Asians take a long time to shoot! Charge!"
The Cossacks who suffered heavy losses heard Tobinsky's encouragement and regained their fighting spirit.
Even Zhirkov agreed with Tobinsky. Because the Ming people did not choose to shoot in three rows, but foolishly chose to shoot all the rifle bullets at once. Based on the Cossacks’ understanding of firearms, the flintlock rifle
The reloading time is at least twenty breaths. The next salvo will be at least twenty breaths later.
The European war horses are much taller and stronger than the Mongolian horses. At twenty breaths, they are enough for the galloping Cossack cavalry to advance six or seven hundred steps.
Just now, the striker hit a high-speed moving target at a height of 400 meters. His accuracy was not particularly high, and his hit rate was only 10% or 20%, which was still bearable. In other words, the Cossacks would be able to withstand just one more salvo like this.
He can rush into the ranks of the Tiger Army and kill Asian soldiers with his saber.
Tobinsky raised the horn hanging on the saddle and blew it violently.
The Cossack cavalry shouted "Ula", rode their horses and trampled on the fallen compatriots on the ground, and launched a desperate charge towards the front selection division of the Tiger and Ben Army.
However, these Europeans did not understand that, as the most elite unit in the Tiger Army, the equipment of the Selective Division had evolved to the level of breech-loading guns.
Open the gun, insert the paper bullets, close the gun, and load the semicircular primer into the primer slot. It only takes five or six seconds for the soldiers of the Selective Division to shoot again.
In the disbelieving eyes of the Russians, flames spurted out from the muzzle of the selector's gun again.
The battlefield was only quiet for a few seconds, and the crackling gunfire dominated the battlefield again. Bullets rushed towards the Cossacks like a rainstorm. The tall European cavalry screamed with blood, fell from the equally tall European war horse, and then in the blink of an eye they were
He was trampled to death by the rolling horseshoes behind him.
Hundreds more people were killed on the way to the charge.
Zhirkov was so shocked that his mouth opened wide and his eyes turned blood red. He found that he had encountered the most terrifying enemy in his life. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty in Asia only needed five breaths to complete a shot.
this is too scary.
This is the devil's weapon.
The second shooting killed hundreds of people, then there was a pause of just two or three seconds, and the third free shooting started again.
Due to the different shooting times during free shooting, the shooter's shooting has gradually become mixed together, and it is almost impossible to distinguish the free shooting times.
Tobinsky was also stunned by the rate of fire of the Ming Dynasty. If the muskets had such a rate of fire, what role would the cavalry have?
But he had no time to sort out his panic worries. Just as the selector was free-firing for the third time, a breech-loading bullet entered his right eye and entered his head in an instant.
It flew out from the back of the head.
The Don Cossack leader lost his life without even making a sound...
