Most of the time, wars don't go according to plan, whether it's the winning side or the losing side.

They will make all kinds of perfect plans before the war, but almost all wars cannot be perfectly executed according to the predetermined plan, and there will always be all kinds of accidents in the middle.

Therefore, when all military generals lead a war to fight, they will make multiple plans at the same time, and in addition to the preferred plan, they will also have many alternative plans.

This is true in any era, and after the establishment of the modern staff system, there are even more battle plans, and behind each first choice, there will be a huge number of alternative plans and various sub-plans.

The same is true of the Sixth Division, where the staff office led by Wu Guanlin has assigned more and more operational plans, and in order to achieve the strategic objectives of each defeat, the staff office has a large number of operational plans.

Under the general framework of westward expansion, almost every part has many corresponding plans.

At first, their original plan was to intercept the enemy forces in the area of Oxhorn Mountain and use the preset battlefield of their choice to fight.

However, the enemy did not give them this opportunity, but chose to garrison five kilometers away from Niujiao Mountain, which led to the original plan of defensive interception operations into active offensive operations, and even the battlefield changed from its own preset battlefield to the enemy's preset battlefield.

But even then, the General Staff took into account the situation and planned accordingly in advance.

And now, the effect of their own artillery bombardment is very good, but the effect of artillery bombardment is too good, which directly leads to the initiative of the enemy cavalry.

In this case, the staff's response plan is also very simple, that is, to intercept with the outer infantry defense line, and then use cavalry to launch a countercharge.

Therefore, the cavalry commander Song You got on his horse, raised his saber, and led the cavalry under the command of the Sixth Division to prepare for battle.

But despite the preparations, they still did not strike at the first time.

It is not in their interest to take the initiative to give up this strategic advantage when their own artillery occupies a huge strategic advantage, and then use the cavalry to take the initiative to engage the enemy's cavalry in a head-to-head confrontation.

So Song You wait!

The more than 3,000 cavalry under the command of the Northwest Army of the County Guard Mansion have already been divided into multiple cavalry phalanxes and began to attack!

With the cavalry regiment as the large phalanx and the cavalry company as the small phalanx, they formed a dense phalanx and marched slowly.

The horses were all shoulder to shoulder, the line of the cavalry was extremely neat, and the sabers drawn by the cavalry were carried on their shoulders, shining under the reflection of the sun, which made people frightened.

The enemy cavalry began to assemble and prepare to charge, Lin Ziran, who was observing the battle situation behind, naturally discovered this, but without his special orders, all the units had already begun to act according to the predetermined battle plan before the battle.

The 1st and 2nd Cavalry Regiments are already preparing for sorties!

The infantry phalanx on the left flank facing the impact of the enemy has already begun to change its formation, changing into a hollow phalanx to defend against the impact of cavalry, and even the artillery units have turned their muzzles and begun to shell these enemy cavalry units!

Artillery, still the first to strike at the enemy's cavalry, the shells spanned a distance of more than a thousand meters, constantly falling on the slowly advancing enemy cavalry units.

But the advance of the enemy's cavalry units did not stop, but became faster and faster.

From the beginning of the slow advance, to the trotting forward, when they were only a few hundred meters away from the infantry phalanx of the first sixth division, they completely launched a charge!

Almost at the same time, the artillery units of the 6th Division also began to carry out rapid shelling regardless of the life of the barrels and even the danger of exploding, and did not pursue the accuracy of the shelling.

In an instant, countless shells fell densely into the enemy's cavalry assault phalanx!

Whether it is a grenade that explodes overhead, a grenade that explodes directly after landing, or even a shot that directly sprays steel balls and steel nails, it begins to inflict intensive damage on enemy cavalry.

However, they still did not stop the pace of the charge!

On the left, Deng Liangan, the commander of the Third Infantry Regiment, sat on horseback, and his expressionless face did not rush to give various orders.

The orders had already been handed down, and the next thing to do was simple, that is, to meet the onslaught of the enemy cavalry with a hollow phalanx.

If you can carry it, then it means that the enemy's cavalry is finished.

If you can't resist it!

That's fine, there's a Sixth Mixed Brigade on the side!

No matter how bad it is, there are still your own cavalry troops!

The enemy wants to storm their own left flank defense with only 3,000 cavalry, which is simply an insult to their 6th Division!

Deng Liang sat firmly on horseback, and the commanders of the infantry battalions and infantry companies under his command had already begun to direct the troops to shoot at long distances.

Although their 3rd Infantry Regiment was not equipped with rear-loading rifles, the Minnie rifles they were equipped with still had an effective range of more than 400 meters, but the rate of fire was far inferior to that of rear-loading rifles.

The artillery was firing, the infantry were shooting to intercept, and the dense fire caused the enemy cavalry to be knocked out one by one.

But the cavalry on the opposite side were still charging!

Zhen Changdong had already given a death order to the cavalry troops, and the enemy's artillery positions must be destroyed!

When this order was issued, Zhen Changdong also knew that this task would be very difficult, and even the cavalry troops would suffer large-scale losses, but Zhen Changdong had no second choice.

If the cavalry does not attack, then the artillery units of their own side will be completely suppressed, and then the infantry defense line will completely collapse, and then it will be a complete collapse of more than 30,000 people.

However, cavalry attacks are not easy to say, and the greatest role of cavalry on the battlefield is never to directly attack the enemy's position, but to contain the enemy army through mobile ability to find the enemy's weak point, force the enemy army to constantly change formation, and then create opportunities for the frontal active troops.

Therefore, most of the time, in fact, the cavalry troops are constantly wandering to find weak points!

Directly launch a frontal charge, that is a choice of last resort!

Now, the cavalry troops of the county guard mansion are under duress, or under the forcible order of Zhen Changdong, they have launched a frontal charge!

However, the enemy's defense line is so easy to break through!

Although Zhen Changdong desperately hoped that his cavalry could rush forward and even fight to the death, the reality was always so cruel that his cavalry couldn't rush up at all!

It can even be said that it is unwilling to rush forward!

The first wave of about 200 cavalry on the flank, before they could rush to within 200 meters of the defense line of the 3rd Infantry Regiment, had already been killed and wounded by the enemy's artillery and rifle fire, and as a result, the commander of the leading cavalry company gritted his teeth and directly led the retreat.

If he rushes down any more, his cavalry company will be dead!

His retreat directly caused a chain reaction!

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