Chapter 885: Cavalry Attack (Medium)
The cavalry warriors, sabers in hand, followed Blicori and began to move forward, one next to the other, close to each other, like a wall. But as they accelerated, the formation gradually thinned out. When the war horses under their crotches changed from walking briskly to trotting, they were further separated from each other.
When there were still 1,500 meters away from the city, the cavalry began to sprint with all their might, and the iron hooves of thousands of war horses stepped on the ground, like rolling thunder, even the division chief of staff who stayed in the headquarters a few hundred meters away, could feel the ground under his feet tremble.
The Soviet artillery and bombardment had almost destroyed the fortifications outside Nova Stein, but many soldiers hiding in shelters or anti-artillery holes still survived. A German soldier who had just crawled out of the floating ground saw countless Soviet cavalry rushing straight towards the position, and couldn't help but scream: "Cavalry, cavalry of the Russians!" ”
As soon as he shouted twice, the back of the German soldier's head was slapped heavily, and he turned his head to see that it was his platoon commander, an elderly second lieutenant. The second lieutenant had just crawled out of the floating soil, and when he saw the cavalry rushing towards the position, his heart was also beating a drum, but when he heard his subordinates shouting in such a panic, he was afraid that it would affect the morale of the army, so he slapped him fiercely and interrupted the other party's shouting.
"Machine gun!" The second lieutenant also shouted at the top of his voice: "Immediately set up the machine guns and destroy the cavalry of the Russians!" Although he tried his best to maintain his composure, the soldiers around him could still hear a tremor in the platoon commander's voice.
Only one machine gun remained in good condition on the position, and the rest were either blown up or buried in the earth, and could not be found for a while. Hearing the shouts of the second lieutenant, the machine gunners immediately set up their machine guns and opened fire on the rushing cavalry. Under the interception of machine guns, people were constantly shot and fell from their horses, and then they were trampled under the iron hooves of the horses behind, but the remaining cavalry continued to rush forward in the face of German bullets.
In the rumbling sound of iron hooves, the German officers and soldiers felt that the ground under their feet was trembling, and the soil piled up on the trenches was falling with a bang, and the shock caused by the oncoming impact of the war horses was no longer something that words could express, and many soldiers were frightened and stupid, standing in the trenches in a daze with weapons, and did not think of shooting to intercept them at all.
Seeing his subordinates standing in a daze, the second lieutenant shouted in a voice that had changed tone because of nervousness: "Shoot, shoot quickly." Some of the soldiers, hearing his shouts, instinctively lay down and began to shoot, but many more, still standing still, were so angry that the second lieutenant rushed over and kicked them down one by one in the firing position, causing them to shoot at the Soviet cavalry.
If the Soviet military had not carried out artillery bombardment and bombardment first, it might have cost huge casualties if it had broken through such defensive positions. But today's German positions have long been dilapidated, and there are only twenty or thirty soldiers left, even if their shots can cause certain casualties to the Soviet cavalry, but where can they withstand the charge of thousands of cavalry. In less than a minute, the Soviet cavalry rushed to the trench, and the soldiers ignored the stubborn enemy, but rode their horses over the trench and continued to rush towards the city.
When the Soviet cavalry rushed over, the German second lieutenant subconsciously crouched down, raised his head and shot at the black shadows that jumped overhead one after another with his pistol. He hurriedly threw away the pistol, grabbed a submachine gun on the ground, and fired directly at it.
Under the heavy fire of the submachine guns, the Soviet horses that were hit continuously rolled down with a wail, and the cavalrymen who were thrown off on horseback hit the edge of the trench and were bounced down. The German second lieutenant hurriedly turned the gun, held the slightly hot barrel, and smashed it at the Soviet soldiers, so powerful that the steel helmets were smashed, and the blood mixed with brains spurted out of the heads of the Soviet soldiers.
One of the cavalrymen in the back noticed the strange situation, rushed to the trench and strangled it, threw the saber in his hand at the German second lieutenant, who knew that the other party flashed his body, then dodged, and then used the submachine gun in his hand to strafe the cavalryman who was picking the horse pistol from the shoulder.
The German second lieutenant was so excited that he pulled the trigger and did not let go, and ran out of bullets in the magazine in one go. While changing the magazine, Blicori rode his horse and rushed over, he witnessed two cavalrymen falling near this section of the trench, so he returned the saber into the sheath, took off the submachine gun on his chest, came to the trench, saw the German second lieutenant in the trench changing the magazine, and immediately pulled the trigger without hesitation. The dense bullets shook the body of the German second lieutenant like an electric shock, and finally fell limply in the trench after half a circle in the trench.
The first to storm into the city were the cavalry commanders of the 25th Cavalry Regiment, and the commander of the regiment, Colonel Yegor, also brandished his sabre, mixed in with the cavalry, and rushed forward along the street. As he was rushing forward, he suddenly saw a black shadow jump out from the side, and he reflexively swung his knife and slashed down, only to hear a scream, and the black shadow fell to the ground in response.
Yegor reined in his horse and turned his head to look at the man he had knocked down, and saw a boy of eleven or twelve years old lying on his back, wearing a small German uniform and a rifle taller than him on the ground. When he saw that it was actually a child who was killed by himself, Yegor's mind suddenly went blank, and he unconsciously muttered: "I actually killed a child, I actually killed a child." ”
The cavalry warriors rushed past him, unaware that their regimental commander was staring at an enemy whom he had slain, and fell into a trance. Blicori rushed along the street, noticed Yegor's abnormality, quickly reined in his horse, and yelled at him: "Comrade Colonel, your fighters have rushed to the front, what are you still doing here?" ”
Yegor looked up and saw Blicori standing in front of him, and said in a trance: "Comrade division commander, have you seen it?" I just killed a child......"
"Enough, Colonel Yegor." Without waiting for Yegor to finish, Blicori yelled at him, "Didn't you see the weapon beside him? He's not a kid, he's our enemy, and if you don't kill him, he'll kill you, understand? This is the war, the war that the Germans imposed on us! ”
Blicori's roar woke Yegor from his self-blame. He raised his hand to wipe the tears on his face, and replied loudly: "Comrade division commander, I fully understand that this is war, and it is the war that was started by damn it that sent these underage children to the battlefield. ”
Seeing that Yegor had returned to normal, Blikori shook his head at him and said, "Now that you have understood, then immediately return to your troops and command the soldiers to eliminate the elements in the city." ”