Chapter 685: Cavalry Charge, Unstoppable Charm

In the mountain howitzer company of Jiguan Mountain, the six 10-pound mountain grenades fired several rounds of salvos in a row, and about half of the shells fell in the cavalry array of the Houjin Army at the bottom of the mountain, causing a lot of confusion to those Houjin cavalry.

The soldiers and horses with the blue flag and the white flag under the mountain were fleeing, and the Chinese cavalry quickly appeared in the gap between the two battlefields after assembling and rearranging their positions.

Immediately afterwards, the first cavalry company officially began to attack, and the soldiers of the Houjin Army, who were responsible for the response, did not dare to stay in place anymore, and all dispersed and went to their respective positions to prepare for battle.

A part of the men and horses were also set aside to guard against the Chinese infantry who had crossed the rammed earth wall.

The heralds around Fu Yan continued to play various flags, accompanied by different military horns as orders, and after the Huaxia infantry soldiers on the left flank finished arraying, they began to advance in the direction of the enemy.

The specific strength of this road is an infantry battalion and four special service platoons, which are deployed on the two flanks of the infantry battalion and act as skirmishers.

Two special platoons were also dispatched on Jiguan Mountain, which moved down the eastern slope of the mountain, and with the close support of the artillery company on the mountain, they could play no worse than the infantry battalion along the way.

The infantry detachments in these two directions would contain a part of the cavalry of the Houjin army, and prevent Duoduo from dealing with the cavalry of the Huaxia army with all his might.

The sudden action of these two infantry detachments happened to be the right flank troops of the Houjin side, and it was natural that Duoduo would be forced into a new passive situation.

If Duoduo ignored these two infantry detachments, then they could quickly insert themselves into the rear of Duoduo's receiving troops, occupy the communication arteries where they retreated, and directly surround the more than 3,000 Houjin cavalry led by Duoduo and strangle them.

But if he cares, then he can only draw some men and horses from his cavalry troops and come over to intercept them, but if he does, it will share a certain amount of pressure for the cavalry of the Huaxia Army.

Finding that their forces would be scattered and that they were constantly being bombarded by the Chinese artillery, Duoduo had only one choice, which was to cover each other's retreat, and when the time came, the Chinese cavalry would be able to find fighters on the way to the enemy's retreat.

And the nearly 10,000 Houjin cavalry on other fronts could not break away from the infantry of the Huaxia Army who were opposing them and send personnel to support, because under the terrain here, there was no room for so many cavalry, and the result of forcible convergence could only serve as a target for the artillery of the Huaxia Army.

The final result was not expected by the Liaodong Dispatch Army Headquarters of the Huaxia Army, and Duoduo had indeed been prepared for this for a long time, and his reaction at this time was also very rapid and made a very common sense response.

Duoduo sent three Jurchen nobles to lead the troops, and the cavalry of more than 3,000 people under his command was divided into four groups. They covered each other and retreated to the rear, and Dorgon sent some of his Bajala and White Armor soldiers to respond.

Under the cover of the infantry detachments on both flanks, the Chinese cavalry quickly spread out on the periphery of the gap in the defensive line, and quickly formed a frontal array of company width.

The four cavalry companies can carry out four rounds of group impact in a row, and Duoduo, who had encountered the cavalry group array of the Huaxia Army, immediately felt frightened when he saw this scene.

However, he could not retreat directly, and he could not get the support of the cavalry units that received it in other directions, because at this time, the rout of tens of thousands of Houjin troops had blocked the middle of the battlefield.

In the case that the two cavalry of the middle and east roads of the Houjin army had no way to come to their aid, the west side could only rely on Duoduo's own more than 3,000 cavalry to support it.

However, in the eyes of the Houjin army, the current situation is not too bad, and Duoduo has also shown a certain command ability under the pressure of the war situation.

There are also those Houjin Jurchen nobles who have rich combat experience, and they are constantly moving on the western position with the cavalry of the four detachments of the scattered city.

Sometimes they would even suddenly gallop towards the middle of the road, forcing several detachments of the Chinese infantry that were pursuing the Houjin rout to retreat.

Even if it is sometimes impossible to force the Huaxia infantry to retreat, the infantry detachments of the Huaxia Army can be forced to form a battle formation on the spot, sticking to the natural positions such as trenches, breastwork, and baggage vehicles that can block the Houjin cavalry.

In general, the Huaxia Army still suffered the loss of too few cavalry, allowing the Houjin Army to give full play to the strong mobility of the cavalry, and to a certain extent, completed the purpose of covering the escape of the entire right flank.

Moreover, on this road, their own formation is still maintained very well, and it has to be sighed that the cavalry of this era is really worthy of being the king of land warfare, and even artillery cannot compare with its decisive position on the battlefield.

However, the cavalry array of the Huaxia Army was not vegetarian, and after the array was officially lined up and the fighters that could be used were found, the Huaxia cavalry unit was immediately launched.

After jogging for a rough stretch of road, he began to accelerate gradually, and launched an assault on the cavalry of the Houjin Army in front of him.

At the same time, the infantry detachments on both flanks also took the initiative to attack the Houjin cavalry, and a cavalry battalion at the foot of the mountain plus some cavalry forces under the brigade galloped out of thousands of horses and launched a fierce attack on the enemy.

Although Chen Xin no longer had the excitement he had when he first watched the cavalry clash and the strong emotion of wanting to charge with the cavalry, the spectacular scene of thousands of troops galloping out still made people involuntarily intoxicated.

He couldn't help but think of the scene when he led a mere 200 cavalry to charge the camp of tens of thousands of North Korean officers and soldiers, and the blood on his body couldn't help but surge up again, but fortunately, he still kept his sanity and didn't go down hot-headed to block his own army.

No wonder until the beginning of World War II, the powers of the world were unwilling to give up the cavalry easily.

In the eyes of many high-ranking officers of that era, even if they had seen the tank cluster charge, the chic heroic posture of the cavalry was far more worthy of appreciation than the pile of steel lumps.

At this moment, Chen Xin also had a sense of absurdity, and he felt that those old-fashioned old officers were indeed aesthetically blameless.

Of course, this must first remove their own status as high-ranking officers. If you stand in the position of a high-ranking officer, any officer who still preaches the superiority of cavalry over tanks despite the rapid development of the internal combustion engine in World War II should be dragged out to shoot targets.