However, Bittenfeldt had already received Moltke's warning, and one of the marching troops was on guard for fear that there would really be a cavalry raid. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Unexpectedly, the cavalry raid really arrived!

Fred led tens of thousands of cavalry to rush towards the Elbe Army, and in the left and right directions, like the wind and clouds, the sound of the rapid horses' hooves alone was enough to shake the earth!

It's coming so fast!

Even if Bittenfeldt had some psychological preparations, he didn't expect that the cavalry corps of other people would be all dispatched, and tens of thousands of cavalry would be overwhelming, even if the Elbe Legion could fight well, in the face of such a large number of cavalry, he still felt a huge pressure, and all of them were a little discolored!

"Immediately give the order, all soldiers, immediately prepare for battle, heavy machine guns, pull out all the heavy machine guns for me!"

Bittenfeldt roared.

One by one, the Prussian soldiers nervously began to arrange their defenses, but in front of the cavalry, these movements were too slow, and in the blink of an eye, the cavalry forwards on both sides were already in front of the Elbe Army.

On the left side, it's okay to say that the heavy machine gun battalion was originally on the left side, and it was able to arrange defenses, but on the right side, it was really too late, and the bullet box of the heavy machine gun had not had time to be opened, and the cavalry had already rushed up!

A cavalry division with a huge impact, like a torrent of steel, cut the Elbe army in half in one go! The wanton slaughter began! Not to mention the Elbe regiment in Prussia, once any infantry regiment is close to the cavalry, it will only be unlucky!

A large number of Prussian soldiers were directly cut to the ground by the opponent's swords, and their stumps and broken arms flew in all directions!

As for the left flank, the cavalry was not so lucky, a very heavy machine gun was erected, and began to strafe wildly, trying to break through the fire network of the heavy machine gun, it was impossible, the forward of the cavalry was swept by the heavy machine gun to a large area, and had to retreat to the rear in embarrassment, ready to wait for the opportunity to launch a second wave of attack again.

To deal with the cavalry on the left flank, the Elbe legion turned around and organized a formation to fight against the cavalry on the right flank, and the spirit of the Prussian soldiers who were not afraid of death broke out at this time, even if the cavalry rushed left and right, constantly slaughtering, the Prussian soldiers still fought to the death, the rifles in their hands continued to shoot, and the layers of soldiers, with continuous infantry fire, finally coped with the cavalry assault on the right flank.

However, the cavalry attack on the right flank was contained, and the cavalry on the left flank relieved themselves and once again launched a charge towards the Elbe Corps, this time no longer a scattered charge, but into three columns, three arrows fired at once, and pressed up towards the Elbe Corps again!

Even now that the artillery of the Elbe Corps has begun to enter the battle, it is still difficult to completely suppress the cavalry offensive, and these Austrian strange soldiers are like crazy, constantly attacking the Prussian army's defensive line! The Elbe legion was overwhelmed by the attacks of the cavalry on the left and right flanks, and it was so weak that it couldn't parry it at all!

In less than two or three hours, the Elbe Army had already paid the price of thousands of casualties, and this price was constantly increasing, and this price was not unmistakable, and it could be compared to the losses of Dresden in a whole day!

The most terrible thing is that at this very moment, on the right flank, the forces of Schubert's corps also pressed up and launched a frantic artillery offensive against the Elbe Corps!

The Elbe Corps paid an extremely heavy price in the first battle, from noon to dusk, with tens of thousands of casualties, but they couldn't move now, because the Elbe River in the south blocked the way, and the Austrian cavalry behind and on the left and right flanks raged everywhere, surrounding the entire Elbe Corps, and constantly carrying out assaults!

The exhausted Elbe legion is constantly shrinking the formation, even if it encounters the opponent's artillery fire, it is not hesitating, only the shrinking formation can withstand the impact of the opponent's cavalry, the opponent's cavalry is too strong, tens of thousands of cavalry charge together, too difficult to deal with!

However, Schubert also made a mistake, that is, he suddenly launched an attack just after discovering the Elbe Legion, but he threw the first legion behind, you must know that although the Elbe legion is an ace combat force, it is exhausted, the consumption of troops is also very huge, and the combat power preservation is incomplete, but the first legion in the rear is a real and complete formation, just a little tired, not that the combat power is not strong!

Now that the cavalry and Schubert's army are besieging the Elbe Army, the First Army will naturally not stand idly by, and just when the battle between the two sides is at its fiercest, the First Army suddenly attacked!

The three corps of the First Army Corps, with a total strength of nearly 60,000 troops, were dispatched, three artillery regiments, and ten heavy machine gun battalions were all thrown into the battle, bringing all the cavalry corps and Schubert's army with them!

Those heavy machine-gun battalions in the Elbe suffered heavy losses, which were not enough to withstand the invasion of the cavalry, but ten fully formed heavy machine-gun battalions were not something that the cavalry could parry!

Ten battalions of heavy machine guns, that's four hundred heavy machine guns!

The heavy machine gun battalions each occupied a favorable position and began to launch a fierce attack on the cavalry scattered in all directions, as for the artillery, they all rushed towards Schubert's army, three artillery regiments against an artillery regiment under Schubert's army, even if Schubert was powerful, he couldn't parry!

This is Moltke's strategy, lure the snake out of the hole, and then the powerful First Army suddenly rushes out and gives them a counter-encirclement, the Elbe Army cannot retreat when facing the Elbe, and the cavalry corps and Schubert's army are also difficult to cross the Elbe in a short time, the Elbe is a death trench, whether it is the Prussians or the Austrians, they have experienced the test of this river!

This time, it's the turn of the cavalry corps!

The unfortunate cavalry regiment had just been in majesty for an afternoon, and it was caught in the strafing storm set off by the heavy machine gun unit, and the infantry could still lie on the ground, or next to the improvised fortifications to avoid bullets, cavalry, how to hide on war horses? There is nowhere to hide!

It was the same surprise attack, the same was well prepared, in order to be able to encircle and annihilate the cavalry corps and the Schubert army, the first corps simply resisted and did not rush to the aid of the Elbe legion, but instead arranged such a large pocket and loaded all the cavalry and infantry into it!

A big battle, extremely tragic, from noon to dusk, to the next morning, and then to the next day's noon, the Austrian coalition army could not withstand the Prussian attack after all, even the cavalry corps, under the crazy fire of heavy machine guns, it was difficult to play a role, this weapon is the natural enemy of cavalry!

After all, the cavalry corps still continued with a strong impact, taking advantage of the loopholes in the encirclement, and rushed out, but even if it rushed out, the cavalry combat power had already been hit, and even sixty percent of them could not be left, and the cavalry no longer wanted to face such a powerful weapon! (To be continued.) )