Ming Zuo

Chapter 1719 Red Flag Scroll
Neither Batur Huntaiji nor Oqiertuhan had ever seen the National Defense Forces.

They have heard everything about the Wehrmacht.

But at the moment when the Second Cavalry Division rushed out, both of them were absolutely convinced that this was the National Defense Force.

Because apart from the incomparably powerful National Defense Forces in the legend, it is impossible to have such a hopelessly powerful army in this world.

Batur Huntaiji and Oqiertu Khan spent their entire lives on the battlefield. They have seen countless large and small battle formations and faced various armies.

But the oppressive force that the Wehrmacht exerted on them was unique.

What makes them most helpless is that they have no strength at this time.

The Junggar people and the Heshuote people, a pair of tribes of the same origin, have already lost their last ounce of strength at this time.

Compared with them, the Second Cavalry Division had been recharging their energy for a full day. At this time, the men and horses were full of energy, galloping like tigers roaring in the wind.

"Array! Arrange immediately!"

Batur Huntaiji's joy was gone, and the voice of giving orders was trembling.

But he had to.

Moreover, the purpose of his order to fight was not to have any courage.

Only by letting the soldiers line up can the National Defense Forces kill for a while longer, and he can have a chance to find a way to escape.

Compared with his insidious mind, Oziertu Khan is very unbearable.

He didn't even tell the people below what to do, but hit the horse's head and ran away first.

It's just that the second cavalry division has been preparing for so long, will it give him a chance to escape?

On the front, the five thousand heavy riders are like a wall like a forest, without leaving the slightest gap, rolling over layer by layer.

The war horses of the National Defense Forces are all the best war horses in the world, and they have undergone the strictest and most scientific breeding, which is far beyond the comparison of the Mongolian free-range horses.

Even if both sides have enough energy to fight, the Mongolian warhorses can only be the one who suffers, not to mention that they are now exhausted.

Seeing the heavy cavalry of the Second Cavalry Division crashing into them, the Mongols in the outermost circle only had time to let out a desolate howl before being swallowed up by the heavy cavalry group.

The Wehrmacht soldiers wore the best armor, rode the tallest horses, and held extremely sharp sabers.Wherever it passed, the horseshoes trampled the meat into mud, and the blade slashed and cut blood into rivers. There was no single enemy.

The simple weapons and sabers of the Mongols collided together, and the thin sabers were actually intact, and the maces and spears in the hands of the Mongols were all chopped into two pieces, and then even the people were chopped broken.

Seeing this scene, the Mongols behind didn't have the slightest heart to fight anymore.

Everyone whipped their horses in a hurry, hoping to escape from the front of the heavy cavalry quickly.

But the two wings are not the way to escape!
Compared with the majestic power of the heavy cavalry, the light cavalry of the Second Cavalry Division showed a live teaching to the ancestors of the Mongolians who rode and shot.

The light cavalry all over the mountains rushed to the Mongols, and just as the Mongols were pulling their bows with all their strength and preparing to fight back, suddenly there was a loud gunshot.

It turned out that these light cavalrymen actually had muskets in their hands.

Since the advent of the spring, cavalry shooting on horseback has entered a stage that can be considered.

Prior to this, it was not that the Wehrmacht had not considered equipping the Minie rifles to the cavalry.But after trying it a few times, I found that the effect is extremely poor.

First, the Minie rifle is too long, and it is very inconvenient for cavalry to manipulate it on horseback.If the barrel is shortened, the range and accuracy will have no advantage over bows and arrows.

Secondly, the loading of the Minie rifle is relatively cumbersome. In the cavalry battles that come and go like the wind, the cavalry can often only shoot one bullet, which is better than nothing.

So for a long time, the long-range weapons of the Wehrmacht cavalry were still bows and arrows.

Although scientifically produced bows and arrows are far more sophisticated than those of the Qing army and the Mongols, it is actually a bit self-deceiving to say how big the advantage is on a complex battlefield.

It wasn't until springs could be mass-produced that it became possible to equip cavalry with muskets.

However, when choosing which muskets to equip the cavalry, Zuo Menggeng tried his best to come up with a jaw-dropping work.

The general opinion is to equip the cavalry with appropriately reduced firing pin guns, but Zuo Menggeng feels that the effect of this is not good.

Although the loading of the firing pin gun is better than that of the Minie rifle, how much convenience can it add to the cavalry by loading bullets one by one?
Another one, the firing pin gun uses paper shell bullets.If you are not careful, it will break easily.

This is even more so with galloping and bumpy war horses.

For this reason, Zuo Menggeng became ruthless and personally ordered the establishment of a special bullet production factory.Concentrate a large amount of manpower and material resources to ensure that several cavalry units are provided with copper-cased bullets needed for combat.

This is the limit of what the empire can do at present.

It is absolutely impossible to make copper-cased bullets satisfy the consumption of the entire army.

But only four cavalry divisions are provided, especially only the light cavalry in the cavalry divisions, which can barely handle it.

After getting the metal bullets, Zuo Menggeng took out the corresponding rifle.

The biggest difference between this rifle and the bolt-action rifle is that there is a curved bracelet behind the trigger and under the buttstock, which can put the soldier's gloves in it.

After each firing, the soldier pulls the bracelet by the way, and the shell can be ejected and loaded very quickly.

Yes, that's right.

Anyone who knows guns can recognize it at a glance. This is the famous Winchester M1894, also known as WIN94.

In the history of the world's rifles, WIN94 passed by in a flash. Although it has a good reputation, it failed to become the mainstream in the end.

The reason is that the shortcomings are very obvious.

First, it is troublesome to load.

WIN94 uses a tubular cartridge feeding method, which needs to be filled with bullets one by one from the side of the gun body.

And this is why Zuo Menggeng had to get out the metal bullet first.

Otherwise, the paper shell bullets are loaded in this way, and the bullet at the back is against the shell at the front. The consequence can only be that all the bullets are scrapped.

This loading method is undoubtedly time-consuming and labor-intensive, which greatly affects combat efficiency.

Second, air tightness, range, and accuracy are far inferior to bolt-action rifles.

The unique feeding method determines that WIN94 cannot maintain sufficient accuracy at long distances, and the lack of airtightness prevents bullets from flying too far.

But these problems are not a problem in cavalry combat in this era.

First of all, although WIN94 is troublesome to load, it can load eight bullets at one time.

The firing needle gun must also be cleaned after firing seven to eight bullets, otherwise there is a risk of explosion.

What's more, on the battlefield, most of the time, it is difficult for a soldier to fire enough bullets.

In other words, although this amount of ammunition is one-time, it is enough to help the light cavalry win.

Secondly, how far is the bow and arrow combat distance of traditional cavalry?

Only two or 30 meters.

Beyond this distance, riding a bow has almost no power and accuracy.

Even if the range and accuracy of WIN94 is not as good as that of a bolt-action rifle, it is much, much better than a bow and arrow.

As a result, the Junggar people and the Heshuot people became the first negative textbooks in the world to face the baptism of the light cavalry muskets of the National Defense Forces.

(End of this chapter)