Chapter 722: Bloody Battle in Crimea

Chapter 723 Bloody Battle in Crimea

Almost all Russian soldiers thought that they had come all the way to Crimea to "bully the weak", so when the Poles suddenly hit them in the face, they couldn't help but be a little confused.

"Aim--"

The Polish formation seemed a little messy under the high-speed movement, but the soldiers raised their guns in a uniform manner, full of an indomitable killing momentum.

The Russian side was obviously a beat slower, and it was not known whether it was affected by this momentum or because of the long journey before, which led to a decrease in physical strength.

"Shoot--"

The Polish officer stared with bloodshot eyes and gave orders loudly.

"For the motherland!" Nearly 5,000 Polish infantrymen roared like thunder at the same time, and pulled the trigger at the same time, venting the hatred and anger in their hearts to the Russians opposite with flintlock rifles.

The dense bullets swept through the Russian positions like a rainstorm, bringing up large pieces of meat and blood, and screams suddenly rang out.

"Reload--" the Polish officers' order sounded again.

It took the Russian army more than ten seconds to react from the panic and began to raise their guns to fight back.

Due to the huge numerical advantage-Kakhovsky's central army had more than 8,000 people-the volleys seemed sparse, but still caused hundreds of Polish soldiers to fall in a pool of blood.

But the Poles seemed to not see the casualties of their comrades at all, and even did not wipe the blood splashed on their faces, but just silently completed the reloading actions one by one.

They did not have any sad emotions, because they were ready to accompany their fallen comrades later.

"Seven steps forward!"

"Aim--"

When the Poles raised their flintlock rifles again in unison, the Russian soldiers could not help but feel a surge of fear in their hearts.

Under the sunlight, they could see the expressions of those Poles, cold and resolute, and they were completely ready to fight for their lives.

"Fire--"

"For the motherland!" With the shouts that resounded through the battlefield, flames burst out, smoke filled the air, and thousands of lead bullets instantly penetrated the Russian army.

Dozens of Russian soldiers wailed and fell, as if they could not bear the huge oppression of the Poles, and some began to retreat.

Yes, just two rounds of volleys made the Russian Central Army waver!

At this time, more than 400 Polish Winged Hussars in red uniforms and majestic wings on their backs appeared on the east side of the battlefield. Behind them, there were 300 ordinary rangers, but at this time they also raised their sabers, and their momentum was no less than that of the Winged Hussars.

Dabrovsky personally rushed to the front, pointed his saber at the left wing of the Russian army, and shouted:

"Keep the formation! Charge!"

The cavalry immediately followed and shouted excitedly:

"Charge!"

"Let the Russians know how powerful we are!"

"Aha, we are here!"

Dombrovsky took advantage of the fact that the Russian flank had not yet completed the encirclement, and directly inserted himself from the gap inside the enemy.

Although this behavior was extremely risky - the encircled Russian infantry was likely to block their retreat - but if they could complete the penetration of the Russian center, they might be able to directly defeat the Kahovsky Corps.

As a famous veteran of the Russian army, Kahovsky was also shocked when he saw this desperate Polish cavalry through a telescope.

He immediately ordered the two Cossack cavalry battalions on standby behind the infantry to stop the Polish cavalry. After thinking about it, he still felt uneasy, so he drew an infantry regiment from the reserve army to fill the possible gap in the infantry line in the center.

More than ten minutes later, nearly two thousand Cossack cavalrymen went around the left wing of the central army, hastily arranged their formation, and rushed towards the Polish cavalry on the opposite side.

Dombrovsky immediately heard the rumbling of horse hooves one mile away.

He showed no fear at all, signaled the soldiers to slow down and adjust to the arrowhead formation, and then pointed his saber at the dust in front of him, roaring:

"The motherland is watching us! Follow me to defeat the enemy!"

Hundreds of cavalrymen instantly burst into thunderous shouts:

"For the motherland!"

"Tear them apart!"

"Charge!"

The red arrows formed by the winged cavalry began to gradually accelerate, and the knights leaned down, clamped their lances under their armpits, and pointed straight forward.

At first, the Cossack cavalry relied on their own strength advantage and tried to directly break through the Poles, but at this time they found that the opposite side was like a red thunder, striking towards them.

The more than one hundred cavalrymen in the front slowed down involuntarily. The officer did not reprimand them. Instead, after a brief hesitation, he pulled the reins and shouted:

"You crazy guys! Quick, turn left and front! Cross the Polish right side!"

Yes, the situation that is common in movies where two cavalry teams collide face to face will basically not happen.

Once the cavalry collides, the two sides will immediately become an "accident scene" where the rear team tramples the front team, because the cavalry galloping behind can't stop at all.

The result must be that both teams of idiots will be trampled to pieces by their own people.

So when the cavalry confronts head-on, the two sides will choose to cross each other and take the opportunity to kill each other.

Of course, the party with weak willpower will usually turn first, which will expose their waist and abdomen to the other side.

And this time, the Polish cavalry seemed to have no intention of turning at all, and directly increased the speed to the highest level and smashed straight towards the Cossacks.

It wasn't until the two sides were no more than sixty or seventy steps apart that Dombrowski turned his horse's head slightly and galloped past the right side of the Cossack cavalry.

As the best elites in Poland, the hussars almost never fail when thrusting with lances - you know, lances are much more difficult to master than sabers, but in cavalry confrontations, length can also be used to gain a huge advantage.

In the brief moment when the two sides passed each other, hundreds of Cossack cavalry screamed and were stabbed off their horses.

The main reason is that the hussars on the left cannot reach the enemy, otherwise the number would have to be doubled at least.

Even the Polish rangers following behind took advantage of the enemy's early turn and harvested more than a dozen kills.

After the two sides passed each other, Dombrowski ordered the team to reorganize, turned to look at the Cossacks in the southeast, showed a disdainful sneer, pointed at the middle of the Russian infantry, and said loudly:

"Follow me and defeat them!"

The Cossack commander originally thought that the Polish cavalry would turn around and pursue him. After running nearly two kilometers, he realized that the Polish cavalry was heading straight for his own infantry. He was shocked and without enough time to regroup, he hurriedly ordered to turn around to rescue the infantry in the middle.

However, when they completed the U-turn in a mess and before they could run faster, they were shocked to see the red cavalry formation in the distance drawing a graceful arc and galloping towards them from the front left.

The Cossack commander suddenly screamed in panic:

"Line up! Don't be chaotic, line up in narrow columns..."

However, although the Cossacks were brave, their military qualities were really not that good.

Coinciding with the sudden change, some people were rushing towards the infantry, some started to line up, and some were stunned in place.

Just a few minutes later, the red thunder struck down again.