Chapter 728: Help Poland to form wing cavalry (middle)

Early the next morning, Marin got up early, waiting for the military camp outside Krakow, waiting for the arrival of Sigmund I.

However, it wasn't until 9 o'clock in the morning that Sigmund I brought a group of great Polish nobles ...

In fact, Sigmund I got up early. However, he had to wait for the big nobles of Poland and Lithuania to get up. The reason why the big nobles were brought together was because Siegmont I knew that Marin must perform cavalry tactics today. Exactly, Marin came to help himself on the platform. So, Sigmund I simply called dozens of Polish and Lithuanian nobility together to go to the scene to feel the strength of Marin's cavalry, so as to deter these powerful local nobles.

When Sigmund I brought a group of Polish and Lithuanian nobles into the auditorium, Marin nodded to Sherman, the leader of the cavalry, and Sherman quickly pulled out his command knife and began to command the cavalry.

The cavalry in this show is naturally only the 1,000 regular cavalry. While the two thousand black shirt knights indiscriminately, Marin did not let them perform. After all, the two thousand black shirt knights are better at flying kites than charging.

According to the tradition of the East Frisian cavalry, Sherman divided the 1,000 cavalry into two large batches, each dispatching 450 people. Moreover, each batch is divided into three rows with 150 people in each row. There is a distance between the three rows. When charging, like three Polands, with the horses running, the ups and downs ... As for the remaining 100 cavalry, they mainly cover the flanks to prevent the enemy from attacking the formation from the flanks. After all, the flanks of the Lancer formation are indeed a weak point, with 100 cavalry guards, it is safe.

However, unlike the Berber tribes who last attacked Ayoun, this time Marin did not let the cavalrymen discharge the densest wall formation, but instead separated each cavalrymen by 5 meters. In this way, the sum of the width of the hips of each cavalry horse is 414 meters and the width of the legs is less than 5 meters, and the width occupied by each cavalry is about 3 meters.

Although this formation is twice as sparse as the wall-based charge formation, it is more conducive to the cavalry of these knight families to play their martial arts. After all, the martial arts show immediately needs space. If, like the original formation, the knights were standing side by side with their legs next to their legs, they would not be able to exert their skills except for thrusting forward.

If the distance between the knights is 5 meters, this distance is enough for them to perform a certain amount of martial arts. Moreover, the distance of 5 meters makes the enemy very uncomfortable. Because, according to the principle, this distance is just enough for the enemy horse to pass through the middle. However, that is impossible. Because, the cavalry of the local knight will not agree.

Although the distance between the two horses is barely enough for a horse to pass through the middle, that is only theoretical. As long as the horse twists accidentally, it will hit the horse on the side. In addition, in such a small space, as long as the cavalry rides a gun, they can seal the space.

In order to completely seal this small space, Marin ordered all the cavalry cavalry to deviate a little to the right. As a result, the 5 meter space on the right was blocked, and the enemy did not want to pass through it.

Another point is that Marin was reluctant to teach the wall charge to the Poles. That's Marin's hole card, how can it be easily taught to the Poles?

The Polish cavalry is already powerful. If you learn the wall charge again, will the Turkish cavalry live? After the Austrians learned to wall charge in the 18th century, they relied on this trick to abuse the Turkish cavalry into dogs. If the Polish cavalry, the Poles, had learned, would n’t Turkey have GG early? This is not in the interest of Marin. Because, Marin ’s diplomatic goal is to balance Europe, not to let Poland slam Turkey. Therefore, the wall charge cannot be taught to the Poles.

The formation of 5 meters apart, there is no problem in teaching the Poles. After all, this requires the knight to martial arts. If you do n’t know how to martial arts, if you stay in such a big gap, you ’re looking for abuse. The reason why the wall-mounted charge is close together is to prevent civilian cavalry who are not good at riding horses from falling off. The essence lies in the fact that civilian soldiers who can riot and can ride horses can join the wall charge. Unlike this sparse formation, only suitable for those martial arts knights ...

The biggest characteristic of the Marin army is that it is uniform and very pleasing to the eye. When 150 cavalrymen discharged a 450-meter-wide formation and charged forward in a "triple wave" formation, the scene was shocking. The second batch of 450 cavalry soldiers launched a uniform "triple wave" charge shortly after the first batch of charges, which surprised the aristocrats of Poland and Lithuania, and their mouths could not be closed.

However, soon Polish nobles discovered the problem:

"Why don't they use oak lances? How do they use spears? Are you afraid of taking off?"

The knight's charge kinetic energy is great, and the reaction force is also great. Therefore, the knights often use the fragile hollow oak lance as a weapon of charge. When it hits the opponent's plate armor, the hollow lance breaks off, just canceling out the powerful reaction force. Otherwise, the knight's arm will be destroyed by a strong reaction force.

However, when viewed from a distance, the great aristocrats of Poland and Lithuania clearly saw that the cavalrymen under Marin did not change their cavalry. Moreover, there are few knights and servants, with only one person on average, driving a light mule ...

Marin did not speak, clapped his hands, and soon someone took a spring lance and came to make those Polish nobles feel. When the Polish nobles held the sleeve and felt the effect of the gun tip touching a hard object, which caused the spring to tighten, they were surprised.

Marin is not worried that these people will imitate springs, because now, only his family has spring steel in the world. You can use pig iron or wrought iron as the spring, but the effect is too bad, and it will be discarded after a few times.

Therefore, even if the opponent uses a spring lance, the spring must be imported to East Friesland. Otherwise, the spring rifle will have no buffer effect. Of course, the spring riding gun also has its weaknesses, that is-when the low-speed charge, the gun's tip stabs the enemy's body lacking strength, and can't kill people.

To this end, after adopting the sparse charge formation, Marin came up with a countermeasure-he let the cavalry during the charge, if the speed could not rise, he struck his right hand backwards, holding the wooden pole behind the sleeve section. In this way, you don't have to worry about killing people at low speed due to the spring unloading force.

However, when the enemy was finally stabbed, the lancer's left hand released the reins and held the sleeve part. After the cone-shaped spear hit the enemy fiercely, the right hand let go, and the left hand continued to hold the sleeve, contracting the spring to release the force. In this way, the problem of insufficient impact force of the spring lance under low-speed charge is solved. But this requires a certain amount of martial arts, and the average person may not be able to do well. But for the wandering knights from the knight family, it is not difficult. It may not be possible to do it for an ordinary person. To grasp the timing, it requires a certain martial arts foundation ...

Knowing the powerful functions of spring cavalry ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ without the advantages of replacement, the great aristocrats in Poland and Lithuania are naturally full of admiration. Strong fighting power. With such a powerful ally, His Majesty the King, these big nobles are naturally more honest.

In addition, Marin also allowed the cavalrymen to use bird feather wings on the back of the body before the charge. They were made of white goose feathers and looked like angel wings. During the assault, the wings made a strong wind and made a noise, which was extremely cool and very deterrent ...

Seeing this, Sigmund I excitedly asked Marin to provide some instructors to help him train such a group of cavalry. Sigmund I was not stupid. Not only did he see the strength of the cavalry, but he also saw that the cavalry had a far superior advantage over the plate armor in terms of supply and consumption. This is the key to the formation of large cavalry. After all, the monarchs and princes were poor in this era. It can save a lot of grain and grass supplies, and can definitely pull out a large number of soldiers, greatly enhancing the combat effectiveness of the army ...

Marin originally intended to help Siegmont I to form wing cavalry, and he naturally agreed. Moreover, because of the cooperation with Marin in the salt trade and spirits trade, Sigmund I was not bad, and it was not difficult to form a wing cavalry team of thousands of people ...