The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 424 Cavalry Nemesis
Compared with the Cossack cavalry, the Japanese cavalry had more people, and their raised sabers were more dazzling in the sun. The chill even made people feel that the temperature on the battlefield had dropped suddenly.

Although Teng Yuzao did not have time to see the expression on Duan Qirui's face, he could sense the fear in Duan Qirui's heart from his pair of bulging veins as he tightly grasped the sandbag shelter.

Even Teng Yuzao was secretly worried about Hu Dianjia and his Third Mixed Brigade...

Since traveling through time, it was the first time that Teng Yuzhao saw such a large number of cavalrymen charging in formation. It was truly a galloping of thousands of horses, like a flood bursting through a dam, surging and surging. The momentum of the charge gave people a feeling of being unstoppable and powerful.

Such momentum and prestige alone are enough to crush the will of the infantry who lack the fighting spirit.

Just when the Allied cavalry was three hundred meters away from the Third Mixed Brigade's formation, something horrifying happened.

The troops of the 3rd Mixed Brigade did not open fire, but turned around and ran backwards. This sudden action frightened Duan Qirui so much that he couldn't help but tremble and almost fell to the ground.

Although he was from the artillery department, he also had some understanding of cavalry warfare. In this situation, once the infantry began to flee, there was only one fate waiting for them, and they would all become victims of the cavalry's swords.

Just when Duan Qirui closed his eyes because he could not bear to watch the tragedy anymore, a burst of dense firing from the Maxim heavy machine gun, "da da da da da da da", suddenly rang out on the battlefield like a storm.

The sudden, dense, fierce and powerful sound of the Maxim heavy machine gun fire frightened Duan Qirui so much that he couldn't help but tremble again.

It was not that Duan Qirui would be frightened by the dense firing of the Maxim heavy machine guns, but he was really worried about the fate of the 3rd Mixed Brigade at the foot of the hill.

However, he immediately realized that the Cossack cavalry would not fire on horseback while charging at full speed, especially not fire with heavy machine guns on horseback while galloping. At this time, the Allied cavalry would only raise their sharp Chasik sabers and Japanese swords high.

Duan Qirui quickly opened his eyes. The scene in front of him startled him at first, and then he was overjoyed. He punched the sandbag breastwork hard and couldn't help shouting loudly.

"Okay! Well done!"

The 3rd Mixed Brigade's troops, arranged in a horizontal line, turned around and ran backwards, not because they were afraid and started to escape, but to make way for the thirty or so Maxim heavy machine guns hidden in the team.

The infantry row only ran back a dozen steps quickly before suddenly stopping. While running, several rows of troops had turned into a dense single row in the chaos. Then they quickly turned around, raised their rifles again, and began to fire freely at the rushing Allied cavalry.

Suddenly, more than thirty heavy machine guns were exposed. Faced with thousands of cavalrymen rushing towards them, the machine gunners pulled the triggers without hesitation.

At this time, the Cossack cavalry in the front had clearly seen the black muzzles of the heavy machine guns in front of them pointing at them, and knew that they had been tricked by the enemy, but they did not dare to rein in their horses, as that would cause the entire cavalry team to fall into chaos. They could only grit their teeth and charge forward desperately.

The Japanese cavalrymen riding on ponies at the back could not see the situation in front of them at all and continued to charge forward with all their might.

"Da da da", "Pah pa pa", the sounds of heavy machine guns and rifles rang out. The gunfire was so dense that one could not hear each shot. It was like a fierce gust of wind, blowing up the heavy rain in the sky. The dense gunfire shook people's eardrums.

The dense and fierce rain of bullets immediately raised a bloody mist among the Allied cavalry, and the Allied cavalry, which came like a flood breaking through a dam, seemed to have suddenly hit an indestructible dam, stirring up splashes of water all over the sky, but could not move forward any further.

The cavalry team, which was full of murderous intent and terrifying momentum just a moment ago, immediately fell to the ground and became a mess in the face of the fierce and dense rain of hot bullets.

On the battlefield, the sound of gunfire, screams of agony, and the wailing of dying war horses filled the entire battlefield.

Only then did the Japanese cavalrymen behind them realize that the situation was not right. Before the Cossack cavalrymen in front could turn their horses and retreat, they had already pulled the reins of their ponies and began to rush out diagonally to the left and right, and began to flee backwards. However, it was too late to escape at this time. After the dense rain of bullets killed and injured most of the Cossack cavalrymen in the front, the large group of Japanese cavalrymen who wanted to escape on ponies were exposed.

Unlike the thousands of infantrymen who were firing rifles, they were still shooting at the fallen Cossack cavalry who were struggling to resist or escape in the pile of corpses of humans and horses, or pointing their guns at the hundreds of fleeing Cossack cavalry who were fleeing to both sides.

The heavy machine gunners not only aimed the black muzzles of their guns directly at the backs of the fleeing Japanese cavalry, but also fired a dense rain of bullets from those terrifying muzzles.

Not to mention that the Japanese cavalry were escaping on ponies that were not much bigger than donkeys and were not very fast. Even the Cossack cavalry's Don horses could not outrun the speed of bullets. The dense rain of bullets swept towards the Japanese cavalry from behind, knocking the Japanese cavalry from the back layer by layer, with blood and flesh flying everywhere.

After the remaining 2,000-odd Japanese and Russian cavalry ran away, the gunfire on the battlefield finally stopped. The battlefield was littered with the horrific corpses of Allied cavalrymen and horses, and even the neighing of war horses and the screams of dying wounded soldiers.

It was not until then that the officers and soldiers of the 3rd Mixed Brigade raised their heavy machine guns and trotted back to their positions on the hill. As for the dying horses and the dying wounded soldiers of the Japanese and Russian armies, no one cared about them, and no one even had time to take care of them.

It was the first time that Duan Qirui had seen such a tragic battlefield. Stimulated by the exhilarating and bloody scene, he was still a little nervous, pounding the sandbag breastwork and shouting loudly.

"Well done! Well done!"

Knowing that Duan Qirui had not participated in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and had never witnessed the brutal war scenes, and that his nerves were stimulated by such a brutal battlefield, Teng Yuzhao had no choice but to wave to a personal guard standing at the entrance of the headquarters.

The personal guard hurried over, took off the heavy military water bottle from his back and handed it to Teng Yuzhao. Wei Jinghai also signaled the staff officer to take two tea cups.

Teng Yuzhao unscrewed the lid of the kettle, and immediately, a strong aroma of wine filled the air. The kettle was filled with wine.

This was the wine that Teng Yuzhao drank during his breaks on the battlefield.

At the beginning of the time travel, the brutal battlefields would often make Teng Yuzao's stomach churn. However, he was the chief officer of the army, and it would be a very embarrassing thing if he performed worse than his officers and soldiers. Whenever this happened, Teng Yuzao would secretly drink a few sips of strong liquor to suppress the churning in his stomach.

Over time, Teng Yuzhao gradually developed a habit, and one of his personal guards always carried a military water bottle filled with liquor.

Teng Yuzao poured wine into two cups, stuffed one of the cups into the hands of Duan Qirui who was still shouting, then he picked up the cup of liquor and said to Duan Qirui.

"Brother Zhiquan, although we don't have the lofty ambition of Yue Fei, who was so ambitious that he would eat the meat of the barbarians when hungry and drink the blood of the Xiongnu when thirsty, we can always lift our spirits with strong liquor."

"Come on, Brother Zhiquan, let's drink to the Third Mixed Brigade for defeating the foreign cavalry!"

It was not until this moment that Duan Qirui came to his senses and realized that he had lost his composure. He looked at Teng Yuzhao with gratitude, raised his glass and said with emotion.

"Xingfu, you also know that I am a bit arrogant and have always looked down on all armies except the Wuwei Right Army."

"I just realized it today. I, Duan, am really a frog in a well. I finally believe that Xingfu and the Vanguard Army deserve their reputation. Xingfu is not only good at fighting, but also very good at commanding and employing people. It's like Yue Fei's heroic spirit is still there. It makes me so happy!"

(End of this chapter)