The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

Karl X pressed the telescope firmly on his eye socket, trying to see through the smoke whether the wing cavalry charge was defeated. But the smoke was so big that he looked down on it.

"Your Majesty, no one can withstand such terrible artillery fire." Prince Boguslav, seeing that Karl X was so anxious, said with relief. But the prince’s words were not pure relief. To be fair, the qualities demonstrated by the Swedish artillery could indeed afford the word “terrible”. Boguslav believed that the best artillery in his army could fire one shell in front of a torrent of winged cavalry charges.

"Yes, no one can resist. But they are not humans, they are angels!" Karl X murmured.

As soon as Karl X's words fell, thousands of horses jumped out of the thick smoke floating in the middle. The wing cavalry rushed over and over the artillery in front of them, and nailed the stunned Swedish artillery to the ground.

The wing cavalry instantly destroyed the Swedish artillery, and they rushed towards the first line of defense of the Swedish army.

The Swedish pikemen pointed Rulin's spear obliquely to the front, and the end of the spear was inserted into the soil. Everyone also drew out the short broad sword and the slender sword at the waist. The eyes of the pikemen are full of determination-the collision between the cavalry gun and the infantry spear, who will win the final victory?

Everyone wants to know the answer, but it was not the spears of the Polish winged cavalry that knocked down the Swedish pikemen first, but the Polish pistols who were among the winged cavalry.

It turns out that countless battles in the Bory War show that the well-trained spear infantry formation after Gustav’s reform can completely block the charge of the winged cavalry. In the face of the terrible spear forest, even the winged cavalry can only lose. Coming down. Therefore, after countless deductions, the commanders of the Republic have developed a new mixed assault tactic. That is, a group of light cavalry armed with firearms is placed in the front of the wing cavalry charge. The bombing rushed to the Swedish Pike Array. At the moment when the Wing Cavalry was about to engage the enemy, the Musketeers approached and shot the Swedish infantry in the front row. As soon as the first row of Swedish infantry fell, the extra-long lances of the rear wing cavalry immediately pierced the chest of the second row of infantry.

This time, the tactic was clearly a success.

No one thought that the Swedish Pikemen's phalanx collapsed so quickly. Before the musketeers behind the Swedish Pikemen opened fire, the Pikemen's phalanx had already been overturned. The Musketeers fell under their horses' hooves before they even had time to fire a shot.

Even more tragic were the Swedish dragoons guarding their flanks. They were thinly armored, and they were struck by the winged cavalry's ultra-long lances.

This is almost a replica of the Battle of Kilholm in 1605 by the Polish Winged Cavalry. At that moment, the commander of Saperga almost saw that history was about to repeat itself. He waved the scepter again, Mihau and other officers from the armored Cossack cavalry team and dragoon team swung their sabers, leading their cavalry to swarm them, preparing to expand the battle.

But today’s Swiss army is no longer the Swedish army at the Battle of Kilholm in 1605. Although the Swedish army on the front line was defeated but not defeated, they formed a small party of as few as a few people and as many as a dozen people. Array, tenaciously like a reef in the sea.

This made the victorious wing cavalry unable to drive the rout to attack their own army and break the second line of defense of the Swedish army, and could only rely on their own strength to continue the offensive.

As the impact of the wing cavalry weakened, the Swedish army on the second line of defense finally withstood the wing cavalry. Their infantry and cavalry supported each other and moved forward slowly, twisting the winged cavalry without the speed bonus into a melee. This immediately turned the charge into a hard fight, because on the stagnant front, every "Gustav Thunder" of the Swedish Musketeers caused great losses and psychological pressure on the Polish cavalry.

But when the thousands of fresh troops of the Poles who suddenly joined to reinforce the winged cavalry who were struggling, the second line of the Swedish army also began to become chaotic.

Seeing that the second front was in jeopardy, Karl X immediately put his own guard, a full 300 Swedish pistol cavalry into the battlefield.

These Swedish pistols are also good at wall assaults. Their mounts took small steps, and every Swedish pistol cavalry drew out a broadsword and put the hilt on the knee to use it as a short spear.

The 1.5-meter-long stainless steel blade will ruthlessly pierce any enemy wearing light armor. When facing the wing cavalry, the sharp broadsword can penetrate into the gap in the abdomen joint of the wing cavalry to kill the enemy. What's more, the Swedish pistol cavalry still has excellent high-quality pistols in their hands. Three hundred cavalrymen have three hundred pistols. The firepower of these musketeers close to the two squadrons immediately used the "Gustav's Thunder" to kill the Polish cavalry.

The bigger crisis comes from the artillery of the Swedish army. An artillery unit equipped with ten artillery reinforces the infantry and cavalry who have been struggling. They used artillery fire to build a "separation wall" on the flanks, so that any large-scale cavalry support would suffer heavy losses in the artillery fire.

The leader of Sapega, who was at the back of the battle line, watched with anxiously the situation developing in a direction that was not conducive to him. At this time, the leader of Saperga really regretted that he had not reserved a wing cavalry squadron as a reserve team. Because Sapega discovered a huge negligence of Karl X, that is, after he put his guard on the battlefield, Karl X has no power to protect him except a dozen officers.

At this time, if there is a wing cavalry squadron that can suddenly kill it, it will definitely kill the enemy chief, Karl X.

At this time, Al Gildas led the Wing Cavalry Squadron to the battlefield. The arrival of Algierdas gave the leader of Sappega see hope. At this moment, the leader was piously grateful to God and the protector of the country for hearing his prayers.

The commander of Sapega ordered an orderly by his side to quickly call the commander of the wing cavalry.

After a while, Al Gildas came to the leader of Saperga.

"Grand Commander, Algierdas, captain of the Winged Cavalry Squadron of the Mercenary Corps, salutes you." Algierdas said.

There is only one well-known mercenary regiment in the Polish army, and the leader of Saperga heard that Algildas claimed to be the captain of the wing cavalry of the mercenary regiment and understood.

Sapega said: "It turns out that you are from Captain Piedro. Algierdas, now the situation is urgent. I order you to lead the Wing Cavalry Squadron to immediately jump in and attack Karl X. Now he will take his own. The guards were all sent to the battlefield, and there was no one around."

Algildas did not expect that the leader of Saperga would entrust such an important task to himself. When he thought of the honor and reward he would get if he succeeded in the assault, he was inexplicably excited.

Algierdas said to the leader of Sappega: "Master, Algierdas from Lithuania will definitely not let you down. I will definitely capture Karl X back to you alive."

"It doesn't matter if you die, Algierdas." Sapega was afraid that Algierdas would be frightened in order to catch him alive, so he hurriedly added.

Algierdas saluted him and returned to his squadron.

Algierdas held the ultra-long lance in his hand, and he issued a declaration of war to the companions of the Wing Cavalry Squadron: "The team has only one goal: the head of King Karl X of Sweden."

The cavalry let out a cheer. Immediately, the cavalry squadron, which controlled the outcome of the war, launched a charge. As the leader of the entire team, Algierdas, regardless of the bullets and cannonballs fired from the two wings, and the long spears from the side, went forward indefinitely-any people and horses that stood in front of them were hit on the ground.

King Carl X had never expected that he would be the target of "beheading". When he realized that this team of wing cavalry was coming towards him, King Carl X was stunned.

Al Gildas led 20 real wing cavalry to kill Karl X. The auxiliary cavalry in the squadron blocked the Swedish soldiers who tried to rescue Karl X and bought time for Al Gildas and others' assault.

At a critical juncture, Carl X's attendant Folgel came to Karl X's horse, and he took the reins of the king's mount.

"Your Majesty! Save Sweden, save yourself, avoid it! Avoid it!"

Prince Boguslav also persuaded Karl X to leave the battlefield and go to the third line of defense.

But Karl X knew that he could not retreat, otherwise the chain reaction caused would completely lose the fighting spirit of the soldiers who were still fighting.

Carl X, who is rich in military qualities, said: "It will not help to retreat in front of them. It must be resisted, and it must be resisted. Otherwise, all glorious deaths will be made."

After speaking, Karl X drew out the Scottish Broadsword at his waist, the spurs on his riding boots pierced into the abdomen of the horse, and the horse ran forward under the pain.

The officers and generals on the left and right, as well as Prince Boguslav, saw that Karl X was like this, so they had to follow.

An adjutant headed towards the third line of defense, and he went to call reinforcements to rescue the king.

The two cavalrymen met, and the two sides smashed into one group.

Al Gildas' first ultra-long lance was broken when it stabbed a Swedish pistol cavalry in the breastplate. At this moment, he was holding a spare super long lance.

Algildas did not fight with any Swedish cavalry because he knew his goal-King Karl X of Sweden.

Finally, Al Gildas found the trace of Karl X in the melee crowd.

The Swedish king wore a cavalry armor and a high-top helmet. He was so dazzling that he wielded a Scottish broadsword to kill from left to right.

Algildas straightened the super long lance, he deliberately pulled a distance away in order to make his charge more powerful.

Karl X obviously didn't notice that he had been targeted. He shot down a wing cavalry and was looking for the next target.

Algildas clamped the cavalry rifle under his arm, and he urged the horse to the highest speed.

Twenty steps, ten steps, closer, closer.

When Al Gildas' super long lance was about to touch Karl X's back, Karl X just turned around. Algildas saw that Karl X's eyes were unbelievable and hopeless.

"His Majesty!"

Prince Boguslav who was fighting nearby saw this scene and shouted desperately.

The tip of the gun touched Karl X's chest, and there was a crisp sound.

Then it broke.

Compared with traditional Western European lances, the winged cavalry ultra-long lance is made of fir, hollowed out in the middle, and then the cross-sections of the two materials are glued together, which makes the winged cavalry's ultra-long lance lighter. Compared with traditional Western European lances, the winged cavalry ultra-long lances are more slender, usually 4.5 to 6.2 meters. This length better protects the rider, and can kill the enemy first when facing the infantry who also uses the long spear, and this length also makes the gun charge more powerful.

But everything has advantages and disadvantages. Since the middle of the ultra-long lance is hollow, when the ultra-long lance hits the shoddy breastplate of ordinary infantry, they can also break it, but once it encounters a thicker, more sophisticated forged breastplate At that time, it is easy to break.

The Cavalry Armor of Karl X is undoubtedly the excellent work of the master. All relying on the strong armor, Karl X survived the fatal blow of Al Gildas.

Neither Algierdas nor Karl X expected this accident. For an instant, the two stared at each other, and even the surrounding air seemed to freeze.

But soon, the two woke up almost at the same time. Algildas threw away the broken long lance, drew a saber and hacked it towards Karl X's left shoulder.

Karl X held up his sword to block. After two stops, Karl X began to tingle in his mouth and his arms became sore. After all, Karl X's profession is a king, not a soldier.

Karl X knew that if this continued, he would die under the knight in front of him. He flicked a sword and ran away.

Of course Algierdas would not let Karl X go~www.wuxiamtl.com~ He rode a horse and chased after him. However, Karl X's mount was a good horse out of a million, which was chased by Al Gildas' ordinary horse. At the beginning, the tip of Algildas's knife could still touch Karl X's back, and slowly, the two of them had moved apart.

Algierdas was anxious and threw his saber as a javelin with his last hope. At this moment, Prince Boguslav came to Algierdas's side.

Boguslav drew the pistol from his waist and pointed it at Al Gildas' ear, and squeezed the trigger of the pistol.

The unarmed Algierdas' head was shattered along with his helmet.

It wasn't until the thick smoke that had covered Algierdas's head that it dissipated, and Algierdas's stiff body, which had lost his head, fell off the horse. Carl X was clutching his **** in shock. It turned out that although Al Gildas' last blow did not kill Carl X, he pierced the king's ass.

Algildas died with his dream of rejuvenating the family.

At this time, the Swedish soldiers on the third line of defense went into battle after receiving the order. They repelled the wing cavalry squadron that assaulted Karl X and completely rescued their king from danger.

After a brutal melee, the Polish cavalry who failed to defeat the Swedish army suffered high casualties. The casualties of the Polish Winged Cavalry troops who participated in the assault alone were as high as 16%. Considering the greater losses of the horses, more cavalry lose their combat effectiveness.

The cavalry casualties of Mikhav Vorodjavsky and others were even greater, and more than a thousand people fell on the battlefield.

As night fell and the improvised bastion was conquered by German soldiers, the Polish cavalry finally withdrew from the battlefield.