I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 723: Bloody Battle in Crimea

Almost all Russian soldiers believed that they had come all the way to Crimea to "bully" the weak ones, 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 bit messy due to the high-speed movement, but the soldiers raised their guns in unison, filled with an indomitable and murderous momentum.

The Russian army was obviously a beat slower, and it was not known whether it was due to the influence of the momentum or the decline in physical strength caused by the long journey.

"shooting--"

The Polish officer stared with bloodshot eyes and shouted orders.

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

Dense bullets swept through the Russian positions like a rainstorm, bringing up large pieces of flesh and blood, and screams were heard everywhere.

"Load!" the Polish officers' orders sounded again.

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

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

But the Poles seemed to be completely unaware of the casualties of their comrades. They did not even wipe the blood off their faces, but just silently completed the loading actions.

They did not feel any sadness because they were ready to accompany their fallen comrades.

"Seven steps forward!"

"aim--"

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

In the sunlight, they could already see the expressions of those Poles, cold and resolute, ready to risk their lives.

"emission--"

"For the motherland!" As the shouts resounded throughout the battlefield, flames burst out, smoke filled the air, and thousands of lead bullets instantly penetrated into the Russian army's formation.

Dozens of Russian soldiers wailed and fell down, seemingly unable to bear the huge oppression from the Poles, and some even began to retreat.

Yes, just two rounds of salvos were enough to shake the Russian army’s center line!

At this time, more than 400 Polish Winged Hussars dressed in red uniforms and with 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 rushed to the front, pointed his saber at the Russian left wing, and shouted:
"Keep in formation! Charge!"

The cavalrymen immediately followed suit and shouted excitedly:
"Come on!"

"Let the Russians know how powerful we are!"

"Ahaha, here we come!"

Dabrovsky took advantage of the fact that the Russian army had not yet completed the encirclement of the enemy's flank and directly attacked from the gap inside the enemy.

Although this action was extremely risky - the encircled Russian infantry would likely block their retreat - if they could penetrate the Russian center, it would be possible to directly defeat Kakhovsky's Corps.

Kakhovsky, a famous veteran of the Russian army, broke out in a cold sweat when he saw this desperate Polish cavalry through the telescope.

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

More than ten minutes later, nearly two thousand Cossack cavalrymen circled the left wing of the central army, hastily arranged their formation, and rushed towards the Polish cavalry on the opposite side. Dabrowski immediately heard the rumbling of horse hooves a mile away.

He showed no fear at all. He signaled the soldiers to slow down and adjust to the arrowhead formation. Then he pointed his saber at the dust in front of him and roared:

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

Hundreds of cavalrymen instantly burst into thunderous shouts:
"for Motherland!"

"Tear them apart!"

"Come on!"

The red arrows formed by the Winged Hussars began to gradually accelerate, and the knights leaned down one after another, tucked their lances under their armpits, and pointed straight forward.

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

The hundred or so cavalrymen in the front involuntarily slowed down. The officer did not reprimand them, but after a brief hesitation, he pulled the reins and shouted:

"What a bunch of lunatics! Quick, turn left and front! Cross to the right of the Poles!"

Yes, the situation commonly seen in movies where two teams of cavalry collide head-on is basically not going to happen.

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Once the cavalry collided, both sides would immediately become an "accident scene" where the rear team trampled the front team, because the cavalry galloping behind could not stop at all.

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

Therefore, when the cavalry engaged in a head-on confrontation, both sides would choose to pass by each other and take the opportunity to kill each other.

Of course, the one with weaker willpower will usually turn first, thus exposing his waist and abdomen to the other party.

This time, the Polish cavalry seemed to have no intention of turning. They increased their speed to the maximum and rushed straight towards the Cossacks.

It was not until the two sides were only sixty or seventy steps apart that Dombrovsky turned his horse's head slightly and galloped past the right side of the Cossack cavalry.

As Poland's most outstanding elite troops, the Winged Hussars could hardly miss a target with their lances - you know, the lance is much more difficult to master than the saber, but in cavalry attacks, the length can also be used to gain a huge advantage.

In the brief moment when the two sides crossed each other, hundreds of Cossack cavalrymen were stabbed off their horses with screams.

The main reason was that the winged cavalry on the left could not reach the enemy, otherwise the number would at least double.

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

After the two sides crossed, Dombrovsky ordered the troops to regroup, turned his head to look at the Cossacks in the southeast, sneered with disdain, pointed at the center of the Russian infantry, and said loudly:

"Follow me and shoot them through!"

The Cossack commander originally thought that the Polish cavalry would turn around and chase him, but after running nearly two kilometers, he found that the other side was actually rushing straight towards his own infantry. He was immediately shocked and had no time to organize his troops, so he hurriedly ordered a turn to rescue the infantry in the middle.

However, when they had completed the U-turn in a mess and had not yet started running, they were shocked to see a column of red cavalry in the distance drawing a graceful arc and galloping towards them from the front left.

The Cossack commander suddenly screamed in panic:
"Line up! Keep in line, in a narrow column..."

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

The situation suddenly changed. Some people rushed towards the infantry, some began to line up, and some stood there at a loss.

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

(End of this chapter)